Player

Player Name: Kerry
Other Characters (if any): n/a

Character

Character Name: Rowena MacLeod
Character Age: 300+
Canon: Supernatural
Canon Point: 1503 The Rupture
CRAU (if any): n/a

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History: link
Personality:

★ BOLD. A lot of her boldness stems from how she speaks, seeming to lack a filter and saying what's on her mind, though it's usually a calculated attempt to throw someone off their footing by revealing their weaknesses or making another snide comment. She's bold in her plans, trying to gain power by sucking up to other powerful beings, trying to present herself as an asset and doing so brazenly. She's bold because despite how afraid Rowena may feel she doesn't let fear stop her. Rowena's a survivor which makes her constantly fight for her life even when a situation could make you want to run and hide. Rowena makes boldness her defining trait, choosing not to shy away from something even if the consequences are something to fear, choosing to always remain true to herself and choosing to fight to survive.

★ AMBITIOUS. Rowena is incredibly ambitious, wanting to gain as much power for herself and seemingly not caring about who she hurts along the way. Rowena's true motivations for her ambitions stem from her desire to survive and protect herself: the majority of witches that Rowena has met in her life have shunned her or been unkind, she was run out of Scotland for being a witch and has spent most of her life looking over her shoulder. So Rowena now will do whatever it takes to protect herself, adding to her dangerous collection of magic with as much power as she can gather to ensure she never feels weak again. Rowena's ambitions and striving for power have led her to make terrible choices in her life, allying herself with people who would betray her (if she didn't betray them first) in the hope of gaining power.

★ SELFISH. Rowena's act is all about herself and what she can do for herself, seeming to not care about anyone else. After abandoning her son (after being chased out of town) she never returned for him, claiming that she couldn't be faulted for being a career woman. Truthfully, Rowena knows she was a terrible mother and should have done better, but it also took her a long time to admit her faults. Hating her son was much easier for her than loving him because love made her feel weak -- his father left her half-dead after giving birth which was a pivotal moment for Rowena, teaching her to only think about herself because no one else would, something that other witches along her years only reinforced when they shunned her. Rowena will always look out for herself first because she doesn't believe anyone else will and she will save herself rather than try to help others, only offering her help if she believes that she can get something out of it in return (her freedom, power, or something powerful).

★ IMPULSIVE. Whilst Rowena is powerful and wishes to be prepared for anything, she gets too drawn in by her wants. Rowena's desire for power means she quickly allies herself with powerful people, even when they are known to be terrible people (such as Lucifer). Rowena overlooks this, too blinded by the idea that she could become more powerful if she proves herself useful, and ends up quite short-sighted, ignoring any red flags in the hope that she gets what she wants. It leads her to very often double-cross the people she's working with, bouncing from one person to the next when her first idea fails. She doesn't have a plan outside of becoming powerful, so it leads her to quickly take opportunities when they pop up instead of thinking about how it might help (or hurt) her.

Initial Game Plan: Exploring and trying to investigate this place, being conflicted about her death given canon, and trying to find a little corner of safety for herself. Considering that her canon point was when she was supposed to die, she'll also be spending some time recovering (I'd love to play with her wound being healed, but her still needing to recover, as it'll force her to rely on other people and take her intro slower).
RP Interests: Everything! Rowena is slow to trust, so she can garner positive cr as well as negative cr, but she'd especially be interested in talking to others with magic or supernatural experiences, and potentially even asking about others' experiences with death and resurrection.
Preferred Job: There's a whole slowburn plan -- she'll likely start not doing anything as she settles, and then, as she's going to be making potions/wards/charms etc for herself, might do a few for other people. She's never been a witch to sell her craft before, but desperate times! So starting as an entrepreneur and potentially moving into being an artisan when she realises she can get a home and workshop from it.
NSFW-friendly?: absolutely!

<b>Rowena MacLeod</b> || <user name="magike"><br> <small><i>Kerry || pm / <user name=skitties site=plurk.com></i><br></small>

Player Information

Player: Kerry
Contact: pm / skitties
Invitation OR characters played: i teleported from abraxas
Are you over 18?: Yes!


Character Information

Character: Rowena MacLeod
Canon: Supernatural, post 1508 Our Father Who Aren't In Heaven
Age: appears mid/late 30s, actually over 300
History: Link
Possessions: The clothes she's wearing, including the ridiculous amount of hair pins in her hair!
Weapon: Her magic!

Powers/Abilities:

★ WITCH. Rowena is a witch, having honed her craft for over three centuries and building herself an incredible base of knowledge. Being a natural-born witch (as opposed to one who got their power from a demon deal) means that, as well as being able to cast spells through incantations, Rowena has an innate magic/power within her, being able to draw magic to her and cast spells nonverbally. After practising her craft for centuries, she's incredibly knowledgeable about many forms of magic, skilled in spellwork (and creating spells), using hex bags and Enochian sigils or Druidic runes. Rowena is also able to translate spells from multiple languages, including many ancient languages.

Many of Rowena's spells come from grimoires or things that she has memorised. Spells and hex bags require Rowena to have gathered the ingredients in advance and often prepared them in advance.

Rowena is capable of using her magic to heal herself and others or resurrect them, transform people and objects into other things, astral project, conjure illusions, curse others (and remove curses) and she also has an awareness of other magical (or supernatural) beings, being able to sense them.

Some of the spells that Rowena uses a hex bag for, she is also able to cast without it (the hex bag strengthening the length of time the spell is cast for). Without a hex bag, she can additionally conjure elements, telekinetically move or destroy objects and people, and teleport. Rowena can manipulate the strength of her spells (e.g. light a candle with a small flame or light someone on fire with a larger power) and also use magical energy on its own as an attack or defence.

Additionally, as a witch, Rowena is immortal, immune to ageing and disease, but can be killed in other ways (being stabbed, burned or having her neck snapped). She prefers carrying a resurrection seal on her (just in case), however, she currently does not have one on her person.

★ WEAKNESSES & NOTES.

★ Though she is a powerful witch, she is physically very squishy and has zero physical strength in a fight. She's able to be bested in a magical fight, as Rowena often panics or can be caught by someone else's spell.
★ Rowena will have to spend time gathering ingredients and will only be able to cast spells that she has memorised (unless she finds a grimoire) or does not need any ingredients to cast initially.
★ Rowena will only be able to teleport short distances around the city.
★ She will not be able to open any portals (or time travel), or summon or banish others.
★ Her power can happily be lowered to any game requirements (for strength, time limit or casting distance).
★ Whilst Rowena is powerful, learning the power of friendship has stopped her from feeling as free as she used to be in wanting to hurt others, only now doing so when her life (or someone she cares about) is at risk.
★ She is terribly afraid of fire and will panic and freeze at a fire not caused by herself.
★ Permissions will be asked from others before magic is used on a character.
★ Rowena will attempt to create her resurrection seal, but it can easily be stated that she can't find an ingredient to prevent her from finishing it. The same is true for other resurrection spells (unless you'd ever like zombies).

Application Questions

Who is the most important person in their life and why? What might be different if this person hadn't been around?
Sam Winchester is Rowena's best friend. When the two first met, there was nothing friendly between them: she was a witch in their way who then tried to kill his brother, but despite that, Sam took a chance on Rowena when he needed her magic and expertise. He had no reason to trust her, but he gave her something that Rowena had never had before in her life: someone who willingly listened to her and sought her out about magic, and someone who gave her a chance. Kindness.

Whilst Rowena was effectively Sam's prisoner throughout this, she never tried to hurt him, even after she was free from her chains. It was respect given (she respected his decision to chain her, deciding he wasn't that stupid, and for the chance he'd given her), and it made her answer his calls in the future. Though the banter between them initially was quite tense, there was an easy flow between them.

Whenever the Winchesters needed Rowena's help, it usually ended up being Sam who worked with her, as he had a better understanding of magic and she was fonder of him than Dean. Working with Sam helped to build trust and friendship between them. This growing bond was essential after Lucifer killed Rowena. Sam was able to see through her walls and saw how afraid she was, despite her trying to disconnect from the conversation, and showed her understanding and kindness in return. Sam's experiences with Lucifer helped him connect with her, making Sam the only person Rowena has willingly been vulnerable with and has opened up to.

Their friendship grew into mentorship: Sam had always listened to her about magic, and slowly she began teaching him, making him her protégé and viewing him as a witch. They'd grown close enough that after she died, Sam was the only person able to enter her flat without being killed: she'd left her possessions and life's knowledge on magic to him. Her protégé. Her best friend.

Sam and Rowena likely would always meet: she interrupted one of their cases, but had Sam not needed her help or if Rowena had rejected the offer, their lives would have separated. Rowena would have continued being self-serving and simply looking out for herself; she likely never would have been killed by Lucifer and would never have unlocked her full power. Everything would have continued as it had for the past few centuries, unchanging.

Because Rowena met Sam and he took a chance on her, her life changed, not always for the better, but she was given new opportunities. Sam showed her the kindness and friendship she'd always been denied, and he helped her realise that the calm and quiet life she'd always wanted was possible. Whilst terrible things did befall her, she had family around her who supported her through it. She was no longer alone; she was cared for, and it helped her to open back up to the world and care about something other than herself. She'd found a family to protect and love, a family she would willingly die for, and she had no regrets there.

Is there an event in your character's life that they'd do differently? How so and why?
Rowena's biggest regret in her life is abandoning her son, Fergus, and leading him to believe that his mother didn't love him.

Their relationship started turbulently from his birth: it was traumatic (for her), and her baby's father abandoned her during the birth. Rowena's relationship with Fergus's father was always doomed: he was rich and married, she was poor and had nothing, but Rowena was very young and in love. Fergus's father broke her heart, and she struggled with everything after that. Her child reminded her constantly of his father when she looked at him, and combined with her heartbreak, it led to Rowena closing herself off. To get past her heartbreak, she had to feel hatred, except that meant that her son didn't feel any warmth from her.

Rowena wasn't cruel. She looked after her child, kept him fed, clothed and alive, but even when he was young, all he would remember is a lack of her love despite anything else that she did give to him. Though Rowena never showed Fergus warmth, she did always love him, even if she managed to convince both of them that she hated him. Deep down, she had always loved him but had to close her heart to protect herself from feeling pain, vulnerability and any further hurt that came with love.

Her deepest regrets came when Fergus was 8. By then, she'd started practising magic and was becoming quite the talented witch, however, this was in the midst of the Scottish Witch Trials, something that Rowena had witnessed even if (yet) she hadn't been caught. However, that year was when she would be. Rather than being burned alive, she was run out of her village and fled Scotland entirely. Fergus was abandoned, left in a workhouse (where he'd likely already been working before to help bring in money). Though Rowena could have sneaked back in to get him, she never did.

At the time, she absolved herself of this due to her situation: she had nothing, and her life on the run was no place for a child, but even after Rowena had become settled, she never went back for him, even if she did keep (some) tabs on him. She was judged for having had a child and allowed the judgement of others to feed further into her actions, choosing herself and magic over him.

Though she got back into Fergus's life centuries later, she didn't know how to be a mother to him then (and a mother he didn't really want), particularly when she'd hardened herself so far that she still couldn't admit (or even think) that she loved him. It was only after her son died that Rowena felt everything that she'd locked away for centuries: grief, regret, and the love she'd never allowed herself to give. It led to Rowena recklessly trying some very desperate things to bring her son back to life, to have a second chance with him and let him know he was loved, but she would fail and be left with her grief and regret, feelings she carried through to her death.

With a clearer head, Rowena wishes she could have gone back for her son when he was still a child, to have taken him with her, even if her life was difficult. She wishes she'd been able to show him love, to be part of his life, and to know the grandson she'd never gotten to know.

What's the greatest challenge you foresee your character facing in the setting?
That she can't con some rich men into giving her money so she can live her comfy life.

Rowena is someone who has built herself up from a dirt-poor tanner's daughter (in the 1600s) to a classy, seemingly rich lady (in the 2010s), both through sense and conning people. Magic has helped Rowena build the life that she has, along with flirtatious charm, and having to start back at zero will be something of a struggle for her. The resources she's used to won't exist, she's in bigger debt than she's ever been and has to find a new plan. And a job. This woman has never had a modern job before, and she doesn't particularly want to start now.

The connections that Rowena will make will help her adjust to the scenario more easily, and she has enough knowledge and sense to pull her through (and magic). It just won't be simple. And she'll hate it, in an angry, hissing cat way.

What's the easiest thing you foresee your character adapting to in the setting?
The thing that Rowena will find easiest about being in this world is being alive again. Before coming here Rowena had died her final death, continuing her existence as a damned soul in Hell (and taking over as the Queen of Hell). Rowena will assume that being in this world was a resurrection, given how real she feels and how she can interact with the world, though there will be confusion about how it happened and who did it, she will be glad to be alive again.

Resurrection will be easy for Rowena to handle because it's not the first time that she's been resurrected. Rowena knows multiple resurrection spells, even having created a spell that turns spirit into flesh. She has also died and been resurrected before, thanks to a resurrection seal that Rowena placed within her body. Third time is the charm, right?


Samples

Sample: Link

🦋 OOC Information

Name: Kerry
Contact: pm / skitties
Age: 34
Other Characters:
Invitation: Link your invitation here.
Permissions: link

🦋 IC Information

Character Name: Rowena MacLeod
Age: 300+
Canon: Supernatural
Canon Point: The Rupture (season 15, episode 3)
Character History: link
Canon Abilities:

★ WITCH. As a witch, Rowena's immortal, immune to ageing and disease but able to be killed by other methods. Rowena has been described by others as a very powerful and dangerous witch, given the liberties she takes in using her magic and her history of using it to hurt other people for her own gains. After practising her craft for centuries, she's incredibly knowledgeable about many forms of magic, skilled in spellwork (and creating spells), using hex bags and Enochian sigils or Druidic runes. Rowena is capable of using her magic to heal herself and others, transform people and objects into other things, astral project, move people and objects telekinetically, conjure illusions, curse others (and remove curses) and has an awareness of other magical (or supernatural) beings, being able to sense them. While Rowena knows many spells, she still relies on grimoires to cast spells that she has never used before along with ingredients.

After unlocking the seal on her magic, her eyes glow purple when she uses magic and her spells take a purple hue to them. She is additionally now able to teleport, see Reapers and in general her spells have become more powerful.

Whilst Rowena is incredibly powerful there are many limitations to her. She can be wounded and killed by injury (and will remain dead if her self-resurrection spell is inactive), can be overpowered by stronger beings, is weakened by iron (limiting her power), can be exhausted by overuse of her magic, and if she cannot verbally speak she cannot cast most of her spells. Rowena is also not a fighter outside of her magic nor physically strong and is easily overpowered.

★ NOTE. I have a hefty permissions post regarding Rowena's magic and won't use it against people without discussion -- Rowena might like to manipulate and control people but she doesn't do it to everyone she meets and I won't cross ooc boundaries. She has also been on a redemption path where she is less inclined to control/manipulate others. I am also very happy to play by the limits of whatever needs to be set power/distance-wise. She'll be very mad about her magic being limited (again) but it'll give her some motivations to try and unleash herself again (even though she can't).

Rowena usually keeps a self-resurrection seal active on her person in case she dies. She's currently removed this but may potentially try and put one back. I'm happy to play by game death rules (especially consequences) even with this and make her come back slowly/normally by game standards otherwise (if she dies). Rowena will also not be able to open portals to other universes, reality warp or summon/banish people into and out of the city. As her spells tend to require ingredients she will have to spend time gathering these.

★ LINGUIST. Rowena uses Latin for many of her spells, though is also capable of reading and casting spells in other (and ancient) languages, being able to translate the components of them.

Inventory:

-- a pink, bloodied dress and heels
-- hair pins
-- an iron chain

🦋 Personality

1. Has your character always believed in magic? Do they have something influencing their perspective on the supernatural/metaphysical/spiritual from their past? How do they feel about magic?

Rowena was born a witch, though whilst she never cast any spells or used any power until she actively chose to do so she's always had that natural capacity within her. In some ways though she has always used magic, using natural elements of the world, learning from youth the knowledge of how to use the plants around her, something that if she'd followed that path more would have led to her being known as a Cunning Woman. That knowledge served her well when she tapped into her magic, the ingredients that she needed for her spells, how to create hex bags and strengthening herself with natural elements of magic. In terms of magic, Rowena states that she serves nature: it's where her magic comes from and she reveres the world around her and all of its natural elements.

Rowena's opinion of the supernatural was formed by her experiences, and generally, it's a stay away opinion. Many of the supernatural beings in the world are monsters, killers and things that end up hunted, and whilst witches also often fall into that same category (of being hunted) it doesn't form any bonds with other creatures: monsters would still hurt a witch. Rowena has learned through her years, through conversation and reading the lore, much about the monsters she never wished to tangle with. Especially the fae, even if not all of the tales she learned in her youth were accurate.

2. If your character could ask for one wish, and it's going to be magically granted without any consequence, what will it be and why?

The return of her son, Fergus. Rowena's relationship with her son has always been tense and tragic: his father abandoned her as she gave birth, she could never allow herself to love him because of how that had made her feel and eventually she abandoned him. Though their paths crossed through unusual circumstances again centuries later, neither could trust the other even if (very slowly) they did manage to form a connection and a growing understanding of the other. When her son died it ended up breaking Rowena, surprisingly for her, because she'd loved him all along and had been unable to admit it: and now never could. Rowena was filled with regret over the choices that she'd made, regretted being unable to give her son a better life and regretted being unable to make amends with him or have more time with him. Whilst tangling with Death told Rowena that he was gone she would be delighted (and then annoyed) if she could have him back: her grief is still strong, as is her wish to see him again.

3. If there's one person your character would follow to another realm, who would it be and why? If there's no one, state that and explain why.

Sam Winchester. Despite being a hunter, Sam became the closest friend to Rowena that she'd ever known. Even when she was trying to kill him and his brother he never tried to hurt her, and though he correctly distrusted her he also showed her a kindness that was unexpected, listening to her, valuing her wisdom and skills and asking for her help. This man who should want her dead was doing more for Rowena than anyone in her life had ever done and it's no wonder that she ended up fond of him, trusting him with her pain and vulnerability and eventually being his mentor in his journey into witchcraft. Rowena and Sam's paths tangled so often that their destinies eventually became intertwined. With Sam becoming the family to Rowena that she'd never known, her closest friend and the person that helped her become a better version of herself, she would do so much for him: to help him, to save him, etc. She's already died for him, she'd easily go to another realm for him.

4. What is your character's most outstanding personality trait, and why?

Rowena is cunning, someone that's had to build herself up to survive the centuries. She learned at a very early age that she was alone, finding that no one cared about her and needing to find her own strength and resourcefulness in order to survive. Rowena's intelligence, her wits in how to manipulate others and how to use the world around her helped with that. Her cunning nature, and a willingness to be bold (and even do whatever she had to, even if it was a little morally dark grey) kept her strong, kept her alive, and helped her find very creative solutions to many of the problems that have come her way. Whilst Rowena has had others in her life there has been no one there as a permanent or even trusted figure, relationships and acquaintances are fleeting leaving her with just herself. But she's always a step ahead, always thinking of what to do next, and always working to pull herself out on top.

🦋 Fae Court

List your top three choices for your characters adoptive court. The mods will choose the one out of those three options that seems the most fitting based on your app.

• Spring
• Autumn
• Dark

Ability: 3) Yes, but they either have no ability of their own, or they refuse to trade theirs away; they will buy their court's ability on credit.
However, Rowena wouldn't trade away something immediately as she's going to be incredibly wary and mistrustful (and likes her power tbh). But I'd love to find an rp reason, either accidentally or led by choice where she would trade something for her court power.

🦋 RP Samples

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OOC INFORMATION

Player Name: Kerry
Are you over 18?: yes
Contact: pm / skitties
Other Characters in Game:

IC INFORMATION

Character Name: Rowena MacLeod
Canon: Supernatural
Canon Point: Our Father, Who Aren't In Heaven ( season 15, episode 8 )
Age: 300+
Background: link

Arrival Scenario: Solvunn

Suitability:

Rowena is a character who went through such a huge arc, particularly in the last five years of her life, going from someone who was focused solely on her own survival no matter the cost to someone who sacrificed her life to save the world (and especially the lives of those she cares most about). Rowena would be more willing to get involved in the setting from this canon point, would be more willingly helpful and even guiding about magic. She's very magically (and supernaturally) knowledgeable due to her long life and skill in magic.

Whilst Rowena does have a complex relationship with god(s) due to being pagan and would be less willing to give offerings to the gods of Solvunn it would be an interesting arc to follow: when faced with trouble with her own magic would she be willing to ask something of a god, what would she do if not, how will she learn to deal with the difference in power to what she knows? (And also "secretly" jealous of the library in Thorne and wishing that they were the ones who summoned her).

Even though she may be reluctant with the gods she would be curious about the differences in magic here to what she knows and in learning the different systems of magic in this world. And whilst she finds her footing? Researching and being useful is her style.

Powers:

★ WITCH. As a witch, Rowena's immortal, immune to ageing and disease but able to be killed by other methods. Rowena has been described by others as a very powerful and dangerous witch, given the liberties she takes in using her magic and her history of using it to hurt other people for her own gains. After practising her craft for centuries, she's incredibly knowledgeable about many forms of magic, skilled in spellwork (and creating spells), using hex bags and Enochian sigils or Druidic runes. Rowena is capable of using her magic to heal herself and others, transform people and objects into other things, astral project, move people and objects telekinetically, conjure illusions, curse others (and remove curses) and has an awareness of other magical (or supernatural) beings, being able to sense them. While Rowena knows many spells, she still relies on grimoires to cast spells that she has never used before along with ingredients.

After unlocking the seal on her magic, her eyes glow purple when she uses magic and her spells take a purple hue to them. She is additionally now able to teleport, see Reapers and in general her spells have become more powerful.

Whilst Rowena is incredibly powerful there are many limitations to her. She can be wounded and killed by injury (and will remain dead if her self-resurrection spell is inactive), can be overpowered by stronger beings, is weakened by iron (limiting her power), can be exhausted by overuse of her magic, and if she cannot verbally speak she cannot cast most of her spells. Rowena is also not a fighter outside of her magic nor physically strong and is easily overpowered.

★ NERFS.

★ Rowena will only be able to teleport around Solvunn (accurately to places she's been before, inaccurately if she tries to teleport elsewhere: dropping her either in an unfortunate situation or dropping her randomly elsewhere somewhere she knows)
★ She will not be able to open any portals (such a spell requires archangel grace and she has no way of getting that from the archangels anyway)
★ Rowena currently does not have a resurrection seal on her. Whilst she would want to recreate that as her safety measure, if she did ever die I would play by the game death rules on it even with a resurrection seal.
★ She won't be able to use other resurrection spells on other characters (canonly botched resurrection spells can create zombies. If permitted as a consequence, I'd come to the plotting post to discuss it out as a plot/idea, otherwise, any resurrection spells on a person will just fail)
★ rp shenanigans/being in this world where magic works differently I'm happy to say her general power level is weaker where necessary. It would make her have to work with others for specific spells to channel enough power or to research the magic of this world. She'll be very mad about her magic being limited (again, even if she kind of understands an aspect of it) but it'll give her some motivation to try and unleash herself again (even though she can't).
★ She won't be able to summon/banish other people or teleport others with her.
★ Many of her spells require ingredients so she'd have to spend time collecting these anyway
★ Whilst Rowena does have a lot of dangerous and deadly knowledge she is now less-inclined on using it, only if she felt threatened or in danger (she learned the power of friendship). I will also have a hefty permissions post regarding Rowena's magic and won't use it against people without discussion -- whilst Rowena no longer uses her magic as cruelly as she used to, any magic use on other characters will be asked for and I won't cross ooc boundaries.

★ LINGUIST. Rowena has learned multiple languages throughout her long life. Whilst many of her spells are cast in Latin, Rowena has shown that she is knowledgable in reading and casting spells in other (and ancient) languages, being able to translate the components needed for them, and in some cases stating that she is the only witch alive capable of translating such ancient magic (and the language).

PERSONALITY QUESTIONS

Describe an important event in your character's life and how it impacted them.
One of the first things that happened in Rowena's life was monumental and set up the rest of her life. After falling pregnant (to a married man she'd had an affair with), she had her child, only to be abandoned by the father whilst she was giving birth. This moment crushed Rowena, making her feel incredibly weak and foolish (for having loved the man), making her swear at that moment to never feel weak again.

Never feeling weak also meant that she wouldn't allow herself to love either, shutting her heart away (or so she claimed). For her child it made her seem incredibly cruel, keeping them at an emotional distance, and whilst she physically cared for her child (keeping them clothed, fed and healthy) they never knew love from her, growing up believing that she hated them. In a way, on the surface, Rowena did hate her child: they reminded her of the man that had broken her, but hate was never the right word. (The love she had for her son did exist, and she did admit it, but she was afraid of it and feeling weak).

Refusing to feel weak also led Rowena down her magical path: women had no power in her time, she was incredibly poor and was living in a very bad situation, so she turned to magic, becoming a witch to try and reclaim some power for herself. Rowena couldn't rely on anyone else, needing to feel protected and safe by her own hand, needing to rely on her own strength and magic granted her this feeling. Magic also granted her the ire of the town, who ran her out of Scotland (and thus abandoning her son) but that's a different story, a long set of consequences that started with one man who crushed her heart.

Does your character have a moral code, or other set of standards they try to live by?
Rowena never looks like she has a moral code. For most of her life, she has done what has been necessary to survive and seemingly abandoned her morals to do that. Being hurt by so many over the years (the first man she loved, the Grand Coven, and many other witches) has made her need to find ways to survive, which usually involved lying or hurting others to do so, having to always look over her shoulder for someone. So Rowena uses her magic, seeming not to care when people are hurt by it, and not denying when anyone calls her evil.

Except this is untrue. Rowena isn't truly evil, certainly very grey, but she's responding to the circumstances that she's been given and when pushed into a corner she's just fighting to survive. Rowena has never acted first whenever someone has gotten hurt, she's never sought out to specifically hurt people, those that are hurt by her magic are usually due to a consequence of the spell (an unintended consequence, given that her magic had been bound by the Grand Coven giving her some less control over it). The only people that she actively chooses to hurt are those who have hurt her previously, making her treatment of them entirely based on revenge (or further self-preservation).

When Rowena finds her safety all of this stops and we start to see her true self and thus her true morals. Rowena has very high standards of herself and those around her, not suffering idiots and trying to nudge things more presentably if not favourably. She believes in magic and this is where her truth is: simplicity. Rowena wants a life where she can study and preserve magic, where she can teach others how to master their skills and how to find acceptance in a world that would try to push them down. Whilst Rowena still does have the capacity (and will) to harm if threatened, she no longer harms anyone who isn't actively trying to hurt her or someone she cares for. Rowena's biggest truth: protection. She will protect those that she cares for even if it means putting herself in danger to do so, trying to minimise any harm that she can (see: agreeing to host Michael, sacrificing her life to save the world). Where once she only made deals in offering her help she now willingly gives it.

Morally she will always be grey (if a little lighter), and her soul was bound for Hell, but she has learned a better way of life, has found satisfaction (and reason) in helping others, and actively chooses to help and support the Winchesters where once she would have killed them. She may look by on most (mundane) situations but if something magical/supernatural is amiss she will offer her support. And there are even some mundane causes that will draw in her protection and wish to help (even if she might hurt someone to do that -- if they were hurting another first).

What quality or qualities do they admire most?
For centuries, power was incredibly important to Rowena, something to be admired in others, to strive for, and something that she spent centuries seeking. Power came in many forms to her: magic (her own, angelic power, godly power) but also in the attitude of the person wielding it, the power that they exuded themselves. Power was seen as a strength for Rowena, security and safety, and especially a way of staying alive: it would make her untouchable.

Though Rowena went through a period questioning her motives, feeling lost when her search for power and strength had never helped her and had led her to this, it's always been something she's continued to follow: she unshackled her own magic, she continued researching magic (particularly old and dangerous magic, or creating new spells) and after dying took the throne of Hell for herself, becoming Queen. Whilst Rowena know knows that power isn't everything it's still important to her: she'll always need to protect herself and it's useful having any kind of spell in your back pocket.

Rowena also admires a hard work ethic, appreciating the effort that people put into something. As someone who has spent centuries building up her knowledge, financial security and what she needs to survive in the modern century (even if much of it was grifted), Rowena appreciates when others work hard for something rather than simply being given it. It's one reason why she comes to appreciate the Winchesters after their initial disagreement: they don't shy away from something difficult, they put the work in to find the solution (especially Sam who is always researching lore, and sometimes magic). Rowena's much more likely to appreciate something that has had time put into it rather than something hastily done, whether that is a job, art, or something someone has built.

Do they have a part of themselves they dislike?
Yes, but she'll never admit it.

Weakness is the thing that Rowena dislikes the most, the fact that she can feel weak over strong, the fact that she has been completely broken before in her life, and the fact that it isn't something that she can ever truly overcome.

At first, love was the thing that Rowena believed made her weak, trying to shut off her heart and appearing cold and calculating, an "evil skank", a "heartless bitch", all names that Rowena took and owned, refusing to let simple words hurt her (they didn't) and trying to claim them for her own power. Except no matter what Rowena believed she did love, she did have a heart and in the end it didn't really make her weak, even though having others see that (and the pain that her love brought her) made her feel weak.

Fear also makes Rowena feel weak, particularly her fear of Lucifer. Rowena will never admit to being afraid of anything except for Lucifer, the man who has killed her twice, tortured her a little and given her nightmares that she can never shake. Feeling weak here, so utterly afraid that she'd felt powerless, had been the worst feeling that Rowena had known (in centuries), making her strive to finally break the seal on her magic so that she could be strong enough to overcome Lucifer if she ever saw him again, so that she wouldn't feel powerless and afraid around him again.

But, as Sam put it, nothing would stop her from feeling afraid, no matter how powerful she became. He was right because even after unleashing her full power she still felt afraid at even the mere mention of Lucifer's name, she just managed to hold herself together around him (with the help from some handy knowledge from Death).

Even though Rowena is much more put together than she used to be it doesn't stop her from hating anything that makes her feel weak, and kicking herself (and being a little frustrated) that something has caused her to feel powerless, especially if others witness it.

What is their sign, and why?
Rowena is the high priestess due to being a knowledge seeker. She spent over three hundred years studying and learning many forms of magic, seeking out old spells, creating new spells, and even up until the moment of her death Rowena still finds new things about magic, studying texts that she's owned for years to reveal anything she may have missed. There is always an answer in magic, something that Rowena strongly believes in, and whilst she is incredibly knowledgable (and skilled) she will never believe that she's learned everything, knowing that something new may be the key to her own survival if pushed (or useful to know). There are many forms of magic that don't interest Rowena but knowing something about them is more important even if she wouldn't practice it: knowledge can be traded, it can be useful, and she'll never know what she might need in the future. Knowledge is the real power. And it doesn't hurt to have someone owe you a favour for what you know, to be needed for your knowledge.

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⏵ player information
name and pronouns: Kerry / she/her
age: 33
contact: pm

⏵ character information
name: Rowena MacLeod
canon: Supernatural
age: 300+
canon point: The Rupture (season 15, episode 3)
history: link
abilities:

★ WITCH. As a witch, Rowena's immortal, immune to ageing and disease but able to be killed by other methods. Rowena has been described by others as a very powerful and dangerous witch, given the liberties she takes in using her magic and her history of using it to hurt other people for her own gains. After practising her craft for centuries, she's incredibly knowledgeable about many forms of magic, skilled in spellwork (and creating spells), using hex bags and Enochian sigils or Druidic runes. Rowena is capable of using her magic to heal herself and others, transform people and objects into other things, astral project, move people and objects telekinetically, conjure illusions, curse others (and remove curses) and has an awareness of other magical (or supernatural) beings, being able to sense them. While Rowena knows many spells, she still relies on grimoires to cast spells that she has never used before along with ingredients.

After unlocking the seal on her magic, her eyes glow purple when she uses magic and her spells take a purple hue to them. She is additionally now able to teleport, see Reapers and in general her spells have become more powerful.

Whilst Rowena is incredibly powerful there are many limitations to her. She can be wounded and killed by injury (and will remain dead if her self-resurrection spell is inactive), can be overpowered by stronger beings, is weakened by iron (limiting her power), can be exhausted by overuse of her magic, and if she cannot verbally speak she cannot cast most of her spells. Rowena is also not a fighter outside of her magic nor physically strong and is easily overpowered.

★ NOTE. I have a hefty permissions post regarding Rowena's magic and won't use it against people without discussion -- Rowena might like to manipulate and control people but she doesn't do it to everyone she meets and I won't cross ooc boundaries. She has also been on a redemption path where she is less inclined to control/manipulate others. I am also very happy to play by the limits of whatever needs to be set power/distance-wise. She'll be very mad about her magic being limited (again) but it'll give her some motivations to try and unleash herself again (even though she can't).

Rowena usually keeps a self-resurrection seal active on her person in case she dies. She's currently removed this but may potentially try and put one back. I'm happy to play by game death rules (especially consequences) even with this and make her come back slowly/normally by game standards otherwise (if she dies). Rowena will also not be able to open portals to other universes, reality warp or summon/banish people into and out of the city. As her spells tend to require ingredients she will have to spend time gathering these.

★ LINGUIST. Rowena uses Latin for many of her spells, though is also capable of reading and casting spells in other (and ancient) languages, being able to translate the components of them.

personality:

★ BOLD. A lot of her boldness stems from how she speaks, seeming to lack a filter and saying what's on her mind, though it's usually a calculated attempt to throw someone off their footing by revealing their weaknesses or making another snide comment. She's bold in her plans, trying to gain power by sucking up to other powerful beings, trying to present herself as an asset and doing so brazenly. She's bold because despite how afraid Rowena may feel she doesn't let fear stop her. Rowena's a survivor which makes her constantly fight for her life even when a situation could make you want to run and hide. Rowena makes boldness her defining trait, choosing not to shy away from something even if the consequences are something to fear, choosing to always remain true to herself and choosing to fight to survive.

★ AMBITIOUS. Rowena is incredibly ambitious, wanting to gain as much power for herself and seemingly not caring about who she hurts along the way. Rowena's true motivations for her ambitions stem from her desire to survive and protect herself: the majority of witches that Rowena has met in her life have shunned her or been unkind, she was run out of Scotland for being a witch and has spent most of her life looking over her shoulder. So Rowena now will do whatever it takes to protect herself, adding to her dangerous collection of magic with as much power as she can gather to ensure she never feels weak again. Rowena's ambitions and striving for power have led her to make terrible choices in her life, allying herself with people who would betray her (if she didn't betray them first) in the hope of gaining power.

★ SELFISH. Rowena's act is all about herself and what she can do for herself, seeming to not care about anyone else. After abandoning her son (after being chased out of town) she never returned for him, claiming that she couldn't be faulted for being a career woman. Truthfully, Rowena knows she was a terrible mother and should have done better, but it also took her a long time to admit her faults. Hating her son was much easier for her than loving him because love made her feel weak -- his father left her half-dead after giving birth which was a pivotal moment for Rowena, teaching her to only think about herself because no one else would, something that other witches along her years only reinforced when they shunned her. Rowena will always look out for herself first because she doesn't believe anyone else will and she will save herself rather than try to help others, only offering her help if she believes that she can get something out of it in return (her freedom, power, or something powerful).

★ IMPULSIVE. Whilst Rowena is powerful and wishes to be prepared for anything, she gets too drawn in by her wants. Rowena's desire for power means she quickly allies herself with powerful people, even when they are known to be terrible people (such as Lucifer). Rowena overlooks this, too blinded by the idea that she could become more powerful if she proves herself useful, and ends up quite short-sighted, ignoring any red flags in the hope that she gets what she wants. It leads her to very often double-cross the people she's working with, bouncing from one person to the next when her first idea fails. She doesn't have a plan outside of becoming powerful so it leads her to quickly take opportunities when they pop up instead of thinking about how it might help (or hurt) her.

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