Character Interview : Eveline : Part One

An Interview with Eveline (Celestine)

Three days ago, Eveline made the difficult decision to leave her best friend and husband, Theodore under the cover of night, with the help of the local reverend, Matthew. Together both Eveline and the right honourable reverend Matthew have made their way south from Keswick (Lake District) to Whitehaven, a small town within the county of Cumbria and along the North West coastline. It is the year 1941, the month being April and the day, the ninth. The country is currently deeply embedded in the Second World War and I am currently sitting within a dark and decomposing old pub near to the port of Whitehaven. Before me sits Eveline, a young woman with vivid golden eyes and fiery auburn hair, which is simply curled beneath her hood. Beside her sits the quiet and young minister, Matthew, whose eyes are impressed upon the door of the pub as though awaiting someone. Outside the sun is setting and the rain is falling so hard that the roof above me is filled with thunder. Eveline’s golden eyes are downcast and glued to a small glass of wine with which she is circling the rim with her right index finger, her gaze hard and unyielding.

Me: Eveline, can you explain to me why it is you are here without your husband?

Eveline: I left him.

Me: Can you tell me why? Did you have a fight or an argument?

Eveline: No, we did not fight or argue, I left him to protect him.

Me: From yourself or an outside source?

Eveline: You could say both.

Me: Would you care to elaborate for us?

Eveline slowly lifts her very vivid gaze to me and stops circling the rim of her glass, her brows furrowed and her bottom lip shaking slightly.

Eveline: You wish to know everything?

Me: If you wouldn’t mind.

Eveline: My real name is Celestine…

Me: But you use the name of Eveline?

Eveline: It is my human name, given to me by my adopted mother, Estelle.

Me: Human name?

Eveline: Yes. I am not from this world and my true name brings with it great peril to all those who surround me.

Me: You are not from this world?

Eveline: I was born on a planet called Unas, within the kingdom of Calnuthe. I am the daughter of the last High King, Elieor and daughter of the last High Queen Unyae, who was also the only daughter of the God, Heiden.

Me: Forgive my ignorance, what you are trying to tell me is that you are in actual fact an heir to a kingdom and granddaughter of a God?

Eveline: I thought you were an angel?

Me: Well no actually, my friend Catherine is but she received some ill news and bade me to interview you instead.

Eveline aka Celestine, blinks her eyes and furrows her brows even deeper as I try to calm the waves of shock and curiosity.

Eveline: Why am I being interviewed exactly?

Me: For your general audience, followers and fans.

Eveline: And who gave you permission?

Me: Well your creator actually.

Eveline rolls eyes in a creative manner.

Eveline: And you have absolutely no idea who I am or the story in which you are supposed to be versed on?

Me: In a nutshell yes…

Eveline: So this is a waste of time?

Me: No, no I want to know more about you. Please don’t let my ignorance deter you from what you were about to say.

Eveline: You’re sure?

Me: Positively. Please go on.

Eveline: I am as you said so eloquently the heir to the kingdom of Calnuthe and granddaughter of the God Heiden, known by humans as Yahweh, Jehovah, Elohim, El- Shaddai, Allah, Abba, God and other names.

Me: And you have always known this?

Eveline: No, I was recently enlightened as to my real name and identity a few months ago.

Me: May I ask how?

Eveline: That is a very long story.

Me: I have all the time in the world.

Eveline: You may, but my time is limited.

Me: You don’t wish to speak of it?

Eveline: I haven’t spoken about the last year to anyone, not even myself.

Me: You can trust me.

Eveline takes in a deep breathe before regaling to me the events of the last year.

Eveline: I was placed into the care of many couples before I was placed into the care of my late mother, Estelle when I was eleven years old. Estelle had a few months earlier, adopted another child, his name being Theodore, although this information has transpired to be a lie.

Me: A lie?

Eveline: Theodore is in fact an angel, a guardian who was assigned to keep me safe.

Me: Theodore is your husband, yes?

Eveline: Yes. We married two years ago before Theodore was called up for service in the RAF.

Me: So you fell in love with your guardian?

Eveline stops speaking and lowers her gaze to her left hand, which lies carefully upon her knee, clasping within it a small leather bound bible.

Eveline: It depends on your idea of love.

Me: You did not fall in love with him?

Eveline: When I was growing up in Keswick, I was labelled a witch and thus spent little time among other children, especially boys. The only man I knew was Theodore and in my way I did love him, as I thought a woman should love a man.

Me: And now?

Eveline: My eyes have been opened.

Me: Care to explain?

Eveline: Theodore was injured during a night raid over London several months ago and when he was resting in hospital, an angel called Galean visited him and revealed to him his true identity as it had been stripped off him when he was transformed into a child. Galean who transpired to be one of his closest friends took Theodore from the hospital to an old friend called Lier, who took him in whilst he was recovering. Unknown to myself and my husband, the enemy of my grandfather, Heiden had received news of my location via a servant called Lagmar and so I was and am being hunted down by an army of shadows and their master and lord, Lagar.

Me: Because you are the granddaughter of Heiden?

Eveline: In a nutshell yes, but the matter runs deeper than that. I am the heir to the kingdom of Aurelius, known to most as the kingdom of Heaven. But I am not the only heir. All those who bare the blood of Heiden are gifted with power that is unprecedented to any other living being. I also happen to be the heir to my father’s Kingdom of Calnuthe, which happens to be under the rule of my half-brother, Heidan.

Me: He is named after your grandfather?

Eveline: My mother Unyae wished him to be named after her father, in the hope that he would visit her

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Me: Visit her?

Eveline: During a raid initiated by Lagar, demons invaded Aurelius and Lagmar’s son, Lagman and his followers killed my grandmother and three uncles. My mother survived but in many ways it is she who suffered the most at the hands of Lagar who impregnated her. My grandfather, riddled with grief brought my mother to the planet of Unas and placed her within the secret garden of Kings, called Calhuni. This garden lies within the kingdom of Calnuthe. There she gave birth to my brother and raised him alone, always in hope that my grandfather would return and bring her home.

Me: And did he?

Eveline: No.

Eveline’s golden eyes, now shining against the flicker of the candle that lies placed within a lantern in the middle of the table.

Me: What happened?

Eveline: Heidan grew up in resistance of the light, the older he became the more drawn to darkness did he become. He left my mother and the garden and journeyed south to the kingdom Ruarr and became a servant of the terrible King, Islaer.

Me: What happened to your mother?

Eveline: She walked under the ancient trees of Calhuni for many years until a young prince entered, wishing to be crowned High King of Calnuthe.

Me: Your father?

Eveline: Indeed. He almost instantly fell in love with my mother and after a year of separation, returned to the garden and took her from it, bringing her south to the great city of Caci, marrying her and making her the last High Queen.

Me: How do you know all this?

Eveline: At first I bore witness to the events of my parents through a set of visions. It was during one of my visions that I first met Lagar.

Me: How?

Eveline: I was unaware of who I was, only acknowledging that I was different and set apart from those who I deem as normal. During one of my visions, which occurred upon the week of my husband’s enlightenment, I awoke to Lagar standing in wait for me.

Me: How did he find you?

Eveline: Lagmar remember?

Me: Ah yes, I remember. Do go on.

Eveline: I was weak and without knowledge of the power I possess and so I could not force him off me, nor could I prevent his snake, Nagtium from biting my neck. That night marked the first night of my story. It was that night that I met Galean for the first time.

Eveline’s lips curl a little at the mention of his name before straightening once more, her eyes watering with emotion.

Me: Your husband’s friend, the angel?

Eveline: He is not just an angel. He also is an heir and prince.

Me: I’m confused.

Eveline: My father’s kingdom, holds within it three smaller kingdoms; Ruarr to the East, Calnuthe to the South and Taer to the West. However all three kingdoms are bound by a great mountain range to the north, that separates Calnuthe from the Kingdom of Meer to the north, also divided into three smaller Kingdoms; Dulthe to the East, Fiar to the North and Galgor to the West. Galean is the oldest of three brothers; Beon, King of Galgor and Loaki, King of Fiar. He is the son of the great High King, Ballor and heir to the Kingdom.

Me: But he is an angel too? How can that be?

Eveline: His bloodline can be traced back to the great angel, Gabriel. During the battle of the Heavens, angels where given the choice to flee and seek refuge elsewhere within the universe and one of Gabriel’s sons did so and made his home among the planet Unas, to be more precise within the ancient lands that are now the three kingdoms of Meer.

Me: How do you know all this?

Eveline: My grandfather told me when we met.

Me: So to get back on track, you were bitten by Lagar’s snake, yes?

Eveline: Yes and by some strange coincidence Galean showed up at that very precise moment and saved me.

Me: What happened next?

Eveline: I took ill for a few days and was bound to my bed, the bite of the snake had riddled my body with poison, unbeknownst to myself.

Me: And Galean?

Eveline: My mother, Estelle and Belle an evacuee from London made Galean welcome.

Me: Why had he come?

Eveline: He was ordered by Gabriel to bring me back to London with him, to St Pauls.

Me: Why St Pauls?

Eveline: There are only a few places which can protect my grandfather from being attacked, they are usually holy places like cathedrals.

Me: And so you travelled to London when you were better?

Eveline: No. Estelle had received word from an old friend, Mary, who resides in Bath that she had lost her son. We arranged matters so that we would spend a week in Bath before travelling east to London. But not all plans go accordingly.

Me: How do you mean?

Eveline: The poison was slowing beginning to kill me and render my mind vulnerable to a demon called Nathaniel, known for possessing the minds of Lagar’s enemies. We travelled to Bristol on our way to Bath and made arrangements to stay overnight. But as luck would have it, our stay was not without its problems. Bristol has suffered terrible night raids and during our stay, suffered their most bloody. I decided to visit St Peters cathedral alone, for the evening service. During the service a bomb fell upon the cathedral and threw me from my place and rendered my unconscious. When I awoke, I crawled through the park for safety, but none was to be found, bombs fell from the sky like drops of rain from a thunderous cloud and the only safety I found, was beneath a tree. Bodies was strewn everywhere and the sky was filled with an orange glow and pitiful cries of pain.

Eveline closes her eyes as though transported back to that very night.

Me: I read about the blitz in the paper, small though the article was. May I ask how you survived such a night of terror? Being in the very center of it all.

Eveline: Honestly, I don’t know how I survived, because everyone around me fell to their deaths and I somehow lived. I clung to the tree for dear life and prayed to God for deliverance or a quick death. I spared a quick death and delivered.

Eveline opens her golden eyes and looks into my own with an intensity so deep, I can almost feel my core shake.

Eveline: I heard the barks of my dog, Wordsworth and when I looked away from the tree, I saw him coming towards me.

Me: Who?

Eveline: Galean.

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