[B]Name:[/B] Veronica Lance
[B]Age:[/B] 18
[B]Gender:[/B] Female
[B]Race:[/B] Human
[B]Class:[/B] Wizard

[B]Appearance:[/B]
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Veronica is not the type of person who could easily blend into a crowd. She stands at exactly five feet tall, making her a little bit on the short side, not that this matters to her. Her figure is willowy, lacking in curvature. Not that she's a block, rather her curves are just understated, again, not that this matters to her. She has a heart shaped face, and a small nose. Her hair is long, and slightly wavy. It goes past her waist, with blunt cut bangs that go to her eyebrows. It naturally grows out of her head in a lavender color. She keeps her hair tied up into pigtails on either side of her head. Her eyes are an intense yellow color, that almost appear to be glowing, which tends to freak some people out. Her eyes have long, dark lashes attached to them. Her skin is naturally pale, and made more so by her not going out into the sun that often. Her pale complexion makes her other features stand out. She often wears dark makeup, such as black eyeshadow, and black lipstick.

Veronica has a very particular taste when it comes to clothes. Her wardrobe consists of frilly gothic style dresses. There are a lot of lace, ruffles, and bows in her clothes, and it's always in a black and purple color scheme. Her current outfit is a frilly purple and black dress. The bodice is purple and black, and is vaguely corsetlike in design. It has puff sleeves, ruffles, and two small purple bows decorating it. The bell shaped skirt is black, and it reaches to just past her knees. It has ruffles on the bottom. She wears black lace stockings on her legs, and black Mary Jane style shoes on her feet. Elbow length, fingerless black gloves, with crisscrossing purple lace ribbons in the center cover her hands. On top of her head sits a black headband with a purple bow attached to it. The only jewelry she wears is a black choker with a purple gem in the middle, as well as black stud earrings in both earlobes. Some people find her choice of clothing odd because it tends to look extravagant when it's not necessary. Veronica doesn't care what others think. She likes the style, and that's all that matters to her.

Veronica was given new clothes when she joined the Order. While she kept her style somewhat, she was forced to wear Order colors, which she's not completely happy about. She wears a frilly royal blue and black dress with various designs on it, including the Orders symbol. The skirt is bell shaped, and reaches to her knees. She also wears a few silver armored bits over it. Elbow length, fingerless black gloves, with crisscrossing blue lace ribbons in the center cover her hands. On top of her head sits a black headband with a blue bow attached to it. She wears black tights on her legs, with practical blue boots as her footwear.

[B]Personality:[/B] Veronica is a quiet young woman who doesn't show emotion very often. She usually has a serious look on her face, and it's rare to see her smile. She doesn't talk very much, not because she's shy or anything, she just doesn't have much to say. It's hard to get more than a few words out of her at a time. When someone does try to talk to her, she tries to get straight to the point, and end the conversation as efficiently as possible. This often leads to saying things bluntly, or respond with a snarky comment. She is patient and stoic, and doesn't get angry easily, but can be quite scary when she does get mad. These days, she has a tendency to push people away because of her experiences with bullying, often playing up her bad reputation, and demonstrating her abilities to keep people away. While she is grateful for the gifts she was blessed with, she knows that they can be dangerous if left unchecked, which is why she keeps people at arms length, so she doesn't want to hurt people again. She struggles to not let the influence of her dark magic drive to be evil like everyone thinks she is. It's difficult because she actually enjoys burning on people who annoy her. Even if it is by accident sometimes.

Her favorite activity is reading books. She is actually fairly intelligent, and she likes learning as much as she can about magic, or anything else she thinks is relevant. She also reads for pleasure, and reads fairy tales and horror novels, in addition to scholarly texts. Although, she seems to prefer reading about people having epic adventures, than actually being involved in one herself. She knows the potential dangers involved, and Veronica doesn't like casually rushing into danger without a plan.

For all her intelligence, Veronica is lacking in physical ability. She's not very strong (though she can somehow pick up big heavy books without a problem), not a particularly fast runner, doesn't take hits well, and gets tired easily after doing physical activity for too long. Combat wise, Veronica relies on her magic for everything, and is useless in a physical fight. She typically avoids exerting herself too much. However, when it becomes necessary to perform manual labor, she will never complain about it. She'll just suffer in silence until the task is complete. Complaining is something that irritates her more than physical fatigue.

Despite the fact that she actively studies dark magic, Veronica isn't actually evil. She actually would like to put her powers to use doing something good, and show people that not all practitioners of dark magic are evil, and it that it can be put to use doing good. The reason for her reserved personality is because of the bad reputation she's gotten due to her powers. In reality, she is quite friendly deep down, and would appreciate companionship from someone willing to look past the darkness. She can be one of your closest friends if you have the patience to deal with her.

[B]History: [/B]Before she was born, Veronica's parents were both sorcerers who studied dark magic. Both mother and father hailed from a long line of dark magic users. They had hoped to learn the secrets of dark magic, and put what learn to use for good. They wanted to raise a child who would grow up to follow in their footsteps. They tried many times to conceive a child the old fashioned way, but either failed to get pregnant, or miscarried. They considered adopting an orphan at first, but decided against it, as they wanted their progeny to inherit their magical abilities, and have their blood in their child's veins. So, they decided to use magic to help them conceive. It worked, and nine months later, they welcomed a baby girl into their lives. The girl was born with lavender hair, and yellow eyes that neither parent possessed, but was otherwise perfectly healthy. They named their new daughter Veronica, and blamed her unnatural hair and eye color on the fact that she was conceived magically.

Veronica was born in the capital of Verthall. Veronica and her family had a bad reputation since they practiced dark magic, and everyone in the capital didn't trust them because of this. Since they had not actually done anything bad yet, the people couldn't force them out. Veronica grew up in a very lavish lifestyle. Her family was able to afford the best of everything. Her parents were the ones who drilled her interest in magic into her head.

Veronica had not displayed any signs of having magic herself, thus she went to public school to get a normal education. Veronica was the victim of bullying and mistrust by others, who believed her to be a witch. Due to her interest in dark magic, odd choice of fashion, tendency to keep to herself, and unusual appearance, Veronica was very much an outcast. She was hurt by the constant teasing, but did her best to cope with it as best she could. Since she didn't have any friends, Veronica spent most of her time studying magic, and reading books. While she couldn't actively perform magic on her own yet, that didn't stop her from learning all she could about magic. She was always seen with some kind of book with her, and was very much an outcast.

It all came to a head on one particular day. While she was walking by, she overheard someone say, "Oh look, here comes that freak, Veronica. I bet she's just waiting for the right moment to kill us all." She got upset by this, and then suddenly, without meaning too, a purple fire suddenly appeared next to him. The person tried to put it out, but the flame spread, setting himself on fire. When she walked up to try to help the person, he responded with "You did this didn't you?! Get away from me you witch!" Which made Veronica more upset, causing the fire to grow. Veronica ran away tears streaming down her face.

As Veronica ran, random things she passed started bursting into flames. Eventually, the whole building she was in burst into flames. By the time help arrived, flames had consumed the school, several people were burned, and some even died. Veronica was the only one to walk out of the building unscathed. After that incident, it was confirmed in everyone's mind's that the Veronica really was a witch.

For her crime, Veronica was arrested. She would have been thrown in jail, but was given the option of being Conscripted into The Order of the Griffons instead. Not seeing a better alternative, Veronica decided to join The Order. At least there she could put the magic she only just discovered she had to good use.

[B]Weapons:[/B] A simple staff with a silver crescent moon shape on the top given to her by The Order. Used for channeling magic, and looking like a real wizard!

[B]Magic:[/B]

Will-o-Wisp: Veronica conjures up balls of purple flames, that she can manipulate.

Shadow Tag: Veronica conjures a shadow to bind someone's feet where they stand, temporarily preventing them from escaping. The effect automatically ends when Veronica is far enough away from the target. The intended target must be directly in front of her to this work.

Hex: Veronica starts chanting, and summons shadows around an opponent. The shadows cause the victim intense (but not fatal) internal pain. The pain is worse if the victim has an affliction of some kind, like a burn.

Pain Split:  Veronica is able to drain life energy from one, and transfer it to another. It can be used to heal wounds, essentially transferring those wounds to another victim. She can't kill anybody with this. She must able to touch the target(s) to use this.

[B]Other: [/B]Seeing as she only recently discovered she has them, Veronica can occasionally have accidents with regards to controling her magic.