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Name: Iridessa Lancely

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Mastery: Pyromancer

Specialty: Firestorm

Rank: Adept

Appearance:
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Iridessa is tall, about 6"1, and very slender. Her dark hair hangs down to her waist in beaded dreadlocks. She often wears a simple black tunic and leggings, with a brown heavy duty boots. She has intricate black tattoos all over both arms which she got on her travels.

Equipment: Just two knives by way of weaponry. She has a dark brown leather satchel in which she keeps her money and other small provisions.

Demeanour: Iridessa practically drips arrogance. She's loud, impatient, and overly confident in her abilities. She doesn't exactly look for fights, but she's always happy when one comes her way. She drinks often, and likes to party. She's always up for a good laugh and likes to be entertained. She's a quick study, although she doesn't like reading very much. She knows next to nothing about the theories behind elementals, or ancient history and other scholastic fields. Always active,Iridessa prefers to be on the move and where the action is. She has issues with knowing when to step back, though, and this often gets her into trouble.

History: Iridessa was the last born of eight children, all the others sons. Her early childhood was good, filled with laughter and games. Her parents provided for all of them as best as they could. Her father was a Metallic, and although he never advanced past Mage, he was a very skilled blacksmith. Her mother was an academic, and a prominent historian who worked at their regional Academy, one of the few humans to work there. Dess was a wild child, never particularly ladylike. At the age of ten her Pyromancer abilities manifested themselves. Her brothers, all as unruly as she, had the same Element, and all of them with the exception of one became Firestorms. Due to Dess's ability to learn quickly, she advanced to Adept by the time she was 19. However, her lack of restraint and forethought has meant she's reached a plateau in her skills and can't seem to make any meaningful improvement. 

In her teenage years, Dess appeared to be a magnet for trouble. She was reprimanded several times for abuse of her powers, and around that time started to leave the academy for extended lengths of time to explore the world. Her tough exterior really came into being then, as a manner of protection for the young girl- which isn't to say she's secretly soft. She finds that it suits her nature perfectly. She ventured out into other elemental civilizations, using her abilities for the sideshows people loved to watch. Her use of fire is more showy as a result, and involves lots of elaborate physical movements. This constant use of her abilities also further aided her in her learning, and provided an outlet for her wild nature. At 19, she came back to the Academy for good and became an Adept shortly afterwards, 
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