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CHARACTER NAME canon: Xena: Warrior Princess canon point: post-2x05, "Return of Callisto" canon cw: violence/murder/rampaging warlords, family death by fire, suicidal ideation brief bio: Callisto is severely stunted, both emotionally and psychologically. The revenge fantasy that she's dedicated her life to is very much the kind of wish fulfillment that a grieving, angry, traumatized preteen might use to self-soothe, and even as she grew and should have ostensibly matured, she didn't: she become more determined and more entrenched and more obsessed instead, and now she has an adult's very real ability to see that childhood fantasy through, no matter the cost to herself or to others. She's self-centered and entirely preoccupied with her own pain, and like the extreme version of a playground bully or an upset child who lashes out and hits during a tantrum, she deals with being upset by trying to make everyone else hurt as much as she does - sometimes with deadly results. relationship status: Extremely single. apparent age: Twenties. appearance: Here's a photo! identifying marks: Nothing that's readily visible. FYI, some of her icons will show her with facial scar; these were made from screencaps from past her canonpoint, and she doesn't have the scar in-game. mental state: NOT GREAT, FAM. She's grieving, traumatized, and severely depressed, and she has a seemingly endless well of rage inside her that she's all too willing to take out on the people around her. Using the game's rating system, I'd put her somewhere in the high sixties in terms of sanity. She absolutely has severe mental trauma that she hasn't dealt with even a little bit, and it causes her trouble on the regular. In terms of how she'd function in normal society, it would really depend on what that society was. As a citizen of a modern Earth city? She'd flounder, hard. As a resident of a quiet, peaceful village? Ditto. As a warlord leading an army (which, to be fair, is a perfectly valid career choice on her world)? She's set! But even then, her inability to see past her grudges still causes problems at times; both of the times her armies splintered, it was because she essentially abandoned them to chase Xena. ABILITIES Hand-to-hand combat. she's been obsessively training since she was a teenager. Weaponry. She's thoroughly proficient with swords, throwing knives, and chakrams. Horsemanship. She's an excellent rider, and well-versed in driving chariots. General acrobatics and physical fitness. She's very in shape, strong, flexible, has excellent balance, etc. At this canonpoint, she has no supernatural abilities. IC PERMISSIONS physical affection: OOCly I'm down with it; ICly there's a high chance of her being weird about it. flirting: OOCly I'm down with it; ICly there's a high chance of her rolling her eyes and dismissing it. relationships: OOCly, I love exploring CR of all stripes, and am almost always up for going wherever the CR flow takes us. ICly, she's an unfriendly, aggressive ball of messy issues, so like... godspeed to the characters she has CR with, tbh; I apologize in advance for her everything. sex: Probably unlikely, but see above; if something did end up developing that way ICly, I'm not opposed OOCly. If it ever becomes relevant, I play her as bi with a pretty low sex drive; I have a preference for F/F over M/F, but ship chemisty/chemistry above all. fighting: Go for it! injury/death: Go for it! psychic information: Zero psychic defenses, though depending on the situation, she may react badly to someone using their powers on her. OOCly I'm fine with it, though; feel free to contact me for more info on what her reaction would be in a given context and/or what your character might see inside her head. triggers: OOC PERMISSIONS time zone: EST/UTC-5 rp style: Present tense (I'll switch if I need to, but this is your advance warning that I'm so used to present tense in RP that I'll probably slip up a lot no matter how much I proofread). Either prose or brackets (I default to brackets because it's the most popular style here, but I can easily do either). My own tagging speed is variable, and I'm down to play with extreme boomerangers, extreme backtaggers, and anyone in between. contact: Ihdreniel or a PM. You can DM me on Discord too (I'm banerries#3267), but I'm on there less and I might not see it right away. backtagging: Sure! fourthwalling: I generally find it more fun when CR can develop without one character coming pre-packaged with lots of metaknowledge, but I'm not 100% opposed to the idea in all situations. If your character would canonically be familiar with Callisto's canon and you'd really like them to recognize her, shoot me a message and we can chat; I'll probably be cool with it! offensive subjects: N/A