Human

Name: Conner Waters

Age: 18



Appearance: Conner is tall and lean, standing at exactly six feet tall. He has slender well defined swimmers body that he is very happy to show off. He spends plenty of time out in the sun, and thus has a lightly tanned skin complexion. He has a boyish heart shaped face, with big brown eyes, and a small nose. He keeps his brunette hair spiked up in the front, a style he thinks is cool. He can most often be seen with a grin on his face.

Most of his wardrobe is just blue stuff… He likes wearing tight fitting tank tops to show off his physique. He prefers wearing sandals for footwear. He always wears his swim trunks underneath his clothes.

Personality: Conner is a spontaneous and outgoing young man. He likes to have fun. His favorite activities are surfing, swimming, playing video games, and reading comic books. He enjoys socializing with others and being the center of attention. He is an handshaking, touching kind of guy. He openly expresses affection through hugs, holding hands, as well as stroking and grabbing shoulders. He particularly likes flirting with attractive guys. He makes friends easily, and will happily chat up strangers if they interest him somehow. He enjoys social situations, and believes that everyone else would too. He's likely to convince people who he perceives as being lonely to come along with things like 'come on, you'll enjoy it!' or 'you don't know what you're missing!' While he does need to spend time alone once in a while, he gets bored if he does it too long. He values all his relationships, and will happily stick with anyone he considers a friend.

He can often be found with a smile on his face, even during stressful situations. He often makes jokes, when the situation is tense to lift people's spirits. He may tease others in a 'playful' way, and expect them not to 'take it so seriously.' He does feel bad if somebody does actually get their feelings hurt by what he says. Sometimes his attempts at humor are read as him not taking the situation seriously. While he does joke around a lot, he is capable of getting things done. He just doesn't feel the need to be so dour about it. He often suggests that others not be so serious.

Conner enjoys showing off his skills for others in order to get praise. He is prone to bragging about the things he is good at. He does it in a 'look at this awesome thing I can do!' way, rather than an 'I'm better than you.' way. He will often be the first one to jump into battle just to show off the cool stuff he can do with water.

He likes to live in the moment rather than dwelling on the past. This means Conner is not the best when it comes to organization, or planning. Due to his lack of planning ahead, it makes him impulsive, and he tends to jump into things without a second thought. He gets bored when he is not sufficiently stimulated, and will complain about being bored. He is also not the most tidy person. He does clean up his mess after the fact if it's pointed out to him, but he has trouble avoiding making a mess in the first place.

Growing up a member of a rich family that has high standards, and a seemingly perfect older sister has given him a number of insecurites. He’s always worried about not being good enough, and that he doesn’t belong anywhere. He feels like he has something to prove. He wants to have a purpose in life. He tries to hide his worries behind a mask of being a cool laid back surfer dude, but they’re always there. It manifests as envy towards people he thinks are better than him.

History Conner grew up in an upscale area. Conner was the youngest son of the wealthy and prominent Waters family. His parents were quite strict, and they had high standards for their kids. Conner had an older sister named Arianna, and she was the the apple of the family’s eye, at least it appeared that way to Conner. She was beautiful, talented, intelligent, and it felt like she could do no wrong. To him, it always seemed like anything he could do she could do better.

In his teenage years, Conner gave up trying to live up to the high standards set by his sister. He only did just well enough in school to get by, and spent a lot of time slacking off. He would often act up in class, and get himself into trouble. There were days where he would cut class to go to the beach and surf. Surfing was one of his favorite activities. It was definitely something Arianna wouldn’t do. He enjoyed the thrill and adrenaline high of catching a big wave.

Conner’s parents wanted him to go to college after finishing high school, but Conner isn’t so sure about that. He struggled in school, so why would he want to do more of it? Besides, he would only be compared to his sister who got accepted to a big fancy university. He’s kind of tired of it. He currently works at a local surf shop, and has dreams of being a pro surfer, but doesn’t really know how to go about doing that.

Magic

Magical Form: The first thing you’ll notice about Conner’s magical form, is that his hair and eyes turn blue. Two blue jewels with wings attached to them sit on either side of his head. A headband of blur coral, shells, and pearls sit in the middle of his forehead. He has white pauldrons with blue symbols carved into it. He has a blue chestplate. He has a blue tunic under it that falls to his knees. Covering his legs are a pare of white tights, as well as blue armor plates around his hips. He wears white and blue boots as his footwear, and blue gauntlets to around his hands and arms. The look is completed with a long flowing blue cape.

Weapon His Weapon is a long blue trident. The weapon is ornately decorated with a lot of mysterious symbols carved into it, and a blue clamshell in the center. The handle of the trident is designed to look like it has an octopus tentacle wrapped around it.

Abilities: Conner’s water magic grants him control over water in various forms. He can shape liquid water, freeze it into ice, and turn it into steam. He can manipulate water currents, create water projectiles, and even heal using water’s rejuvenating properties. He can also breathe under water.

Companion

Name: Chesi

Appearance: A small blue dolphin.

Personality: Chesi was once a powerful water sorceress. She is not happy about being stuck in this form, and longs to be human again. Still, she tries to make the best of the situation. That involves being a mentor figure to Conner and the other boys. She tries to maintain a calm levelheaded demeanor, and likes to analyze situations before jumping in to things. Something Conner does not do very well with. In spite of her current circumstances, she maintains her dry sense of humor, that she uses to cope, and bring levity to serious moments.

Name: Kieran Bradshaw

Age: 18

Appearance:

Kieran stands at 6'2", with a lanky beanpole build. He has pale skin and soft, narrow features. His wardrobe consists of simple hoodies, T-shirts and jeans, all in black - he views dressing up as an unnecessary hassle, hence his perpetually messy hair, but he'll accessorise with the occasional skull ring or chunky neck chain. He has a few tattoos he designed himself; on his upper back is a black crescent moon with wispy clouds across it, and on his right forearm is a fountain pen with a swirl of ink.

Personality: Despite his dark and gloomy appearance, Kieran is one of the most laid-back, upbeat people you'll meet. It takes a lot to anger or upset him. While it means he isn't the most responsible person and has trouble taking life seriously, it makes him easy to get along with - as long as you can handle his pranks, his dark sense of humour, and the spooky stories he likes to tell. He has a mischievous streak, quietly watching and waiting for the best moment to pull a practical joke.

He's a coolly confident young man, and tends to think he can handle situations that end up getting him in over his head. He'll think up a plan, only to overlook something important, leading to his friends having to bail him out. To which he'll keep up as much of his usual chill attitude as possible, and say he was sure could've gotten things under control (all while being grateful deep down).

He has a strong creative side, and carries a sketchpad around with him at all times, filled with everything from quick scribbles to intricate drawings. He knows inspiration can strike anywhere.

History: Being the son of an established horror graphic novelist, Douglas Bradshaw, has its advantages and disadvantages. It meant Kieran grew up admiring his father as a role model, and developing a keen creative sense himself. Unfortunately, it also got him viewed as a weirdo at school. "Eerie Kieran", his peers would call him. Whenever anything went wrong, other kids would spread rumours that he secretly made deals with demons to put curses on people. Kieran became withdrawn, trying to draw as little attention to himself as possible, which only made him more of a target.

Thankfully, as many jerks as there were in the school, there were also those who didn't judge him, and even thought it cool who his dad was. He gravitated towards a group of other boys his age, and their friendship gave him confidence. Throughout his teenage years, he learned to own his dark and spooky reputation. He started making up ghost stories. He developed a liking for classic goth rock music like Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy. He became open about enjoying things typically seen as odd or macabre. And if anyone gave him flack for it, he'd either shrug it off, or go along with how the bullies viewed him and try to deliberately creep them out. He was Eerie Kieran and proud.

He didn't really consider what he wanted to do with his life until his late teens - there didn't seem to be a great deal of options for creative types - but his friends and family encouraged him to pursue art college anyway. He's decided to work towards becoming a tattoo artist. Still, he wants to hang out and have fun with the group as much as possible before he starts higher education.



Magical Form:


Weapon: A pair of curved black and white twin daggers.

Abilities: Kieran's element is Shadow, which grants him a few different abilities. While in a large enough shadow, he's able to "shroud" himself in darkness, blending into it to become invisible. His main power, though, is the creation and manipulation of constructs; he can pull a smoke-like substance from shadows, which solidifies into shapes of his choosing, including those of animals or wraithlike figures that assist him in battle. While strong in terms of attack power, they can't take much damage before dissipating. The more shadow he has to work with, the more constructs he can create. He also has enhanced night vision while transformed, although he can't see in complete darkness.



Name: Melanthe, or as she constantly reminds people, Melanthe the Magnificent. Kieran just calls her Mel, to her displeasure.

Appearance: A small fluffy black cat with green eyes and a perpetually grouchy expression.

Personality: Once a prideful and revered sorceress, Melanthe is bitter about the loss of her powers and her human form. She's a grump with little patience for poorly thought out antics, which considering the group, she'll have to deal with a lot. Occasionally she shows she has more affection for her charge and the other heroes than she lets on, but she'll do so in her sassy Mel way.

Human

Name: Ciel Baudelaire

Age: 18

Appearance:

Standing at 5’6, Ciel has a lean build with feminine features and a pale complexion and messy, dark hair that falls in layered waves to partially obscure light red eyes, a trait from his ocular albinism, when left unkempt as the rest of his appearance tends to be with his bitten nails and haphazardly thrown on attire. The oversized t-shirts and shorts he prefers to don are frequently seen with headphones draped over his neck and glasses perched upon his nose to alleviate the lack of decent eyesight his legal blindness has so kindly gifted him.

Personality: Ciel is… eccentric to say the least. Ciel is known to bear a mischievous smirk and a smug laugh to those he is close to as he displays a rather childish disposition with his cynical jokes and teasing nature. Although, his carefree demeanor is but a front. Under the cocky words he uses to describe himself, he only uses such pridefulness to deflect anyone’s advances to get to know him better, unable to manage his emotions as any reasonable human would. Ciel’s fear of being known has made him somewhat of a hermit when he isn’t being a nuisance to his friends, spending his free time in his room to indulge in games or Japanese pop culture he’d be too scared to do so in their presence. His insecurities extend further than his interests however, as the culmination of his worries of people not liking him and his overly logical approach to everything causes him to adapt his personality to fit anyone’s preferences from simply spending a few minutes with them. Despite this, his cunning and observance is also often used to weasel his way out of situations others may find difficult; an ability he heavily relies upon.

History With a rather unremarkable beginning, Ciel was born to relatively normal parents with a relatively normal childhood, Ciel was an upbeat child who managed good grades effortlessly despite spending most of his time indoors due to his ocular albinism and general distaste for physical activity and becoming quite the social outcast amongst his peers. He didn’t mind it at first, however, being called annoying one too many times due to underdeveloped social skills caused him to become reclusive, preferring to stay in the comfort of his own presence which only served to further delay his emotional development. Keeping to himself, he exclusively distracted himself with his own interests and hobbies, ignoring the end of high school that was ever growing closer and closer where he now remains unsure of his actual goals in life but has decided to attend university for medical courses he doesn’t hold much interest for.

Magic

Magical Form:

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His left eye becomes blue and his hair becomes white while his physical appearance is otherwise unchanged. His attire consists of skin-tight shorts and sleeveless top to give the translucent and white fabric that drape over him a greater spotlight. The harlequin patterns are in an alternating pale blue and pink whilst the rest of his outfit is either white with gold accents or translucent fabric adorned with white feathers.

Weapon An umbrella he uses as a bat, rapier, and walking cane.

Abilities: Ciel is rather weak by himself, only able to create wind currents but his strength comes from its versatility as it is rather formidable when supporting his friends’ powers where he is able to create mirages with fire, thunderstorms with water etc. However, his magic’s adaptability extends past complimenting other elements as it can be adapted into serving various needs as long as he can think of how to manipulate his powers, such as filling his umbrella with air to float, using strong winds to push heavy objects, carrying objects with a gentler breeze and the like.

Apart from his standard wind current creation, Ciel’s voice is another interesting weapon in his magical form—with the ability to entrance anyone as long as they hear his songbird’s tune, if he could sing, of course. With underdeveloped vocals from years of being silent at school and in public, his singing isn’t the prettiest and as such, the few seconds he can hold a note is all his hypnotic abilities extend to, rendering it a lot less useful than it could be.

Companion

Name: Vayu

Appearance: A fluffy white dove with pale, blue eyes and delicate features perpetually pushed into a haughty expression.

Personality: Vayu was once a reclusive yet prolific, nomadic scholar who used air magic to aid her in her travels. Though she is unhappy with her animalistic form, she has decided to make the most of things and push her charge to perform to the best of his abilities, much to both of their chagrin. Her pragmatic approach and prioritization of order and discipline in anything she is a part of tends to encroach upon Ciel’s more impulsive nature but her hardened exterior is really more of a tough love as she only wants to see her charge succeed where she could not. One such rare case of affection is that Vayu can usually be seen perched atop Ciel’s head or in his arms as a means to comfort him in what she understands must be a difficult and unfamiliar environment to adapt to.

Name: Niles de Rochefort
Age: 18
Appearance: 5'7" with dark hair, brown eyes, and a smile that doesn't quite reach them. Niles deliberately cultivates an aesthetic of sprezzatura, with carefully styled hair that sticks up in wild yet deliberate arrangements. He never uses hair gel, though almost always uses some type of hair spray. In accordance with his business classes, he's required to dress up in formal attire, and always chooses to do so at the extreme lower end of business formal (no suit, black slacks, black tie) despite business casual being acceptable. Outside of school or on days without business classes, he tends to look like he's between photo shoots for typical men's fashion magazines. When attending high-profile events, he tends to dress in suits with small ornate designs on them, always making a statement albeit never a loud one.

Personality: Niles is high-strung, self-destructive, and powered almost entirely by red bull and spite. He's calculating, manipulative, and can't help but think that he knows better than most of the people around him. He has a tendency to take on the problems of those he cares about even if he isn't asked to do so, and will prioritize his friends over strangers and especially himself.

Niles tends to maintain a nonchalant attitude, and is slow to anger, albeit not annoyance. He's good at keeping his cool under pressure, but in emotionally difficult situations, he tends to get trapped in analysis paralysis, freezing up or resorting to avoidance. He has a deep-rooted need to prove his self-worth, and suffers horrible anxiety over his perceived failures and inadequacies. Claims to hate being touched, which isn't entirely untrue since he's scared of opening up to people, though, in reality, it's the complete opposite, a self-perpetuating problem originating from his abandonment issues.

History: Niles is the scion of the deRo tech company, a multi-billion dollar enterprise that spans the globe. From a young age, Niles has always been described by his parents as self-sufficient and independent, capable of taking care of himself even from the young age of eight. Niles is no stranger to modern high society, nor the constant networking amidst social vipers within, and he's become fairly good at it over the years, since securing opportunities for his parents are one of the few things he can do to earn their praise and momentary attention. He's been taught to know better than to bother his parents with trivial matters or his 'childish' habits. His parents are very busy people, and if it does not concern their enterprise or particularly meritorious schoolwork, then it is a waste of their time. His parents have always said he was too clingy, and, 'logically' speaking, he agrees that they're right. They really have better things to be doing than waste time sticking around at home.

Ms. Mariel, a housemaid hired by his parents, comes by once a week to clean their manor and restock their kitchen. She's quite nice, although they don't talk much, since she tends to grow upset whenever they talk at length. He tries not to bother her too much, since his parents told him that the last housemaid quit because of that a few years back.

Magical Form: When transformed, Niles' irises begin to exhibit a pair of squares that rotate around his pupils in opposite directions, and a single streak of hair in his bangs changes color to a dirty shade of orange. Niles' outfit changes to a dark brown three-piece suit, including a long coat covered in ornate darker brown geometric patterns, a waistcoat with a gold trim, and trousers with a golden angular pattern going down the sides, but detouring twice to wrap around his lower thigh and upper shin. It resembles yet contrasts with the ornate swirling pattern that appears in gold on his tie, the only patterns on his outfit that don't consist entirely of sharp angles.

Weapon: Niles is able to create and shape metal into daggers or swords when needed for close combat, though his weapons of choice are his throwing stars, which he can manipulate autonomously for as long as his concentration holds.

Abilities: Niles has the ability to create and manipulate Earth, including metals and fine particles. Although creation ex nihilo of large masses is not particularly fast, he can still create and shape weaponry on the fly provided he isn't pressured too heavily. By comparison, his manipulation of preexisting Earth is blisteringly fast and devastatingly powerful. Although not quite as fast as a gun, a speeding pebble compelled forward with great force can accomplish much the same against undefended soft tissue. Beyond that, no element is capable of throwing around more sheer mass than his, at least not with the ease he does it.

Niles' personal specialization lies in his ability to go underground, sinking through the Earth as if it were water or even air. Once there, he can manipulate the Earth around him to reposition and even launch himself out at his opponents at great speeds. Assuming he can't just let his shuriken do all the work, this is his preferred method of attack, and he can do it all without actually getting dirty, using his powers to keep him and his clothing utterly immaculate. He doesn't even need to let the Earth tousle his hair.

Companion's Name: Oro, so named because of her unwillingness to divulge her true name and her tendency to grab if not bite on her own tail to stay curled around a limb when Niles is in motion.

Appearance: Oro is a particularly large blind snake, about a foot long from head to tail and a diameter slightly less than that of an American Dime. Like most blind snakes, she's very round on either end, lacking the head shape or pointed tail of other snakes, though she still has the signature forked tongue used by snakes to test the air. She's mostly a dark grayish color, though the scales on her underbelly are a milky white, and all of her scales shine a bit under light.

Companion's Name: Oro is cripplingly shy as well as a rather unhelpful guide, owing to her abrupt loss of all limbs as well as almost all of her sight, only able to see changes in light levels. As blind snakes live mostly underground, she finds herself suffering from the mild instinctive photophobia of her race, and has generally taken to wrapping around Niles' arm at all times, under his sleeve. Trapped by the practical considerations of her perpetual disorientation, she lives in constant fear that she'll become lost and end up all alone, unable to find her way back to another intelligent being. She tends to remain silent when people other than Niles are around unless something important comes up, though when it's just her and Niles, she's pretty level-headed and sweet. She occasionally makes offhand mentions of her previous life as a sorceress that imply that she used to be an alarmingly different person.

Name: Deuel Akakios, prefers to be called Deuel Palaiologos.

Age: 18

Appearance:


Personality: Deuel has an idealistic, some say naive, belief that love, friendship, and trust will win against whatever crisis they confront, that he and his friends can light up the darkness in their world. However, he is realistic enough to know that changing the world requires money and power, that compassion and altruism sometimes need wealth to have any strength. And so he tries to make money as well as give it away, believing he has the golden touch and can always make more.

When subjected to a test of his fighting skills, whether in a spar or more rarely, a serious fight, Deuel is willing to jump in and 'prove his mettle', though only if he has weapons. He is also an avid hunter who is proficient at hunting rifles and shotguns but keeps his pride in his gun collection to himself, although he frequently shows off his collection of swords and other Medieval Weaponry.

As for his ties with his friends, well, he is embarrassed at Conner being touchy-feely but knows himself well enough that he'd miss it if it ended. Kieran and Ciel are people he likes, while Niles... Deuel knows enough to avoid someone as deeply hurt as him lest he hurt the other youth more.

This is a shame, as Niles is someone he likes, a lot, but he is not sure if the latter is even 'compatible'...

History: Deuel's family is from Greece, but moved to America and got rich investing in tech start-ups, clean energy research, dairy making, and sugar beets. They also produce honey and beeswax from various beehives. Eventually, they made enough to start their own charitable foundation, and thus Deuel was brought into the world of philanthropy almost from birth. Raised in love as well as some privilege, Deuel liked helping people, learning new things, and eventually, making friends.

As he grew older, he realized he liked both boys and girls, but he didn't think much of it, lest he ruin his existing friendships. He did become fast friends with five other young men, with the leader of their friend group being one Conner Waters. But as of late, Deuel thinks he should do something more; not just get into a good University (he wants that) but also ask for a bigger role in his family's charitable enterprises. He does not want to spend his days idly when the world needs his help, when he wants to help people and make the world a kinder and gentler place. This has also led Deuel to conclude that he can't wait to talk things out with his family after the trip with his friends is done.



Magical Form:

(As in the Picture.)

Weapon Sword and Scabbard.

Abilities: Light is a versatile element, so Deuel makes use of it as best as he can, and by that, taking inspiration from Anime, he uses Light to project energy shields to protect himself and others, blast people with laser beams, and project a healing aura that can knit wounds close and replenish lost blood. He also has some proficiency with creating holographic 'hard-light' constructs, and 'bending' light to make himself invisible, although this is very stressful for him and something he only will only rarely do.

And finally, he can see through magical illusions by concentrating the light into his eyes.



Name: Basil the Ermine.

Appearance: A white stoat (aka an ermine) who carries a miniature crown, scarlet robe (with a trim made from his own fur) and a small staff.

Personality: Basil was a King and a Sorcerer who ruled over his lands benevolently and encouraged everyone to learn how to read, write, do sums, and learn as much Magic as they can, no matter how small. However, in his pride, he thought he can take on the threat that eventually turned him into an ermine by himself, and so got cursed. And being turned into a small critter only made him more prideful and petty, although he is too 'soft' to actually let it lure him into more than an insubordinate 'leader wannabe' among the other Companions, always insisting that he is the 'best sorcerer' and that Deuel should be the leader...