Victoria Dreadful

Victoria Dreadful (born September 7th, 3008) was one of the eight Wizard mages who were active just before the Universal war. She was once known for being part of the royal Dreadful family bloodline ruling the Empire, but after realizing how corrupt her father Chaos Dreadful had become when her mother died, she left, taking her younger sister Penny Dreadful along with her. She was partnered with Emily Spellcrafter and the two of them accomplished much before her death by Vedi Der Ritter during the Battle of Terminus. Before this, she had made a promise to Emily to bring her younger brother Christopher Spellcrafter to Terminus when she felt it was time and to protect him at all costs. Victoria had not only reunited Emily with her brother, but she was the reason that Penny had even considered joining the Alliance.

Early life
Victoria was born September 7th, 3009 on the planet Shadehedge just two years before her sister Penny was born. She was raised by both her mother Madelyn Dreadful (up until her death) and her father Chaos Dreadful, and spent her childhood living in the Dreadful Manor as a princess. As a child, she was curious, kind, and open minded. She also never wanted to be treated like royalty, she would rather be treated like any other person and often reminded her butlers to let her do things for herself. She had a best friend as well named Gatchi Mitchell who she would frequently spend her time with around the dreary town they lived in.

As she grew, she started to notice the corruptive nature of her father and how the Empire was handling situations. Unlike Penny, she didn't want to simply believe everything was fine, and she decided to investigate. Around this time, she met an Alliance STAGE agent who appointed her as a spy for the Alliance. She knew this seemed traitorous to most, but after what she saw and heard, she felt she needed to do something about it. She managed to convince Penny that they needed to leave and join the Alliance, and with heavy reluctance, she agreed.

Once Victoria joined, she began her training and ended up becoming a mage due to the high amounts of mana her mother had that was passed onto her, which made her powerful enough to qualify. On top of that, she had high enough grades and was even recommended by Morgan Nightgem.

Family life
Victoria's relationship with her family wasn't perfect but she appreciated what she had. The best relationship she had before she joined the Alliance was with her mother Madelynn Dreadful. She looked up to her mother and because she knew her before she died, she was more effected by it than Penny who, on the contrary, barely knew her. She would often visit her grave any chance she got to be alone and would talk to her, hoping that she was listening. She also loved her father Chaos Dreadful, however it wasn't until after her mother's death and the more noticeable warmongering that those feelings slowly turned mutual, and even later turned to hatred once she left the Empire.

Her relationship with her younger sister Penny Dreadful however was rocky and complicated. Victoria was the more open, curious, and accepting of the two and they both butted heads often due to how different their viewpoints were. Penny didn't want to believe that what the Empire was doing was wrong, and for her sister to even think that was traitorous in her eyes. Victoria would try to reason with her but end up fighting and it took a lot to finally convince her to come with her. Once they finally did join the Alliance, their relationship only grew as they finally saw eye to eye and had each other's backs up until Tori's death. That was what broke Penny for a while.

The Events of Origins
Currently, all we know is that through her actions, Penny Dreadful, Ian Dreadful, and Megan Fairyhorn came to Terminus. It can be presumed that she convinced the two Sorcerers to defect, whilst indirectly guiding Megan along the way. Until Origins is released, we only have the brief recounts from the Dreadful siblings is known.

An Interesting Encounter
After having been sent to Earth on a personal mission from her partner to find and bring Christopher Spellcrafter to Terminus as a promise to Emily Spellcrafter, Victoria enrolled in the same school he resided in. Upon her arrival, it wasn't long before she quickly fell into the popular crowd and was known for being the smartest, prettiest, and nicest girl at the school simply for having skills others did not. This could be attributed to her upbringing in the Empire as a royal. Victoria attempted to blend in with the other students, but she hardly paid attention to anyone; several peers assumed she had ADHD which she decided to use as an excuse. However, Victoria would periodically check on Chris and watch him from a distance. It wasn't long before Chris took notice that she was keeping tabs on him and become suspicious.

Their first encounter was after Chris had fallen asleep in class and was told to stay behind. His two friends, Jackie King and Ty Snagg, were with him as they made their way to lunch. Chris accidentally bumped into one of the members of the school's football and wrestling team named Tim, who happened to be a frequent bully of his. Tim began pulling on Chris's collar telling him to watch where he was going, causing a scene in the hallway. This prompted Victoria to barge in the middle of the conflict. Tim and Victoria were seemingly associated with one another as Tim was hoping that they would be an item. In an attempt to impress her, Tim asked if she wanted to watch him hurt Chris and Victoria retorted back by saying that she didn't want him to beat up "her boyfriend". Using that as a cover up, it proved to be successful because Tim left them alone.

Victoria helped Chris up and assured him that there was no catch and that she truly wanted to help him out. It was hard for Jackie to believe this seeing as she was associated with the popular crowd, and Chris found it strange that she decided to help him now seeing as they never had talked before. Chris then asked if Victoria would like to join them for lunch. She politely accepted but mentioned that she had an important task to do first. She snuck into the nearest empty classroom she could find to talk with her sister, Penny Dreadful, who had been trying to get in touch with her. Afterwards, Victoria met up with the group at the lunch table, not wanting to eat anything, and asked Chris if they could walk to their gym class together. He accepted the offer.

The "Dynamic Duo"
Once Victoria and Chris made it to the gym, they both soon realized they would be playing a game of dodgeball. Chris briefly explained the rules to Victoria, emphasizing the fact that it was easy to get hit by a ball, however, Victoria simply told him that they would be fine. While on the court, both of them were easily dodging and knocking other players out, but Victoria was making note of Chris's reaction time as he was able to quickly tuck and roll, dodging the ball almost instinctively. Victoria followed him hoping to establish his physical strength and agility. She wanted to be sure he was competent enough to adapt and react quickly to danger, knowing that he would have to be put in danger at some point while at Terminus. The game came down to the two of them versus an entire team of people as the coach had decided to let the players on the opposing side return on the court. The rule didn't apply to Victoria and Chris' team however because they were the only ones that kept knocking people out, so it was an even match. Another new rule was also applied by the coach: catching a ball does not get someone out. Their strategy was to focus on dodging and hitting without worrying about catching. The two of them continued to knock out the other members. Eventually, they only had one more person to knock out in order to win. Victoria told Chris that she could handle him on her own, a part of her wanting to show off her own skills. As she threw the final ball straight for her opponent, he ducked before it could hit him only to realized that that ball ricocheted from behind and hit him in the back of the head as he stood back up. Their team had won.

The final activity of the day was to climb a wall and leap across a few monkey bars, landing on the other side where a bunch of pillows were the cushion the fall. Victoria felt this was an easy task compared to her previous training and managed to scale the wall and bars in only seven seconds, which was the fastest time anyone has ever completed the course. Once it was Chris' turn, Victoria watched him carefully as he attempted to do as she did, skipping several steps of the wall and leaping over to the third monkey bar before he could fall off. His time ended up being eleven seconds, which was the second fastest time. Victoria smirked and was impressed by his instincts and quick learning. After class, they walked back to his house and Victoria asked if she could take a shower there. Chris said yes and was about to make them some sandwiches. Victoria found herself checking Chris's room on her way to the shower and spotted a picture of him and Emily together when they were much younger, Chris when he was about six. Chris found her snooping around and she apologized, saying she couldn't help herself and that the two of them looked really happy. Chris suggested that she leave it alone, but Victoria tried to give him some form of hope as there was a lot he didn't know. As far as Chris knew, his sister was dead, but Victoria wanted to open the possibility that she wasn't dead but had somewhere she needed to be and couldn't leave, hinting that she was at Terminus without saying it. She didn't want to scare him or tell him anything about Terminus just yet, she wanted to wait until she felt it was the right time. However, Victoria knew she couldn't wait so she decided to find a way to tell him everything the next day.

Keeping a Promise
The following day, Victoria and Chris were walking to school together. Victoria kept trying to apologize for snooping and bringing up his family, but Chris gave no response. She couldn't help but feel bad and it only made her feel more hesitant to tell him where his sister was. Moments later, an old associate of Victoria named Gatchi Mitchell appeared and was asking for Chris. Victoria glared at her, knowing exactly who she was and trying to get her to go away. Chris thought the way she was treating Gatchi, who posed as a new student who needed help getting around the campus, was rude. He ignored Victoria's passive aggressive nature and showed her around because he understood what it was like to feel alone and hurt, he figured that she needed a friend. Victoria knew that Gatchi was up to something and that there was a reason she was there and trying to get Chris alone. Later that same day, Gatchi wanted to go out for ice cream and she hoped that Chris would go alone, however Victoria refused to let him go with her by himself and Chris mentioned that he wanted her and his other friends Jackie and Ty to come along as well. On their way to the shop, it was starting to rain and Gatchi led them into an alleyway. Victoria had enough at that point and begged Chris for them to go home. Gatchi then said that they could all go home, but she just needed Chris to stay. She then called out two of her mercenaries who she called "friends" and commanded them to take Chris and kill the others so that there weren't any witnesses. Victoria stood in front of Chris as Gatchi extended her hand towards him, wanting him to join her as her apprentice. Victoria made a promise to Emily to protect Chris and bring him to Terminus when he was ready, and she refused to let anyone stand in her way.

Victoria used her orb of magic to defend herself against Gatchi's friends who's names were Robert and Laura. Robert charged at her with full force and Victoria used her orb along with her fists to rapidly punch him until he was knocked to the ground. These actions nothing short of amazed Chris's friends, mainly Jackie, and more so confused Chris. Laura was more confused by the fact that Victoria could have killed her partner but chose not to. Victoria stated that wizards don't kill if they can help it and told her that if she leaves now she could take Robert and not have to get hurt. Laura decided to leave with Robert and urged Gatchi to come with them, knowing that Victoria was too powerful. Gatchi refused however and did not want to look like a fool coming back to Shadehedge empty-handed. Victoria told Chris and the others to make a run for it and they all followed her. She led them to Chris's house urging them to head there before Gatchi could cause any more problems. Chris thought leading Gatchi to his house was a crazy idea and was already confused enough as it was, but Victoria didn't have time to explain anything before Gatchi managed to catch up to them on the other side of the street. Just then, Gatchi began casting a spell emitting yellow particles around her as she did. Victoria commanded Jackie and Ty to charge at her and stop her before she could finish casting it, but it was too late by that point as they were all devoured by her imagination spell that trapped them into the imagination realm.

When Victoria had awakened into the realm, it wasn't long before she realized Gatchi was hunting her down. Gatchi wasn't alone, however, as she also had a giant imagination monster who was named "Guardian 1". They were both chasing after her, and Victoria managed to escape them. Once she did, she made her way towards Chris's house in hopes of finding him there. On the way, there was a pizza parlor, and as she passed by it, she turned back and noticed that both Chris and Emily were headed inside the parlor. Victoria turned and headed to the back alleyway of the parlor in hopes of meeting them on the other side. She tried to keep herself semi hidden in case Gatchi was nearby. Emily had led Chris where Victoria was and Chris looked and acted much younger than he was in the real world. He hid behind Emily and told her he didn't want to go with Victoria because he couldn't trust her. Victoria assured him that she never wanted to hurt him and that she never lied once about anything that happened. She then apologized for not telling him about Emily being in Terminus sooner but that she was going to that day. Emily and Victoria gave each other a look, and she understood what she needed to do. Victoria had to keep her promise to Emily. So she reached out her hand and told Chris that he needed to follow her so they could find Jackie and Ty and get out of there. Chris reluctantly took her hand and they ran off to go find them. Ty was sitting on the footsteps by the school and Jackie was found at the baseball field. Jackie didn't believe that the world wasn't real so she acted as if she was playing a real game of baseball, crowd and all. After a moment of convincing, realizing how zombie-like the "audience" was, Jackie snapped out of it and the three of them were now on the hunt for Gatchi. Victoria knew that the only way out was to defeat her and it wasn't long before Gatchi found them all again. Gatchi was dead set on killing Victoria, calling her a traitor, but Chris fought back alongside her. They defeated her and the imagination realm disappeared as they were all back on side of the road before they were transported. Chris had the chance to kill her but decided to spare her, which impressed Victoria since it showed that he was just like a wizard. Gatchi called saw this as foolish but Victoria praised him. She then told Chris it was time for him to go see his sister. After he said goodbye to his friends, Victoria pulled out a magic broom, told him to hold on and they flew off to Terminus.

Her Last Breath
With the Empire being spotted near the city, Terminus was on high alert. Victoria, along with the other mages, were instructed to help the teachers guard the dorms and also patrol near homes and restaurants. Before this, she made sure to warn Chris about her father and to run if he sees him. She also told him to stay with Penny at all times and make sure she doesn't try to fight him either. Victoria knew she would try if she could and didn't want to risk her getting hurt or killed. Her final words to him before she went off on duty were that they would be okay, knowing that this would be a challenge even for her, but was still confident that they wouldn't fail. However, it wasn't long before the Empire started bombing the city and the attack began. Victoria was on high alert, fighting off as many sorcerers as possible. All of the mages then soared over the city, watching to see if anyone needed help. Victoria and Morgan were standing side by side for the majority of the watch, until she turned and saw Chris and a girl named Myra struggling in battle. Once she noticed Myra was down, she came down as fast as she could, plowed through the other sorcerers that surrounded them, and ran to Chris asking what happened. Chris, with tears in his eyes, told her that Myra was killed and Victoria was livid. She was determined to find out whoever was the cause of this attack and kill them. Chris told her that he didn't want to kill these people, and Victoria responded by saying that sometimes he would have to kill. She was starting to want to kill more and more as this battle raged on. Then a general named Vedi Der Ritter stepped in. Vedi mentioned how Gatchi had went missing or went rogue after the incident in the imagination realm, and that he needed Victoria to come back with him alive. Chris and Victoria didn't move, and this prompted Vedi to attack them both. They both fought him together, Chris with his sword and Victoria with her orb. While this was happening, a mage with a flute from above who used healing magic was helping them. However, it wasn't enough because Vedi managed to impale Victoria's chest with the back of his sword and kicked her away. The girl with the flute ran to tell the others and Chris ran by her side. Victoria was losing a lot of blood rapidly and knew she wasn't going to make it, even if Chris didn't want to believe it. As she struggled to breathe, she told Chris to protect Penny and tell Emily that she loved her.