Vessy:It's a very nice collective, are you a flames fan?

Part II: Character Information

Character Position: Sailor Aesculapius, soldier of healing and medicine.

Character Name: Althea Iason Cadfael-Serpente

Nicknames: Al or Thea. Usually goes by Thea, however.

Vessy: another bitca of a name! -.-* But i'd go for thea over al too.

Name Meaning:

Althea: possibly from the greek althein, meaning "to heal"

Iason: from the greek iasthai, meaning "to heal"

Cadfael: Welsh, meaning "battle metal"

Serpente: Italian for "snake"

Thea: short form of Dorothea, which is from Latin, meaning "gift of god"

Overall meaning, loosely: "healing metal snake of battle" or "healing gift of the metal snake"

Vessy: someday I'm gonna name a character something really cool that has an absolutly stupid overall meaning like "Ugly boar of sewing" or something ^-^;; that would be fun!

Birthdate: November 7, 1980

Vessy: No year please!

Dissy: I would yell too, except for the fact that the year is right. All the same, just as a tip, you should never put a year on your character�s birthdate listing.

Traditional Scorpio Traits Determined and forceful Emotional and intuitive Powerful and passionate Exciting and magnetic

On the dark side....

Jealous and resentful Compulsive and obsessive Secretive and obstinate

Vessy: Good research and detail.

Age: 16.

Destiny Number: 9. The ending number, it is about letting go. It is a unique number, as it has the energies of all eight previous numbers.

HOW THIS AFFECTS THEA/AESCULAPIUS: Basically, in this life, she has to learn to let go of past grievances (like, the grievances she has against the Aquilius soldiers for questing for fame instead of for the common good) in order to move on.

Creator's note: I really had not PLANNED on nine being her destiny number when I picked out her birthdate and age. But it worked out all good, so...^^

Challege Number: 7

7 is the challenge of FAITH. It stems from childhood events in which there was an element of secrecy or even deceit. All you wanted was the truth, but certain facts were kept from you, creating an atmosphere of distrust, a belief that you should not ask questions, and a feeling that you were an outsider in your own family. This developed into a need to internalize and analyze. Difficulty in feeling close to others is the result of these emotional lines which were drawn in your younger years.

Now, you have no patience for the mundane aspects of life. You are afraid of material or intellectual poverty and, consequently, you gravitate toward those you consider intellectually, financially, or socially elevated. You constantly strive to perfect yourself. You are easily disgusted by normal human functions, such as burping, farting, or even perspiring. You like to think of yourself as "above" the crowd - and yet you wonder why you often feel so lonely.

How this affects Thea/Aescul: Thea HATES having secrets kept from her, mostly because the last big secrets that were kept from her were her parents' divorce, the decision of both her parents to give her to Mike, and Mike's decision to try his hand at playing hockey in Rome and move in with Nonna. Her parents' divorce caused her to have very little faith in anything involving relationships, which is why she's such a man-hater. This also explains her need for sports in her life: she sees professional athletes as being "perfect", in the sense that they have money and are in a high class, and as a result, strives to be one of them.

In order to turn the 7 challenge into an amazing talent for accumulating knowledge, you must admit that no one, including you, is perfect. If there were such a thing as a perfect human being, this world would be a boring place indeed. However, once you accept life's fabulous diversity, you will begin to understand that you are, indeed, different. And it is your "differentness" that sets you apart from the crowd. You must admit that you need to develop FAITH in yourself and in life. Once you tap in to the magic of your own belief, you will discover marvelous talents that you had been ignoring because you believed they were unacceptable to "society". Stop worrying about how others may or may not see you. Go with your hunches instead of the stuffy rules of etiquette.

7 is the number of INTUITION - which means that you must freely follow your feelings rather than someone else's outdated rules. Admit that you NEED to commit to one or more of your natural talents so that you can create a destiny for yourself in which you spend each day doing what you LOVE to do. 7 is also the number of KNOWLEDGE. There is so much for you to experience in life and in love. Don't let titles and qualifications fool you. Be your own authority on whatever subjects interest you. Learning everything you can about them - by experience - not hearsay. You were born to learn - so that you can teach.

How this affects Thea/Aescul: Thea has very little faith in others, but she has a lot of faith in herself. This is also why, at the age of sixteen, she's started to look for her destined job.

Vessy: Well that's very good character development! Good job going into numerology. It was a very interesting read.

Physical Details:

Thea's build: Thea's build is more American in style than European in style: Strong, athletic, long legs, well-developed chest. (much to her angst, especially when guys start drooling over her). She, however, is rather short, standing at five feet, two inches.

Dissy: Weight too maybe? average weight for a female who is 5�2" is about 120 to 125 lbs.

Hair: Thea's hair is rather thick, "hopelessly straight", and a dark reddish brown in color.

Dissy: Mahogany maybe?

It, if it was not pulled up, would fall down to the bottom of her shoulderblades. However, most of the time, the top half of her hair (the section above her ears) is pulled back into a half-tail, with the hair from the half tail braided. Usually, she has a hair clip (that just happens to be her henshin item) hiding the hair band.

Eyes: Thea's eyes are an eerily pretty shade of dark lavender. Most people (or, at least most of the people she knew in America) assumed that she had colored contacts, but in fact, it's her natural eye color. Her eyes are kind and caring, and usually don't show her emotions. That's what her face is for.

Face: Like 99.995 % of senshi, Thea is pretty. She has a youthful, sterotypical looking American face (creator's note: think Britney Spears). She has the kind of face that looks pretty even when she's flaming mad.

Vessy: I'd really rather not think about brittney spears *shudders* :)

Most people have one place where their emotions clearly come out. For some people, it's their mouth. For Thea, it's her face. She can speak calmly, and her eyes may appear to be relaxed, but if her face is starting to get red with anger, it's a good sign that Thea should be left alone.

Regular clothes: Much to Nonna's shagrin, Thea dresses in a very casual style that's a mixture of male and female styles. Normally, when she's not in school, she wears jeans or jean shorts, long sleeve t-shirts, and t-shirts. The majority of the clothes she owns are from stores like Old Navy and American Eagle (Note: AE WAS around in 1996, right? I'm not much into style myself, so I personally don't know).

Nonna has only one rule about clothing that Thea has to follow: dress nicely for school. Therfore, Thea has a small set of dress shirts, polo shirts, khaki's, cords, and school-girl-style skirts that she wears to school.

Vessy: Umm... if she lives in europe how come she wears american clothes?

Dissy: Importing?

Carriage: Thea holds herself up very confidently and athletically. She holds herself a bit tomboyishly, and appears at times to be a bit "butch" and "like a lesbian femi-nazi" due to how she holds herself, as well as the fact that she's not nearly as crazy about boys as most sixteen year olds are.

Bloodtype: AB

Gemstone: Amythest. Thea's favorite amythests are those that are a very pale purple in color.

Likes:

Sports: As mentioned above, Thea sees athletes as being perfect. Not only that, but she's just a sports junkie. That's why she wants to get involved in athletic training.

Racing and Cars: Growing up in Indianapolis, racing was almost second nature for Thea to like. She enjoys watching any race she can find, and enjoys putzing on cars. (Note: pefect match for Aiden....^^)

Snakes: Thea is completely in awe of snakes, from the fact that they move very fast, even without legs, to the fact that they can un-hinge their jaws so that they can eat food that's twice as big around as they are.(I know that snakes have something to do with medicine and healing in Greek and Roman mythology, but I can't check to make sure until encyclopedia Mythica is back on-line)

Dislikes:

Men: While this is more than likely just a temporary phase, Thea HATES guys. Most of her dislike of men comes from the fact that she blames her father for her parents' divorce, and the fact that she thinks that her mother's boyfriend seduced her mother (when it was actually the other way around). She's not the type of girl who would page thru a Teen magazine to drool over the guys, that's for sure.

Being Lied To: Now, while that's a normal thing for people to dislike, Thea gets a bit extreme with it. If someone tells her the sky is green, when it's blue, she'll stop talking to them. This stems from not only her current cycle in numerology, but the fact that every time someone has lied to her recently, it's caused a major change in her life.

Hobbies:

Working on go-carts and cars: Thea has a major interest in race cars and the like, mostly from spending a lot of time around Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Her father, seeing as Mike was hockey crazy, decided to take Thea under his wing and show her how to fix cars, so that one day, she might take over the family business. While now she totally detests her parents, and wants nothing to do with her father's garage, she still enjoys trying to make things go as fast as they can.

Athletic Training: As Thea has determined that this is more than likely going to be her future career, she spends a lot of time at her high school as a student trainer, dealing with injuries, taping ankles, and whatnot.

Personality: Arrgh, I hate this part.....mostly because everything that I've put down in Thea's personality is reflected in her hobbies, likes, and hates....and in the numerology and zodiac sign section. If you absolutely, positively, CAN NOT process my application without a dissertation on Thea's personality, let me know, and I'll try summing up the points from her hobbies and such. Otherwise, they've already been mentioned. ^^

Vessy: well We really do sort of need a personality despite the fact that parts of it have already been summed up. Just try looking at everybody elses and write a few short paragraphs, cus there are points you've missed, like how does she feel about school, what parts of athletics does she want to get into? a certain sport? does she want to be a trainer? does she want to be one of those physical theripist medic peoples (I don't know the word sorry) How does she act around guys? Does she avoid them? Is she friends with them but no more? how far along her "phase" is she? I'm sorry but we really do need one.

History:

Thea's life was relatively normal until about three years ago. Up until that point, she spent her school time at school, and during the summer, she would help out in whatever way she could at her father's garage, which was near Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Then, three years ago, the first bombshell fell on Thea's life. Her parents, who appeared to have the perfect marriage, announced to her and her brother that their divorce was finalized. This came as a HUGE shock to Thea, because she had no idea that her parents were even fighting. She didn't know, and eventually found out later, that not only had her father cheated on her mother, but her mother, soon after she had all her things packed, was living with a man a few years older than Thea's brother.

A year and a half later, the second bombshell on Thea's life fell. After being bounced around from her father's house to her mother's house, both parents decided that Thea needed a more "stable" home. So, without even talking it over with Thea, they gave custody of her to Thea's brother, Mike. This was, to say, the last straw in Thea's relationship with her parents. Since Mike recived full custody of her, she has not spoken to her parents.

A few months ago, Mike announced to Thea that they were spending the summer in Rome to live with their maternal grandmother, who had recently lost her husband. Then, Mike signed a contract with a major professional hockey team in Rome (after discussing it with Thea, of course. Mike knew how jaded she was about how their parents treated her, and wanted to let her know that at least ONE member of their family cared about her feelings). So, she signed up to go to school at Romulous Public High School, and is currently enrolled as a junior (grade 11).

Vessy: Okay while the hockey thing was a good american sport perhaps it would be more beleiveable if he was interested in a more european sport. Because except for a few minor league teams, university teams. Italy doesn't even participate in the olympic hockey games. Perhaps soccer, beleive you me it's HUGE over there! Soccer would be something more beleiveable especially in Italy.

When they arrived in Rome, Nonna (Thea's grandmother) gave her a small trinket that her grandfather had been planning on giving to Thea. This small trinket was no bigger than a fifty cent piece. It was surrounded in silver, and had a pale violet amethest in, with a circle with a k on top of it inscribed onto the amythest. Gee, guess what that is? ^^

Vessy: Umm... I think the broach is given to the soldier by the gaurdians not relatives. In forsaken dragon the powers are passed one by relatives but this is pantheon. This is also really short and undetailed, it's also really sort of a sob story...

NPCs:

Mike Caldfael: Thea's brother and legal guardian. He's seven years older than her, and has the more "classic" Italian look: dark brown eyes, black hair, light olive colored skin, handsome, so on and so forth. He plays hockey for the Rome Olympians, a professional hockey team in Rome (I don't know if they really exist or not...if not, guess what, they do now...:p),

Vessy: see above comments on hockey.

and also works at the bakery that Nonna owns. He's a nice guy. A little dense at times, but a nice guy. His last name is different than Thea's because when he was born, Thea's mother gave him the father's last name. By the time Thea was born, her mother was using the hyphenated name.

Rosalita "Nonna" Serpente: Nonna is Thea's maternal grandmother. Even though she is only fifty nine years old, she has a grace and elegance about her that makes her appear regal as well as powerful. She owns a bakery in the market section of Rome, where many people go to buy their bread for the day. She believes that her daughter and son-in-law let Thea become to "boyish", and is trying to set Thea back on the road to feminity. (Basically, she's trying to make Thea more European than American). She has short, grey hair that used to be jet black, and deep blue eyes. Her face is elegant, and she looks MUCH younger than fifty nine.

Dale: Soon after moving in with Mike, Thea acquired a betta. This particular fish happened to be black, with red in between its fins. As a result, Thea named him Dale, after Dale Earnhardt, a famous Nascar driver. She speaks to Dale almost as if he's her diary/her best friend. He doesn't do much: he just sits in his little two gallon aquarium, eats, and swims around.

George Caldfael and Carmela Serpente: Thea's parents. Carmela grew up in Rome, and went to school at the University of Indiana, where she met George and got pregnant with Mike. Thea rarely speaks to them, because she is still bitter about the divorce. (Basically, they're probably not going to be important. I just mentioned them so they exist)

Vessy: Sob story...

Part III: Senshi Information

Special Skills:

Injury Notice: Thea has an unnatural knack of determining what exactly is wrong with an injured player/person/car. While she doesn't have the ability to heal it (cuz that would go into Saturn's realm...o.O), she can tell the person what's wrong.

Fixing cars: While Thea can't fix people, she can fix cars. This knowledge was mostly gained from the countless hours that she used to spend in her father's garage. However, most of the time, Thea ends up making the car go faster than it originally did.

Vessy: Is this really a special skill or rather just a hobby...?

Henshin Item: Aesculapii Henshin Brooch: When she arrived in Rome, Nonna gave Thea her henshin item, as it was a gift that her grandfather had gotten for her. Of course, Nonna had no idea what exactly this item was, except that it looked like it could be a hair clip. In fact, that is what Thea uses it for. Most of the time, it sits at the base of her half-ponytail or braid, depending on if Thea decided to braid the half-tail or not that day.

Vessy: Umm... aren't the cats supposed to give the broach not relatives...

The item itself is about the size of a fifty cent piece. In the middle of the item is a round, pale lavendar stone (commonly mistaken as a pale amythest) with her senshi sign inscribed into it. Surronding the stone is a border of silver.

Transformation: "Aesculapius Deus Power Make-Up!": Thea removes the brooch from her hair and holds it up in the sky. Her fingernails turn a pale lavendar, and a pale lavendar light bursts out from the brooch. This light then takes the form of a snake, which winds itself around Thea. Once the snake's head touches the top of Thea's head, it turns into a ball, which bursts, leaving Sailor Aesculapius holding the Aesculapii Staff.

Color: Hmmh, let's see here..how about puke green? o.O Actually, her color is a pale lavendar. (purple is normally the color that symbolizes healers, and seeing as Sailor Saturn has dark purple as her fuku color, I don't want to over-lap)

Symbol: the symbol for the planet Chiron, it is characterized with such keywords as teacher and healer. And, seeing as it's hard to find a good picture of the Aesculapii staff, it is the symbol used for the senshi of healing.

Vessy: which variation of it are you using? the one that sort of looks like a key or the one that looks sort of like a 'C' with two lines in the bottom?

Fuku/Costume: Basically, Sailor Aesculapius has the basic fuku that most Lucidius soldiers have. Her skirt, symbol, collar, and choker are all a light lavender. Her wristbands are made of brown leather, and have snakes engraved on them. Her skirt flaps are also made of brown leather, but tend to look like snakes (if one looks at them too fast)

Her shoes are lace up sandals, which are also a light lavender in color. The clasp that holds the two ends of the laces together is a snake wrapped up around itself, so it looks like a spiral.

(What can I say: this girl like snakes!)

Vessy: okay what do the snakes on the wristbands look like are they just windy or s shaped or shaped like Ophion (the snake biting it's tail that represent a never ending circle?

Powers/Attacks:

Healing Mummification: This is Sailor Aesculapius' attack, and can only be used once, as it is not only straining on her, but it's that type of attack.

She says the phrase, and stands with the Aesculapii Staff in front of her. Ribbons of light purple energy (mostly shaped like snakes) wrap around her target, and drain their life energy. In return, any injured allies to her get an extra energy boost, as the attack essentially heals her allies as it drains the power of her enemies.

It is important to note that the attack itself is not very powerful, as is used to heal minor injuries to a group of senshi as opposed to healing massive injuries of one senshi. Not only that, but because of the fact that Aesculapius is a healer, and as such has taken an oath to heal and not injure, she can not drain all the life energy out of her target. For the most part, she can only remove half of the life energy that the enemy has at that point. (This is more of a check-point to make sure that she's not overly powerful....)

Can it be dodged?: No, seeing as the ribbons of energy are esentially living snakes.

Blocked?: As long as it's not blocked with another lifeform, I don't see why not.

Redirected?: I dunno.....

Weapon: Aesculapii staff: The staff that Sailor Aesculapius carries. It is as tall as she is, and is made of a shimmery, violet metal. Curled around the staff is one, solitary silver snake. The snake starts its curl at the top of the staff, and ends at about the midpoint of the staff, where Sailor Aesculapious would grasp onto the staff. It is used for her Healing Mumification attack, as well as to whack at various youma.

Why: In ancient Rome and Greece, a symbol of a healer would be a staff with one snake wrapped around it. This staff was called the Aesculapii Staff. Not only that, but she needs some sort of focii for her "Healing Mumification" attack.

Vessy: You could probably find a good picture of the staff on any asculapii mythology site or any site relating to medicine.

Guardian: Yeah, right.

Part IV: Miscellaneous Information

Why you: Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me! XD

Actually, I think you should take me and Thea because Thea would be a good mix to the Lucidius soldiers. She's very complex, but kind (as long as you don't lie to her). Also, I think I'm a good writer, and you gotta love a girl who lists her fish as being more important than her parents! ;)

Miscellaneous: Um....I know how to make web pages....:D

Part V: The Writing Sample

"What?"

Mike Caldfael looked at his younger sister, and ran his hand thru his dark black hair. "I ran into the head coach of the Rome Olympians while working at Nonna's Panetteria today."

Thea Caldfael-Serpente looked up at her older brother and legal guardian, turning the page of the racing magazine she was reading. "And, this affects me how?"

Mike smiled nervously at Thea. "Well, we started discussing sports, and hockey came up, and I mentioned to him that I was spending the summer here, and that I had spent the previous season with the Ice."

Thea glared at her brother and adjusted the decoration in her hair, which was a fifty cent piece sized gem. "Mike....did you do what I think you did?"

Mike smiled. "Well, Nonna said we could stay here as long as we wanted, and I think it would be good for you to spend some more time away from....

"You didn't just tell him you'd play, did you?" Thea could feel her cheeks burning with anger, and she could feel a vein in her neck start to buldge. If there was one thing she hated more than anything else, it was people deciding her life for her.

"Actually, Thea....I was wondering what you wanted to do."

"What I want to do?" Thea blinked her light lavender eyes a couple of times in suprise.

"You mean...you want my honest opinion?"

Mike sat down in one of the large, oversized chairs in the living room of the house they were staying in. "Lay it on me, Sis."

Thea thought for a bit. "Well, I am going to be one of the head trainers at Central, and I really want to apply to work at IMS. But, on the other hand....you really like Rome, don't you Mike?" Mike nodded his head in agreement.

"Well, I GUESS we could stay here. School is school, and most places are in need of student trainers..."

Most of the rest of her response was mumbled into Mike's shoulder as he hugged her. "ThankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouTHANKYOU!!!" Mike scurried into the kitchen, where the phone was, and proceeded to dial.

Vessy: Well umm... normally head coaches would have to see a person play before inviting them onto their team. I'd think soccer would be a better alternative over hockey, and perhaps you should list the "I don't like having my life decided by anybody but me" thing under personality.

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Vessy: It has the making of a good character. But while it's starts out quite well it starts to lag a bit later on. We need a personality and more detail in some parts namely history, why and what she wants to do in athletics and more detail, about her parents and her not talking to them. The broach is not given by her relatives it's given by one of the cats. I'd suggest change the hockey to soccer and perhaps rethink some aspects like the divorce thing, I'm not saying get rid of it just make it more dynamic and perhaps instead of having her brother take gaurdianship, perhaps her grandmother would be a better option. Why exactly did her parents split up? other than the affair there had to be other stuff. more description in the attack area would be nice. I'm not a huge fan of the foriegn thing either, perhaps you could keep the whole thing and have them just have always lived in rome or italy or even they could have lived in say... venice and moved to italy when their parents split up. oh and there didn't seem to be any culture shock of any kind, how did she react to moving to italy? what about learning italian? or did she already speak italian? I think you need to think through certain aspects, otherwise it's great!

Verdict: Revise or DIE! (don't make me come after you with broccoli!)

 Dissy: All in all it seemed like you were trying to make an application for a soldier with a power base of physical strength rather than healing. Also, to add to my argument, I felt that the application, while being overly a good application, ended up lacking some things in the end, pretty much the same things Vessy said. Yes, you did write out a lot about the character�s personality and we do know a lot about her personality, but in the personality section you said that you�d already done that stuff. So you did, but as a GM, I can�t accept the application without it. Since you did already do it, but in different ways, all you are really left with is the tedium of restating everything you already did, just in multiple paragraph form. It�s really easy to do, and the fact that you didn�t do that is the difference I have placed between mine and Vessy�s verdict. My other big issue is the attack. As Vessy said, you should know your soldier's attack because you did write it and with knowing the attack, should come it's weaknesses, AKA, can it be blocked, dodged, turned around, all that great stuff.