Rian Vardi

> “Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt I love.”
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> ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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**Ariadne Siddha Vardi-Raison** is the third daughter and child of Circe Vardi and Jack Raison, she is the younger sister to Medea and Pasiphaë. Ariadne is the oldest triplet with her younger twins being Agamede and Asterie.

Rian is the mother of Mars, Minerva, Damien and Zagreus. Her eldest three are from her longtime paramour Lavi Rashid and her youngest is from her current relationship with Atreus Messiaen.

## Personality

Rian does have a serious and stoic side to her as well, and like her sisters inherited their father's fiery temper that has caused them to be infamous for. She is also a big eater and heavy sleeper.

## Appearance

If Aggie is "*beautiful*" and Aster is "*cute*", the Rian is strikingly attractive with a semi-voluptuous body with a large buttock, hips and thighs but lacks the chest Aggie has, who has the full hourglass figure but a smaller butt. Rian has hooded eyes like a siren with intense emerald, green eyes with long eyelashes, black hair, full lips, and has dimples in her cheeks.

Unlike Aggie who is secretly ashamed of her heritage, Rian loves her skin tone describing it as bronze. She often wears colorful, yet structured, makeup that compliments her and her outfits. She has a slight gap in her front teeth.

### Tattoos

* Her first tattoo was a quote that says "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in really crappy lettering that blends together and was done in a basement. It is on her mons pubis.
* Her second tattoo is a crescent moon on her right collarbone.
* On her left bicep Rian has "*Just as a snake shed it skin, we must shed our past over and over again*" which was allegedly by the Buddha. This was her third tattoo.
* Underneath Rian's left ear lobe she has *CMPAA*, which stands for Circe, Medea, Pasiphae, Agamede and Asterie. This is her fourth tattoo.
* From shoulder-to-shoulder on her back, Rian has a monstrous owl standing on top of a skull with a snake inside of it, with the snake poking out of its eye socket surrounded by flowers and pomegranates. The owl has five eyes.
* Rian has "*L’art est la Solution au Chaos*" in Old English lettering just below her owl right above her bra line. Which is French for the "*Art is the Solution to Chaos*."
* Rian has a lower back tattoo depicting a crow holding a banner that says, "*Property of (\*&\*) Ptolemais*" and in the center was a heart with barb wire. She later had the banner and lettering lasered off and had the tattoo reworked into a large Raven with a new banner that says, "Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt" which is from (\*&\*) and her's then favorite books Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Mystiokinesis** - Rian is a halfblooded hereditary witch born to two great bloodlines though being the Vardi and Ambrosius. As such Rian can use magic and is very talented in potion making,
	+ **Life Magic** - Rian's true mana flow is life manipulation allowing her manipulating nature itself, as well as allowing the user to create and/or rapidly accelerate the growth of plants; this can be done to rather minuscule plants on the ground, or on the user's own body. This Magic can also be used to slow down, and halt, desertification.
		- **Thorn Magic** - Rian possesses a very unique and strange magical ability which revolves around thorns but whereas Rian can cast spells involving normal thorns and also thorns that are so sharp that can pierce the sound barrier and create shockwaves.
	+ **Spell Casting** - Rian is a skilled enough spell caster though her gifts more lie in potions and alchemy, though she knowledgeable in enchantments and counter spells.
	+ **Potion Making** - She can create potions: substances with magical properties such as enhancing physical and mental abilities, healing, granting powers, changing shape, or bewitching someone depending on the kind of potion that is made.
		- **Alchemy** - Rian was already a novice expert in alchemy by her third year at Saint (\*&\*), due to (\*&\*-\*&\*) giving her alchemy lessons to challenge her and keep her from skipping class. By her first year at college, Rian was already turning water into wine, and common plastic into gold.
	+ **Animal Transformation** - Rian like Phi can transform into an owl.
	+ **Zoolingualism** - Like the members of her family, Rian can speak to animals.
	+ **Mediumship** - Rian since she was 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** - Rian's familiar is Celeno, a carbuncle.
* **Peak Human Condition** - Due to the hellish punishments of Dia, Rian developed peak physical abilities comparable to an Olympic-grade gymnast and is able to move in any way flawlessly. Rian is having prefect balance though she hides this via heels or other ways to made her suffer, perfectly honed flexibility and reflexes. Like her eldest sister, Rian is capable a slamming a full-grown man into the ground and shattering area around her target comparable to when the ball of bulldozer breaks off the chain and destroys an innocence street.
	+ **Flowmotion** - Rian can use the environment to her advantage, allowing them to perform feats such as kicking off almost any surface, air dashing, swinging around lampposts, grinding along rails, and battling enemies with speed and style.

### Possessions

* **Siddhartha** - Rian's true wand is named Siddhartha and was crafted by her grandaunt Diana Vardi, it was 121/4" inches and was made with altas cedar and possessing the horn of a basilisk as its core. As per tradition all Vardi wands are dipped in Hydra blood.
* **Libera** - Rian's second wand and the one she uses in most magical situations to protect her family' secrets. It is 123/4" inches and was made with red osier and possessing Vodyanoy hair as its core.
* **Rollerskates** -
* **Club** - Rian owns a Kanabō that she got as a child, she may have stolen it.

## Etymology

* Ariadne means "most holy", composed of the Greek prefix *ἀρι (ari)* meaning "most" combined with Cretan Greek *ἀδνός (adnos)* meaning "holy". In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos. She fell in love with Theseus and helped him to escape the Labyrinth and the Minotaur but was later abandoned by him. Eventually she married the god Dionysus.
* Siddha comes from Sanskrit सिद्ध which means "enlightened, accomplished, fulfilled".
* Vardi is derived from Vered which means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.
* Raison is from a medieval nickname for an intelligent person (from Old French *raison* "reason, intelligence").

## Trivia

* Rian is associated with the number "3" which is referring to the Empress.
	+ She is also associated with the Two of Goblets alongside Lavi Rashid.
* She is of Iberian and Sephardi Jewish, Indian, French, and English descent.
* Rian speaks four languages including English, Spanish, French, Hindustani and Hebrew.
	+ She also knows sign language which she learned from living with her grandmother.
* Rian is associated with the color purple.
* Rian suffers from Type III Usher syndrome.
* She is bisexual.
* She is ambidextrous.
* She is allergic to peppermint.
* Her favorite meal is machher jhol with chicken biryani and garlic-coated naan.
	+ Rian's second favorite meal is chicken bulgogi with fried rice and seaweed soup.
* Her favorite artists are Sade, Echo and The Bunnymen, PJ Harvey, School of Seven Bells, The Cure, Skunk Anasie, Marina, Robyn, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
* Rian dressed up as Isabelle Adjani's Queen Margot at Édouard's Halloween Party.
* She smoke's weed.
* Rian dislike's alcohol.
* She loves motorcycles and skateboards.