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Name Magnolia (Mags) 
CDJ   zombieapoclypse
PB Clemence Posey
Journal   _marriage _marriage

Name   Cora Labroche
Age / Birth Date  28 years old | 3 May
Occupation   Psychologist that specializes in marriage counselling and family planning.

Bio  
1. Cora was born to a college senior having been conceived while her mother was on a backpacking trip in Europe. Her parents met while she was in France and that is all the information Cora's mother has on her father. She gave her the surname of a company she remembered in France as if to play it off that she had more information then she actually did, and quickly married a man she met at work the moment one showed interest.

Cora grew up recognizing she was not quite part of her family but having no where else to really fit and instead did her best to be a matriarchal figure to her younger siblings as their parents were out working most of the time. It was during this period of her life that Hera awoke. She was seven, her sister four, her brothers two, when it happened. They sat them down and announced that they would be getting a divorce. However, it was not that statement alone that awoke the goddess inside Cora's soul, the conversation quickly took a less mature turn and it became clear, even to a seven year old's wide-eyes that their father was having an affair and that was the reason for the split. All at once the goddess of marriage and fidelity screamed awake and it got Cora sent to a therapist for nearly the rest of her childhood.

2. High school was hell for Cora, she was still struggling with Hera who was treating her like a dual personality and any time she attempted to have a relationship Hera began making snide comments and demand that she protect herself vigorously. She strongly believed that Hera was worse then her mother, an overbearing, overprotective matriarch in her head that could hear all her thoughts and desires. Any time she began to believe she had feelings for someone Hera would awaken and lecture her on 'how men really were' and would tell her stories of how Zeus would do things to hide his discrepancies until Cora could not take it any more, had very little trust in him and would have to break up with the boy previously in question.

3. College was a relief for Cora, she was away from her mother and the little town in Ohio she hated so much, though Ann Arbor, Michigan was hardly better, it did mean freedom and the school was the best to attend for psychology, which had begun to be an interest for her since she had attended therapy since she was very young. She hoped to get a better handle on Hera as well, and things seemed to be going well until she started working at the Wellness clinic. Her superiors found she worked very well with the pregnant mothers and Hera relished in the natural surroundings. The more she worked there the more Hera became more adept and loud in her attempts to nurture and help the women there. Cora was finding her own voice becoming quieter and quieter with each passing semester.

4. Her second year of graduate school she fell in love. Hera was smitten by the intelligent young man that was running for the local defense lawyer. She felt sure he was another god-soul and had high bets on it being Zeus. Cora wasn't particularly unhappy at the arrangement either, he was nice and quite attractive, she didn't see the harm in letting her own god-soul have what she wanted if it meant she got him as well. The two worked to win him over with some rather rampant success up until Hera attempted to reveal herself to him in hopes to awaken Zeus. It didn't work and Cora was humiliated, she worked hard to fix the faux pas Hera had made and the two never spoke again. Hera is still sure the man has a god-soul in him, though is less convinced it was Zeus.

5. After getting her PhD in clinical psychology she began working at the practice she'd had her residency at; she enjoyed the work and quickly built a strong reputation in the community. However, Hera wanted more and after building up enough savings they moved to New York and set up a private practice that has been booming for the last year. The move has awoken something deep in Hera, as if she is subconsciously aware of the god-souls much more rampant in the city and wants to try and find them.

Personality: There is little personality left of Cora Labroche in the feminine body, though on occasion a spark of the happy girl from Shelby, Ohio will make its appearance. Cora was always considered the level-headed one in her family, thoughtful and caring, protective. She rarely felt the need to raise her voice though she could have nasty mean streak if someone crossed her (which only got worse once Hera awoke). Even though she is a psychologist, she has a hard time describing or understanding her inner feelings mostly due to Hera so strongly guiding them; for quite a few semesters in college she thought she was schizophrenic, merely hearing the voice of the ancient dead god up until she began to notice a pattern at the wellness clinic, she was controlling births for people. Not so much as controlling, but women would tell her this or that- they wanted a girl, a boy, they wanted it to be born on this date, they were scared about a c-section....

Any time she heard a complaint it came true, or in the case that it became quite obvious to her, a woman she hated actually had a terrible birth and nearly died. Cora drank for the entire weekend after that, not only had she realized she was in fact 100% possessed by some dead god, she had nearly killed a woman just because she pissed her off. It was then that Cora determined she would go into marriage counselling rather then any sort of other realm Hera had control over. Marriage didn't hold control over life and death (usually) and Hera usually wanted the same thing Cora wanted, to see it succeed, so it seemed a perfect compromise.

With Hera in control most of the time Cora lost a lot of her own will, the few moments she actually gets to be in control she tries to take advantage of it, usually doing everything she can to piss Hera off until the goddess takes back over. The two are at odds much of the time, however, despite Cora's bitterness with her god-soul she does have a level of respect and understanding for her that probably contributes to why Hera has such easy access to taking over.

Name  Hera
Pantheon   Greek
Are they Awakened Yes. Hera woke when Cora was very young and as she grew Hera began to take more control; by the time she was successfully working as a psychologist Hera nearly had control, she is now mostly Hera rather then Cora.
Powers As the goddess of heaven, marriage, and birth she had the strongest power over these realms; within them she could set a relationship up for good or for ill, change the very nature of a marriage and what happened between the two partners, including how a woman's birth would go and control the longings and intentions of one partner or the other. As the first lady of heaven and wife of Zeus she was once able to command most of the other gods, her wrath well known and Zeus her backer in many (though definitely not all) cases. These days however she has the most strength over marriage, she has been wildly accepted as one of the best marriage counselors in the country, despite her young age, because she seems to have a strange knack for conducting successful therapy.
Relics (if any) Diadem, Lotus-staff  

Bio
1. The last child to be born before Zeus and the first to be freed, Hera has been called the oldest and youngest of Cronos and Rhea's children. An odd juxtaposition to have to embody. She has always been aware that Hestia has better portrayed the dual nature than she has ever done, usually blaming her ill-temper on the argument in her soul regarding her misplaced lineage.

2. Her sisters' having made claims to their own thrones, Hera announced to them she was going to be a virgin goddess finding solace in her youth and beauty. She was not the only one, she caught the eye of her brothers, particularly Zeus, who attempted to seduce her many times with kisses. At the time in her naivety she thought it was merely a brotherly love but then something changed and she feared for her maidenhood, spurning and turning Zeus away.

Desperate for her affections Zeus turned himself into a cuckoo bird and played the part of injured animal in hopes to appeal to her nurturing side which worked better then planned. She nursed the bird back to health and took it with her everywhere, including her bed chamber where Zeus quickly returned to his godly shape and convinced Hera to take him as a lover. Being ashamed of her own behavior, Zeus quickly sought to relieve her of her pains by asking her to marry him. It was considered the happiest of times and written that for three hundred years Zeus loved her passionately.

3. The birth of Hephaestus was much debated in many myths; the truth of it was, when Zeus birthed Athena from his head, Hera was jealous. He had managed to have a child without the help of a woman, and more particularly, that woman not being her. In her anger she announced that she would go to the gardens of Flora and concieve a child without the help of Zeus, to prove that--just like him--she was as all-powerful and potent. What she failed to inform her husband of was that she was already with child and any infant she brought home was to be his as well as hers. So she stayed away for many months, delaying Hephaestus' birth to make it seem as though it was a child of her own creation alone, rather then that of Zeus' seed.

When she returned with a child deformed from the lengthy time in her womb Zeus laughed at her and told her the child's ugliness only proved that a woman should never attempt to have children without a man's assistance. The fight that ensued was more ugly then the child they argued over. Hera taunted Zeus, told him that if he felt that way to toss Hephaestus off the Mountain which he proceeded to do with little qualm.

When Hephaestus returned bent on revenge for his mother's ill-will toward him, she raged equally in turn; told him from the throne he stuck her too that she had been attempting to save him from the toss--nearly announcing to the whole of Olympus that Hephaestus was not as she had claimed but actually a child of the Lightening God and she had just not managed to stop Zeus in time.

4. Despite Hera's fierce vengeance and anger geared toward Zeus' affairs and illegitimate children, perhaps best revealed in her hatred and dislike of Herakles, Hera loves her husband and tries to stand by him in most of his decisions. There have been a few that have sent her over the edge. The disagreement over Greece and Troy ended rather nasty for her, but perhaps her biggest transgression was her attempts to overthrow her consort that ended with her in chains.

Zeus had been making bold claims and what she, Athena, and Poseidon felt were unjust choices, they conspired to overthrow him. Hera had not first agreed, he was her husband and it was her job to stand by him, but his arrogance was not spared on her, and after weeks of enduring his conceitedness she relented. Unfortunately Zeus found out and Hera was punished strongest of all for her betrayal. He shackled her in chains and hung her over the heavens where she cried all through the night, screaming her apologies and her fears. It was not Zeus that eventually released her, but her son Hephaestus.

5. The Christian god's attempts at take-over had her fighting again like when her siblings and she had stood side by side to overthrow Cronus, their father. She stood behind her husband until the end when they were thrown into the mortal coil and is now anxious to find those closest to her again.


Personality: Hera has the reputation of being both a vengeful and angry goddess, and while it is a true statement, she does have somewhat of a softer side that can be seen in her great love to Jason or occasionally shown towards her sons. She is a woman that should not be crossed by any means for her wrath is great and endless and if you cross her, be you a god or mortal, she will take her revenge. While Hera’s wrath is violent and cruel and her temper easily riled; she stays calm and composed even under her strongest of rages. In her fury a white-hot cold comes over her and everything else becomes strikingly clear.

In a daily interaction and impressions of Hera she is the type of person that you immediately can tell is strong, proud, and focused. She is always organized and prompt. As Hera she has always been meticulous, and only in very rare situations has even her revenge been reckless. Homer has misinterpreted her as rash and careless in her revenge, but in all truth she knows what she is doing and it is only in a few instances that she has not given thought and planning on how to react to a given situation, be it vengeance or some other formed reaction.

Cunning and observant, Hera takes in a person and their personality before doing anything; this translates to all situations. When she was asked to give the greatest gift a goddess could give to Cydippe’s sons Hera gave them a long life in which they would die in their sleep. Hera knew that this would be the greatest gift for those men; had they been men of Sparta she would have given a different gift entirely; but she sees the deepest desires of her followers and best rewards them in the nature of their hearts.

Not being a goddess of love herself, she, however, does respect the emotion and in fact holds a great amount of love for others. If you find yourself in the good graces of Hera, you will find a loyal friend to the end and a loyal goddess; which is only overruled if you cross another in her circle. She both loves and is loyal to her husband, having never strayed from him once, though has been given amble opportunities over the course of centuries.

However, she is a woman of favorites. Perhaps this is most easily shown in her graces to the Greek hero, Jason, he was called her 'most favored' and she did everything she could to help him in his quest. In the Pantheon it can be seen even more strongly; her love for her son Ares is overruled second to none and she has been known to spoil Hephaestus, though many say it is in attempts to make up for the cruel treatment of his birth.

Hera, always so misrepresented as cold, cruel, and merciless does in fact have a softer side. She is both nurturing and loving, and it was through that side of her that Zeus was able to seduce her and eventually marry her. One will find that as stand-offish as she can be at times, she does and can listen to reason, particularly if it benefits her; and in a few cases has been just instead of harsh.

Answer to the hidden question: Orange