[b]Edit:[/b] I changed this so that William had two siblings but one of them survived. [b]Name:[/b] William Ascot [b]Appearance:[/b] [hider=Image] [img]https://i.imgur.com/H8A3Pf0.png[/img] [/hider] [b]Age:[/b] [s]16[/s] 18 [b]Bio:[/b] William was born to Cyrus and Gilgamesha Ascot - The former was a lawyer and diplomat, while the latter was the most beautiful and prideful warrior-maiden in the world. This pairing of minds and bodies was very unusual even in Iliad city, with many wondering whether Cyrus Ascot had used sorcery higher than Gilgamesha's own epic-scale powers to charm the lady. But the marriage proved loving despite the inevitable rumors and brought William an older brother and two younger siblings as well as him. All were raised in happiness and love, albeit ignorant of the world beyond Iliad City except for what they saw in books. But this idyll would not last forever, as terrorists from The Herrmannreich, the closest neighboring nation and sworn enemy of Iliad City, struck at the Ascot Family as they were celebrating William's successful entrance into Marduk Academy, where Gilgamesha was teaching. Despite the great power Gilgamesha was capable of using, the closeness of her family made sure she couldn't use her full strength without harming them. And so the terrorists, with knives and suicide vests, killed all of the Ascot Family except for Gilgamesha and a heavily-injured WIlliam and one of his siblings. Although William was fully healed, both himself and Gilgamesha were traumatized, and their reactions drove them apart - William wanted to know why the descendants of the Illuminated Poet are being purged, while Gilgamesha wanted only revenge against the world. And so when William came back to Marduk Academy, he planned to found a new club to unite members of Marduk and Ishtar, aiming to nip the feuds caused by his mother's new obsession in the bud. It didn't work, and Gilgamesha and William ended up arguing more. Eventually, Gilgamesha slapped William in anger, and in her other hand was a sword which glowed with magical energy - One of her many artifacts. It was seeing William's frightened eyes that shocked her into seeing the enormity of what she was going to do, and drawing back her blade, Gilgamehsa, with tears, asked William to leave before she hurt him further. And with that, their connection was severed. William went to stay with his aunt, Cyrus' sister Artoria, who lived alone as a spinster. Dropping out of Marduk Academy, he devoted himself to his plans for a new faction/club full-time, trying to find ways to unite adults and teenagers alike to finding the true foe and defeating them... [b]Mundane Skills:[/b] Cooking, Writing, History, Fencing and Unarmed Combat, as well as a bit of Shooting/Marksmanship. [b]Magic:[/b] William's Magic is not based on what is taught by either of the Academies but is rather his father and aunt's unique style of spellcasting. This unique type of spellcasting is Dream and Imagination Magic and it is directly descended from the Illuminated Poet's exclusive portions of the Epic of Making. [hider=William's Spells] [b]High Magic[/b] [i]Soul’s Forge[/i] - William can use the brightness of his own soul to manifest a forge, hammer, and anvil made up of hard light, which he can use to smith new enchanted weapons in any conceivable place. The energy of his own soul can also substitute for mundane or magical fire. [i]Enchantment-Copying Eyes[/i] - Whenever William sees a power used, he can discover the inner workings of said power and how it manifests from the soul. This does not work on Custodians or Part-Custodians’ Metahuman Powers. [i]Creation of Wonders[/i] - William can weave magic he has seen and known into mundane items which he makes using Soul’s Forge, allowing him to create mystic tools and even Artifact Weapons. [b]Physical Magic[/b] [i]Mundane Earth Conjuration[/i] - William can create mundane, naturally-occuring, stone, metal, crystal, and soil using magical energy, up to his own body weight. [i]Mundane Growth of Life[/i] - William can take a piece of organic matter, such as wood, chitin, horn, and blood, and cause it to grow and multiply using his magical energies. He has to use pre-existing materials to conjure them. [i]Blacksmith’s Endurance[/i] - William’s can temporarily enhance his body to endure purely physical forces of damage like fire, physical force, radiation, and lightning. This does not make him invulnerable, but it makes him as resilient as, say, an entire Abrams Tank. Anything that can blow apart an Abrams tank can still damage William, and this spell does not grant protection against mind magic, spells which channel death, rot, and decay, or even mundane and mystic sickness. This spell is made to allow William to forge mystic items anywhere, but can be weaponized. [/hider] [hider=Weapons William has made with the above powers] [i]Reconciliation[/i] - A sword meant to be a weapon against his mother, Gilgamesha, and her own treasure trove of Artifact Swords, the special power of Reconciliation is that when confronting a power based on the Elemental Magic System (Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Air, Light and Darkness), it immediately enchants itself to be the opposite element and can also conjure up waves of said element as a ranged attack. Fire is confronted with Water, Water with Earth, Earth with Wind, Wind with Fire, and Light with Darkness). The main weakness of Reconciliation is that when confronted with powers that are [i]not[/i] based on the Elemental Magic system, it defaults to Earth. [/hider] [b]Personality:[/b] William deals with the hurt of losing his family through death or internal drama the best way he knows how - Project a strong and dynamic front to hide the pain inside. This gives him an apperance of overconfidence as he tries to portray himself as knowing the best at any given time, listening to advice only when he trusts the person giving it [i]or[/i] it does not make him look stupid. When this apperance is destroyed, the main reaction is hurt, anger, and sadness, all sharpened by the fact that he has not dealt with the pain maturely... Much like his mother, a mother he wants to reconcile with greatly. [b]Faction (Marduk, Ishtar, or Cassandra when it's founded):[/b] Cassandra Club, once he founds it. [b]Are you a Descendant of the Illuminated Poet?:[/b] Yes.