Ophelia Schwartz
From Circle Of The Crone
Player - Hilde Heyvaert
Name - Ophelia Schwartz
Picture by Kristof Vermeylen
Clan - Mekhet (Status 1 - Relatively well known but on low status because of her attitude, and she likes that just fine.)
Age - Unknown, she seems to be relatively young, but as she refuses to speak of her age and past, other than she originates from L.A. and is half-Irish, there is little known about her.
Location - Currently Antwerp, Belgium. But as she is rather nomadic, she might move along again soon.
Specialties - Ghosts, Ghost hunting, oneiromancy, premonitions, psychology.
Brief history - Ophelia is a young Mekhet of Irish-American origin who generally likes to keep most information about her known only to a select few. What is known however, is that she specialises in Psychology, Oneiromancy and ghosts/ghost hunting. She still bears the scars from a pre-embrace encounter with a Poltergeist.
Within her own Covenant she is mostly seen together with her Sister in arms and fellow Raven, Lady Kathryn. In fact, these two female Mekhet are the only two members of the Low Lands order of the Crone protectors known as the Ravens.
She seems to have a special link with the Ordo Dracul, and she is mostly seen in the company of members of the Ordo Dracul (she was in a coterie with a Mekhet Dragon [the recently murdered Erik/Ericsson], and she was the girlfriend of the late Joachim Winter, Ordo leader of the Benelux) and is concequentially rumoured to be responsible for the good relation between Dragons and Crone in Antwerp.
Rebellious in nature, dangerous, stubborn and tempestous, always carrying at least one firearm, possessing the ability to see and communicate with ghosts and suffering from hallucinations, visions, premonitions, flashes from past, present and future and nightmares; Ophelia is most likely to be the most troubled Crone in Belgium. On more than one occasion she has turned around and has discretely displayed an unknown and often downright frightening power she seems to be able to use for scouting, predicting the future, destruction of the mind and mental healing.
As a Raven she recognises no authority of other Crones (and often no authority full stop) and does her utmost to avoid the Circle's authority figures at all cost, lest she avoids conflicts. The only exeption to this is Dokisha who as the Hierarch has some authority over her.
Also a founding member of the Phantasma Society, a group of Kindred specialising in Ghosts and Spirits.
As a Mekhet she is a keeper of secrets, and it's more than clear that she is keeping quite a few about herself...
Others about Ophelia Schwarz - Marcel Vanerum of the Lancea Sanctum: "Mijn vader zaliger zei altijd da as ge niks goeds over iemand kunt zeggen, ge beter helemaal niks zegt." (Translation: "My late father always said that if you can't say anything good about someone, you better say nothing at all.")
