*A young woman around 18 or so with long wavey reddish brown hair. Her eyes peek out from beneath long bangs and behind dark oval glasses that sit lightly on the bridge of her nose. She often looks over the rim to watch things around her with quiet interest and one can see they're a brillant emerald green that shimmer when the light hits them. She wears fitted and worn blue jeans with a green knit sweater. A small silver pendant can be seen lying on her chest. Over the sweater is a long buttery soft brown leather jacket to keep her warm. Black boots cover her feet to protect them or give a reminder to anyone intruding in her space. When she moves through an area, her movements are graceful and it seems the shadows play in her footsteps.*(changeling eyes, fae blood)

Melina is a distant descendant of the O'Tiernan clan. She is on a personal quest to find out more about the dreams/nightmares that she has had since she was a young girl growing up in northern Ireland. They started on a journey or pilgramage with her family and she became lost in the woods one night. Maybe it was because she was a child or maybe it was because they felt a bond of kinship with her, a small group of fey watched over her during the night and in the morning she was found within a circle of mushrooms. It was at this time that she aquired her usually constant companion, a large (lynx-sized) orange tabby cat with a definate mind of its own.

*The dream... it always starts the same way. Happiness and sunshine are my world with my two children and husband to keep me happy. I watch as my two sons play in the keep's courtyard and look up with a smile as my husband, Rory and his men coming back from a day of hunting. Then it all shifts... the skys grow darker with omnious clouds that threaten to turn the day black as the party we're riding with return home from a celebration at a neighboring lord's keep. Rory sends the cart carrying the boys on ahead with a contingent of soldiers so that the housekeeper might be able to get our beds ready and a small bite to eat when we arrive. Would that he had sent me along with them just so I knew that they had arrived safely but I'll never know.. for we were set upon by beasts as black as that day. I watched as my own love fell with a sweeping rake to the chest. He didn't even have a chance to draw his sword. Likewise the rest of the men riding with us. I would have shared their fate as well had I been a man as well but the monsters knocked me from my horse and dragged me back to their den of hell. I lived in hell for only heaven knows how long until I managed to find a rusty dagger and a sleeping gaurd. I took my chance to run but in my weakened state, I didn't get very far and was found. I knew my chances were slim as I fought back with the small dagger but I managed to draw blood on one and as I looked surprised that I had managed to do so, the creature backhanded me. As the world faded, the last sight I saw was the beast jumping on me, probably to do what they had been using me for since they took me or perhaps to finally rip my throat out. It always ends that way and I wake up with a scream and drenched in sweat. I sit remembering the details as they slip away, knowing that my soul lived once before. And because of that life I've vowed to avoid any close relationship that might end the same. I refuse to put any love of mine through that and so far, I've managed to do just that. Perhaps one day, when I find an ending to that dream, I'll be able to rest and live a normal life... or perhaps not.*

Personal Stats:

Age: 19
Hair: Coppery red
Eyes: Brillant emerald green
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 125
Marks: Celtic tattoo on right arm
Nationality: Irish
Nature: Survivor
Demeanor: Caregiver
Essense: Questing
Camp: Tuatha de Fionn

Str 3, Dex 3, Sta 3
Cha 2, Man 2, App 3
Per 3, Int 2, Wit 2

Alert 3, Ath 2, Awareness 1, Brawl 3, Dodge 3, Intuition 2, Street 2
Drive 3, Firearms 3, Meditation 2, Melee 4, Stealth 3
Comp 1, Ling 2 (latin,gaelic), Med 3, Occult 2

Willpower: 9

Backgrounds: Past life 2, Familiar 4, Arcane 1, Avatar 2, Library 2

Other Traits: Repair 2, Acrobatics 2

Spheres: Mind 2, Forces 3, Life 1, Corro 1

Arete: 3

Merits: Fae blood, Kinfolk

Flaws: Nightmares, Minor Phobia (bugs), Changeling eyes (bright emerald green with silver specks)

Weapons: Throwing daggers (kept up sleeves, behind neck and in boots), 2x 9mm Glocks (kept behind the back under her jacket at the waist) Long sword (usually kept in her truck)

Muriel *Cat Familiar*

(see description above)

Concept: Familiar

Str 2, Dex 3, Sta 3
Cha 2, Man 2, App 2
Per 3, Int 4, Wit 3

Alert 2, Ath 2, Aware 4, Brawl 2, Dodge 2
Climbing 3, Foraging 1, Stealth 3
Animal Speech 1, Ling 2 (gaelic, latin), Occult 3

Backgrounds: Years 3

Willpower: 5

Special Advantages:

Bond Sharing (4pts - share senses)

Merits: none

Flaws: Compulsion (wash all food)

Attacks: Claws +1(or +2 if cornered), Bite +1