Well, here's my character. Introducing Aiden. [hider=Aiden Taft] [center][h1][color=dbb800][b] Aiden [/b][/color][/h1] [img]https://sites.google.com/site/lollosdlfsf/rawyn/CROPPEDnotebook-man-working-person-people-notepad.jpg[/img] [h3][color=dbb800][i] "Your friends may be loyal but I promise you, they won't stick as long as my student debt will" [/i][/color][/h3] [color=dbb800][h2]Back to Basics[/h2][/color] [/center] [color=dbb800][b]Name:[/b][/color] Aiden Neil Taft [color=dbb800][b]Aliases:[/b][/color] Taff - He's aware of the irony. [color=dbb800][b]Age:[/b][/color] 20 [color=dbb800][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Male [color=dbb800][b]Origin:[/b][/color] Tourist, [center][color=dbb800][h2]Appearance[/h2][/color][/center] [color=dbb800][b]Height:[/b][/color] 189.32 cm (6.2 foot) [color=dbb800][b]Build:[/b][/color] Broad and well-postured. [color=dbb800][b]Hair:[/b][/color] Light brown, 5 back and sides and a longer quiff on the front. [color=dbb800][b]Eyes:[/b][/color] Dark Brown [color=dbb800][b]Distinguishing Marks:[/b][/color] Mole in the middle of his neck. [color=dbb800][b]Style:[/b][/color] Aiden tends to dress for the weather, although typically wearing light-blue jeans and a raincoat considering that this is Wales - the weather changes every five minutes. Aiden will probably be wearing his glasses along with his watch on his left wrist, with a light brown leather strap. [center][color=dbb800][h2]Skills & Occupation[/h2][/color][/center] [color=dbb800][b]Occupation:[/b][/color] Student of Mathematics at an English University, [color=dbb800][b]Hobbies & Interests:[/b][/color] [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Reading: Preferring this that to twiddling his thumbs to pass the time, [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Mysticism, [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Dabbling: Aiden enjoys finding skills or subjects and delving into them for a short amount of time before moving onto another, tending to forget most of what he learnt over a long period of time. [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Writing in Journal, [color=dbb800][b]Skills:[/b][/color] [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Occult knowledge and Magician: General knowledge in several of the used arts though adept and focused mostly on rituals and incantations rather than charms, symbols, magical history, religious prayers or any of the other topics on magicks. [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Basic card tricks: Palming cards, making them appear and disappear. [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Driving: Although not masterful, Aiden has a driver's license although no car to speak of. [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Guitar playing, [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Acute Mathematics, [b][color=dbb800]-[/color][/b] Shrewd, [color=dbb800]-[/color] Deceitful and Manipulative: when he feels it would lead to the best option available, [color=dbb800][b]Supernatural Sensitivity:[/b][/color] High [center][color=dbb800][h2] Psychology [/h2][/color][/center] [color=dbb800][b]Personality:[/b][/color] Aiden would come off as detached and indifferent to those who talk to him, it takes more than being human to talk to someone on a personal level. Aiden can handle death - he can make small talk on the perspective or possibility without understanding why people become upset about the subject, although he is aware on how people may react on the matter. He tends to trust the supernatural a great deal, at least that which does not have a body nor mouth. For the most part Aiden will offer his input in whatever people are troubled on, although the recipient may not actually enjoy what he has to say - in other words Aiden can be a blunt son of a gun. This does not mean that what he has to say won't be of value, Aiden doesn't know what he expects of situations, he doesn't know if he's a realist or a pessimist - all he does is state the possibilities regardless of how dark they seem. To shrug off guilt or pain he may become cruel, pushing people away from him else believing that he'll only cause further damage. In time and with a great enough of a push he may forget how to escape from his method of coping, perhaps losing himself in the process. [color=dbb800][b]Bio:[/b][/color] [center]Aiden was conceived and raised within good ol' Cheshire to a working class family - both parents involved in their own projects most of Aiden's childhood and couldn't care for his every childish whim or desire. From youth Aiden found his mind to be out of his control, thinking at several thoughts at once, ignoring his desire to silence. It felt as though his mind was racing at every second he breathed, finding little comfort in sleep due to it taking hours for his consciousness to fall away. The only saving grace was that he had become used to this over the eternity his mind rushed like it did, perhaps if another only just gained a mind like his they may break down into a wreck... though that's perhaps being too melodramatic and a tad narcissistic. He didn't find comfort in the other children at school nor in his neighborhood, they avoided him and his... quirks so he seldom found himself in the company of others. This was especially during school breaks or during school lunches, with all the free time he found enjoyment in books and fiddling, card tricks and juggling, onto singing and then writing - whatever caught his interest at the present. His parents being ever so cunning believed that if he picked up an instrument at a young age he could woo over future school prospects. The ploy worked in a sense, Aiden could play songs although he never really learnt to comprehend musical scores, nor did he memorise chords. He was far from a stunning performer with his stiff fingers as well. This didn't matter to Aiden, not really. He was indifferent about the entire ordeal as he was about most topics. One day, at the ripe old age of eleven he visited his grandma at her nursing home - hooked up to machine after machine. She passed on as he played to her - Perhaps it was the magick around him, maybe she just let go, it really didn't bother Aiden - a worrying sign. At a later time Aiden discovered magick, real magick, ironically from comics he was much too old for. Investing into the occult originally as a minor curiosity it grew into a great interest once he realised the complexity and diversity of it all. Then one day he moved on from researching to partaking - Aiden's busy household did not hold to space to perform nor did Aiden believe that his parents would be pleased to discover his hidden hobby. Out he went into the pouring rain with umbrella in hand to a nearby wood, etching lines into the ground and muttering in a chant - The process took much too long for Aiden not to be soaked, though he continued. And as he closed the last word of his chant the powers collected, it was nothing more than a rite of protection yet he could sense it worked... The stars, they seemed to glow! Aiden had returned that night contempt, sneaking up to his room without so much as a peep. He had found what would fascinate him for his life, his calling. [hider=Younger Aiden sees the effects of his first spell] [img]https://sites.google.com/site/lollosdlfsf/_/rsrc/1523186774386/rawyn/man-landscape-nature-silhouette-light-sky-1051767-pxhere.com.jpg?height=800&width=620[/img] [/hider] Over the years Aiden's knowledge and confidence in magicks grew, recently it was as though he received a message from perhaps the spirits without so much as an incantation, on his forearm the word "Rawyn" was spelled on his skin, only to fade after being seen. A short amount of research later he found a seaside town by the same name. With no classes within the next month Aiden declared that there was nothing holding him back for a while, taking the train and then several busses to the area. Currently he is situated in a cheap B&B within the town. [hider=Near-present Aiden watching the result of his magicks in the rain] [img]https://sites.google.com/site/lollosdlfsf/_/rsrc/1523186795789/rawyn/man-light-spiral-space-darkness-circle-121368-pxhere.com.jpg?height=532&width=800[/img] [/hider] [/center] [color=dbb800][b]Weaknesses and Fears:[/b][/color] - Guilt & Consequence: Aiden fears being the cause of pain or angst, trying not to be the obvious cause of problems. This can cause internal turmoil, as he acts upon what needs doing no matter the cost to others, causing him guilt in some cases. - No Limits: Although with morals, Aiden is willing to do what others would outright refuse if he believes that someone must do it, because he knows that no one else will. - Fall: The concern that those around him will be changed by the offspring of magick, that they will lose themselves in quests for power or offer up what they have so easily without second thought to reach their goals. Being the cause of this will hurt worse. [/hider]