Sisters of the Shadows

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Random Facts:

1. Galiana is the daughter of Gilberto Franco and Zilda Ribeiro, two of the most intelligent witches of the Serafim Coven. Nowadays it’s common for witches to create pacts with other families in the coven, ensuring that two members of both lineages have a child without entering a marriage. Gilberto is homosexual and Zilda is on the asexual spectrum, so they used a surrogate.

2. Since they were raised together, Gal’s parents are best friends and are equally involved in her upbringing. However, they are also high-ranking L.O.R.E. seekers, so she has lived with her maternal grandparents since she was very young.

3. Galiana’s grandmother is Rebeca Meireles Ribeiro, a renowned healer who created 100% plant-based potions and antidotes to protest animal cruelty practices among witches. She incorporated potion experiments in her curriculum when she taught Magick Essentials at AOA. Vó Beca personally tutored Gal in her massive greenhouse.

4. Gal tells those who ask that oleanders are her favorite flowers; her actual favorite flowers are Griffinia nocturna.

5. The Ribeiros and the Serafims are notoriously close; Galiana and Gerardo were inseparable throughout their childhood, but began drifting apart after he entered his sixth year. When Gal tried to confront the preteen about his distant nature, Gerardo claimed it was born from his need to focus on his studies.

6. Gal’s a nervous baker–her queijadinhas are to die for!

7. She achieves ultimate levels of Zen by tending to the plants while listening to pink noise.

8. Gal met Sage during her freshman year; she was initially surprised that such an athletic witch would be interested in botany, but warmed up after the two were paired for a project. Their friendship blossomed over flowers and anime.

9. Her familiar is a raposinha-do-campo, or hoary fox, named Cajuzinho. They met one evening when she caught him chasing a rat from the garden. Gal occasionally sneaks guabiraba for the pair to snack on when Vó Beca isn’t looking.

10. Gal’s crush on Massimo Quercini has gone unnoticed by the witch head, mainly because she merely catches glimpses of the upperclassman from afar.

Notes on Pronunciation:

Galiana = “gah-lee-ah-nah”
Ribeiro = “hee-behy-roo”
Franco = “frahn-koo”
Gerardo = “zheh-rah-doo”
Gilberto = “zheew-beh-too”
Zilda = “zeew-dah”
Serafim = “seh-rah-feeng”
Rebeca = “heh-beh-kah”
Meireles = “mehy-reh-leez”
Vó Beca = “voo-beh-kah”
Queijadinha = “kehy-zhah-jee-nyah”
Raposinha-do-campo = “hah-poh-zee-nyah-doo-kahm-poo”
Cajuzinho = “kah-zhu-zee-nyoh”
Guabiraba = “gwah-bee-rah-bah”

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