Peregrine Diane Eckhardt

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Appearance
"You look pretty."

Normal Appearance
Perry is 5’7” with dark, wavy hair that stops just below her chin and bangs above her brow. Her eyes are heterochromatic, one gold and one dull red, due to magical injuries and are accented by a light amount of brown eye shadow and eyeliner on her eyelids. Her cheeks are lightly blushed and gain a pair of dimples when she flashes a rosy pink-lipped smile. Due to consumption of a holy relic, woven golden vines covered in thorns grow out of the upper part of her skull, resembling a crown. She stands with her hands in her long coat's pockets, but cannot remain casual—she’s antsy, shifting her stance constantly or reaching out to pat an acquaintance on the back. She favors bearing weight on the right side of her body, away from her prosthetic leg.

Perry wears a blend of men and women's clothing, the former coming from her closet before her transition, and the latter supply growing slowly now that she has realized her preference. Regardless of what clothes she wears, Perry presents in a feminine manner through makeup, accessories, mannerisms, or the way she fashions her clothes. Thus, anyone interacting with her would likely know how she would like to be referred to, regardless of her clothing. Perry will normally wear a dress, especially when the day will likely be spent in the office or for a formal occasion. In a dangerous situation, however, she would rather be caught dead in trousers.

Perry's prosthetic leg is held to her body by a pelvic band similar to a corset around the hips. With an above the knee amputation, returning her gait to a functionality previously known to her has been a long process of trial and error. With the recent loss of her old prosthetic, she has had to relearn walking on the new one, which requires the use of a curved wooden cane. The prosthetic is made of wood and leather that fits over the socket of her remaining thigh. It is articulated at the knee, ankle, and toe and achieves the walking motion via catgut tendons attaching the foot and knee. The ankle joint uses a spring-hydraulic mechanism that takes in impact during the walk cycle or any landing on the leg. The leather and wood must be kept clean and become very uncomfortable when wet, especially from sweat. Unlike her old leg, this one is not modded to have secret compartments like her previous one.

Radiant Consumption


Scorching golden light emanates from within Peregrine’s skin, burning her and all who stand too close. Her veins, arteries, and beating heart radiate crimson light that glows through her now semi-translucent flesh and tissue. With every beat of her heart, the red glow travels from her chest outward like lightning from a dark cloud. A golden crown resembling twining bramble vines grows out of her head, becoming a thicker, more-visible band.

The ends of her extremities darken to black at the tips and fading up the limb; this gradient is the only part of her body that remains entirely opaque. Atop the darkened gradient is a pattern of black rosettes, like a jaguar’s, that shrink in size as the gradient on her limbs fades. Claws extend from the ends of her fingers.

Like her blood vessels, the sclera of her left eye become a deep crimson and her iris and pupils condense into a vertical line reminiscent of a cat’s. The other eye is glows yellow gold in the iris, which is surrounded by a tiny silver chain shape. A black halo resembling an obsidian mirror hovers behind her head and her height increases to 6'1"; behind that halo another shimmering gold halo gleams with rays, creating the effect of a solar eclipse behind her.

Two pair of spectral wings blossom from her back and spread outward, reaching out to near twice her height. The marginal covers of her original wings are darker in color than the primaries and secondaries, though many red, orange, and brown colors are sported throughout the arrangement. Ribbons of red lightning crackle through the feathers. These wings split at the base of the humerus to create the second pair of wings which resemble an eagle's wings. Her wings are spectral are not flight-capable without additional magic expenditure.

Personality
"You're not stupid."

Perry, when not faced with awkwardness, is a talkative individual in a conversation; if there's silence, she wants to fill it. Luckily, she is aware of the room and is able to become silent when necessary—the exception being when she is going through a withdrawal, when the anxiety removes the small amount of control she has.

She has shown to be afraid of going into, or staying within, dangerous situations such as the Nocturne Order attack in Party Crashers or the Mocking Hound nest in A Bold Bluff. Despite this fear, she goes into these situations anyway, most notably crawling into a vent duct likely infested with Hounds to grab Sinola Derúd in Friendly Fire. When questioned why she followed Lucero Lonetree into the basement of the De Soto Manor by Detective Monterrey, Perry claimed that she "couldn't just leave the guy to go down there to die," and that "they had a job they were hired to do."

She seems to sport a belief in the "tit for tat, eye for an eye" adage. Whatever is done to Perry, she means to exact in the same amount, as is what is right and fair. One example is when she attempted to kick Luc's feet out from him after Luc near-fatally slashed her to death.

Healing
In A Bold Bluff, Perry attempted to heal the corpse of Jameson O'Reilly before she realized the voice was a ruse by a Mocking Hound to lure her and the others into the office. She has since used this ability many times on Luis. The magic functions by using electrical impulses to magically stimulate one's cells into accelerated healing. Since consuming the Blood of the Son, her healing ability has increased in power and effectiveness.

Telepathy
Perry is able to invade the mind of another person over short distances and for a short time. This ability is relatively harmless, as whoever she is speaking to mentally can choose what they wish to share — that is, if she is not further enhancing the ability to dig deeper, against the target's will. Perry dislikes doing more than skimming the edges of someone's thoughts and emotions without asking permission and has only done so to Bounty Valiente, who was masked and attempting murder at the time.

Sorcery
Perry's bloodline allows her to manipulate magic in ways other kinds of casters cannot. When she uses these powers, her celestial form tends to peak through, either in an obvious glow of her heartbeat and veins, or her eyes will convert to her red cat-like eyes. She most often manipulates her inner magic silently, casting spells in secret and without components, which has no visual tell. Another power extends the effect of her magic to a second target, most notably when she bestowed wings onto Daia and Luc at the same time, or many times she quickened the pace of two allies. More seldomly used, she can cast a spell more quickly and attempt another tactic at the same time, or changes the elemental effect of a spell.

Vehicle Handling
Perry owns a Oldsmobile 43A, brown-red in color with a black convertible top, maintaining a stock appearance of the model. There is a single bullet hole in the back of the car. The car is modified to have storage compartments in the roof lining, engine compartment, wheel wells and under the floor boards. It also has a stronger-powered engine and more stiff suspensions for bearing weight. The lights of the car can all be turned off with one switch. There is enough room for five comfortably, though one seat is usually taken up by personal effects. There is evidence of many repairs to the car, but it is well-loved.

In Benefit of the Doubt, Perry's car had several windows broken and the nearly ripped off the door and top. The damage devastates her, as the vehicle is both part of her hobby and one of the only things of real value that she owns. Despite this, she is willing to let the Oldsmobile be driven in the Headrush, a race between the small teams formed of the gangs of Santa Corazon, as well as let Luc be the driver.

Lucero "Luc" Lonetree
She and Luc often clashed with each other, but she grew to know him better as Luc talked to her. In return, Perry shared secrets she never willingly shared before: when and how she realized her abilities as a sorcerer and where she practiced her magic. Perry knows she can trust Luc with anything and Luc has earned the same oath Perry gave to Daia (I would do anything for you).

After her death and rebirth, Perry became afraid they would have to separate because of the echo of the Son in her mind. With assurance from both Yohan and Luc, however, they resolved to continue the relationship to whatever place Perry felt comfortable going. For Perry, of course, that place was all the way - and she would admit to being in love to Luc once the dirt settled on Luis' grave and the two survivors of the trio were alone.

Luc has lived weeks past when he expected his end to come, allowing the two to adopt a dog named Dutch and move in together. Now having different jobs, they spend much less time together - but Perry cherishes every second of the ticking clock.

Luis Cavalier
Perry felt she could gel to Luis comfortably: both were alleged charismatic extroverts and both on equal footing in terms of physical and magical intimidation. Luis saved her life directly after being downed to a shotgun, and indirectly saved her by healing her wounds before she reached that point. Perry likes him, as it is hard not to like someone who literally takes away your pain. Perry biggest problem with him was Luis keeps all of his knowledge in that big red book of his and forgetting to let the rest of them know. But, hey, maybe she should be tuning into the guy's radio show if she really needed to know. Other than that, Perry imagined seeing her and Luis develop a friendship based on a mutual love and interest in the various magical arts.

Luis is at rock bottom and has a lot of problems: worse still that he can apologize for the results of his actions but remains defensive of taking those actions in the first place. He makes excuses. He doesn’t boldly lie, just omit like everyone does. He finds nothing wrong with manipulating people. He’s a little newscaster, in charge of the story she gets to know - it makes her furious. There is a saving grace for him, however, that he reminded Perry "the ex drug-dealer" Eckhardt how terrible she was compared to now and how far there still is to go. While he must earn back her full trust through change, Luis is her friend, and he deserves a second chance.

Thus, she extended a chance to him, adding management of Luis' condition and worries to her own pile of concerns. But once again Luis cracked under stress and the pressure to upkeep his masculinity in working alone, though this time his misdeed was a normal and mortal sort. Luis cheated on Coraline and, when Perry confronted him with all the wrong decisions that brought him to that big crime, he told her to mind her business — when she had told him she was there for him when he really needed. He told her he had a right to have as many secrets as he pleased — despite promising honesty to her. Luis admitted to spying on Coraline through the mirror they had, and something about the culmination of it all uneased her. When Perry thought of Luis, she felt sick, anxious, and unsure if she could forgive him again.

She knew he loved her and would do anything for her — an excellent friend in that way. Perry wondered if he would take it too far and decide what was best for her, making decisions behind her back, consorting with dangerous sorts in vain attempts to protect her, leaving her to confusion and hurt in his wake. At worst, once she had the hunch Coraline was really the Raven Queen, Perry feared Luis would betray her like many have. When Luis died to Bounty, aka The Stalking, their relationship had stagnated there as a purgatory of friendship to evolve or end.

Regretting how she let them grow apart after all they had been through together, she wrote a long letter and promised to find his sister.

Perry was overjoyed to find the resurrected Luis on her doorstep after his two-month long time in the ground. Before she considered it a healthy boundary to give Luis once chance alone to start being honest with her as a friend, but showed more understanding to him as he struggled to reveal what he learned from the Dark Apostles. After all, self-betterment takes time and often... relapses.

Daia "Diamonds" Palomo Rosales
Perry met her during their time working for Isaac trading ichor, munitions, alcohol, and other things. Whatever their relationship was, they certainly rose above coworkers. Perry feels comfortable calling Daia at 4 AM when she's afraid, had an awful day, and needs someone to talk to. Perry referred to Daia as her "girlfriend," a girl that's a friend, when telling the story of their encounter with a blue drake. Perry has promised Daia that she would do anything for her, and means it.

Perry nagged Daia for many phone calls to convince her to leave the ichor trade and move to Santa Corazón with her mother, and convinced her to visit in October. While in the capital, Daia was invited to attended Perry's stage performance, and was told of Perry's plans to transition sooner than others. Trying to fulfill Perry's wish for her to move nearby, Daia joined the Angels gang. Due to the gang's involvement in the sinister sides of Activated Ichor production, Perry has grown weary concerning her, though was assuaged when Daia promised it to be a temporary measure until she found her real, legal calling. In a final attempt to convince Daia to ditch the Angels, Perry confessed to being the sort of person those people target: someone born with magic. Daia did not relent, but promised to look out for her while she was there and prevent Perry from falling victim on her watch. Maybe that can be enough.

Isabel Montemayor
In the initial meeting with Isabel, Perry attempted to reach out to her as she believed she was some sort of scared, lonely creature. Far from the truth, perhaps, it turns out she is a mad scientist who turned herself into a beast for unknown reasons. Due to her hostile tone, outright admittance of lies, and condescension of Perry's ability to comprehend the reality of the mystery, she does not trust her. For her own reasons, however, she has agreed to let her activate "what lies within [her]," even as Luc was yelling at her for even considering it. However idiotic and monumentally consequential her actions may turn out to be, Perry was at least keen on getting information from her, "increments for increments."

Isabel, however, failed to give Perry any of the things she asked for and seemed, from Perry's point of view, to be moving the goalposts of their agreements: she refused to give Perry any of the information she wanted until Coraline Poe's concert was stopped, despite Perry having taken the energized ichor as Isabel had wanted.

Still, Perry held onto a hope they could have a working relationship; she sent Montezuma to find Isabel, desperate for help after a tunnel had collapsed on the three detectives and left them injured. The respect Perry carried for her vanished the very next day when Isabel had not visited her in her need. No, worse, as Luc let slip in the morning: Isabel visited in the night and broke their agreement without speaking with her. Worse, and worse, Isabel touched her sleeping body — "not like that," Luc said at Perry's horrified expression. Still, Isabel's clear disregard for her personhood killed any remnant of hope. Months later, when Isabel is brought up, Perry colludes on suggestions of a "weekend project" where the detectives plan to track her down and subdue, or perhaps, kill her.

The politics of whether or not they should work alongside Isabel, however, may shift, now that Perry has found the opposition Isabel aligned against. At this time, Perry seems to be sympathetic to her - seeing that she is suffering for her misdeeds and had the best of intentions. Perry has extended a helping hand, should Isabel "do the right thing," admit her wrongdoings, and help Luc from having her same fate. As Isabel once did for Perry, this consideration appears to be done because of the relationship Isabel has to Perry's mother, Michelle.

As this working relationship continued, the both of them refuse to express care for each other or deny it outright. Perry describes Isabel as rude and horrible company, but is willing to hear her out on matters of Archons and arcane as well as her mother. Isabel claims not to care for Perry while she acts concerned for her at the same time: making sure she is given water and ordering the boys to retrieve it for her, listening to Perry's wishes in some matters they disagree, and finally becoming upset to have missed the invitation to Perry's performance in El Fantasma de la Ópera.

Backstory
Through the dangers presented by working as a detective for Wolfesbane, it came to light that Perry is an Aasimar and Sorcerer, and usually kept that reality a secret — even to her long-time best friend, Daia. As she told Luc, "I don't make a habit of telling people who are in the business of selling blood like mine what I am." It is no secret that Perry is addicted to Activated Ichor, a drug that provides magical abilities to those not normally inclined (an aid often used for the creation of warlocks). She claimed to, or at least had a self-denial of, only consuming ichor that is mined from the earth rather than made out of another person.

In Toll the Dead, Isabel mentioned knowing Perry's mother—she did not appear to know anything about the organization or her mother's whereabouts. After the apprehension of Cristían Vasquez ("The Sword"), Perry let Luis know more about her mother so that Luis could help her search for the answers Isabel would not give. They went to the Congressional Library together and recovered the file of an enlisted soldier between 30-1300: Cisco, Michelle. They learned she was moved from Fort Isabella to work with Dr. Montemayor, then was sent to Sacre-Cour before going Missing in Action on April 3rd, 1295. Perry believes that is the same day she remembered a thunderstorm around her childhood home. Luis' memories presented in the Ethereal Plane revealed what happened on that day, corroborated by Isabel: Michelle stopped a ritual to Magus by the Nocturne Order because she believed it was related to the rise of the Dark Apostles. She saved Luis' life, but all suspect it cost her own.

Perry has since revealed, in drunken conversations and otherwise, that she stopped going to school shortly after her mother's disappearance, since her family found her making money to be a higher priority. She related to Luis about drinking at a young age, around 12. At 17, Perry was introduced to activated ichor by her friend Adam. Soon after, she joined a mob within Thunderbird City (Corona Sagrada).

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Impressions of Perry
♡ “ ...Low-level drug addict. ” — Sinola, describing Perry.

♡ “ You, though. You could do something; you're special. I could activate what lies in you and make you powerful, akin to a god! And if not a god, a god-slayer... You could stop all of this. You could grow back your leg. ” — Isabel Montemayor, to Perry. Paraphrased.

♡ “ Clumsy lad. ” — Luis, talking about Perry.

♡ * ''Gestures at the top of her head, like a hat, and at her chin, like stubble. *'' — The first first-floor receptionist, describing Perry.

♡ “ The ganglier one. ” — Singing Superstar Coraline Poe, describing Perry.

♡ “ Scraggly. ” — Perry described in the eyes of a raven.

♡ “ People like us keep people as pets… they are cherished members of our family. But they will always be weaker, less knowledgeable. Only living in a world a couple rooms large. We know the truth and the panes of reality pushed upon us. This little bird is nothing more than in your cage. You can pick [her] up, or leave [her], but [Peregrine] will be in that cage no matter what. ” — Isabel, to Luc, as Perry slept peacefully.

♡ “ This one is delusional, you may want to have [her] checked out. ” — Juan Vasquez II, Secretary of Congress.

♡ “ They're weird...Tough and abrasive, to be expected with Wolfesbane crew. Hard job, hard people. ” — Sen. Rubio, talking about Luc and Perry to Luis.

♡ “ They're so stupid. ” — Luis, talking back to Senator Rubio.

♡ “ Divine... " and with " ...the voice of an angel. ” — the Bishop in Flores.

♡ “ Crazy white lady looking for a charity case. ” — Hernan Castillo, yelling at Perry for snooping in his house after she yelled at him for snooping in his office and offered to feed his kid.

♡ “ ...your favorite person in the whole world is Peregrine Eckhardt. ” — Luc, telling Sinola something only he would know.

♡ “ Your aura is... flowery. It's nice! ” — Bounty after the first day of tech rehearsals.

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