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THEMIS DATABASE: NEEKA ZOBEL DE AYALA
NEEKA ZOBEL DE AYALA
BIOMETRICS
FULL NAME: Neeka Zobel de Ayala
KNOWN ALIASES AND TITLES: CEO of Ayala Incorporated
DATE OF BIRTH: October 5, 1991
AGE: 71
NATIONALITY: Filipino-Spanish
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: None
HUNTER DOSSIER
CLASS: Touched (Impervious)
HOME COMPACT/CONSPIRACY: Netsach
RANK: Inquisitor
POSITIONS HELD:
AFFILIATED COMPACTS/CONSPIRACIES:
OTHER AFFILIATED GROUPS:
TACTICAL DESIGNATION: Defender
FAVORED WEAPONS: European Long Sword and Shield
COMBAT ASSESSMENT: Defensive fighter, taking full advantage of her Gift in order to protect her comrades.
HISTORY
Neeka was, initially, the only daughter of Roco and Karina Zobel de Ayala, the oldest son of the Patriarch of the Ayala Family. She grew up, oblivious to the connections that her clan had with the Methuselah, until she received her Gift. The first Ayalas that came to the Philippines were Keepers of the Vigil, specifically assigned by Aidan to aid the Malice Kings with spreading the Methuselah’s influence throughout the archipelago. As they entrenched themselves within the political system of the Spanish colony, the Ayalas eventually moved away from being Hunters and focused their efforts on being Watchers and operatives for Cerberus and Leviathan for Anino.
The Gift of Imperviousness manifested when Neeka was twelve years old. She saved one of her classmates from a speeding car by throwing herself in front of it, and ended up, as expected, totaling the car instead of killing herself. Her parents immediately informed their comrades in Anino, and covered the incident up from the press. Both of them then took their young daughter aside, and told her everything that she had to know. From that point on, Neeka worked hard to make sure that she’d have the grades and the snuff to enter Ateneo de Manila University – Anino’s best Hunter campus – on her own merit. It would have been easy to rely on her family’s connections and sit on her laurels. However, that was the last thing that the girl wanted to do. Receiving her Gift was, in a way, a turning point for her: she wanted to make sure that she could use her Gift to protect her family properly, and Keep the Vigil.
Entering Ateneo and actually training as a Hunter made Neeka realize, the hard way, that she may have bitten off much more than she could chew. She had difficulty keeping up with her blade mates, and the fact that everyone knew who she was did not help in the slightest. Interestingly enough, the people who seemed to hate her the most (or people that seemed like the kinds of people she would never get along with) ended up accepting her first. These people were Paolo Inojosa, Jennifer Deveras, Matteo Tupaz and Gideon Reyes: her future blade mates in The Pack.
While most of her blade mates ended up taking care of novices the moment they hit the Sixth Circle in the Methuselah, Neeka joined Cerberus and focused her efforts on using her connections and her name to maintain the Veil and get whatever her conspiracy needed in the Philippines. This did not, of course, prevent Neeka from doing her job as a Keeper of the Vigil. She balanced both duties perfectly, silencing any naysayers that wrongfully thought that she was nothing but a pretty face. Neeka also defected to Netsach along with her blade mates, and continued her work with her new conspiracy.
In order to join the final battle against Nyx, Neeka ended up giving up her womb. This was especially significant to a woman in her position: she had a legacy to uphold outside of the Vigil, and she also wanted to always have the option to marry somebody she loved and settle down. Many people admired her sacrifice, even if they did not necessarily approve: anyone who went into the battle had given something precious up to them. Interestingly enough, this was one of the main reasons why her parents eventually stepped up and decided to have more children. They had initially wanted to avoid having others, as they were naturally ambivalent about introducing more potential Touched into a world that would sooner see them dead than help them.
In spite of the fact that she could not bear children and the fact that she had siblings on the way, Neeka ended up taking control of Ayala Incorporated barely five years after Operation Nyx. Her father believed in her daughter’s capabilities, and was also convinced that Neeka was in an ideal position to aid her conspiracy by having a position of influence within the corporate world.
Granted, becoming the CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world and thus being someone constantly in the public eye of a developing Catholic country forced Neeka to make some sacrifices. Officially, she is married to Danilo dela Rosa, the only son of an influential NGO leader. In reality, however, Danilo is homosexual; the two of them agreed to marry on paper in order to keep up appearances for them both. Neeka’s actual wife is Inquisitor Juliana Katik, a Netsach hunter from Spain and the person that made Neeka realize that she wasn’t actually straight. It should be noted, of course, that this is an arrangement that Neeka’s parents are fully aware of, and it has not, in the slightest, compromised her relationship with them.
Neeka adopted a son a little after she became the CEO of Ayala Incorporated. She spent the majority of the Darkest Vigil managing things from the home front of Liyab, and waited for the end of the war before she retired from Hunting. She is currently making preparations for transferring control of the family business to her son.
CURRENT STATUS
Retired from active duty, and focused solely on tying up all loose ends that existed within the “family business” in order to make sure that her adopted son could inherit the corporation without too much trouble. Neeka does not come to Falner as often as she used to: she’s rather content with being comfortably ensconced within her own mansion, watching over her family – or, barring that, flying off to Spain to be with her wife.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE
At first glance, Neeka appears to be like any other empty-headed socialite with way too much money and time on her hands. What many fail to realize is that she purposefully plays this image up and uses it to her advantage. Her approach is subtle, deliberate, and careful, built on deception and positioning herself in way that makes her intriguing enough to make sure that other parties keep coming back to her without ever actually giving them anything substantial: she excels in making sure that no one ever sees her coming until it’s too late. And she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty.
Where many others who had found themselves in her position had quailed, Neeka wholeheartedly embraced the family legacy that she had to uphold and did everything in her power to be worthy of her name. It was incredibly difficult for her to separate who she had to be from who she could possibly be for herself in the past, which might be one of the major reasons why it took her so long to realize her own sexuality and own up to her “inclinations”.
THREAT LEVEL
NOTABLE/NON-FACTOR. Because of her age at present, what makes Neeka a formidable threat to any who might choose to cross her would be her network, her allies, and the connections that she has at her disposal. As things stand, however, she does not appear to be an issue for Pax Deorum or the Vigil.
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BIOMETRICS
FULL NAME: Neeka Zobel de Ayala
KNOWN ALIASES AND TITLES: CEO of Ayala Incorporated
DATE OF BIRTH: October 5, 1991
AGE: 71
NATIONALITY: Filipino-Spanish
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: None
HUNTER DOSSIER
CLASS: Touched (Impervious)
HOME COMPACT/CONSPIRACY: Netsach
RANK: Inquisitor
POSITIONS HELD:
- Inquisitor of Behemoth, Cerberus and Maenad (Liyab; Blade: “The Pack”)
- Primary Liaison to the Philippine Government and Philippine Businesses
AFFILIATED COMPACTS/CONSPIRACIES:
- The Methuselah, pre-2012 (Sixth Circle Hunter of Anino; Blade: “The Pack”)
- Zangyaku (Oni-Tsukai {Ten}/Gyoseisha {Ten} of the Myobu; Kibo)
OTHER AFFILIATED GROUPS:
- Ayala Incorporated (CEO)
TACTICAL DESIGNATION: Defender
FAVORED WEAPONS: European Long Sword and Shield
COMBAT ASSESSMENT: Defensive fighter, taking full advantage of her Gift in order to protect her comrades.
HISTORY
Neeka was, initially, the only daughter of Roco and Karina Zobel de Ayala, the oldest son of the Patriarch of the Ayala Family. She grew up, oblivious to the connections that her clan had with the Methuselah, until she received her Gift. The first Ayalas that came to the Philippines were Keepers of the Vigil, specifically assigned by Aidan to aid the Malice Kings with spreading the Methuselah’s influence throughout the archipelago. As they entrenched themselves within the political system of the Spanish colony, the Ayalas eventually moved away from being Hunters and focused their efforts on being Watchers and operatives for Cerberus and Leviathan for Anino.
The Gift of Imperviousness manifested when Neeka was twelve years old. She saved one of her classmates from a speeding car by throwing herself in front of it, and ended up, as expected, totaling the car instead of killing herself. Her parents immediately informed their comrades in Anino, and covered the incident up from the press. Both of them then took their young daughter aside, and told her everything that she had to know. From that point on, Neeka worked hard to make sure that she’d have the grades and the snuff to enter Ateneo de Manila University – Anino’s best Hunter campus – on her own merit. It would have been easy to rely on her family’s connections and sit on her laurels. However, that was the last thing that the girl wanted to do. Receiving her Gift was, in a way, a turning point for her: she wanted to make sure that she could use her Gift to protect her family properly, and Keep the Vigil.
Entering Ateneo and actually training as a Hunter made Neeka realize, the hard way, that she may have bitten off much more than she could chew. She had difficulty keeping up with her blade mates, and the fact that everyone knew who she was did not help in the slightest. Interestingly enough, the people who seemed to hate her the most (or people that seemed like the kinds of people she would never get along with) ended up accepting her first. These people were Paolo Inojosa, Jennifer Deveras, Matteo Tupaz and Gideon Reyes: her future blade mates in The Pack.
While most of her blade mates ended up taking care of novices the moment they hit the Sixth Circle in the Methuselah, Neeka joined Cerberus and focused her efforts on using her connections and her name to maintain the Veil and get whatever her conspiracy needed in the Philippines. This did not, of course, prevent Neeka from doing her job as a Keeper of the Vigil. She balanced both duties perfectly, silencing any naysayers that wrongfully thought that she was nothing but a pretty face. Neeka also defected to Netsach along with her blade mates, and continued her work with her new conspiracy.
In order to join the final battle against Nyx, Neeka ended up giving up her womb. This was especially significant to a woman in her position: she had a legacy to uphold outside of the Vigil, and she also wanted to always have the option to marry somebody she loved and settle down. Many people admired her sacrifice, even if they did not necessarily approve: anyone who went into the battle had given something precious up to them. Interestingly enough, this was one of the main reasons why her parents eventually stepped up and decided to have more children. They had initially wanted to avoid having others, as they were naturally ambivalent about introducing more potential Touched into a world that would sooner see them dead than help them.
In spite of the fact that she could not bear children and the fact that she had siblings on the way, Neeka ended up taking control of Ayala Incorporated barely five years after Operation Nyx. Her father believed in her daughter’s capabilities, and was also convinced that Neeka was in an ideal position to aid her conspiracy by having a position of influence within the corporate world.
Granted, becoming the CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world and thus being someone constantly in the public eye of a developing Catholic country forced Neeka to make some sacrifices. Officially, she is married to Danilo dela Rosa, the only son of an influential NGO leader. In reality, however, Danilo is homosexual; the two of them agreed to marry on paper in order to keep up appearances for them both. Neeka’s actual wife is Inquisitor Juliana Katik, a Netsach hunter from Spain and the person that made Neeka realize that she wasn’t actually straight. It should be noted, of course, that this is an arrangement that Neeka’s parents are fully aware of, and it has not, in the slightest, compromised her relationship with them.
Neeka adopted a son a little after she became the CEO of Ayala Incorporated. She spent the majority of the Darkest Vigil managing things from the home front of Liyab, and waited for the end of the war before she retired from Hunting. She is currently making preparations for transferring control of the family business to her son.
CURRENT STATUS
Retired from active duty, and focused solely on tying up all loose ends that existed within the “family business” in order to make sure that her adopted son could inherit the corporation without too much trouble. Neeka does not come to Falner as often as she used to: she’s rather content with being comfortably ensconced within her own mansion, watching over her family – or, barring that, flying off to Spain to be with her wife.
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE
At first glance, Neeka appears to be like any other empty-headed socialite with way too much money and time on her hands. What many fail to realize is that she purposefully plays this image up and uses it to her advantage. Her approach is subtle, deliberate, and careful, built on deception and positioning herself in way that makes her intriguing enough to make sure that other parties keep coming back to her without ever actually giving them anything substantial: she excels in making sure that no one ever sees her coming until it’s too late. And she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty.
Where many others who had found themselves in her position had quailed, Neeka wholeheartedly embraced the family legacy that she had to uphold and did everything in her power to be worthy of her name. It was incredibly difficult for her to separate who she had to be from who she could possibly be for herself in the past, which might be one of the major reasons why it took her so long to realize her own sexuality and own up to her “inclinations”.
THREAT LEVEL
NOTABLE/NON-FACTOR. Because of her age at present, what makes Neeka a formidable threat to any who might choose to cross her would be her network, her allies, and the connections that she has at her disposal. As things stand, however, she does not appear to be an issue for Pax Deorum or the Vigil.
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