#Just realised I made rule 63'd Geralt

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Alethea of Brevean

-Alethea is a striking woman, tall, with a well built physique, pale skin and bright red hair she’d stand out in a crowd even if she didn’t have glowing gold eyes and set of scars running down her cheek from where a manticor nearly took out her eye. Or the fact she is always wearing her armored leathers and never without her swords, a longsword and a greatsword that she wears over her shoulder. Strung across her hips and hung off bits of her armor is a collection of vials, potions, powders and bombs. 

-An angel from Valaran she began life born into poverty in the Brevean Arcology, sold at the age of 6 to a Hunter looking for new recruits she was subjected to the Procedures and trials used to create the superhuman monster hunters. For many years she traveled Valaran as a human woman, taking contracts and slaying monsters until one day she came across a Freehold in desperate need of help, every night they were attacked by a swarm of ghouls and were on the brink of dying out. They didn’t have much gold, and not enough to pay the usual fee she’d charge but Alethea was moved by their plight and also desperate for cash, taking the job despite her misgivings. That night the ghoul swarm attacked and she found out the villagers had lied about the size of the swarm, what should have been no more than 6 undead had in reality swelled to over 30. She was well within her rights to turn tail and flee, but couldn’t abandon the desperate settlers. So she faced down the swarm despite the fact it was almost assuredly suicide, and exalted in the process. She blazed through the swarm, the rush of power activating her spark sending her hurtling into the blind eternities.

-Alethea planeswalks very quickly, creating a fuckoff huge burst of light and sound so bright and loud people unaware of her planeswalking just assume she fucking exploded. She’s spoken with other planeswalkers and come to the conclusion her Exaltation supercharges the magic, letting ‘walk super fast like an old walker with the trade off being an absolute zero percent change of subtly. Her Exaltaion also seems to keep forcing her to land on a plan in the most dramatic way possible, where a normal planeswalker will simply appear on the ground, Alethea is heralded by a beam of light from the heavens that strike the ground before she appears. She has no control over this and avoids planeswalking into public places as a result.

-Despite being an Angel now Alethea still needs to eat and sleep like a normal person. Alethea is old, though she never reveals her age the most she’s willing to admit is that she’s well over a hundred, though she’s only been exalted for nearly twenty.

-Alethea likes to think of herself as a pragmatic woman and rolls her eyes at mentions of honour and chivalry, following the mercenary nature of her order. In reality she has a strict code of honour she doesn’t like to admit, and is willing to take jobs for cheap when she believes the cause is worth it. She can’t stand to see innocent people suffer and while she has a thick skin doesn’t lightly bear insults to those she cares about. Despite the Hunter’s reputation for brutality towards monsters Alethea is perfectly okay with making exceptions for sentient creatures.

-A seasoned Hunter she’s a master of tracking her quarries and wilderness survival and has a wealth of knowledge about monsters from all across the multiverse. Alethea is a master swordswoman, having trained with a sword since she was a child and continued over many years it is rare for her to find someone who can match her in swordplay. She has extensive training in alchemy, how to create antitoxins and medicinal remedies for almost any poison or venom. She also knows how to brew useful potions such as health elixirs and potent alchemical bombs.

-Alethea’s magic is internally focused, while she knows a handful of magical tricks, simple spells she can use in combat, her magic comes from her exaltation which boosts her abilities to superhuman levels. It lets her fight beyond her limits, protects her mind and soul from harmful effects, improves her natural healing and perform impossible feats of martial prowess. Deflect a rainstorm, parry a giant weilding a tree, dodge lightning, these are historically feats of Valaran Angels and Demons. While she’s still growing into her power and has been reluctant to seek out training in developing it she’s theoretically just as capable of such feats, even if only in small bursts.

However she is reluctant to unleash this because Divine magic is not subtle and demands attention, while Alethea stubbornly prefers to fly under the radar and not get involved in the affairs of other people. In addition she’s very wary of the rush of power tapping into her Exaltation gives her and is worried about losing her humanity to it. Afterall Valaran history is full of Angels and Demons who single handedly killed armies and forged crowns of blood simply because they were so powerful no one could stop them.

-She also has regular angel powers, inbuilt lie detector, flying, the ability to perform minor miracles if she focuses on it. She mostly uses the later to turn water into booze when she’s not working a contract.