"It is the province of the tarot reader to move backwards, forwards, even sideways in time." -- Sasha Graham
Overview
Appearance:
There's something that doesn't match, between her doll-like features and the sense one gets that she's not wholly attached to this plane of reality. Phaedra is blonde-haired, blue-eyed, with porcelain skin, but she often has her hair tied out of her face with a scrap of shoelace, or smudges of dirt on her cheeks; her outfits range from a black Victorian style dress paired with a gauzy dark veil to boho-chic blouses with floral embroidery worn with yoga pants. Her eyes are bright, but they sometimes seem unfocused, as if her focus is outside this plane of reality There's something about her that reads as just odd, in a way that can be quite creepy
Personality:
Phaedra is simultaneously intense and scattered. She's very smart, and eloquent when she manages to sort her mind enough to hold onto her thoughts, but that's not an always thing. It can be clear, especially to the older Kindred around, that she's very young still, and touched with more naivete than many around her. She seems frustrated by how much there is that she doesn't know, and is applying herself to trying to learn it, with the help of several Kindred tutors.
Phaedra is also known to have quite the temper. While few have seen her turn violent, there are times when something stormy brews behind her eyes--while some might call her moments of rage 'tantrums', there's always some deep seed of truth somewhere at the core of it. She gives the impression of knowing even more than she says.
Public History
Embraced in 2015 by Atalanta 'Tally' Hall of the Circle of the Crone, a cousin of Clara Rodriguez and member of her Family
In October 2017, Hunters caused the Final Death of Tally Hall. Phaedra stayed under Clara's wing during that time
In early 2019, she was acknowledged as a Haruspex by the Circle of the Crone
Rumors
There is a lingering sort of distaste between Banan Mac Lochlainn and Phaedra. She once managed to bring him to the verge of frenzy with three sentences, and he's never forgiven her for it.
She scryed the truth of the Nereids and faced the entity of the depths that they worship fairly directly, in order to bring information to the rest of the caucus about the nature of the threat.
Resolved the matter of an obnoxious mayhem spirit at Fairmount Park, by sending it to bother a cult compound outside the city.
RP Hooks
Lost Little Lamb - Unfortunately, Phaedra's not just a quirky manic pixie dream girl. She legitimately seems to struggle sometimes with catching things in real time and space. She'll show up to an Elysium without shoes, or wearing clothing entirely inappropriate for the weather. She doesn't forget facts and figures, but references to things 'everyone knows', whether they're basic scientific facts or literary references seem to pass her by completely.
Like Cassandra of Troy - For all her flaws, she is a genuinely insightful seer and diviner, known to use Cruac and tarot cards to pull answers out of the void. Even when not in her favored field, she's very much an expert in the occult, with a wide array of information on hand about matters from ghosts and spirits to mages and werewolves. This may be why she's so well respected within both the Circle and Clan Mekhet.
Incisive - While it's rare that people have seen Phaedra when she's angry, she is a master of cutting people down with intensely personal observations of faults and flaws they harbor. It's actually quite the sight when she decides to let herself loose on someone. Of course, the scorched-earth protocol leads to it being harder to sow positive connections; Banan still hasn't forgiven Phaedra for the tongue lashing she gave him, and she's much more nervous in his presence now.
Student of the World - Phaedra has been open about the fact that she's studying for her GED, soliciting help from Kindred (and others) who are subject-matter experts on science, history, literature, unarmed combat...wait, what? She seems determined to prove she's capable of gaining and retaining knowledge she didn't pick up as a mortal, and has a long-term goal of taking classes at the local community college, once her knowledge base will allow her to understand. Anyone with something to teach will find her an eager (if occasionally frustrating) student.
Contacts
Atalo Ceres - He thinks he's only capable of kindness in pursuit of balancing the scales. What violent deed did those sandals undo?
Cian Doyle - I think it might be forever before he hears what I've been saying, about deserving. I can wait, though, as long as I get more moments with that startled look he gets. The one that's like someone's kicked his chair off-balance and he's flailing to make sure he doesn't fall.
Eyrgjafa Freyjasdóttir - Do we still get to call people 'kindred spirits', given how little weight that word has when it's used for all of us? I'm not sure about that. But I recognize her.
Finley Adams - I don't know anyone else who I'd ask to wait for me at the bottom. I don't know anyone else who makes me want to climb to the sky again.
