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Edith Maude Cushing, fka Lady Edith Sharpe
NAME
Dita
NICKNAMES
9 October, 1877.
BIRTHDAY
Legend
ROLE
Crimson Peak (film)
CANON
25
AGE
Human
SPECIES
Talaria #4
HOUSING
Role
Role: LegendRole Qualities/Attributes: The wings of an eastern swallowtail butterfly at an appropriately proportioned size for her body, as well as occasional mood-ring eyes that gleam ... only when it doesn't suit her or she's trying to hide something. She already had a ridiculous ability to push through pain, so it won't become stronger, but she will notice it more.
Role Reasoning: Fans of Crimson Peak have been known to describe Edith as "such a good!!" -- really, I've seen this multiple times and totally concur with it. She is just a whole lot of goodness; even her bad qualities tend to be well-meaning, and so if there is a stereotypical Good Guy Role, that's really where Edith falls. But on top of that: she truly does suit the legend, as her concerns are more with 'everyone I care about even a little bit should have a good life' more than focused on herself. Every single quality in the legend description suits Edith.
On the other hand, she has her dark moods and I do intend to play with that, vis a vis her mood ring eyes and being overwhelmed by her emotions. The enhanced durability is also going to lead to her making even more stupidly willful decisions about risking her own safety to help other people, something she is canonically very impressive about doing!!!
Physicality
Edith starts out with this lovely shirtwaist skirt-suit situation, plus her spectacles which she genuinely needs. 
Her health status could best be called 'decent.' She has rheumatic heart disease and melancholia (depression), but both are as well controlled as they can be in 1902.
Abilities & Skills
ABILITIES
Two-way communication with ghosts, able to see ghosts and other spirit-like beings that no one else can see; she's a True Medium and is learning to harness it in other ways.Skills
Writing (she is a professionally successful fiction writer and avid diarist). Reading skills. Ballroom dancing. Dreaming. Creative problem solving. Tarot reading. High intelligence quotient. Dog care. Some business/financial acumen. Surviving stupidly reckless moves and other typical Final Girl talents.
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