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Looks mid-20 | Female
[color=801CA3][b]Basics[/b][/color]
[indent]Name: Athena Lovell
Nicknames: Nothing official
Sexuality: Pansexual if you must insist on labels
Relationship Status: Open
Species: She’s a witch darling
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[color=801CA3][b]Skills[/b][/color]
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[*] [b] Shadow Magic: [/b] Manipulation of darkness and shadows, ability to phase through solid objects if cast in shadow, and shadow walking.
[*] [b] Light Magic:[/b] Ability to manipulate visible light for attack purposes, such as solidification of light, and light attack.
[*] [b] Basic Magic:[/b] General ability to conjure, create enchantments and potions. Nothing too complex, but part of her coven’s general education.
[*] [b]Persuasive skills: [/b] Athena has the ability to not only easily convince others to her line of thinking, but making them feel like that was their desire all along. A great orator, and writer, Athena is highly dynamic and uses it to her advantage.
[*] [b] Flirting: [/b] Not a traditional skill, but Athena turns her flirting skills— learned from French court ladies—into a weapon when needed. Most of the time however, her flirting nature is quite unconscious. 
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[color=801CA3][b]Weaknesses[/b][/color]
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[*] [b]Inability to create Magic: [/b] She can’t generate shadow or light magic from nothing. Which means at night, unless there is some sort of light casting a shadow or direct light, she is unable to use her magic. 
[*] [b]Abandonment Issues: [/b] Due to the fact that her family and village literally wanted her dead, Athena has some trust issues and can often feel isolated despite her sociable personality.
[*][b] Self-Esteem Issues: [/b] Stemming from her abandonment issues, Athena can be quite insecure— although she hides it well. Feeling very much like she’s playing pretend, she often struggles to feel secure in her role and position within the society.
[*][b] Physicality: [/b] She’s not super strong, as most of her fighting is done with her magic, as opposed to hand-to-hand. Due to her longevity, she’s learnt basic self-defense but that’s about it. 
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[color=801CA3][b]Appearance[/b][/color]
[indent] Indicators of her status as a powerful witch, both her crescent moon birthmark and her vibrant dark purple eyes are Athena’s most stunning features. Normally, her birthmark glows pale white, however, depending on the amount of magic Athena uses, her birthmark has been known to glow even brighter. Contrasted with her olive complexion and raven hair, her look has often been called striking. Athena, well, she agrees. A full mouth, high cheekbones and wide eyes, her conventionally attractive features, curvy figure, and deep pocket, has often been used to her advantage. While everything about her look screams woman, two deep dimples give a hint of the innocent and naive person hidden behind her assured persona. 

Often clad in expensive, well-fitted clothing, Athena cuts an imposing figure despite her short height. Her air of self-assurance and confidence, coupled with her polished look have often intimidated or awed others. Easily distinguishable from the crowd, she has been at pains to ensure that her distinction from everyone has been for the right reason. Expertly covering up how insecure she is about her place and role in Black Iris, Athena portrays a confident, and vivacious persona.[/indent]
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[color=801CA3][b]Personality[/b][/color]
[indent] A veritable social butterfly, Athena is a naturally gregarious flirt who simply enjoys people. She loves debating with others, but has been known to quell many arguments with a simple smile and a redirect. Despite having the reputation of knowing everyone and being friends with everyone, Athena has a very small circle of close friends. With these select people, Athena drops her graceful and confident mask. With those she trusts she is silly and slightly naive, in spite of her long life. She has a strong mothering instinct towards those friends, and can fall prey to a sob-story. While highly intelligent and ambitious, Athena is not particularly cunning and can therefore, sometimes be taken advantage of. 

Some have guessed that she has a tendency to surround herself with others as a means to combat her internal loneliness, but none have dared say it to her face. And if they did, well who knows what might come for them under the cover of the shadows. 

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[color=801CA3][b]History[/b][/color]
[indent] Born with purple eyes and a crescent moon birthmark, the sight of such an unnatural baby lead to panic in her household. The first known witch in her family, her mother tried to kill the young child. However, some self-preservation instinct kicked in and turned her bright purple eyes into an ordinary brown. Her once moon-shaped birthmark became a simple black mole. Convincing themselves that it was a trick of the light, her parents tried to raise the young girl as an ordinary child. Knowing from a young age that her magic was rarely if never, to be used she strangled any urge to cast. However, this forceful suppression of her magic manifested itself in uncontrollable casting. It started first in her sleep, where dreams of fairies would manifest into wispy tricks of light. But as she grew up, the strength of her magic grew too. One day, in anger, the young girl accidentally set fire to the thatch of a barn and the people in her village immediately turned her over to the Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition had heard tales of a young girl born with purple eyes and a glowing moon on her forehead and eagerly seized the opportunity to sentence her, despite her age.

One of the youngest witches persecuted during the Basque Witch Trials, and with little training to her name, the Trial would have spelled the end of her short life. But rumours of a young, powerful witch had reached les Sorciѐres de la Lumière des Étoile— one of the oldest and most influential French covens. Saved, and transplanted from the small Basque village to the centre of Paris, she was named Athena. The newly named Athena tried her best to fit into the coven. Her earlier fear of magic turned to sheer joy as she learned French and magic at a rapid rate. Her coven mothers guessed that the suppression of magic lead to her birthmark glowing a soft, diffused white once she finally started tapping into and training her magic. Athena spent many years in Paris with the coven and helped oversee the shift to New York City as Europe became increasingly militant in wiping out all supernatural persons. 

Now one of the senior most witches in her coven, Athena strives to maintain the legacy of the coven while cultivating a bright and secure future for all witches. Shedding the more restrictive rules of the coven, her coven now includes both female and male witches. And with each carefully selected member, Athena takes on a mothering role as she guides the witches to their fullest potential. For many centuries Athena was content in her role, but the security of Black Iris made her complacent. One night, during one of Starlight's rituals hunters attacked. She was able to get away and save many of her coven, however, other's were not so lucky. Watching so many of her coven fall to the hunters turned her frustration with humans into anger. What started out as an avenging quest, to kill the hunters who had murdered her coven, turned into a secret mission. To stop hunters from hunting supernaturals, by any means necessary.
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[color=801CA3][b]Miscellaneous[/b][/color]
[indent] Jenna Coleman | [color=801CA3]801CA3[/color]
She has a black cat because she finds human stereotypes funny and also feels bad that black cats are left in shelters because of human superstitions.
Also her coven can be called SLE or Sorceresses of the Starlight if you wanna be fancy. [/indent]

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37 | Male
[color=A30000][b]Basics[/b][/color]
[indent][b]Name:[/b] Marion Beauchamp
[b]Nicknames:[/b] Don’t.
[b]Sexuality:[/b] Bisexual
[b]Relationship Status: [/b]Open
[b]Species:[/b] Human
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[color=A30000][b]Skills[/b][/color]
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[*][b]Combat and Hunting skills: [/b]Marion is a skilled fighter, in both hand-to-hand and mixed martial arts (MMA) after taking classes in both. Through bitter experience he has learned to get the better of supernatural creatures, despite his relative weakness. He is extremely eagle-eyed in spotting and exploiting the weaknesses of his opponents, which is why he’s still alive. 
[*][b] Marksmanship: [/b] Marion is sharp shooter, after spending many years with only a gun as backup against supernatural creatures. He tends to use handguns on the day to day, although he can shoot long distance.
[*][b] Strategist: [/b] His logical and methodical nature lends itself well to creating strategies. Due to his almost obsessive need to level the playing field for hunters, Marion has been known to plan for almost any contingency.
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[color=A30000][b]Weaknesses[/b][/color]
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[*][b] Human:[/b] Like it says on the tin, he’s a human so he’s liable to all human weaknesses. He’s weaker than the supernatural enemies he fights and can get easily injured.
[*][b] Closed Book:[/b] Marion only occasionally shows his emotions, and even rarer still are instances when he wants to discuss said feelings. He prefers the actions over words mentality and sticks almost rigidly to it.
[*][b] Over-analysing: [/b] He has a tendency to over-analyse every single situation when preparing for hunts. He tries to plan for every contingency and takes every death on his watch personally— regardless of whether he’s at fault or not.
[*][b] Disconnects: [/b]As Marion has very little in his life beside his work he is extremely dedicated to hunting. He can often get disconnected from the rest of the world when on a hunt or even when researching for a possible one.
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[color=A30000][b]Appearance[/b][/color]
[indent]The first noticeable feature of Marion’s are his green eyes. Not for the color, of which they are a dark brown-green, but for the intense look. It can unnerve even the most hardened of hunters, as it feels as though he can see into your very soul. Evidence of his hunter life have aged him beyond his 37 years, and have forced wrinkles on his forehead, and grey in his thick wine-brown hair. He has large, capable hands filled with callouses from the hunting lifestyle. His hands, much like the man himself, can be deceptively strong. While only of average height, and with a decent amount of muscle tone, he seems to occupy a large presence. That could be due in part to the large, bulky coats he wears, or his scruffy beard and various scars scattered in every visible area, or even the impression he gives that there is more to him than might meet the eye. 

His general lack of awareness, in his day to day, of himself, and his clothing almost seems deliberate. For the most part he dresses in soft cotton shirts, and pants with a bulky coat that seem to hold an innumerable amount of objects that he pulls out as, and when he needs. Most of his clothing is peppered with tiny rips, and cuts that he barely notices, and, even more rarely, fixes. However, this all changes when he is on a hunt or planning out the next hunt— both for himself and others. There, others will see a sharply focused man who pays a high level of attention to the image he projects when outside the walls of the Council of Hunters. He is able to blend in extremely well in a multitude of situations, and adapts his appearance as needed. [/indent]
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[color=A30000][b]Personality[/b][/color]
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Marion spends most of his time in the Council, and especially in either his room or the library. When he does interact with people they find a wry, intelligent, and observant man. Occasionally funny, purposefully pre-occupied, and constantly on guard, Marion hides behind a carefully constructed wall. Most of the Council interact with him only up until a certain point. He is fiercely protective of his personal self, and prying information from him— when he doesn’t want to give up anything— is harder than killing the entire supernatural population with one feather. Basically, impossible. 

If, however, one becomes his friend, they would find a genuine, and extremely loyal person. While sensitive Marion has learnt, or been forced, to become a harder version of himself. He places great weight on people’s capabilities, and once others have proved worthy of his respect he is willing to listen to them. Once he has placed his trust in someone, however, he would protect them till his last breath.
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[color=A30000][b]History[/b][/color]
[indent] Born in the resort town of Banff in Canada, Marion spent his formative years growing up in the mountainous region. He learned how to track, and hunt animals from his father, as well as basic survival skills. When his younger brother Jason was born, Marion spent most of his pre-teen years looking after him and teaching him all he knew. He grew up in a storybook household, with loving parents and an adoring brother. But that all changed when a pack of rabid werewolves attacked. They massacred his entire town, leaving only a handful of the residents alive. Luckily both Marion and his younger brother survived. Grieving from the death of his parents, however, Marion poured everything he could into figuring out what killed his parents, and most of his town. 

This lead him into the hunter world, as he slowly uncovered the truth about the supernatural community. Marion and Jason became hunters in due course, learning first from other hunters before branching out on their own. They tracked down the pack of werewolves that had almost completely massacred Banff and successfully avenged their town. But the hunting bug stuck. They became proficient hunters, who were known for their ability to never quit. But barely 5 years into hunting, disaster struck. A vampire took killed Jason during a routine hunt. With no family left, Marion became almost obsessed with hunting. Not caring for himself or his own life, Marion became known as the guy who’d take on any and all missions. However, as the pain lessened and Marion slowly developed a circle of friends, his all-in approach tempered into a meticulously planned one. He started to learn as much as he could about the creatures, and used knowledge gained from research when hunting supernatural creatures. But he never caught the vampire who killed his brother. [/indent]
  
[color=A30000][b]Miscellaneous[/b][/color]
[indent] Tom Burke | [color=A30000]A30000[/color] [/indent]

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