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[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][hr]A normally-looking, cheerful ex-college student around his early twenties in casual modern attire, usually composed of pants, t-shirt and a jacket in plain not too showy colors. With his signature light-blue one destroyed, the current jacket is a middle shade black with gold accents. Wears a two-piece golden armlet with a wing centrepiece is always either worn on the left arm over all his clothing or carried in a pocket. It's inscribed with Magic dampening Runes and works as a limiter.[hr][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[b][color=#EC370A]Name:[/color][/b] Sage Kaelber; Sey; Little Flame

[b][color=#EC370A]Titles:[/color][/b] Son of the House of the Dragon;
The Flame that Warms up Hearts

[b][color=#EC370A]Age:[/color][/b] 24

[b][color=#EC370A]Gender:[/color][/b] Male

[b][color=#EC370A]Canon:[/color][/b] OC (Saraiiho)
[h3][b][color=#EC370A]Sandbox:[/color][/b] Metropolis, Planet Diary[/h3][/center]
[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][b][color=#EC370A]Personality:[/color][/b] His personality has a touch of comic-book superhero and romantic comedy protagonist. He's righteous, moralistic, cares a lot about doing what's right over what's the most convenient and is altruistic and empathetic to a fault. Sometimes he can come across as naive and idealistic, though it tends to be a lot more nuanced than that. He's had a lonely, sheltered life of repentance for most of it and as a result, may have low views of himself and internalize guilt a bit too much. He's very showy and playful during fights, spouting morals and cheesy catch-phrase attempts left and right. Lately, he's been trying to separate what's his inner child speaking and what should be his actual reaction as an adult, but it might still slip here and there. That same internal child tends to appear to him as an imaginary friend almost, as a manifestation of that less anxious, more impulsive side.[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]
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[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent]As he progressed through adventures, he's become more self-aware, less of a martyr and has come to understand some complex never before experienced emotions and notions such as being legitimately loved, gestures of physical affection and friendship. Despite all the struggles and lack of experience, Sage is always trying his very best even when it may not seem like it. Old habits and traumas are hard to combat.

Sage is first and foremost a pacifist, with time he’s come to be less of the ‘only talking’ type to understand that some conflicts are unavoidable, but he’ll still rarely make the first move himself and solely raise his guard awaiting the other person’s move in the very start. 
With a tendency of stressing over the ‘right’ ways for things, Sage has moments of lots of discipline and an overall orderly, health-focused behavior. Being raised in a temple, Sage believes heavily in the mystical and the spiritual. Things like Feng Shui and numerology are his jam, and he is often being respectful to Gods and other creatures, sometimes asking them kindly answers and forgiveness, praying, assigning results to fate and the Universe and even doing this or that thing due to spiritual signs telling him to take that path. He meditates a lot. Still, overall, he's a pretty laid-back and chill guy.
[h3][b][color=#EC370A]-Extreme Altruism-[/color][/b][/h3]
More than ethics and morality, altruism is both Sage’s greatest virtue and biggest flaw. He is just absolutely unable to stop caring about things, especially if they’re causing someone harm or discomfort. While that is his Light’s core nature and a huge drive for his want to help others, it is often done without necessarily prior knowledge, experience and sometimes even incredibly pushy, warping it into a type of [color=#EC370A]destructive altruism[/color] both for others and himself. Despite all of the good intentions, blindly following his drive to make things better ironically has the tendency to make them worse, even more, when he’s getting into matters that don’t really pertain to him, the person doesn’t actually want to do anything about or he has no idea of what he’s getting into. 
On other occasions, he’ll put the matter over even himself and end up hurt in the process, at times nearly avoiding death. Failure often comes back as self-deprecation and frustration.
[b][h2][color=#EC370A]Equipment:[/color][/h2]
A Bag of Holding containing all of the following:[/b]

[indent]- A box of 50 matches, with about 20 already missing;
- Iphone - acquired by Hershel on a different modern Earth, SIRI is deactivated;
- Crimson-colored marker + Black CD marker;
- Blank A4 paper for writing and Arrays - acquired from his MP room, about 20 pages;
- 2/3 of a Pouch of "Sending" spell stones - Needs magic for activation, allows user to send a mental message of up to 20 words to a recipient and receive back the same amount of words per use. Can bypass even dimensions unless blocked. Another of Hershel's contributions. One given to Omelette for emergencies, a couple more used already;
- About 5 different pouches of sugar cookies, baked by Hershel, please make him stop;
- Longbow and a quiver with about 25 arrows, with their tips enchanted to burn for longer/help sustain a fire. The bow itself, now named Accelerator, is actually a powerful relic capable of using Magic to power-up lighting fast, railgun like shots, though that's not what Sage uses it for;
- Black pair of wooden tonfas - Unknowingly created by Perniciosa when he mentioned wanting some in the chatroom, acquired during an in-person meeting;
- Bronze-winged circlet - Most likely also created by Perni, given as an extra gift, boosts Fire Magic but has a sinister vibe of power to it;
- TMs for Protect and Flamethrower (should this ever be important for some reason);
- Mundane objects like an umbrella for rain and winter clothing for cold weather.[/indent]
[b]Possessions on his person/outside use:[/b]

[indent]- Level 2 armor, camouflages with the clothing, acquired on MP from Blackjack's shop;
- Anti Magic-Field stone - A multicolored stone, larger than the sending ones, that is contained inside a pendant of bent copper wire in the shape of a phoenix. Anti Magic-Field blocks any type of magic around the user in a radius when activated, even their own;
- Golden-winged armlet - Sage's classic armlet that functions as a Magic-dampener due to the Runes carved inside, albeit forcefully. Ends up acting akin to a shock collar under stress;
- Dark-silver armlet - Created by Hershel as the need for alternative methods of communication arose. Has a permanent 'Sending' spell stone in the middle.[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][indent][indent][indent][center][h2][b][color=#EC370A]Attributes:[/color][/b][/h2]As a Phoenix Descendant, Sage can channel the Concept of Fire through himself causing his normally soft cappuccino brown eyes to gain a fiery-orange tint whenever the armlet is off and his powers are unrestrained. Inherent traits are the presence of a heat-aura passively raising the temperature of an area around him, and a flame-aura triggered by adrenaline and overall stress where he’s quite literally coated with flames. A Phoenix Descendant’s blood also has flammable properties, with it quite literally igniting inside them while they use their powers. Too much of that and the Descendant risks burning from the inside out.
[h3][color=#EC370A]--Empathic Pyrokinesis--[/color][/h3]The ability to control and create fire at will. Sage's fire manipulation is said to be emphatic since his emotions and how strong they are, influence how the ability will manifest itself, ranging from really simple displays such as fireballs, flaming tornadoes to things that are extremely complex, though they take a huge amount of effort. No matter the shape, the solid constructs are composed of a see-through outer frame resembling reinforced glass and still dancing flames filling their interiors. These flames cannot go through the frame and will only return to being flames once they either break or Sage allows them to stop existing, be it by his will or by losing his focus on maintaining their shape. Fires started can subside to low flames but never be put out completely.

It has a ‘targeting system’ where whenever Sage is startled or gets worked up in a sudden spike, an object in the background or the object he’s holding will spontaneously combust. After Kyou’s assistance, he’s learned to instead focus these outbursts on himself causing the flame-aura to flare up for a split second. However it takes being prepared for it and without that preparation, it will act as default. [b]Fire may or may not burn[/b] objects on contact depending on Sage’s will over it and he can also will the temperature of constructs to be milder than usual.

[b]Intention, mental state and overall stress are key components when it comes to this.[/b]
[h3][color=#EC370A]--Fire-wing Manifestation--[/color][/h3]On will, Sage is capable of summoning a pair of fire wings that manifest a couple inches away from his body, on his back. They look exactly the same as what bird wings are like, being this glassy fiery mimicry of it, even able to be bent in the same ways. However, they also have the capability of acting as shields when brought together or into the front, or even weapons being a point of exit for flame-spikes right in-between the feathers. The armlet fully restraints this Facet. Flying takes part of his focus away as he has to be thinking about the flaps in a mental task, he’s also not that great at it, can’t go too fast and can be easily knocked out of course by strong wind currents, getting sent spiralling out of control.[img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/469247809233879061/909296925373784085/Sagewingededitsmol.png[/img]
[h3][color=#EC370A]--Self-Healing--[/color][/h3]Sage has the ability to heal himself in the presence of fire, any fire as long as the source is a mild one (candles, lighters, oil lamps etc...). It's become a common thing to carry a box of matches around just in case he ever needs them. And no, his own fire doesn't count.
[h3][color=#EC370A]--Magic Detection--[/color][/h3]Not as useful as it may sound. It’s a trait normal to every Descendant and a way for them to pinpoint each other on proximity alone. Feels a lot like an itch down one’s spine and it’s hard to completely ignore. It will react to similar Magical systems to the Arrays and beings with inherent magic to them, as part of themselves either by birth or not. The higher the presence of Magic in an area the harder it will react to the point it starts feeling closer to being cut by a knife rather than an itch. Going beyond this threshold has the capability of making it go numb on overuse, ceasing any kind of reaction for a couple of hours. The Magic presences stack; It is terrible for actually pinpointing locations and individuals.
[h3][color=#EC370A]--Overrall Knowledge--[/color][/h3]
Though done forcefully and something he’s not advanced much farther in, [color=#EC370A]Sage is trained in Kung-Fu, more specifically the Tiger Style[/color], despite it being considered a tad too brutal and having a heavily-weapon based chunk. As a student and the opposite of what the style is for, Sage has maintained a more base style to himself having his guard be the Little Tiger, aka: the kid’s adaptation of it for starters, instead of the actual adult take on it even though he understands both of them on a similar level. A couple more showy moves in his repertoire also come from Kyou’s fighting style, courtesy of the teachings of the man himself.

Growing up in the bulk of a True Clan, [color=#EC370A]Sage is fluent in Bh̀-liwê[/color] first, then he was taught English as a second language to fare in the world outside his once temple-home. He’s also picked up the [color=#EC370A]absolute basics of Arrays[/color] as he watched their use from a distance. Other things include Feng-Shui, numerology, some basic origami and a lot of Phoenix Clan traditions, such as knowing their departure rites to the point of reciting all the customs and words from memory. He’ll also gladly walk you through Saraiiho's Mythos chapter per chapter if you have a lot of time to waste.

Hershel also taught him [color=#EC370A]a bit of archery[/color], though it's much less to hit people with arrows and much more centered around [color=#EC370A]using flaming arrows as fire sources[/color] for his constructs instead, managing a lower strain on him rather than if he had to keep the source alight with active focus and then also bend it to his will.

[indent][hr][/indent][h3][color=#EC370A]--Take-Over/Charge-Up--[/color][/h3]The Take-Over is something common to all Descendants but those channelling the Pseudo-Concepts of Sun or Moon, and it is a rather backwards mechanism in place to keep Descendants from perishing on the overuse of their Abilities. At the rear end of Magical strain, when the powers have been in use for a while or stress over it is rather high, the power itself will overshadow their user and take the lead instead. The result is a personified form of the Concept, an Entity taking over the Descendant’s body to better deal with the situation at hand. 

Sage is very unlucky because what was in store for him was Toayî… At least, with the straightening of his soul, he’s able to hold it back during the phenomenon now, and it works more like an instant switch over life and death matters only, much to the Entity of Fire’s displeasure. On the other hand, he now knows exactly what It is up to and can feel all of the pain his body is being put through as it happens.

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[h3][color=#207cc1]The Concept of Fire:[/color][/h3]
Being the personification of the power itself, [color=#207cc1]Toayî can go far and beyond[/color] Sage’s wildest dreams [color=#207cc1]with his powerset and has a sensibility towards the Concept itself[/color] to the point that It can sense other Fire Magic users and pinpoint locations by the way nearby fire is disturbed. Stepping on a flame-filled field is the same as announcing your position out loud to It. Unfortunately for Sage, the blue-flame variety will burn him on contact, it’s up for the course of Take-Overs having to heal in some way afterwards.
[h3][color=#207cc1]--Absolute Pyrokinesis--[/color][/h3]
It's hard to consider the 'Empathic' caveat when it comes to Toayî since It seems to be only capable of showing a reduced amount of emotions, mostly boredom and rage. As with Sage, It still has the ability to control and create fire at will and the capacity to shape it into any form It wants, either 'soft' constructs or solid constructs. However, there is no limitation as to the complexity or number of them and It can theoretically keep going continuously spawning attack after attack without feeling tired at all. What works as a 'limiter' now is how much Sage's body can take before being forced to shut down or simply burn inside out to death over channelling a power that is way too strong for it to contain. 
Differently from Sage, [color=#207cc1]all of Its constructs are coated with flames[/color] and thought out as weapons more than anything. It is still capable of flight, however, by using the flame-aura around Itself rather than the wings, much to Sage’s despair since he’s going to get burnt.
[h3][color=#207cc1]--Control over Combustion--[/color][/h3]
The Concept of Fire IS combustion itself. It is composed of everything that can be even as remotely taken as 'combustion' including the way a body breaks down ATP into energy. [color=#207cc1]Toayî may will for guns and explosions to simply not work as intended[/color], stopping them from exploding at all, sometimes It pranks their wielder and sets them off with a delay instead. 
It is perfectly comfortable inside of infernal blazing environments and if It wasn't for the mundane weakness of the body It's borrowing, would be completely immune to the energy and heat of detonations.
[h3][color=#207cc1]Personality...?[/color][/h3]
The Entity of Fire is well, about what one would expect to see personality-wise. Its sole purpose is to consume everything until there’s nothing more to burn. As such, Fire sees people and objects alike as fuel and nothing more in a clear sociopathic-edge. It doesn’t burn and destroy for pleasure though, it’s just what It was designed to do unless angered, then It will have a petty dispute to settle. Fire thinks It is unstoppable and will not hold back to prove it. Those who value their own lives should know not to get in Its way. 
Those that channel It are under risk of being burned inside and outside alike as the Entity has no regard for the body It’s occupying. If anything, the fact that It cannot feel tiredness or pain only seems to enable this behavior further. It is all-around a fight-junkie.
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Whenever he’s either in pain or feeling strong urgency, however, Toayî will now exercise Its influence in a reaction to soothe that pain and pump Sage up for a possible battle. Sage has named it the Charge-Up, a phenomenon created when an otherworldly strength of a wish was used to twist the original mechanics around. As a result, there’s an initial ‘charge’ towards being ready to action, before it all crumbles into the loss of all and every sort of feeling, [color=#EC370A]including all semblance of emotion.[/color] The only problem is that literally anything can trigger this and it will last for as long as the pain or situation still exists.[/center][hr][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][color=#EC370A]Biography:[/color] Sage has been used to isolation and marginalization all his life. Not granted any talent for his inherent magic, he was always considered more of a thing they had to contain than a person by his fellow clan members and had this world-ending prophecy hanging over his head for as long as he can remember. Raised in the main temple for the Phoenix, Deity of Fire and Transitions of his world, all in-clan teachings were focused on two big points: restraint and pretending to be normal. He wasn't expected to do anything with this power as it was too dangerous, he was just supposed to live through life without setting too many objects on fire on the way and that was it. That should have been it, but self-righteousness spoke too loud.

A phone call from an unknown number came like a call for rescue, or perhaps, perhaps just a goodbye. Sage had met Lucy again during his first week of college, in a huge coincidence, instantly recalling the time they ended up doing a school project together. Turns out she still had the number after all this time and felt like he was the only one that would listen to what she had to say. Following her directions, the pyromancer would meet his acquaintance by the edge of the rooftop of the History building, the second tallest one after the cafeteria. It was a suicide attempt.

The next thing he knew, he was jumping after her, throwing the bracelet aside. So selfishly Sage had decided to save her instead, easing the fall into a glide with his fiery wings. Everything would be fine if it had been just the two of them, but from the third party that had caught the scene came a villain and a very intricate plan to force the young man to reveal his existence, an old discredited teacher wanting to prove the old tales of the Deities and magic true. He got what he wanted, but at the cost of a razed down auditory, a result of the first-ever Take-Over. Needless to say, it had been a wrench thrown into the established order of the world. That’s also when the multiverse seems to have taken notice of him prompting many off-world adventures, despite him wanting absolutely nothing with them.

Currently, he’s moved out of his Clan, living in a home he and Hershel furnished together, though Hershel is often out solving things in his own world. He’s been able to learn more about the world and himself as he was finally allowed to experience new things, met a bunch of other people from different worlds, re-kindled his friendship with Lucy and more. Not all the experiences are pleasant and sometimes he needs time to process them/suffers a bit of a regression development-wise. At the very least, Sage has accepted the dislocations are never going to stop and become both more accepting of them and his powers with time. Though, to simply have a nicer adventure once in a while wouldn't hurt...

[center][b][color=#EC370A]Theme Song:[/color][/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFYm27-8UQ8][color=#EC370A]アポストロフィー (Apostrophe)[/color][/url] - *Luna feat. Kagamine Len[/center][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]