Name: Mayt Derren Marris
Age: 24
Magic: Energy. Mayt can focus energy, such as heat, into a pseudo-solid object, such as a shield, or into simply a more focused version of the energy, such as a blinding flash of light. He can’t control any of these to any extreme however, and only in a short range. He can’t do the equivalent of throwing a flashbang, but he can prevent some strikes that slip under his guard. However, due to his lack of training, his abilities don’t work as intended some of the time.
Magic Level: [s]C[/s] A
History: Mayt Derren Marris grew up in a small town, its name of no importance, in the middle of virtually nowhere. In his hometown, he had grown to know almost half a dozen different parents. He was taken away from his birth parents at age 10, as they were both incapable of properly taking care of a child. His second set of parents were nice, but his distrustful tendencies, and getting new parents just before his teen years, he blocked them out. They fed him, clothed him, and took him to school, that was all that was important about them to Mayt. They weren’t his birth parents, he didn’t like them. They gave him to the local orphanage the first time he drew a knife on them, which he had done in an attempt to prove that, despite his somewhat meek frame, he could be a powerful fighter. He didn’t have to be a bookworm. By this time he was 14

At age sixteen, Mayt was adopted by, as he likes to put it, “Parent Wannabees”. His parents were sort of doing a trial-run on adopting a child so that they had some idea what to expect. They didn’t expect a child distrustful of them to the point of learning how to cook and handle himself while not getting in the way. Mayt turned into a child who simply lived in the same house and breathed the same air. He had gotten a part-time job, bought his own food, did his own laundry, and cleaned his room. Despite his seemingly good-nature in doing this, he acted very sour, and often was caught by Truancy Officers, and managed to barely pass his classes. Not caring about the future, the month he was allowed to leave his parents house as a legal adult, he did, setting out into the world. He wondered at first, choosing to go town to town on foot, enjoying the walk, and eventually starting to enjoy being on the road, where he could think.

By his twenty first birthday, he had rented an apartment in a small city, and has chosen to stay there for a while. He needed money and odd-jobs while traveling wasn’t cutting it. On his birthday, he received a package from his birth parents. At first Mayt was skeptical of the package. He hadn’t known his parents since he was a child, yet they knew where he was setting up temporary residence? Once he had gotten over this, he opened the package to reveal something stranger still, a Katana. They not only had known where he lived, but had known he had been practicing, off and on, different sword skills. Mostly due to the fact that they interested him, and he couldn’t understand how they had known. He still kept the weapon, and he started to train more with it, eventually finding somebody of teach him in a more official manner. At this point, he has some skill with the weapon, but he is far from professional. 

Around twenty three, he started to realize he had magic, he just had never noticed it. He discovered this when practicing with the gift sword, and he had accidentally burnt the blade on a hot day, leaving char on it. Despite how often he tries to clean it, the blade never seems to not have that char from his first real use of magic, and ever since he’s been practicing to the best of his ability. He does it best through his weapon, but he can do it when not wielding his weapon.

Personality: Loner, but he doesn’t object to having friends, though he sort-of sees them as temporary, and so he doesn’t open up to people very often. Though he is somewhat friendly, he won’t go out of his way to be friends with everyone
Team Members: None
Three Strengths: 
1. Good Cook, Mayt, having lived on his own for a long time, has learned how to cook pretty well, without any reliance on magic or supernatural abilities.
2. Loyal, Mayt’s trust isn’t the easiest to gain, but it’s not difficult either. And when his trust is gained, he is quite the loyal friend, risking bodily harm to protect those close if neccessary.
3. Swordsman, Mayt is somewhat skilled at using his Katana, and he can use his magic through it, sort of.
Three Weaknesses: 
1. Loner, Mayt prefers to work on his own as he has all his life, which makes it difficult for him to work in a group and follow a plan.
2. Anarchist, Mayt often outright disobeys orders simply because they were given. He doesn’t take this to an extreme, but the wrong choice at the wrong time can be devastating.
3. New to Magic, He’s only recently learned to use his powers, and they tend to not work properly all the time.
Greatest Love: ‘Eastern’ Swords
Motivation: To become great, preferably in something martial.
Appearance: Mayt stands at 5’11” tall, and typically wears simple clothing that’s close-fitting but not very restrictive. No real protection. When he’s traveling, he carries a large backpack filled with his stuff, and his Katana is kept at his side. He has light skin, and medium-dark brown hair that he keeps trimmed at a little under an inch long. His eyes are green, and he’s starting to grow a little bit of a mustache. The scabbard for his sword is simple leather, unadorned, but slightly charred as well.
Additional Details: Plenty of room to improve.

((I tried very hard, but I couldn't find an Japanese sword that functioned well on foot that wasn't a Katana.))