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[b][color=007fff]Name[/color]:[/b] Verik Innes

[b][color=007fff]Setting(s)[/color]:[/b] Most Fantasy settings

[b][color=007fff]Age[/color]:[/b] 20

[b][color=007fff]Gender[/color]:[/b] ♂

[b][color=007fff]Appearance[/color]:[/b] Blue eyes, black hair, and an understated yet meticulously chosen wardrobe. Cares far too much about how others view him, and his physique and grooming generally reflect that. He aims for an air of Sprezzatura to conceal his need for validation.

[b][color=007fff]Abilities[/color]:[/b] Skill Drain - Verik can copy almost any spell or ability he's been affected by, but only for a single use, if he survives. He ignores the finer mechanics of the ability, using it based on his understanding of it. Each copied ability adds a small charm to his friendship bracelet.
Seal Pact - With the power of friendship, Verik can copy one spell or ability from a friend, for as long as they remain friends. He can only copy one ability per friend. "Sealing the pact" requires physical contact, and generates a friendship bracelet representing them, which is destroyed when the pact is rescinded. 

[b][color=007fff]Personality[/color]:[/b] Gregarious, with flirtatious and overall intrusive tendencies. He's an intensely social person, and can accordingly make some people uncomfortable. Although amicable in conduct, he somehow manages to be both calculating and dense simultaneously, caught up in the math of social equations and overly concerned about how every action reflects back on him. While his tendency to overthink helps him put up an elaborate people-pleasing facade, it can also cause him to miss the obvious writing on the wall, and his ability pressuring him to think of friendships as objectives certainly doesn't help. He cares far too much about how others think of him, and despite his outwardly cool, unbothered demeanor, he's extremely sensitive to sincere insults and being openly disliked.

[b][color=007fff]History[/color]:[/b] Verik is among those who wanted to turn their Powers into a career but wasn't able to find an easy way to do so and ultimately had to settle for jobs where his Abilities were not pertinent. He looked up to various heroes and even villains, but because he had no friends with abilities that stuck around as he got to a working age, he had basically nothing to demonstrate for any employer. He could claim to have powers and then prove it later, but that would be completely unprofessional. Perhaps it was just an excuse to hesitate and procrastinate, but it's something his personality would not allow. Sick of the jobs of his past and present, he eventually decided to risk it all and abruptly move to the heroes, instead of hoping to find them around him. A larger super population and a power like his go hand in hand, and perhaps he could finally use it for the ends he's desired.


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Born in Florem, "the Land of Radiant Flowers". Males are strictly forbidden from taking up residence in Florem, and so when his single mother gave birth to him, she decided to move to the surrounding outskirts, not wanting to give him or her home up. Although it mostly worked out, she came to regret her decision not to make a clean break with Florem. There are no laws restricting visits to Florem, so he mostly grew up with Florem culture, which is known to be rather superficial. Soon enough Verik had grown into a gregarious flirt, getting into relationships with plenty of girls, and getting into just as many fights with his mother over them. They didn't exactly live a life of glamour, residing in a cabin and living off the land, and he perceived it to be interfering with his relationships. Eventually, however, in his most recent relationship, he had his heart broken over petty reasons, got into a fight with a Red Mage love rival and lost all of his "friends" in the process as he suffered a shameful defeat. He came to better understand why his mother had such resentment for the place, realizing he had no true friends within Florem. Although he hasn't resigned himself to becoming a hermit like his mother, she remains his only current friend.
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