User:JohnMcKee/Livia fon Vergil

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Right on time. This will just take a minute...

— Livia fon Vergil

I'm Livia fon Vergil.

Kormir, the goddess of truth, blessed me when I was young. Though trouble may follow me, I overcome it with ferocity.

I grew up among the nobility, and I value my honor. I've made something of myself, and the only thing I regret is that I never recovered my sister's body.

I look out from behind a mak of fanged dread.

This is my story.

Biography[edit]

The Beginning

Livia initially awoke in the middle of a ravaged town, located deep within a forest. She could remember nothing about herself but her name, and all she had were mysterious chains by her side. While she knows nothing of their origins, she keeps them close, believing them to be the key to remembering her past... She met a group of travelers who were going to Divinity's Reach. From them, she was taught the skill of reading the stars, which only enhanced her natural mesmer powers.

Fragments of Life

In the heart of the bustling city, Livia quietly plied her trade. She would often have to hide herself, for fortune-telling can be a dangerous occupation when you actually tell the truth. By peering into her the eyes of her customers, Livia could see deep within a person's soul. But of herself, she knew nothing at all. "Why am I here? What is my purpose?"

The harsh truths of Livia's predictions always led to hatred and resentment: her own memories were so barren that she couldn't empathize with other people as they didn't even feel real to her. The one exception was Ienzo. They were kindred spirits, he said, both of them blessed and burdened with inhuman powers that forced them to journey through life alone. As traveling companions, they made for an odd pair: a rich orphan and a fortune-teller, both with pasts shrouded in mystery.

Ienzo searched for his past as well as Livia's. He finally discovered Livia had a sister who went missing. However, the truth about her sister's whereabouts shocked Livia so deeply she was unable to remember anything. She decided to leave Divinity's Reach to find a purpose.

Deception in the Shadows

Livia couldn't forget Ienzo's implication in her life: she was taken care of and introduced to the nobility, and lived a life of great wealth. So she followed Ienzo, hiding from him and his companions, using her illusions to keep her presence a secret.

She was aboard a Pact airship when Mordremoth tore it down. As she was falling to her certain death, she kept repeating herself "I need more time to think ? I need more time to think..." She had the impression that time slowed down, and that she was taken out of time and space in order to find a way to safety. Maybe illusions weren't the only natural powers she had...

Locations[edit]

Divinity's Reach
- The Dead End

Story Involvement[edit]

Personal Story

From Defending Shaemoor to Victory or Death.

Living World season 1

From Flame and Frost to the Battle for Lion's Arch.

Living World season 2

From the Festival of the Four Winds to the Point of No Return.

Heart of Thorns

Combat abilities[edit]

Spatial Surge - Shoot a beam at your foe. The farther away they are, the more damage you deal.
Blurred Frenzy - Strike your foe with a flurry of strikes, distorting the space around you, making you evade attacks.
Phantasmal Berserker - Phantasm. Throw an illusionary greatsword at your foe, removing boons from struck enemies. Create a phantasm that whirls through foes.
Echo of Memory - Phantasm. Block incoming attacks for a short duration. If this skill fully channels, summon a phantasm that slows enemies and grants protection to allies. If an attack is blocked, Deja Vu is usable for a short time and the phantasm is summoned instantly.
Deja Vu - Phantasm. Block incoming attacks for a short duration. If this skill fully channels, summon a phantasm that slows enemies and grants protection to allies. If an attack is blocked, the phantasm is summoned immediately.
Tides of Time - Grant boons to nearby allies as you launch a wave of temporal energy that damages and stops enemies it passes through, then returns to you. Touching the returning wave reduces the recharge of this skill.
Gravity Well - Well. Create a powerful well that warps space in an area, knocking down, floating, and pulling foes caught in its event horizon. When it expires, foes still inside the well take heavy damage.
Continuum Split - Destroy all your clones and create a rift in the space-time continuum. When it expires, you will revert back to your original point with your previous health, endurance, and skill recharges. Duration increases with each illusion shattered. This skill's recharge cannot be reset by other mesmer skills.
Continuum Shift - Revert back to the previous timeline. Your health, endurance and cooldowns are reverted to their previous states. You are transported back prematurely if the rift is destroyed.