Avery Lenore Winslow
Hunter of Shadows
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“There is always a way out for
those clever enough to find it.”
— Rick Riordan
A V E R Y
Unisex | "Ruler of Elves" | English
L E N O R E
Feminine | "Light" | GreekMasculine | "Friend's hill" | English
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BASICS
⎨NAME⎬
Her full name is Avery Lenore Winslow.
⎨NICKNAME(S)⎬
She dislikes nicknames ever so slightly and won't answer to anything else than Avery.
⎨AGE⎬
She is 19 years old.
X, which makes her a Taurus.
⎨BIRTH PLACE⎬
She was born and raised in London, England.
⎨NATIONALITY⎬
She is of British descent.
⎨RESIDENCE⎬
She resides at the Institute in London, England with her Parabatai and his adoptive family.
⎨OCCUPATION⎬
She is a Shadowhunter-in-training at the London Institute.
⎨RACE⎬
She is a Nephilim, half angel half human.
⎨BUILD⎬
She is femininely built with a willowy and slender frame.
⎨COMPLEXION⎬
Pale as moonlight.
⎨HEIGHT⎬
She is 173 centimeters tall and very tall for a girl her age.
⎨EYES⎬
Her eyes are hazel with subtle flecks of green.
⎨HAIR⎬
She has dark brown hair that falls past her shoulders and into soft curls.
⎨TRADEMARKS⎬
She has dimples in both cheeks when she is smiling.
⎨QUIRKS⎬
Although she is a skilled archer and handy with throwing knives, her preferred weapon is her seraph blade "Nakir".
⎨SEXUALITY⎬
She considers herself to be heterosexual.
⎨RELATIONSHIP STATUS⎬
She is single, but is in love with someone she can never have.
⎨STRENGTHS⎬
Resilient, quick-witted, confident in her own skills and body, stubborn, honest, gifted and talented artist.
⎨WEAKNESSES⎬
Runs from her past and emotional expression, has a fiery temper and nature, can be brash, uncompromising, and aloof at times.
⎨LIKES⎬
Fun with friends, helping others, fighting for causes, painting her entire room at the Institute or some of the other rooms, a good listener.
⎨DISLIKES⎬
The past coming back to haunt, limitations, being lonely, dull or boring situations, people who disagree with her.
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BACKGROUND
“We are Shadowhunters. We do not wait to be saved by others. We save ourselves.”
— Cassandra Clare
WILD GAME
OF SURVIVAL
IS SHE THE HUNTER
OR RATHER THE PREY?
Avery Lenore Winslow was born into a world of danger. Danger for her kind because of what they could do, and in danger of others who wanted to eliminate her kind. Born as a child of two Shadowhunters, her path seemed all set for her from the beginning. As a child, Avery lived with her mother and father in a small apartment in London. When Avery was three, her father died in a car crash, leaving just her mother to take care of her. It was an average life. Avery's mother raised her well, but as she grew older, their peaceful life vanished. At the age of five, Avery and her mother had been in the kitchen, making cookies together, when her mom heard something. Being a kid, Avery didn't care very much, mostly focused on what they were doing, but her mother knew what it was. She recognized the inhuman screech that sounded. Moving quickly, she took her child in her arms and ran to their front door, unlocking it hurriedly. Seeing her mom's panic, Avery started asking worried questions, wanting to know what was going on, why her mom was upset. Her mom just shook her head and set her daughter down outside the door, kissing her forehead once and whispering, "I love you, baby. Now run," then slammed the door shut. Startled, she called to her mom, only greeted by a loud order yelled through the door. RUN.
Not knowing what was going on, Avery ran out of the apartment building, scared and confused, but listening to what her mom told her to do, though she didn't go too far. She hid in an alley across the street, behind a dumpster, shaking as she peeked out, watching the building she'd just exited. She heard the strange noises from earlier, except much louder. Watching in horror as something flew into one of the many windows all the apartments had, Avery stayed where she was, too terrified to do anything else. She stayed like that, unaware of how much time passed, staring at where she lived, the little five-year-old close to having an anxiety attack. After what felt like forever, the thing soared out of the building, letting out a sound that Avery couldn't even begin to describe. She remained in the alley, frozen, staying there until she felt confident enough that when she stepped out, that creature wouldn't attack her. Avery returned to where she and her mom lived, well, used to. Inside, she found her mother lying on the ground, still and pale. She figured out that her mom wouldn't 'wake up' after trying for minutes on end, crying. In the end, the little girl decided to follow what her mother had last said to her. To run. She left behind her home and didn't return to it. As an orphan, Avery managed to survive and stayed for two years at an orphanage in London, but it wasn't pleasent. The two years in the orphanage seemed like ten, and the other children weren't nice and most of the time, Avery had to fend for herself.
"Quote."
— X
Only when she was seven did she finally run into another Shadowhunter who brought her to Institute in London. It was there that she found out what attacked her mother, who her mother was, and how to protect herself. She only told the Head of the Institute what had happened when she was young, trusting him to keep it a secret, to not go around gossiping about it, not wanting the other Shadowhunters to pity her. For her, the past stays in the past. However, when Avery turned 19, she found out that not only was her mother a Lightwood, but she was also someone who, albeit unwillingly, took part in Oswyn Lovelace's experiment with angelic blood empowerment. Avery's mother was, in other words, injected with the blood of an angel while she was pregnant with Avery. After realizing what had happened to her, Avery's mother ran for both her life but also her unborn child's life. Fearing the worst, her mother decided to forego her Shadowhunter life in Idris and live as an ordinary Mundane, where she married a nice human man who regarded her daughter as his own. Therefore, the man, who Avery always had presumed was her father, turned out to be a Mundane and therefore not her biological father. However, their mundane lives were short-lived, as Avery's step-father suddenly died in a car crash. A few years later, Avery's biological father also found out where they were hiding and in a fit of rage, he had demons kill her mother. What Avery has yet to discover is the fact that her biological father is Oswyn Lovelace and that she has a half-sister named Blake.
Above all, Avery is one of the most passionate and stubborn individuals you’ll ever come across. She’s got fire in her veins and doesn’t let anyone stand in her way. At times, she can be overbearing and abrasive because she has a low tolerance for bullshit, but all in all she has a good sense of justice. She is naturally rebellious and can sometimes chafe under commands sent her way but her passion for the cause always overrules her want to disobey – though that doesn’t mean she can't grit her teeth the entire way through. Despite growing up quickly, she is friendly (most of the time) and her sense of humor verges on lowbrow sarcasm. She is also quick to take action and can keep her head cool in some tough situations. When it comes to family or people that she cares about, she is exceedingly loyal and would take a bullet for each one of them in a heartbeat, however, she is also extremely bad at expressing her feelings or talking about them. As a result of her past, trust doesn't come easily to her, but she prides herself for being a good judge of character when she finally decides to trust someone.
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CORE TRAITS
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— X
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ASTROLOGY
SIGN
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POWERS & ABILITIES
S H A D O W H U N T E R
N E P H I L I M
“We are sometimes called the Nephilim. In the Bible
they were the offspring of humans and angels.”
— Cassandra Clare
Nephilim, also known as Shadowhunters, are a secretive race of beings who are humans born with angel blood. They have fought demons and lived alongside Downworlders in the Shadow World for well over a thousand years, creating their own culture and civilization within human society. Their mandate is to keep the peace in the Shadow World and keep it hidden from the mundane world while protecting the inhabitants of both worlds.
Despite their ancestry, Shadowhunters are mortal and therefore vulnerable to old age and death; however, their angelic blood endows them with special abilities that allow them to achieve feats beyond what's humanly possible through the application of angelic runes.
|NEPHILIM PHYSIOLOGY|Being Nephilim, Avery possesses a myriad of enhanced physical and mental abilities granted to her by the blood of Raziel in her veins and also by the angelic Marks of the Gray Book. This includes enhanced strength, agility, stamina, coordination, and many others which improve over time and practice.
|RUNIC MAGIC|Due to the angel Raziel's blood in their veins, all Shadowhunters are able to apply runes on their skin without any real danger. These Marks, in turn, give varied effects that serve to benefit the wearer.
|ANGELIC BLOOD EMPOWERMENT|While all Shadowhunters have the angel Raziel's blood in them, Avery has more because she was given the blood of Ithuriel in her mother's womb due to Oswyn Lovelace's experiments. Due to this, she is partially linked to Ithuriel who, sometimes, gives her prophetic dreams and visions of the future, as well as images of long-forgotten runes, or runes not in the Gray Book and known only to angels, which she is able to recreate and use. She can also enhance the potency of common runes to make them more powerful than usual. She also possesses the unique ability to transform objects into art on paper, which can be transformed back.
|THE SIGHT|As a Shadowhunter, Avery is able to easily see through most magical illusions and layers of glamour over reality.
|HEAVENLY WEAPONS|As a Nephilim, Avery is also able to handle heavenly weapons with effect, since this would normally not work for other species. In particular, these are weapons made of Adamas and forged by Iron Sisters, such as seraph blades. Although she is more capable with weapons, her hand-to-hand combat skills are almost as good as her weapon skills.
|PARABATAI BOND|Due to her Parabatai bond with Charlie, Avery can call more strength in battle. Therefore, the runes drawn on her by her Parabatai also has a considerably stronger effect.
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