ManyFaces
Devil's Advocate
Name:
Deja Moreau
Incarnation of?:
Mama Odie, The Princess and The Frog
Age:
199 years so close to 200
Occupation in town:
Deja owns a small store with herbal remedies and she sells spices too. She'll only show you the potions she has if you ask.
Past Life:
[COLOR= rgb(218, 165, 32)]After becoming frogs through the magic of the evil Dr. Facilier, Tiana, and Prince Naveen team up with a firefly named Ray and an alligator named Louis to find Mama Odie so she could reverse the curse. However, the evil Doctor requires the blood of Naveen as part of his plot to dominate New Orleans and sends out a horde of Shadow Demons to capture him. In the middle of the night, Naveen is suddenly kidnapped by said demons. Fortunately, Mama Odie arrives just in time and uses her light magic to eliminate the monsters with ease. With that out of the way, Mama Odie takes them to her home.[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(218, 165, 32)]Inside, Tiana attempts to ask Mama for help, but the wacky voodoo priest is far too preoccupied with other things such as cooking and fixing up her gumbo. Not only that, Mama Odie knows that both Tiana and Naveen desire to be human, but need something much more. She tries to explain to them just that through her gospel number "Dig a Little Deeper". The song's theme proves to be a failure, having Tiana believe she needs to work extra hard to get her restaurant, instead of following her heart and ease up a bit.[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(218, 165, 32)]Since the song was a failure, Mama Odie decides to give the duo what they want and takes them to her gumbo pot brew where she locates a princess that will break the curse through a kiss from Naveen. The princess turns out to be Charlotte La Bouff, who is the "Princess" of the Mardi Gras parade, being that her father is the King. Mama explains that Tiana and Naveen only have until midnight to get to Charlotte, which is when Mardi Gras ends. With their task fully realized, the team heads out. Mama Odie does not appear again until the film's finale, where she uses the power invested in her to marry Tiana and Naveen at their wedding ceremony in the bayou after the two proclaimed their love.[/COLOR]
Our World:
Deja was born to a close knit family, they helped their community with their good Voodoo. They taught Deja most of what she knew, she accomplished more magic as she aged. By the time she was a ripe old woman without any sight her own children dumped their son on her, he seemed to admire her power instead of her wisdom. She feared he only wanted it for petty things but it was a family tradition, so she taught him minor tricks and for a time he seemed satisfied. Deja did her best to keep Francois out of trouble, but as he grew up she learned that he was using Voodoo for selfish and wicked reasons. Oh, she tried to warn him and she tried to talk him but as if in response he started dressing like Baron Samedi, he must have thought she didn't notice him trying to to learn dark magic. Because when she fully confronted him about all he'd done he acted clueless. This was his last warning, and he'd finally been punished for angering another Queen. She offered to help, but it would require some patience. Instead Francois took to fully devoting himself to Petro Voodoo and cured himself himself by making a a dangerous deal with Shadows of the Loa. She moved to Receurdo after he did, if only to keep an eye on him metaphorically speaking. He was still family after all.
Personality:
Deja has the sensibility of a zany grandparent—warm and nurturing, but also talkative and easily-distracted. She is very casual, never presenting herself as a knowingly all-mighty figure, despite the amount of power and intelligence she holds. This makes her rather unique for a sage figure, specifically in terms of how she utilizes her abilities to assist others. Rather than simply using her magic to grant other's requests, Deja challenges her visitors to look beyond their materialistic desires to hopefully realize that, while reaching one's goals are important, sacrificing love and relationships in order to do so, is misguided.
Memory trigger:
Her magic wand, it resembles a club with a glowing yellow tip
Other:
Short, fat, dark skinned, blind, old woman, looks toothless, her eyes are lavender colored
Likes-
[COLOR= rgb(218, 165, 32)]Gumbo, candy, providing wisdom, Juju, musicals, animals, nature[/COLOR]
Dislikes-
The close-minded and stubborn, selfishness, greed, black magic, being looked down on for her age, animal trappers, rude people
-Juju is her seeing eye snake and helps her get around
-She can understand what animals say
-Practices Rada Voodoo
-Voodoo Queen of the Bayou is one of her titles
-Since she is blind her other senses are enhanced
-Speaks fluent French
-Very powerful light and nature magic
-Dr. Facilier is her son, he's grandson in her fake memories. His morals are the opposite of hers.
