Mercedes Gonzaga de Ortiz

Mercedes Gonzaga de Ortiz was an euthanatos mage. She awakened in a times of Napoleon's wars, in 1809, when finds her youngest son under the body of an officer and watches him die. An old man helps her begin the last rites, and suddenly she sees an angel merged with her, its hands as bloody as her own.

In march 1887, Mercedes, Senex and Alexander Gericault, covert nephandus mage, celebrate the assassination of an industrial giant. While dancing, Gericault admits to Mercedes that he's fallen in love with her.

In may 1889, while vacationing undercover as British gentry Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Abercrombie, Gericault reveals to Mercedes  that he's a Nephandus. He was supposed to spy on Mercedes and Senex, discover their weaknesses, and direct them to their common enemy, the Physician and the Technocratic Union. He only remained because he fell in love with Mercedes. He says he has to leave, and asks her to join him.

In October 1896, Mercedes steps into a Caul, prepared to become a Nephandi barabbi. She does this out of love of Alexander Gericault.

In December 1923, Mercedes and Alexander  face off against Senex. Senex shows Mercedes how twisted her Avatar has become. She willingly hesitates the split-second he needs to kill her.