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Welcome to the Fa'e Diary of Zaoll
Like all diaries, this diary is meant to be private. This means you need to ask the permission of romantic wishes before you post in here. Please do not ask to buy this Fa'e child, they are NOT FOR SALE. What are the FA'E, anyway? To find out more about them, please visit the FA'E HQ. There are always lots of people there, and our HQ Sheriffs will gladly help you out if you have questions. So please, do not post here and ruin an exciting story, ok? Now, read away and enjoy the little and big adventures of Zaoll.

Random Facts About Zaoll
Reborn: Unknown - Lost Child of Fa'e / Rediscovered 09/29/2009
Gender: Female
Guardian: romantic wishes
Favorite Colors: Deep purple, crimson red, indigo blue, white
Favorite Things: Stone, Italian food, winter, antique locks and keys
Personality: Quiet, stable, protective, reactive
Powers: Melding with stone, soothing, superhuman endurance
Partial to: Unknown

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atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he
wished, to drop the earth and creep away; but this opinion was
all that he was permitted.
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_____rules

» don't post without first obtaining my permission.
++the only exceptions are fa'e guardians, fa'e staff,
++and those dropping off gifts.

» don't post out of character.

» don't interrupt an ongoing roleplay.

» these rules can change without notice.

_____table of contents

» official post
» introduction
» zaoll
» history
» powers
» family
» friends
» pets
» possessions
» index and timeline
» growths and art
» credits
» close

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name» Zaoll (ZHOWL) van Helsing
name meaning» "friendly" in Korean; Elsbeth, however, chose it for how it looks in writing.
nicknames» Zao (ZOW); Owl
age» Five years
gender» Female
stage» Teenager; assume 15-17 years of age.
species» Fa'e (reincarnated roman goddess)

distinctive features» Statuesque coloring; marble skin (think hard and usually room-temperature)

personality» Zaoll has an indomitable take-no-s**t personality. She is a single-minded brute of a girl who'd as soon be subtle as slit her own wrists, cannot take a joke properly, and values her own ability to control herself. Extremely skilled at presenting a stable front, Zaoll is very aware of her own limits. If an obstacle presents itself, she will stare it down or bust through it.

Her aggression can be triggered quickly and disappear just as fast, and never appears against someone who is not threatening her. She is nevertheless an honorable person who keeps her word; even though she's not exactly subtle she always keeps a secret, unless it might hurt someone else. And even then she'll normally keep it unless she really likes the person who's gonna get hurt.

She usually demonstrates a reactive personality as compared to an aggressive, forward-moving one. Even though she doesn't talk much, she enjoys being around people, especially people who know what they're going for or else have a similar personality and drive. She doesn't like being bossed around, and in fact won't get bossed unless someone knows her real name, at which point they'll be able to make her do whatever they want.

Zaoll sets goals and then achieves them, like clockwork. However, it's somewhat rare that she has a remarkable goal, since she likes to exist in a comfortable, normal medium. Change is not much her style. She likes it when things are orderly and neat, but doesn't really like boring and repetitive tasks, such as making her bed. Most of her cleaning gets done as she wanders through an area, so it doesn't fall under "repetitive" since she never cleans anything the same way twice.

She depends greatly on her ability to take an absurd amount of damage before anything else. It's far more common to see her cramming for an exam than to see her pacing herself, for instance, since going one night without sleep won't phase her too much. Likewise, when necessary, she will place herself between someone and their aggressor because she knows she can take the damage and the other person probably can't.

Even though she lives in close quarters with people, no one is aware of her powers except for Zaoll. Zaoll is a very good secret-keeper.

likes» cool, winter seasons, good books, antique locks and keys, old museums, Rome, kittens, cats, nightingales, fairytales, myths, video games (the Sims, Command and Conquer, Black & White, Age of Empires), chicken alfredo, greek food, chewing on her fingernails
dislikes» really fat cats, wooden floors, homework, really heavy books, twilight, boring arcade games
fears» the dark, loud places, being afraid neutral

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before reincarnation»
So once upon a time there was this goddess, Angerona we'll call her, who was all the guardian goddess of Imperial Rome. Nobody really knows her real name, since it was a state secret and if you told someone you could bet your sweet bippy that some angry mobs would be ripping you apart pretty fast. She wasn't the only protective deity to hang out around the capital of the Roman Empire, especially since said Empire was pretty good about capturing other cities' protective deities and making them Angerona's assistants instead. Angerona totally did not mind this, since it was kind of boring when you were usually the only goddess incarnate in the area at any given time.

Every so often - in fact, every winter solstice - the Romans would hold a festival that was called the Angeronalia, or the Divalia, or the Divaila Angeronae, in the Curia Acculeia, except for the one time it was performed in the Temple of Volupa, which almost was very bad because Verrius Flaccus sort of accidentally revealed her real name. But that was all right, there were some pretty hardcore mobs around that day willing to tear some poor bastards apart. Nothing accomplishes the goals of the Angeronalia (lightening the spirit, freeing it from anguish and anxiety) like a good-old-fashioned lynching, right?

Now, it also happens that some of her other names were Lara and Lala, which coincidentally were also the names of the foster mother of Romulus, one of the founders of Rome! This also made her the mother of all Romans, which sort of explains why she was the protective deity even though she is really otherwise a goddess of sneaky secrets and bringing on fear and winter solstices and stuff.

After she'd been the goddess of Rome for a while, Angerona happened to overhear Jupiter planning to cheat on his wife by raping Angerona's sister Juturna. Now, Angerona was a goddess of secrets, but letting the King of the Gods rape her sister did not quite fall under a secret she was dying to keep, if you know what I mean. So she of course went and told Juturna all about Jupiter's evil plan, and then just in case, she told Juno too.

This didn't go over too well with Jupiter, who decided that if Angerona just couldn't talk he wouldn't have had this problem, so he ripped out her tongue and bound her mouth shut. Then he told Mercurius the messenger god to lead her on to Hades, where Mercurius decided to have some fun and raped Angerona. Unluckily, Angerona became pregnant and bore the Lares Compitales, who were the guardian spirits of crossroads. Lovely.

And she kind of hung out in Hades for a while, as the city she was supposed to be protecting kind of wasted away, which didn't go over too well with her, especially because when Rome got sacked, so did she. This was so majorly not cool she attempted to demand a chance to properly defend Rome next time through. By the time a new city was built atop the ruins, Angerona had long faded away.

life as a lost child»

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gelu»
Within a ten foot radius of herself, she can cause moisture to condense into a layer of ice. With time and practice, she may expand this ability to freeze people in place.
The Angeronalia was celebrated on the Winter Solstice, thus making her a minor winter/rebirth goddess.

obduro»
Zaoll can take a lot of punishment before she falls unconscious; in addition, her bones seem to be relatively impossible to break. She can go for a very long time without food, water, or sleep. It's not that she can't get hurt. It's just that it's REALLY HARD for her to get hurt.
Roman influence persists even today, even though the original city that she was meant to protect has ended. The city also lasted, like, for ******** ever during its decline.

devotio»
She has an unconscious ability to soothe anguish and anxiety, as a throwback to how her Solstice ritual was said to dispel fear. This ability can increase with practice, but it's unlikely she'll be curious enough as to its workings to actually practice it.

cilicis»
As a defense mechanism, Zaoll can meld into stone, effectively merging with it until she decides to come out. She cannot communicate with it, or talk to others while inside stone. Nor is she very fast at passing through; it's like trying to walk through a wall of molasses - possible, but extremely slow going. The stone must have a mass equal to or greater than hers.
Angerona was the protective deity of Rome, Rome's major structures were mostly made of marble, marble is stone. Hiding in stone is a reference to how everyone knew Angerona protected them, but no one knew her name.

evanesco»
Rather like a disillusionment from Harry Potter, if Zaoll chooses to and stands perfectly still, she can conceal herself in plain sight. If she moves at all, the 'spell' is broken.
Angerona was the Goddess of Secrecy, secrets are hiding things.

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nomen veritas»
Zaoll is not her real name, and someone who knows her real name will be able to control her, even to order her to stop breathing. Even Zaoll does not yet know her real name yet, but she's working on it.

vox»
Zaoll's voice is very quiet, almost nonexistent. It only gains real volume when she concentrates very hard, and afterwards she will likely be unable to speak at all for a while.

tardas volo»
It's not that Zaoll is large or unwieldy, it's that she has a very poor reaction time. By very poor, we mean that unless you yell SURPRISE before attacking her, she's not going to be able to get away.

aestus»
In high temperatures, Zaoll finds it hard to think.

contego»
When faced with someone who is physically hurt, Zaoll must act. She cannot stop herself from reaching out to assist someone, no matter how much she dislikes them. The only exception is if she is the one who hurt them, and if she did it on purpose. EX, if you get hit by a rock, Zaoll has to help you. If Zaoll threw the rock, she's not gonna do a thing.

sub rosa»
Zaoll, when she hears a secret, must keep it. If she tries to reveal it, she chokes up and can't speak. This is inconvenient, to say the least, but there's one loophole: if she's not told, directly or indirectly, that it's a secret, then she's free to tell.

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elsbeth van helsing» (mother, neutral)
Elsbeth van Helsing is a high school history teacher-slash-seamstress on Earth. She is the sentimental type - keeps her old uniform, has all her yearbooks, keeps her class ring in a box so she doesn't lose it - and sort of a recluse, having not dated for years and mostly keeping in contact with her old school friends through email. Her house looks like a museum, full of old useless knickknacks and the occasional extremely expensive relic. Because she was once a member of her college's fencing club (though never quite distinguished in it) she is especially interested in medieval weaponry, and her fascination with medieval history provides her a way to ensure she's getting the real thing when she purchases something. Though she mostly prefers to buy things in real life, sometimes when she sees an irresistible object online she can't help but purchase it. She has always had a fondness for odd names, and in fact owns three cats named Aine, Enoka and Nomi. So Zaoll for a child was not that far a leap.

(Elsbeth occasionally calls Zaoll "Owl", which pisses Zaoll off to no end. Owls, she thinks, are creepy. Zaoll's favorite cat is Aine, because Aine is almost as pale as Zaoll.)

Most people would say Elsbeth is the kind of person who could not care for a child; that she cares more for antiques than she does people, and would prioritize the past over the child in the present. They're not entirely wrong. She's got this very firmly entrenched view of family life, which involves ideas like the mother being the perfectly nurturing type and daughters being as housebound as the mother unless they're teachers or maybe nurses and also she feels that all women need to have babies. This is why she kept Zaoll, because Elsbeth is getting on in years (she is nearing fifty and looks like she's approaching seventy) and yet she has no children and especially no grandchildren.

Elsbeth homeschools Zaoll, makes all of Zaoll's clothes, the whole nine yards, everything that is supposed to make a psychokiller. Luckily, Zaoll seems to be more social and quiet than psychokiller, which probably would have broken Elsbeth's heart (or her spine). She tries especially hard to keep Zaoll from doing things that are "dangerous"; rock climbing, driving a car, and learning to fire a gun are "dangerous" things. Her desire to be the perfect, responsible, protective mother wars with Zaoll's personality, which tells Zaoll that she can take care of herself.

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astor» (friend, positive, 'astor')
He stuck by me in that nightmare... I wonder if he's okay?

astaroth» (acquaintance, neutral, 'angry black')
opinion pending upon meeting outside a dream

mikhail» (acquaintance, neutral, 'orange wings')
opinion pending upon meeting outside a dream

sei» (acquaintance, neutral, 'orb boy')
opinion pending upon meeting outside a dream

riven» (acquaintance, neutral, 'purple genie')
opinion pending upon meeting outside a dream

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enoka» (cat, positive-neutral)
The oldest and largest of Elsbeth's three cats, Enoka is a fat black cat with massive blue eyes who likes to sleep on Zaoll's chest and lick her face when she feels the Fa'e needs to wake up now, please. Usually, Zaoll likes Enoka, except when the cat is waking her up.

aine» (cat, positive)
Zaoll's favorite cat, the one who was obtained around the time when Zaoll became a toddler. She is a longhair with white fur with green eyes, and spends too much time with the catnip, but she's very quiet and cuddly. Aine can sit on Zaoll's lap for hours and often has.

nomi» (cat, positive)
Nomi is little more than a kitten. She is a gray tabby with green eyes, and likes to spend time chasing large, hoppy bugs. Zaoll calls her "Prince Chochi the Kingslayer".

firefly» (cat?, not yet acquired)
Firefly is a very weird cat. For one, she talks. Two, her fur is flesh toned with speckles on the tips of her ears, and there's a ball on the end of her tail that GLOWS. Also, she goes on and on about how the house needs a Big Fence, because her dad said it did. What?... She does seem to like Zaoll, though, which is all that counts for Zaoll.

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house key» key to the house in Gaia
mad hatter doll» a keepsake from childhood
lapis lazuli bird doll» a keepsake from childhood, good dreams

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injustice figurine» basically, she wanted it to scandalize elsbeth. otherwise, it's a good reminder of one of her favorite games.
ram figurine» for some reason, elsbeth's elder cousin gave this to zaoll. zaoll's sign by the chinese zodiac.
virgo doll» for some reason, elsbeth's elder cousin gave this to zaoll. zaoll's sign by the western zodiac.

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white tea» if zaoll can't get coffee or espresso, she has a tin of looseleaf white tea.
sandalwood perfume» sandalwood and something floral; an everyday perfume that zaoll almost always forgets to wear.
winter season perfume» citrus-infused baltic amber, red valerian, marigold, blood orange, and sunflower, myrrh, geranium, a cool and chilly scent; a formal perfume that zaoll almost never has the chance to use.

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14 september 2009» won zaoll!
29 september 2009» zaoll arrives! page 22025

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-- september ???» zaoll is given to elsbeth's keeping
13 september 2009» [link] zaoll is captured by forces unknown and calls out to the fa'e
14 september 2009» [link] airi rescues zaoll and elsbeth
29 september 2009» [link] zaoll awakens! zaoll and elsbeth are reunited
6 october 2009» [link] zaoll meets mikhail
7 october 2009» [link] zaoll meets sei
8 october 2009» [link] zaoll meets caoihme
8 october 2009» [link] zaoll dreams of lethe
9 october 2009» [link] zaoll moves into her new home with elsbeth
10 october 2009» [[url=]link[/url]] zaoll meets christopher, archer, and isidor
12 october 2009» [link] zaoll meets nyoka
31 october 2009» [link] elsbeth and zaoll's guardian bond breaks... but what has happened to Elsbeth?
31 october 2009» [link] zaoll awakens and saves calcifer from the chaos-pwnt hq

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++zaoll» have i really slept so long?... at least i've finally relocated my glasses, and at least
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++i have my scarf back. did it ever really disappear?

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thank you!»
arrien, chirigami, anya! xd, pales, shiori tonbo, silverah, kotatsu-chan» for being awesome * u * and the encouragement did not hurt either

acknowledgements»
anya! xd» fa'e, diaries, general all-around awesome
arrien» fa'e manager, general all-around awesome, EPIC ID
chirigami» zaoll's teen art! (and hopefully the rest of it too eh ;D)
romantic wishes/m hermey» zaoll, elsbeth, the cats, banners.
various others» their content on this page, esp. franz kafka

obligatory threat»
don't be a douche; everything here belongs to someone, and you shouldn't take it.

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last and greater than all, ROME herself, whose other name the hallowed mysteries
of the sacred rites forbid us to mention without being guilty of the greatest impiety.
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