[CENTER][h1][color=slategray][b]H E X M O T H E R[/b][/color][/h1][hr][h3][sup][sup][color=silver]'A A V A  A R K H A M'   [color=slategray]◼[/color]   F E B R U A R Y  1 9 9 0  ( '2 9' )   [color=slategray]◼[/color]   'F E M A L E'[/color][/sup][/sup][/h3]
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[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]▼ A P P E A R A N C E:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/tfknaPA.png[/IMG][/INDENT][/INDENT][indent][b][color=CADETBLUE]//STATS:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ HEIGHT |[/COLOR][/B] [i]5'6[/i]

[B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ WEIGHT |[/COLOR][/B] [i]110lb[/i]

[B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ BUILD |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Lean[/i]

[B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ HAIR COLOR |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Black[/i]

[B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ EYE COLOR |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Black[/i]
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[b][color=CADETBLUE]//DESCRIPTION:[/color][/b]
[indent][i]A short, yet slender, woman, Aava's otherwise traditionally attractive features - cheekbones, jawline, strong eyebrows, and piercing eyes - are marred by the cumulative result of several years of globetrotting and intense research and study into magic, and the mysterious, seemingly-alive force that seems to govern it. Her eyes are vicious and otherworldly, her gaze hinting at deep, forbidden knowledge; her brow and cheek sport large, jagged scars, received from those who could not bear witches; her head is sheared, and the hair that remains pulled tight and back, occasionally sporting streaks of colour.

While her frame has no heavy musculature to boast of, her skin tells stories of its own; several clean patches are burnt, or pulse dark grays and purples beneath the surface - other, larger portions, such as her right arm, left hand, or her scalp, have had flesh ritualistically scored and carved out into runic patterns and channels. To the uninitiated, Aava tells of her time with forgotten tribes, and the lengths she went to in the name of trust and respect; to the wiser, she need not tell any tales at all. All together, Aava seems older than her years, scarred and beaten, and unappealing.

Generally, she wears practical, robust clothing; tough jeans, long-lived boots, and a form-fitting top that won't restrict movement; on top of any ensemble, she wears her jacket, a brown aviator-style with a warm, fur-lined collar. She carries many beads and amulets upon her person, some around her neck, others attached to her belt or her satchel. Occasionally, she wears fingerless gloves, though these can often stifle her runes and inhibit her magic.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]▼ B I O G R A P H Y:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][indent][indent][i]Aava was born into a bloodline with a long history of involvement with magic, although her family had not practiced in many generations, and indeed this aspect of their line had been forgotten. However, this failed to deter Aava from breaking the pattern of ignorance later on in her adolescence.

Aava spent the first three years of her life with her mother and father, until her mother died and her father disappeared; beyond that, she grew in the care of her grandpa, who treated her strict but fair, and loved her all the same. It was not until Aava turned twelve that she was told of the ultimate fates of her parents, and it was a year later, as she grew steadily more curious about the circumstances of her father's disappearance, when her father died, and she felt this loss through some as-yet unknowable force; she began to research her family history, and finally learned of the latent power than pulsed through her veins, dating back in her bloodlines to centuries past. It was 14 when she began her research into magic, and her practice of magic, in earnest, and while she made slow progress, it was progress nonetheless - power her family had forgotten, awoken by one inquisitive mind.

For four years, Aava read, studied, and researched, going through the motions of education and home-life as she began to see the worries of those around her as mere petty nonsense, the routines of school and work as a mortal grind that was slowly growing more and more beneath her. She left the educational institution at eighteen, and left home, beginning her long journey around the globe in search of deeper knowledge and greater power.

In the decade of absence, Aava hardly missed her city, her home; instead, she crawled across ancient ruins seeking scrolls and runic tablets, delved into forgotten tombs in search of answers and further questions. She deepened her expanse of knowledge and understanding of  Magic, and used this knowledge to enhance her power, practicing the manipulation and starting to learn how to cast spells in earnest, weaving power about her person to destroy, create, bolster...but her progress, while far more rapid than anyone could hope, due to the latent attunement in her bloodline, was still unsatisfactory for the dreams and desires Aava held within her. She sought shortcuts, cheats, ways to enhance her wielding while skipping the years of practice necessary to naturally weave magic about her person; it was an old, unknown pyramid-like structure deep within a thick, humid jungle that gave her the answers she sought. Ancient carvings of great leaders and powerful mages, all with skin intricately hewn and scored...runes and incantations etched into the own flesh of mages. A powerful ritual, one that Aava had uncovered. She studied the carvings for days, sketching their designs, their patterns. She scoured the ruins for a powerful relic she knew to be there - and when she found it, an old, vicious knife, carved from obsidian crystal and as sharp as the day it was forged, she made her own carvings.

Not long after that, Aava stumbled out of the jungle, leaving death and smoke and annihilation behind her. She had lost time after the ritual, and she smelt death on her. Now, she traveled across the world to learn of control, not freedom, to flee, not to learn.

In the tenth year of her leave, she felt that old force once more; this time, her grandpa.

It was time to return home.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[COLOR=SLATEGRAY][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]▼ A B I L I T I E S / S K I L L S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][indent][b][color=CADETBLUE]//ABILITIES:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ MAGE |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Aava's bloodline has always been 'comfortable' with Magic, the mysterious mystical force that flows through all space. Because of this, she has been able to harness that power with more ease than most, and she is a natural mage.

However, displeased with the slow speed of her progression, Aava took it upon herself to research and enact 'artificial' ways of enhancing her power and her magical abilities; to this end, she has carved - both physically and magically - runic patterns and channels into her very skin, allowing her own flesh to be used as a conduit for magic to flow through, making it easier to manipulate and allowing her to cast spells beyond her training.

Naturally, she is a mere apprentice of magicry, and her power is capable of simple elemental destruction, as well as some spells of protection and healing; however, her channels elevate her power to near-mastery, bolstering her destructive magic while offering greater wards, the magic to soothe wounds, and transfiguration, able to turn one material into another, or disguise her form.

Since the carving of her flesh, Aava has found that there are periods where magic seizes her without her beckoning, and seats itself deep within her skin; at times like these, she must exert immense focus and control, lest it take her mind and turn her into a true conduit, the magic manipulating her in order to flow free and raw. This has only happened once before; Aava became a naked, featureless doll, wreathed in black flame, her channels exuding a dark aura, her eyes two glowing pits. She massacred a village and became a portal for dark creatures. She has not lost control since.[/i][/indent]
[b][color=CADETBLUE]//SKILLS:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ CUNNING AND FAST |[/COLOR][/B] [i]While not strong, Aava is quick, and capable of turning an attack away from herself before creating space to run or unleash her own magical offense.[/i][/indent]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ RUIN RAIDER |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Aava is a capable runner and climber, able to scale ruins and gain entry to ancient castles, and is also practiced in parkour.[/i][/indent]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ SCHOLAR MAGE |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Aava's research has left her well-versed in occult history and mankind's knowledge of magic, and she has a great understanding of Man's hidden history with mages and other practitioners.[/i][/indent]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ THE STOIC |[/COLOR][/B] [i]As a requirement of the proper harnessing of her magic, as well as controlling the magic when it seeks to harness [b]her[/b], Aava is able to exert great control over her emotions, remaining balanced, calm, and logical nearly all of the time.[/i][/indent]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ SURVIVAL INSTINCT |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Aava's time in places best left uncovered has instilled a survival sense in her - she can keep herself fed, watered, and rested, and almost intuitively senses when something is not to be found, or if she needs to leave immediately.[/i][/indent]
[b][color=CADETBLUE]//LIMITATIONS:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ TROUBLED MIND |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Aava's channeling of magic requires focus and intense calm; a flare of emotion, in whatever form, alters her psyche and the magic she wishes to use, twisting its power in whatever way her emotions dictate. Therefore, to use her spells to their best effect, she must remain calm and grounded at all time, and avoid distractions and outside influences - something easier said than done. A troubled or panicked mind can simply fail to cast.[/i][/indent]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ DISPEL MAGIC [SUP](3RD LEVEL SPELL)[/SUP] |[/COLOR][/B] [i]Anything that inhibits magic, or the casting of spells, also inhibits Aava's power, and forces her to either flee, or become more creative in engineering a solution.[/i][/indent]
[b][color=CADETBLUE]//WEAKNESSES:[/color][/b]
[indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ OPEN CONDUIT |[/COLOR][/B] [i]While Aava's prowess has been enhanced by her channels, she has also opened herself up to magic, and anything else that influences it; as such, if another, stronger mage - or someone in possession of a powerful relic - were inclined, and able, they could infuse her channels with their own power, and essentially enslave Aava; not in mind, but in body.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ HALF-MAGIC |[/COLOR][/B] [i] Having turned herself into a conduit of sorts, Aava has also put herself at a greater disadvantage to that which dispels or attacks magic; such anti-magic offense not only cancels out her casting, but can also disorient, destabilize, or even damage Aava herself. Aava has no 'off' state, and is always 'communicating' with magic even on a base level. This communication is also 'two-way' - should she lose control of herself, or of the magic flowing through her, then she faces the risk of being overwhelmed by magic, becoming a puppet of raw magic, with goals, powers, and a mind-state alien to what she knows of Mankind.[/i][/indent][/indent]
[indent][indent][B][COLOR=SILVER]◼ WALKING EMP |[/COLOR][/B] [i] The magic that flows naturally through Aava's channels creates a near-constant low aura. While this has little effect on people and animals, unless they are magic-sensitive themselves, she has a lot of trouble with electronics and other such devices.[/i][/indent][/indent]