Civilian Name: Belladonna Phoebe Cassius, but nicknamed 'Beth' by pretty much anyone knowing her real identity. Sucks to be her. Phoebe Cassius was also her birth name and alias in the first years of demonic life – Belladonna was added much later and has been proceeded by several different first names (one for each new life), all of them followed by her birth name as middle name and suffix.
Name Meaning: Belladonna, though probably not an actual name (hey, these names are meant to be fake aliases!), is nonetheless quite interesting. First, it means plain 'beautiful lady' in various Latin languages, but then it is also the name of a very poisonous herb that was regarded as belonging to the Devil in old superstitions, and tends to KILL BABIES. Well, I though THAT was suitable for meanie LoCD. ^^; In ancient times, the Belladonna plant was also used as a cosmetic for face treatment, aside from the baby-killing. Her middle name, Phoebe, is a Latin form of Greek Phoibe, which means bright, pure, and completely contradicts her last name, Cassius, which – and I kid you not – means empty, vain. That only leaves us the mystery why anyone in their right mind would call their children that, let alone using it as a family name. ^^ Oh, and it is Roman in origin, too.
Read in it's whole, her name is most conveniently (but probably not most correctly) translated as “Beautiful lady – bright and pure, empty and vain”. And it fits her like feet in mittens.
Character Position: Beth-avin, muggleborn Dark Maiden of beauty parlor equipment – er, Vanity - former snobby upperclass, currently lower middle-class hair- and beautycare assistant at The Salon Delilah, London's West End and unwilling ally of the lower demon Gosegas.
Birthdate and Age / Zodiacal Sign: Born April 21, 11 AM in the year 44, making her technically a mere one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five years old. And one of the very youngest dark lords. Yes, this means Beth-avin did not participate in the Holy War, though she took part in plenty of LoCD action up through the last two millennia. She is the New Kid and boy, does it suck once in a while. As she was at the time of that dreadful summoning (Beth: Hey, it was NOT dreadful! I got powers and nifty wings and... well, technically, I lost my Holy And Immortal Soul, but who cares? Being evil rocks!), Beth is still, both physically, mentally and in terms of alter ego-ness, nineteen years old. Having been born in ancient times, her astrology is actually not up-to-date. As you probably know, the position of the stars change a teeny bit for each year, and over nearly two thousand years, the positions of the different signs and planets change. Because of this, Beth is not, as she would be had she been born today, a Taurus, but an Aries with Cancer Moon and Leo Rising. The relevance in this is obvious: Aries being her outer face is the self-confident, aggressive and competitive traits, while emotional Cancer Moon makes her sensitive to the criticisms of others and the 'inner core' Leo Rising contributes with all that pride, vanity and show-offiness. (I can change the birthday if the 'stars move' speech didn't quite work. I just thought it was rather keen to do, since we know her birth year. ^^) Oh, and as a final thought, the year 44 was the last year of the Roman conquest of Britain, which I thought was nifty. ^^; Here she comes, to conquer and enlighten! Okay, just to conquer.