Name: Tao "the comeback kid" Mbembe
Age: 18
Appearance:[img]https://myanimelist.cdn-dena.com/images/characters/5/303193.jpg[/img]

Bio: Tao was actually from a long illustrious line of meat roasters specializing in seasoning their meat with a mix of powdered ingredients and cooking it over a fierce wood fire. Tao quickly learned from his family the various secrets to cooking a good piece of meat over fire. He learned of the secrets of wood cutting and selection, how to choose an herb at its peak and grind it in a way that its essence does not seep, to also look and cut up a choice piece of meat. However what his real talent was one the skill that was hardest to master, and that is the secret of fire control. To control the fire is everything in an art that relies on heat. You need it strong to cook it thoroughly and some say a good fire also infuses a certain type of essence into the meat itself. However if a fire blazes too high it'll burn out as well as risking overcooking or burning the food.

It was Tao's control of the fire which let him shift careers as during a festival between other meat roasters he caught the eye a mysterious alchemist who needed a helper who could artfully control the fires for his various works. Tao liked his pay offer and took the job and managed to apply his earlier skillsets in assisting the woman. He learned some more but would drift to the academy as he gained an interest in working with materials and crafting with them especially with more exotic materials. He would promptly join the academy to win more

Specialty:
Organic distillation: By imbibing ingredients Tao can harness the true essence of those ingredients into a liquid which can then be used to imbue properties to another item. He learned this from the alchemist.

Cooking

Washing out the smell of smoke