[hider=Name: Anat Nesim]

Age: late teens apparent, 23 actual

Species: Mage

Appearance: 5'2, Anat is not an imposing figure. Soft face, lanky limbs and torso with a generally childish look about him. Childish enough to always get carded at bars. Still, he's got a sort of androgynous cuteness about him. Not amazingly so, but enough to draw an eye and influence a thought. Anat dresses in primarily dark colors, jeans or shorts depending on the season. His skin is a light tan, natural but washed out by missing lots of sunlight.

Personality: The defining characteristics of Anat are Defiant and Curious. His defiance manifested mostly in his youth, but he still holds a slightly abrasive personality because of it. He's quick to shirk tradition, question orders and otherwise rebel. He's curious though, always wondering about things, how they really work and why. His curiosity has blossomed into a love of puzzles, both mental in the form of riddles and physical in the form of anything from rubix cubes to the variety of wooden and metal puzzles out there.
Anat's Nature is Architect, as he enjoys seeing how things fit and loves to see a plan come together. His Demeanor is Deviant, loving the way he doesn't seem to fit into normal people's lives.

Biography: Anat was born to a family of moderate Muslims who escaped the violence and instability of Iraq after the Coup of 1968. Their moderate leanings lead towards Anat's drift from the religion of his parents over the years and kept them from responding negatively to their son's antics. As he grew he only got smarter like his parents did, a doctor and a business woman. He did amazing in school, much to the chagrin of his teachers.

At 18, Anat had Awoken. A long spree of staying up way too long and drinking far too much caffeine drove him into a trance-like state. In that state, Anat saw Angels. During this trance he learned to speak to these Angels, and eventually he learned that to an extent he could command them. His Awakening ended when he came to the realization that everything had an Angel governing over it: the grass, the trees, animals, everything. He learned that he was his own Angel, that he was divinity, and learned to command Angels through Words of Power and use of the Sephirot. Later on, in further seekings, he would find out that his divinity stemmed from the Creator God, something reminiscent of the Abrahamic God yet still distinct from it. Obviously this completely shattered his atheism.

Anat at this point in his life has finished schooling and is working for a dead end job he's desperate to ditch. Still, he hasn't mastered Miracles (Magic) enough to sustain himself that way: conjuring and selling gold from nothing isn't an option for him, and he has to eat and sleep, so he makes due. He's always looking for something interesting happening, both mundane and magical. He's had significant glimpses behind the veil of the World of Darkness, but he knows very little of Kindred or Fera or others, save that they exist (probably).

Paradigm, Avatar and other Mage stuff:

Anat's full paradigm is simple: Humanity is a race of creatures born of The Divine. Because of this, Miracles (magic) are everyone's Birthright. While most people never learn of their Divinity in a meaningful way (Awaken), most people still have command over Angels to some extent in the form of The Duty of Angels (The Collective Unconscious): If you take a step, an Angel holds you up from falling into the nothing beneath Existence/Creation. However, by learning of one's Divinity and striving down the path of the Sephirot, one can ignite the Divine Spark within them to the point where they can become As God. What Anat knows of the Paradigm is still little: he knows that he is a Child of God and that it gives him the Authority to command Angels.

The Sephirot, also known as The Tree of Life, is his Arrangement of the Spheres of Magic, as well as a path he follows, even if he does not know he follows it. It is his Avatar, a incomprehensible being which urges him down a path of enlightenment, and it is a strong one, firmly rooted within his mind. 

Supporting Characters:
Chelsea Adams - A young (21) woman Anat has been going out with since he was 16. Chelsea is a weirdo in the ways Anat is, at least the mortal ones. These two weirdos definitely deserve each other too. Anat told her everything about his vision, but quickly found that nothing he told her would stay in her memory. It was his first realization that mortal eyes can not see his Miracles.
[/hider]