![]() Nonetheless, Irlan’s passionate courtship awakened the feelings buried deep in Valentina’s heart. But Valentina was at a loss when Irlan revealed his feelings for her: she’d always been taught that a noble lady shouldn’t indulge herself in ridiculous romance, and she should marry someone of equal status for the interest of the house. Unlike Estes, he believed with the fall of the human empire, the demise of Moonlit Forest would also be imminent.Ī few heated words were exchanged, after which Irlan followed Valentina out of Moonlit Forest with his friends.Įlves and humans had since fought alongside each other on the battlefields of the Lantis Mountains.Īfter the days and nights spent with Valentina, putting their lives at risk, Irlan realized that he’d fallen desperately in love with her. An Elf hero named Irlan, however, was moved by Valentina’s sincere words. The Elf King, Estes, refused Valentina’s request, saying the Elves had no interest in humans’ warfare. In search of allies, Valentina went alone to Moonlit Forest despite the Empire’s prolonged hostility toward the Elves. As a result, House Paxley rose quickly among the nobles, while Valentina became the youngest and only female member of the house council. The news of victories in Lantis Mountains became the only thing that could put the civilians’ minds at ease. She underwent rigorous training and grew up into a proud perfectionist, the heir most qualified to lead this noble house.Īs she grew older, she went to the frontier and helped the house repel wave after wave of invading demons. Generations of the house had guarded these areas for the Empire, defending against the invasion of the Abyss with magic and swords.Īs the house patriarch’s eldest daughter, Valentina had been given high hopes since she was born. House Paxley ruled over the regions near the Lantis Mountains in the south of the Moniyan Empire. If the enemy hero is a Physical Damage hero, Valentina will gain (+100% Total Magic Power) extra Physical Attack within the duration. ![]() The stolen Ultimate’s level is determined by Valentina’s own Ultimate. This skill has no effect on enemy Valentina. ![]() Valentina can turn back to her original form early. After casting the enemy’s Ultimate, Valentina will turn into the enemy hero’s form and inherit their Basic Attack type (regular skills remain unchanged, unless the enemy’s Ultimate has Morph effect). The siphoned power allows Valentina to cast the enemy’s Ultimate within the next 20s. Valentina siphons the power of a designated enemy hero and slows them by 70% for 0.5s. Mankiewicz’s “The Barefoot Contessa,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner and shot in Italy.Base Damage: 125 / 145 / 165 / 185 / 205 / 225 I Am You (Ultimate) In 1954 she had a supporting role in Joseph L. In any event, she was soon back in Italy making films there. In 1952 she starred with Serge Reggiani and a very young Audrey Hepburn in the almost-successful British thriller “Secret People,” about a conspiracy to assassinate a foreign leader. In Hollywood she appeared in a supporting role in the historical melodrama “Black Magic,” starring Orson Welles starred opposite Richard Conte in Jules Dassin’s brilliant film noir “Thieves’ Highway” starred with Spencer Tracy and James Stewart in the atmospheric adventure film “Malaya” and, perhaps most significantly on a personal level, starred opposite Richard Basehart in Richard Wise’s excellent 1951 film noir “The House on Telegraph Hill.” (Cortese, who was unaccountably credited as Valentina Cortesa in her Hollywood efforts, married Basehart in 1951 they divorced in 1960, and he died in 1984.) The New York Times said, “As the love-torn Italian village girl, Valentina Cortesa gives a sensitive, poised and wholly convincing portrayal.” ![]() ![]() “With Valentina Cortese’s passing, the Italian entertainment industry loses its last diva of cinema and theater,” said Carlo Fontana, president of AGIS, Italy’s main show-business trade organization.Ĭortese attracted the notice of Hollywood for her work in the British-made 1949 melodrama “The Glass Mountain,” about an RAF pilot and aspiring composer (Michael Denison) who crashes in Italy during World War II and is rescued by a local girl played by Cortese the composer translates his love for the girl into an opera once he’s back home in England. ![]()
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