23 June 2012
Oriella Fallon
Half Valkyrie / Half Mermaid
My name is Oriella Fallon, I’m a Half Valkyrie half Mermaid I was born on June 6th 1807.
I grew up in Valhalla with my mother; my mother was neglectful and left my upbringing to the other Valkyrie. I learned everything I needed to from my sister’s, I learnt that I had a job to do, I collected the souls of the chosen warriors and brought them to the afterlife hall of the slain or Valhalla as it is often referred to, these chosen souls became the lone fighters. Most importantly they taught me that men were not to be trusted, and that because of being half mermaid, they showed me how to use my looks and the sound of my voice to lure males in and use them for what I needed before discarding them like the trash that they are. . I was told at a young age that my father had died before I was born, but what did I care, he was a male and by that alone he was worthless to me.
I learned later on that my mother was a vicious and cruel woman. It’s funny she spent my entire life ignoring me, and I turned out just like her. She met my father while she was out collecting the soul of a fallen warrior. Using the knowledge my mother had she took on the guise of the woman that he loved, playing on his feelings to get what she wanted. My entire life was spent in Valhalla except for when my sister Valkyrie took me to the other side to collect souls and test me.
Until one day when I was caught off guard by the worse pain imaginable, the feeling of a part of myself being torn away. As pain does not exist in the afterlife hall, I was confused and went to my mother. After a harsh confrontation with my mother I learnt the truth about my birth and my heritage. My father was a merman, making me part mermaid, that side of me being subdued while in Valhalla. I was forbidden to leave Valhalla in search of my father but, knowing that I had a father out there I couldn’t just let it go. I fled Valhalla in search of Atlantis.
I found out as soon as I arrived in Atlantis that the entire Mermaid community was in mourning after the death of almost an entire family of mermaids. I learned that my father had died not too long after I was born, he’d been mysteriously killed, Leaving behind his pregnant sister and her young daughter; Arabella. My other cousins, Arabella’s sisters were also mysteriously murdered, their deaths and my cousins rage being the pain I felt. There were rumors that my cousin Arabella had something to do with their deaths, I quickly dismissed these accusations.
During the many years I was in Atlantis I spent a lot of time with my cousin Arabella and we became very close. I was with her a long time, and I saw her powers grow, watching everything she did, never thinking that it could be wrong. I left Atlantis and my cousin returning to my home, to Valhalla, only to discover that my mother exiled me for my disobedience. Walking out of the gates of Valhalla for the last time was the hardest thing I had ever done, I knew I would never see my sister Valkyrie again once I left.
I went in search of my cousin, but I was unable to find her, she’d grown too strong and able to hide from my detection. Being alone in the world was easier than I thought it would be, there was never anyone to worry about, no souls to take to Valhalla, no rules to obey. The only thing that mattered was what I wanted. I blamed my mother for me not having anyone, and I would do anything to make her pay for losing everyone I care about, leaving me alone for eternity I began to use everything I knew about the Valkyrie, our goals and weaknesses to work against them,. In the beginning I felt guilt at what I was doing, but in time it became easier to betray all those I know.
I must have pushed too far, killed the wrong person because one minute I was about to release another soul into the abyss, one less warrior for Eschaton, and the next minute I was standing on an isle without a clue as to how I got here.
~Oriella Fallon~ • Opuss № I