Alienor

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'''Please note that a section is especially made for those who want to react properly when meeting Alienor without beeing spoiled of the whole story. This is the section right below this text : "What you need to know when meeting Alienor if you are..."'''

= What shall be known if you are... = WORK IN PROGRESS. This section won't be filled until enough RP has been practiced to experience what shall be revealed before the in-character interaction. For the moment, you're free to take what you want as "known" in her bio.

= History =

Derek Lenrethe
Alise's information in the Templars 'Database' starts in 1996, when she was only 12. The Order decided to watch her because of the proximity with her grandfather : Derek Lenrethe. Derek was a well-known French Templar during the second half of the 19th century, a veteran reputed in the archeology branch he led, and commonly admired for his quick wit. His talents to hide his findings very effectively to other organizations made him many enemies, and a lot of influence. Influence which he used to allow her granddaughter to follow him in the heart of his research. Fascinated by her grandfather's work since her early years, Alise followed Derek wherever he went during each summer holidays as soon as she reached the age of 12. (living in France, her summer holidays were quite long) More than just 'tolerating' her presence, Derek found in her a great potential... and a lot of obstinacy, that made him share with her a lot of knowledge, at the surprise of many of his friends. A twelve years old child, as perseverant as possible, can't convice a veteran as deeply as Alise did on her grandfather. Another odd fact was the secret Derek maintained about Alise's parents. Her mother had refused to be part of the Order, and would have had the same reaction for her daughter if she had been informed of a few 'details' concerning Alise's holidays. Maybe Derek wanted to recover the time he was unable to give her daughter, or he somehow knew how close he was to the end of his life... He died six years later in 2002, prematurely considering his age, and only a few days after having sent Alise back to her french parents at the end of the holidays. The exact cause of his death is still unknown, but he dissapeared in the middle of an expedition in a vault, a day were big earthquakes occured around his location.

Independance
Of course, out of her grandfather influence, Alise's parents were rapidly informed about what had happened during all these years. The inevitable rupture that followed, when Alise decided not to bow before her parents now that she had reached her majority, was painful and brutal. Many years have passed now, and even if they are in best terms, most bonds are now broken. Back in 2002, after what was one of the major event in her life, Alise decided to fully embrace and follow Derek's path without joining the Templars. During this year she decided to take the name of her mother : Lenrethe, in memory of her grandfather.

'Young years'
After spending two years with archeology teachers before realizing that she knew more than those who had to educate her, Alise had become arrogant, over-confident, and quite provocative. Without any certification, she decided to work for herself and started to lead her own expeditions. They were all successes, but of course the Templars secretely put an agent in her staff to keep an eye on her. Alise was aware of this fact and expected it, she continued her research, taking the risk to tease the agent in an equivocal way, maintaining an ambiguity that annoyed more than one people in the Order. She was on an Ancient Egypt excavation site at the moment where even her own sense of caution awoke, when she discovered the potential existence of a powerful artifact hidden in the area. She divided her research in two parts : one was the initial goal of the expedition, while the other was dedicated to the artifact. During one full year she worked alone secretely on the second research, spending enough time on the first to make sure the Templars were not aware of her plans. Despite the recklessness of her actions, nobody can deny that fooling the Templars like Alise did requires a lot of work and intellectual agility. Finally, when she found the location of the artifact, the Order was still thinking that she was doing some harmless translation on an ancient calendar.

'The incident'
Rather than waiting for the perfect moment, Alise decided to reach the secret room the night that followed her discovery. The artifact was beautiful : Two rubies encased in an esoteric structure made ​​of a strange material half obsidian and half gold, free of dust like if time had not had any effect on it. Not caring about the compelling unatural force that was making her to do that, Alise grabbed the artifact with her two hands and whispered the words that were engraved on it, the sacred words she had read so much during her research. At this point, Alise wasn't sure of what would happen, as every information she had found was very reluctant to give any clues about the consequences of triggering the artifact. The ruby seemed to explode before her eyes, and everything went dark.

Consequences
Alise awoke in London. She had been followed by the agent inside the secret room, a consequence of her lack of patience when she had decided to act only a few hours after her discovery. Not able to stop her in time, the agent returned her back to Temple Hall after her fainting. The artifact she had triggered was called "The Red Eyes of Duty" and was used in Ancient Egypt for the inheritance of its leaders. It's exact use and effects were (and remains) unknown, but when a mirror was given to Alise, she discovered that her skin as been darkened, in addition to the fact that she was now wearing permanent tattoos that reminded her a few carvings of pharaons she had seen. But the most unatural change she suffered were her eyes, that had became as red as the ruby in the artifact.

The incident was for her the opportunity to realize that if her behaviour during these last years had caused all her successes and this final discovery, luck had had a good role to play too... Ironically, the incident had proved to the Templars that Lenrethe's blood was still deserving it's reputation. The Order decided that they couldn't afford to waist so much talent, and offered Alise to join their ranks. A proper way to keep her under control, as "uncontrolled truth may be dangerous". To help Alise take her decision, the Templars made the commitment to help her with every consequence the artifact might have on her in the following years. This last point made Alise accept the offer and take the name of Alienor, even when she knew that her cover would be the one of a Professor of Ancient Egypt, "with a doctorate and so on". At her own surprise, she found very pleasant to play the role that was given to her. And over the years, she discovered that her life in London had changed her behaviour more than she could just imagine. Having recently joined the active branch of the Templars, Alienor has now proved her true loyalty to the Order, as well as her culture, intelligence and various other talents she still has to "deal with people". She is now known as one of the most erudite people in her domain, and her new character is much more appreciated now, than it was in the past.

= Advantages, Abilities and Powers = Alienor was improved physically and mentally thanks to the 'incident'. She was trained during the last years, and has the reputation to learn faster than before. However, as all the information concerning the artifact are kept secret, details of her abilities can't be found easily. Just because they might be pertinent. So, some of the preceding sentences might just be rumors. What is sure is that she already had the same powers than her grandfather before the 'incident'.

= Personality and Looks = Alienor tries to keep a discreet look despite her tattoos and eyes. As she always says : "I'm normal at long range and surprising for the people directly around me. But you can have the control of what is directly around you." She is very diplomatic and likes to say the deep and somehow naive truth, but she can also be an highly skilled actress, which makes her seem very sincere permanently whatever if she is telling the truth -as often- or not. Alienor is known to be reserved, discreet and trustworthy, however there is still a part of her that likes to tease people, shown to only a small number of people.

= Friends and Enemies = She is not taking the other secret societies as her enemy, and meet everyone in a friendly way. However, she does not hesitate to follow any orders given to her, considering that someone else might do the work for her anyway, if she disobeys.