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====== Marsilia ======
=====AKA=====

[[Moon Called]]
  * Mistress of the Mid-Columbia Seethe<sup>186</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * The Vampire Queen<sup>28</sup>
  * Queen of the Damned<sup>100</sup>
  * Bright Dagger<sup>300</sup>
  * Lord of Night's Bright Blade<sup>330</sup>
=====Physical Description=====
[[Moon Called]]
  * Looked like a woman in her early twenties<sup>186</sup>
  * Blond hair<sup>186</sup>
  * Dark eyes<sup>186</sup>

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Beautiful<sup>66</sup>
  * Long, highly decorated fingernails<sup>67</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Abyss-dark eyes<sup>199</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * A beautiful woman. The night robbed her gold hair of its richness, but the moon kissed her even features and made her dark eyes mysterious<sup>282</sup>

[[Silence Fallen]]
  * Bone and muscle deep beauty<sup>45</sup>
  * Intelligent brown eyes<sup>45</sup>
====Injuries====
^  Marsilia Injuries & Scars  ^^
^  [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]]  ^^
^  Injury Type/Scar  ^  Notes  ^
|  Burn Shaped like Sheep on Forehead<sup>191</sup>  |  [[Mercy Thompson]]  |
^  [[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]]  ^^
^  Injury Type/Scar  ^  Notes  ^
|  Dislocated Shoulder<sup>322</sup>  |  [[William Frost]]  |
|  Body too Broken to Stand<sup>328</sup>  |  [[William Frost]]  |
=====Appearances & Mentions=====
^           Appearances                   ^                            
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #1: [[Moon Called]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #2: [[Blood Bound]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #4: [[Bone Crossed]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #7: [[Frost Burned]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #10: [[Silence Fallen]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #11: [[Storm Cursed]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #12: [[Smoke Bitten]]|                        
^           Mentions                    ^                              
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #3: [[Iron Kissed]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #6: [[River Marked]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #8: [[Night Broken]]|
|[[Mercy Thompson Series]] #9: [[Fire Touched]]|

=====Classification=====
[[Vampires & Sheep]] - Vampire
====Description====
[[Moon Called]]
  * Her voice was pleasant, but there was power behind it, something akin to the power the Alphas could call upon<sup>174</sup>
  * Her control is not as good as it once was<sup>189</sup>
  * Faster than Mercy<sup>190</sup>
  * Never been repulsed by a sheep before. Crosses, scriptures, and holy water, but not a sheep<sup>198</sup>
  * Has been asleep for two centuries<sup>199</sup>
  * Suffered from the same malady as the older wolves<sup>199</sup>
  * Used to prefer wolves to more mundane prey—that’s why she lost her place in Italy and was sent here two hundred years ago<sup>201</sup> 

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Has a preference for werewolves<sup>66</sup>
  * Even five hundred years ago, sorcerers were rare; she had not seen one since they came to the desert<sup>77</sup>
  * Gets glimpses of the future sometimes<sup>231</sup>
  * Can vanish and reappear somewhere else<sup>264</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Can break the bonds between Master and sheep. She can either take them herself, or simply dissolve them<sup>157</sup>
  * Can vanish and reappear somewhere else<sup>250</sup>
  * She can track her own blood<sup>288</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Really old, and didn't do emotions quite right<sup>284</sup>
  * Changed before Mercy's eyes. Not physically, not a change of shape, but a change of personality. Gone was the sex goddess, the vicious woman who hated and despised her. Instead, she looked—ordinary, tired, and . . . and maybe a little scared<sup>286</sup> 
  * Didn't want to live in the “before times”<sup>296</sup>
  * Well deserved reputation that followed her here. She is powerful and dangerous<sup>297</sup>
  * Maybe Marsilia could see Frost's magic<sup>304</sup>
  * Marsilia wasn't just the Mistress of the City-she was a Power<sup>305</sup>

[[Silence Fallen]]
  * Is a power in the vampire hierarchy<sup>51</sup>

[[Storm Cursed]]
  * Could teleport herself a lot farther than Stefan could<sup>247</sup>

====Affiliation====
[[Mid-Columbia Seethe]]*Mistress
=====Residence=====
=====Family & Significant Other=====
====Menagerie====

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Only the Mistress is allowed to feed other vampires and feed from them<sup>207</sup> 
  * Without the blood she provides them, the weaker vampires would die<sup>207</sup> 
  * The lesser vampires, those not strong enough to live outside the seethe, are her menagerie<sup>211</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Marsilia’s seethe there had once been five vampires who had reached some sort of power plateau so that they did not depend upon the Mistress of the seethe for survival; Stefan, Andre, Wulfe, Bernard and Estelle<sup>165</sup>
=====Occupation=====
**Seethe Mistress**
=====Character Traits & Facts=====
[[Moon Called]]
  * Her voice was a deep contralto made richer by a touch of an Italian accent<sup>186</sup>
  * There was something off about her expressions and her gestures, as if she were only aping humans. As if, without us here to perform for, she would not appear human at all<sup>187</sup>
  * She had everything almost right. Her heart beat, she breathed regularly. Her skin was flushed slightly, like a person who has just finished walking in the cold. But her smiles were just slightly wrong: coming too late or too early. Her imitation of a human was very close, but not quite close enough to be real<sup>188</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * She’s not as smart as she thinks—and that will be her downfall<sup>186</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Had a three month old dark blue Mercedes S 65 AMG<sup>27</sup>
  * Her Mercedes had bulletproof glass and was clean of tracking devices<sup>28</sup> 
  * Very, very wealthy<sup>264</sup>
====Education, Work Experience & Languages====

**Languages**

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Speaks Italian<sup>300</sup>
====Spirituality & Personality====
[[Moon Called]]
  * Has not been herself since she was exiled here from Milan<sup>199</sup>

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Not the type to be concerned about the deaths of a few humans or even a few hundred humans<sup>31</sup>
  * Marsilia has allowed greed to overcome her common sense by trying to control the sorcerer vampire<sup>248</sup>
  * Obsessed with returning to Milan<sup>275</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Marsilia is mad. She’s been mad since she awoke twelve years ago, and she hasn’t gotten better with time<sup>165</sup>
  * The one thing Marsilia cared about was the seethe<sup>169</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Old vampires had money. Marsilia had been going through a fugue—old-vampire version of depression. She had sat around not doing much for years, and that made her look weak<sup>273</sup>
  * Would never so much as blink unless it benefited her<sup>274</sup>
  * Marsilia did everything with an audience<sup>288</sup>
  * She was not some helpless girl but a sociopath who had outlived most of her enemies<sup>299</sup>

[[Silence Fallen]]
  * Vindictive<sup>123</sup>
====Talents & Skills====
[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Marsilia had been sent here to die, but she hadn’t. Instead, she’d seen to it that her people survived<sup>72</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * A bruiser and a trained boxer with tidy and agile footwork<sup>320</sup>
====Health & Fitness====
[[Moon Called]]
  * Has been in a state of lethargy since she was exiled to the US<sup>177</sup>
  * Marsilia has not been herself since she was exiled here from Milan; is once again potent with her hunger<sup>187</sup>
====Quirks====

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Walked with fluid grace<sup>66</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Marsilia laughed, a beautiful, ringing laugh<sup>199</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Dislikes using phones or surrogates when she can make you dance to her bidding<sup>264</sup>
  * Hates stupid people<sup>315</sup>
=====Relationships=====

**With Mercy**

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Calls Mercy Stefan's pet<sup>66</sup>
  * Asked for Mercy's help in killing Littleton<sup>143</sup>
  * Told Mercy how to kill vampires<sup>154</sup>
  * Marsilia told me that the reason vampires feared walkers was that we were resistant to vampire magics and could talk to ghosts<sup>154</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Since she’d sent Mercy after Littleton she couldn’t seek retribution without risking losing control of her seethe. Vampires take things like that very seriously<sup>19</sup>
  * Marsilia could have just killed Mercy, but she was playing<sup>44</sup>
  * Not dumb enough to attack Mercy especially since she's under Adam's protection<sup>61</sup>
  * First time Mercy met Marsilia, she'd kind of admired her … at least until she’d enthralled Samuel<sup>73</sup>
  * Mercy killed her best hope of returning to Italy<sup>101</sup>
  * If they had met at a different place and time, Marsilia could have liked Mercy. Or killed her<sup>199</sup>
  * Marsilia would've liked Mercy, if Mercy wasn't what she was, and Marsilia wasn't what she was<sup>209</sup>
  * Wants Mercy dead<sup>291</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Mercy is afraid of her<sup>261</sup>
  * Mercy doesn't respect her<sup>262</sup>
  * Marsilia wouldn't hurt Mercy because the werewolves would destroy her if she did<sup>266</sup>
  * Had her car brought in for an oil change and Mercy ended up destroying it<sup>283</sup>
  * Marsilia would kill Mercy if she didn't have the pack<sup>300</sup>
  * Hated that Stefan and Mercy were friends<sup>305</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * Owes Mercy after her help with Frost<sup>134</sup>
  * Marsilia hates Mercy because Stefan is more than a little in love with her<sup>272</sup>

[[Silence Fallen]]
  * Somehow, when Mercy is destroying other people’s carefully laid plans, Marsilia thinks she is not so annoying<sup>118</sup>

**With the Wolves**

[[Moon Called]]
  * Has been “asleep” for two centuries; awakened when she fed off Samuel<sup>187</sup> 
  * Used to prefer wolves to more mundane prey<sup>189</sup> 
  * Fed off the werewolf mistress of the Lord of Night, which is taboo<sup>189</sup> 
  * This is why she lost her place in Italy and was sent to America<sup>189</sup> 
  * Bespelled Samuel with her bite<sup>194</sup>

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Taken with Samuel last time<sup>34</sup>
  * When the two werewolves joined the hunt they became her responsibility<sup>206</sup>
  * Owes the werewolves a blood price for the sorcerer vampire because of the hurt werewolves<sup>206</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Used Wulfe to magic a trap for the wolves at Uncle Mike's; they never found out it was her doing thanks to Mercy covering it up<sup>94</sup>
  * Bran doesn't know her well<sup>101</sup>
  * Had to enter negotiations with the wolves for her attacks on Mercy<sup>105</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Because Marsilia benefited from our pack. No one wanted to take on Adam—and because Marsilia and Adam had cooperated a time or two, people thought that we cooperated more with the vampires than we really did<sup>270</sup>
  * Considers Adam her colleague<sup>306</sup>
  * She was so certain of her ability to incapacitate Adam made Mercy reevaluate her intelligence—and not upward<sup>311</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * Needs the pack to keep her seethe safe until she gets some more vampires with power here, but she doesn’t like us very much<sup>134</sup>

[[Storm Cursed]]
  * Marsilia likes and trusts Adam<sup>247</sup>

**With the Vampires**

[[Moon Called]]
  * Lord of Night/Master of Milan stuck a pin in a map and exiled her with those who owed her life or vassalage<sup>190</sup>

[[Blood Bound]]
  * Considers Stefan her right hand, and Andre her left<sup>153</sup>
  * Marsilia doesn’t want to waste a vampire—especially not one who has all the powers of a demon at his touch(Littleton)<sup>167</sup>
  * Is Stefan's maker; Stefan never had to play slave; He was never a thrall. It happens sometimes, but such vampires are always killed upon their first rising. Any other vampire would have killed Stefan as soon as it was apparent that he wasn’t under their control, but Marsilia was in love. He gave her an oath of obedience, he never broke it<sup>169</sup>
  * Stefan is a favorite of hers<sup>204</sup>
  * Marsilia thinks Stefan's concern for his menagerie is "cute"<sup>207</sup>
  * For a long time Marsilia was more of a figurehead than a leader. Stefan said she was pouting because she was exiled<sup>209</sup>
  * Marsilia is losing her grip on the seethe. No one is in outright rebellion, but the Mistress is not in absolute control either<sup>212</sup>
  * Dissension in the ranks; Bernard and Estelle are making new vampires<sup>212</sup>
  * Believed that gifted the Master of Milan a sorcerer vampire would end her exile<sup>264</sup>

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Marsilia knew that Stefan had hidden Mercy's crime of killing Andre; She’d have never hurt Stefan so badly for anything else. She’d tortured and starved him and let him free to come to Mercy to feed: if he’d killed her, no blame would have fallen on her<sup>20</sup>
  * Marsilia had been sent here as punishment for sleeping around with someone else’s favorite. She’d been a person of influence, so had come here with attendants—mostly, as far as I knew, Stefan, Andre, Wulfe<sup>72</sup>
  * The hierarchy of the seethe was restless. Stefan and Andre had been loyal followers, but there were a couple of other vamps who hadn’t been so happy to see Marsilia up and taking charge<sup>73</sup>
  * Bernard and Estelle; They work against her where they can, and she knows it. They are of another’s making, given as gifts by a vampire not easily refused. She must take care of them, as she would any such gifts—but that doesn’t mean she has to trust them<sup>76</sup>
  * Has some allies in Seattle<sup>102</sup>
  * Didn’t see Marsilia being anxious to owe a favor to any vampire—and a vampire who was so territorial that he allowed no other vampires at all was a poor candidate for cooperative problem solving<sup>141</sup>
  * Vulnerable with the loss of her powerful vampires<sup>180</sup>
  * Civil war Marsilia had brewing in her seethe<sup>187</sup>
  * Marsilia loves Lily dearly<sup>191</sup>
  * Stefan serves her even though she has forsaken him<sup>191</sup>
  * All a trick. You killed Stefan’s people—knowing he loved them. You tortured him. All to catch Estelle and me in our little rebellion … a rebellion born from the heart of your own Andre<sup>214</sup>

[[River Marked]]
  * She hadn't thought Stefan would object to her use of him and his menagerie once he knew that she'd done it to protect herself; she'd miscalculated how badly Stefan would deal with her betrayal<sup>5</sup>

[[Frost Burned]]
  * Held the Master of Milan in thrall for centuries<sup>293</sup>
  * The Lord of Night might be angry with her, but he would enjoy avenging her<sup>293</sup>
  * Called Iacapo for aid but he was intrigued with Frost and would not help<sup>296</sup>
  * Painting the Lord of Night created on the evening when she was banished is still on the wall above his bed so that he can show his lovers that none can compare with his Bright Dagger<sup>301</sup>
  * Frost was worried about fighting Marsilia<sup>306</sup>

[[Night Broken]]
  * Wulfe is her right hand now<sup>259</sup>
  * Marsilia was courting Stefan with as much delicacy as a Victorian gentleman courted his chosen lady. He'd been her most loyal follower for centuries and she'd broken the ties between them with brutal thoroughness in order to maintain control of her seethe<sup>262</sup>
  * With Stefan in the seethe, Marsilia will fight to protect Mercy because she is needed to keep him in line. Stefan has been Marsilia’s Soldier for four centuries and more. Marsilia needs him. Marsilia will give her word that she will not touch the bond Stefan shares with Mercy, won’t try to claim her for herself—no matter how useful a tame walker would be<sup>269</sup>

[[Silence Fallen]]
  * Marsilia would get more out of Wulfe than Adam could<sup>49</sup>
  * Iacopo was Marsilia's Master<sup>49</sup>
  * Marsilia was afraid of Iacopo<sup>49</sup>
  * Will never pine for Jacob again, though she will remember him fondly<sup>303</sup>

[[Smoke Bitten]]
  * Tended to view Stefan as her property<sup>164</sup>

**With the Fae**

[[Bone Crossed]]
  * Goblins, harriers, the carrion feeders—there are a lot of Marsilia’s allies who hunt in the day<sup>190</sup>

[[Silence Fallen]]
  * Likes Larry the goblin<sup>121</sup>