Aurelia Pasquale

Aurelia Pasquale
Information
Affiliation	Consortium
Position	Handler
Agent	Demetria Bergsen
Area of Expertise	Operations planning, hand-to-hand combat, melee combat
Aliases	None
Played By	Nick

Aurelia Pasquale is a former Initiate and current Handler for the Consortium. Aurelia had shown exceptional talent as an Initiate but was passed over for induction into the Order for reasons unknown.

Early Life

Aurelia Pasquale descends from a politically well-connected family in southern Italy. The youngest of three and the only girl, both her father and her grandfather were Italian senators, with her grandfather having served as President of the Senate during his time in office. Upon birth, she was flagged as high-potential for compatibility with Compound 36, which was later confirmed at age 5 prior to her entering the private school system. Although the work of the Consortium was well-known and well-received in the Pasquale household, Aurelia was encouraged to pursue academics and eventually a career in politics.

At age 13, Aurelia declared her intention to join the Order, citing examples that both her maternal aunt and a second cousin on her mother's side had held positions within the Order. Her father also pointed out that both of these individuals had died in service of the Consortium as well. Though the logic was sound, Aurelia refused to accept it. With the understanding that she still had several years prior to being legally able to join or file for emancipation, her father dropped the conversation in hopes that she would drop it as well.

She didn't.

By age 15 she had already consulted with the Consortium's legal services for formal emancipation proceedings, using her genetic compatibility as the primary argument for the proceeding. Instead of going through with it, both Aurelia's mother and father agreed to allow her to enter as an Initiate but made her cognizant that the decision was a permanent one and even the family's political savvy would not be enough to break the contract once it was agreed to.

As an Initiate

Aurelia excelled in physical combat and received high marks in both spatial awareness and conceptual problem solving. It was noted by her instructors that she did not socialize well with other Initiates and spent much of her free time in either study or additional training. Her body responded well to the first and second dose of Compound 36; having shown virtually no sign of rejection of the compound nor any of the anticipated side effects associated with it. Only on two occasions did she receive medical treatment for persistent migraines during the three years she spent as an Initiate.

Although her marksmanship was rated as average and her hand-to-hand combat skills rated as above average, her melee ability was rated as superior. During her tenure, she showed promise with multiple weapons but her weapon of choice was the Glaive, a type of European bladed polearm or lance. During free-for-all exercises, Aurelia was shown capable of holding back multiple Initiates that had further activated the Compound 36 in their bodies using only her base energy levels by way of her chosen weapon.

By her second year, Aurelia was anticipated to be one of the highest placed inductees into the Order as an Initiate. Some Handlers had theorized she could have been within the top ten. A year later, at 18, she was passed over for induction into the Order. She remained an Initiate for another year, having been passed over two more times by individuals less favored before finally relinquishing her training and being assigned as a Handler.

As a Handler

Aurelia has a tendency to be given lower-ranked, lower-favored Order members. On one occasion, through training and mentorship, she had effectively raised an Order member's rank, at which point that Order member's Handler was reassigned and she was given the most recent Omega. She has suspicions that it's not only due to her family's political connections, but also that she had dug too closely into the deaths of two Order members just a few months before; a death that her charge only very nearly averted.

She has few relationships with other Handlers, tending to keep to herself and only do the job she has been assigned.

She's recently been assigned a new charge, Demetria Bergsen a former Chi and Tau but current Pi of the Order, as her previous charge was killed on assignment along with a handful of others. Aurelia has verbally stated that the number of deaths within the Order during the past several months have been higher compared to normal, although this has been addressed by Senior Leadership within the Consortium that this is due to rising political tensions. Aurelia has alternate theories.

Physical Appearance

Aurelia Pasquale was once referred to as one of the most beautiful women the Consortium had ever seen. She is generally up-to-date with style trends and dresses accordingly. Her long blonde hair is generally pulled back into a pony tail with a couple loose layers in the front. She has smooth, almond shaped eyes that are blue with flecks of green and amber toward the center. Though now in her mid-to-late thirties, she could still pass for a final-year Initiate. Physically, she is in near-perfect shape and engages in regular, intensive exercise.

Powers and Skills

Although Aurelia did not receive the final injection of Compound 36 that would have made her abilities permanent, she still maintains peak physical shape for a human being. Her withdrawal from Compound 36, fortunately, did not result in any permanent side effects as have been witnessed in some other cases. Aurelia is still a formidable combatant and still trains independently and, from time to time, even picks up a polearm.

Other Information

Aurelia means "golden," possibly a reference to blonde hair or the fact she was seen as the golden child of her family.