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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8169429" data-attributes="member: 30538">Diane Fortune<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-R9hKPNc/0/8b054fe5/S/audrey-hepburn-breakfast-at-tiffanys-in-mca-mid-century-abstract-squares-20190219-wingsdomain-art-and-photography-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />According to the official biography she provided to the U.S. State Department during her naturalization procedures, facilitated by her membership in the Institute, Diane Fortune was born in Salisbury at the end of September, 1946, nine months after the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Fortune" target="_blank">her so-called previous incarnation</a>. More than one question was raised about this, as these interviews took place in 1964 and she seemed somewhat older than seventeen or eighteen years of age. However, as she had already helped to save the United States from several disasters, these questions were overlooked at the time.Three decades later, Richard Lawson would conduct his own investigations into the matter, and discovered much of the true story. Margaret Lambkin was born in 1941 to a respectable middle-class family in Glastonbury; her father was a shop-keeper and her mother a housewife. A precocious child, she discovered Dion Fortune's writings in her early adolescence, and became enchanted with them, striving to develop mystical abilities as a result. Her parents discouraged this, and so she ran away from home in 1957.Among the things that Lawson did not discover was that Margaret soon formed a partnership with another runaway, Benjamin Herschlag, and accompanied him across the Atlantic. Their partnership did not long survive their arrival in the United States, as she was intent on pursuing her own dreams and had no interest in 'Johnny Master's" criminal ambitions. Margaret began calling herself Diane Fortune in 1960, not long after she took up with one Nicholas Ashe, who facilitated her access to his family's archives.In 1962, Diane gave birth to her only offspring, listing Nicholas as the father. Lawson was not able to discover what had become of the child, largely because the House of Ashe blocked all of his inquiries. Uninterested in motherhood, Diane allowed Nicholas' family to take charge of their descendant, despite the fact that Nicholas was estranged from them. This marked the end of any friendly or intimate relationship between the two of them, and also the beginning of Nicholas' career as Diavolus, Diane's most recurrent foe.Indeed, Diane largely joined the Institute in 1963 to take shelter among its membership from Diavolus' attempts at revenge, as well as those of other mystics whom she had offended or outraged in her pursuit of power. While a loyal member of the organization who provided its members with intelligence about the mystical community and support, her priority was very much on gaining as much magical knowledge for her own uses as possible. Her stated goal in doing so was to use that wisdom to make the Age of Aquarius a utopian one, but how much of that was self-justification is hard to say.Shortly after Diane accepted the petition of another young mystic to become her apprentice, she was caught up in the Battle of Vietnam. She chose to avoid the frontlines, instead using her astral projection as a means of reconnaissance, passing intelligence through her apprentice to those who needed it. When Stardust finally retreated, she was observing in astral form and let out a sigh ... that turned to a choke as she realized that her physical body was being smothered. Unable to return to it in time, Diane Fortune joined the ranks of the fallen, and her apprentice, later to be known as Gertrude Gallowglass, stole off with all her collected arcane lore.Diane's child, later known as Jodie Crowley, has no notion of their mother's identity, and would not care if they did know. Diane Fortune -- PL 8Abilities:STR 0 | STA 0 | AGL 1 | DEX 3 | FGT 2 | INT 2 | AWE 4 | PRE 4Powers:Mystic Awareness: Senses 3 (analytical radius mystic awareness) - 3 pointsMystical Talents: Array (24 points) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Astral Projection: Remote Viewing 8 (Auditory, Visual), Quirk (physical body is helpless), Subtle - 24 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Ghost Hands: Perception Range Move Object 7, Precise, Subtle 2 - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Maddening Blast: Ranged Damage 8, Resisted by Will - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Phantasms: Illusion 4 (All Senses), Area, Selective, Resisted by Will - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Suggestion: Hearing-Dependent Perception Range Cumulative Affliction 8 (Dazed, Compelled, Controlled) - 1 point</li> </ul>Shielded Mind: Impervious Will 8, Limited to Mental Effects - 4 pointsAdvantages:Attractive, Defensive Roll 2, Languages 3, Ritualist, Trance.Skills:Deception 6 (+10), Expertise: History 6 (+8), Expertise: Magic 6 (+10), Insight 6 (+10), Intimidation 4 (+8), Investigation 5 (+7), Perception 5 (+9), Ranged Combat: Magic 5 (+8), Sleight of Hand 3 (+6), Stealth 6 (+7).Offense:Initiative +1Unarmed +2 (Close Damage 0)Maddening Blast +8 (Ranged Damage 8, Resisted by Will)Suggestion -- (Perception Range Will 8)Defense:Dodge 7, Parry 5, Fortitude 3, Toughness 5/0, Will 10Totals:Abilities 32 + Powers 35 + Advantages 8 + Skills 26 + Defenses 18 = 119 pointsComplications:Discovery--Motivation. Enemy (Diavolus.) Mystical and Enigmatic. Secret (true origins.)</blockquote>

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