Magdalena Waechter

[CraigTheCylon]

CANONESS MAGDALENA WAECHTER

Wrestler Name:  Magdalena Waechter
 
Ring Name:  Canoness Magdalena Waechter

Nickname(s):  The Inquisitor, Sister Mortis, the Matron Saint of Mercilessness

Gender:  Female

Picbase:  Antje Traue

D. O. B.:  February 2nd, 1977

Height:  5'6"

Weight:  141lbs



Years Pro:  2

Accolades/Accomplishments:  1 x Girl Power Wrestling Tag Team Champion (w/ BOOMSCHEQUA)

Subsequently dissolved partnership via feeding BOOMSCHEQUA to unidentified large cephalopod



Hometown:  Dettelbach, Bavaria

Billed From:  St. Helga's Monastery, Dettelbach, Bavaria

Entrance Theme:  Metallica - 'The Call of Ktulu'

Entrance Description (please keep simple and adequate for an indie promotion):
Over the plaintive opening strings of 'The Call of Ktulu', a murmur can be heard, too hushed to be legible, but insistent - and joined by another voice, and another, all repeating the same mantra - incantation? - as the lights dim, first casting the ring into shade, then the crowd, and finally the stage.  Still the music goes on, and the voices grow louder, loud enough to be understood as they intone one word.  "Entstehen", they say.  "Entstehen".

They repeat, and repeat, as the music builds an electric tension through the air, and just as the first real power chord kicks in, the voices cry out in adulation:

"ENTSTEHEN!"

And right on that cue, brilliant white light bursts out from around the curtain - framing a beastly shape down on one knee.  Even as it - she - stands up, it's impossible to see them in full, your mind only seizing on individual details at a time.  The flared, sculpted shoulders curling up like talons.  The head masked behind an executioner's hood, no life apparent within the black holes where eyes should be.  The frayed edges of an ebony robe trailing the ground as she walks, rusted amulets tied to the cloth ringing mournfully as they strike each other.  A studded steel mace gripped in one pale hand, a smoking brazier on a chain in the other.  She walks with muted grace despite the burden.

Her progress halts at the ring steps.  The mace drops to the floor with a resounding THUNK, and the brazier is placed more carefully by the corner post.  Unseen clasps are undone, and as Magdalena ascends to the apron, the robe slips away, leaving her in a sheer black bodystocking with scarlet-lined boots, and a jagged, uneven yellow/white shape across her sternum, like a messy entry wound.  She steps through the ropes, and finally reaches up to tear off the hood, revealing her piercing blue gaze and gaunt cheeks.  Without a word, she moves to an unoccupied corner and leans against the post, sinking down to a seated position...


Personality (a brief description of your wrestler as a person and an athlete):
Once, Magdalena Waechter was a haughty, socially awkward, impossible-to-please uberviolent nun.  Now, she is...less, or perhaps more.  She is closer to the idols that have forever dominated her heart and mind, but the oddness, the quirks, the brief moments of warmth are gone.  So too is a fair shred of her independence, as this one-time leader now obeys the commands of two women she openly despises, and in a previous life would likely have crippled without a second thought.  She is the bloody right hand of UKWF's freshly minted ruling class, and the only thing she prioritizes above that role are the whims of the eldritch godling that periodically whispers in her ear.  Face her, and you shall surely perish.

Alignment:  Heel

Allies (if any):  ? ? ?

Rivals (if any):  ? ? ?



Strengths (2 or more):
 + Pain Tolerance.  Magdalena has a history of noted masochistic tendencies, and spends almost all her waking life in one kind of agony or another.  She's used to functioning through suffering, and it will take a lot of effort from anyone to rattle her resolve.
 + Arms Race.  Do not attempt to get one over on Magdalena with weapons.  No, really.  Don't.  You bring brass knucks, she brings a Roman cestus gauntlet with inch-long spikes.  You bring a chair, she brings a morningstar.  Fire extinguisher...have you ever been covered in burning tar?  Magdalena takes the term "going medieval on your ass" very literally and it's best not to give her any excuses for it.

Weaknesses (2 or more):
 - Anti-Submissionist.  For someone with an in-depth understanding of submission holds and how to set them up, Magdalenda has a very poor record with submission victories...i.e. she has never won by such means.  Nor is she likely to.  In her mind, allowing an opponent to surrender is unforgivably lax - only she decides when their suffering ends - so she makes a point of releasing a hold just as her adversary reaches their limit.
 - My Rules > Yours.  Magdalena lives her life by a particular code, and she values it far above whatever rubbish some halfwit in a striped shirt is presently gibbering about.  This can backfire and lead to unintended losses that she could've avoided if she was paying attention.

Preferred Match Type(s):  Anything especially gory where the referee knows to stay out of the way.

Least Favourite Match Type(s):  Submission ones for previously stated reasons.  Also ladder matches, she thinks they're just silly.



Wrestling Style:  Disciplined Brawler, some powerhouse leanings, moderate rulebreaking.

Finisher(s) (max. 2 + desperation/big match finisher):
 + Exorcism (Regular Finish.  Arm Trap Lariat/Rainmaker.)
 + Redemption or Death (Big Match Finish.  Starts like a Muscle Buster, but instead of just falling back, Magdalena runs with the opponent on her shoulders to a corner post, quickly ascends then pushes herself off and lets gravity do the rest.)

Signature Moves (at least 1):
 + Penitent Engine (Pendulum Swing.)
 + Cry Havoc (Running flip Senton to opponent seated in corner.  Usually set up by Magdalena catching opponent by the throat with one hand and dismissively throwing them in the turnbuckle's direction.)
 + Chastity Belt (Magdalena grips the opponent like she’s going for a Northern Lights Suplex, but instead lifts them up halfway then performs an inverted Atomic Drop. Will repeat the motion twice more if move isn’t countered.)

Moveset:
Striking
 + Open-handed slaps
 + Reverse elbow strikes
 + Repeated kicks to calves
 + Running front dropkick

Standing
 + Released German Suplex
 + Trapping headbutts
 + Abdominal Stretch
 + Pendulum Backbreaker
 + Fireman's Carry Takeover to Kneeling Armbar

Ground
 + Curb Stomp
 + Indian Deathlock (all variants)
 + Mexican Surfboard Stretch
 + Repeated knee and/or elbow strikes from varying positions

Rebound Opponent
 + Big Boot
 + Release Belly-to-Belly Suplex
 + Spinebuster

Aerial
 + Double Foot Stomp (rare)



Biography (extended background on your character):
Magdalena Waechter was born in the small town of Dettelbach, Bavaria, and promised to the Sisterhood of the Wilting Rose from an early age.  The exact origins of the Sisterhood remain muddled and vague, but it is believed they split (some say ‘were expelled’) from a more conventional subsect of Catholicism sometime in the 16th Century and built the St. Helga Monastery, named for their martyred founder, shortly afterward.   The Sisterhood represents one of the few remaining extremist fringe cults in Europe, and aside from their long-standing deal with the people of Dettelbach, are loathe to open their doors to anyone.   They look upon the outside world with suspicion and hatred, believing that the digital age and the muddying of the global political scene are direct results of mankind’s spiritual failings, and so typically swear off involving themselves in external affairs, instead huddling inside their ancient stone walls and waiting for the world to collapse around them.



While many aspiring sisters have been left either mad or catatonic after a few weeks of the order’s punishing regimen of forced starvation and arco-flagellation, Magdalena proved to be made of firmer stuff, and only grew stronger through her divine torture.   By age 16 she was declared to be pure of heart and could sit with her fellow sisters in regular communion; by 24 she was an authorized Confessor and was allowed to leave the monastery for the purpose of purging guilt from the people of Dettelbach and other nearby villages.  Her track record at this task was as impressive as it was unspeakable.

To date, most do no understand what compelled Magdalena to leave not only the monastery, but her home nation altogether and become part of Girl Power Wrestling - the simple answer of "because violence" may yet prove to be the truth.  In any case, an eventful run with the group followed, highlighted by an extended feud with dominatrix-turned-wrestler Katalina Star, an annulled tag titles reign, and an attempt to jettison her partner that backfired spectacularly and ended in Magdalena's disappearance (and, it was suspected, death).  The remaining elements of the Wilting Rose left GPW's home compound in Miami shortly thereafter without a word, and so it remained for over a year.

But...