[hider=Iris Aderast] [center] [color=9990bf] [img] https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/319677679664234499/716842630012469298/unknown.png [/img] [youtube] https://youtu.be/I3nJVdxL4l0[/youtube] [h1]Iris Aderast[/h1] Gender / Preferred Pronouns: Female. She/Her Age: 17 Birthday: June 10th Sexuality: Lesbian, presumably. Personality : Iris is what someone in their 50s might call “weird” or “not right.” Putting aside the fact that she’s entirely uninterested in the opinions of most males she’s met, she also has a weird way of saying things. She’s the kind of person who would say “I don’t look at the future, I look sideways” instead of saying she’s happy with where she is. Iris, for all the odd energy she has surrounding her, is still a nice person, just not overly sweet and joyful. She’s got this atmosphere going on that could only be described as slow. Iris doesn’t move at the world’s pace, but at her own. People are safe around her, and she likes to make sure that doesn’t change, whether she has to do it magically or otherwise. Iris is easily described as just a chill girl, but she is not afraid to get in someone’s face and be aggressive, and she’s more than willing to give somebody a black eye when they cross the wrong lines. It’s rare to see Iris smile, but it doesn’t mean she isn’t in a good mood, she’s just off like that, at least, that’s how she’d put it. She may be a little goofy, or even aloof, but this stems from a deep insecurity surrounding abandonment issues. When Iris was little, she didn’t have anyone but the elders to take care of her, and they were usually busy, so she spent a lot of time alone thinking she did something to make them avoid her. She uses her half-funny nature to “remind” her friends that she’s there, because she has an almost irrational worry that they’ll just grow bored of her or even [i]forget[/i] about her after a while. It’s become a habit for her to just be this goofy off-her-rocket-esque girl to make herself stick in the minds of a few select people that she cares about, even if it’s occasionally tiring on an emotional level to keep that up. Appearance: A denim jacket, boots, and tank tops are at least half of the things this girl wears, and if it doesn’t set off the gaydars of some people, their gaydars are off. Her dark brown hair is slightly curly, and goes down to her waist in the back, and down to her shoulders in the front. And it is a mess. A big mess, which is why she always keeps most of it behind her head. Overall, she looks like she puts just a little bit of effort into her looks, but that’s just like her, unworried about appearances, unworried about impressing people. She also has a habit of drawing on her arms, stuff like clouds or random dots, when she’s bored. Biography: Iris has never met her family and does not even know if any of them are alive. Though she's searched for information about them or their possible whereabouts, she's heard nothing of their doings or deeds in the magical community. Either way, it doesn’t matter to her, or never did. She had a family already, the coven. They taught Iris everything she knew about ghosts, magic, and vampires, and everything in between. She grew up making magical tools to help others or herself, rings made of twine and glass that focus magic energy, or repel monsters. Bracelets that help you heal faster. She was good at that kind of thing. Magic and her adopted family were all she ever knew. That’s all she ever needed in her life. It was simple. But before now, she was just a wee little baby witch, who some of the elder witches took care of. She would spend most of her days running around the house grabbing flowers and learning to make charms, and the older witches saw that she was pretty good at it so they brought her up learning about it more than most magic, she obviously learned the things they’re all expected to know, but charms were particularly involved in her learning, so now she waits to become a fully fledged witch, not knowing for sure what that will entail. She isn’t sure if there is a test she needs to pass, or if she’s already passed them, but she’s ready for it. Notable Rumors: Given her newfound magic interests, some people think she’s studying necromancy. She isn’t, though. Greatest Fear: The thing that scares Iris the most is doing nothing. Things try to take hold of magic powers all the time, and the thought of not being able to stop that, being powerless, is terrifying. Magic: [hider=Charms and Potions] Iris grew up specializing in creating magical “tools” usable in a variety of ways, she can use these things to help heal someone, or give them a boost to their magic. Need healing? She’s got jars full of healing plants. Need to get really strong? She’s got charms for punching things. These two things tend to go hand in hand, since they’re created in very similar ways. It also comes in handy with her new interest she found. [/hider] [hider=Golemism] That’s just what she calls it, but lately Iris has been studying the idea of giving motion to inanimate creations, binding sticks and branches together to make a human shape, and supplying that with magic energy. She calls them golems. She physically can’t make them as smart as a human, but she could make them smart enough to preform tasks, like a trained animal. The size of the constructs, or golems as she calls them, appears to be meaningless regarding magic energy. Their intelligence is what affects their strength. Something smart enough to do high school math might last a week or two unchecked, but something with the mind of a dog could last a month. It’s easy to make a golem’s body, just sticks and vines for bones, and a magic “heart” to power it. These creatures aren’t exactly “alive” but they show behavior similar to a living creature. They’re not sentient, they can’t think for themselves, they’re essentially machines made of magic that Iris can control using a charm specifically designed to link her to any golem she wants to talk with. [hider=Golems] [img] https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/teolygma/images/d/dc/Golem.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20101121091844 [/img] [img] https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcS9NHDz4u7nAcz2e5m_4sqLdUiSC-N5LI8sfgi4Mi13KVCsOH7E&usqp=CAU [/img] [img] https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/minecraft_gamepedia/0/0d/Iron_Golem.png [/img] [/hider] [hider=Book of Creatures] It sounds way more sophisticated than it actually is, the name makes it sound like some kind of highly valuable secret book full of untold creatures, but it’s really just information about golemism that’s Iris records in the process. She’s never heard of anyone studying this kind of magic before, so she went in blind. The book is full of heart making methods, charm communication involving the golem, and the shape of some golems. It looks like a nice sketchbook that you’d find at Walmart. No lines on the pages. The inside flap has a set of “rules” Iris made out of anticipation. If any of the more authoritative witches were to feel concerned with Iris’ work. They could read this book and figure out what she’s up to. There are also other things in this book like less human shapes for golems, like cats or birds. 1) “Don’t use bones, that’s just mean.” 2) “Human intelligence is impossible, and probably dumb” 3) “Golems aren’t witches.” [/hider] [/hider] Other: 9990bf [/color] [/center] [/hider] [hider=Isolde] [center] [h1][b][color=Cyan]Isolde Morden[/color][/b][/h1] [img] https://i.pinimg.com/736x/91/15/f5/9115f5e820149bc472641d5a04027727--blue-eyes-black-hair-gray-eyes.jpg[/img] [color=cyan][hr][/color] [youtube] https://youtu.be/Z8j0x1bZ0Cg[/youtube] [color=cyan][b][u]Gender[/u][/b][/color] Female [color=cyan][b][u]Age[/u][/b][/color] 18 [color=cyan][b][u]Birthday[/u][/b][/color] 12/23 [color=cyan][b][u]Sexuality[/u][/b][/color] Pansexual [color=cyan][b][u]Appearance[/u][/b][/color] Needless to say, Isolde is at least semi attractive, being 5’ 9” and having clean, sleek jet black hair down to her hips. And maybe it’s the electricity, or her inhuman nature as a witch, but her eyes are an almost neon, electric blue, as if they’re glowing. She comes of as very eye-candyish, but her attire is a complete inversion of her personality and physical appearance. She wears a lot of slacked, baggy clothes like sweatpants and a hoodie. She walks with her head held high, as if she’s already seen everything around her for months. She doesn’t have a very interesting fashion sense, but the most interesting thing about her look is the very profound lichtenberg scar that spirals from her wrist up to her shoulder, which she got inked over like a tattoo a while back. The scar happened when she was first experimenting with lightning magic when she was 13. Isolde can often be seen with a staff in her hand. It looks like an ordinary but fancy walking stick, and mostly, it is, but it’s also a common thing in the Morden family. It is a dense wood line with carvings of clouds and mountainous animals, with a metal ring at the two ends. It weighs roughly 2.5 pounds and is eye level with Isolde. [color=cyan][b][u]Personality[/u][/b][/color] Isolde is a very grounded person. Her head is never in the clouds, unless literally, and she’s not afraid to speak her mind. Isolde has an energetic atmosphere around her, like at any moment the whole mood could flip from calm to roaring intensity. She respects the elders of the coven, knowing full well why they’re the elders, and tries to listen to their words as much as possible. This doesn’t mean in the slightest that she listens to them because of their authority. Isolde is an upstanding kind of witch, sure, but as far as she’s concerned, there’s nothing stopping her from going rogue but herself, and she likes it here. She admires the work that has to be done to keep a wellspring safe from monsters that would use its sacred power for bad reasons, and therefore, if she has to die fighting for one, she will go down swinging. She’s a very zealous type of girl, and only sometimes has the energy to back it up, when she’s not in a fierce mood, she’s sweet to the people she knows. She’s protective out of instinct alone, but has learned to not get involved in something nobody wants her involved in. Her friends are family to her, she’s the type to kiss someone on the hand when they’re close enough to her, especially women. and carry them on her back when they sprain their foot. She’s a whole mood when she wants to be, it’s just about getting that mental momentum, as she’d put it. Isolde is noble, and tries to maintain honor among the people she is around, be it through basic respect, or treating an enemy of her people as another person, with their own beliefs and reasons that make her never want to kick a dog when it’s down. She grew up with a deep connection to the culture surrounding witches and magic, and therefore has an admiration for people who stretch the boundaries of what magic is through their own creativity, however that may be. [color=cyan][b][u]Biography[/u][/b][/color] Isolde was born into a house of witches known by few other than elders in a coven for their control of the clouds. Bending lighting in the palms of their hands is in the Morden house’s blood. It is an old family, secluded in the distant parts of the Appalachian mountain range. One of the six founders of the original family, Valerica Morden, left her teachings behind a few lifetimes ago to be passed down to the future generations. Isolde is one such witch. Occasionally, members of the Morden house are sent to covens in the region to learn from other witches. It’s not common, but Isolde is the first one in at least 3 or 4 years to go to a new coven. One of the Morden House elders, known as Asmen Morden, sent word to the leaders of Dying Branch, to put in a good word for Isolde. The mountains were almost covered in snow, where Isolde lived, it was mild weather year round, and the Mordens kept in touch with only a handful of covens, which is how they’d keep up with the important events of the world. Dying Branch was the one they talked with the most. Isolde, being old enough to handle herself, was given the choice to stay or leave to learn more from the outside world. Naturally, she left. She took with her the a copy of all three of Valerica Morden’s teachings to educate herself on the Morten family’s old magic, hoping to learn more in this new chapter of her life. Each of the three books had a singular rune, meaning “Lock” on the inside of the front covers to protect the knowledge within them. The only people permitted to open the books were Isolde, and an elder of the Dying Branch. The reason for the secrecy of the Morden family is because in the mountains, they have their own wellspring that they guard closely. It is not like the Dying Branch’s wellspring. It is a tree with silver bark, and luminous leaves that drift along the wind, they give off a faint blue glow against the thundery clouds of the mountains. It is believed by the family that this tree is the cause for their lives in the mountaintops. Normally, few things could survive there, but the weather and wildlife has been changed by the mountains. Rams with pale fur, and glassy horns can occasionally be seen trotting through the fields on the mountains. Of course, beneath the one or two mile long fields of the Morden family’s home, there is nothing like that. The tree, known as the Mountain’s Heart, is found in a place only the Morden elders know of, they only refer to it as “Valerica’s Valley.” Stories tell of a young tree growing over the grave where Valencia Morden was said to be buried, but it’s nearly impossible to find if you’re not an elder. Isolde may never see the Mountain’s Heart, but it’s alright. She’s going to see the outside world for herself, and maybe one day teach someone to wield lightning herself, when she earns the right. [color=cyan][b][u]Notable Rumors[/u][/b][/color] Some people say she’s just a lesbian. Not true. [color=cyan][b][u]Greatest Fear[/u][/b][/color] Lightning. It’s weird to think about a lightning magic user being afraid of their power, but you’d be an absolute fool to [i]not[/i] be afraid of lightning, especially when your magic of choice involves conducting it through your hands and arms. [hider=Magic: Lightning] [sub][img] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/84/97/b6/8497b6a97eab843724cba6233fac4c57.jpg[/img][/sub] [i]”A storm without rage is a breeze. A storm without calm is the end of everything. There is no storm without an eye. To wield the strength of darkened clouds, one must understand the eye of the storm no less than the winds and rain of the storm. Only then can you let the power flow as if it were water.” [sub]Forces of The Sky. Volume 1 - Valerica Morden.[/sub][/i] It suits her personality greatly, being able to conduct the storms above one’s head the way Isolde does. By letting the magic energy in her body flow a certain way, and not forcing it to move any other way, Isolde has learned to channel and create electricity in her body, and direct it at whatever she sees fit. The only way she can actually handle doing this is by “bracing” herself for it, which is done by circulating magic energy throughout her body, without using it up. The problem is that she can’t just watch a bolt of lightning fly at her and [i]then[/i] brace for it, since lighting is, well, lightning fast. The actual creation of lightning in Isolde’s body is a lot more difficult to do, since she has to divide her energy into one part for bracing, and the other for its creation. She could just forgo channeling the lightning all together if she wanted, but she wouldn’t be able to store it in her body to do any number of things with. Those things include running the energy throughout her body like a battery, and hitting something to transfer the energy, or firing it into the air to heat up any sort of moisture in the air to make even more lightning. It’s a lot harder than it sounds, and Isolde doesn’t get many chances to practice being a conduit for a lightning storm since she left the mountains, but the next time the weather gets really bad, you’re no doubt gonna see Isolde standing in the middle of an open field. It’s also the cause of her lichtenberg scar. It is common for witches of the Morden family to be scarred like this, and it’s a running joke among most that if you don’t have a lichtenberg scar somewhere on your body, you’re not really a Morden. All of the standard knowledge the Morden witches ever learn about lightning is recorded in the three volumes of [i]Forces of The Sky,[/i] everything else learned about lightning magic is learned through experience, which Isolde has roughly 7 years of. [/hider] [color=cyan][u][b]Color[/b][/u][/color] Cyan [/center] [/hider] [hider=Relationship Sheet] [center] [hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=9950ff]Relations[/color][/i][/b][/h1][hr][h2][b][i][color=9950ff]Character Name[/color][/i][/b][/h2][img]Character Image[/img] [hr][hr]⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣ ⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣ ⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣ ⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣[hr][hr] Symbol [b][color=9950ff] 💓Dakota💓[/color][/b] Symbol [i]"She’s a really good friend, always has been, I should talk to her..."[/i] Iris cares deeply about Dakota, and Dakota’s goofy nature really resonates with Iris. She doesn’t ever say anything, but she has some mushy feelings for Dakota that bother her a little more than they should. [hr] Symbol [b][color=9950ff]💛Hana💛[/color][/b] Symbol [i]"Love that girl, good friend."[/i] Her more “uptight” friend that she occasionally flirts with just for laughs, Iris appreciates Hana being a good friend and tolerating her goofy ass for as long big as she has. [hr] Symbol [b][color=9950ff] 💀Sister Deborah💀[/color][/b] Symbol [i]"She never really...meant anything to me."[/i] Iris cares deeply about her friends, but the older witches of the coven aren’t her friends. She [i]tolerates[/i] them. Deborah’s just one of them. When she was really young, if they weren’t throwing together snacks for her, they weren’t really looking after her. She didn’t have parents to do that. The fact that the elders didn’t pay much attention to her when she was little is probably the root of her fear of abandonment. [hr] Symbol [b][color=6ecff6] 🎆Calypso 🎆[/color][/b] Symbol [i]”We were never exactly friends but she’s really good at that magic she does, I think she said it was Combat Magic or something, she’s a good witch...her Jeep is ugly though.”[/i] Iris and Cal have seen a lot of each other and Iris never really bonded with her they way she did Hana or Dakota, but in a way she somewhat admired Calypso for having really cool magic skills, plus, she’s got a cool car. Iris doesn’t like yellow though, purple is better. [hr] Symbol [b][color=6ecff6]Character's Name[/color][/b] Symbol [i]"Quote on Character"[/i] Relation Details [hr] [/center] [/hider]