About Belladonna

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BELLADONNA FRENCH AGE 17 (19 in Midsyn) HOMETOWN Neuilly sur Seine, France SPECIES Mutant FAMILY Colette, Maurice LANGUAGE French, German, English OCCUPATION Student OTHERS Identified Delta-Level Mutant RELATIONSHIPS Colette French (Deceased) Belladonna's mother, and very best friend. Sir Maurice French Belladonna's father, and her protector. A very powerful influence on Belladonna's duty to selflessly help others. Gold Fiancé, through an arranged marriage. INVENTORY Engagement Ring [ ✖ ] Given to her by Gold. Necklace [ ✖ ] The necklace she has specifically made to hold her ring onto. She never wears the ring on her finger.

Daughter of Sir Maurice and Colette French. Belladonna takes on heavily after her mother with dark, wavy hair and beauty. Born in Neuilly sur Seine, a sub-section of Paris home to some of the wealthiest in the country, Belladonna had a more than comfortable life. She attended Collège Stanislas de Paris, one of the largest and most prestigious private schools in France. Through this school she met some of her most cherished friends, and often went on outings with her mother to associate with other mutants. Colette stressed to Belladonna that she should become accustomed to these sorts of outings since she may one day inherit her own abilities. The discovery of the X-gene mutation happened long before Belladonna's time, but she became very accepting of people with powers. Through her own curiosity she studied mutations, mirroring her mother's inclination toward reading and writing. At age 5 Belladonna is introduced, consciously, to her mother's mutation known as Empathy. Colette often used this to soothe Belladonna through rough times, and help her adjust to being away at school as she was so used to staying home. This moment is important because it's the confirmation that mutation are real. Up until this she hasn't seen her mother's friends use theirs, or she doesn't remember them doing so. After this awakening in awareness, Belladonna starts to notice just how different mutants are from the rest of the population. She questions her mother asking why humanity would be afraid of such hella sweet amazing gifts and she just tells Belladonna that she will understand one day. At the age of 7 Belladonna witnessed her first murder. Upon arriving at Janine's house, a friend of Colette's, they found Janine and her husband murdered in their foyer. Spray paint was splattered all over the walls with slurs that Belladonna can't quite remember. The bloody scene caused trauma for both women, Colette trying to explain to her frantic young daughter that everything was going to be okay. This is the first time Belladonna learns that mutations aren't widely acceptable and starts to fear when her powers will surface. This starts the first echoes of her dissociation as this bloody scene haunts her to this day. This event is quickly "forgotten". When asked about it Belladonna won't speak of it or refuses to acknowledge that it happened. Belladonna continues life as usual, making sure to keep company with as normal of friends from that day forward. This proves futile with tensions on the rise between Genosha and the United States. While many of the affairs that transpire in the US don't usually affect France, the initiation of the Sentinel programme does. If efforts are successful in the US they plan to implement them in France. Mutants in the European regions are being openly targeted by humans, claiming that they have no right to refuse insurgent authority. Maurice is in the middle of his first mutant rights campaign during this time, and actively fights with very few National Assembly members to reconsider their position. Belladonna is pulled from Collège Stanislas de Paris in fear for her safety when it is made public that her mother, Colette, is indeed a mutant. The French Parliament targets this family for being secretive in such tense time. Instead of fighting against the backlash, Colette uses herself as an example for others showing that she and her husband have served the French people dutifully and peacefully--something mutants just like her are capable of. In a public address she calls out the United Nations, urging them to stop the United States promises of a war against Genosha. As Maurice doesn't hold a seat with much power, her voice does little in the grand scheme of things. Hearing word of the Phoenix Incident across the pond, Colette and Maurice use the opportunity to start working on improving life for mutants in France. While the humans recognize their efforts they openly criticize the pair and predict that Maurice's seat in the National Assembly will be revoked come the next election. In the mix of this Belladonna has been displaced again, and seeks private lessons at home until political tensions die down. There were many other reported deaths across the country of mutants which only furthered her fear of the possibility of being just like her mother. Outings with her mother became less frequent as Belladonna started to refuse to attend upon turning 10, six month after the Phoenix Incident. Nearing age 15 for Belladonna, tensions were on the rise again in France when Parliament moved to consider a bill that Colette and Maurice worked tirelessly to put up for consideration to voters. It promoted peace and visibility for mutants. Due to violence against mutants and humans alike, the family suffered from death threats and attacks on Neuilly sur Seine province as a whole. During one of the conflicts where residents openly protested in front of the family's house, Maurice contacted a man by the name of Gold to make arrangements for the safety of his family by moving them out of the country. Gold promised his help at a price. He stresses during this deal that he cannot insure their safety, but he can make sure the odds are in their favor. (Due to his ability of Cosmic Awareness) He desired Belladonna's hand in marriage as soon as she was of age, effectively making Belladonna his property. As deals go with Gold, Maurice was reluctant to accept. Belladonna confided in her father that she was more than okay with marrying Gold if it meant that it would keep them all alive and healthy. She would take after her mother's grace and courage by doing this, not only for her family, but for the country so that things could cool down for the bill to pass. Gold warned that they had to act quickly in moving the two women so they packed their bags that night to flee the country. Unfortunately, during the move, an activist group against mutant integration--codename OGRE--caught onto this information. They were ready when the opportunity presented itself. On their way out an assassin successfully shot Colette through the rear window of their escape vehicle but missed Belladonna, only catching her shoulder. Badly wounded and confused, Belladonna tried her best to wake up her mom. In her grief she unleashed her latent mutation. "I wish this had never happened! Give me my mother back!" Those were the only commands her power needed before it usurped the memory of her mother's death, causing her to pass out in the backseat of the car. Belladonna comes to in the hospital, her shoulder being bandaged up by a nurse. Maurice and Gold stood, chatting off to the side, when her vision cleared. Belladonna, now Belle, inquires as to what happened. She asks where Colette is and if she can see her. Maurice informs her of her mother's death and Belle says that can't be true. She doesn't remember anything at all and demands to be told what happened. The memory being too painful for Maurice to recount he refuses. Gold having a suspicious that something may have changed her fate--and in doing so his as well--informs her that she can seek help recovering her memories from a mutant in the Swiss Alps. The man there goes by the name Grand Pab. While that man isn't exactly well known, Gold assures her that he is one of the most powerful telepaths he has come across in Europe and is capable of recovering lost memories. By her travelling that assures her safety from the same killers that took her mother's life, and helps Belle meet her needs. During recovery Belle dissociates into Donna, unable to cope with the situation at hand. While Donna maintains the same motivations as Belle in this particular instance, she also inquires to Gold during another meeting how she might go about tracking down OGRE. Gold warns her against this, as he can sense it will not only interfere with his destiny, but hers as well. Donna, hard-headed and stubborn, fights him tooth and nail about this issue. Whoever the killer is needs to be brought to justice. For the first time Gold realizes that something is. . .of about Belladonna. He dismisses her, not wanting to listen to her naive words and leaves. At full health Donna runs away from home, following Gold's advice to seek out the Grand Pab. Find him she does. While he urges her to accept herself the way she is, Donna is combative. She wants information on OGRE, and she could care less what Belle's desires were. He gives her the information she seeks, but also cautions her not give into the selfishness in her heart. On Donna's way back home, she runs into Anna while tailing a lead. Donna unleashes her Psychic Projections for the first time causing more harm than good. It results in the injury and capture of Anna, Donna barely getting away with her life. Donna had the opportunity to try and get Anna away from insurgents but she took off down the road, thinking against risking her own life as she's a mutant now. While she is shaken by the experience she promises herself that this is a burden she won't let Belle carry. Unfortunately their separate personalities weren't quite separate until Anna's capture where Donna agrees to stay around for Belle's sake. Upon returning home, Maurice is angered. He claims to have never raised a daughter that would act so recklessly. After all he just lost his wife and he won't stand to put Belladonna in danger. Gold, who visits days after her return, notices that there is a difference in her. Donna is fiery, defiant, and everything that wasn't the woman he agreed to marry. What's more that defiance is worse than when she left. This only further confirms his suspicious of her powers awakening in a way they may not be able to control. He explains to Maurice in private that Colette had abilities of the mind and that may be what's affecting Belladonna so terribly. It's possible that she may have gotten a different mutation other than Empathy. During an argument he manages to get Donna to reveal her powers. Knowing that this is exactly what killed her mother (having a mutation) he pays to send her off to boarding school in the US, far away from France and in the safety of Xavier's institute. Maurice agrees that this is the best option as her mother would have wanted her to master her powers and be proud of her heritage so he stresses that he wants her to meet and mingle with others just like her. Belle takes back over upon arriving at the institute. She knows English well enough from her studies but still retains a portion of her accent. The fissure and further suppression of bad memories in Donna's personality allow her to be excited, yet still somewhat reluctant, for what's to come. The question is. . .just how much does Belle remember and how much is she keeping locked away? NOTE: This section draws heavily from Belle's time in the Enchanted Forest and only steals one element from her Storybrooke version. POWERS Memory Manipulation: User can control memories of oneself and others, allowing them to modify, fabricate, suppress, influence, repair, restore, erase, detect, and view them. They can change memories to confuse, wipe away certain memories to cause amnesia, discern and provoke nostalgia, and enter the victim into a psychic vision, replaying their memory. Psychic Constructs: User can change psychic energy into tools, objects, weapons and other items, create semi-living constructs and/or create structures of varying permanence. Users who have mastered this ability can use it for almost any situation, creating anything they need. Psionic Weaponry itself has many dangerous effects, including warping the minds of others, igniting pain sensors, destroying physical portions of the brain, and destroying psionic forms or astral projections. Divided Mind: The power to contain multiple sentient personalities within one's mind. Known secondary personality: Donna WEAKNESSES Unstable State of Mind: Belladonna cannot control when she dissociates into Donna. She will often deny the memories that Donna has such as excessive drinking, promiscuity, or partying. She denies them because she legitimately doesn't remember them happening and often feels displaced when she wakes somewhere she knew she didn't go. Telepaths: A telepaths can use psionic power themselves they may have resistance or the complete capability to block out Belladonna. Belladonna, on the other hand, is somewhat defenseless against telepathic attacks. Triggers: Speaking of her mother's death, painful memories, or putting her in life threatening situations may cause her to dissociate. False Information: As memory manipulation allows her to synthesize information, she is more than capable of having someone give her false information unless it contradicts something she already knows. She can memorize many things but that doesn't make it all useful. ABILITIES Multi-lingual: She can speak French, English, and German. Intelligent: While still in private school (ranked 3rd best in France), Belladonna was at the top of her class. She's what one would call conventionally book-smart. Her working knowledge of the world is a tad naive at times. Observational/Tracking Skills: Very observant, has excellent navigational skills, and can track people across an entire country as she has done so trying to find her Mother's murderer. Empathy: She tends to find the good in others no matter what they think of themselves. This trait also allows her to be as forgiving as she is. Bella donna doesn't often hold grudges. Strong Will: "No one decides my fate, but me."

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