Giselle (Mystic)
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Giselle is the main character in the American comicbook Mystic, published by CrossGen Entertainment. She is one of the many Sigil-bearers seen throughtout the CrossGen Comics.
[edit] Character Details
Giselle starts out very light hearted, frivolous, with a devil-may-care attitude. She doesn't want magical power and is not really interested in learning magic. Her desire is to have a good time in life.
Giselle was the younger sister who spent her time going to parties and socializing while her older sister Genevieve studied hard and moved up rapidly in the ranks of the Nouveau Mages Guild. The series begins on the day of Genevieve's assention to the rank of Guild master for the Nouveau guild where she is to recieve the spirit of the Nouveau guild. On that day, Giselle is given the Sigil on her hand and consequently absorbs the spirit of the Noveau guild as well as the six other spirits of the guilds.
The power of the Sigil and the sudden absorbtion of the spirits of the guild masters is a very unplesant shock for Giselle. The Mystic series revolves around her efforts to come to terms with her new abilities and responsibilities.
Giselle is a reluctant hero, somewhat like Frodo Baggins, who is given a great power after an earlier life of modest living. Suddenly she becomes a great power in a complex world which she has previously not cared much about, the world of the magic guilds. Her main guide is her older sister, Genevieve, who does know a great deal about the magic guilds and magic spells. Genevieve is unhappy at not gaining the wisdom of the ancient guild leader of the Nouveau guild but she learns to accept Giselle's new position and helps defend her against the plotting and attacks by the other guild leaders.
With the failure of their first effort to kill Giselle, the guild leaders (with the exception of Astral and Nouveau) break the prison that confined Animora. This sets in motion a conflict which lasts for the next 12 issues between Giselle (and her sister Genevieve) against Animora and the other guild leaders. Darrow, sent by Ingra to manipulate Giselle, rapidly switches sides and supports Animora. With the reluctant aid of the spirits of the former guild leaders, Giselle is able to defeat all her enemies (episode 14 and again in episode 20) but at a cost.
After her second defeat, Animora was able to establish a psychic link to Giselle and over time this turned into a form of posession. Eventually Animora brought Giselle into direct conflict with Ingra and after a battle - in which Ingra easily defeats Giselle - Ingra breaks Animora's hold over Giselle and imprisons Animora (episode 23). Part of the reason why Ingra is able to defeat Giselle is that due to Giselle's recent behavior, the spirits of the guild leaders refuse to help her. Giselle, without their aid, finds that her knowledge of magic is very poor. She resolves to become a master of magic and starts with learning the magic of the Shaman's guild (episode 26).
Giselle is a very attractive woman and many men fall for her. Amoung her admirers is a handsome artist named Thierry Chevalier. They enjoy a relationship but the romance falls apart when Giselle falls under the mental domination of Animora. Thierry ends up transfering his affections to Genevieve (episode 24).
[edit] Sigil-bearer
- Sigil Location: Right Hand Palm
Because of the position of Ciress in the galaxy the planet has an extremely high amount of cosmic energy and is responsible for the vast amounts of magic used on Ciress. This energy also augments Giselle's powers to a certain degree making her more powerful.
