Ex Nihilo {OOC|DEAD}

[Camelone]

Glad I'm not the only one who did it. Yeah this time was me.

[Charlia]

Glad I'm not the only one who did it. Yeah this time was me.

*pats head* It's okay, I am well-known for being an impatient little sheep. (It's probably best if you don't ask too many questions about the 'sheep' bit. It's a weird story.)

[Khasinkonia]

As my original idea for the mechanics of an actual fairy godparent fell through, Charlia would you be okay with a mage guardian for your character instead?

[Charlia]

As my original idea for the mechanics of an actual fairy godparent fell through, Charlia would you be okay with a mage guardian for your character instead?

Let's see what you've got. *rubs hands together*

[Khasinkonia]

As my original idea for the mechanics of an actual fairy godparent fell through, Charlia would you be okay with a mage guardian for your character instead?

Let's see what you've got. *rubs hands together*

Alrighty, I’ll edit my app a bit since you’re cool with it. Oh, by the way, which one of your characters would you prefer be affiliated with mine?

[Charlia]

Let's see what you've got. *rubs hands together*

Alrighty, I’ll edit my app a bit since you’re cool with it. Oh, by the way, which one of your characters would you prefer be affiliated with mine?

See, I'm not sure yet. I don't know about your character, so I can't decide which of mine would be the best fit.

[Khasinkonia]

Alrighty, I’ll edit my app a bit since you’re cool with it. Oh, by the way, which one of your characters would you prefer be affiliated with mine?

See, I'm not sure yet. I don't know about your character, so I can't decide which of mine would be the best fit.

I’ll try and finish her up soon then. Hopefully my app will be up within an hour.

[Charlia]

See, I'm not sure yet. I don't know about your character, so I can't decide which of mine would be the best fit.

I’ll try and finish her up soon then. Hopefully my app will be up within an hour.

Cool beans.

[Khasinkonia]

Character App
Name: Xirastilla Lunnebbia Aghti(Pronounced: She-ra-still-ah Lou-Nay-bee-ah Augh-tea)
Age: 51, but who’s counting?
Race: Human - Mage
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Bio: While the story of Xirastilla begins in New Orleans, to know her, one must first know the story of the family of her great grandmother, Chawjala. The story begins all the way in Israel, with the Israelites. Now the Aghti family had long been among the select magical Jewish families, the sons and daughters of Dinah, making both the Aghti and Santocoltello families the descendants of Jacob and Leah, although the Santocoltellos possess a much more impressive biblical lineage with the direct blood of Judah and the kings flowing in their veins. During the Jewish diaspora, in which the different Jewish mage families, just as with their less magically-inclined brethren, the Aghti family fled to another realm of the empire in 6 CE. That realm happened to be the isle of Malta.

Unfortunately for the Aghti family, the Marmaras happened to precede them in both prestige and seniority, and so they settled, carefully avoiding crossing the Marmaras for almost two millennia. Finally, at the end of 19th century, the Aghtis overstayed their welcome quickly upon attempting to join the ranks of the true Maltese elites, easily kept from such hallowed halls simply by the sheer influence of the Marmaras. It was then that the family moved for a second time. Tired from having to play second fiddle to other mage families, the Aghtis looked to America, a land developing a strong reputation for opportunities and a longstanding reputation for fresh starts.

The story of Xirastilla herself begins in New Orleans, under the watchful eye of her Great Grandmother, Chawjala, who was the head of the Aghti family at the time. For the first twenty years of her life, the war between the Grand Council and the Shadow Court raged on. Every day, as her family worked and slaved to make ends meet and give her and her brother the best education, earthly and supernatural, as possible, she saw the suffering throughout her city, and on the rare occasion that they travelled, she saw it in the rest of the world too. It was frequent that her family, and the rest of the city too, would simply need to hunker down in their attics and hope that they would not be harmed, as New Orleans, much like Venice and Amsterdam, was a favourite city for water-affiliated magical beings to fight in. Flooding was inevitable. Cindy, Katrina, Rita, Gustav, Isaac, Harvey, and more, she greeted like old friends, as even these awe-inspiring disasters of nature often ironically lessened the havoc wreaked by the warring magical factions in the city for a time, being that the weather was too volatile for even them. She could only be thankful her family home had multiple floors, was constructed from solid bricks at the base, and itself held the power of the mages, for had it not been they all may well have floated away.

Even as a very young child, the damage from all this warring, and these storms was clear. Evacuation made less sense than just stocking up, hunkering down, and homeschooling. Even just by looking out her window onto what many in her family lamented was a once bustling and lively street, she could see the suffering clearly. As her older family members suffered the attrition of the difficult and stressful conditions, Xirastella swore to herself that she would use her magic to help not only her family but also others.

And so it was, with the death of her great grandparents, and the abdication of her great-aunt, Xirastella’s grandmother, Abbuzirufa came into power in the last years of the war between the Grand Council and Shadow Council. And with the end of the war soon after, Xirastella saw an opening. Her family quieted down. Even in a city which they could have free reign over, free of others, millennia of kneeling to others would take more than a century to undo, and so the Aghtis returned to their everyday business, helping to rebuild, restock, and then fading back into the background of the world even after being registered as magical. Causing trouble and fuss was never on the agenda. Nor was it on Xirastella’s. But being cooped up with the safety of the family home for her childhood took its toll, and before anyone thought to advise otherwise, a young Xirastella took off on her own mission to find an unfortunate soul to aid and mentor, albeit still maintaining close contacts with her family as much as possible.
Appearance:

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Magic: As other competent members of the Aghti family do, Xirastella knows well the ability of transfiguration, being able to transform one object into another. While it is magic, rules still undoubtedly apply, and the method, utilising an individual’s chosen object as if it were a wand, is a relatively uncommon one among mages. For one, conservation of matter still applies, so any objects to be transformed must have roughly the same amount of matter as the desired result. In addition, complexity increases the difficulty of transfiguration, as, particularly with regards to heavier elements and small components within electronics, forging more intricate objects requires more nuance for them to be of any worth. Life in general proves much more difficult to transfigure from inanimate matter, as does the opposite, as it has been found by many of the family that organic animate matter is difficult to change in its own right, even without regards to the incredible complexity of life. Further, as a matter of ethic principle, while it could be possible to create some form of sentient life using transfiguration, members of the Aghti are expected to avoid doing so at all costs, with any wishes to do so being expressed to the head of the family for discussion.
Other Abilities: Aghtis, while not a magical ability per se, are particularly resilient against the ravages of age and disease, to the extent that, with 20th century medicine, Chawjala, a previous head of the family, lived for decades with multiple sclerosis, only truly losing the ability to walk without a cane only in the last decade years of her life. With modern medicine, the average Aghti can expect to make it into their 80’s with little issue, and most can look forward to at least a century of natural, non-magically extended life, often more, so long as they do not have a stroke relatively young, as tendency towards premature strokes is the true biological Achilles’ heel of the Aghti family.
Weapon(s): Xirastella’s “wand” is an umbrella, if one can count an umbrella as a weapon.

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RP Sample: I think you know me, but if not, I can refer you over to the Mana Academy IC
Did you read the Rules? Unless I’m blind as a bat, and was supposed to put something else here, yes(Since I’m not wearing my glasses while writing this, it’s entirely possible)

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Optional Stuff:
Personality: INFJ-T
Likes: Ice cream, small children, elegance, and compromise
Dislikes: Hatred, inefficiency, and foolishness

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Alignment: Lawful Good
Theme Song: Russian

[Khasinkonia]

Aside from an extension to the bio that I’ll have to make later on, my app is finished.

[Charlia]

Aside from an extension to the bio that I’ll have to make later on, my app is finished.

I'm guessing that's the part where I come in.

Well, I haven't finished all the apps yet, but the characters I'm dealing with here are a deeply traumatized Naphil, a total sweetheart of a little sister who's completely delusional, an immortal with the personality of sandpaper, a girl with some serious parental issues and a view of morality more black-and-white than a zebra and penguin musical in the 1920s, and a guy who actually doesn't have that many problems, thanks.

Which one would you prefer?

[Khasinkonia]

Aside from an extension to the bio that I’ll have to make later on, my app is finished.

I'm guessing that's the part where I come in.

Well, I haven't finished all the apps yet, but the characters I'm dealing with here are a deeply traumatized Naphil, a total sweetheart of a little sister who's completely delusional, an immortal with the personality of sandpaper, a girl with some serious parental issues and a view of morality more black-and-white than a zebra and penguin musical in the 1920s, and a guy who actually doesn't have that many problems, thanks.

Which one would you prefer?

I think Naphil would be the obvious choice for most in need, the second and third would make for interesting dynamics, the fourth would make sense too, and be interesting, while the fifth wouldn’t make sense.

It’s a tough choice, actually. For the second, what kind of delusional, and for the third, is there any reason for her sandpaper personality in particular?

[Charlia]

I'm guessing that's the part where I come in.

Well, I haven't finished all the apps yet, but the characters I'm dealing with here are a deeply traumatized Naphil, a total sweetheart of a little sister who's completely delusional, an immortal with the personality of sandpaper, a girl with some serious parental issues and a view of morality more black-and-white than a zebra and penguin musical in the 1920s, and a guy who actually doesn't have that many problems, thanks.

Which one would you prefer?

I think Naphil would be the obvious choice for most in need, the second and third would make for interesting dynamics, the fourth would make sense too, and be interesting, while the fifth wouldn’t make sense.

It’s a tough choice, actually. For the second, what kind of delusional, and for the third, is there any reason for her sandpaper personality in particular?

Yeah, I wasn't expecting you to go for the last guy. I mostly just included him because he's brand new and I want him to feel like part of the group... What do you mean you don't want to be part of the group?

...Oh. Well, I guess that's true. The other members aren't exactly the most mentally stable people ever. You make a good point.

Sorry, what was I saying? Oh, yeah. By 'delusional', I mean that she's taken the worst things that have happened to her(and when I say 'worst', I mean 'hi, my name is Charlia, and I'm addicted to tormenting my characters') and either completely forgotten about them or rewritten them in her mind so that they aren't horribly upsetting and mentally scarring, and also she thinks that a doll is actually a living child.

And the third one has a combination of factors leading up to her sandpapery self, including the fact that she's smarter than most people and doesn't feel the need to hide that from them, doesn't like dealing with emotional things so often comes off as totally uncaring about everyone's problems, things like that. If you pick her, good luck getting her to even bother with you. Also, I feel I should note that she's an adult.

[Khasinkonia]

I think Naphil would be the obvious choice for most in need, the second and third would make for interesting dynamics, the fourth would make sense too, and be interesting, while the fifth wouldn’t make sense.

It’s a tough choice, actually. For the second, what kind of delusional, and for the third, is there any reason for her sandpaper personality in particular?

Yeah, I wasn't expecting you to go for the last guy. I mostly just included him because he's brand new and I want him to feel like part of the group... What do you mean you don't want to be part of the group?

...Oh. Well, I guess that's true. The other members aren't exactly the most mentally stable people ever. You make a good point.

Sorry, what was I saying? Oh, yeah. By 'delusional', I mean that she's taken the worst things that have happened to her(and when I say 'worst', I mean 'hi, my name is Charlia, and I'm addicted to tormenting my characters') and either completely forgotten about them or rewritten them in her mind so that they aren't horribly upsetting and mentally scarring, and also she thinks that a doll is actually a living child.

And the third one has a combination of factors leading up to her sandpapery self, including the fact that she's smarter than most people and doesn't feel the need to hide that from them, doesn't like dealing with emotional things so often comes off as totally uncaring about everyone's problems, things like that. If you pick her, good luck getting her to even bother with you. Also, I feel I should note that she's an adult.

That rules sandpaper girl out.

You know what? Sign me up for the little asylum girl, child number 2!

[Charlia]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting you to go for the last guy. I mostly just included him because he's brand new and I want him to feel like part of the group... What do you mean you don't want to be part of the group?

...Oh. Well, I guess that's true. The other members aren't exactly the most mentally stable people ever. You make a good point.

Sorry, what was I saying? Oh, yeah. By 'delusional', I mean that she's taken the worst things that have happened to her(and when I say 'worst', I mean 'hi, my name is Charlia, and I'm addicted to tormenting my characters') and either completely forgotten about them or rewritten them in her mind so that they aren't horribly upsetting and mentally scarring, and also she thinks that a doll is actually a living child.

And the third one has a combination of factors leading up to her sandpapery self, including the fact that she's smarter than most people and doesn't feel the need to hide that from them, doesn't like dealing with emotional things so often comes off as totally uncaring about everyone's problems, things like that. If you pick her, good luck getting her to even bother with you. Also, I feel I should note that she's an adult.

That rules sandpaper girl out.

You know what? Sign me up for the little asylum girl, child number 2!

I mean, you should know that she already has what is frankly one of the two best big brothers I have ever seen in either fiction or reality(ironically enough, both of them were created by the same person).

So there might be redundancy issues.

[Khasinkonia]

That rules sandpaper girl out.

You know what? Sign me up for the little asylum girl, child number 2!

I mean, you should know that she already has what is frankly one of the two best big brothers I have ever seen in either fiction or reality(ironically enough, both of them were created by the same person).

So there might be redundancy issues.

In that case, I’ll go with the fourth or first. Any other little details about either that might be important fyis?

[Charlia]

I mean, you should know that she already has what is frankly one of the two best big brothers I have ever seen in either fiction or reality(ironically enough, both of them were created by the same person).

So there might be redundancy issues.

In that case, I’ll go with the fourth or first. Any other little details about either that might be important fyis?

Uh, nothing that I can think of for 'reasons it wouldn't work', as long as your character can handle one of the biggest doormats alive/someone who might recreate Death Note in a desperate bid for parental approval if she got the chance. (Not sure about that. To know would require a depth of character study that I have not yet done.) Will give you a bit more on that via TG.

One needs someone to help her keep from being absurdly self-destructive, and the other one needs a voice of reason to keep her from making everyone else's lives completely miserable. *shrugs*

[Khasinkonia]

In that case, I’ll go with the fourth or first. Any other little details about either that might be important fyis?

Uh, nothing that I can think of for 'reasons it wouldn't work', as long as your character can handle one of the biggest doormats alive/someone who might recreate Death Note in a desperate bid for parental approval if she got the chance. (Not sure about that. To know would require a depth of character study that I have not yet done.) Will give you a bit more on that via TG.

One needs someone to help her keep from being absurdly self-destructive, and the other one needs a voice of reason to keep her from making everyone else's lives completely miserable. *shrugs*

I think I’ll go with number four then. This should be fun.

[Charlia]

Uh, nothing that I can think of for 'reasons it wouldn't work', as long as your character can handle one of the biggest doormats alive/someone who might recreate Death Note in a desperate bid for parental approval if she got the chance. (Not sure about that. To know would require a depth of character study that I have not yet done.) Will give you a bit more on that via TG.

One needs someone to help her keep from being absurdly self-destructive, and the other one needs a voice of reason to keep her from making everyone else's lives completely miserable. *shrugs*

I think I’ll go with number four then. This should be fun.

*rubs hands together* Excellent! Let's hope you don't end up like the last voice of reason.

[Khasinkonia]

I think I’ll go with number four then. This should be fun.

*rubs hands together* Excellent! Let's hope you don't end up like the last voice of reason.

Hopefully.

[Lutvikkia]

tagging for interest.....

sounds similar to a game called "CHILL" I play if I come in it would be as a mortal.

[Charmera]

Tag

[Camelone]

Character App
Name: Zachariah Iver
Age: 26
Race: Human- Mage
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Bio: Zachariah was adopted by the Iver family at such a young age he could not remember anything else and he has never thought much of it or even expressed a desire to know who his birth family was. The household that Zachariah grew up in was a highly religious one filled with devotion to the Lord and the Episcopalian Church, of the Anglo-Catholic variant, and his adoptive father, the Reverend Father James Iver, is a prominent knight from the secretive Knights of King Charles the Martyr. Due to his fathers position Zachariah was tutored extensively in the Scriptures, Christian morality, Church history, and numerous martial arts from how to handle a gun to knife fighting. Zachariah was an excellent student leaving his siblings in the dust in all his studies and when he was 14 he began to display magical affinities, something that his parents seemed to expect but Zachariah knew that neither of them nor any of his siblings had an ounce of magical bloods in them and his parents seemed to know more than they let on, but he didn't pry. This magic that he displayed was not of the flashy and extravagant kind but was instead more subtle kind, he had the innate ability to transfer energy from the ether to use in the magical science of alchemy, something that his family actively encouraged but increased the rigors of his religious devotion.

Since the arrival of his magical abilities Zachariah merely added alchemical studies to his other subjects that he was taught and life continued as normal for the Iver family. When he turned 18 Zachariah applied to join the Knights of King Charles the Martyr and was gladly accepted into their ranks as a squire, prominent members would sponsor him when he went to seminary on the condition that he kept his affiliation with the Knights a secret like every member of the Knights do. His age made some curious about how he was in seminary but it was not something exceptional for a seminarian to be studying for the priesthood without a college degree. Throughout his priestly education Zachariah continued to train with the Knights in both spiritual warfare and temporal warfare and once he became a deacon he was apprenticed to another Knight, for 6 months he would aid in exorcisms, hunting dangerous supernatural creatures, and helping to minister to the faithful. Zachariah rose to the priesthood at 22, completing his studies and his apprenticeship becoming a full Knight of the Knights of King Charles the Martyr, a member of the small fighting wing of the Knights. Since then he has gone where ever the High Commission has ordered him to go containing threats, eliminating supernatural beings to dangerous to be captured and attempt to be cured, ministering to the faithful.
Appearance:

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Magic:
Alchemy- Alchemy is an old magical science that utilizes the ether, the energy that stems from Heaven and the blessing of the Lord, to change one element to another though unlike transmutation this can not be done on the alchemists will but there must be a specific formula that he is using and takes a long time. There is a lot of equipment necessary for alchemy to be successfully done, there is a lot one can do with alchemy but the more elaborate the formula the larger the drain on the alchemist is and if he exerts himself to much he risks trapping his soul within whatever he was crafting, transmutation, potions, or magical gear, killing his body and subjugating his soul to the burns of direct exposure to raw magical power. Equivalent exchange of energy is necessary and an imbalance in the formula can inflict bodily harm on himself as the universe seeks to balance the energy out either siphoning the deficit of energy from his body or directing the excess energy into his body. Quicksilver is a preferred material for field manipulation due to its unique properties allowing for either using it to contain a threat or release a quantity of magical power infused in it, proportional to how much quicksilver is being used and the releasing of the magical energy destroy's the quicksilver, directly on whatever it is touching based on the will of the alchemist who has refined it with their own energies. Alchemical transmutation must be of one material to a similar one so metal can only be transmuted into another metal, wood into another type of wood, etc. or to imbue an object with energy from the mages own magic to increase the potency of the object's primary objective like an almost impossibly sharp knife or the weight bearing property of a chair the increase in the primary objective tied to the amount of magic transferred in, though if you transfer say 3 units of magic in the object in one formula than try to imbue 2 units of magic into it some time in the future the total amount of magic in the object would still only be 3 units of magic, it would be 4 if 4 units were transferred in in the second formula.
Alchemical Difficulty Units
>1- Easy, field manipulation of quicksilver
1- Material transmutation of small quantities
2- Slight magical imbuing of objects and material transmutation of medium quantity, for experienced alchemist's not all that dangerous
3- Difficult but doable for experienced alchemist's normal magical imbuing of objects that can make a rusty a knife sharp again, majority of alchemical potions fall into this level.
4- Dangerous even for experienced alchemist's, powerful potions, powerful imbuing, crafting of seals that can transmute large quantities of material. Even with success' if done by themselves could easily cripple the alchemist, this is generally done by groups to minimize the danger, think the safety precautions in nuclear refinement.
5- Do not attempt alone, guaranteed death sentence. Things of legend are crafted in this level but majority of alchemist's die attempting this even in groups.
Poison detection- By a mere touch of a material, even touching the container it is in, he can ascertain if it would be deadly to him.
Other Abilities:
Firearm training- Has had extensive training with many types of firearms, both the firing and maintenance of the weaponry.
Knife Fighting- With his trusty Bowie knife he has been able to fell dangerous foes that got past his guns or got the jump on him.
Weapon(s): A Bowie knife, Smith and Wesson Model 629 revolver,a Beretta Model 92FS (why two pistols? One for big boys that need something stronger to keep them down and one for softer targets in a larger number.), and a small bag of quicksilver magic infused balls, mage silver, used to subdue and secure targets, quicksilver is an easy material to use alchemy with allowing for easier manipulation that is as quick as casting. He also has an exorcists kit as well as a traveling tabernacle, could be considered a weapon against some things.

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RP Sample: This work?
Did you read the Rules? Yes

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Optional Stuff:
Personality: Zachariah is a courteous and gentlemanly young priest who has a high degree of etiquette and manners who enjoys the company of others who have good mirth in their hearts. Generally Zachariah is a happy man who loves to help people out and bring them closer to the one true God Jesus Christ and rarely holds anything against someone, though he will swallow any feelings when he has orders and will fulfill those orders without anything personal.
Likes: Alchemy, Anglo-Catholicism, hope, baseball, old Western movies and dime novels, Noir movies, and duty
Dislikes: Black Magic, Necromancy, decadence, drugs, arrogance, most modern literature, majority of modern movies, apostates, and traitors

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Alignment: Lawful Good
Theme Song: God's Gonna Cut You Down

[Charlia]

I feel... brain dead. In fairness, I felt that way before I started working on these. Learning a new debate style is hard.

This goes to say that I am fully aware of the lackluster nature of these apps... but you are fully aware of what happens when I actually get down to roleplaying. *shrugs magnanimously* Plus, you have the same habits as me. Of course, edits can and will still be made if so desired. In the morning. After my brain has had time to recover.

Character App
Name: Charlotte
Age: 19
Race: Naphil
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: She hasn't ever asked herself that question
Bio: Shhhh...
Appearance:

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Magic: Holy Fire Manipulation. Healing, attacks, constructs(not that she knows that bit), lovely things like that.
Other Abilities: Flight, because wings wings wings, immortality, very quick and good at hiding.
Weapon(s): No weapons here.

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RP Sample: Noooooo.
Did you read the Rules? Yes.

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Optional Stuff:
Personality: Weak-willed and troubled, Charlotte is very much a pushover and will do whatever anyone tells her without questioning them. Despite this, she does often question her own actions, and wonders if some of the things she's done make her a bad person. However, without the willpower to stand up for herself, all her moral questioning is meaningless, as she'll still do whatever she's told. She has a generally pleasant personality other than this, often to her own detriment, as she prefers to keep other people happy even at cost to herself.
Likes: Eh.
Dislikes: Meh.

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Alignment: Whatever.
Theme Song: Affectionate Heart. Or, perhaps... this? Translation here.

Character App
Name: Marielle Hardouin
Age: 18... physically.
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: ...huh? What?
Bio: It's hard for her to remember things, sometimes...
Appearance:

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Magic: Legendary Spirit summoning, like the rest of her family. Marielle is currently contracted with two spirits, one of which is Cassandra. Although not nearly as powerful as Hercules, Cassandra is fearsome in her own right. Her main ability is still that of prophecy, enabling her to shield from or warn Marielle of coming danger. She is also able to induce madness through the use of powerful illusions, although those with strong enough minds and wills can resist this.

Cassandra, mad to all but the gods, whose fate was cruel and vengeance crueler. Grant me your favor, and answer my cry.

The second spirit she's contracted with is St. Agnes of Rome. More powerful and useful in an offensive situation than Cassandra, Agnes is capable of manipulating the element of flame.

Agnes, nobility, beauty, and innocence brought far too quickly to ruin. Let the flames that could not consume you burn once more.

For a time, Marielle's contract was with Joan of Arc. However, that contract is no longer valid.

Marielle is also capable of basic healing. Her other notable magic skill is in casting an aura of the same simple peace that she knows. Of course, it isn't permanent, and those truly desiring to be angry, afraid, whatever emotion upsets them--against that, she can only dull the feeling's edges, to soften the blow.
Other Abilities: Marielle has skills much like Eloi's--or did, once. It's entirely possible that she no longer has them, since she hasn't shown them in several years. At the present time, she has truly remarkable emotional resilience... and is trying very hard to find a skill that she can use to really help her big brother.
Weapon(s): No weapons here, either.

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RP Sample:
Did you read the Rules? Yeah, yeah.

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Optional Stuff:
Personality: ...Special.
Likes: Whatever.
Dislikes: Yeah.

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Alignment: Mehhhhhhhh.
Theme Song: Sweet Home, and 'The Cat with Braided Hair', translation here, just ignore the part about the cat. Which shows up only once, despite the song literally being named after it. Weird, right?

Character App
Name: Hania Seren
Age: Permanently 25
Race: Human, I suppose--though she declines to participate
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: Asexual
Bio:

There's a certain amount of mystery around Hania Seren. Family? Impossible to find. Records? Confusing and far too old for someone of her obvious youth. Affiliation? In a permanent state of flux.

The first time an individual was directly identified by the name Hania Seren was when a young woman by that name became a member of a group known as Watchers. Information on that time is the most plentiful--exploits, accomplishments, even the beginnings of what might have been friendship with two other members: Everton Tallow, a relationship which only encouraged her to keep her skills sharp and her mind sharper, and Matthew Watcher--who is reported to have been oddly determined to soften the hard-edged woman into a normal human being. Perhaps he might have succeeded, even, had it not been for several rather unfortunate events.

The first event was the reappearance of a figure who was reported to have been related to Seren in some way. During the confrontation, Seren was gravely wounded and would almost certainly have died, had it not been for what is rumored to be some sort of deity's intervention--saving the woman's life and granting her immortality in exchange for her service. Since said deity has not been reported to have appeared since, the truth of that story is up for debate.

The next event involved the rune master Quartz Ernst... a man who had taken a grudging liking to Everton Tallow. Though it's uncertain how Seren truly felt about this, reports would seem to indicate that she harbored resentment towards their unlikely friendship. Some would theorize that she was jealous--that someone with the personality of Ernst had 'stolen' one of the people she was closest to, or of the rune master's skill. There have been indications that, despite Seren's outward appearance, she possessed deep-seated feelings of inferiority--for what reason is unknown--it is possible that she resented Ernst for being skilled enough to gain Tallow's friendship despite his being even more antisocial and abrasive than she was. Whatever the reason, it is generally agreed that, as that unlikely friendship grew stronger, Seren grew farther apart from the team as a whole.

Reports about the eventual discord and dissolution of the Watchers provide little information on the details of her actions and motives during this time, though it's known that she fought on the side of Matthew Watcher during the schism. After the dissolution of the group, Hania Seren disappeared for quite some time--though there have been reported sightings here and there of a dark-haired young woman in black, knowing things that no one should have been able to know. Whether or not this is actually the Seren of the Watchers is highly questionable, since so many years have passed since that time. However, the only person who would be able to say for certain would be Seren herself--if she's even still alive.

Appearance:

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Magic: Danger Intuition--usually only right before the threat would make itself known, giving her the chance to react a split-second sooner than others.
Enhanced Awareness--exactly what it says on the tin. Hypersensitivity, to the point of insanity.
Omnilingualism--like I need to explain.
Panmnesia--she remembers everything. Everything. Even things she'd rather forget...
Other Abilities: Very intelligent, to the point of Holmesian deductive skills, and an excellent fighter with most weapons she can get her hands on.
Weapon(s): A large arsenal. A proper list would take far too much space--she has a lot of weapons. Not all of them on her, of course. XD

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RP Sample: Blah.
Did you read the Rules? Goldfish.

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Optional Stuff:
Personality: She's a lovely person with the personality of sandpaper. You'll see soon enough.
Likes: I hate this section.
Dislikes: But you know that.

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Alignment: This, too. Hate it.
Theme Song: How It Was Done

Character App
Name: Elinor Grey
Age: 18
Race: Human
Sex: Female
Sexual Orientation: Presents as asexual, actually heterosexual
Bio: Aw, come on. All most of you plebeians need to know is that she's on Magia Insulam in the hope of joining the ranks of NAJMSA... along with a certain other mage who is determined to help her.
Appearance:

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Magic: Elinor excels in creating homunculi and enchanted items of remarkable power. Such is the result of years of diligent practice. With the wide array of items she possesses, she needs little else.
Other Abilities: Elinor is intelligent and a quick study, and a diligent rule-follower, almost never getting in trouble. When she does, she shows her integrity and owns up to it. She's quite responsible.
Weapon(s): She has a variety of enchanted items that she keeps with her, including her rather... unusual clothing, which is enchanted to be as durable as armor and amplify her magic abilities. Her arsenal of weapons is rather large, though... almost concerningly so. She also carries the enchanted item you can see in the pictures, which aids her in focusing her magic.

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RP Sample: Lel.
Did you read the Rules? She's big on those.

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Optional Stuff:
Personality: Zebra.
Likes: Eesh.
Dislikes: Whatever.

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Alignment: SHE IS THE LAW--uh lawful neutral I guess.
Theme Song: Yama-Xanadu, translation.

Character App
Name: Aster
Age: Very, very old
Race: Jotunn
Sex: Male
Sexual Orientation: Bisexual
Bio: Aster's original name has been long forgotten. Or, perhaps not that long... the years tend to blur into each other, it has been a long time and it's not as if he can remember everything that's ever happened. He thinks he might be in some way related to Skadi, but to be honest, that might just be his imagination. There comes a point when he can no longer be sure.

What he's been doing with his life over the past many years? Oh, many things. He does generally try to be helpful, though. And no, he's not responsible for people who die in blizzards or other such things. He's a creature of winter, not winter itself.
Appearance:

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Magic: Aster is a creature of the cold, and can manipulate it to his advantage. Whether that be the ambient temperature, that of specific items, ice or snow, Aster knows it in the same way that one would a part of their body. Whether that be altering, conjuring, or otherwise. Of course, he's not all-powerful... he cannot manipulate things that are too far away from him, and things that are too large in scale. No full-scale snowstorms, but he might be able to give you one of those little cartoon-style clouds-over-your-head, with snow/hail/whatever instead of rain. He also has a form of illusion magic which allows him to 'manifest' as a more human form, because, well, in his true form he's... giant. And that can cause problems.
Other Abilities: Superhuman agility, dexterity, and speed. Much stronger than he looks, as well. Above-average sight, able to ignore most distractions with relative ease to focus on one thing. Generally able to get along well with others, if only because of his general affability.
Weapon(s): Given that he can create weapons of ice, he doesn't really carry any.

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RP Sample: Hahahahaha.
Did you read the Rules? Yes, but not five times.

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Optional Stuff:
Personality: You know I like to let these develop.
Likes: Dull.
Dislikes: Boring.

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Alignment: Meh.
Theme Song: Flurry

[Charlia]

Serious question, though.

Semi-serious.

Not all that serious.

If Eloi is a cinnamon roll, what is Marielle?