Diana "Diamant" Bernhardson

Diana Bernhardson, usually known by her handle "Diamant", is one of the Protagonists of MONOLITH. She is a young, upper-class woman who works a lot like a loan shark, using her wealth and connections to keep people indebted to her when it happens to become useful to her. Diamant is a skilled mage, whose Mana seems to focus heavily around seduction and fire. Mechanically, she is a Dicubus Awakened. She acts as the leader, face, and primary combat mage of Diamant's Crew. Diamant's abilities seem to stem from what she refers to as "her curse", which reportedly was placed on her by her parents.

## Diana Bernhardson

Official Character Portrait (AI Generated)

## Stats

### REA

5
4
7
6

### CLN

8
7
7
9

## Contacts

### Aliases

Diamant (handle)
Gwenith Owens (fake E-SEC Red SIN)

### Family

Unnamed (mother)
Unnamed (father)

### Friends

Pandora "Panda" Oliveberry (close friend)
Valerian Batcurse (friend)
Perona (acquaintance, possible leader)
Azat Bosko (butler)

### Contacts

Belladona Lilith (ripperdoc)
Rebekah Joshi (lawman)
Ebrahim "Spectre" Tillens (infoguy)
Mya "Auntie" Li (sector)
Arandyl "Peppermint" Peyzazh (sector)
Euphemia "Stitches" Silversmith (sector)
Farrah "Ringer" Silverlock (sector)
Nakamura "Stroke" Runin (sector)

## History

### Before the events of MONOLITH

Diamant was born to a very rich family, though the specifics of who this family was has not been explained. According to Diamant, this rich family was involved in placing some kind of curse on her, though the reason for this is unknown. This curse was the cause of her Dicubus form, as well as her arcane abilities and her compulsive need for physical affection.

Azat Bosko, according to both of them, has served as her direct guardian and servant since her childhood, and the two of them seemed to remain together even after the falling out with her family. Diamant also has a number of other friendships and connections throughout the city, including Pandora Oliveberry, Rebekah Joshi, Ebrahim Tillens, and seems to be an official member of the GSM Alliance.

### ARTIFICIAL HEART

Diamant was the primary tactician and leader of the group during their first Contract, which was the investigation of the Kormanov Warehouse. She negotiated the "deal" that got Stroke released from the Arcanum Northside Correctional Facility, mainly by strongarming the warden into releasing her, and later would induct Stitches into the crew. Diamant throughout the story has served as the undisputed face and social speaker for the group, and for the most part is the one looked to for leadership decisions. She also provided the majority of the funding and equipment for the group, including multiple safehouses, the helicopter during the second run, and a large amount of financial backing for repairs and weaponry.

Diamant would also display additional skillsets during the group's third run, such as a fairly impressive list of fake SINs to use for various purposes. She enjoyed the groups downtime periods, usually spending them working out her issues with other PCs. This included Stroke, the two of which have a bit of a rocky relationship due to a combination of tactical disagreements and general dislike for the other's personality.

Diamant suffered from a psychological breakdown during the breakdown after the death of Erlareo, and Stroke temporarily assumed control over the group. She had mostly recovered from this by the time the group actually went in for the raid to rescue the Silvers family, and was able to serve on the backline without problems.

## Biological Information

Diamant is a Dicubus, a type of Aversion descended from infernal curses or mortal reproduction with a succubus/incubus. She has smooth, golden skin and black eyes, shoulder length blonde hair, and 4 black horns, two coming from her ears and two smaller ones from above her temples. Diamant stands at around 5' 7", average height for a female Aversion, and has a slim body frame.

## Powers and Gear

### Traits

* **Wayward Heart** - Diamant's curse requires her to maintain close physical contact with others. Extended periods of being "touch-starved" cause her to suffer significantly worse mental and physical symptoms than the average person, including a lack of focus, sickness, exhaustion, and severe stress. Reportedly, this is a result of her curse.
* **KiCaste** - Diamant is a KiCaste, a highly unusual lifestyle that gives her major benefits in terms of wealth, status, and connections.
* **Infernal Seduction** - Diamant's curse gives her very strong natural pheromones that increase her attractiveness, providing a huge boost to her Enthrall checks.

### Spells

* **Local Temperatures** - A 0th Tier utility spell that lets her modify the weather and temperature in a small radius around her.
* **Cinnamon Fireburst** - Launches a burst of some kind of sweet-smelling, pink flames. Seemingly unique to Diamant, who often uses a small piece of candy as her component for casting it.
* **Enthrall Person** - Presumably enthralls the target, though this has failed both times she has attempted to cast it.
* **Illusory Appearance** - Allows Diamant to perform limited alterations over her appearance. While she is unable to change major aspects of her form such as body shape, she is able to alter her skin, eye, and hair colors, add and remove tattoos and other bodily markings, and other small modifications.
* **Infernal Visage** - Allows her to, for a split-second, alter her face into a hellish mutated mask, terrifying anyone who sees it.

### Gear

* **Auto-Translator Module** - Diamant has an installed piece of cyberware that allows her to *mostly* understand all languages, though this does not let her speak or write them.
* A black balisong knife.
* Diamant carries a large amount of small bags of candy, which she uses to snack on and as components for Magicka.