Eileen Ruskin

Chesterfield Act Registry of the Expressive Database

File #15 Apr 2018 07:16

Summary

Name Eileen Ruskin Aliases Eileen Gray Status Unregistered Expressive Ability Avian Telepathy Precognition Gender Female Birthdate February 16, 1989 Age 30 Height 5' 1/2" Build Petite Eyes Gray-Green Hair Dark Brown Residence Unknown Employment N/A Parents Sophia Ruskin Ethan Holden Siblings Nick Ruskin Marital Status Single Children None, unless you count Astor First Scene Promises of Change and Violence Last Scene Profile Either Eileen Ruskin did not die on Pollepel Island, or someone has been using her face, identity, and ability to unify the militias in the Pacific Dead Zone alongside Iago Ramirez, Emile Danko, and Joshua Lang. The truth is actually somewhere in the middle. She can often be found at the Sunken Factory in the Pine Barrens.

portrayed by Emilia Clarke

Background

Psych Profile

Evolved Ability

Eileen's ability, described as "powerful and multifaceted" in Wolves of Valhalla: The Rise and Fall of Kazimir Volken's Vanguard, allows her to communicate with and through birds. During her time with the Vanguard, Kazimir utilized it to spy on his enemies, gather intelligence in the field, and eliminate targets without ever having to endanger the lives of his operatives.

The book estimates that, during her later time with the Ferrymen and its Special Activities Division, Eileen was able to command flocks of tens of thousands in combat situations. The real number is actually much higher; although capable of commanding hundreds of thousands of birds, she lacks the control or emotional fortitude to do so safely, and it was a maelstrom of this size that led to her downfall on Pollepel Island.

More often, her ability is limited to seeing through one bird's eyes, or hearing through its ears. Eileen can possess a single bird at a time and travel great distances, but doing so leaves her body entirely vulnerable to physical attack and unable to sustain itself. It's safer for her to psychically implant thoughts or memories in a herald and use it like a carrier pigeon to deliver messages without ever having to lose consciousness or put herself at risk. Other SLC-Expressive individuals with psychic-type abilities, especially other telepaths, may be able to sense her presence when in possession of a bird or when in close proximity to birds under Eileen's control. Even those without the genetic marker for Evolved abilities are able to hear her voice or see her image if she directs at them through one of her thralls, which is unusual (but not unheard of) for an animal telepath.

Like other telepaths, Eileen is especially prone to overexertion and nosebleeds, especially when commanding large numbers of birds, and can only do so for a limited period of time before either passing out or losing control. That said: Years of practice have also built up her defenses and given her a higher-than-average resistance to other psychic attacks, including bodily possession, dream manipulation, and persuasion.

She has recently discovered she also possesses the ability to wrest a target's consciousness from their body and trap it in the mind of a bird for an indefinite period of time.

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Facts

Known to Most

• Eileen Ruskin, codename Munin, was a member of Kazimir Volken's Vanguard, but turned against the organization and assisted in Volken's eventual defeat. She also participated in Operation Apollo to fight the Vanguard a second time, where she was deployed to Madagascar and Antartica, in exchange for an official government pardon…
• …which was swiftly declared null and void after she joined the Ferrymen, using her knowledge of Volken's tactics to help restructure the organization and place an emphasis on its Special Activities division.
• She died in December of 2011 on Pollepel Island, either defending it from Colonel Heller's forces, or shortly after betraying it to Heller's forces, just as she'd betrayed Kazimir Volken years earlier.

Known to Some

• After Operation Apollo, Eileen used her influence and charm to swindle Leonardo Maxwell out of several million dollars to help fund the Ferrymen's activities, including the renovation and reconstruction of Bannerman's Castle on Pollepel Island.
• Due to her past affiliations, Eileen was a controversial member of the Ferrymen's Council. Several attempts were made on her life while she served as one of the organization's leaders, including a poisoning by Odessa Price.
• Eileen's half-brother is Nicholas Ruskin of the CIA. They share a mother, Sophia Ruskin.

Known to Few

• Eileen's biological father is Ethan Holden, who Kazimir Volken arranged to impregnate her mother in an attempt to selectively breed a child with precognitive abilities. Her avian telepathy was not what he'd hoped for, but a useful asset to the Vanguard nonetheless.
• She is apparently alive, and spent a year unifying the scattered militias of the Pacific Northwest Dead Zone before returning to the East Coast. However, appearances can be deceiving.
• Up until the time of her apparent death, she was in a long term relationship with Gabriel Gray. They have a son from an aborted future: Astor Ruskin-Gray.

Known to Fewer

• Previously in possession of the Black Conduit.

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