[@fdeviant] [@ShyDot] [@Hellis] Hey, I need your opinions specifically, but I'd appreciate anyone's really. I feel like this sheet is lacking in either history, abilities or weaknesses. I'd appreciate if you guys have any suggestions. Thanks in advance! <3 [Hider=Charlene Croll - The Alchemyst] [color=honeydew]Real Name:[/color] Charlene Croll. Char, Charlie. [color=honeydew]Alias:[/color] The Alchemyst Speech Color: [color=Honeydew]Honeydew[/color] [color=honeydew]Character Alignment:[/color] Walking the Line - Leaning Hero. Chaotic Good. [center][url=https://8tracks.com/deartrickster/dream-to-ignite][8tracks: Dream to Ignite][/url] [url=https://open.spotify.com/user/deartrickster/playlist/4jSNFVetRlsAbxr5Or8FGJ][Spotify: Dream to Ignite][/url][/center] [color=honeydew]Identity:[/color] Secret [color=honeydew]Character Personality:[/color] Charlene Croll has a deep and rich family history rooted in studying alchemy for hundreds of years. Her family focused largely on alchemy and alchemy alone, as a result is naive to other magical practices. The talent and magic potential lingers heavily in her family’s blood, granting them the ability to transmute the world around them. With the weight of carrying on family tradition on her shoulders, Charlene hardly acts the part. Her focus is on the present, forging her own path and discoveries. Takes immense amounts of pride in her abilities and her family, but struggles with identifying herself for the current generation. Streetwise, smart, fast talker. Problem solver. Incredibly observant, great spacial awareness and great sense of direction. As an urban scavenger, her versatility relies heavily on these abilities. Generally a sociable person when she has time, especially now that she has completed her master’s. Holds a close circle of friends, gets along well enough with her peers within the chemistry department at LHU, Lost Haven University. Charlene prioritizes her family above all else, above school and above herself. [hider=Appearance] [color=honeydew]Appearance:[/color] Charlene dresses in layers, old clothes, and uses a mask to cover her mouth and nose. Protecting her identity and protecting herself from old molds, dust and other dangerous airborne contaminants found in dilapidated areas. Wears a pair of goggles for the same reasons. Safety first! She wears a long hooded sweater, old shirt and skirt with leggings. On her feet are beat up pair of running shoes, alternatively also wears steel toed boots. Often covered in a thin layer of dirt or dust. [center][hider=Images][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/cf/6e/7c/cf6e7c8641cf8fca86361ee2e45357e2.jpg[/img] [img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/81/1a/44/811a448c48dd045e97844c83b2e5ee9e.jpg[/img][/hider][/center] Age: 24 Hair: Long dirty blonde hair Eyes: Green Height: 6’1” - 183 cm Weight: 155 lbs Slim face, bright green eyes with a splash of freckles across her nose. Charlene has strong arms and legs, years training under her mother’s heavy staff. Urban exploration has lent well to keeping her active and lithe. Quick to solve a problem and just as quick to swing her staff under your feet. [center][hider=Her Face][img]https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-9a013bec96064133a389fd424b1b25ab-c[/img][/hider][/center] [/hider] [hider=Origin/History] [color=honeydew]Origin/History:[/color] Charlene Croll was born in Lost Haven to a long line of Crolls, a very proud and long standing family of alchemists. Born with magic in her veins, a knack for understanding the building blocks of the world around her. Her mother, Julianne Croll married Keith Lancaster - Keith hailing from a family of enchanters, accustomed to the strange and arcane. When their circles intermingled, a whirlwind romance swept away the pair, as Nathaniel often refers to when Julianne met Keith. They married young, had children young and unfortunately for Julianne, Charlene and Harriet, Keith died young as well. Charlene attended her father’s funeral at age 9. Keith died when he was caught in debris, property damage collateral from metahumans fighting in the city. Nathaniel, Julianne’s father, had lost his wife some years before they were married and helped raise Charlene and Harriet when Keith passed. Together Julianne and Nathaniel ran the knick knack and repair shop - Croll Corner. Teaching Charlene and eventually Harriet the biggest trade secret they had, Alchemy. The little family did well enough for themselves, struggling when Lost Haven population became saturated with metahumans, followed thereafter with events like D-Day rocking the city. Riots in the streets by local gangs, cosmic horrors waltzing down mainstreet. The events had insurance premiums hit a record breaking high. But still they carried on, relatively alright save for Croll Corner, being looted during the riots. Julianne and Charlene were able to fend off the attackers but not before they stole the cash register. Nathaniel and Julianne vehement about keeping Harriet and Charlene well away from metahumans and all the problems that came with it. Julianne taught Charlene and eventually Harriet when she was old enough, self defense and how to fight with staves. While Nathaniel and Julianne focused on their alchemy education, kept them distracted from the city and it’s rampant problems in crime and gang activity. Charlene picked and started crafting her Magnum Opus staff at 11, deciding on sycamore wood. The Magnum Opus Staff is a family tradition, built around passing on knowledge to the next generation. The staves not only representative of the alchemist’s life but their preferred tool. The staff’s properties are added to, changed and modified throughout their lives. As they grow older the more thought and time is put into modifying it to strike a balance with the previous modifications made. Some Croll’s only add to it when they discover a new equation or make strides in their research while others choose to mark important life events upon their staff. The staves are individual as their wielders, often passing the staff onto the next generation to use. For school, Charlene studied her way through high school and eventually attending Lost Haven University, she worked part time in the shop and other places to pay for her education with only minimal government assistance. Graduated recently, as of June.. Charlene remembers her father well, looks after her kid sister while making a few extra bucks from scavenging. In spite of having good reason to keep to her own business, Charlene wants to join the fray if not only to protect her family from another big disaster like Hounds of Humanity, but to mark herself apart of something larger. Her pride as a Croll Alchemist would hardly allow for anything else. [/hider] [color=honeydew]Hero Type:[/color] Mystic [color=honeydew]Power Level:[/color] Street Level [color=honeydew]Powers/Skills:[/color] [u]Transmutation:[/u] An alchemist's bread and butter, able to focus the magic within her to change the form of things around her. For more complex changes she scribbles out the alchemical equation upon the item but for simpler things like removing water from alcohol she can do so without the help of a formula. As a skill it comes as naturally to her as it is to breathe. Excessive transmutation takes it’s toll on her mind in a similar way pulling an all nighter would. She begins to lose focus, much more likely to make a mistake. A good night sleep and a break helps to bring her focus back. I.e Transmuting a state of an element from solid, liquid, and gas. Pulling and isolating certain elements, like oxygen or hydrogen from water. Adding certain elements to an object to change it’s form, forcing oxygen into iron graters to rust. Changing the shape of a wooden crate to stakes. It takes time for Charlene to write alchemical equations to breakdown the base elements of what she is transmuting. While with simpler things like separating elements in water, she can do off the top of her head easily. [u]Fighting Skills:[/u] Trained by her mother, Charlene is quite proficient with a staff in her hands. Non-lethal fighting style. [u]Master’s Degree in Chemistry[/u]: Charlene has earned her master’s degree at Lost Haven University. [u]Scavenging[/u]: A good eye for searching an area for valuable components, tearing apart old computers, tvs, cars, quick to pick clean an area for valuable scrap before moving on. [u]Minor Herb/Medicinal Knowledge[/u]: Charlene maintains minor understanding and recognition of medicinal herbs, due largely to her grandfather’s expertise. Can recognize certain herbs and plants, use them for rustic applications. Strength Level: Normal Human Speed/Reaction Timing Level: Normal Human Endurance at MAXIMUM Effort: Trained - 2 hrs. Agility: Normal Human Intelligence: Above Average - Formally educated Fighting Skill: Trained - Fighting Staff and Self Defense [color=honeydew]Resources:[/color] Average - holds down a part time job as a lab assistant at the University, helps run family’s shop - Croll Corner. Makes modest cash off of her scavenging materials. [color=honeydew]Equipment:[/color] Sycamore Magnum Opus Staff: Made of sycamore, weighted with soft metals worked into the grain like tin, copper, and gold. Able to use the metals in the staff to change the shape, most often to that of a crowbar. [center][hider=Magnum Opus Staff][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/2b/c3/cb/2bc3cb7141c8436ec5939e2d617f6469.jpg[/img][/hider][/center] Items found on her person/in small backpack: Lithium batteries Cat litter Aerosol hairspray Lighter Flint and steel Steel flask of whiskey Water Bottle - Gasoline A ceramic knife Little packets of salt Plyers A packet of styrofoam [color=honeydew]Weaknesses:[/color] [u]Human Constraints:[/u] Vulnerable to exposure, a bullet, a nasty fall, a hard hit around the head. Human through and through. Slightly above average pain tolerance, can withstand a hit. Otherwise, easy enough to hurt or stop. [u]Human Endurance[/u]: While her endurance is above average, when Charlene loses focus she begins to grow sluggish of body and mind. Much more likely to mess up an equation or miscalculate an element in transmutation. Which can result in some rather ugly results. Supporting Characters: Father (Deceased at 28)- Keith Croll (Changed name when he married Julianne) Mother (Age 42) - Julianne Croll - Jules Younger Sister (Age 15)- Harriet Croll - Harry Grandfather & Mentor (Age 68) - Nathaniel Croll Friends: Carrie Ludwig (Witch) & Yvonne Thompson (Urban Scavenger) Do you know how to post pictures on RPG boards?: [img]http://31.media.tumblr.com/a0bbf26c1e362c8241405b0da358b4e5/tumblr_n5lge6Bv3l1qac1soo1_500.gif[/img] [/hider]