Diana Vardi

> “Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.”
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> ― Neil Gaiman
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**Diana Isabelita Vardi** is the oldest triplet with her younger twin sisters being Hekate and Isis as such she is the loving yet strict matriarch of the Vardi family and the current owner of Acantha Castle.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Mystiokinesis** - Diana is a pureblooded hereditary witch, born with the ability to manipulate life itself Diana herself doesn't utilize this ability much and prefers creating then combat. Diana is also gifted in divination and uses varies ways such as tarot cards, drawing and throw tea.
	+ **Life Magic** - Diana can manipulating pure life-force allowing them to manipulate nature itself as well as allowing the Diana to create and/or rapidly accelerate the growth of plants; this can be done to rather minuscule plants on the ground, or on their own body. This Magic can also be used to slow down, and halt, desertification.
		- **Red Lightning Magic** - Diana can create, shape, and manipulate red lightning. The lightning has been described as a "*lightning that goes beyond lightning*", and is noticeably more powerful which can affect those who are immune to electricity.
	+ **Spell Casting** - Diana is a gifted spellcaster with their personal favors being one's based in illusions. Isabella could bend reality to her will with a few words depending on her mood.
		- **Spell Reflection** - Diana can reflect the spells of others, usually back at the source or aside to a safe distance.
		- **Spell Destabilization** - They can make a spell unstable in order to alter its properties. When used on her own spells, they can increase its destructiveness in exchange for accuracy, duration, or range to be reduced. When used on others' spells, Diana can cause them to fail or backfire.
		- **Spell Creation** - Diana is capable of creating brand-new spells and using them, sometimes on the fly. Diana can combine two or more spells together to create a new spell that is similar. Diana taught this to Aggie.
	+ **Divination** - Diana can employ divination, a method of reading the future, the present and the past and/or provide help to a problem at hand by using an occultic, standardized process or ritual.
	+ **Animal Transformation** - Diana can transform into a wolf.
	+ **Zoolingualism** - Like the members of their family, Diana can speak to animals.
	+ **Mediumship** - Diana since they were a child could see, communicate and interact with spirts and the unseen by non-magical individuals even if they have possessed inanimate objects or people. They are able to repel and run spirits away from an area, compel to employ an armada of ghosts, and may even view a visual conception of a spirit world in a trance if desired. This is a unique trait common in only a few families.
* **Familiar Contracts** - Diana's familiar is Nagaina who is a basilisk and Calcifer, a fire sprite.

## Etymology

* Diana means "divine, goddesslike", a derivative of *dia* or *diva* meaning "goddess". It is ultimately related to the same Indo-European root \**dyew-* found in *Zeus*. Diana was a Roman goddess of the moon, hunting, forests and childbirth, often identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.
* Isabelita is the Spanish diminutive of Isabel which is the medieval Occitan form of Elizabeth which is from *Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet)*, the Greek form of the Hebrew name *אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva')* meaning "my God is an oath", derived from the roots *אֵל ('el)* referring to the Hebrew God and *שָׁבַע (shava')* meaning "oath". The Hebrew form appears in the Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.
* Vardi is derived from Vered which means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

## Trivia

* She is associated with the Three of Cups, alongside Hekate and Isis.
	+ Diana is also associated with the Charites especially Thalia, the goddess of festivity and rich banquets.
* Diana is of Sephardi Jewish, French and English descent.
* They are demisexual and genderqueer.
* Diana is allergic to basil.
* There hobbies are raising sheep, gardening and crafts.
* Diana's favorite meal is French onion soup with caesar salad.
	+ Their second favorite meal is Jerusalem mixed grill with fresh rice of any kind.
* Diana's a fan of jazz and blues.
* Their first love was Romaine Brooks.
* Their favorite novel is the Secret Diaries of Anne Lister.
* Diana smokes cigars.