Delphine

**Delphine** is a virtue-following Sheolfolk who was introduced in *Asphodel*. (*Played by Sal*)

## Biography

Delphine’s story was not always a happy one, given her heritage. She was once nothing more than a slug in the caverns of the underground. Del had no hope, or faith, or even anything close to resembling love一for herself or others. Her mother was barely around enough and had too many children to where Delphi was only another water drop in the lake to her gluttonous mother. When it came to her father, it was a similar story. Jinn, was his name. He was a man who drove his life through arrogance and Pride. She was only around to fuel his vice and otherwise served no purpose. Many times as a child, Del fell victim to being a vessel for other’s vices. May it be from Lust to Greed or Gluttony to Wrath. There was no end where someone did not find her useful; but only for their own, selfish desires. This gave her an extremely skewed view of herself, one that caused her to doubt herself many times. Del fit in nowhere, and yet fit in everywhere for the wrong reasons. Seeing no other way out of this life, Delphi almost destroyed herself in the process of finding where she belonged. And, belonging was something she could not do. Del was unlike the other sheolfolk. She could not cause suffering and pain, or feed her ego and desires.

After years of failure, pain, torture, and regrets, Del fled from the shadows of the underground and ventured off into the light. She was unsure what she was going to do一or who would ever accept her now. If her people could not, if Ahriman could not give her a place as his child in his twisted world, would anyone else even bother? Was there a reason for her to even keep living?

Young Del traveled on her own for a little bit of time. Fearful and afraid, Delphine was unsure of where to turn to in her time of need. She was alone, with no one besides herself. It had been like that for many years, but now, it was her cruel reality. No one wanted to help her. There was nowhere for Delphine to go.

Nowhere until she met Elodi for the first time.

When Delphine was at her lowest, she fell to her knees and cried out to the heavens. She begged and cried for someone to help her, to show her that she belonged. And, just when all was lost, when she thought there was nothing left. . . Elodi appeared before her. To Delphine, Elodi was breathtaking. He was caring, kind, and did not care that she was not one of his children. To him, Delphine was worth saving. To him, Delphine had a chance to live a life that she would later find was one she wished she was born into. With her new god, her first ever self-given name, and a new purpose, Del set out to follow the virtue of Chastity.

A sheolfolk in elysian society was unheard of for the most part. And, it took her many years to

become accepted even by her own sect. Though, their judgment and prejudice against her never stopped her from following the words of Elodi and serving in his greater purpose. With love in her once broken heart, Delphine was able to aid members of the Elysian society who didn’t quite fit in. She helped a lot when it came to half breeds and gently guided them when she could. Del also too ka great part in traditions and regular events, even attending classes and lectures. Within time, and a little patience, Del was seen by those who understood her as one of their own.

And with time came the beauty of how she looks now. Her once mangled horns grew outstretched like antlers. Pure and white. Truly symbols of how devoted to her virtue and Elodi she was. She takes good care of herself and those around her, following her beliefs.

Now, after the sundering, she still retains her form and virtue but strives to aid the Elysians until the end. She is also an advocator for halfbreed rights.

## Physical Appearance

Delphine is a tall lady, blessed with a healthy frame and pale skin. She stands five-feet seven-inches, with a good amount of meat on her bones due from a life of good eating and living compared to most sheolfolk. Her hair is a dark seafoam green that pairs as the same color as her eyes. Truly, Delphi does not resemble much of a sheolfolk aside from the large, antler-like horns from her head; they are the color of ivory or bone. Aside from the sheolfolk horns, she is almost ethereal in appearance. Delphine is extremely into self-care, and takes good care of her image. One flaw that she has yet does not choose to hide are the scars that appear on her body in various locations. She uses it as a guiding light in her new mental state.

Her outfits are quite beautiful and elegant. Appearing usually in dresses, not only is she proud to take care good care of her image, but her wardrobe as well. Though, she has limited herself to only the ones she wears on a weekly basis, and, if she ends up not using one she will eagerly give it to those who may need it.

## Personality

Pain is but a guide, fear and memories are but a motivator, and needs are but only desires to be kept in check. Delphine has spent her life facing many trials and has overcome them all despite what anyone else may have believed. Being a sheolfolk child and barely making it to her coming of age, Del truthfully has a lot of trauma that she has been overcoming and facing. It has taken her many years, and even now, to fully learn to cope and understand what happened to her. She uses her suffering as a guideline of how to steer away from doing the same to others. Her torture and nightmarish childhood only fuel her purpose to become a better woman and follow in Elodi’s light. Especially after the love he has shown her.

Chastity and its values are one thing she highly respects aside from Elodi. She has read all of Florizel’s writing and agrees with her ideas and values. Florizel is, arguably, a very highly respected icon in her life. Because of this, you could guess that Del follows a lot of the same ideologies as well. She especially agrees on keeping memories to learn from them. She is also very loving towards everyone and refuses to accept the sheolfolk side of her regardless of what other elysians or homini may think. Del sees herself as a redeemed and worthy, and also sees that in many people. She is an advocate for peace and understanding, though, understands not all things can be done by simple words. Del does, however, see that as a last resort.

It should be mentioned that Del is extremely into self-care for herself and others. She believes in people where others may not. And, sees herself as a valuable therapist or ear of sorts for those who have endured trauma on all levels. Seeing as, well, she’s gone through some horrible things herself and can help be a light for them as Elodi was for her.

Even if Delphine does not accept her sheolfolk origins, it does not mean she has not forgotten what she is and, as I’ve stated before, uses it as a stepping stone to do better. When it comes to racism against her she does not hold it against the elysians. Honestly, she knows very well that many of her people are vile creatures that want nothing more than power. Over the years of facing prejudice, she has come to learn to accept that is how it will be, but, those who do believe in her are enough to make her一for the most part一ignore the hate towards her.

### *Strengths*

* To those who know her, they are extremely protective of her regardless of her origins. Being an avid follower of the Chastity sect, many of her sect. members respect her and see as her one of their own regardless of the skin she wears.
* Del is a lover till the very end; even if someone shows her hate she will do what she can to show love in return. This allows her to make many great allies and be one in return.
* Strong values and devoted to her cause.
* Loves Elodi more than she can express in words, she sees him as her savior and would do anything for him. Or to see him again.

### *Weaknesses*

* An obvious weakness to her is her race. Being a sheolfolk has made it difficult in the past not only for her mental state and having to grow away from that, but also to be accepted in Elysian society. For a while, it was unsure why she was even there. Was it to gather intel to aid in their people’s fight against them? Or, did they truly want to follow in Elodi’s light.
* Often times struggles with past trauma when alone. Nightmares are extremely common and still there are times where PTSD kicks in and she must calm herself down.
* Is afraid to resort to violence, honestly. She is afraid if she accepts or attends to any sort of horrible act she may fall back into her sheolfolk ways.
* Her love for Elodi is also her weakness. Ever since he has vanished and Elysium has fallen, she’s felt a great amount of pain.

## Relationships

* 【**Ender • Mother**】A sheolfolk of Gluttony, Ender was hardly anything close to what a mother should have been. Kind and loving were neither of what Ender was towards her daughter, barely even caring for her once she was born. She learned later in life the only reason her mother bothered to be around her for so long as a baby was that Ender did not want the death of a baby on her conscious. She did not want to have to deal with that sort of guilt. After Delphine became old enough Ender handed her off to her father, Jinn. The two rarely interacted after that.
* 【**Jinn • Father**】Hates him the most out of anyone. Her mother was horrible, yes, Ahriman refused her, but Jinn? Jinn played with her to his maximum benefit. Del was only around Jinn for so long because he convinced her that she needed him. He toyed with her like his little doll and hurt her in so many ways she cannot count them all on both hands. Delphine now has a lot of belief if the change of people, however, he is one of the few that she believes can never change and would rather see die than attempt to bring him into view of the better world she sees now.
* 【**Elodi • Respected God**】Elodi took her under his arms when no one else would. He showed her kindness in a world she knew not. Delphi holds so much respect for Elodi and wishes to follow and spread his word, hoping to be able to follow her virtue and make him proud. She sees him as her savior, and would give her life for his cause.
* 【**Ahriman • Abandoned God**】Del despises Ahriman with all her heart, finding him to be a cruel and vile being. If not a mistake of a god. One thing out of anything she desires most, would be to destroy his vision of the world that his followers have attempted to create.
* 【**Florizel • Respected Archangel**】Being in the same sect not only has helped them get along, even if in the beginning Florizel did not see Delphine the way she does now. Del, on the other hand, greatly favors her writings and documentation of the research on the virtues and Chastity. Now, after the sundering, Delphine looks up to Florizel more than ever and wishes to help with whatever she can.
* 【**Sariel • Acquaintance**】Only meeting with her several times, she and Sariel have a mutual respect for eachother. Delphine was also friends with Sariel’s old bonded, Jared, as he was with most of the outcasted members of Elysian society.
* 【**Jared Anthes • Friend**】Seeing as Jared got along well with just about everyone, it was no more a surprise that Jared sought out a friendship with Delphine.

## Trivia

* Her FC is a character named Zetian.
* Her color palette is: #bd8d3d, #78827a, #f9ecdc.
* Spotify playlist:【 The Hart’s Heart 】
* Delphine resembles something like a wise, old spirit of the forest.
* She did not have a name as many sheolfolk don’t until coming of age, though, her father used to call her “Kin”. She decided to finally name herself after meeting Elodi, however, did not name herself like the Elysians and instead went with “Delphine” after a story she had heard once as a child.