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SMyth, Part Deux! Let’s deux this!!!
Senshi: Sailor Eos, Theos Urdkilthai Senshi of the Dawn
Name: Alijah Cassandra Aracelli (ah-LEE-yuh kuh-SAWN-druh ah-rah-CHELL-ee)
Meaning: “I ascend, shining upon man, to the altar of the sky.”
Age: 22
Birthdate: June 11 (The day of Mater Matuta, celebrating the Dawn Goddess)
School/Occupation: Third year at Tisch NYU, studying Lighting Design
Major NPCs:
Father: Sebastien Aracelli, 60, currently a retired USPS worker. When he retired, he received a rather large pension, allowing his family to stay comfortable. Spoils his daughter… with love.
Mother: Fiona Aracelli, 51, prominent insurance agent (auto, home, life). She does it all. Hard- working and the disciplinarian. But she is well-respected by Alijah for the extra nudges in life.
History
Born in Rochester as the only child to successful, hard-working parents, Alijah had many opportunities afforded her. Even though her life was comfortable and Rochester was a large city, she always dreamed of living in fast-paced New York City. Plus, Alijah would be a good six hours (driving) away from her folks - Just enough to keep them close and far enough to assert some sort of independence.
As a young child, Alijah was headstrong and her family encouraged her to try new things. There were many occasions when these endeavors were short-lived and for justifiable reasons, at least to her – Gymnastics (She wasn’t serious enough.), piano (Her fingers just didn’t do what they were supposed to.), and softball (A helmet? Are you kidding?). Alijah also gave up on soccer at the age of four because her boyfriend told her to stick a rock up her nose to prove she liked him. His name was Dallas. She will never forget that moment or go to Texas. But every now and then an attempt at discovering a hobby would prove fruitful. One morning, seeing his daughter awake, Alijah’s father took her on the roof to watch the sun rise. She was about twelve years old and swore it very well could have been the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen. The child was in awe of how the dark became the light and how all of the colors seem to emerge from nothing. Alijah wanted to take that moment and keep it forever. Sebastien got his camera and thus bore her love of photography. She has awoken each morning before dawn ever since.
Raised by a traditionally Catholic Italian family, Alijah never really bought into the whole “monotheism thing.” She often questioned how there could be so many religions and so many people that were wrong one way or the other. This caused her to become very accepting of every kind of person and try to make friends wherever she went. She excelled in all forms of mathematics and cultural studies throughout grade school, but found her passion in the arts and the theatre in her freshman year of high school. However, after several failed attempts at performing on-stage (all ending in overacting disasters), Alijah discovered the discipline and excitement of working behind the scenes, eventually settling on theatrical lighting and helping out with set design.
High school was the most formative time of her life, as it is for most people. She learned to develop mature relationships with others. Alijah made many friends, but it was hard for her to figure out who was a true friend and who might just be using her for something. She had a big house and lots of things. Every guy Alijah dated turned out to be a bad seed, but she was perpetually seeking romance. As for friends, she opted for hanging out with the foreign exchange students. Aside from her love of cultures and diversity, Alijah found that these kids sought true friendship and were extraordinarily genuine souls.
Even though her parents preferred her not to work while she attended high school, she picked up a job after graduation at a local coffee house. Alijah found delight in helping people start their days as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as she always had been. She took a semester off after being accepted to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University to travel and see the world, but instead Alijah stayed at that coffee shop and worked. Her mom was rather dismayed at delaying her education, but Alijah’s father was happy to have his little girl close by for a while longer.
Upon moving to New York City, Alijah (with the help of her parents) got a third floor apartment Soho. It was only a mile from her campus and situated nicely around the things she found comfortable.
Personality
Alijah is strong-willed, but considerate. Assertive when needed, she will always take other people’s feelings into account before her own, which means quite often she is left all alone. But her will allows her to carry on and never give up hope. As the sun rises every day, so will Alijah.
Charismatic. People are drawn to her. Perhaps this has something to do with her having tried every sport and partaken in every event or club in pursuit of finding her niche. Or even her epic failures at many of those, some of which made the internet at a viral level. Each blunder always ended in a smile, though. And I like to think that’s why people like her.
Naive and lovesick, she bears a curse. Just as the goddess Aphrodite hexed the goddess Eos to be forever doomed in romance, Alijah also suffers. She constantly seeks companionship and typically with the wrong people. Often used, she has never once lost faith in love and friendship.
Her aspirations in life are ever-changing, but right now Alijah’s dream is to stage the lighting for a big Broadway show. She’s not really a musical kind of gal. In fact, the only singing she does is drunken karaoke. But she loves visual storytelling, as in her current field of education. Alijah does dream of venturing to see a Las Vegas show. If she got her hands on an act like Cirque, she would flip.
Appearance
Prepare for the severe overuse of “her” below!
Alijah stands about 5’7” but her shoes would never let you know it. She always wears a minimum three inch heel. She has an oval face with a slender nose that has a slightly raised bridge and a rounded tip. Her eyes are almond-shaped, colored bright green, and tilt gently upward at the ends. Her lips are rarely pursed, so she has kept the fullness in her upper lip which sports a cupid’s bow. Her chin is strong, but not boxy, coming to a point ever so lightly. Her cheekbones are high and full. And Alijah’s ears are the same height as the length of her nose, but a tad lower than typical of a person. Her eyebrows are well maintained, but not wire-thin. She doesn’t believe in having to draw them on her face.
Her hair is thick and strawberry blonde, coming to mid-back. It is impossible to flatten, so it is typically allowed to roam freely. Her skin color is medium beige, more earthy than ochre. Alijah’s build is best described as athletic, given that she tries nearly every activity and sport put before her. I credit her calves to the heels she dons. Her nails are always manicured. She takes excellent care of herself. Alijah doesn’t have a set style to her wardrobe, but she prefers skirts and dresses to jeans or shorts. Except for her earrings, she rarely wears any jewelry. Although Alijah possesses a few items for special occasions where she must dress more formally.
Fuku
Her top is a rose-gilded breastplate of curled metal pieces, covering her chest to mid-rib and curving up to her collarbone. It looks like pointed half circles in structured disarray. The metal meets in the center at a large blue circular gemstone (about 3 inches) with a pink setting. The peekaboo cutout around the gem resembles a traditional senshi bow. A small blue bead rests at the base of her sternum at the bottom of the armor. Her belt is four inches in width and made of the same rose gold metallic curls, but with a smaller blue gem (about 2 inches) mounted high off horizontal center on a larger pink setting (the full four inches of her belt’s width).
From the top are translucent sleeves starting below shoulder line and billowing out at her elbow. The sheer material ruffles at both ends and the color darkens from pale yellow to a deep goldenrod as it cascades from shoulder to wrist. It is at the wrist that the goldenrod stops and blends into a powder blue at the ruffle. It is the same blue as her gemstones.
Affixed to the chest armor and continuing under the belt to just above knee-length is an iridescent saffron-colored robing. The fabric gleams between reddish-oranges and vibrant yellows. Pleated and flowing, this robe is slit on both sides at the hip to allow full range of motion. And to be sexy. We must state the obvious. Haha. Atop this is the same sheer textile as her sleeves, only in pale yellow. The ruffle-edged sheer is cut asymmetrically from about three inches below the belt on her right hip to slightly below her left knee.
From the center of her belt drops a semi oval panel of opaque fabric about six inches wide by five inches low. The panel is the same blue as the sleeves at her wrists with a goldenrod inlay about three inches wide and two inches deep.
Her shoes are bright pink pumps with a four inch heel adorned on the top and sides in the same rose gold metallic curls as her chest plate and belt. The curls meet at another small blue gem (approx. 1 inch) set in pink at the top of her foot near the ankle.
She also sports a diadem of the same curls in a single row with a center stone (2 inches) offset in pink at the top with two small marble-sized beads of blue and gold above that.
Her nails are a pale rose color and the only other physical changes are streaks of saffron and metallic gold in her hair. She also sports one earring on her left ear, as her right earring is her transformation item (described below).
Transformation
Relic used: Earring. A blue gem with gold curved, pointed flourishes surrounding it and a pink bead on top. Yes, I have images to accompany this. As well as for fuku and weapon.
“I summon forth First Light! Eos, awaken!”
Alijah takes her right earring off and throws it to the ground. Her morningstar staff Eosphoros emerges. She clasps it with her right hand and taps the base against the earth. The gems on her chest, forehead, belt, and feet appear. A flurry of multicolored light sprouts forth from the stones and manifests her fuku in a wave of metallic curls and fabric.
Powers
Weapon: “Eosphoros” (“Dawn-bringer”)
Eosphoros is a morningstar staff approximately six feet tall in total height. The staff base itself is a metallic saffron color, matching her robing. It has a curvy pink “handle” in an ergonomic design at the tang, about two-thirds up from the base. A three inch wide blue orb is set into the bottom with a pink asymmetrical decoration flaring about four inches up the staff. Below the small orb are three beads decreasing in size and colored pink-blue-pink respectively. Resting on a three-ring pink band atop this staff is the morningstar – a large blue orb (about six to seven inches in diameter) with four rows of golden curved spikes, appearing to section the orb into quarters. A small pale blue bead is set beneath each spiked “flourish,” between the blade and the pink base. Every time her weapon strikes it releases small green sparks. Not damaging, just awesome.
I’ll try my best to describe the flourishes. These spikes from a front point of view look like a crab eating a trident – a solid blade of three square-tipped pointy ones on top with two horns curving out beneath it, followed by half-circles placed three-quarters in below that, and horns pointing downward to finish it off. That was kind difficult. Haha. The morningstar’s top mimics her earring, only upside down.
Power One: “Aurora Amnesis”
Shouting “Aurora Amnesis,” the sky darkens (if it is daytime). Sailor Eos taps her staff in front of her causing a green flash (as is sometimes seen just before dawn). Light travels up her staff and the horizon, until it reaches the morningstar’s large orb. The orbs glimmers, then releases a rapid strobe of heavenly light which radiate outward toward the senshi. The light causes temporary disorientation and lightheadedness to all whom sees it but Eos. Yes, even allies. However one (or two, depending on the odds) lucky opponents will have completely forgotten what they are doing, where they are, and potentially lose touch with reality as a whole (in the future or if allowed now). Think of the mass effect as the way you feel when you stand up too fast and the singular effect as when you first wake up and you’re not sure if you’re still dreaming. The amnesia stems from the trauma of remembering a dream, then forgetting it seconds later after you awaken. Terrible. Haha.
I have a second power, but I suppose I have to wait until the next level to reveal it!
Guardian
As the Theos have no guardians (or senshi) yet, I’ll make the first!
I was going to have a grasshopper/cricket/cicada named Tithonus, as would be a suitable fit per mythology. He was an immortal Jiminy because of Eos. It was so easy. But honestly I don’t think Alijah could have a grasshopper. I’m pretty sure she packs insecticide in her purse. Haha. And a crow? Not again. Birds need to be caged. We don’t need a repeat of last time. Eos had horses and I know people in NYC have them, but I’m pretty sure they stick out or have to be put in the stables. So… here we go.
Phaethon!
Once one of Eos’ famed horses, he has been reincarnated as the most housebroken of the crepuscular species - a mutt. He’s a mixture of Jack Russell Terrier, a few other Terriers, maybe a Chihuahua or four, and possibly a Great Dane or Pitbull. There’s no telling. About two feet long, he’s the perfect size for messing with and still able to get up on the couch. His main color is light brown, but he has three white paws (not the back left, it’s just brown) and random patches of black hair on his back. Phaethon famously perks his right ear up only when things catch his attention.
Dutiful and courageous, Phaethon often forgets he is not a magical sky horse that pulls forth the Dawn anymore and sometimes boasts to be much larger than his current form projects. He is a constant reminder of the mission and takes his job as guardian very seriously, but he will always have Eos and Alijah’s best interests at heart. He would assuredly take a bullet for her - Although he may be too small a target. But the fact that he’s been a dog so long has really started to change him. He acts out as any puppy would and gets distracted rather easily sometimes.
His favorite food is Pedigree Chunky Beef with Bacon and Cheese. And no, he won’t lick peanut butter out of a rubber ball. His gait is that of the horse he once was, so quite often he will prance or trot.
Explanation
Eos was the Titan Goddess of the Dawn. Her parents were Hyperion (Titan of Light) & Theia (Titan Goddess of Sight). Her siblings are Helios (the Sun) and Selene (the Moon). Eos had an affair with Ares, so his wife Aphrodite cursed Eos to be forever in love and forever fail. Eos had many suitors and bore many children. Her most famous children are the four winds (Zephyrus, Boreas, Notus, & Eurus). It is said, however, that Eos perhaps birthed all the stars. Her man troubles included: having a man turned immortal and leaving her, asking Zeus to turn a man immortal and forgetting to ask for eternal youth so he just aged forever (she ended up making him a grasshopper), and loving a married man who doted after his wife. With the last one she turned the wife into a deer and the husband killed it.
Eos began each morning releasing the morning star (Venus) and rode her two horses Lampos and Phaethon (Firebright and Daybright) from her home at the edge of the Titan Oceanus across the sky, allowing her brother Helios to shine. She is the precursor to the Olympian God Apollo in this aspect.
It is said that Eos wears a tiara or diadem, saffron robes, and has rosy fingers. I tried to incorporate these aspects into her fuku design. The other colors were chosen based on photos of civil and nautical dawn. Also, she looks super badass with armor.
The fact that there is an actual medieval weapon named a morningstar just seemed a perfect fit for her. But I didn’t want to have something so sharp next to all of her delicate clothing, so it made sense to extend the handle and make it a staff.
As for all the green sparks and lights, upon researching Eos and dawn-related things, I discovered the phenomena of a “green flash” and had to incorporate it. This naturally occurs as a light refraction of the Sun and only lasts a second or two typically. Had to have it. Haha.
It is hard to create a power for the label “dawn” and not encroach on other areas. Dawn is light. Dawn is the moment when the world wakes up. It’s an ambiguous power base, but somehow I developed a few from it. I decided to lead with “Aurora Amnesis” because it was an active ability that didn’t cause physical damage. She has the Eosphoros for that. I created a passive ability that appeared more dawn- focused (i.e., waking up), but with too few senshi it seemed better to give her active powers instead of ones that help teammates who haven’t been created yet.
Writing Sample
“You have got to be kidding me!” Alijah exclaimed, having read the month’s electric bill as she walked into her apartment.
“I’ve told you for weeks now-” the girl fumed, running her fingers through her golden locks, “if you’re going to be home all day sitting on the couch watching nothing but Lifetime Original Movies, the very least you could turn off one of these gizmos!” Alijah looked around and saw every appliance that she owned plugged in or strung across her floors. It was outrageous! How could he? He was supposed to be there to help her, after all.
“I’m sorry Alij,” said a male voice from the bathroom. “I just get so emotional with these stories and gotta relieve stress. I sometimes forget to pick up after myself,” he continued. The young girl started to pick up the clutter caused by her roommate. Ma ybe this is just a phase , she thought. “My shoes !? My beautiful shoes!” Alijah had just noticed that her favorite black strappy heels looked like they had been thrown in the blender that was on the floor next to them.
“Uh, uh,” he stammered, “I didn’t do it!” In that same instance, you could hear the flap as he rushed from the bathroom to his bedroom. “I’m sorry! It was an accident!”
“My shoes are a smoothie. How is that an accident?” Alijah inquired. “They don’t walk on their own. And they definitely don’t crawl into blenders that weren’t even out of the cupboard when I left. Come out here and explain yourself!” She walked over to his door and turned the handle. Then in a familiar tone, she repeated, “You have got to be kidding me!” There was a pile of shoes all over his bed. “Phaethon! If I didn’t need you so much, I’d ship you to a kennel!” She slammed the door behind her.
The dog perked an ear and tilted his head. “What?” Phaethon dropped the sandals in his mouth. “I didn’t know this wasn’t communal property,” the chestnut colored canine debated. “These could very well be my shoes in some countries.”
“Phae, you’re a dog. I don’t think there’s a country whose laws work like that,” the girl suggested. “Now go into the living room and help me clean that mess up.” Alij pointed to the door and Phaethon exited through the flap of his doggy door into the hallway.
“I don’t have thumbs,” he stated assuredly. “Or hands.”
Alijah reopened the door and walked over to her companion, “You found a way to get all this stuff out. You’ll find a way to get it all back.” She smirked. “I trust you,” affirmed the girl, pausing momentarily, “That’s what you always say to me, isn’t it?” She then walked over to her sofa and lied down, observing a dog with mouthful of cords and shoelaces, dragging them to their designated areas.
Senshi: Sailor Eos, Theos Urdkilthai Senshi of the Dawn
Name: Alijah Cassandra Aracelli (ah-LEE-yuh kuh-SAWN-druh ah-rah-CHELL-ee)
Meaning: “I ascend, shining upon man, to the altar of the sky.”
Age: 22
Birthdate: June 11 (The day of Mater Matuta, celebrating the Dawn Goddess)
School/Occupation: Third year at Tisch NYU, studying Lighting Design
Major NPCs:
Father: Sebastien Aracelli, 60, currently a retired USPS worker. When he retired, he received a rather large pension, allowing his family to stay comfortable. Spoils his daughter… with love.
Mother: Fiona Aracelli, 51, prominent insurance agent (auto, home, life). She does it all. Hard- working and the disciplinarian. But she is well-respected by Alijah for the extra nudges in life.
History
Born in Rochester as the only child to successful, hard-working parents, Alijah had many opportunities afforded her. Even though her life was comfortable and Rochester was a large city, she always dreamed of living in fast-paced New York City. Plus, Alijah would be a good six hours (driving) away from her folks - Just enough to keep them close and far enough to assert some sort of independence.
As a young child, Alijah was headstrong and her family encouraged her to try new things. There were many occasions when these endeavors were short-lived and for justifiable reasons, at least to her – Gymnastics (She wasn’t serious enough.), piano (Her fingers just didn’t do what they were supposed to.), and softball (A helmet? Are you kidding?). Alijah also gave up on soccer at the age of four because her boyfriend told her to stick a rock up her nose to prove she liked him. His name was Dallas. She will never forget that moment or go to Texas. But every now and then an attempt at discovering a hobby would prove fruitful. One morning, seeing his daughter awake, Alijah’s father took her on the roof to watch the sun rise. She was about twelve years old and swore it very well could have been the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen. The child was in awe of how the dark became the light and how all of the colors seem to emerge from nothing. Alijah wanted to take that moment and keep it forever. Sebastien got his camera and thus bore her love of photography. She has awoken each morning before dawn ever since.
Raised by a traditionally Catholic Italian family, Alijah never really bought into the whole “monotheism thing.” She often questioned how there could be so many religions and so many people that were wrong one way or the other. This caused her to become very accepting of every kind of person and try to make friends wherever she went. She excelled in all forms of mathematics and cultural studies throughout grade school, but found her passion in the arts and the theatre in her freshman year of high school. However, after several failed attempts at performing on-stage (all ending in overacting disasters), Alijah discovered the discipline and excitement of working behind the scenes, eventually settling on theatrical lighting and helping out with set design.
High school was the most formative time of her life, as it is for most people. She learned to develop mature relationships with others. Alijah made many friends, but it was hard for her to figure out who was a true friend and who might just be using her for something. She had a big house and lots of things. Every guy Alijah dated turned out to be a bad seed, but she was perpetually seeking romance. As for friends, she opted for hanging out with the foreign exchange students. Aside from her love of cultures and diversity, Alijah found that these kids sought true friendship and were extraordinarily genuine souls.
Even though her parents preferred her not to work while she attended high school, she picked up a job after graduation at a local coffee house. Alijah found delight in helping people start their days as bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as she always had been. She took a semester off after being accepted to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University to travel and see the world, but instead Alijah stayed at that coffee shop and worked. Her mom was rather dismayed at delaying her education, but Alijah’s father was happy to have his little girl close by for a while longer.
Upon moving to New York City, Alijah (with the help of her parents) got a third floor apartment Soho. It was only a mile from her campus and situated nicely around the things she found comfortable.
Personality
Alijah is strong-willed, but considerate. Assertive when needed, she will always take other people’s feelings into account before her own, which means quite often she is left all alone. But her will allows her to carry on and never give up hope. As the sun rises every day, so will Alijah.
Charismatic. People are drawn to her. Perhaps this has something to do with her having tried every sport and partaken in every event or club in pursuit of finding her niche. Or even her epic failures at many of those, some of which made the internet at a viral level. Each blunder always ended in a smile, though. And I like to think that’s why people like her.
Naive and lovesick, she bears a curse. Just as the goddess Aphrodite hexed the goddess Eos to be forever doomed in romance, Alijah also suffers. She constantly seeks companionship and typically with the wrong people. Often used, she has never once lost faith in love and friendship.
Her aspirations in life are ever-changing, but right now Alijah’s dream is to stage the lighting for a big Broadway show. She’s not really a musical kind of gal. In fact, the only singing she does is drunken karaoke. But she loves visual storytelling, as in her current field of education. Alijah does dream of venturing to see a Las Vegas show. If she got her hands on an act like Cirque, she would flip.
Appearance
Prepare for the severe overuse of “her” below!
Alijah stands about 5’7” but her shoes would never let you know it. She always wears a minimum three inch heel. She has an oval face with a slender nose that has a slightly raised bridge and a rounded tip. Her eyes are almond-shaped, colored bright green, and tilt gently upward at the ends. Her lips are rarely pursed, so she has kept the fullness in her upper lip which sports a cupid’s bow. Her chin is strong, but not boxy, coming to a point ever so lightly. Her cheekbones are high and full. And Alijah’s ears are the same height as the length of her nose, but a tad lower than typical of a person. Her eyebrows are well maintained, but not wire-thin. She doesn’t believe in having to draw them on her face.
Her hair is thick and strawberry blonde, coming to mid-back. It is impossible to flatten, so it is typically allowed to roam freely. Her skin color is medium beige, more earthy than ochre. Alijah’s build is best described as athletic, given that she tries nearly every activity and sport put before her. I credit her calves to the heels she dons. Her nails are always manicured. She takes excellent care of herself. Alijah doesn’t have a set style to her wardrobe, but she prefers skirts and dresses to jeans or shorts. Except for her earrings, she rarely wears any jewelry. Although Alijah possesses a few items for special occasions where she must dress more formally.
Fuku
Her top is a rose-gilded breastplate of curled metal pieces, covering her chest to mid-rib and curving up to her collarbone. It looks like pointed half circles in structured disarray. The metal meets in the center at a large blue circular gemstone (about 3 inches) with a pink setting. The peekaboo cutout around the gem resembles a traditional senshi bow. A small blue bead rests at the base of her sternum at the bottom of the armor. Her belt is four inches in width and made of the same rose gold metallic curls, but with a smaller blue gem (about 2 inches) mounted high off horizontal center on a larger pink setting (the full four inches of her belt’s width).
From the top are translucent sleeves starting below shoulder line and billowing out at her elbow. The sheer material ruffles at both ends and the color darkens from pale yellow to a deep goldenrod as it cascades from shoulder to wrist. It is at the wrist that the goldenrod stops and blends into a powder blue at the ruffle. It is the same blue as her gemstones.
Affixed to the chest armor and continuing under the belt to just above knee-length is an iridescent saffron-colored robing. The fabric gleams between reddish-oranges and vibrant yellows. Pleated and flowing, this robe is slit on both sides at the hip to allow full range of motion. And to be sexy. We must state the obvious. Haha. Atop this is the same sheer textile as her sleeves, only in pale yellow. The ruffle-edged sheer is cut asymmetrically from about three inches below the belt on her right hip to slightly below her left knee.
From the center of her belt drops a semi oval panel of opaque fabric about six inches wide by five inches low. The panel is the same blue as the sleeves at her wrists with a goldenrod inlay about three inches wide and two inches deep.
Her shoes are bright pink pumps with a four inch heel adorned on the top and sides in the same rose gold metallic curls as her chest plate and belt. The curls meet at another small blue gem (approx. 1 inch) set in pink at the top of her foot near the ankle.
She also sports a diadem of the same curls in a single row with a center stone (2 inches) offset in pink at the top with two small marble-sized beads of blue and gold above that.
Her nails are a pale rose color and the only other physical changes are streaks of saffron and metallic gold in her hair. She also sports one earring on her left ear, as her right earring is her transformation item (described below).
Transformation
Relic used: Earring. A blue gem with gold curved, pointed flourishes surrounding it and a pink bead on top. Yes, I have images to accompany this. As well as for fuku and weapon.
“I summon forth First Light! Eos, awaken!”
Alijah takes her right earring off and throws it to the ground. Her morningstar staff Eosphoros emerges. She clasps it with her right hand and taps the base against the earth. The gems on her chest, forehead, belt, and feet appear. A flurry of multicolored light sprouts forth from the stones and manifests her fuku in a wave of metallic curls and fabric.
Powers
Weapon: “Eosphoros” (“Dawn-bringer”)
Eosphoros is a morningstar staff approximately six feet tall in total height. The staff base itself is a metallic saffron color, matching her robing. It has a curvy pink “handle” in an ergonomic design at the tang, about two-thirds up from the base. A three inch wide blue orb is set into the bottom with a pink asymmetrical decoration flaring about four inches up the staff. Below the small orb are three beads decreasing in size and colored pink-blue-pink respectively. Resting on a three-ring pink band atop this staff is the morningstar – a large blue orb (about six to seven inches in diameter) with four rows of golden curved spikes, appearing to section the orb into quarters. A small pale blue bead is set beneath each spiked “flourish,” between the blade and the pink base. Every time her weapon strikes it releases small green sparks. Not damaging, just awesome.
I’ll try my best to describe the flourishes. These spikes from a front point of view look like a crab eating a trident – a solid blade of three square-tipped pointy ones on top with two horns curving out beneath it, followed by half-circles placed three-quarters in below that, and horns pointing downward to finish it off. That was kind difficult. Haha. The morningstar’s top mimics her earring, only upside down.
Power One: “Aurora Amnesis”
Shouting “Aurora Amnesis,” the sky darkens (if it is daytime). Sailor Eos taps her staff in front of her causing a green flash (as is sometimes seen just before dawn). Light travels up her staff and the horizon, until it reaches the morningstar’s large orb. The orbs glimmers, then releases a rapid strobe of heavenly light which radiate outward toward the senshi. The light causes temporary disorientation and lightheadedness to all whom sees it but Eos. Yes, even allies. However one (or two, depending on the odds) lucky opponents will have completely forgotten what they are doing, where they are, and potentially lose touch with reality as a whole (in the future or if allowed now). Think of the mass effect as the way you feel when you stand up too fast and the singular effect as when you first wake up and you’re not sure if you’re still dreaming. The amnesia stems from the trauma of remembering a dream, then forgetting it seconds later after you awaken. Terrible. Haha.
I have a second power, but I suppose I have to wait until the next level to reveal it!
Guardian
As the Theos have no guardians (or senshi) yet, I’ll make the first!
I was going to have a grasshopper/cricket/cicada named Tithonus, as would be a suitable fit per mythology. He was an immortal Jiminy because of Eos. It was so easy. But honestly I don’t think Alijah could have a grasshopper. I’m pretty sure she packs insecticide in her purse. Haha. And a crow? Not again. Birds need to be caged. We don’t need a repeat of last time. Eos had horses and I know people in NYC have them, but I’m pretty sure they stick out or have to be put in the stables. So… here we go.
Phaethon!
Once one of Eos’ famed horses, he has been reincarnated as the most housebroken of the crepuscular species - a mutt. He’s a mixture of Jack Russell Terrier, a few other Terriers, maybe a Chihuahua or four, and possibly a Great Dane or Pitbull. There’s no telling. About two feet long, he’s the perfect size for messing with and still able to get up on the couch. His main color is light brown, but he has three white paws (not the back left, it’s just brown) and random patches of black hair on his back. Phaethon famously perks his right ear up only when things catch his attention.
Dutiful and courageous, Phaethon often forgets he is not a magical sky horse that pulls forth the Dawn anymore and sometimes boasts to be much larger than his current form projects. He is a constant reminder of the mission and takes his job as guardian very seriously, but he will always have Eos and Alijah’s best interests at heart. He would assuredly take a bullet for her - Although he may be too small a target. But the fact that he’s been a dog so long has really started to change him. He acts out as any puppy would and gets distracted rather easily sometimes.
His favorite food is Pedigree Chunky Beef with Bacon and Cheese. And no, he won’t lick peanut butter out of a rubber ball. His gait is that of the horse he once was, so quite often he will prance or trot.
Explanation
Eos was the Titan Goddess of the Dawn. Her parents were Hyperion (Titan of Light) & Theia (Titan Goddess of Sight). Her siblings are Helios (the Sun) and Selene (the Moon). Eos had an affair with Ares, so his wife Aphrodite cursed Eos to be forever in love and forever fail. Eos had many suitors and bore many children. Her most famous children are the four winds (Zephyrus, Boreas, Notus, & Eurus). It is said, however, that Eos perhaps birthed all the stars. Her man troubles included: having a man turned immortal and leaving her, asking Zeus to turn a man immortal and forgetting to ask for eternal youth so he just aged forever (she ended up making him a grasshopper), and loving a married man who doted after his wife. With the last one she turned the wife into a deer and the husband killed it.
Eos began each morning releasing the morning star (Venus) and rode her two horses Lampos and Phaethon (Firebright and Daybright) from her home at the edge of the Titan Oceanus across the sky, allowing her brother Helios to shine. She is the precursor to the Olympian God Apollo in this aspect.
It is said that Eos wears a tiara or diadem, saffron robes, and has rosy fingers. I tried to incorporate these aspects into her fuku design. The other colors were chosen based on photos of civil and nautical dawn. Also, she looks super badass with armor.
The fact that there is an actual medieval weapon named a morningstar just seemed a perfect fit for her. But I didn’t want to have something so sharp next to all of her delicate clothing, so it made sense to extend the handle and make it a staff.
As for all the green sparks and lights, upon researching Eos and dawn-related things, I discovered the phenomena of a “green flash” and had to incorporate it. This naturally occurs as a light refraction of the Sun and only lasts a second or two typically. Had to have it. Haha.
It is hard to create a power for the label “dawn” and not encroach on other areas. Dawn is light. Dawn is the moment when the world wakes up. It’s an ambiguous power base, but somehow I developed a few from it. I decided to lead with “Aurora Amnesis” because it was an active ability that didn’t cause physical damage. She has the Eosphoros for that. I created a passive ability that appeared more dawn- focused (i.e., waking up), but with too few senshi it seemed better to give her active powers instead of ones that help teammates who haven’t been created yet.
Writing Sample
“You have got to be kidding me!” Alijah exclaimed, having read the month’s electric bill as she walked into her apartment.
“I’ve told you for weeks now-” the girl fumed, running her fingers through her golden locks, “if you’re going to be home all day sitting on the couch watching nothing but Lifetime Original Movies, the very least you could turn off one of these gizmos!” Alijah looked around and saw every appliance that she owned plugged in or strung across her floors. It was outrageous! How could he? He was supposed to be there to help her, after all.
“I’m sorry Alij,” said a male voice from the bathroom. “I just get so emotional with these stories and gotta relieve stress. I sometimes forget to pick up after myself,” he continued. The young girl started to pick up the clutter caused by her roommate. Ma ybe this is just a phase , she thought. “My shoes !? My beautiful shoes!” Alijah had just noticed that her favorite black strappy heels looked like they had been thrown in the blender that was on the floor next to them.
“Uh, uh,” he stammered, “I didn’t do it!” In that same instance, you could hear the flap as he rushed from the bathroom to his bedroom. “I’m sorry! It was an accident!”
“My shoes are a smoothie. How is that an accident?” Alijah inquired. “They don’t walk on their own. And they definitely don’t crawl into blenders that weren’t even out of the cupboard when I left. Come out here and explain yourself!” She walked over to his door and turned the handle. Then in a familiar tone, she repeated, “You have got to be kidding me!” There was a pile of shoes all over his bed. “Phaethon! If I didn’t need you so much, I’d ship you to a kennel!” She slammed the door behind her.
The dog perked an ear and tilted his head. “What?” Phaethon dropped the sandals in his mouth. “I didn’t know this wasn’t communal property,” the chestnut colored canine debated. “These could very well be my shoes in some countries.”
“Phae, you’re a dog. I don’t think there’s a country whose laws work like that,” the girl suggested. “Now go into the living room and help me clean that mess up.” Alij pointed to the door and Phaethon exited through the flap of his doggy door into the hallway.
“I don’t have thumbs,” he stated assuredly. “Or hands.”
Alijah reopened the door and walked over to her companion, “You found a way to get all this stuff out. You’ll find a way to get it all back.” She smirked. “I trust you,” affirmed the girl, pausing momentarily, “That’s what you always say to me, isn’t it?” She then walked over to her sofa and lied down, observing a dog with mouthful of cords and shoelaces, dragging them to their designated areas.
Results
Excellent description in appearance, fuku, and power sections especially. Very beautiful fuku! The verdict is Accept with Revision. The areas requiring revision are Personality and Guardian.
Detailed review notes follow. Your application was reviewed by Em and Regina.
Character Info
* Can you separate out the elements used in constructing your name meaning?
+ E: USPS pensioner is very topical!
History
- Perhaps indicate explicitly that the initial paragraph is a summary paragraph -- one reviewer was confused by it.
+ R: Like the second paragraph describing her childhood. Good stuff.
- Being a traditional Catholic family, how did her parents respond Alijah’s religious views?
- What about when the foreign exchange students returned to their home countries? Does Alijah attempt to keep in touch with them?
Personality
* Flesh out the personality section with more examples of her personality in daily life.
- When has Alijah demonstrated strength of will and in what way? How is she considerate?
- How does putting other people first lead to Alijah being alone?
- What about her is charismatic? Her voice, her smile, her willingness to engage with or relate to others?
* Please make note of any viral internet incidents in the history section.
- Why is Alijah lovesick? What does she think having The One in her life will do, change, or fix? What qualities does she look for that lead her to the ‘wrong’ people in matters of romance?
- Is she energetic? Calm? Generally optimistic or pessimistic? Does she go out often to meet new people, or in the company of existing friends?
- What less savory traits does Alijah have? What might other people dislike about her?
- What sorts of things has Alijah aspired to do in the past? Why has she not stuck with most things? (Is she particularly flightly or fickle?)
Appearance
+ R: I don’t think pursing one’s lips deforms the mouth in any way, but is good to go.
+ E: Verra nice description here!
Fuku
+ R: I looooove her fuku. I don’t think it does not look greek enough however.
+ E: Gorgeous fuku! I see the Greek, though as note to future applicants, this is the limit for subtlety. Absolutely beautiful job on the description, too -- I wish more people would put this much into their fuku description! <3 It's well-organized, too. Seriously, everyone, do your fuku description as nicely as this!
Transformation
+ R: Looks good.
Powers
+ E: I learned a new word, "tang." I love new words! Also, I can see the crab, haha! Kudos for the effort.
+ R: Weapon sounds good. No issues.
+ E: Nice power.Easy to understand the range and area or effect and duration from the description.
Guardian
- The Theos do have a guardian, Talos. (You might remember him from the thing with all the people and aliens and stuff!)
** Theos guardians are supposed to be people from the past, not animals. You might be better served by using Phaeton (son of Eos and Cephalus or Tithonus), or a different mythic figure. While mythical monsters would be acceptable for certain senshi teams, using a horse for the Theos is somewhat problematic, unless there is some aspect to the mythology that establishes the horse had human-level intelligence in ancient Greece (and was itself an ancient senshi?)
Explanation
* Aphrodite was not married to Ares, she was married to Hephaistos/Hephaestus. Aphrodite <i>was</i> Ares’ lover though.
+ R: I like the mention of the green flash!
Writing Sample
- R: Situation with the appliances is unclear. Did Phaeton plug them in, or were they already plugged in and Alijah expected Phaeton (a dog) to unplug them? If Phaeton plugged them in… how? (For that matter, how would the dog have gotten the cabinets open to get the contraptions out anyway?)
- R: It seems strange that Phaeton would have his own room?
Detailed review notes follow. Your application was reviewed by Em and Regina.
Character Info
* Can you separate out the elements used in constructing your name meaning?
+ E: USPS pensioner is very topical!
History
- Perhaps indicate explicitly that the initial paragraph is a summary paragraph -- one reviewer was confused by it.
+ R: Like the second paragraph describing her childhood. Good stuff.
- Being a traditional Catholic family, how did her parents respond Alijah’s religious views?
- What about when the foreign exchange students returned to their home countries? Does Alijah attempt to keep in touch with them?
Personality
* Flesh out the personality section with more examples of her personality in daily life.
- When has Alijah demonstrated strength of will and in what way? How is she considerate?
- How does putting other people first lead to Alijah being alone?
- What about her is charismatic? Her voice, her smile, her willingness to engage with or relate to others?
* Please make note of any viral internet incidents in the history section.
- Why is Alijah lovesick? What does she think having The One in her life will do, change, or fix? What qualities does she look for that lead her to the ‘wrong’ people in matters of romance?
- Is she energetic? Calm? Generally optimistic or pessimistic? Does she go out often to meet new people, or in the company of existing friends?
- What less savory traits does Alijah have? What might other people dislike about her?
- What sorts of things has Alijah aspired to do in the past? Why has she not stuck with most things? (Is she particularly flightly or fickle?)
Appearance
+ R: I don’t think pursing one’s lips deforms the mouth in any way, but is good to go.
+ E: Verra nice description here!
Fuku
+ R: I looooove her fuku. I don’t think it does not look greek enough however.
+ E: Gorgeous fuku! I see the Greek, though as note to future applicants, this is the limit for subtlety. Absolutely beautiful job on the description, too -- I wish more people would put this much into their fuku description! <3 It's well-organized, too. Seriously, everyone, do your fuku description as nicely as this!
Transformation
+ R: Looks good.
Powers
+ E: I learned a new word, "tang." I love new words! Also, I can see the crab, haha! Kudos for the effort.
+ R: Weapon sounds good. No issues.
+ E: Nice power.Easy to understand the range and area or effect and duration from the description.
Guardian
- The Theos do have a guardian, Talos. (You might remember him from the thing with all the people and aliens and stuff!)
** Theos guardians are supposed to be people from the past, not animals. You might be better served by using Phaeton (son of Eos and Cephalus or Tithonus), or a different mythic figure. While mythical monsters would be acceptable for certain senshi teams, using a horse for the Theos is somewhat problematic, unless there is some aspect to the mythology that establishes the horse had human-level intelligence in ancient Greece (and was itself an ancient senshi?)
Explanation
* Aphrodite was not married to Ares, she was married to Hephaistos/Hephaestus. Aphrodite <i>was</i> Ares’ lover though.
+ R: I like the mention of the green flash!
Writing Sample
- R: Situation with the appliances is unclear. Did Phaeton plug them in, or were they already plugged in and Alijah expected Phaeton (a dog) to unplug them? If Phaeton plugged them in… how? (For that matter, how would the dog have gotten the cabinets open to get the contraptions out anyway?)
- R: It seems strange that Phaeton would have his own room?