Serasi

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=Victoria Serasi Connor=

Victoria Connor, current Paladin of the Templar Order. She is a zealous crusader against the Filth corruption on Earth. Unlike some, however, she was not raised in the Order. =The Early Years=

Victoria Serasi Connor was born in 1984 to Elizabeth and Alexander Connor in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her mother stayed home and watched over Victoria and her younger sister Ceres, her father was a patrol officer with the EPD. <BR> Victoria grew up and was marginally successful in school, though she never excelled in academics. She ended up enlisting in the British Armed Forces when she graduated primary school, and it was there that she found her calling. She rose quickly through the ranks and eventually made her way into the Special Reconnaissance Regiment of the British Special Air Services (SAS), as it was the only regiment that accepted female applicants. She received most of her combat and firearms training in those military years, serving in Britan, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

=The Turning Point= Victoria's initiation into the Secret World came rather suddenly and unexpectedly. The Connor family (quite a loud and large group) was having a get-together for Victoria's coming home after a tour in Afghanistan. Her mother, father, sister, aunts and uncles and cousins were there.

It's not known how the Filth got to be in Edinburgh, though Templar investigations still looks into the matter. What is known is that a sample of Filth was somehow introduced to the Edinburgh suburbs, and the majority of infectious filth managed to find it's way to the Connor estate. From there, the reports differ. The normal news shows that a slaughter occurred, placing a large majority of the blame onto a soldier with severe PTSD. Templar files show a more complete story: The infection began spreading to the Connor family members and -that- was the source of the killings. When the Templar Rapid Response Team arrived, they found a house filled with bodies and blood. There were only a couple of humans left, huddled in a room in the back of the house. Elizabeth and two of Victoria's younger cousins remained in a closet, barricaded with a bed frame. Around the door, a half-circle drawn with permanent marker, which a majority of the bodies had fallen behind. When the team discovered the scene, they were nearly assaulted by an enraged Victoria, though they were easily able to disarm and disable her, due to sheer exhaustion. Templar Investigations show that none of the infected members of the party survived. Forensic evidence shows that it was Victoria who dispatched a majority of her own family, including her father and sister. At first, the bodies showed signs of reluctant self-defense (Leg wounds, blunt force trauma), though as the corruption began to mutate, signs show more desperate survival and protection for those not infected. Psychological examinations conducted later show that Victoria remembers much of the incident, though she does not often speak of it. Her mother was placed in a mental institution afterwards, Victoria visiting on a regular but distant basis. The others were moved into Templar-backed foster homes, to be raised under observation.

=Joining the Templar= Victoria remained unconscious for roughly a week following the slaughter, after which she awoke quite alone in the world. Hearing about the incident, Mr. Sonnac visited her personally in her hospital room, and slowly filled in some of the gaps, regarding what had happened. He told her that she had handled herself better than most civilians in the same situation, and that he was able to offer her a chance to not only ensure that such never happened again, that she might be able to discover what caused her own incident. Victoria left the hospital the next day and began her Templar training.

=Trivia (OOC notes)= - The name Serasi comes from Victoria's grandmother, who was Indonesian and met her grandfather in the aftermath of the Battle of Surabaya in 1945 - This is the first iteration of Victoria to be Scottish. - Victoria carries a Sig Sauer p220 as her chosen sidearm. - Victoria's sword is a replica of the one she defended her family with at her estate. This one, however, is not purely decorative. - Victoria is an alcoholic. She has been clean for a little over a year now.