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<blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8115926" data-attributes="member: 30538"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: red">Jolene</span></span></p><p><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-qXp6HNt/0/ad4b5088/S/2018Fantasy_Fantastic_red-haired_green-eyed_girl_127054_29-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>In 1973, a rising star in the American country music genre released a song entitled 'Jolene', with lyrics describing the beauty of a seductive woman whom the singer fears will claim her male lover, combined with pleas for her not to do so. The artist claimed, in interviews, that this song had been inspired by an encounter with a bank teller who fit the description, who had been flirting with her husband. At other times, she would claim that the song was based on a fan who sought her autograph. Regardless, the reality behind the song made her unwilling to sing it too often.</p><p></p><p>Art, it has been said, is using lies to tell the truth. The words and tune of the song 'Jolene' are actually much older than those accounts would claim, as it is one of a number of songs sung in the Appalachian Mountains, largely crafted as warnings. It's not as old as some of those songs, dating back to around the turn of the century where some of them go back centuries. The song was actually softened in its popular release, where the singer pleads with Jolene to refrain from seducing her man, where in the original version she is pleading for his life.</p><p></p><p>It has been a long time since the woman known as Jolene has haunted the Appalachians. Over the decades, she moved south and east, through Georgia and then through Florida. She settled in Miami in the early Eighties and has lived there ever since, growing rich on the avails of drugs and prostitution. The money doesn't matter to her as much as the opportunities these businesses present to force people to compromise their integrity, often in ruinous ways. She enjoys seeing how far she can bend people, and watching them break.</p><p></p><p>Her story began in the 19th century, in Ireland, but quickly moved to London, where she lived a life of not-all-that-quiet desperation as one of the streetwalkers of the East End. No, she wasn't one of the ones you may have heard about, but she knew some of them. That was the reason why, one night in 1892, when she saw a man running down an alley in a panic, she knew <em>him</em> for who he was. Whatever fear she might have felt was smothered by a rage she'd never imagined she could feel. </p><p></p><p>She chased him, not knowing what she was going to do to the murderer of her friends when she caught him, but knowing that she had to do to this. She followed him through a door where no door should be, and emerged somewhere else. Various things then transpired. A few years later, another door opened, an ocean's distance away in the city of Nashville, and the woman named Jolene walked out of it, made beautiful and terrible by her experiences on the other side, and began to carve out her reputation.</p><p></p><p>Her primary superhuman ability, aside from her longevity and unearthly charisma, is the ability to steal 'vital energy' from people. This can either take the form of a slow, steady drain from all of those in her vicinity, which leaves people tired or even unconscious but won't actually kill them, or a fast, deadly theft from someone whom she touches directly. Being who and what she is, she enjoys employing the latter through a kiss or other intimate contact.</p><p></p><p>Jolene has no loyalty to the beings who made her what she was, and does not see herself as serving their designs. (She may be wrong about this. Or not.) Perhaps the strangest aspect of her existence is the way that she can <em>sometimes</em> be moved by the pleas of the truly innocent, as the song about her would suggest, as long as her vanity is flattered in the process. And she gives most of the money she makes through her criminal enterprises to charity, supporting shelters for the abused and food banks in the process. </p><p></p><p>If anyone suggested to her that this suggests a hidden heart of gold, she would first laugh and then find one of the beneficiaries of her 'charity' and slaughter them out of hand to demonstrate her contempt for the idea. She views herself as a parasite on society, sickening and weakening it ... but not <em>killing</em> her host, at least not quickly. She wants to take her time, for she has all the time in the world. (For this reason, she has never bestirred herself to finish things with Jack, even though she knows him for what he is.)</p><p></p><p><strong>Jolene -- PL 11</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong></p><p><strong>STR</strong> 5 | <strong>STA</strong> 5 | <strong>AGL</strong> 5 | <strong>DEX</strong> 3 | <strong>FGT</strong> 10 | <strong>INT</strong> 2 | <strong>AWE</strong> 3 | <strong>PRE</strong> 8</p><p></p><p><strong>Powers:</strong></p><p><em><strong>Energy Drain:</strong></em> Array (38 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Fast and Deadly:</em></strong> Cumulative Affliction 12 (Resisted by Fortitude; Dazed & Vulnerable, Stunned & Defenseless, Incapacitated & Dying), Extra Condition - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <strong><em>Slow and Steady:</em></strong> Burst Area Cumulative Affliction 9 (Resisted by Fortitude; Dazed & Fatigued, Exhausted & Stunned, Incapacitated), Extra Condition, Subtle, Insidious - 38 points</li> </ul><p><strong><em>Gift of Gab:</em></strong> Comprehend Languages 3 - 9 points</p><p><strong><em>Not of this Earth:</em></strong> Immunity 3 (aging, disease, poison); Immunity 20 (mental effects), Limited to Half Effect; Impervious Protection 4 - 21 points</p><p></p><p><strong>Advantages:</strong></p><p>Attractive, Benefit 4 (crime lord, millionaire), Connected, Daze (Deception), Fascinate (Deception), Fearless 2, Improved Initiative, Well-Informed.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills:</strong></p><p>Deception 7 (+15), Expertise: Crime 10 (+12), Expertise: Streetwise 8 (+10), Insight 8 (+11), Intimidation 6 (+14), Perception 6 (+9), Persuasion 5 (+13).</p><p></p><p><strong>Offense:</strong></p><p>Initiative +9</p><p>Unarmed +10 (Close Damage 5)</p><p>Fast & Deadly Drain +10 (Close Fortitude 12)</p><p>Slow & Steady Drain -- (Burst Area Fortitude 9)</p><p></p><p><strong>Defense:</strong></p><p>Dodge 10, Parry 11, Fortitude 9, Toughness 9, Will 9</p><p></p><p><strong>Totals:</strong></p><p>Abilities 82 + Powers 69 + Advantages 12 + Skills 26 + Defenses 16 = 205 points </p><p></p><p><strong>Complications:</strong></p><p><strong><em>Corruption--Motivation. Dependency</em></strong> (regular use of Energy Drain power). <strong><em>Charitable Impulses.</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davies, post: 8115926, member: 30538"] [size=150][color=red]Jolene[/color][/size] [img]https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-qXp6HNt/0/ad4b5088/S/2018Fantasy_Fantastic_red-haired_green-eyed_girl_127054_29-S.jpg[/img] In 1973, a rising star in the American country music genre released a song entitled 'Jolene', with lyrics describing the beauty of a seductive woman whom the singer fears will claim her male lover, combined with pleas for her not to do so. The artist claimed, in interviews, that this song had been inspired by an encounter with a bank teller who fit the description, who had been flirting with her husband. At other times, she would claim that the song was based on a fan who sought her autograph. Regardless, the reality behind the song made her unwilling to sing it too often. Art, it has been said, is using lies to tell the truth. The words and tune of the song 'Jolene' are actually much older than those accounts would claim, as it is one of a number of songs sung in the Appalachian Mountains, largely crafted as warnings. It's not as old as some of those songs, dating back to around the turn of the century where some of them go back centuries. The song was actually softened in its popular release, where the singer pleads with Jolene to refrain from seducing her man, where in the original version she is pleading for his life. It has been a long time since the woman known as Jolene has haunted the Appalachians. Over the decades, she moved south and east, through Georgia and then through Florida. She settled in Miami in the early Eighties and has lived there ever since, growing rich on the avails of drugs and prostitution. The money doesn't matter to her as much as the opportunities these businesses present to force people to compromise their integrity, often in ruinous ways. She enjoys seeing how far she can bend people, and watching them break. Her story began in the 19th century, in Ireland, but quickly moved to London, where she lived a life of not-all-that-quiet desperation as one of the streetwalkers of the East End. No, she wasn't one of the ones you may have heard about, but she knew some of them. That was the reason why, one night in 1892, when she saw a man running down an alley in a panic, she knew [i]him[/i] for who he was. Whatever fear she might have felt was smothered by a rage she'd never imagined she could feel. She chased him, not knowing what she was going to do to the murderer of her friends when she caught him, but knowing that she had to do to this. She followed him through a door where no door should be, and emerged somewhere else. Various things then transpired. A few years later, another door opened, an ocean's distance away in the city of Nashville, and the woman named Jolene walked out of it, made beautiful and terrible by her experiences on the other side, and began to carve out her reputation. Her primary superhuman ability, aside from her longevity and unearthly charisma, is the ability to steal 'vital energy' from people. This can either take the form of a slow, steady drain from all of those in her vicinity, which leaves people tired or even unconscious but won't actually kill them, or a fast, deadly theft from someone whom she touches directly. Being who and what she is, she enjoys employing the latter through a kiss or other intimate contact. Jolene has no loyalty to the beings who made her what she was, and does not see herself as serving their designs. (She may be wrong about this. Or not.) Perhaps the strangest aspect of her existence is the way that she can [i]sometimes[/i] be moved by the pleas of the truly innocent, as the song about her would suggest, as long as her vanity is flattered in the process. And she gives most of the money she makes through her criminal enterprises to charity, supporting shelters for the abused and food banks in the process. If anyone suggested to her that this suggests a hidden heart of gold, she would first laugh and then find one of the beneficiaries of her 'charity' and slaughter them out of hand to demonstrate her contempt for the idea. She views herself as a parasite on society, sickening and weakening it ... but not [i]killing[/i] her host, at least not quickly. She wants to take her time, for she has all the time in the world. (For this reason, she has never bestirred herself to finish things with Jack, even though she knows him for what he is.) [b]Jolene -- PL 11 Abilities: STR[/b] 5 | [b]STA[/b] 5 | [b]AGL[/b] 5 | [b]DEX[/b] 3 | [b]FGT[/b] 10 | [b]INT[/b] 2 | [b]AWE[/b] 3 | [b]PRE[/b] 8 [b]Powers:[/b] [i][b]Energy Drain:[/b][/i] Array (38 points)[list] [*] [b][i]Fast and Deadly:[/i][/b] Cumulative Affliction 12 (Resisted by Fortitude; Dazed & Vulnerable, Stunned & Defenseless, Incapacitated & Dying), Extra Condition - 1 point [*] [b][i]Slow and Steady:[/i][/b] Burst Area Cumulative Affliction 9 (Resisted by Fortitude; Dazed & Fatigued, Exhausted & Stunned, Incapacitated), Extra Condition, Subtle, Insidious - 38 points[/list] [b][i]Gift of Gab:[/i][/b] Comprehend Languages 3 - 9 points [b][i]Not of this Earth:[/i][/b] Immunity 3 (aging, disease, poison); Immunity 20 (mental effects), Limited to Half Effect; Impervious Protection 4 - 21 points [b]Advantages:[/b] Attractive, Benefit 4 (crime lord, millionaire), Connected, Daze (Deception), Fascinate (Deception), Fearless 2, Improved Initiative, Well-Informed. [b]Skills:[/b] Deception 7 (+15), Expertise: Crime 10 (+12), Expertise: Streetwise 8 (+10), Insight 8 (+11), Intimidation 6 (+14), Perception 6 (+9), Persuasion 5 (+13). [b]Offense:[/b] Initiative +9 Unarmed +10 (Close Damage 5) Fast & Deadly Drain +10 (Close Fortitude 12) Slow & Steady Drain -- (Burst Area Fortitude 9) [b]Defense:[/b] Dodge 10, Parry 11, Fortitude 9, Toughness 9, Will 9 [b]Totals:[/b] Abilities 82 + Powers 69 + Advantages 12 + Skills 26 + Defenses 16 = 205 points [b]Complications: [i]Corruption--Motivation. Dependency[/i][/b] (regular use of Energy Drain power). [b][i]Charitable Impulses.[/i][/b] [/QUOTE]
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