# Character Sheet: Isabella Voss

## Identity
- Full name: Isabella Voss
- Age: 25
- Role: protagonist
- Faction/School: Nightbloom Coven (vampiric witches bound by blood oaths)

## Voice Signature
- Stress expression scale: "a touch inconvenient" = minor | "this is intolerable" = upset | "I will end you" = furious
- Verbal tic: prefixes commands with "pray" sarcastically, e.g., "Pray, do shut up"
- Sentence length pattern: elegant, mid-length with poetic flourishes when composed; fragments when enraged
- What they REACH FOR: emotional (intuitions about motives and hidden feelings)
- What they NEVER say: casual slang like "whatever" or "no biggie"
- Imperfection signature: repeats key words obsessively when panicked, e.g., "blood blood everywhere"
- One example line of their dialogue that could not belong to any other character:
  "Pray tell, how does one bind a heart with vows of crimson, only to watch it bleed defiance?"

## Magic / Power / Special Ability
- School/Discipline: Hemomancy (blood vow magic)
- Core principle: Power flows from unbreakable oaths; betrayal amplifies strength but risks unraveling the self
- Signature move or approach: Crimson Oath Lash—whips ethereal blood chains to enforce or extract promises
- Limitation: Each use etches a visible crimson scar on her skin, weakening her if overused
- Shared uncertainty: Can true love exist without an oath, or does freedom from vows leave one powerless?

## Arc
- Want: Fulfill her family's blood vow by marrying into the rival coven to secure peace
- Need: Break free from inherited oaths to claim her own destiny and authentic love
- Fatal flaw: Rigid adherence to duty, blinding her to personal happiness
- Wound: Witnessed her mother's execution for breaking a coven vow, instilling terror of disloyalty
- Transformation: Forges a self-chosen vow with her love interest, balancing duty and desire

## Relationships
- Damien Blackthorn: love interest + smoldering rival from enemy coven whose taunts mask profound protectiveness
- Lord Reginald Thorne: antagonist + scheming coven elder who views her as a pawn, manipulating her guilt over her mother's death
- Elara Voss (mother, deceased): maternal figure + haunting ideal whose sacrifice fuels Isabella's dutiful obsession

## Notes for Writers
- Physical habit or tell: Traces the faint crimson scars on her wrists absentmindedly when anxious, drawing faint blood beads
- Speech quirk specific to this character: Ends reflective sentences with "is it not?" even when alone, as if seeking ghostly affirmation
- Thing readers must NEVER see this character do or say: Never grovel or apologize profusely—she issues regal corrections instead
- Always layers her outfits with high collars to hide scars, revealing them only in moments of raw vulnerability
- Reacts to betrayal with icy silence first, then explosive magic; never petty arguments or tears in public
- Collects antique vow-sealed lockets as talismans, fiddling with one during pivotal decisions