'The Requiem' Siobhan Townsend

[Erin Gordon]

Real Name: Siobhan Townsend (nee Winters).
Wrestling Name: Siobhan Townsend.
Nicknames: The Requiem.
Picture Base: Avril Lavigne sans any punk trappings. (No colored hair streaks, no punk clothing, and so on. If needs be, I have images/.psds to offer up.)
Date of Birth: February 3rd, 1988.
Height: 5'7".
Weight: 160 Lbs.
Hometown: Unknown.
Billed From: Cleveland, Ohio.

Theme Music: 'Control' by VNV Nation.

Entrance:
The opening, pulsating beat of 'Control' hits the sound system as the overhead lights dim. Lights in various shades of blue flicker into being, moving with the rhythm of the music. The backbeat kicks in as the Requiem strides out from behind the curtain, her expression a focused mask of neutrality that betrays nothing as to what she is thinking. Siobhan Townsend's head turns, her gaze taking in the crowd and her surroundings much the way a sniper would scan over a battlefield with a piercing gaze. Once she is satisfied that all is as it should be, she begins her walk to the ring. It's a no-muss, no-fuss sort of affair for her--the fans ignored due to her focus resting solely upon the ring. It's about at the bottom of the ramp that she speeds up, a sudden burst of speed all the more she needs to slide into the ring on her stomach. Quickly regaining her feet, the final three words of the chorus (such as it is) sounding out as she pops up to her feet.

[center][color=#558CC6][i][b]I WANT CONTROL.[/b][/i][/color][/center]

There is no pandering to the fans, no indicator of paying them any mind--instead? Siobhan simply makes her way to the corner, waiting in silence while her music fades.

Alignment: Face, albeit with sharper teeth than most.

Gimmick Summary: To say that the Requiem is of a militaristic viewpoint is a rather large understatement. Function will always overcome form, and her routines/training/so on are all strictly regimented and controlled. Hypervigilance is the norm for her, that sort of aloof-but-monitoring-all expression commonplace when it comes to her. Siobhan is very much a mission-based personality--and given how her mission is to end Marcus Welsh's reign of terror? She's going to go to whatever lengths are needed to complete that objective shy of cheating. In those instances, she's going to amp up the level of force in the name of putting down whoever she needs to. Her mission does not just stop at Marcus, however; as a matter of fact, she is just as bent on cleaning up the business one, ah, forcibly removed scumbag at a time as has become her hallmark. She's got a certain amount of respect for people that play Robin Hood in only fucking over the heels--schadenfreude's the best way to explain it--but otherwise? Cheating, politicking, lying, and other such things are a fast and guaranteed trip to the shit list, somewhere one decidedly does not want to end up. To Siobhan, the war against the tide of dickery is one that she knows will never end...but that's not going to stop her from fighting it, not when the future of the business itself is at stake.

Tag Team Mindset: If Siobhan is put with other faces, she will be a team player-- a bit blunt, but she'll pull her weight without complaint. If paired with a heel, though... at the first sign of them being questionable? She'll take them down herself and leave them for the wolves.

In-Ring Strengths: Considering the extreme Norwegian special forces that she was put through in her teenage years, Siobhan's extreme discipline is by far her greatest asset. She will not show pain easily, nor will she allow herself to appear tired without good cause-- and even when she does show such, it will be as minimal as possible. Rattling and/or intimidating her is all but impossible due to everything she has seen and endured. She is also systematic and absolutely brutal in her chosen form of offense.

In-Ring Flaws: Even though she is an exceedingly well-trained fighter, she is still 5'7" and 161 pounds. While she will indeed do her utter and absolute damndest to gut it through a match with a significantly larger opponent, well... she won't always succeed. She's also not the best with her mat game, something that plays hand-in-hand with the aforementioned weaknesses above. Grounding her is probably the easiest way to deal with her.

Wrestling Style: The high-flying, almost gravity-defying technique of the Scourge has been mixed with a smash-mouth offensive that would almost be more at home in an MMA octagon than a wrestling ring, the mark of the Neck-Breaking Beast upon the girl. Siobhan's more of an upper-body striker rather than using her legs-- she'll deliver straight-up lefts and rights if the situation allows her to get away with it for example, just to clarify on the latter.

Basic Moves: Beyond the moves I like to call 'The Moves Everyone Knows' like clotheslines?
1. Suicide dive.
2. Various and sundry speed-and-dexterity-based dodges.
3. European uppercut.
4. Backfist.
5. Shooting star press.
6. Elbow strikes to various parts of the body. (Head shots are most plentiful.)
7. Dropkick.
8. Swinging neckbreaker.
9. Lou Thesz press.
10. Springboard clothesline.
11. Headscissors take down.
12. Exploder suplex. (Please, only have Siobhan go for this if it would be realistic. She's not the sort to showboat for strength.)
13. Release German suplex. (See above.)
14. Skinning the cat.
15.Kip-up.
16. Standing shooting star press.
17. Grounded headscissors leading into her pummeling her opponent's head with elbow strikes.

Signature Moves:
1. Nevermore (Springboard roaring elbow.)
2. A Requiem's Dream (Dragon Sleeper - her finisher in the event a submission match should occur. This is a nod to 'The Scourge' Allison DeTorre.)
3. Anointing of the Sick (Grounded headscissors leading into her pummeling her opponent's head with elbow strikes.)
4. Eradication (Spinning backfist from Hell. In instances where someone has really made Siobhan angry, this can be used as a finisher out of nowhere. This is a nod to 'The Neckbreaking Beast' Michael Norcia.)

Finishing Moves:
1. Funeral March (Top-Rope Double Stomp - Low-Ki's Warrior's Way variant, to be exact.)
2. Death Of A Wrestler (Poison Rana.)

History: Allison Detorre and Michael Norcia both are known for being a hardass to the extreme... and even they found themselves somewhat stymied at how desperately devoted Siobhan is to her work. Never the sort to be social-- she's rather distant and aloof out of the ring, keeping to herself with very few exceptions--Siobhan is a difficult person to read for most. There are rumors to the source of her militant discipline and ability to keep her focus in the most extreme of environments. Prying into that particular subject, though, is far from wise. Very, very far from wise. About the only person that knows anything about that for certain is her husband, Dominic..

Note: This next bit is not public knowledge. Please respect that, as this becoming more public knowledge will be a part of her storyline going forward.

Siobhan's childhood was balanced precariously between two extremes. On one end was her mother, Helene Winters--may she rest--that was nurturing and warm despite the illness that ultimately took her life when Siobhan was a teenager. On the other end was the man that, until she was eighteen, Siobhan considered to be her cousin before finding out that he was her father. It is no secret that the training that Norwegian Special Forces kommandos go through is some of the most strenuous stuff in the world with very little to no regard to the mental wellbeing of those that go through it... and Matthias Bohler put Siobhan through it all in the name of making her strong enough to take on any threat that could come her way due to her relation to him. While he succeeded in molding her into a soldier that can take on all comers, he did not even consider the ways that it twisted and contorted her adolescent mind--and why would he? His own sense of reason has been deformed since before she even knew that he existed. Her mother's dying request for Siobhan to hold onto her humanity is about the only thing that keeps her from slipping into the monsterdom that Matthias so comfortably calls home.

...well, and her husband.

Past Accomplishments:
1x Boardwalk Atlantic City Champion
2015 James Avery Memorial Cup Winner