Amélia d'Aubigny

### Dislikes

English Cuisine, Sleepers advancing the decay, Those who do not hold themselves to an honorable code

## Magic

### Principle

Flow, Transfer, Lightning

**Amélia d'Aubigny** is a noble and member of the Grand Order of Magi, hailing from the highly respected d'Aubigny of Covenant of La Couronne Astrale , a family that pre-dated the Order and was pivotal in its foundation. Highly skilled in sword and sorcery, specifically the highly aristocratic Jewel Magic, Amélia remains undefeated in a duel of blades. She is the leader of the Chevaliers de La Couronne Astrale, a prestigious group of magi within the La Courone Astrale that serves as its force when the Veil is not needed. Known for her pride as a noble member of the Arcane Order, she age-old the rivalry between the d'Aubigny and the Halifax by treating Valarie Halifax as her own personal rival. The flames of their competition is further stoked by the fact that Amélia and her Chevalier are currently partaking in a "cultural exchange" with the Covenant of Stonehenge.

## Background

The d'Aubigny are a proud magus lineage that can trace their lineage back over a millennium. They have been landowners and nobles for about as long as they have been mages and contributed their influence and power to the formation of the Grand Order of Magi. This age and status as a founding family has afforded them much prestige over the history of the order.

The d'Aubigny have been a relatively nationalist family which has often led them into conflict with another order family, the Halifax. Although both are part of the Arcane Order they supported countries with frequent conflict and so would often find themselves on opposite sides of wars. Over time this conflict would bleed over to the families themselves, sometimes the rivalry would be fierce, sometimes friendly, sometimes even forgotten but it always comes back somehow. It helps that both families maintained more or less the same status as each other and regularly had representation amongst the Magisters of the Arcane Order.

Amélia was born as the eldest daughter of this family and from a young age was taught in the ways of an elite magus. How to maneuver the politics of the Grand Order, the casting of magic, aristocratic etiquette, etc. It was clear from a young age that she would be the next heir of d'Aubigny and she took to the role well. Much of her time was spent dedicated to her studies.

Eventually, when she was old enough she began to attend classes at the Covenant as well. Thanks to her status and talent she was able to get the best teacher and excelled at these lessons too. She was an exceptional student academically and also used this as an opportunity to start creating connections. With her outgoing personality, her high performance, and her elite status it was easy enough to create friends and contacts amongst her peers. Forming bonds that would be mutually beneficial for the future and a few trusted confidants as well.

As she had hoped she was able to maintain this group even after they passed their classes, a strong alliance and friendship amongst the elite. A group that she has continued to expand with favors, friendship, etc. They often met at cafes, discussed magic, and of course assisted each other in important matters. In particular, Amélia was the one holding much of the group together and to whom many of them were loyal either out of friendship or a hope that they would impress the scion of this founding family.

Her father recognized this group and its potential to add more influence to the d’Aubigny name, plus it would serve as good leadership practice for his daughter. He used his influence as a magister to convince the Covenant of La Couronne Astrale that it would be useful to make this alliance of the elite youth official. So they became the Chevaliers de La Couronne Astrale, a group that had the official purpose of being one of the representatives of the Covenant and to act with force where the Veil would be inappropriate, unnecessary, or unwanted. Unofficially it was also a good way for the heirs of elite families to rub elbows and as ever it remained dedicated to their now official leader, Amélia d’Aubigny.

With the official declaration of her leadership of this group she also received her ceremony raising her to the rank of Peritum. She had very quickly risen through the ranks and had at a very young age reached the third highest rank one can reach while still belonging to a single Covenant. It was highly impressive and many of the Magisters as well as other Peritums knew it.

About a year ago the Magisters of the Covenant began to discuss how impressive many of their youths in this generation were. Many of their elite had shown impressive talent and skill in magic and often politics as well. While the days of Britain and France marching to war against each other were long gone, there was still a sense of rivalry between the Covenant of Stonehenge and La Couronne Astrale. So about six months ago they came to the decision that they would send Amélia, along with six of her finest subordinates, to the Covenant of Stonehenge. Officially the Chevaliers de La Couronne Astrale were acting as representatives in a cultural and educational exchange. Unofficially everyone knew this was pretty much a power move by the Covenant of La Couronne Astrale, sending the brightest minds of their youth to display their superiority over their rival Covenant.

Although the Covenant of Stonehenge could see through this they still accepted, as to do otherwise would essentially be admitting defeat. So Amélia lead her finest across the channel and has been doing her best to show the superiority of her homeland. She regularly engages in impressive displays of magic and also often challenges others to sparring matches. She has found that the only one who both regularly accepts her challenges and can actually match her is one Valarie Halifax. Once again the Halifax and d’Aubigny engage in rivalry as the two heirs compete to decide who is superior, representing not only themselves but also their family, nation, and differing ideas on what the aristocracy should be.

## Appearance

Chaque fois que tu vois passer Valarie.Quoi? Vous ne pouvez pas vous permettre un approvisionnement régulier en bijoux ? Tuez-vous.Que fait le chat?Expression emblématique de la supériorité.
## Personality

For a magus, Amélia actually has a pretty normal relationship with her brother. He completely lacks the desire to engage in the politics that are inherent to being family head, preferring to just engage in academics instead. This means there's no jealousy or competition between the siblings which allows them to truly relax and have fun around one another. She sometimes refers to him as her "adorable little brother", partially because of his relative innocence as a magus but mostly just out of genuine affection.

Amélia can be considered in some ways the typical upper class magus. She holds those beneath her in disdain, seeing newer families as largely irrelevant. Sometimes they make for good servants or veil members but are otherwise beneath notice. A long and illustrious lineage is what determines one’s worth in the world of magi, Amélia’s is amongst the longest which raises her quite high above those around her. She does notably make an exception for the serving staff associates of the d’Aubigny family who she treats politely. It would be rather crass not to thank the people doing your laundry and making a croque madame for you.

Some of the only mages she has a lesser opinion of than the lower ranks are mages who aren’t part of the Order or similar organizations at all. Independent mages are often seeking to break the rules of these governing bodies of the magical world and do not often share the same goal either. They waste, abuse, and frolic about with their magical ability. Even worse than them in Amélia’s eyes are the criminal magus organizations who can not abide by the laws of the magical or sleeper world. They treat their magic only as a weapon or a money-making tool rather than seeing the academic and artistic possibilities.

Although Amélia has all the arrogance of an elite and all the ruthlessness of a magus, she is a relatively honorable individual. Honor is an important part of that superiority after all, what is a noble or any person really if they can not keep to their ideals and their word? As such she will stick closely to any agreed upon rules or conditions and keep her word no matter who it was to. It could even be a sleeper, all that matters is that she gave her word. For similar reasons, she always tries to keep a composed and elegant demeanor about her. The only elite mages she has an outright negative view on are the ones who completely lack honor. She may not like or agree with all of the rest but even those ones are her peers nonetheless. Those who can not succeed with a code of some sort even with all their resources and magical power are not worthy of it in the first place.

Even if they often clash, Amélia holds Valarie in somewhat high regard, considering her to be her only match amongst the youth of Stonehenge. Although she does still consider herself and her family to be slightly superior to the Halifax. She sees Valarie as a worthy rival and enjoys their sparring matches together. She might even consider Valarie a friend more than a rival if not for their family history and their differing views on their status as magus nobility. As it is, Amélia sees Valarie as being too soft-hearted, possessing little guile, and being overly concerned with helping the lower classes

Like many mages, Amélia holds modern personal devices somewhat in disdain and would be very uncertain on how to use one if she had to. She doesn’t live completely off the grid or anything like that but she has for example never even held a mobile phone in her hand. She similarly holds disdain for guns like many mages, seeing them as the weapons of the inferior sleeper populace. She does make a small exception for weapons like that used by her rival, it has been sufficiently modified to be more of an artifact than a normal gun.

Amélia is secretly quite a romantic. She knows that in her position she will probably marry for convenience rather than anything else. However she does still have her own preferences for a romantic partner. Someone loyal, honorable, and romantic as she, a true gentleman with whom she can exchange romantic gestures. She also sometimes daydreams about courting or being courted by someone in the old fashion. Amélia tries to keep this a secret and would be quite embarrassed if anyone found out but will not deny it in that case either.

## Abilities

### Magic

The d’Aubigny have specialized in jewel magic for as long as they have existed and with their noble status they have easily been able to afford it. Through a combination of their well-developed mana lobes and their wealth being able to buy as many jewels as they need, a well prepared d’Aubigny rarely runs out of resources. Amélia in particular specializes in using jewels for lightning magic. She can use multiple jewels to create lightning cages around targets, has a spell that uses the principle of lightning’s speed to carry her from one point to another extremely quickly, can give her lightning the properties of a solid to grab or physically strike things from afar, etc. She is not limited purely to lightning either, being knowledgeable in creating barriers, weaving jewels into her clothes that increase her durability, being able to use high-tier reinforcement, enhancing her perception of the supernatural, resisting or removing curses, etc.

### Fencing

Amélia has always been fascinated by fencing and swordsmanship in general. Since she was a child her parents provided her with the very best instructors and with passion and talent as well, she has learned very fast. Amélia is considered a master of French, Italian, and German styles of fencing. This is one of the skills she likes to hold over the English mages and she hasn't lost a match yet. Even Valarie, her rival and equal as an aristocratic mage, is currently 0-7 against Amélia. She has also been learning some of the local fencing styles such as the Elizabethan and Scottish schools, a way of showing she's better even at their own schools of swordsmanship.

### Equipment

#### Rapier

Amélia’s prized weapon and primary artifact. It is a dueling sword shaped as a rapier, created using powerful materials and enhancing spells to give it a far sharper and more durable blade than any mundane sword. It can hold up to battles between its owner using powerful reinforcement and foes with superhuman strength. Most notably however the sword has a large amber stone embedded in the pommel of the weapon. This amber was amongst the royal jewels that the d’Aubigny family personally retrieved when they were stolen during the revolution. Its quality is undeniable and turns the sword into a wand for lightning-based spells. Whether it’s extending the blade with whip-like lightning, covering her area in deadly electricity, or simply unleashing massive blasts it is a powerful artifact.

#### Âme de Tempête

A form of familiars created Amélia. The process of creating this familiar involves first binding a spirit to one's will then binding them to a gemstone suitable for magical use. The result is the spirit being able to use the magical energy within the jewel to give itself form. In Amelia's case she usually chooses to have these familiars appear as humanoid beings made of lightning. They are able to move around at high speed, float, and blast their element. The jewel acts as their spiritual core and is the only way to actually kill the familiar, attacks aimed at the lightning body will simply pass through. She keeps at least four of these jewel cores on her person at any time and also uses them as security for her residence.