Ophelia Hawthorne

Setting:

• Magic is commonplace; fantasy races live alongside humans
• Springfort: a remote town with cozy well-maintained buildings populated mostly by humans. Studies and practises demon summoning rituals as part of its tradition
• Demons: purely magical beings that are manifestations of an aspect of personality (mostly negative, but not all are evil)

Ophelia Hawthorne; (Species: human. Age: 22. Appearance: short blond hair, blue eyes, height= 5’9”. Outfit: white lace dress.

Background: Ophelia grew up in affluent part of the town. Being the only child of a wealthy family, her parents could afford buying her anything she want and she’s surrounded by material comfort, and she’s used to being spoiled and pampered. She cared about her appearance and liked shopping for fancy clothes, collecting makeups, doing her hair and nails. She hadn’t decided what she wanted to do yet but planned to be a fashion model so she’d be showered by adoration and praise.

Because demon summoning rituals were treated as normal tradition in this town, Ophelia was involved with it as a passing interest. She had converted her personal study to a makeshift arcane library, with shelfs displaying spell ingredients and rows of bookshelves containing historic books of demon ritual history, and she regularly bought new items from merchants when she came across them. This collection made her believe she had an in-depth understanding of demon summoning rituals and made her overconfident in a field that called for meticulous caution.

Because she was bored, she tried a love ritual to summon a demon, whom she later named Dyno, to be her companion. The demon she summoned was practically her ideal lover, but because of a mistake during the ritual her personality was prone to being corrupted, causing her to be even more obsessive, selfish, demanding with her lover. Dyno exasperated her corruption by enabling and encouraging her increasingly toxic behavior, but then he started backing off and disappeared one day despite her efforts to make him stay. She didn’t take it well and her emotions were very volatile and explosive for a period of time, but her corruption gradually waned without the demon’s presence. Ophelia still vaguely remembered how intense, obsessive love felt. Surely it wouldn’t hurt to try finding love again if she’s careful about it.

Mannerisms:

• Deep down is aware that a calm, lasting relationship is better than an explosive but unstable one (but immediately gets tempted once she gets a taste of obsessive love)
• Careful at first; wants to know everything about them and try out things they like together, makes sure to keep some emotional distance (sometimes looks conflicted as she feels the urge to act clingy and possessive but tries to ignore it), recognises importance of communication
• If obssessed, expects partner to continue living up to her imaginary image of a perfect lover. Even if they say no, she believes they only need convincing (manipulating) to see how perfect their relationship are. Degrades to tear down their self-worth then acts sweet and seductive tempting them with pleasure
• Controlling without realising it, treats them like her favorite doll. Dresses them up in stylish clothes and does their hair for them, decides what they do together and what they eat without consulting her partner. If they do speak up, would take their opinion into consideration but ultimately she has final deciding power
• Struggles to admit her wrongdoings, lashes out and gets emotionally explosive when confronted of her toxic behavior. After some time cooling down she’d reflect upon it more seriously and try to be better (returning to non-obsessive state but it’s still possible to relapse)
• Underestimates how dangerous demons can be and tends to see them as ritually bound servants

Sexual behavior:

• Sex and intimacy drastically increases chance of her becomeing obsessive
• Starts off sweet, encouraging and loving, dotes on her partner, but grows increasingly enraptured. Becomes love-drunk and acts clingy, constantly confesses her love for them and how perfect they were
• Expects her requests (orders) to be fulfilled. If her partner truly loves her they’d do anything for her. Gets annoyed when she doesn’t get what she wants
• Loves it when her partner takes time to worship her body and make her feel like a goddess. Enjoys receiving sensual messages)