āHope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soulāand sings the tunes without wordsāand never stops at all.ā
āNobody is so easily summed up, you knowā¦ā
Nicknames: Lena, to people close to her, though her codename is Gale. Alsoā¦ for all anyone on her team knows, her last name is Cross.
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Elemental/Human: Elemental
Element/Skill: WaterāWeather
āI was once told that you can dress up the truth all you want, but in the end, it would still have a way of making itself known.ā
Hair Color: Black, though the underside is dyed a soft lilac color.
Eye Color: Violet
Height: 5ā6ā
Weight: 127lbs
Build: Svelte is the operative word here. Selena is fit without being terribly muscular, bearing herself with grace and apparent tranquility.
Complexion: Fair
Identifying Marks: None in particular, though the eyes and hair could perhaps be considered distinguishing. Thereās a small scar on the inside of her left wrist.
Appearance: Selena is a visage of classic, timeless elegance. Her mixed heritage has given her generally small features that are not entirely without strength, and training has stripped her of any excess her upper-class lifestyle might have generated. Generally hourglass-shaped, she wears her dark hair long, trimmed right around her waist or so, the underside dyed a pale purple color. It sets off her slanted eyes rather well, actually, though that wasnāt the reason she chose it. Most often attired neatly in skirt suits, occasionally without the blazer, she seems to favor soft colors. She is immaculately well-kept, and for all outward appearances, without blemish or stain.
āIs there poetry in your soul, too?ā
Likes:
+Swimming
+The smell of rain
+Her coworkers
+Banter
+Literature
+Puzzles
Dislikes:
-Baseness, in humor or demeanor
-Her fiancƩ
-Violence, though she will resort to it when necessary
-Sycophants
Skills:
1. Water Manipulation: Selena awoke to her abilities relatively early in life, and as a result, has had extensive training in their use. She is gradually pushing towards the creation of small-scale weather phenomena, but right now, her most notable talent is called stasis. The human body, as it turns out, is mostly comprised of water. With deliberate focus, Lena can take advantage of this, rendering a foe immobile or puppeting their body to a certain extent.
2. Intellect and Analysis: While not really a genius in the usual sense, Selena is quite sharp, and relatively good at picking part things like motivations and psychologies. This gives her an edge as an intelligence analyst, and the fact that she is highly educated only serves to underpin this knowledge.
3. Charisma: Thereās a certain magnetism about her that makes her an excellent choice for negotiations and undercover work. Though not deceptive as a rule in daily life, she can lie quite well, and her acting is nothing to shake a stick at. More than anything, though, sheās simply charming, in her own sort of way, and it tends to disarm those who might otherwise consider her a threat.
Personality: Selena was born high up in society, and to some extent, this shows. Well-educated, articulate, and generally serene, her demeanor as well as her appearance reflects a certain sense of class not always found in a profession like hers. That said, she is in the business of working for Signetās field team, and so naturally, thereās a layer of steel beneath the silk, one could say. She is not the kind of person to panic at the first sign of trouble, and indeed her cool rationality is one of her major strengths. She rarely allows her emotions to dictate her reactions to things, though thatās not to say they never get the better of her. She is, after all, only human, elemental powers or no.
Even with all that said, there is a part of her thatās still quite naĆÆve. She very much believes in the good in people, and her inherent gentleness makes her dislike of violence something of an issue for her, though not one she refuses to overcome. She may not be very trained in formal weaponry, but her control of her element is precise and impressive, and she can and will turn it on people when she needs to. She never enjoys this, and would prefer to negotiate rather than fight, but unfortunately not everyone feels the same, and that is something sheās learned too well.
Lenaās dislike of the rebel elements in her city stems largely from the belief that there is a better solution. She sees the Spirehearts as a great benefit to people, and for this reason, their unconsidered destruction comes across as an awful idea, likely to leave only chaos and anarchy in its wake. That saidā¦ she has seen the outer environment, and believes that perhaps something can and should be done to restore it to the way it used to be. Whatever that thing is, however, it is not an overthrow of Signet and a destruction of the Spirehearts.
āWhatever will be will beāif you let it.ā
Birthplace: Beijing
Known History: It is not public knowledge that Selena is the daughter of Signet CEO Sebastian Delacroix, but she most certainly is. Her mother was his first wife, the daughter of the director of Signetās operations in China. Like New York, Beijing is one of the worldās last surviving sanctuaries, and for the first ten years of her life, Lena was raised by her mother Liang there, seeing her father a few times a year when he came to visit. She grew up with the best of everything, save perhaps the best of friends, since her security was of such paramount importance to both her parents and she was rarely allowed the company of other children.
Her mother was rather softhearted, and Selena came to be the same, cultivating the virtues of compassion and kindness wherever possible. In some unspecified incident, Liang Delacroix disappeared, and Selena was brought to New York to live with her father, a much quieter and less energetic child than she had been. Though rarely seen publicly, her life was the object of much scrutiny and public speculation as she grew up, perhaps natural for the daughter of the most powerful man in the world. Fortunately for her, she scarcely resembles herself as a (somewhat awkward and gangly) teenager, and has managed to stay clear of cameras since her university days, which grants her a certain degree of anonymity.
Itās in her personnel file that she attended a prestigious university, graduating with dual degrees in psychology and literature, and joined the rank and file of Signet at the age of 22. Her skills in analysis earned her her spot as the field teamās eyes and ears, which means sheās usually left behind in a tactical van or nested in a nearby building with a bank of consoles when a field operation happens, which is the only way her father as going to let her have the job. What he doesnāt know (that she does sometimes find herself in the field) wonāt hurt him.
Unfortunately, her disappearance from the spotlight hasnāt stopped him from treating her like most daughters of the wealthy still seem to find themselves treated: that is to say, bargained off in a marriage arrangement to the son of a business ally. Her fiancĆ©, she dislikes, mostly because heās uselessly sycophantic and essentially incapable of disagreeing with her father on anything because of it. Sheās also pretty sure he prefers men, not that this matters much in the long run. In an uncharacteristically ill-thought-out move on her part, she took up something of a casual flirtation with a fellow agent, Atlas Whitehaven, when she first joined Signet four years ago, and is quite chagrined to realize that she may well be falling in love with him.
