BACKGROUND: Athena De Orlando Sargasso is from a long line of Mystic Warriors.  Originally her family where members of a religious order.  Die Krupers, a warrior order of monks.  One of the first of the churches secret orders was formed around 1113.  Tasked with finding and hunting down mystical evil.  The order was a fraternal order of priests and monks who lead a mystic warrior path to rid the world of non-religious magic's and evils.

    No longer a religious order it is now a family line, well several families.  The mantel is passed down from male to male.  The daughters are used as spies, finding ways to marry into mystical families to learn secrets and to spy on the mystics of the world.

    Hector De Orlando was the last male in his line.  He married a Vansadia woman and had one child Renee De Orland, who married into the Sargasso clan. Now well received but she did her family business of learning and spying. She also had a daughter Athena De Orlando Sargasso.

    Athena is a nice sixteen year old girl who is on the outside of the clan.  Her parents close to being outcasts, Athena was less well received. Her grandfather, Hector last of his line called Athena to him as he turned eighty.  She had just turned fifteen at the time.  He told her of the family secret, and asked her to break tradition.

He gave her his mantle of the order and taught her the trade of a mystic warrior.  Although schooled as a Vansadia/Sargasso, what he showed her was truly mystical.  Magic of Faith.

    After a year training with her Grandfather he passed the mantle onto her.  Odd as it was as normally it was three years of training.  Her grandfather hector told her a darkness approaches and he must leave to fight it. You are to go to America and find further training.  When the time comes fight well."

    Little did Athena know that her grandfather felt the coming of the Graves and there attack on the family.  Once the mantle was passed down the former holder had time for one last Quest one that would end there life. Upon there death the new holder would gain full power.  Hector's quest was to free the children captured by the graves clan.

    Athena is now sixteen and on a plane to the US.  She knows her grandfather has pulled strings but she does not know to what end.  Nor does she know of his quest or the fact that her mother and father are also joining the battle.

    Hector also chose to not have her 'blessed',  normally a new knight was taken to a Cardinal who still recognized the knights for a blessing.  Hector felt this is where the knights where being cured with boys only. His thoughts is that the Die Krupers where not cursed but rather Blessed with girls!  As they could be able to feel a curse.  Hector also knew that the Cardinal would not accept a lady as a knight and would attempt to keep the mantle from her.

    Once settled Hector's letter should arrive detailing his last Quest and Athena mission and Quest.  To find the source of the Curse upon the Die Krupers and to break it.  As well to prove that it was time for Female knights of Die Krupers.

    Recently Athena returned from an extra-dimensional exile where she aged three years while only a month passed in real time on Earth.  During her journeys she both lost her left eye and had it replaced with a mystic golden one that grants her new and special powers.
 

POWERS:     The mantle of Die Kruper instills a power level of a low grade paranormal.  Not a brick by any standards but well above "normal"  so that the Mage Knight can stand a chance against the evils ones.  It also allows a Die Kruper to be more sensitive to Evils and feel them amassing great power. Although vague it has lead to many quests.  Especially when the Knight dons the robes of divine sight.

   Die Krupers faith magic was not normal magic's, if any are.  They transform and summon powers to be used.  Such as Mystic armor of faith, Wings of angles, flaming swords of purity.  Upon calling the Mystic Armor of Faith the person is transformed to appear to be, sent from above.  No two Die Krupers appear the same, and they change over time.  The effect may be similar but very personal.

    When Athena took the mantel, her form was very modern.  Blackened armor that looked like it was from the future.  Blazoned with glowing crosses and fleur-de-lis.  Her flight spell manifests as a jet pack.  Her flames of purity as a hand held flamer.  Oddly her magic are not really magical objects just the manifestation is.  Some Die Krupers cast bolts of flame from their hands for the flames of purity and her grandfather had it joined with his sword.  Athena's Horse of Faith is a motorcycle.

    The Die Kruper's magic breaks down into a few general forms.

Faith, a power based upon the user Faith and it effects all equally. A sword of Faith can harm all equally and its strength will be based upon the caster's faith and purity.

Purity, a power that effect varies as to the impurity of the target.  The Die Krupers most common area attack spell harm those based upon their corruption.  An evil man holding a innocent baby is washed over by a Flames of Purity.  The baby is unharmed and the evil man is burned.  A cop who is mostly good with a few sins is slightly singed.  Disadvantage is that it does not harm un-living or things unable to have sin. {Robots, cars, animals, mind controlled innocents.}

Divine powers that are fickle and only respond if the "greater good" choose too.  Most commonly seen as, Robes of Devine Sight.  A scrying spell.

Retribution a Die Kruper can collect the harm an evil one has done and return it to him or her at a later date.  It is a slower two part process.

Like any mage there are thousand of individual spells.  And like many mages the number of spells active at one time effect there power levels.  Added to that fact is the faith and the soul of the Die Kruper.  Sins and ill deeds will lower the Knights power levels.

SKILLS:  Athena is a socialite from Europe.  She is fluent with English, Latin, Greek and French.  She can speak some German.  She is also fluent in some ancient magical tongues.

PERSONALITY: Currently she is shell shocked.  Her life was turned upside down a year ago and has not settled yet.  She is nice and soft spoken and polite but sometimes overly cautious.

APPEARANCE: Athena is a slender young lady with light brown straight shoulder length hair.  She has a fine Italian complexion and often wears
European styles.

As Battle Maiden she has a different look.  Short bobbed hair, and a porcelain complexion. Her form is very modern.  Blackened armor that  looked like it was from the future.  Blazoned with glowing crosses and fleur-de-lis.

EQUIPMENT: Athena's left eye is of mystic gold and allows her to read auras.  This enables her to determine whether or not people are good or evil (though this sometimes may be subjective), or have been tainted somehow.  The mystic eye also reveals illusions and the lingering presence of corruption.

History of Die Krupers:

Die Krupers, a warrior order of monks.  One of the first of the churches secret orders was formed around 1113.  Tasked with finding and hunting down mystical evil.  The order was a fraternal order of priests and monks who lead a mystic warrior path to rid the world of non-religious magic's and evils.

    The order did well, for nearly three hundred years.  There Knight brothers becoming masters of the sword and of magic themselves.  As they
could not stand against the darkness without powers beyond the sword.

    During the height of the inquisition the order was found to be using magic's and hunted down as heretics.  The church thought them to be destroyed, but like many secret orders they where hard to kill off.

    No longer a religious order it is now a family line, well several families.  The mantel is passed down from male to male.  The daughters are used as spies, finding ways to marry into mystical families to learn secrets and to spy on the mystics of the world.