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[b]Name:[/b] Ilse Heilwig von Grimmelshausen
[b]Age:[/b] 27
[b]Titles:[/b] Madame Butterfly

[b]Height:[/b] 5'7"
[b]Weight:[/b] 120 lbs

[b]Family Backstory:[/b] Germany's witch hunts birthed dark magic for the von Grimmelshausen family. They twisted a myth - witches turn into butterflies - into a desperate spell: Schmetterling. It grants wings, but the truth is darker.

The family believes butterflies carry souls. With each witch burned, a butterfly fluttered free. Schmetterling taps into that, conjuring wings through a magic circle tattooed at birth.

Ilse's wings are both a gift and a curse. Flight, speed, defense - amazing! But mess with them, you mess with her soul. A constant reminder of the family's dark magic and the terrible price they pay for its power.

[b]Personal Backstory:[/b] Denied admittance to the prestigious London Clocktower, Ilse had no choice but to follow the tutelage of questionable characters provided by her so-called family. Her strange combination of magecraft and martial arts allows her to go head-to-head with those more experienced than herself, making life as a Freelance Magus ideal.

Now she has been chosen by the grail, and like the others, she comes bearing a wish. 

[b]Personality:[/b] Fiercely independent, she uses humor to mask the pain of her family's dark magic, a legacy that grants her powerful butterfly wings. These wings are both a gift and a curse, fueling her desire to use her power for good.  While she thrives on freedom, a flicker of longing for acceptance remains.  Ilse's a complex mix of defiance and vulnerability, a fighter forever marked by the shadows of her heritage.

[u][b]Magical Parameters[/b][/u]

[b]Magical Circuit Quantity:[/b] C
[b]Magical Circuit Quality:[/b] C
[b]Composition:[/b] Abnormal

[u][b]Magecraft[/b][/u]
[b]Magecraft Basics:[/b] Average competency in basic magus-oriented tasks such as Basic Familiar Creation, Alchemy, Bounded Fields and Mental Interference.

[b]Schmetterling[/b]: As the Witch Hunts of Germany became more severe, so did superstitions. At one point in time it was believed that witches went through a metamorphosis, that they changed themselves into butterflies in order to steal and avoid detection. A last-ditch effort at survival, a thaumaturgy that has not been forgotten within the modern era of Magecraft. Not so long as the von Grimmelshausen line lives.

But that belief is just one of many. Others believed that butterflies are linked to one's soul. Upon death, one's spirit is transformed into the winged creature as they fly into the afterlife and with as many witches as Germany burned, well there are bound to be butterflies. These are the foundations in which the von Grimmelhausen’s spell, “Schmetterling” draws its mystery. 

By accessing one's soul, by calling out one's spirit, chanting the incantation and pouring magic through their circuits, any member of the family is capable of conjuring a pair of butterfly wings via a magic circle on their back, tied to them at birth. Ilse’s specific set of wings resembles a Blue Morpho. They are resilient and strong, capable of carrying her at great speeds and defending her from attacks if need be. However, one must be careful because these wings are an extension of the soul and if they were to be destroyed…

Well that wouldn’t be good.

[u][b]Skills[/b][/u]
[b]Ringen:[/b] A European martial art focusing on unarmed combat. This included closing techniques, disarms, weapon-seizures, pommel strikes, and weapon-aided joint locks.