The Magi - The Savior, Venus

Here we are at last. I apologize for the wait and yes, I am still having trouble with The Magi of the Air. Trying to find a name that rolls off the tongue yet still does justice to the individual...is a lot harder than I thought. Not to mention finding an appropriate secondary title for the First Mage. I finally found one...ironically the inspiration was from one of those Choose which pill for a specific ability or power. 

So everyone give thanks to my beloved younger sister and my truest believer, Anna! She sent me the media message in a vain attempt to stop rereading our text thread and the countless scenes and full blown chapters we have typed up in the last few months. Without further delay, I present the First Mage.

First Mage of the Blood Guard, Commander of the Medical Corps, the Magi of Light, Scheherazade. Venus of the Prism Guard and she is her daughter.

Go ahead and squeal, Oncers! I will freely admit that many of The Prism have originated from Once Upon A Time but can you blame me? There was a lot of good actors and actresses in the series and their portrayals of specific characters inspired quite a few aspects of the Blood Guard. To be fair, most of the original backgrounds of these characters got chucked out a window so don't be surprised if things do line up with the originals because my versions are their own unique stories that is vaguely based on the originals.

Now then...Venus. This name was inspired from a silly song from Blue's Clues, a kids show I used to watch before they changed the main guy. Anyways, the song was a way for kids to learn the order and names of the planets in our solar system.

The sun's a hot star and Mercury is hot too.

Venus is the brightest planet, Earth is home to me and you.

Mars is the red one and Jupiter's most wide.

Saturn has those icy rings and Uranus spins on it side.

Neptune is most windy and Pluto is very small.

We wanted to name the planets and now we've named them all.

Honestly, this was the only for me to remember the planets at all and yes, I know Pluto has been stripped of its planetary status. The point is that the name of the First Mage was inspired by the line: Venus is the brightest planet. Seeing as how the Star Child was her mother, this name suited her quite well.

Now on to the reason for the name Scheherazade. This name came about due to a certain period of time and my obsession at the time, Magi. Scheherazade was the name of the Magi of a certain empire within the series...and she was blonde. The certain period of time was the Greek and Roman eras...why?

Venus is the Roman rip off of the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. It was during this era of history that the Magi of Light went by the name of Scheherazade because people kept mistaking her as the Goddess of Love. It didn't help that she was physically attractive, has a mysterious yet almost ethereal aura, and that she bore a strikingly remarkable resemblance to how people depicted the Goddess of Love.

Later on down the line, it becomes a bit of a running joke amongst the Prism because she always becomes either annoyed, flustered, or flat out embarrassed whenever that name or that time period is brought up. She did shorten the name so she could use it as an alias, Sherrie. Still didn't stop most of the Prism from commenting on it, usually eliciting a long suffering groan from the blonde haired woman.

As for the whole daughter thing, she is in fact Artz's biological daughter, but no one knows the details of her conception or birth, given the fact that the Star Child was unable to have children due to certain issues which apparently gets resolved at a later date and no, I am not spoiling that bit...yet. I will say that the name given to her by her mother is Emma Swan Lanaria. Yes, I know but i really liked her name and Artz mistook her for the Savior from Once Upon A Time when she first met the woman.

Now then...you are all probably wondering who the father is, right? I should say Spoilers but I'm not going to be that cruel because with his reveal, things get pretty interesting. Now Emma is a kind hearted badass that loves being all mysterious. Why is she this way? Her father stated quite clearly...Never bore your audience. Anyone who has watched Sanctuary in its entirety are already screaming or jaw dropping. Say hello to Emma's father.

Yep...I went there. The Father of Electricity and the Inventor of Radio Waves...the absolutely scrumptious, Nikola Tesla aka King of The Five. Now Sanctuary's version of him is shall we say a bit more pretentious, even cavalier, definitely arrogant, obnoxious and is one of the most beloved characters of the entire series. The kind of guy you love to hate and hate to love. 

As for King, he only acts like a glorified ingenious badass because it makes the Star Child practically go into fan girl mode or hot under the collar. Young Artz cannot comprehend how he is in any way attracted to her, commonly stating that he would never look at her twice. The usual response to this statement is that you can't look at someone twice if you never looked away the first time.

So both parents are revealed, the impossible redhead and the brunet genius vampire. So...did anyone notice anything? Specifically, two very interesting details. The first is that Emma Swan Lanaria...is part vampire. The second...well let's do a comparison. Keep in mind that I have not found an image that adequately depicts Artz so this is just for a quick comparison and not the actual thing.

Okay...this image is standing in for Artz. Now let's put up a picture of our favorite genius vampire.

So we have a picture of Artz and a picture of Nikola, the parents of Emma. Now let's put up an image of the Magi of Light.

Now then...for the comparison. Artz is a definitive red head, commonly referred to as crimson, a rather brilliant crimson at that. Nikola's hair is clearly dark, either brown or black depending on the lighting. Now look at Emma...blonde. Why is Emma blonde? Some of you would undoubtedly bring up the fact that Anna Zimmerman in Stardust states that Artz has dark blonde hair, but it has no bearing on this little conundrum.

It's a question to think about and is very important to The Star Chronicles. Take into account that no one has witnessed her birth nor has anyone seen any signs that the Star Child was, at any point, pregnant. Then take into account that Emma Swan Lanaria is Artz's and Nikola's legitimate child and this fact is proven by a simple blood test. And that is where I am leaving that...have fun with that mystery.

Moving right along, I am not entirely certain when Emma makes her first appearance in the past, but she has already been mentioned in Stardust as Sherrie, the nurse that was commonly looking after the Zimmerman siblings. She has connections to two brothers; one is a doctor and the other is a lawyer. As of now, she is married to the first but has been married to the second in the past. Who are these two brothers?

Okay all you Supernatural fans, start screaming because both Sam and Dean Winchester are indeed members of the Blood Guard. In fact, they are actually members of the Prism. Dean is the doctor that is married to Emma while the Zimmerman siblings were pretty much oblivious to the Blood Guard...didn't stop Anna from calling him Winchester. He went by the name Dean Chesterton which any Whovian that has watched Classic Doctor Who will automatically get the reference to Ian Chesterton, a science teacher that had become one of the First Doctor's companions.

For about two years, Dean had not spoken to his younger brother...presumably this falling out had something to do with Sherrie, but his time spent with the Zimmerman siblings reminded him a lot of how he and his brother used to be. Due to their influence, Dean and Sam reconciled the majority of their issues but still squabbles like cats and dogs which commonly resulted in Sherrie putting the fear of God into them.

Much of Emma's past is a mystery and no one is entirely sure of the scope of her powers either. She is most well known for de-aging herself from using too much of her power at one go, commonly a result of her trying to save her mother. She also de-ages herself frequently for the simple reason of growing up again. 

Why because during the course of history, her mother is unable to conceive a child which is why she ended up founding the Blood Guard...to essentially create the family that she could never have, always bringing home strays or flat out adopting just about everyone. Emma reverses her aging, oftentimes to infancy, just so that her mother can have the joy and wonder of raising her daughter, to know that she was indeed an amazing mother and that Emma loved her very much. 

For the First Mage, her mother meant everything to her but there was a time that she had to pretty much hand her over to the very people that they had been trying to protect her from. Why because is she didn't, then the whole of history would change and she would never be born. To save the entirety of the Blood Guard and protect The Realm's very existence, Emma had to allow both herself and her mother experience terrible things...some with lasting and irrevocable consequences.

Why did they have to let this happen? Why did it have to be this way? Was there no way around it? Some other means in which to accomplish what needed to be done? Why did such pain and grief have to occur? Simple...to save a life. No parent should ever have to outlive their child nor should they be forced to watch their child sacrifice themselves in order to protect everyone. Emma and Artz suffered fates far worse than mere death and all for the sake of saving two children. 

The grandchild of Jester of The Five, the Impossible Girl, Clara Griffin.

The daughter of Epsilon of The Five and Black British of The Blades, Ashley Magnus.

After the events had passed and their enemy had been neutralized, both Ashley and Clara left the Sanctuary and went to The Realm. Neither were able to accept what had occurred, the emotional impact was too great for them to endure on their own. Ashley sought help from her father, even becoming his apprentice blade. 

Clara started out with her grandfather, but soon drifted from place to place. She was unable to forgive herself for what happened. She believed that she had utterly destroyed the two people she loved most in the whole of creation and that she did not deserve to live. She vanished from The Realm but the Guard knew she was still alive because her name had not appeared on the Memorial Stone...more like an obelisk. 

The Impossible Girl returned when the events of Sanctuary had concluded, Ashley aka Violetta, the Knight, also returned around this same period of time. Both had become privy to very specific information which had utterly flabbergasted everyone else and that information is going to remain hush hush for now. Don't want to spoil everything.

As for Emma, well...I haven't worked out anything beyond her trip through history and her brief involvement during the Sanctuary timeline, but not to worry, desires. She'll get more screen time because there is no way that I can go through the rest of the Sanctuary series without her popping up...probably whilst in the company of her father...and sweet Menti Celesti, I just had an idea. *disappears*

The Time Keepers - The Goddess, Gemini

This is the final member of The Time Keepers, but she is actually two people and thus the reason she is referred to as Gemini. The first is the original owner of the body, Winifred Berkle, more commonly known as Fred. The second is the soul of an ancient goddess known as Illyria. Both Fred and Illyria are characters from the TV series called Angel, a spin off from Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. The irony is that the spin off was better than the original in my opinion. Now for the introduction.

Third Oracle of the Time Keepers, the Fate of the Present, the Goddess of Time. Gemini of the Prism Guard and she is her Watcher.

Yep, she is pretty badass in the show and unintentionally funny sometimes. Originally I had named her Illyria but decided to change it to Gemini due to the original owner of the body whose soul was reformed by Her Ladyship. As of now, Illyria's counterpart doesn't have a set introduction, but does have dealings with the Librarians, the Science and Medical Corps, and most of the educational divisions like The Academy.

The second soul contained within, Winifred Berkle.

The majority of their shared story is within the tv series called Angel, but deviates near the end when Wesley was fatally injured. Illyria, at this time, had grown to care for Wesley and these feelings combined with remnants of Fred's love for him drove the ancient one to do something drastic.

She used her limited power over time, since the majority of that power was siphoned off to save her life, to open a rift in space/time. In doing so, she destroyed herself but was able to get Wesley into The Realm via the mysterious Schism. The Star Child used her power to save Wesley's life and as a show of gratitude, he willingly joined her Guard.

He was the head of the Research Division but primarily took over the responsibility of the Hall of Memories. Not long after seeing the entirety of Artz's life, Wesley began to have dreams, two voices constantly calling out to him but every time he had this dream, the voices were getting quieter. He sought out the Star Child because he honestly didn't know what to make of this odd phenomenon.

Artz used her power to both sense and see his connections to others and discovered the identities of the two people calling out to him, Fred and Illyria. The Star Child wasted no time and immediately took off for the Schism. It was difficult to traverse even a fraction inside thr Schism, but she was able to locate the remnants of the two women. It took a great deal of strength and effort to reform their souls while within the Schism, ensuring that not a single trace of their souls were missing.

Once free of the Schism, Her Ladyship was able to reconstitute their physical form but she had been too weak at the time so they both ended up within the same body. Both Illyria and Fred agreed that this debt had to be repaid so they joined the Blood Guard. In doing so, Illyria's temporal powers heightened to the point where she could see the entirety of the Present all at once, but did not cause any harm to her human host.

Illyria agreed to become the Third Oracle of the Time Keepers but was predominantly dormant by her own choice. This was due to the discovery of Wesley and his miraculous recovery. The ancient one hid within in Fred for sometime, not wanting to come in between him and her host. She did not wish to destroy his happiness again...but he surprised her.

Wesley had been consistently questioning both Fred and the Star Child about Illyria. He wanted to know what happened her, he was extremely worried about her given that the last time he had seen her was when he was dying in her arms. He admitted to them that he genuinely cared for the ancient one, despite their rather volatile history.

He hadn't meant to and it was in his final moments in the other world that he realized that he had fallen in love with Illyria. His love for Fred was still as intense as ever, but it did not change how he felt for the ancient one. He begged Her Ladyship to find any information about Illyria's whereabouts or at least what became of her.

The Star Child had simply pointed behind him and said 'Why don't you ask herself?' The former watcher whirled around to see that Fred was now in the form of the temporal goddess and Artz told him that she had saved both, but didn't have enough strength to give them separate bodies.

To be honest, he had kind of stopped listening to the redhead, all of his attention focused on the woman that he had once called a Smurf. It took a moment for them to actually converse...and he actually yelled at her, saying he had been worrying out of his mind about her and asking why she didn't reveal herself to him sooner.

Illyria simply stated that she had destroyed him once by killing Fred and taking over her body. She did not wish to impede his relationship with her host. His response to this was to kiss her and that's when she felt it...an ancient bond from long ago, the bond she had once shared with a human. When this human had died, much of her true self died with him.

It was other humans that had killed him, simply because he had chosen to befriend her, to serve her willingly, to love her in a way she had never before known. That kiss was all it took to make her realize that this man that was so adamantly and fiercely embracing her was the reincarnation of the human she had once loved.

Now imagine Wesley's surprise and shock when she used her super strength to shove him against the closest wall and actually made love to him...rather publicly but neither of them noticed. Once they were in a more private setting, Illyria revealed what she had discovered and the reason he had been drawn to Fred was because she was her mortal reincarnation.

A vast majority of her soul had gone with her former lover, leaving her ancient essence behind so that she could share the next life with him as a mortal, but when the Star Child saved them, their souls were on very different wavelengths which made it impossible to merge them back together.

When the former watcher started laughing, both the ancient one and her human counterpart were incredibly confused and were wondering what so funny about this situation. He simply kissed Illyria again and said 'I fell in love with the same woman twice.' This actually made the ancient one smile, a small one given that she was still adjusting to the situation, and for once in a very long time, she was genuinely happy.

Ironically, only Wesley seemed to be able to fully interpret Illyria's disjointed sentences and vague descriptions when she was actively using her power to see the entirety of the Present of everything a t once. This unusual ability of his was explained later by The Librarian, Flynn Carson. By embracing both Illyria and Fred, accepting them both, it solidified the ancient bond they once shared and all the powers and abilities that came along with it.

Wesley was the reason why Illyria could see the Present all at once and not be overwhelmed by the insurmountable information flowing into her mind. She saw it, Fred acted as a bridge and sent it to Wesley and he translated it. All this was done automatically, no conscious thought required which helped the Guard immensely and saved their asses so many times that they actually lost count.

Still...little is actually known about Illyria's past, not just in this story but in the TV series as well. I always wondered why Illyria was so against humanity and basically an emo Smurf. Losing someone she cared, a human that was so incredibly unique, it kind of broke her. Desperate to stay with him but could not because of what she was...her soul splitting apart is definitely within the realm possibilities.

It's only when she takes over Fred, her human incarnation, that she becomes overwhelmed by the surge of emotions. Her constant contact with Wesley helps her to stabilize but the two halves of her soul had become so different from one another that she loses the ability to contain and control her power, thus the reason why it had to be siphoned out of her to maintain her physical form.

Once that power was gone, she was left with the fragments of two incomplete souls which is why she was always so volatile. Losing Wesley...holding him in her arms as he was dying...both Illyria and Fred synchronized, their love of Wesley granted them the power necessary to open a rift to the Realm.

I will be adding more to these characters at a later date due to the fact that I have yet to fully flush out the sequence of events, so some of this might change and if so, I will publish an updated post.

Next up will be the profiles for the Magi of Light and the Magi of Flame. The Magi of the Air is still giving me a few hiccups which is why I'm posting the other two first.

Kazuma: It's only because she can't find a decent name for me.

Me: Dude! You're ruining the reveal!

Kazuma: *shrugs and gives her a bored look* It's not like anyone is actually gonna be able to recognize me anyways. 

Me: *frowns* Fair point considering that it had only one season on TV, but there is a lot of written stuff for it.

Kazuma: How long are you planning to stare blankly at the screen of your phone?

Me: *gives him a tired glare* So sue me for spacing out, I'm exhausted.

Kazuma: So go to bed.

Me: Can't...work.

Kazuma: Sucks to be you then. *walks away while waving* Seeya!

Me: *deadpans* Why did I make him the Third Mage again?

Artz: *clears throat and points to a specific GIF*

Me: Oooooooh....still a jerk though. *wanders off, not noticing Artz and Kazuma doing a high five*