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The difference in my act?

When someone's cut in two, the girl's the one holding the saw.

Created on 2008-08-27 18:56:32 (#16458777), last updated 2009-06-02

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Name:	Channing Vale
Birthdate:	12-15
Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Bio

THE ORIGINS

The story of Pandora's Box is well known...created by the gods to punish man for the folly of Prometheus and gifted with a beautiful box she was told never to open, Pandora's curiosity doomed mankind when she disobeyed and unleashed all the world's evils, locking away Hope alone in order to save it from destruction.

The story is true...but it doesn't end there.

The evil Pandora unleashed was an entity so old and so corrupt its name remains unknown. The evils of the world are a result of its very existence...a myriad of hardship and pain all existing simply because the creature, known as the Darkness, lives and breathes. To complete man's punishment, Pandora was cursed as Hope's guardian for all time. Forced to take the virtue into her very flesh, she became bound to its power...and a target for the Darkness. All the magic and mysteries of the universe in all its beauty became hers to command as weapons and protect for future generations, ensuring balance in the mortal world for all time.

And so it was she served...as did her children on through history...

THE FRATERNITY OF LIGHT

They live and breathe under a historical veil of secrecy, thrive on theatrical artistry and public spectacle. They pass off real magic as illusion, feats of human creativity with glimpses of the "tricks" and how they're done to perpetuate the facade. They are the children of Pandora's line, true practicioners of magic...keepers of Hope itself doing battle with the Darkness. In public and private, they fight, preserving balance for the sake of humanity's survival...conducting a secret war in the public eye and calling it a parlor trick.

They are the Fraternity of Light, and they are true magicians. They wear top hats and entertain at children's parties. They dazzle in the bright lights of Las Vegas. They do card tricks to entertain at the office, and some do no open magic at all. Levitation, vanishing, restoration of that which is broken...the power is real, and the gifts are more than power, they're weapons.

The magic is the tool...but the use of it gives light where there is darkness. Wonderment, awe, joy...these are the children of Hope, and this is the true purpose of the Fraternity's existence: to keep Hope alive.

CHANNING VALE

Born to Fraternity scholars and named in honor of legendary magician Channing Pollock, Channing was raised in New York City and well-versed in magic at an early age. Aside from the obvious influence of her family's legacy, Channing lived a relatively normal life. Her father worked as a history professor at NYU, while her mother served as an administrator for the New York Public Library system. Education was a sticking point at home, as was her training in the arts that were her birthright.

In this, she excelled in spades. A natural talent as a stage performer, she was also exceptionally bright when it came to understanding the mechanics of the craft. As she came into her mystical abilities, she also proved her natural talent in metamorphosis, a gift that allowed her to change the nature of the world around her, ranging from transformation to even altering the weather. Though gifted magically, as time went on she came to rely more on her technical proficiency than her power. Her excellence in stagecraft with, and sometimes over, true magic, made her a top-notch stage illusionist and garnered her several major awards by the time she was twenty.

After graduating from NYU with a major in theatrical arts, she moved to Las Vegas to pursue her career in the boy's club of stage magic. Developing an act that blended both classic and modern elements, she earned her stripes in nightclubs and bars, working her way upwards through small doses of Fraternity connection and large helpings of pure ability. By the time she pledged to the order, she had completed her first four month engagement headlining at Harrah's and was dividing her time between Los Angeles and her home in Vegas, consulting with special effects departments at three major studios between engagements.

Currently, she makes her home in Vegas, where she serves as a prominent figure in her local chapter of the Fraternity and is taking some time off to develop her act before beginning a new twelve month run at the Flamingo Hilton in December. With a successful run of preview shows already causing a stir, talks are already in the works to extend her contract with the hotel, while the local media has taken a liking to her classic conjurer's persona.

DISCLAIMER

Not Morena Baccarin. Not Channing Vale. Morena belongs to her lovely self (and to my best friend, who loves and treasures her pretty dearly), and Channing is my exclusive intellectual property. Not making money here, but all use of Channing, her character, and her world is prohibited without explicit written permission. The face ain't mine, but the character is, so don't steal or we'll make you vanish. ;p

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