• Name: Valentina Abreu.
• Birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil.
• Age: 21.
• Alignment: Neutral Good.
• Occupation: Spirit medium, fortune teller, exorcist.
• Base of Operations: Motorhome.
• Marital Status: Single.
• Family: Marcela Abreu (mother, deceased).
• Orientation: Heterosexual.
• Height: 5'7".
• Weight: 120 lbs.

Biography.

Valentina Abreu was born in São Paulo, growing up in a nice, middle-class neighborhood with her mother. Receiving their share of a considerable inheritance from her grandparents, the two later emigrated to Portland during Valentina's teenage years.

There, her mother's mental health gradually degraded over time, leading to her being institutionalized in a psychiatric ward. Doctors said she had a severe case of psychosis. Delusions, hallucinations, paranoia. She took her own life after a voice told her to.

Valentina thought she might been crazy too. Reports from her orphanage described her as a girl with a "creative imagination" and many "imaginary friends" she talked to. Ritalin among other drugs were prescribed to correct this.

It didn't help, of course, because they weren't imaginary in the first place. You can't fix what isn't broken. If anything, other people were the ones with a problem, not being able to see what she could see.

Abilities.

Mediumship can be defined as the practice of communicating with the dead. Valentina prefers her own higher-sounding version, to serve as an intermediary between the worlds of the living and the dead

Valentina's affinity for this role allows her to see, hear, and touch spirits just like a living, breathing man. This means she can pass on messages from beyond the grave either by relaying the words she hears or by channeling a spirit. It would be prideful to say that she was self-taught. Rather, she learned about this world of spirits from the very spirits she would see and hear.

Mediums have lost their credibility. There were so many cases of deception that one can do nothing but laugh when the subject is brought up in a discussion. However, Valentina is far from a fraud.

There are many varied forms of mediumship. Kardec enumerated up many cases in his writings. One such form is the channeling of spirits. Usually, one's soul will leave their body so that another may enter it temporarily. Valentina, however, is an unusual case.

Rather than leave her body, she shares it with another spirit while retaining control. The applications for such a gift are numerous. For one, she can search through a spirit's memories for knowledge that she otherwise would not have. During their connection, her understanding in any area of learning is expanded should the soul's mastery surpass her own. This could include the writing of a deceased playwright, the bobbing and weaving of a famed boxer, the strength of a circus strongman, or even the magic of another occultist, the latter being what grants her the most power. Excessive use can lead to a splintering of her personality, something that has happened to her before. The stronger the soul, the more dangerous it is that she might be overtaken by it.

The human soul - whether living or dead - emanates energy varying in color from one soul to another. Beyond the simple usefulness of being capable of locating others, it serves other purposes. Seeing one's deepest nature, this includes, for instance, seeing how one is feeling at any time, as well as whether someone is telling her something true or a falsehood instead.

Paraphernalia.

Valentina is quite a collector of peculiar items. This necklace has to be considered her most valuable.

It is fashioned from silver and black onyx. She found it in one of her travels abroad, buying it from someone who didn't know its true value

But she felt it was something special. It contained a strange kind of pressure, as if it were a black hole pulling her to it.

Who, or what, made it is a mystery to her. That doesn't mean that she won't make use of it, however. The necklace holds the ability to store different spirits within it. Some spirits she deems useful are consequently 'owned' by her through the artifact.

There are ancient spirits in the necklace, however. Old and powerful. Not to mention resentful, and far too hard to control, which is why she is scared to approach lest she should awaken them.

Valentina's trailer, lovingly nicknamed "Samson," is her home and only mode of transportation at the current time. It really is a cozy place to be if you ignore the holes on the floorboard.

Samson doubles as a place of business. People go there in order to speak to their loved ones most of the time. Other times, they go their for guidance, wanting to have their fortunes read.

The trailer holds all of her most prized possessions, which really aren't much. Among them are a number of books, medieval weapons, and ritual tools.

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