Eleora

**Eleora** (pronounced e-LEO-ra), also known by her nickname *El* and originally named *Shalhevet*, was the biological daughter of Castiel, and was a powerful Esper who lived during the Third Age of Solitude. She played an instrumental role in the initiation of the First Age of Reclamation, in which she and a small army of fellow Espers freed the Children of the Nephilim from the prison-world, Methuselah.

Eleorawas born with unstable and highly destructive Atziluth powers, which would "flare up" seemingly at random. When she was nine years old, one such flare up accidentally set her home ablaze. Her adoptive father, Seth, managed to rescue her but was himself killed in the fire. As a result of the incident, Eleora's arms and parts of her back were permanently scarred.

Eleora was eventually taken in by an orphanage, where she dealt with constant bullying from the other children over her disfigured arms. She spent the next nine years being moved from foster home to foster home, never staying with one household for long because of her powers. In her own words, "I was passed around like some untrained dog that no one wanted to deal with." By the time Eleora was a teenager, she had developed an extremely brash and impulsive temperament - viciously keeping others at bay so they could not hurt her. On her eighteenth birthday, and with the special recommendation of Gabriella, the orphanage's matron, Eleora was accepted into the Workshop Alchemists, where she began her new life as an Esper.

## Profile

### Appearance

Eleora was a young woman of petite stature, standing 157 cm (5'2") tall and weighing 47 kg (97 lb), with a lean and athletic build. She had fair skin, bright orange hair that was usually cut into a naturally wavy bob, large black eyes, and a heart-shaped face. Notably, both her forearms were covered in old burn scars, caused by her pyrokinetic powers "flaring up" out of her control; she typically covered these scars with a pair of long, black gloves that ran past her elbows.

Her casual attire consisted predominantly of light and soft clothing. She commonly wore a pale lavender shirt underneath a cropped, dark-purple cardigan sweater, dark shorts, black stockings, and a pair of black shoes. She often wore a dark-grey beanie hat when going out, usually accompanied with a light-grey scarf. Regardless of what else she wore, she always donned a pair of elbow-length black gloves that hid her burn scars.

After joining the Workshop Alchemists, Eleora opted to wear the more lightly-armored variant of their armor when on missions.

### Personality

Eleora was notable for her overtly aggressive and fiery personality. When interacting with others, she tended to be blunt, impatient, and impulsive, as well as very choleric, with her emotions often getting the better of her. Eleora had an exceedingly difficult time cooperating with others and making friends. She was careful to keep others at an emotion distance and it was not uncommon for her to lash out at or insult others to make herself "less appealing". In combat, she had a propensity for extremely reckless behavior, often diving headlong into danger without consideration for strategy or her own personal safety.

Despite her brash mannerisms, Eleora was not without compassion. Beneath her rough exterior, she was known to have a calm, quiet, and introspective demeanor, and she truly cared about what few friends she had. This was best shown in her relationships with Gabriella whom she saw as a mother figure and often opened up to -- a dynamic later reflected in Raphael, who filled the largely absent role of a mentor and father figure. True to herself, Eleora was fiercely (sometimes viciously) protective of those she cared about.

Eleora dealt with severe depression and trust issues, both deeply rooted in her survivor's guilt over her adoptive father's death, in the bullying she experienced while living at the orphanage, and in the fear that her unstable powers would accidentally harm (or even kill) someone else close to her. Her depression also left her with a kind of inferiority complex: while she desperately wanted to be loved, she believed she did not deserve to be loved because of her past failings. Her poor social skills and general stubbornness also made it extremely difficult for her to properly express her feelings to others, often frustrating her and fueling her abrasive side.

Prior to, and partially during, her time with the Workshop, Eleora exhibited a highly self-destructive lifestyle of sex and alcohol abuse. While emotionally distant, she tended to interact with others physically, approaching sex with an exceedingly casual mindset but backing away immediately if she felt a connection forming. This was believed to be a coping mechanism for her otherwise lonely and apathetic outlook on life.