Lavinia Banther, Ministry Herbalist.
Lavinia hails from the United States, speaking with a southern accent, and incorporating many of the superstitions of the region of lower Appalachia. After a wretched childhood, Lavinia gradually found a home in the ministry, applying what she had learned from previous generations to help the next.Lavinia assists in minor medical procedures, prepares various remedies to help healing or to give minor relief when other options aren’t applicable for the patient. She can set bones, stitch wounds, and give basic nursing care.
Headcanons / Apperance
Lavina presents feminine, and uses she/her pronouns. She leans into a very whimsical and southern gothic appearance. She wears darker color clothing, prefers to stay covered when outdoors, but does occasionally wear more modern style clothing. She has dark hair, a round face, a small bump in her nose bridge, fair skin and brown eyes. She does share some features to Appalachia's Melungeon group such as some facial structure, dark curly hair and what's known as the "Melungeon bump" on the back of her heat (very small boney bump).
Obviously being born in Appalachia, Lavinia wasn't always apart of the ministry. She joined in her later twenties, having met with some members of the ministry in America before leaving for Sweden. She was raised Baptists for most of her life, but retained much of the folk practices of Appalachia that was hidden in plain sight. Spells hidden in prayers and hymns, healing methods that were closer to nature, faith healing, cursing people with a prayer for retribution or justice or a bunch of good ol' coffin nails. Southern hospitality comes first, but that sort of practice is an eye for an eye. For her, this blends better with the message of the Ministry and the worship of the Dark One.
The Admin
I'm Ash. I'm 28, a tech student, and a writer. I got started rping on Tumblr and honestly, it shows. I've been at this for ten years now in one form or another. I am actually Appalachian, so I'm not pulling my information entirely out of my ass. A lot of this is real stuff, and are things I've heard or seen in my upbringing. If I do reference material, its from writers like Jake Richards, Aaron Oberon or Rebecca Beyer. And it ain't closed practice like some tiktok girlies will try to tell ya. We love to share with others, especially things like this now that it's more accepted. Hell I'll even send you my EPUB files if you wanna read up on it.