[hider=Alyssa "Lyss" Burns**]

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[i]"Was I being sarcastic? I couldn't tell."[/i]
[h3][ [b]23[/b]     |     [b]5'7"[/b]     |     [b]American of European Descent[/b]    |     [b]Pronouns She/Her [/b]     |     [b]Weight 127lb[/b] ][/h3]
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[color=D3D3D3][h3][u][b]   APPEARANCE       [/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together." - Elizabeth Taylor[/i][/color]

[indent][indent]Lyss has a sort of unblemished, untouched look to her beauty. While her height comes from her long legs, her torso is rather average with a toned figure and breasts that aren't too small nor too large. Her grandmother used to call her the brunette version of Snow White because of her pale complexion and dark brown hair. Her skin is smooth and unscarred. Her eyes are a striking hazel mostly comprised of blue flecks.

The only really girly aspect of Lyss is that she loves to wear makeup. She generally ignores things like foundation, blush, and bronzer, but loves to wear eyeshadow and lipstick. Generally her eyeshadow is a simple smoky eye to highlight her eye color. She then pairs it with a dark red or muave lip depending on her mood. The lipstick is her favorite, so it is rare to see her without it.

When it comes to clothing, Lyss rarely changes it up. Her wardrobe consists of dark colors like black, maroon, or navy. Her jeans are usually a dark washed denim or just black, and she wears either long sleeves or v-necks with them. If she ever wears any color, it is in the form of a bag or jacket. Her favorite jacket is a [url=https://i.imgur.com/bGLmjEP.jpg]leather jacket[/url] with floral embellishments. She also owns a dark red leather jacket. Her feet are either covered in black boots, converse, or slip-on sneakers.[/indent][/indent]

[color=D3D3D3][h3][u][b]    PSYCHOLOGY       [/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?" - Ridley Scott[/i][/color]

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[color=D3D3D3][b]MAIN GOAL  ⫻[/b][/color] To carry on her family's name. To survive this messed up world. Maybe even save a few lives while she's at it. Dunno. She's not the "hero" type. She would also like to learn how to seal an apparition into her channeler for a power boost. She's been unsuccessful until now.

[color=D3D3D3][b]WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF THE COVEN  ⫻[/b][/color] Lyss wouldn't mind being around others like her. Her grandmother was in one, years ago. Why not try it out? Maybe they'll become a family too.

[color=D3D3D3][b]PHILOSOPHY  ⫻[/b][/color] Everyone is just trying to get by. Doesn't mean you can be a dick about it, though.

[color=D3D3D3][b]SECRETS  ⫻[/b][/color] Lyss may or may not have worked in the black market to get by until now. She may have made some enemies, too, but she knows how to cover her tracks. 

[color=D3D3D3][b]SEXUALITY  ⫻[/b][/color] Asexual. Lyss has only ever been romantic with one man, but it just wasn't her thing.

[color=D3D3D3][b]FEARS  ⫻[/b][/color] Death. Failure. Pretty typical stuff.

[color=D3D3D3][b]REPUTATION  ⫻[/b][/color] Her family name has a long line of powerful witches and warlocks. They were first known as great necromancers, but as the earth evolved, they had to evolve too. Necromancy was looked down upon because it was often misused, so their name also carries a bad meaning as well. By the time Alyssa's grandmother met her grandfather, most of the Burns resorted to less horrifying uses of the black lux. 

[color=D3D3D3][b]FLAWS  ⫻[/b][/color] After being alone for so long, Lyss has grown to be quite blunt with her words. She's forgotten the meaning of "white lies" and prefers to keep her words and actions as obvious as possible. She'll let you know when you're wrong.

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[color=D3D3D3][h3][u][b]   BACKSTORY      [/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"I owe it all to my grandma."[/i][/color]

[indent][indent]The Burns family name carries meaning. Whether that meaning is looked upon in a good or bad way, Alyssa's family didn't care. Her mother worked with apparitions and spirits, while her father practiced necromancy like her grandfather. Her parents traveled often, so Alyssa was raised by her grandmother. After her grandfather died, Alyssa's dad became more obsessed with keeping the Burns necromancy tradition alive. Eventually on one of his trips, he lost his life to his passion. Alyssa's mother and grandmother weren't sure it it was by his own hands, or by those who opposed necromancy. Either way, Alyssa knew that he could never resurrect himself. She was six when he passed. She wasn't emotionally grown enough to feel the grief of it. Yes, she missed him, but she didn't know why her mother cried all of the time. Or why her mother left her. She just remembered her mother walking out of the door.

So, her grandmother took full responsibility of Alyssa. She took her to school, fed her, clothed her, and became Alyssa's life. When Alyssa turned 13, her grandmother handed down her family ring and began to teach her the ways of the Black Lux. Alyssa found her niche in the warding and trapping of apparitions, just like her grandmother had. The two became quite happy living together. In Alyssa's opinion, they never really needed anyone else. Her grandmother was the only Burns she needed to learn what her family name meant.

They were happy for years after, but when Alyssa entered high school her grandmother grew ill. She held on as tightly as she could to life for Alyssa, but after a year of medication she passed. Alyssa was devastated. She tried as hard as she could to bring her grandmother back, but she just wasn't taught to use the Burns lux that way. She even tried to summon her spirit, but that only put her into a day long coma.

When she woke, she learned that she would be travelling to Florida to live with a distantly related Burns family. Apparently her grandmother had been their aunt. She lived with them until she turned 18, but never grew a familial bond with them. At 18 she moved out, and tried to live life on her own.

It didn't go as planned, unfortunately. She fell into some debt, struggled with jobs, and met a man that wasn't a good influence on her. Basically, she got in with the wrong crowd. Until recently, Alyssa worked with some pretty shady characters in Miami. She managed to get herself out of it, and set her sights on joining the coven to right the wrongs of her past.[/indent][/indent]

[color=D3D3D3][h3][u][b]   SKILLS & TALENTS      [/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"I know a thing... or two."[/i][/color]

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[color=D3D3D3][b]Tracking  ⫻[/b][/color] Alyssa can track anything or anyone down. Just give her a name and some time. Maybe even a few tracking spells, too.

[color=D3D3D3][b]Cooking  ⫻[/b][/color] Learned it all from her grandmother. She can whip up anything under the sun. Just name it.

[color=D3D3D3][b]Firepower  ⫻[/b][/color] After her time in the market, Alyssa has learned that it's always a good idea to carry a gun.

[color=D3D3D3][b]Knows a few People that Know Certain Things  ⫻[/b][/color] Alyssa understands how the underworld works. She still has some friends there, even though she's made herself disappear from that world.
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[color=D3D3D3][h3][u][b]    ABSTRACTION    [/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"[i]Who ya gonna call?[/i] Haha, I'm just kidding."[/i][/color]

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[color=D3D3D3][b]TYPE  ⫻[/b][/color] Adept (Black)

[color=D3D3D3][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] Manipulation of Apparitions and Spirits. Recent Necromancy Casting *Channeler:* A [url=https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0309/0645/products/NewShotsCurrentStock1371.jpg?v=1571264953]ring[/url] passed down by her ancestors. Given to her by her grandmother.

[color=D3D3D3][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b][/color] Alyssa has the ability to ward and trap apparitions to her liking. She has also been able to summon up to two undead with the use of casting a Necromancy sigil.

[indent][color=D3D3D3][b]Warding  ⫻[/b][/color] If it is necessary, Alyssa can keep apparitions away from her or others as long as they are within a certain distance. The epicenter is located in her ring and she emits her lux energy into the space around her.

[color=D3D3D3][b]Trapping  ⫻[/b][/color] Trapping can mean two things. Either Alyssa traps an apparition into a certain "bubble" of space for an x amount of time, or she traps it into a physical object. When she traps them into an area, one of the outer edges are where her ring begins. So, she could carry the spirit into a different place with her if she keeps her focus on the apparition. Trapping it into a physical object is much harder, but is a faster way to trap a spirit. [/indent]

[color=D3D3D3][b]AURA SENSING  ⫻[/b][/color] A suiting aura, Alyssa is able to sense when apparitions are within her range. She can track them down this way because the feeling will grow stronger the closer she is to them. She is also able to sense apparitions that are within aberrations.

[color=D3D3D3][b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b][/color] The distance of Alyssa's warding is up to seventy feet and comes with a few stipulations. She can physically keep them distanced from her but they can still utilize their abstractions within the distance and possibly attack her. However the more apparitions she's trying to keep away the less distance she'll have. At her peak, she can keep away three before the distance drops. Alyssa can trap an Apparition within a thirty-foot radius of herself... which is pretty close to her - if she's not trapping them into an object. She can keep an Apparition trapped for about thirty minutes before it can break free and she can only trap one Apparition at a time, but again it's limited by her stamina. She can trap an Apparition within an object indefinitely because she's functionally sealing them. She can keep an Apparition trapped or warded for as long as her stamina allows it but its a very consuming process on her. She can only do one or the other, so if she's warding, and she needs to trap an Apparition, then she'll have to stop one to do the other. Of course, she cannot trap or Ward Apparitions that are Agents or Adjoined to somebody but can trap an Apparition that is affixed to somebody. She is also able to trap or ward an abscised. Duh.

[color=D3D3D3][b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b][/color] There's nothing stopping the Apparitions from using their abstractions when they're trapped/warded. Which can be kinda ugly. The outer barriers of the trap/ward can be physically attacked and damaged and can be destroyed by sending enough firepower that way. Which will stun Alyssa for a second. Any Apparition of significant caliber can easily destroy the Ward/Trap.

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[color=D3D3D3][h3][u][b]   OTHER      [/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"I haven't even seen Ghostbusters."[/i][/color]

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