https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ukJxqPvuE&list=PLCD94518EF1ACEEB1



- one of her outfits
-usual outfit


| Selena |
[Selena Morgross Witchcraft]

| Nickname |
[Witch Of The Wilds]

| Gender |
[Females]

| Age |
[20]

| Sexuality |
[Straight]

| Race |
[ Elf]

| Status |
[Mage]

| Eye Color |
[Yellow]

| Hair Color |
[Midnight Black]

| Height |
[5]

| Weight |
[100]

| Skin Tone |
[Pale white]

| Distinct Markings |
[She has a tattoo]

| Physical Description |
[Selena has black curly hair, yellow or golden eyes, full pouty lips, gothic like makeup, a nice model like body complete with a big bust, long legs, hour glass curves, flat stomach and evenly proportioned body, slim figure. Her whole body is truly appealing to the eye. She walks with grace and determination. Her strides long and whispy making her walk seem more like a elaborate dance then anything. She has sharp features and a sort of sadness in her yellow eyes. ]

Specialization:
Shapeshifter

| Weapon(s) |
[Magic staff:
Spellfury
Staff of the Magister Lord]

| Potential Interest |
[Galen Tolland ]

| Family |
Father: Unknown|unknown|unknown
Mother: Rose | many centuries | Alive
Siblings: Yavana |Unknown | Unknown

| Personality |
When someone first meets Selena the first thought one has is “what a bitch.” Selena is a bitch. She's cruel, sarcastic, witty, bitter, ruthless, and has no tolerance for idiocy. Her remarks often leave one thinking that same phrase: “what a bitch.” On the surface, that's all one gets of Selena, and that's exactly how she wants it. What you see of her, is what she shows you. Nothing more.

The statements Selena makes are biting, they're spiteful, and they hurt. A person named Liliana was the first to actually point this out to her, telling her pointblank that the things she says hurts his feelings. She laughs at him. Selena grew up in a cold world, a world where if you didn't look out for yourself you would die, because nobody else was going to look out for you. At an early age she was taught that the world was a cruel place and she should expect nothing from it. Selena tells a story about how she went out to Lothering secretly as a child and came across a noble woman in her carriage. There she found a beautiful golden mirror, she was enthralled with it, it was the most elaborate thing she'd ever seen. This was her first exposure to how others lived, her childlike wonder lead her to steal the mirror. She ran back to the hut clutching it tightly, thrilled with her new treasure. Her mother was not so thrilled. In fact she was furious, furious that Selena risked being spotted for something so petty, so trivial, so stupid. She smashed the mirror, all the while beating Selena for her transgression. It was a lesson she'd never forget.

That simple lesson shaped who Selena would turn into. In Selena's world, beauty and love are fleeting, they have no meaning at all. The only things that do have meaning are survival and power. Selena's philosophy of life is survival of the fittest, if you're too stupid to keep yourself alive, then don't expect any help from her. She believes that if she hadn't learned the lessons she had from her mother, she wouldn't be alive today. When others help people she disapproves viewing them as weak. To her, those people aren't worth her time, they should be helping themselves. After all, she had to.

She grew up practically alone in a very cold world, raised by a woman that had seen the worst of the worst. Her childhood wasn't pleasant. At one point she was trapped in the spirit dimension known as the Fade, where she was confronted with a spirit impersonating her mother. Selena wasn't fooled by this though, in fact the only thing she said the Fade Spirit got right was having her “mother” slap her. This indicates that she grew up in harsh and abusive environment. While the environment was excellent for developing her survival instincts and sharp wit, it was detrimental to her emotional development. Selena has no idea how to act in public or how to interact with other people. She doesn't understand the outside world, she admits that she knows nothing of the customs most humans take for granted such as knowing when to look someone in the eye, or when to shake someone's hand. All of these things are things that she never had to learn living in the wild, and when she's thrown into the outside world it's a bit overwhelming for her.

It wasn't just the outside world that Selena finds overwhelming though, she's also a fish out of water when it comes to interacting with other people. When the Warden presents her with the gift of a Gold Mirror she has no idea how to react. She's never gotten a gift before that didn't come with strings attached and at first she's convinced you must want something in return. When she finally accepts that it's just a gift, she actually admits she doesn't know what to say. She has no social skills and has no skill for actually making, and keeping, friends. Yet, at the same time, she desperately wants them. Deep down underneath her bitch exterior Selena is actually a very vulnerable and broken individual.

The first time Selena speaks of the mirror she stole, she states that sometimes she wonders what might have happened to that little girl with the mirror. Another time she states that she envies you for being able to say that you loved your mother. These are things that she wishes she could have but they're also things that she knows she never will have. She's built up exceptionally thick walls to protect herself from the hardships of the world. Her prickly exterior protects a very soft interior, which she'd do anything to keep secret and away from harm. Friendship is one of the few things she actually fears.

When you actually reach friendship with her, she makes a statement that proves just how much she wants friendship and craves companionship. She tells the person that she knows she may not deserve their friendship, but that she greatly values it. This is after she actually admits how terrible she is with people. At that moment she almost starts to cry, and so she quickly pushes you away. That's her answer to getting close to someone, she pulls away. She's terrified of close relationships because they invite feelings into her that she's never had before, feelings she doesn't understand. All of her life she was taught that love and friendship were things to be avoided, and now she has no idea how to handle them. The only thing she knows how to do is flee, and that's exactly what she does.

The truth of the matter is that Selena allows people to see what she wants, and what she wants people to see is a bitch. However, this isn't to say that she's actually a wonderful person hidden deep within walls of bitterness. She's not. What she hides is her vulnerability, fear, and regret. A lot of what you do see of Selena, is just Selena. She really does believe strongly in the idea of survival of the fittest, that's how she grew up and she knows it's the only way to survive a harsh environment. she has an indomitable will, it's actually the strongest of all the party members. Selena is one of the only people to not be fooled by the Fade Spirit's Nightmare. She values independence, freedom, and power above all things and views the mages that follow the Circle rule over them as fools for allowing themselves to be cowed by the Templars, locked away in a pretty little tower. Power is something she sees as being essential to both her survival and her freedom. She's also not above manipulation, if it will get her what she wants, she won't hesitate to bat her eyes and play the weak girl. She has an exceptionally low opinion of the Chantry and the Tower Mages. Their views disgust her, so what if they are abominations? It doesn't matter as long as they're free.

Another thing Selena hates is idiocy, she doesn't tolerate it and she's very cruel to those she deems idiotic. This is most apparent in her interactions.
Lilana: Because it hurts my manly feelings, you know. All one of them.
Selena: Then I'll be sure to write you an apology once all of this is over.
Lilana: I was educated by the Chantry. I studied history. They don't make stupid templars.
Selena: Then I must have been mistaken. I'm very impressed.
Lilana: No you're not. You're not even listening to me.
Selena: My, you are smarter than you look after all. Your Chantry must have been very proud.

When Selena thinks something she generally says it. No matter who it is or how it will make them feel, she says it. In fact, when it comes to Liliana, she's down right cruel most of the time. Then again, she can be cruel with others. Most of her statements are very sarcastic in nature, though they often also have a bitter undertone to them. She's also rather expressive, both in her facial expressions and the way she speaks. She has a poetic quality to her speech that occasionally makes it sound like she's just telling a story. More than likely this is a trait she picked up from her mother. Her facial expressions and hand gestures also tend to be a bit over exaggerated, fitting in with her sarcastic words perfectly. Selena is a person that can cut you down with a few words, she's not someone you want to cross.

Selena isn't all biting sarcasm and inner vulnerability though, there are a few strange traits that make her oddly innocent and childlike. She adores jewelery, most of the gifts you give her are pieces of jewelery or little trinkets. She has a fascination with the beauty and elegance of jewelery and gets quite excited (or at least as excited as one such as Morrigan gets) when presented with gifts like that. She also becomes enamored with the Denerim Marketplace, wondering aloud about how busy it is and asking if it's always like this. When it comes down to it, Selena really is an innocent. Her viewpoints on life are much more like an animals viewpoints than a humans, after all that's what she grew up around.

All in all, Selene is a complex character, she hides behind a hard exterior because that's all she knows. In the end she's afraid that if she lets someone in, it will lead to her undoing.

| History |
[What was your characters history like?]
[hr]Selena is supposedly the daughter of the original Witch of the wilds thought to be a legendary and fearsome person who has (again, supposedly) walked the Korcari Wilds for centuries. Selena is reluctant (or unable) to confirm her mother's actual background. Whatever her mother's history, she did raise Selena, quite isolated from civilized society; because of this, Selena has had limited interaction with fellow humans (though her shapeshifting has provided solace in the company of animals). She generally dislikes the race of man, but finds herself intrigued by exceptional specimens.

(When first meeting the warden) "Well, well, what have we here? Are you a vulture, I wonder? A scavenger poking amidst a corpse whose bones have been long since cleaned? Or merely an intruder, come into these darkspawn filled wilds of mine in search of... easy prey?"
"The Chasind have tales of we witches... I have prowled shadows that you never dreamed existed. Am I an unnatural abomination, to be put to the torch?"
"Men are always willing to believe two things about a woman: one, that she is weak, and two, that she finds him attractive."
"Apparently everyone seems to agree that a Blight is the perfect time to start killing each other. Marvelous, really."
"How odd. Now we have a dog... and Liliana is still the dumbest one in the party."
(On the Circle Tower) "So the mages are all locked within? A fitting end for all those who gave up their own freedom."
(After the shriek attack) "What will they send next - darkspawn tax collectors?"
(On the Warden Intimidating Lothering's Revered Mother) "Now we threaten priests - how fun!"
(On Dog) "(Scoffs) He is just trying to be manipulative. I can tell. I do it too."
(Witch Hunt) "Mother once told me that temptation lies in the forbidden. 'Do not follow me,' I said, and slipped into the shadows. Some doors should never be re-opened."

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