Truffeni "Truffle" Winters

TRANSMIT - initiate Zima signal - RECEIVE - initiate love and ghosts frequency - DOWNLOAD - initiate the scared child broadcast - I SEE DEAD PEOPLE - initiate the shake it till it hurts protocol - THIS VARDO IS TOO FUCKING CRAMPED - initiate the fire dance - COME ON BABY LIGHT MY FIRE! - WITNESS - Truffeni Zima

Appearance
A swarthy complexion graces the soft features of this young woman before you. Thin black eyebrows arc over hazel eyes, hidden behind thick lashes and a pair of wire-rimmed oval sunglasses. Down her face, a nicely shaped nose sits before a pair of partially reddened thick lips. Her black hair is straight and long, flowing down her back and off to frame the sides of her face. When she smiles and speaks you can sometimes catch a glimpse of her tongue piercing.

She dresses in a simple tan cotton t-shirt that comes down to just above her waist. Over the shirt, she wears a multicolored gypsy poncho. A pair of ratty and faded blue jean shorts hug her hips and her long legs lead down to a pair of tan Birckenstocks.

Personality
Generally free-spirited and carefree. She has been scared of many of the things she's seen over the years. She is still getting over her fears. She is amazingly friendly to those she cares about. Her speech is usually tinged with a thick Eastern-European accent, and she speaks fluent Romany, Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian and English.

Early Life
Truffeni was born a scruffy little girl to the Zima Circus family in Europe. Early on, she developed healthy family ties to the other gypsies and circus performers she worked with. Her mother, Polly, kept a good eye on her and helped her get into training where she took up the art of Fire Dancing and gymnastics from an early age.

Although "Truffle" got into a lot of trouble and was quite often dirty and messy, she had a great time traveling with the circus.

Around the age of 9, Truffle discovered, frighteningly, that she could pick of images and see ghosts. It was extremely disconcerting at first, but after consulting with the other gypsy elders in the circus, she felt better about it. They made sure to have her inform them any time she saw something, or to pass on messages from the beyond to them. She practiced hard and became one of the Zima family's best Fire Dancers by the age of 16. The scruffy little kid had finally blossomed into a somewhat pretty girl who had a great smile while she danced. She loved the stage and loved performing for others. She had several partners and acts and loved juggling fire sticks between her friends and performing solo fire dances.

Later on, the Zima Family circus closed temporarily and several of her cousins were sent away, some to a new circus in Aleswich, Maine. She stayed behind, though missed her friends and after the circus finally shuttered its doors temporarily, her mom and her were with the other Roma in a village of France. After a few gigs and spending their savings, Polly and Truffle saved enough money America to join her cousin and hopefully start anew there, using her circus talents to make a better life for themselves. They changed their last name from Zima to the English meaning of the word--Winters.

America
The Illuminati eventually found her in Maine due to her anima-related abilities and brought her back to New York for training. This culminated in her finding about the Secret World and how her abilities had been gifted by Gaia.

Several Illuminati discovered her original surname and have begun teasing her about her last name being a cheap horrible alcoholic beverage. This usually results in a frown from Truffle.