Countess Marie-Elise Delancey

Countess Marie-Elise Delancey ni Eiluned Wise Mambo, Countess of Forbidden Secrets and Freeholder of the Port of Miracles. A deep Autumn sidhe, Marie-Elise has been in New Orleans longer than any other kithain in memory. She is a skilled practitioner of Voodoun, a gifted healer, seer and priestess.

Age: you never ask a lady that.
Date of Birth: Unknown.
Gender: Female
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair: Black
Skin Tone/Pigmentation: Dark brown
Height: 5'-7"
Weight: 145 lbs

Appearance

Physical Description

Marie-Elise is modestly tall, but carries herself with a posture of wisdom and importance.

Marie-Elise as Countess:

Apparel & Accessories

Marie-Elise generally wears full skirts or dresses with a fully bottom. In day to day wear she dresses as a Mambo with a white dress with many-layered skirts and a silken overlay with a handkerchief style hemline. Unless dressed specifically for court she wears a bely with many pouches, bags and pockets to have ready access to ritual materials.

Mentality

Personal history

Marie-Elise Delancey is an enigma of a sidhe, firmly rooted to New Orleans and its culture. Some say she was once an oba, one of the ruling eshu who somehow found a way to bond with New Orleans. Others say she is a deep autumn sidhe who never returned to Arcadia, and who bonded with New Orleans to the point where it shaped her dream as she shaped it.

Either way, Marie-Elise's presence in New Orleans can be traced back to at least the mid 1850's, where she joined with the Court of the Ghede run by the former life of Papa Bernard, becoming a Mambo and bringing the lwa to the Port of Miracles.

She was once the ruling Countess of Forbidden Secrets, under the name of Marie Laveau, and was attacked and deposed by Lisette Levay on her rise to power. Marie-Elise disappeared for a time, retuning under her current name Marie-Elise; which honors her first fae name Elyse and her connection to Marie Laveau.