<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/X4R92R6.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Serenity McGaughey</strong></span><br/><br/><br/><strong>AGE:</strong>30<br/><strong>GENDER:</strong>Cis Female<br/><strong>SEXUALITY:</strong>Bisexual<br/><strong>BLESSED BY:</strong>Aphrodite<br/><strong>NICKNAMES:</strong>That bitch, The Morrígan was her nickname in her marine squad<br/><br/><br/><strong>LIKES:</strong>kicking ass and taking names, fighting, drinking, her heritage, caffeine, playing match maker, history, dancing, and parties.<br/><strong>DISLIKES:</strong>Softies, being bored, dresses, heels, sitting still, buzz kills, and talking about her past<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>SKILLS &amp; POWERS:</strong><br/>Skills:<br/>Hand to hand combat: Serenity has trained her whole life to turn her body into a weapon. She know how to fight and how to get down and dirty. She may not know a lot of super fancy styles or techniques, but she knows enough to make you regret getting anywhere within arms reach of her when if she’s pissed at you, so keep your distance if you want all your bones to stay unbroken.<br/>Weapons training: Being raises by member of the IRA and joining the marines had some perks. Serenity knows how to use a weapon, from more sophisticated modern weapons like a Browning M2 machine gun, to simple weapons like a xiphos or a sling shot, to just a heavy rock if it can deal damage Serenity raise hell with and she’s not afraid to improvise.<br/>The fiddle: Serenity is actually quite good at playing the fiddle. She can play a jaunty tune and get you feet tappin’ a jig like any old bars from her homeland’s days of yore. She finds it soothing sometimes to let loose and let the music take her.<br/>History/ mythology buff: She may not seem like the academic type, but one thing Serenity finds fascinating is history. From the tales of Ancient Greece, to the history of Ireland, to the legends of the Greek gods<br/><br/>The Throes of Passion: Serenity has been blessed with the god like powers of her deity. She has enhanced strength, speed, and reflexes and is always ready for battle. Just like the fires of love the deeper into this power she goes the more fiery she becomes. As Serenity let’s herself fall further into the ecstasy of battle her very form begins to change. Her flaming red hair begins to flow and crackle like fire and her pale skin begins to glow a pink color and her eyes shine a bright yellow. She embodies the mighty visage of her patron when she gives in to her passion for warfare. However, the deeper into this form she goes the more taxing it is on her body. And just like people can get swept up in their passions, if Serenity gives in to her base desires too much she may not be able to stop her rampage until her passion has burned out.<br/><br/>Arrow of love: Just like Aphrodite’s son Eros Serenity can summon a magical bow and arrows. If she strikes two targets with these arrows they will fall madly in love with each other. The effects are only temporary however, and can last between an hour to up to a day. Once a target is hit Serenity cannot undo the magic. She has to let it run it’s course until it wears off.<br/><br/>Heart strings: Serenity’s goddess is all about love and helping people connect to those they love. Serenity is able to see the flames of people’s hearts and the strings that connect one heart to another. Serenity can use this power to see who does or doesn’t love someone, and even if that love is platonic, romantic, or purely lustful.<br/><br/><strong>APPEARANCE:</strong>Serenity is 6’2” of pure unadulterated muscle. She is built like a brick house and more often than not is seen sporting some sort of scowl rather than a smile. Her fiery red hair is usually a mess and she has piercing green eyes. She sports tank tops or basic t’s and usually some sort of cargo or camo pants with combat boots. She has a tattoo on her right shoulder of the marines emblem  with Semper Fi in a ribbon above it and The Morrígan in a ribbon bellow it, and on her left shoulder is a flower of Aphrodite tattoo.<br/><br/><strong>PERSONALITY:</strong>Serenity is a hot head. She takes after her deity in that she leads with her emotions rather than her head. She is incredibly blunt and has no problem calling things how she sees them and she isn’t afraid to speak her mind. She can be a good friend if you can survive her long enough to reach that level, but when she gets going there is no stopping her. Serenity’s motto is fight hard, love hard, live hard and she follows it to a T. Always willing to throw down and a bit to easy to provoke her short fuse has gotten her into a lot of fights over the years. But once you’ve earned her trust she will have your back to the end and there is nothing she wouldn’t do for you. Serenity’s guilty pleasures is playing matchmaker, and she will pursue her OTPs with a zeal that makes Aphrodite proud, though she will never admit this is what she is doing. Serenity is also an alcoholic and will often get into more trouble as she starts drinking. She can become even more blunt and a little cruel when she’s really sloshed.<br/><br/><strong>CHARACTER BACKGROUND:</strong>Serenity was born in Galway, Ireland to a family of dedicated Irish nationals. Both of her parents were high ranking member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, so she had a rather tumultuous childhood. Her parents taught her to fight what she believed in and to use any means necessary to reach her goals. They were often on the run across Ireland to keep their family safe as they planned and carried out attacks against the British in Northern Ireland. As a young girl Serenity learned how to protect herself and how to hold her own in a fight. But there was something else see larked that the little firecracker took to heart, and that was that love would carry you through anything. Her parents were madly in love, the kind of deep carnal passion that is rare to see stand the test of time. They got each other through everything, all the up and all the downs. Serenity saw this, and she knew that not only was this love, but that all love should be like this, passionate, deep, and true.<br/><br/>When Serenity was 8 the troubles were brought to a close by the Good Friday Agreement, but her parents were of the minority now that were not happy with the agreement. They remained active with the IRA until its final disarmament in 2005. At this time, with her parents no longer able to accomplish their goal of fighting for a united Ireland, decided to to take matters into their own hands. But as they plotted to bring the conflict back into swing before the disarmament their plot was discovered and they were forced to flee for their own safety. The family barely managed to escape the law and boarded a plane to their new life in the United States. Still filled with a fighting spirit and a yearning for battle Serenity set her sites on her next big hurrah, joining the USMC.<br/><br/>It was in the marines that Serenity was in her element. She deployed as soon as she was able and lived for the thrill of being on a battlefield. The danger, the excitement, the thrill of risking life for glory and victory. Serenity quickly became the most accomplished and daring member of her squad, always leading her mates into any fray they might find themselves in. This was how she earned her nickname The Morrígan, for the Irish goddess of war and fate. But just like she’d seen with her parents Mx Serenity not only fought hard but as an adult she learned to love hard as well. She had flings all across the countries they traveled with anyone willing to drink with her and share her bed. But there was one person in particular she became smitten with. There was a man in her squad that was one of few people in her life that always seemed to be able to get her to smile or to pull her out of her anger or funks. Her heart burned for this man, and she could tell of all the loves she’d had and left this one was real. It was almost like a fairytale story, two warriors falling in love in the midst of war. The pair agreed that this deployment would be their last, and afterwards they would return home and settle down together, a concept that Serenity had never considered for herself before.<br/><br/>But the fates it appeared were not on the couples side. In the last few months of their final deployment disaster struck. On a dusty road traveling to a new base their transport was destroyed by a roadside bomb. Serenity and her love were thrown from the vehicle as bullets began to rain down on them, it was an ambush. With no cover anywhere nearby the pair did all they could to take out their assailants as they retreated. But as they fled her beloved took a round in his throat and crumpled to the dirt. Serenity dropped to cover his body in a vain attempt to shield him as she desperately tried to save his life. But there was nothing she could do. It was in this moment that Serenity’s heartbroken wails were heard by the goddess of love. As the girl sobbed and death rained around her her red hair began to crackle and whip about like fire. Her skin shone a bright pink and her eyes flared like stars. Serenity hardly remembers what happened next, but she was the only person to survive the ambush, stumbling into the base covered in the blood of her enemies. After that day Serenity fell deep into drinking, drowning her sorrows in whiskey, porter, and meaningless one night stands. As the day to return home came upon her Serenity received a letter. It said she was expected at a place called Blessed Falls. And what’s more it had information about her that no one else should have possibly known. She didn’t know what it meant, or who the hell had sent it, who signs their name as the fuckin’ Greek goddess Aphrodite? She didn’t know what it meant, but she figured her life couldn’t get any worse. So when she finally got home she headed off on a journey to find this Blessed Falls and get to the bottom of this strange letter.<br/><br/><br/><strong>FACE CLAIM:</strong>Jessie Buckley<br/><strong>WRITER:</strong>Thunder Splash