[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/0ebwn13.png[/img][hr][/center][pre]NOTE. If you're going to make an NPC, PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE ANY OF THE CODING. This way, I can add your NPC to the appropriate section easily.

[row][cell][h2][b]First Name Here[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Last Name Here (If applicable)[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]NO ANIME, and try not to use an oversized ass photo please[/img]

[b]Age | Name | Pronouns [/b][hr//][i]"Optional quote here."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Write their description here.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]If applicable.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][/pre][hider][h2][color=black]The Sycamore Tree Coven[/color][/h2][hr][hider=Active Members][table][row][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Auri[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Auclair[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/0GmkZw2.jpg[/img]

[b]28 | Auri Ariel Auclair | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"If we put our hearts and minds together; we can get through this!"[/i][/center]
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[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Auri Auclair is the eccentric leader of the Sycamore Tree Coven. She was the one who desperately scoured the internet for traces of their previous members, looked for as much information as she could on the murders, and ultimately put out the call. During the battle against the Stygian Snake, she was the third in command, selected for being one of Ashley's best friends. Auri was known for being [i]incredibly[/i] friendly, positive, and cheerful, and helped motivate the Coven to defeat the Snake during their darkest hour. 

However, despite her cheerful demeanor, it did [i]not[/i] help her deflect accusations of nepotism. She tried her damnest to keep the Coven together, but it crumbled before her eyes, and she had no choice but to move on - she did her best to stay in touch with everyone, even the people who disliked her. Auri went on to follow her dreams of being a [i]painter[/i] and went to the art school in St. Portwell - where she met her current boyfriend, Justin Haggar. After she graduated, she opened an art-themed flower shop named Flowers & Canvases.

Life was good, and she was expecting a ring until the murders began, and she had no choice but to put out the call. Auri is a Caucasian woman who [i]claims[/i] she's French despite her grandmother being the [i]last[/i] pureblooded Frenchwoman in her bloodline. She's a tall (at five-eleven) woman who is a little bit chubby but hides her body fat in her clothing to appear skinny. She's most notable for her head of wavy, golden-blonde hair. While incredibly kind, she is pushy, passive-aggressive, and doesn't respect boundaries sometimes.

Asserts that the Coven is [i]not[/i] a cult.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Agent - [i]The Butterfly Staff.[/i]
[indent]Passed down from mother to daughter is an artifact known as [url=https://i.imgur.com/aHjKfTj.jpg]The Butterfly Staff[/url]. The Butterfly Staff is a wooden staff with a [url=https://i.imgur.com/poqYGxO.jpg]kaleidoscope of glowing Butterflies[/url] inside each an Apparition. At will, Auri can summon these brilliant butterflies, which can float around the environment and use them to move objects in a telekinesis style. She can lift one large/heavy object or several lighter/smaller objects, launch them at enemies like projectiles, and make barriers. Auri can also summon two butterfly wings on her back and use them to fly. She can also achieve flight by riding on the butterflies as if she's surfing and having them physically move her.[/indent]
[/cell][/row]The brand new Sycamore Tree Coven gathered together to solve the mystery of just [i]who[/i] is killing them. Perhaps they will succeed where the last Coven failed. Or maybe they'll dissolve yet again due to their irreconcilable differences.

Also they are not a cult.[/table][/hider][hider=Father Wolf’s Victims][table][row][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Ashley[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Stone[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/jK8igWv.jpg[/img]

[b]28 | Ashley Meadow Stone | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"Stone. Ashley Stone. See? I told you it sounded cool."
[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The former leader of the Sycamore Tree Coven and former cheerleader during the fiasco with the Stygian Snake. The Stygian Snake destroyed her house and enthralled her mother, Sherri Stone, forcing Ashley to kill her or else she would be killed herself. This incident caused Ashley to undergo a kindling event, and she became a Black Adept. Out of a desire for revenge, Ashley gathered other magical teenagers being terrorized by this thing and formed a Coven under a Sycamore Tree. 

However, the Stygian Snake was near invincible even with Black Lux, so Ashley grabbed a group, traveled to a different universe, and found an artifact known as the Apparition Killer. With the blade, they managed to weaken the Stygian Snake enough to allow the Coven to seal it into the Sycamore Tree. Afterward, she kept the blade with her in case it got out.

Afterward, it became [i]apparent[/i] that Ashley was not fit to be a leader (being temperamental, dealing with the loss of her mother, and having [i]zero[/i] leadership skills or experience), which ultimately led to the Sycamore Tree Coven falling apart. Ashley had no problem with it, severed herself from her Lux, and went on to become a mother [i]and[/i] a teacher at the local college. However, she was the latest in a string of mysterious murders of the former members of the Sycamore Tree Coven, being killed a week before the events of the story. Her daughter was mysteriously put up for adoption sometime before her death, however. Ashley was a Caucasian woman with long blonde hair and blue eyes and was athletically gifted.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Black Lux.[/i] Channeler: Sharktooth Necklace.
[indent]Ashley comes from a long line of necromancers to her horror, but given that Black Lux is the best against Apparitions, she used it to help battle the Stygian Snake. She was a powerful necromancer, but after the dissolution of the Coven, she chose to sever herself and live life without magic.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Jade[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Blackmore[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/97e2eAN.jpg[/img]

[b]26 | Jade Patricia Blackmore | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"Want mamma Jade to kiss it and make it better? Ha!"[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent][i]Née West.[/i] Originally from Columbia, South Carolina, her father got a job in St. Portwell when she was younger and moved there. What made the culture shock from moving halfway across the country infinitely worse was she was caught in the Stygian Snake's rampage. The monster nearly killed her, but Drake Blackmore saved her, underwent her Kindling Event, and gained Green Lux. She joined the Sycamore Tree Coven in their valiant attempts to stop the Stygian Snake.

After its defeat, she left the Coven the second it became toxic but started dating Drake Blackmore. Eventually, the two married, and Jade went to school to become a doctor. The two lived happily ever after... until Jade was murdered during a vacation trip to New Orleans. Since then, Drake has been reeling over the death of his wife. Jade was a skinny African-American woman who always wore her hair naturally and always wore sunglasses.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Green Lux.[/i] Channeler: Her Wedding Ring.
[indent][b]Healing:[/b] Jade's primary Spell was a healing touch - she could heal people in mere seconds, and during the fight against the Stygian Snake, she was getting people back in the fight.

[b]Biological-Scan:[/b] Jade could scan someone's biology on touch and learn [i]everything[/i] about their body. This has saved lives before.[/indent][/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Ripley[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hunter[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/r3dyMml.jpg[/img]

[b]20 |  Ripley Tobias Hunter | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"Take things slow and easy..."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Younger brother to Daisy and Lionel Hunter, he was only [i]ten[/i] when the Stygian Snake went on its rampage and was pretty much dragged along kicking and screaming. He didn't want anything to do with the Sycamore Tree Coven... and he also didn't want to be killed by an animalistic abomination. 

When he went through his Kindling Event, gaining Gold Lux, his minions assisted with whatever they could and defeated the Stygian Snake. Afterward, Ripley severed himself from his Lux and left the Coven, as he didn't want [i]anything[/i] to do with magic. However, this didn't save him from being killed during the murders, as he was the first to die. Ripley was a skinny, shut-in gamer who worked in a shopping market between college classes and was happy with his girlfriend.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]Ripley was previously a Gold-Adept that could summon copies of himself to do the things he didn't want to do... but he ultimately severed himself as he wanted nothing to do with magic. He was One-Eye-Open up until his death.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Lionel[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hunter[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/5969/f/2015/265/7/5/75dd5de6f5324ca5cb54e0656a20c01e-d91dvv2.jpg[/img]

[b]26 | Lionel Anthony Hunter | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"Only girls can touch the beard."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Lionel Hunter was the younger brother to Daisy but the older brother to Ripley, and he was pulled into the nonsense with the Stygian Snake by Daisy. Unlike Ripley, he [i]chose[/i] to be there and fought against the Stygian Snake with his Golden Lux. After its defeat, Lionel stayed in the Sycamore Tree Coven as long as it was active and, after its dissolution, became a Paranormal Investigator in St. Portwell. 

It was a way for him to explore magic and gain new Spells through defeating Apparitions and Monsters. He was investigating the murders of the former members of the Sycamore Tree Coven... when he, too, fell victim to the serial killer targeting them. Lionel was a short man at around five-six, always wearing a suit and dressed dapper.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Golden Lux.[/i] Channeler: A Pocketknife.
[indent]Lionel could summon Apparitions and Abominable that he defeated. He had a catalog of different Apparitions. He was easily the most powerful post-Sycamore Tree Coven, second only to Daisy. [s]Your GM is too lazy to write all of them.[/s][/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Kura[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Yoshida[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/WGrOW7i.jpg[/img]

[b]25 | Yoshida Kura | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"In the stillness of ice, emotions may freeze, but they also find their most beautiful forms."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Kura was a very shy Japanese immigrant who got dragged here to America by her father as a teen for a better life. Unfortunately, this was just before the start of the Stygian Snake's rampage, and her entire family was enthralled by it and used as a meat shield. Kura was the last remaining member of her family and did [i]everything[/i] in her power to defeat the Stygian Snake - even joining the weird cult known as the Sycamore Tree Coven. While she was so thankful for them helping her avenge her family and wanted to remain a part of them, she returned to Japan. 

Kura remained in touch with them as she went through university, but she was ultimately killed by the same mysterious killer that eliminated the other members of the Coven. Kura's death made Auri suspicious of the string of murders and eventually led to the reform of the Sycamore Tree Coven. Kura was a pureblooded Japanese woman who was very short at five-one and skinny, dressed casually as they came. She was also a poet and was overly poetic whenever she spoke.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Pink & Red.[/i] Channeler: Family Portrait.
[indent][b]Cyromancy:[/b] She had the magic to control and manipulate ice at will. This ability allowed her to freeze objects, create ice constructs, and lower the temperature in her vicinity.

[b]Ambient-Emotional-Shifting:[/b] Kura's spell specialized in shifting the emotional atmosphere of an area from one emotion to another. She could, over time, turn a boring party into a jumping occasion to fist fight. Using this Spell, she allowed the Sycamore Tree Coven to remain brave in the face of the fight against the Stygian Snake.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Samantha[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Alger[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/XwqMjsV.jpg[/img]

[b]25 | Samantha Lucille Alger | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"Let's get this show on the road, young buck!"[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Nicknamed "Lash." One of the outcasts at her local school who didn't get along with everyone due to her more abrasive personality and upbringing (basically not to take bullshit). Lash was notable due to her more gruff appearance and her freakish [i]height[/i] (she was six-four!). She loved it, but before the battle with the Stygian Snake, she wandered the woods and found a bear Apparition in its death throes named Minus. 

The belief behind the myth that once created the Apparition faded and asked Samantha to adjoin to save it. Samantha accepted and gained various bear-like abilities to help defeat the Stygian Snake (primarily battling its minions). 

Afterward, Samantha stuck with the Coven as long as she could, but due to her personality, she wasn't exactly well-liked among the Coven. Eventually, she was voted out, and she never so much as looked back, going on to become a heavy-weight MMA fighter. However, Samantha was ultimately murdered after one of her matches. Samantha was half-white, half-black.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adjoined - [i]Minus.[/i]
[indent]Samantha is bound with the Spirit of the great bear named Minus! Thus, giving her its abilities, super strength, speed, and durability enhanced her sense of smell. Making her a powerhouse in the old Coven.[/indent][/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Elsa[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Conner[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/w9ZxlEH.jpg[/img]

[b]26 | Elsa Jolie Conner | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"Get out yer' comfort zone, ya' dork!"[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent] Elsa, the best friend of Kari Wilson, was the opposite of her best friend in every way, shape, and form. She was a spirited and adventurous young woman passionate about the great outdoors. With her adventurous spirit and a deep love for nature, her eyes lit up at the mere mention of an adventure. However, She liked to party and hang out with friends and was a known partygoer. 

However, the Stygian Snake's thralls almost killed her and Kari, but she was saved by Britney Williams, who recruited them into the Coven. Elsa battled alongside the Sycamore Tree Coven against the Stygian Snake until the thing was defeated. She stuck with the Coven until its dissolution and spent the rest of her life giving boat tours. However, Elsa's body was washed up on the shore one night...[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Red Lux.[/i] Channeler: Her Late Father's Multitool.
[indent][b]Aeromancy:[/b] Elsa could control the winds and send out blasts of air that can knock people over, create tornadoes, and more.

[b]Hyetomancy:[/b] Elsa could force the environment to rain and manipulate the rainwater.

[b]Electromancy:[/b] Elsa could control and manipulate electricity and electrical energy
[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Jinhai[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Han[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://special-management-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/image/file/1579/hd_L1020821.jpg[/img]

[b]26 | Jinhai Han | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"You’re just my stepping stone to success."[/i]
[@FernStone][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Linqian’s (slightly older) twin brother, Jinhai was the self proclaimed leader of the Han siblings (something Linqian protested, even though she always ended up following him). He was very, intensely, close to Linqian. Jinhai was charming and diplomatic on the outside, incredibly intelligent and well spoken. However this was only on a surface level - Jinhai was incredibly self serving, forming only superficial relationships for his own benefit outside of the few he was close to (his sister, younger brother and a few friends). He was a natural leader, arrogant and proud along with it, which led to him clashing with other coven members frequently. But he knew how to smooth things over, and was often the one stopping Linqian from causing a scene.

Jinhai joined the Sycamore Tree coven along with Linqian after their parents were killed during its rampage, and the two of them along with their younger brother barely escaped. He was the one that made the decision to join the coven. With his people skills, ability to plan and abstraction he helped bring the Stygian Snake down… But he made sure not to put himself at risk. People had mixed opinions of him thanks to this, and he left the coven when Linqian chose to over a breakup. He moved on and went to college, aiming to become a Lawyer. He had just passed his bar exam when he was killed by Father Wolf.  [/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[i]Adept - Green & Red Lux.[/i] Channeler: His Father’s Wedding Ring
[indent][b]Ice Transformation:[/b] Jinhai could turn himself into ice - this could be localised, such as just his hands, or his entire body. He could control the ice that was part of his body and could freeze things by touching them, but he couldn’t control external ice.

[b]Thermal Resistance:[/b] A spell Jinhai had to develop purely to avoid boiling or freezing in his sister’s company. It allowed him to resist extreme temperatures, both natural and unnatural, so that he would barely feel the changes in temperature.

[b]Self-healing:[/b] Due to his selfish desire to protect himself above all else, Jinhai could heal himself slowly - he would recover from most wounds, as long as they weren’t serious enough to cause him to bleed out in minutes.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Bella[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Reid[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/35/79/68/357968e7058d55bc478673f7577f4539.jpg[/img]

[b]28 | Bella Reid | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"For the last time, stop bullying him!"[/i]
[@Theyra][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Bella was the only child of the Reid family and a native of St. Portwell. Bella, for the most part, was a social butterfly who was quick to make friends with people and was a compassionate person. But one thing about her was that she was a person who rarely gave up and tended to stick up for other people. Even when it came to fisticuffs. She had her Kindling Event at a young age when her parents revealed themselves to be magic users and taught her how to use her magic. Becoming a Orange Lux and becoming quite proficient with her magic. 

When she was young, she was attacked by an apparition, and after the fight. She discovered the young Finn, who was in a bad state. After Finn told her who he was and what happened to him, she took pity on him and brought him back to her house. Which after a lengthy talk, she managed to convince them to adopt him. Seeing how a Abominable would be in better care with them than with the state. Beginning a friendship that would make the Finn and Bella close. 

When the Stygian Snake arrived in town and killed her parents. She was set on battling the beast, and when learning of the Sycamore Tree Coven and their mission to defeat the serpent. She and Finn joined the Coven and would do battle several times before Stygian Snake was finally defeated. But, while she tried to stay in the coven but at one point, it became clear that being in the coven was not worth it, and she left with Finn in tow. Now, she and Finn focused on mundane life, with her going to college and studying criminology for a career in law enforcement. She and Finn always stayed in touch. 

Bella was found murdered in her apartment after a big bust, with clear signs that she had fought back but failed to defeat her murderer. Finn was devastated over her death.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]Bella is an Adept Orange Lux user, and her Channeler is her mother's necklace.
[b]Ashrune[/b] Bella could summon a magic sword that she named Ashrune and was able to hurt Paranormal Beings with it. 

[b]More Power[/b] Bella was able to boost the power of a person's magic, making it stronger for a limited time. 

[b]Stronger[/b] Bella was able to make any time she holds on to stronger and but the strength go away when she stops holding it.[/indent]
[/cell][/row]The known members of the original Coven who were murdered over the last few months; it is possible there could be far more.[/table][/hider][hider=Missing Members][table][row][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Daisy[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hunter[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/638ytFQ.png[/img]

[b]28 | Daisy Audrey Hunter | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"I'm on the trail of that bastard, trust me, my gun's primed on him."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The second in command to the former Sycamore Tree Coven and Daisy was merely a cheerleader during the Stygian Snake's rampage; Ashley dragged her into the fray. After the thing tried to kill her, she believed Ashley and dragged her two little brothers into the fight against it. Eventually, she realized they needed heavier firepower and sought out artifacts from other dimensions... locating the Bull's Ring with Kari's Abstraction. After finding the ring, Daisy severed herself from her Gold Lux and used the Ring to do some severe damage to the Stygian Snake. 

She didn't put the finishing blow on it but helped set its defeat. Once the thing was defeated, she was introduced to the world of the Coven's shaky politics, and she wasn't the most composed person. So Daisy fed into the fires of the group by being explosive, impulsive, and irritated all the time - up until the point where Daisy just up and left, letting the Coven do their own thing while she went her path.

Afterward, Daisy became a detective for the St. Portwell Police Department. Life was good, and she had zero interest in magic and ultimately took the ring off... until her two little brothers were killed, and she was not in the best emotional state. Daisy immediately asked to be put on the case, only to be told no several times. However, the woman did her own investigating after putting the ring back on... and eventually went missing. Daisy was a tall woman at five-eleven and in pretty great shape; she was Caucasian.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Agent - [i]The Bull's Ring.[/i]
[indent][url=https://i.imgur.com/ufP5dv9.jpg]The Bull's Ring[/url] was an artifact that was carved from a piece cut from the Ancient known as the Bull. The ring is stated to have a fraction of the Ancient's power. It is potent... basically, Daisy could control and create all elements in her vicinity, be it fire, ice, water, electricity, stone, plastic, etc. Daisy took the ring off and threw it into her drawer until recently...[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Olivia[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Ruiz[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e3/2d/4b/e32d4bc7380200161e697c1ef2434573.jpg[/img]

[b]27 | Olivia Chloe Ruiz | She/Her[/b][hr][i]"A little kindness can go a long way."[/i]
[@FernStone][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Olivia was a sweet girl, filled with kindness and constantly helping others. During the Stygian Snake’s rampage she was hurt protecting a stranger from an apparition, being one eye open at the time, and it was then that she had her life saved by Britney Williams… and bound to an apparition somehow. The stranger she defended was Luca Oliviera, who was also unknowingly adjoined with an apparition. She helped the coven defeat the Stygian Snake, and tried to stick with it afterwards. She didn’t particularly want to continue participating in the world of the paranormal, but had no choice while she was still adjoined. Even when it came to light that Britney was the one who had forcefully adjoined them, Olivia didn’t hold it against her like most others. She was hurt, but understood.

When the coven dissolved Olivia followed Luca, who she’d formed a close friendship with, to join the 8th Street Coven. Then she followed them when they left. They lived together for a short while in St Portwell, trying to find a way to free themselves from their apparitions. Hers didn’t harm her as actively, so she had learned to live with the voice in her head, and eventually they went their separate ways when she decided to move with her family to the other side of the country. They kept in touch, calling each other almost every week, until one week ago when she completely vanished.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adjoined - [i]The Black Rose Killer[/i]
[indent]Olivia is adjoined with an apparition that formed on the death of a serial killer (& kidnapper), a piece of leftover consciousness born from the strong emotions felt upon his untimely death. It gave her the ability to bind people with vines, and to create a large prison out of thick rose vines. The apparition was malevolent, and constantly trying to force its twisted wants on Olivia.[/indent]
[/cell][/row]Members of the old Sycamore Tree Coven that have gone missing - you can consider them dead now.[/table][/hider][hider=Former Members][table][row][cell][h3][b]Amanda[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Blackmore[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/intermediary/f/88d6c626-fff8-44bb-a9b0-64c52a94e62f/d342qmv-122d9f43-81e8-4493-a683-c3c9db018cea.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_534,q_70,strp/lara_croft_with_sunglasses_by_tanyacroft_d342qmv-fullview.jpg[/img]

[b]23 | Amanda Daisy Blackmore | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"I'm going to help you believe in your strength."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Younger sister to Drake and the third in the line of the Blackmore siblings, and she's practically inseparable from her cousin Nikki Watanabe. Much like Drake, Amanda is a plucky, adventure-loving sunnovabitch who's almost the same person as her big brother. She practically breathes and exhumes passion with every step, with every action. Amanda, too, was a member of the Coven and helped defeat the Stygian Snake and, unlike her brother, stuck around until its very end. Amanda was sad that their adventure had ended, but she moved on with her life, much like everyone else. 

Eventually, Amanda joined the St. Portwell Police Department, much like her brother, and was a patrol officer. Though on the side, Amanda acts as an influencer and often posts on social media. She knows about the murders but still does not want any part of the new Coven as she does not have faith in it. Amanda is a well-built, half-white, half-Japanese woman who is very well built after spending countless years in the gym and working out.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Red & Purple Lux.[/i] Channeler: Adam's Memorial Ring.
[indent][b]Electromancy:[/b] Amanda can shoot bolts of lightning, streams, and so forth. She has limited electricity control around her but is better suited to creating electricity. 

[b]Pyromancy:[/b] Amanda can create and manipulate a blue fire and has such a high skill that she can summon an inferno with a snap of her fingers.

[b]Flight:[/b] Drake taught her to fly like he could.
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[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Victoria[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Blackmore[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/O2sRnK9.jpg[/img]

[b]28 | Victoria Erin Blackmore | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"I grew up being the second parent to Drake and Amanda; I got this."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Drake's older sister and the eldest Blackmore, Victoria, was always the odd one out compared to the other Blackmore siblings. Whereas they were more firey and headstrong, Victoria was the calmer and reasonable one who had to temper her siblings. It was not something she enjoyed doing, but she loved her siblings but knew they were a bit on the stupid side, so she had to make sure that they didn't do anything [i]too[/i] crazy. Victoria was a friend to Ashley, Daisy, and Auri, and when the Stygian Snake went on its rampage, she was one of the founding members of the original Sycamore Tree Coven. 

With her Abstraction and innate connection to the Purple-Lux, she was able to help the Coven find the Apparition Killer and Bull's Ring. She remained a member of the Coven until its very end and moved on with her life when it collapsed. Afterward, she went to college, met her sweetheart, married him, had triplets (Stephany, Juniper, and Catherina), and eventually divorced him - returning to her previous surname. It was a tricky balance, juggling work, school, and being a single mother. However, she was able to graduate with a master's in Intelligence Studies and a minor in logistics. Since then, she got a job in the FBI and often leaves her two kids with her mother as she travels for work frequently. Victoria heard the call that Auri put out and told her that she would have loved to join, but that would have created a "conflict of interest" with her current job. Much like the rest of the Blackmore siblings, Victoria is Caucasian and Japanese, but she's a bit on the chubby side.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Purple & Red Lux.[/i] Channeler: Adam's Memorial Ring.
[indent]
[b]Telekinesis:[/b] Victoria's primary spell, in fact, her first spell, is the ability to move objects with her mind, and she can either move one weighty object or a variety of smaller ones.

[b]Time-Dilation Sphere:[/b] Victoria's most powerful spell, one she devised during the battle with the Stygian-Snake inspired by the thing and perfected after its defeat. Essentially, it is a sphere that can be large enough to consume several city blocks or small enough to cover a penny. Anything inside the sphere will be slowed down - this Abstraction does not bypass Emotional-Fields so Paranormal-beings can operate normally.

[b]Portal-Creation:[/b] Victoria can create portals anywhere that she can visualize in her mind's eye, including alternate dimensions. This was essential in defeating the Stygian Snake.

[b]Aquamancy:[/b] Due to her calm nature, her affinity allows her to manipulate water. She can move and control its temperature (but not change its state) in a wide radius.

[b]Photomancy:[/b] Victoria can create bright rays and flashes of light, control the lighting in an area, render herself invisible, and create holograms.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Nikki[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Watanabe[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/PxT7hdS.jpg[/img]

[b]24 | Nikki Watanabe | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"All my life, I've been attempting to make my power worth something, to make myself something."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The Blackmore sibling's cousin - their mother, Lisa- had a sister named Pamela, with whom she had terrible terms. Pamela eventually married Kota Watanabe and had twins Nikki and her brother Micheal. The two families rarely met, but Nikki was always close to Amanda, and it felt like she only interacted with Drake by association. Nikki was always a loner, very reclusive, and not precisely social - but always wanted to make herself into [i]something[/i]. 

Thus, after she underwent her Kindling-Event, she made herself a little superhero costume and went out acting as a vigilante using her abstracting. Nikki was involved in the battle against the Stygian Snake, using her Abstraction to take out its thralls and even help Kari track the Apparition to other dimensions. After it was defeated, Nikki was not a fan of the three leaders and ultimately left long before the Sycamore Tree Coven fell apart. Since then, Nikki has entered college to become a computer scientist - and she worked in Flowers and Canvases alongside Laurey and Auri. However, she recently left for another job and refused to rejoin the Coven.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Gold & White Lux.[/i] Channeler:
[indent][b]Insect Summoning:[/b] Nikki is capable of summoning a swarm of insects from alternate dimensions using her Gold Lux. She can gather [i]thousands[/i] of insects in mere seconds... and can even tap into dimensions in which insects are around the size of minivans [s](it's magic, shut up)[/s].

[b]Insect-Domination:[/b] Using her Gold Lux, Nikki can dominate the minds of Insects and force them to do whatever she commands them to do. A swarm of insects is a horrifying and dangerous thing...

[b]Insect-Scrying:[/b] Nikki can sense the exact location of any of the insects that she controls and is also able to scry on their location as if she were a third party (seeing and hearing everything in their environment). [/indent][/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Zoey[color=2e2c2c]. [/color]Gray[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://orig00.deviantart.net/6fc1/f/2013/219/c/6/teal_nostalgia_2_by_monsterbrand-d6h43cu.png[/img]

[b]25 | Zoey Amelia Gray | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"Moving on's hard when you're moving on from something real good."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]A sad and mellow woman... originally, she was a sweet, energetic, and excitable young woman - before the Stygian Snake's rampage. She had a best friend named Claire O'Sullivan, a girl Zoey [i]idolized[/i] despite Claire's best attempts to push Zoey away. Claire was a troubled girl (she had a reputation around school for getting around), but Zoey loved her nonetheless; things changed when the Stygian Snake attacked. 

Claire and Zoey were a part of the old Sycamore Tree Coven, but the Stygian Snake ultimately killed Claire in front of Zoey's eyes. The Snake was defeated, and Zoey immediately left the Coven to grieve her loss and never quite got over it. Zoey currently works as a tour guide on a bus and rejects the call to return to the Coven - but she still keeps in touch with them, primarily Auri. Zoey is a Caucasian girl who is [i]incredibly[/i] tall at six even and is very skinny due to her genetics. She has black hair but with some streaks of blue in it. Zoey hasn't exactly been in touch with her magic side and usually only dabbles if needed.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Red Lux[/i]. Channeler: Projection Necklace of Claire.
[indent][b]Snowmancy:[/b] Zoey can manipulate hundreds of pounds of snow at a time, shape it into whatever she desires, and generate it out of her hands. 

[b]Snowfall:[/b] Zoey can manipulate the weather to create a heavy snowstorm over a small area and worsen any current snowstorms.

[b]Lightning-Strike:[/b] The spell that Zoey used during the battle with the Stygian Snake, the ability to generate lightning from her fingertips and make it fall from the sky.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Lynette[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Domínguez[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/XA8rsfw.jpg[/img]

[b]28 | Lynette Whitney Domínguez | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"Knowledge is everything... or maybe it's nothing. I'll let you decide."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Close friend of Britney Williams, she is one of the founding members of the Sycamore Tree Coven. She's not a native of St. Portwell; she's originally from New York. Her father got a big-time job in St. Portwell, and she moved to the city with her family (her parents and her two younger siblings). Lynette went through her Kindling-Event, talked to her dead grandmother one last time, and developed a mild obsession with magic. She gained a great deal of knowledge of magic when the Stygian Snake began its rampage, and the thing nearly killed her and her siblings... however, she was saved by Ashley, Daisy, and Auri and then roped into the Coven - she was under that Sycamore Tree that they formed their pact under. 

She participated in the various battles against the Stygian Snake and was glad to be a part of the Coven... only for it to devolve into a mess of childish bickering. Lynette did her best to keep the best and try to mediate many of the arguments, but over time, people left one by one, and despite her best efforts, the Coven was no more (but she kept in touch with Auri and Britney). Lynette decided to explore magic on her terms... and swallowed her pride to briefly join Emily's 8th Street Coven - becoming the third in command for a stint - however, she left them when they started terrorizing St. Portwell. However, Lynette entered college for Intelligence Studies, where she met her future best friend, Victoria Blackmore. Like Victoria, she graduated with a master's with minors in logistics and joined the "FBI,"... and when Auri put out the call, Lynette, sadly, had to decline but said she would gladly join. Lynette is half Dominican and half Haitian but identifies as black and is average height but fit.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Red & Orange Lux.[/i] Channeler: Her grandmother's necklace
[indent][b]Glyphs:[/b] The primary spell discipline that Lynette has crafted during her time in the Old Coven. It works simply: She has several symbols associated with a spell and has to draw them in the environment to activate them. They either let her manipulate elements in a radius around the glyph or create the element out of the glyph. However, the glyph's size determines the radius's size or how large a component she can create. There is no upper limit to the size and scope of the glyphs, and she can make them the size of [i]countries[/i]. However, these glyphs must be drawn perfectly to work, so that's next to impossible. Below are the glyphs Lynette has created thus far:

[indent][b]Fire:[/b] Fire represents the power of fire and can be used to create flames. Depending on the glyph's size, the effects can range from small fireballs to full-on infernos.

[b]Earth:[/b] This glyph allows Lynette to manipulate earth-based elements such as soil, rocks, and sand in a radius around the glyph (the more extensive the glyph, the further away she can manipulate the earth). It can be used to create barriers, earthquakes, or shifting landscapes.

[b]Water:[/b] This grants control of water in a radius around the glyph (again, size is dependent on the glyph), allowing Lynette to manipulate it in various forms, such as creating water-based projectiles, controlling currents, or generating protective shields.

[b]Ice:[/b] This glyph is used to create and manipulate ice in a radius around it, allowing Lynette to create frozen constructs, freeze objects in her vicinity, and launch icy projectiles.

[b]Air:[/b] Represents the manipulation of air and wind and can be used to create gusts of wind and entire tornadoes.

[b]Electricity:[/b] This glyph allows Lynette to cast electrical attacks, enabling Lynette to shock nearby foes and shoot lightning bolts and other feats.

[b]Plants:[/b] Created with Britney Williams's help, this glyph allows Lynette to create and manipulate plant life. It will enable her to shape and create floral structures, rejuvenate plants, etc.

[b]Light:[/b] Light represents the power of light, which allows Lynette to generate blinding flashes, create light constructions, or fire deadly laser beams.

[b]Abstraction-Boosting:[/b] This glyph boosts the abstractions of everyone within a radius - including Lynette. The larger the glyph, the larger the radius and the more influential the abstractions will become.

[b]Protective-Glyph:[/b] A glyph that boosts everyone's emotional fields within a certain radius inside of it, making them far more resistant to magical attacks.
[/indent]
[indent][/indent][/indent][/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Trisha[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fa/2a/83/fa2a832adad000ef333a9cae31d07fad.jpg[/img]

[b]24 | Patricia Malaya Vanburen | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"Fuck everyone else, what have they ever done for me?"[/i][@FernStone][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]One of James Vanburen’s many children, Trisha got what she viewed as a shitty hand in life. Growing up she had to live in the shadow of a myriad of much brighter, nicer and more talented siblings - with a distant father, and a strict mother who only cared about her grades. She was taught that the cause of all her problems was James and the woman he’d cheated on her mother with, building her resentment from a young age. She spent most of her time in St Portwell, with the occasional month in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her mom. This time lessened as she got older and was unable to live up to her mum’s high expectations, struggling in school. When she was thirteen she snuck into James’ large artifact collection, and accidentally released one of the apparitions sealed there. It adjoined with her and was her first introduction to magic. Thankfully, it wasn’t as malevolent as many of the others within James’ collection. 

Then, to make her whole life even worse, she was nearly killed by the Stygian Snake and ended up fighting it with the Sycamore Tree Coven. Trisha was… better with the coven than she was with her family. She was able to be herself without the pressure or shadow of her siblings, and she actually managed to make friends. In a way, like many others, she saw it as a replacement family - and a place she sort of belonged to. But she was still one of the many high tempers in the coven, someone who easily held grudges and got into arguments, and helped push it towards being disbanded. It hurt when it ended, and she explosively cut all ties. 

Since, Trisha moved on - finishing highschool and going to a lower tier college for mathematics. She just recently graduated (having taken a year out when James died) and moved back to St Portwell, where she’s been living aimlessly after barely passing her degree and refusing to move to one she would’ve done better at. Trisha is living off doing small coding jobs on the side (something she has actual talent for), what little inheritance she got and her father’s - no, older brother’s- money. When Auri reached out for the coven to rejoin, Trisha replied very succinctly - “fuck off.” After all, there’s a shit ton of money in her family, so a security team hired for her by Ezra will protect her a whole lot better than the rest of the coven…[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adjoined - [i]The Queen[/i]
[indent]Trisha has access to part of the abstraction of the Queen, an apparition spawned from the strong leadership of queen bees, and the interconnected hive and communication between bees. The abstraction comes in two parts - the ability to manipulate her own pheromones and affect humans with them, and summoning a swarm of bees. 

Trisha can primarily use two types of pheromones on humans: sex pheromones and alarm pheromones. The sex pheromones allow her to appear more attractive to another person, and are specifically targeted towards one person. They make them more likely to listen to her, want to be with her, ect. The alarm pheromones work in a radius and have two modes - fight or flight. Flight will make those caught by them have the overwhelming urge to flee, whereas fight will make them more aggressive or defensive. This can help in a fight by removing any fear they might have, or alerting others to danger. Emotional fields dampen the effects of both.

Trisha can also call a specific swarm of bees - they are paranormal in that they live much longer lives than normal bees (and thus survive without an actual queen bee), but are otherwise normal. They view her as their queen and will obey her “commands”, via pheromones. Trisha has to keep this group of bees alive, though, and has essentially become a pseudo-beekeeper for her paranormal hive. They can be called from near any distance, but will take the time normal bees would take to get there. [/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Jake[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Valos[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/hdyTdnM.jpeg[/img]

[b]27 | Jake Daniel Valos |  He/Him[/b][hr][i]"The Valos have fought for a lot of things: Money, pride, honor, love, retribution... Can we add the "right thing" to the list?"[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]One of the children of the illustrious Jason Valos, a Casino, Restaurant, and Hotel tycoon who owns businesses all over the West Coast. Jason was a billionaire and could shower his children with wealth and the life he never had! Leaving Jake, his twin sister Gabe, and their various siblings in the hands of maids and butlers - with loads of money. Hilarity ensues.

Jake was technically born in St. Portwell but only spent his summers there with his twin sister and younger brother, Jaska. The Valos didn't have a high standing in the city [s]or wherever they went[/s] mainly since, wherever the Valos went, [i]chaos[/i] followed. Jake and his sister Gabe were inseparable. They were known for causing trouble, partying, and having adventures on their daddy's dime. Things were great... until their newest little brother, Jaska, was thrown through the window. 

While Daddy Valos was known for sleeping around, Jaska had [i]wings![/i] Alongside another secret, magic was real, a factoid they were made well aware of when Jaska transformed into a hulking monstrosity when a trigger phrase was mentioned around him. Jaska went on a rampage throughout the Valos Mansion, causing Jake and Gabe to undergo their Kindling Events, but Daddy Valos came in to restrain Jaska long enough to transform back to normal. Naturally, the Valos twins were confused... but now they had magic to elevate their hi-jinks!

Such as fighting the Stygian Snake! As one faithful summer, darkness overcame St. Portwell, the Stygian Snake. Jake and Gabe were at a party with the "commoners" that was attacked by a monstrous brute known as Scott Reese. They survived and fought him off using their magic, but one of the people they partied with, Claire O'Sullivan, roped them into the Coven to fight the Stygian Snake.

And the Valos were never ones to miss out on an adventure. 

They saw it all... met friends that died the same day, fought against a demi-God, and more! Usually, they stuck to their clique, which eventually ended up being the rich kids (Except Sloane; all of them [i]hated[/i] Sloane). However, as the battle with the Stygian Snake intensified, they did something drastic: Roped Jaska in. He was a powerful force but a difficult-to-control one similar to Vashti and her Leviathan. With the help of Pink Lux, they managed to temper Jaska's Outer-Devil and help defeat the Stygian Snake!

However, they were harshly criticized by the other members of the Coven for their decision to use a nine-year-old as a superweapon. With the Old Coven also becoming a clusterfuck as various secrets came to light, the Valos twins decided to step out and move on with their lives simply. Jake was built up to be the successor for his father's empire in the coming years, and he got into a relationship with his fellow Coven-mate, Lin. Life was good... until the murders started, and he felt like he was on the chopping block. He rejected Auri's invitation, however, as he wanted nothing to do with Sycamore anymore. 

That phase of his life was over.
 [/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Red Lux.[/i] Channeler: Gold Pocketwatch.
[indent][b]Photomancy:[/b] Jake's primary spell, one that he had been practicing since the battle with the Stygian Snake. He can create durable constructs made of light and illusions that he used to fool the Stygian Snake's minions.

[b]Aquamancy:[/b] Jake can manipulate water in a wide radius and throw a tidal wave the size of a one-story house. 

[b]Pyromancy:[/b] A spell group taught to him by Gabe that he's not that good at because pyromancy was the exact opposite of his personality. He can create little fireballs, but nothing spectacular... he rarely uses it anyway.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]'Gabe'[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Valos[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/8e92dbb31cdfee4fc12ef768c15e24b3/tumblr_p45sqaML7U1v80i1jo2_1280.jpg[/img]

[b]27 | Gabriela Mya Valos Jr |  She/Her[/b][hr][i]"Give me a reason, and I'll burn your urethra shut!"[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Where her twin-brother, Jake, is a calm and reasonable person... Gabe is the exact fucking opposite. She is very firey and passionate and will fight tooth and nail for the people she cares about (which was the wealthy clique in the Old Coven). Gabe is known for being practically glued to her twin brother and was by his side during all their major life events. She was there for Jaska's first rampage through the Valos mansion, for the fight against the Stygian Snake, and when Jake proposed to Lin. 

Let's take it back to the fight with the Stygian Snake: Gabe wasn't precisely a well-liked member; in fact, she was an asshole. However, they could not argue with the fact that Gabe was a [i]powerhouse[/i] that managed to stagger the Stygian Snake at some point. She was the primary enforcer and protector in the Rich Clique and protected the softer members, such as Lin, Sage, and her brother, from assholes like George Nelson and Emily G. Reed. However, she and Jake made the conscious decision to drag their little brother, Jaska, into the Old Coven, and their already shitty reputation in the Old Coven somehow got worse. Having enough of these annoying dumbasses, Gabe and Jake left the Old Coven. 

While Jake was built up to be the next ruler of the Valos Enterprise, Gabe decided to spend her life partying! She parted from her brother, who had gotten with fellow Old Coven member Lin and spent the next leg of her life partying, traveling the world. While they were known for being joined by the hip, her brother was busy training to become the next big tycoon and eating out his girlfriend. However, while Gabe was out partying, something felt off... this wasn't her true calling, and she felt like she needed to go home after this many years of doing nothing of value with her life. 

The murders began, Auri extended the invitation to her, and she told Auri to eat her ass.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Red Lux.[/i] Channeler: 
[indent][b]Laser Beam Emission:[/b] Much like her brother, her primary spell has something to do with light. Unlike her brother, it focused more on raw power... She could gather the light around her and project it as a deadly beam that moves at the speed of light that burns the air around her. This laser beam was [i]hot[/i] to say the least. She can control the size of the laser - the wider the beam, the larger the radius, but the smaller the beam, the more focused it becomes. This spell, when boosted, was powerful enough to damage the Stygian Snake enough to force it to retreat in one instance, but otherwise, it allowed her to cleave through the Stygian Snake's minions.

[b]Superheating:[/b] Gabe could heat a part of her body, or an object she touches, up so much that it glows [i]orange.[/i] With this ability, she is the hot knife that cuts through people like butter, and she can heat metal enough so that it melts. 

[b]Over-Friction:[/b] Gabe can enhance the friction she creates to the point where it creates [i]fire[/i]. She can create fire by manipulating air friction to enhance her strikes through this spell.

[b]Flammable Liquid Manipulation:[/b] Gabe can manipulate flammable liquids such as gasoline, alcohol, oil, and other volatile liquids and cause them to combust at will... these flames will be far hotter but somehow burn much, much, slower.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Lin[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Liu[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/tvBNFAF.jpg[/img]

[b]26 | Linda Adelle Liu |  [/b][hr][i]"What in the world did Mika get us into...?"[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Known as [i]Lin.[/i]

A wealthy member of the Old Coven was the second (known) daughter of the magnanimous Jiao-Long Liu. The Liu family comes from money from Hong Kong, and Linda was fortunate enough that her father was a genius who owned the Liu Biomedical Company. He was a successful company with the resources to shower Lin in everything she wanted. However, she grew up sheltered, and in addition to her social skills, the girl was always timid, never having the backbone to stand up for herself as someone typically did for her. That someone was usually her older sister, Mika, but she was working on herself through therapy. 

However, even from high up on her tower, Lin could feel the darkness cast over the city by the Stygian Snake. Over the summer, her parents went on vacation while Lin elected to stay home and noticed a suspicious amount of people turning up dead in the news due to a "natural disaster." That natural disaster turned up on her front door as it was the Stygian Snake, and it famously flattened the Liu Estate in which Lin stayed. It caused her Kindling-Event, and she would have been killed if it wasn't for her peer, Sage Pimm. Sage roped her into the Old Coven, and she felt like an alien - the Old Coven was a wild beast primarily comprised of people she wasn't used to dealing with normal teenagers. 

So, Lin stayed in the little clique of affluent peers that valiantly offered to fight the Stygian Snake, which were the Valos twins, Jaska, Sylvia, Sage, and Trisha. Lin didn't branch out beyond that; she was otherwise just a footsoldier in the war against the Stygian Snake. She was close to Jake Valos, and it fostered a friendship between them that eventually blossomed into a relationship. However, once the Stygian Snake was defeated, Lin wanted nothing to do with magic and was among the first to hit the door - serving herself afterward.

Lin was pretty content living the rest of her life in her father's shadow and being Jake Valos's girlfriend. However, as she grew as a person and became more than just the timid, wealthy daughter of Jiao-Long, she regretted her choice to live without magic. She wished she had kept it, but there wasn't much she could do about it now that she was severed. Recently, Jake proposed to her, and now they are getting married! 

And she is getting her chance of regaining magic...

The murders began, and suddenly, Lin found herself regressing. She got an invitation back to the Coven from Auri, but unlike Trisha, she gave Auri a polite "no" and kept it moving. Her father's security detail would do more for her than the Coven ever would. Lin is a pureblooded Chinese woman who stands at five-seven and is very bony and nerdy-looking. She is very unassuming and unthreatening.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]Lin was originally a Red Adept and used fire and light magic during the fight with the Stygian Snake. After it was defeated, she decided she wanted nothing to do with magic and severed herself, one of her vast regrets.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Jaska[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Valos[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/wP9c7S8.jpg[/img]

[b]20 | Jaska River-Walt Valos |  He/Him[/b][hr][i]"Wassup. Jake says everything will be fine, so why shouldn't I believe him when he's never been wrong?"[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]A "sort of" member of the Old Coven and a significant reason that the Valos twins are not liked.

To begin, a woman named Reiko Ain existed, a descendant of a nameless tribe (Referred to as "The Tribe") of Abominable that traveled from place to place. It was unknown where they came from, but they could breed with humans and blend in with them to an extent. Reiko left the tribe when she was a grown woman and drifted from place to place working for different supernatural organizations as a spy/intelligencer, enforcer, and more... and worked as an escort for a brothel in Boston known as "The High Society" staffed by paranormals for people with an "acquired taste." One person who frequented the club was Jason Valos, and he saw Reiko once. She got pregnant, eventually giving birth to her son, Jaska. 

However, Reiko was not one to sit around and raise a child, as she thought that Jaska would be in better hands with his father, and her life was [i]not[/i] suitable for a child. So one morning, when Jaska was old enough, she chucked him through the window of the Valos Manor and disappeared into the night. Leaving the Valos confused as they had a winged child in their midst now... and after a DNA test, it was proven that Jaska was [i]indeed[/i] Jason's child. The remaining Valos siblings gave Jaska the cold shoulder, except for Johnny Valos, who welcomed him with open hands. 

Things were good, but the Valos were unaware of the true nature of Jaska's abstraction, and more importantly the trigger phrase for his [i]Outer-Devil[/i] form, "Little Devil". Upon hearing this phrase one day, Jaska transformed into a fearsome, four-legged, dragon-like beast that went on a rampage. He caused millions of dollars worth of damage to the Valos manor, and forced Jake, Gabe, and Sylvia, to undergo their kindling event, before he was restrained by Jason and returned to normal. Since then, everyone has treated Jaska like a monster and ensured that they [i]never[/i] say that phrase around him again. However, despite it all, Johnny still treated him like a person and eventually got the other Valos to come around. There were a few other incidents, but Jaska [i]really[/i] didn't like to transform. He felt alone.

What didn't help was the fact that, towards the end of the conflict with the Stygian Snake, Jake and Gabe "enlisted" Jaska, who was [i]ten[/i] at the time, into the Coven. Their logic was that people were dropping like flies, and Jaska was a powerhouse - a very unstable powerhouse - but with the help of some Pink Lux, they managed to control the Outer Devil form to utilize as a weapon. Of course, Jaska didn't like this, nor did most of the Coven. So when Jake, Gabe, and the others left, so did Jaska.

He didn't know what to do with his life as his features made him feel like an outcast, fortunately with the help of Lihn Phan, he was able to overcome most of his issues over time. Learn to forgive his siblings for using him as a WMD against the Stygian Snake, but not what he wanted to do with his life. However, once Auri called out to him, he was courteous enough to leave her on read. 

The Coven had enough bad memories. 

Jaska is a very peculiar boy... Most notably, he has two massive black bat-like wings on his back. They are, unfortunately, visible to the Blind so Jaska typically stays in the grounds of the Valos Manor during the day - or he wears some well concealing clothes. He Stands at five-eleven, he's skinny and looks just a little bit younger than he should due to his abstraction.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]

Abominable - [i]Outer-Devil.[/i]
[indent]The Outer-Devil is an Abstraction that is hereditary, and some may consider Jaska Afflicted, but this is indeed an Abstraction passed down to him by his mother. It is unknown where the Outer Devil originated if it was spawned by belief or created, but it grants Jaska inhuman features alongside pyrokinesis. The Abstraction is separated into two different modes: Inactive and Active.

The Outer Devil, when it's inactive, is Jaska Valos's typical form, a boy with wings and no other physical alterations. The wings... are just regular wings, and they possess enough strength to lift him off the ground and allow him to fly - even enough to bring one other person. His healing has been increased, but he won't be regenerating from a stab wound in seconds. He can heal much faster and regrow limbs (including his wings) as long as he constantly has food in his belly! As far as the pyrokinesis goes, it isn't as much manipulating flames as creating flames. He can cast a flamethrower out of his hands and create a whole inferno with focus.

The Outer-Devil is an entirely different story when it's [i]active[/i]. Once Jaska hears the phrase "Little Devil," he will transform into a [url=https://i.imgur.com/QEAi6fO.jpg]four-legged, dragon-like monster[/url] that has the girth of a UPS Truck! Jaska possesses monstrous strength, durability, and speed in this form - losing his wings. His pyrokinesis is exponentially enhanced, and he can spew infernos like nothing, however it comes with a second effect. The environment will transform into a hellish wasteland as stone turns into brimstone, buildings crumble, and plantlife distingrate. The longer he is in this form, the further the effect spreads. 

While the Outer-Devil is active, he cannot control himself and will be a rampaging beast until he's critically injured, restrained long enough, or after a few hours when he transforms back on his own.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Sylvia[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Cruz[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ehUKn4k.jpg[/img]

[b]26 | Sylvia Lana Cruz |  She/Her[/b][hr][i]"Chupa mi verga."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Member of the Old Coven and defacto Valos.

Why "defacto?" Well, you see, Daddy Valos (Jason) knocked up her mother, Anna, long before she was born and gave the world the wonderful Johnny Valos. Afterward, Anna moved on and found a husband, Yoel Cruz. The two got married, and Sylvia came into the world soon after! Sylvia, as many younger siblings do, [i]reverred[/i] her older brother Johnny, even though her parents knew that Johnny was a bad influence. In Sylvia's eyes, he was the coolest of the cool, and she wanted to be just like him! Naturally, she followed Johnny around and ended up with him when he traveled to St. Portwell to spend time at the Valos manor. 

It took a while, but Sylvia just [i]clicked[/i] with Gabe and Jake, and eventually, they accepted her as one of them - even calling them their sister from another mister. Sylvia even spent time with the Valos without Johnny! However, Sylvia was there the day Jaska had gone on a rampage and Kindled alongside Jake, Gabe, and Johnny. Ultimately, Sylvia went to St. Portwell during the infamous summer when the Stygian Snake began her rampage. Unlike most of the Coven, she was not saved by the Coven then roped in but by Jake and Gabe. And much like them, Sylvia was [i]not[/i] well-liked among the Old Coven, nor did she like them. She liked to mess with the people there, and she was considered very annoying - not that she gave a shit. However, given her purple and orange lux mixture, she was instrumental and one of the few who could open portals to other dimensions.

They tolerated her up until the end, and when Jake, Gabe, and the others in the "Rich Clique" left, Sylvia was right alongside them and gave not a single damn about the Coven at that point. Sylvia returned to Miami with adventures and tales to tell, but she wanted to do more with her life than have adventures. Did I ever mention that Sylvia had a love for music? She wanted to pursue a music career and began as an independent underground artist... eventually gaining a small following.

After begging the Valos twins for [i]months,[/i] she convinced them to get Jason Valos to back her and get her a record deal! The label saw her potential, and Sylvia Cruz became... [i]Astrid Storm![/i] A very influential artist who performed worldwide! She is famous for mixing rock, techno, and rap. She is infamous for her social media usage and was canceled several times over problematic posts. After the last time the label dropped her, she was forced to preform in small town music events and other small venues to get some money.

Eventually, leading her back to St. Portwell... coincidentally around the time of the murders. When Auri put the call out to her, Sylvia responded with a poignant and complex: "suck my dick." (Note she doesn't have one [s]yet[/s]). Sylvia is a short Cuban woman at five-one and is notable for her dyed white hair and never being far away from her [url=https://i.imgur.com/igp9qKz.png]guitar[/url] (it's her channeler!). She casts by playing her guitar.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Purple & Orange.[/i] Channeler: Her Electric Guitar.
[indent][b]Unbreakable Guitar:[/b] A passive spell that Sylvia has cast on her guitar, which makes it damn near impossible to break or destroy.

[b]Boomerang:[/b] Sylvia charges the guitar with a mixture of purple and orange luxes and launches it like a boomerang, spinning at incredibly high speeds. Then, even if she changed positions from when she previously threw the guitar, it returns to Sylvia.

[b]Boosting Riff:[/b] By playing her guitar, Sylvia can boost the abstractions of her allies nearby.

[b]Guitar Flight:[/b] Sylvia can fly on her guitar by sitting on it like a witch would ride a broom.

[b]Telekinesis:[/b] Sylvia can telekinetically manipulate the environment by playing the guitar.

[b]Portal-Creation:[/b] By playing a riff, Sylvia can create a portal to either the same dimension or a different one. She just needs to either be familiar with it, or have an idea, before she can create the portal.

[b]Crush:[/b] By playing a riff, Sylvia can telekinetically crush an object.

[b]Telekinetic-Wave:[/b] Sylvia's ultimate spell: she can play a mighty riff on her guitar; she creates a powerful wave of telekinetic energy that'll pound against the environment enough to send anything not nailed down flying.

[b]Flight-Granting:[/b] She can temporarily grant flight for up to half an hour by holding hands with someone. If [i]those[/i] people are also holding hands if someone, then they also get flight.

[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Sage[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Pimm[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/95WhLEQ.jpg[/img]

[b]25 | Sage Royal Pimm |  They/Them[/b][hr][i]"The heavensent."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The most standout members of the Old Coven, merely because it is difficult, if not impossible, to discern Sage's gender. This was a mixture of their odd genetics and preference to hide their gender (Nobody knows what's between Sage's legs. Nobody). They stand at six-four, are very skinny, and lack any curves but have a feminine voice, hair, and facial shape. They come from the Pimm family, one of the children of the famous actor Alan Pimm. Though, they were not technically born into the family they were instead the product of an affair with one of Alan's co-stars. Alan tried to keep Sage's existence a secret, but once it came out, he was slammed with accusations of power imbalance. Sage was introduced to the rest of the Pimm family, not with precisely open arms. They were the family's black sheep, as Alan always gave Sage the cold shoulder, and Sage had some morals, unlike the rest of the spoiled Pimm family. 

Sage didn't precisely like them either, so they primarily stayed with their mother as they felt as if they had a heart. However, the Stygian Snake began its rampage across St. Portwell and unfortunately Sage was one of its many victims. It killed her, Sage survived but underwent their Kindling Event and fled into the night (or mayb it spared them). It didn't take them long to run into the Old Coven, and Sage found their wealthy peers within the Old Coven, and they were the de facto leader of the "Rich Kids." They were the most well-liked among them and the most reasonable, who attempted to discuss the conflicts their clique [s]started[/s] got into. Even after the Stygian Snake was defeated and everyone else saved for them and Trisha, they attempted to mediate all the arguments and keep the Coven together. They were more family than their family, after all! 

Alas, the Old Coven broke up, and Sage was among the last to leave, attempting to lead the Coven themselves for a stint! They had no choice but to return to the Pimm Family and were miserable with them, ultimately deciding to cut ties when they turned eighteen and left to live among the "middle class." Sage is currently in college, seeking to gain a degree in nursing, and they work themselves to death volunteering at various homeless and animal shelters.

Then Sage heard that their siblings killed Alan Pimm, and her siblings Ellyn and Chester Pimm took over the family fortune. Sage returned to confront their family, and it ended with them getting severed, nearly dead, and leaving with some terrible memories...

When Auri put out the call, while Sage wanted to rejoin, they were embarrassed about not having magic anymore so they just pretended they never got Auri's message.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]Sage was originally a Red, Green, Yellow, and Gold Adept that used their various Luxes as a flex role within the Old Coven. However, recently, they got severed after a faithful confrontation with their siblings...[/indent][/cell][/row]Former members of the Sycamore Tree Coven that went their way after the demise of the original Coven. They decided against rejoining the Coven when Auri put out the call - maybe they could be swayed to join.[/table][/hider][h2][color=black]Past Characters[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5487877]For Past Characters...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]The 8th Street Coven[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5490575]For members of the 8th Street Coven...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]The Greenwood Coven[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5492715]For members of the Greenwood Coven...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]The PRA[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5492716]For members of the PRA...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]The Wolfpack[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5497085]For members of the Wolfpack...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]The Temple[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5497672]For members of the Temple...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]Das Sonnenrad/The New Thule Society[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5500374]For members of Das Sonnenrad/The New Thule Society...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]Dollhouse[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5500536]For members of Dollhouse...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]The 317[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5502502]For members of the 317...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]The House of Cards Mafia[/color][/h2][hr][indent][b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5502507]For members of The House of Cards Mafia...[/url][/b][/indent]

[h2][color=black]Citizens of St. Portwell[/color][/h2][hr][hider][table][row][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Justin[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Haggar[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/4uvUSEW.jpg[/img]

[b]29 | Justin Eli Haggar | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"Don't stare too long, bud. You'll make this awkward for both of us."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The boyfriend of the Coven's current leader, Auri Auclair. He's a man from New York who lived quite an everyday and uneventful life there, but once he became a man, he decided to go to college. That college was St. Portwell University to become an architect; that was where he met his girlfriend/future wife, and they have been together since. Thus, Justin had no clue about the previous adventure and thought the Coven was just Auri's fancy witch-themed book club! Usually, Justin comes by to drop off snacks (that are not homemade) and drinks for Auri's book club. 

While Auri is cheerful, Justin is a coolheaded, reserved, mysterious person who hides his social awkwardness behind a veneer of apathy and aloofness. Justin is an average-weighted Caucasian guy at five-ten, and Auri teases him because she's one inch taller than him. He's skinny but has a bit of a gut that's baby fat that he was never able to get rid of, and he has curly blond hair.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]Justin is Blind.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Ezra[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.pinimg.com/564x/69/2a/62/692a623379b20b3a96428cbfc83f5825.jpg[/img]

[b]38 | Ezra Vanburen | He/Him [/b][hr][i]”Nobody should ever be satisfied with less than perfection."[/i]
[@Atrophy][/center]
[/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b] The reliable and disciplined professional who will forever live in the shadow of his magnanimous father, James Vanburen. Ezra spent his youth living between two cities, summering in St. Portwell to spend time with his father and living with his mother the rest of the year in Philadelphia. His first notable attribution to the city was nearly a decade ago when James put him in charge of distributing a sizable donation to  aid in the reconstruction of St. Portwell after it was struck by a “natural disaster”. Ezra spent about a year in the city, bailing out local businesses, wheeling and dealing with construction companies, meeting the woman that would eventually become his ex-wife, and redirecting dirty opportunists like Blake Schmidt that had swarmed to the town with hopes of finding a way to get their hands in deep pockets. 

When Ezra left St. Portwell was back on the upswing and his father had another street named after him: mission accomplished. When compared to his siblings the elusive Ezra largely slipped out of the public eye for the next decade as he worked quietly as a business consultant on the East Coast. It was only after his father’s death that the world truly began focusing on Ezra, seeing him as the man who’d pick up his father’s magnanimous legacy and run with it. He soon gained a reputation as having the golden touch when it came to turning a failing business or project into an absolute success, and with the assumption that he'd inherited lion's share of his father's assets he quickly climbed his way to the top of the Forbes list for Most Eligible Bachelors. 

A few months ago Ezra Vanburen was spotted in St. Portwell for the first time since his father's funeral at a charity event hosted at the St. Portwell Yacht Club by his half-sister. He was heard talking about a potential plan to turn his father's mansion into historic house musuem once everyone has been moved out. Recently he purchased a penthouse downtown. Rumor is that he’s been shopping around town for new investments to expand his father's—actually, it is now his—holding company.

[indent]
[/indent]

[b]Abstraction: [/B]
[indent] He has the power of being stupid rich.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Lihn[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Phan[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1638889589125-ef148d285c94?q=80&w=2574&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D[/img]

[b]32 | Lihn Thi Phan | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"I just want to make this world a better place for my daughter."[/i]
[@FernStone][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]St Portwell’s sole paranormal therapist, Lihn is a young, constantly tired woman. She takes on only paranormal clients and thanks to this is incredibly overworked, doing near 16 hour days just to fit in all the messed up paranormal in the city. She’s well off thanks to this, even though her rates are surprisingly cheap - she works so hard out of a genuine want to help people, and so that her daughter can grow up in a slightly less messed up city. She graduated just under ten years ago, and is very good at her job. Lihn is calm and responsible, with a deep understanding of human emotion - but a slight emotional detachment too. 

Originally from Vietnam, Lihn moved to St Portwell with her dad at a young age. He remarried there and she has a younger half-brother, who still lives with her. Her dad and step-mom were tragically killed during the Stygian Snake’s rampage, which led to a series of bad decisions and a drunken one night stand resulting in pregnancy. After this she got her shit back together again, gave birth to her daughter Thanh (now nine), and made a name for herself as a therapist specialising in the paranormal (among the paranormal scene, that is). Lihn is completely neutral towards all the paranormal factions, and really just wishes they would stop fighting so she can cut her hours and spend more time with her daughter. It would also help cure her chronic migraines. Lihn is a rather average woman at five-four, with a gentle appearance and permanent dark circles under her eyes.  [/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Pink Lux[/i]. Channeler: A silver locket necklace
[indent][b]Empathy[/b]: Lihn can read the emotions of people near her, easily getting the most basic surface emotions and able to read weaker ones with concentration. She can also subtly change these - taking an emotion that already exists and nudging it one way or another (increasing or decreasing the intensity)

[b]Memory Aid[/b]: Lihn can help people remember things they had previously forgotten, or had purposefully forgotten. There’s the possibility this would work with magically cleared memories too.

[b]Memory Reading[/b]: With permission from those with emotional fields, Lihn can read someone’s memories - but only those that they remember.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Henri[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Han[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/JpvL8JM.jpg[/img]

[b]18 | Huanyi “Henri” Han | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"Chill! Why stress yourself out when you could be having fun?"[/i]
[@FernStone][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Huanyi, or Henri as he goes by outside of family, is the younger brother of Linqian and Jinhai Han. Being eight years younger than them, he didn't share the same close bond - instead they were more like replacement parents for him. Henri is incredibly close to them, to the point of near dependence, and was hit very hard by Jinhai's sudden death. Since then he's been leaning on Linqian even more than he did before, to the point of moving back home. He had a turbulent childhood thanks to his parents dying when he was only eight, before he was passed between distant relatives, finally ending up with Jinhai and Linqian when they were legally able to take him. While he seems well adjusted, his reliance on Linqian even now that he's an adult and his inability to properly look after himself stems from his childhood. 

Henri is generally laid back and cheerful, which contrasts his older siblings' personalities. When he starts talking he rarely shuts up. He's very friendly and finds it easy to get close to people - he generally dislikes being alone. He was coddled and spoiled a lot as a kid, and protected from much of the negative effects of his parent’s passing beyond the emotional ones. He’s always been a bit of a troublemaker (though nowhere near as bad as Linqian as a teenager) and caused plenty of annoyances for his older siblings, but they still dote on him. He's a teenager with very few worries, often taking his siblings' sacrifices for his normal life for granted. He's just been sheltered far too much by Linqian and Jinhai. This means that he's quite immature, with a lack of understanding of how difficult it can be to make ends meet because his siblings always kept that hidden from him. He's never worked a day in his life and barely knows how to help around the house. 

Henri is quite smart, and is doing mechanical engineering at University of Wisconsin–Madison. However, he’s currently taking a year long break and has moved back in with Linqian in St Portwell. Unknown to Linqian, Henri went through his kindling event during his first year of college and is no longer just one eye open. He plans to use some of this year out to learn more about magic. He's still new to the paranormal world since his siblings never talked to him about it, and very inexperienced. Henri is a tall young man, at 6'2" (taller than both his siblings) with dark curly hair he keeps short at the sides and longer at the top. He doesn't put much thought into how he dresses, normally going more simple with jeans and t-shirts.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adept - [i]Green & Red Lux[/i]. Channeler: a wallet picture of him and his siblings
[indent] [b]Light Absorption[/b]: Henri can absorb light into his body, from any source, and then use it to enhance himself or use light based attacks. He can shoot the light back out of his body, such as through a hand, or use it to create a floating, gentle light. He can also use it to enhance himself, such as making himself “lighter” and thus faster or enhancing his vision to be able to see on the electromagnetic spectrum. This spell essentially negates any light he absorbs. He could also absorb and then manipulate other elements he has an affinity for, but he hasn’t figured that out yet. [/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Sabrina[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Vanburen[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/GiUt0H7.jpg[/img]

[b]31 | Sabrina Lydia Vanburen | She/Her[/b][hr][i]"Everyone loses themselves once or twice."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Affectionately called [i]"Bean"[/i] by Britney Williams, Sabrina is the enigmatic and [i]magnanimous[/i] child of James Vanburen, one of his many. The primary distinction between Sabrina and the rest is that she is openly transgender, and the secondary one is that she reveres her father. Unlike the other siblings, who harbor grudges against him, Sabrina holds her father in the highest regard and lives with him as an example. Like the rest of the Vanburens, Sabrina was born and raised in St. Portwell but primarily found herself in the higher-end schools or on exquisite vacations on her father's dime. It was where she found herself and where she claimed that the "caterpillar became the butterfly." She abandoned her previous identity later in life, and after much expensive surgery (or as she claims), she became the person she is now. 

Sabrina graduated with a master's in Fashion Design and a Bachelor's in Costuming. She is very well known in the High-fashion and modeling fields, which is how she met her friend Britney Williams. Sabrina is an open social activist, donating much of the funds she earns with her career to different charities and helping those in need - much like her father would have. Sabrina would fight tooth and nail to help the city in any way she could, not just because she loved the place she grew up but because it was the [i]magnanimous[/i] thing to do. While she's not the biggest social media superstar, she is well-known in different parts of the city. Sabrina is a fairly tall woman, six feet even, but she's somewhat skinny (Somewhat in the way that she has a bit of chub) and not very curvy. She is mixed, half-black, and half-white. Sabrina rarely speaks, and when she does, she speaks with a gentle softness that only the most nurturing and compassionate could have.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adjoined - [i]The Silkworm.[/i]
[indent]An Abstraction that Sabrina has had since she was a teenager... the Silkworm is an Apparition that was a part of her father's collection that she discovered after being nosy and going through his things. It took the shape of a very old sweater... and latched onto her. After freaking out, her father taught her the ropes of the Silkworm and that it was her friend. The Silkworm has several different abilities, but at its basest is that she can telekinetically manipulate all fibers/fabrics (wool, silk, cotton, etc), denim, nylons, polyester, rayon, flannel, leather, feather down, linen, and spandex. 

One aspect of Silkworm's abstraction is the ability to create fabric from her body and several meters of cloth near-instantly from her body. The most powerful aspect of Silkworm is the ability to manipulate the tensile strength of clothes. Tensile strength is how much stress a single thread can withstand before it snaps; Silkworm can adjust how much it takes before it snaps. She can, at most, give a single thread the tensile strength of diamonds, or she can make it shred like wet tissue paper. This abstraction comes with a subtle (and useless) extrasensory ability as it gives Sabrina the [i]exact[/i] measurements of the people around her, and she can make outfits for them.

Her clothes? Well, that's the Silkworm's "body," and it can instantly change her outfit.[/indent][/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Odessa[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Maxwell[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/g2sQ0CJ.jpg[/img]

[b][sup]Doesn't Remember[/sup] | Odessa Kayla Maxwell |  She/Her[/b][hr][i]"Life is a wheel... and I just want to make sure it keeps going."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The mysterious traveler... a woman who met her end eons ago and returned as an Apparition. This Apparition was known as the Nurturing Will, as Odessa, at the time, did not remember the name of her past life. The Nurturing Will went from place to place, enriching barren lands and helping people until she latched onto a woman named Adaeze Okafor and adjoined to her until the woman's death. After she died, The Nurturing Will took her body and, using her abstraction, formed a younger version of Adaeze. The Nurturing Will made an alias to blend in with humans, then Odessa was born.

Thus, Odessa drifted from place to place, universe to universe, seeing herself as a broken "balancer" or "protector" of mankind, battling malicious forces and solving supernatural situations. The woman's demeanor is odd; she always smiles and rambles about [i]something[/i]. She is unpredictable and strange; however, underneath that veneer is a being that is utterly cunning and devious, perhaps harmless. Perhaps the most dangerous woman or "thing" in St. Portwell.

Odessa can be seen around the streets of St. Portwell, giving flowers to people she finds interesting. She has a [i]particular[/i] interest in members of the Sycamore Tree Coven and has been stalking them from a distance for quite a while. Odessa usually looks like a tribal African girl who always wears an orange robe with some dreads that hang off her head. She is short and skinny, standing at five-even, and what is odd about her body is that she's cold as a corpse and has no heartbeat. 

Weird, ain't it?[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]The only thing abnormal about her is her desire to boop Scottish people.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Yasmin[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Faris[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/PSwkqQT.jpeg[/img]

[b]47 | Yasmin Faris | She/Her[/b][hr][i]"This is a family business. Any acts against it are personal."[/i]
[@Atrophy][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Born in America after her family abandoned the country that they had helped destabilize through contract killing and arms dealing, Yasmin Corey could’ve lived a posh life pretending to be ignorant of the blood money that filled her family coffers. Her traditionalist father believed that the family business was no place for his daughter, focusing instead on his sons. In fact, Yasmin was viewed as little more than a social bargaining chip, an offering to be sacrificed to further establish his family by linking them to a dynasty. At the time her marriage to Malik Faris was little more than a business deal, her role being to produce an offspring as fast as possible to forever tie the two families together. Sloane was born within a year of their marriage, serving as the glue that would seal their union. 

Little did Yasmin’s father know that it would become a deal that Yasmin manipulated to give herself all of the power. She was able to wrap Malik around her finger and use his curses to bring ruin upon her brothers, making her the only legal heir to her family fortune. She took plays from her family’s line of work to further her husband’s under-the-table business, translating the shadowy wetwork and smuggling to the less bloody and often more financially rewarding world of art theft. It was Yasmin that convinced Malik to expand beyond selling illegal art and begin selling Apparitions, a lucrative business idea that skyrocketed the Farises from being just another part of the one percent to being the one percent of the one percent. 

Like the ultra wealthy planning to evacuate Earth and live in space instead of taking care of the one planet they have, Yasmin and Malik fled Shimmer when the Stygian Snake threatened their reality. When their ungrateful daughter refused to flee and stayed behind to die, Yasmin was the one to convince Malik to leave her to die. In truth, Yasmin had always been afraid of Sloane, worried that her daughter would one day screw her over just like Yasmin had her father. If not for the promise of plentiful payday, Yasmin would never even have considered returning to St. Portwell. 
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[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]Adept - [i]Orange Lux[/i]. Channeler: Diamond Bracelet

Yasmin has an affinity for infusing items with magic and transforming them into magical artifacts based upon myth and legend.

[b]Awaken:[/b] Yasmin infuses a mundane object with Orange Lux, causing it to gain a magical property. The infusion is quick but short lived, functioning only as long as Yasmin continues to channel Orange Lux into the device. Yasmin does not pick the magical property an item gets, but rather “awakens” the latent paranormal potential inside of an item that has been impressed on it by people through collective ideas and tropes inspired by myth, folklore, and fiction. For example if Yasmin were to cast Awaken on a rug it would become a flying carpet while casting it upon a cloak would allow the wearer to turn invisible. Upon casting the spell she gains inherent knowledge on how the magical object works.

[b]Transmogrification:[/b] A prolonged ritual that elevates the process of Awakening the magic in an item to permanently imbuing an item with magic and turning it into an artifact. An artifact cannot simply be created by investing time and magic; the object used in the process requires some kind of cultural significance embedded in it through the power of myth or folklore. Generally, this requires the magical artifact Yasmin is creating to be an actual ancient artifact or, at the very least, to be widely believed to be an actual ancient artifact—things found in museums or put up for bid in high society auction houses. Even once she has found a proper curio to Transmogrify into a magical artifact, Yasmin is required to go through a creative process of casting Awaken spells and performing rituals using Orange Lux to truly unlock the potential of the item. Through this process she can morph and fine tune the magical property of the artifact, taking what has been imbued in it through the public zeitgeist and tweaking its design to her own desires. This process often takes months if not years to complete. 

Yasmin can still Awaken an object that has not yet completely undergone Transmogrification into an artifact, allowing her to essentially perform test runs. Like with any Awakened object, this requires her to constantly channel Orange Lux. Once the object has undergone Transmogrification it functions just like an artifact and can be used without Lux. Once Yasmin creates an artifact she cannot create an additional copy of it while the artifact still functions, meaning she cannot supply the world with cloaks of invisibility or magic carpets. Essentially, the artifact is THE Magic Carpet, not a magic carpet. 

[hider=Example Artifact]
The [i]Trojan Passport[/i], an ancient sliver of bronze that allows a person to create a one-way gateway between unconnected thresholds. 

Inspired by the myth of the Trojan Horse, the creation of the Trojan Passport required Yasmin to first find a piece of the Trojan Horse—which does not exist. However, what did exist was parts for ancient Greece siege engines that, when presented with certificates of authenticity by manipulated experts and given value and public awareness through a controversial auction, infused the part of the siege engine with enough of a story that made people believe it could be part of the Trojan Horse, thus allowing Yasmin to work her magic on it. 

The Transmogrifying still took several hundred hours to complete spread out over almost a year of time. Throughout the process the Trojan Passport magical property shifted from a handheld battering ram capable of collapsing walls with a simple knock to a bizarre charm that essentially acted as a VIP badge to what it is today: an artifact that captures the essence of the Trojan Horse by allowing the user to bypass gates and walls by creating connecting thresholds elsewhere.[/hider]

[b]Infringement:[/b] Yasmin can strip an artifact she has made of its powers. This allows her to recreate the artifact elsewhere, or temporarily disable it if it falls into the hands of someone she opposes. A simple Awaken spell can be used to cancel out the temporarily disablement caused by an Infringement spell. Recreating the artifact is a much faster process than the original creation, taking about a full workday to recreate. However, it does require the proper materials to recreate, which can be difficult to come by.  
[/indent][/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Malik[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Faris[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/uNO8PFA.jpeg[/img]

[b]67 | Malik Faris | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"The only thing remembered is what is left behind."[/i]
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[b]Description:[/b] [indent] Malik may not wear a crown today, but he can trace his family lineage back to ancient Damascene kings. The Faris family have always been major players in shaping the world, from using their magic to rule it openly from atop a throne to eventually stepping away and manipulating it from the shadows. For over the past century the Faris family has made a name for themselves as the premier art and antique dealers, but they’re so much more than that. By controlling the flow and exposure of art they were also able to once manipulate history, painting the revisionist stories that the victors wanted to be spread and burying the records left behind by the defeated and the downtrodden.

Malik came to America in his twenties, escaping the political turmoil that his eventual wife’s family had a hand in creating, and eventually settled in St. Portwell. Malik had little interest in continuing the cabalistic ways of his family, content with being rich and becoming richer—only occasionally crossing the line by cursing someone who got in the way of his profiteering. It was during this time of establishing himself in St. Portwell that Malik met James Vanburen, sparking a friendship/rivalry that would last for decades. However, his priority in life shifted from acquiring pure capital to leaving behind a lasting legacy after he married Yasmin and had his daughter Sloane. Perhaps fueled by his jealousy of James Vanburen and his cavalcade of varying levels of successful children, Malik fueled every resource he had into raising a perfect daughter to create the impression that he had been a perfect father.

Of course these resources required capital. It took very little arm twisting from Yasmin to expand the Faris Empire further and further into the cabalistic sphere it had once been a part of, just as it took almost nothing to convince him to use his magic to curse her siblings making them the sole inheritors of her father’s fortunes. Anything for his precious Sloane. However, his daughter betrayed his support when she refused to run from the Stygian Snake with them, her act of rebellion crippling his right hand. Yasmin convinced him to let her go, a choice he has been regretting ever since. He had wanted to find a way to get back to his [s]legacy[/s] daughter ever since, but only after an old friend had requested the help of him and his wife for a sizable chunk of change was he able to convince Yasmin to return to St. Portwell.
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[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]Adept - [i]Blue Lux[/i]. Channeler: Wedding Ring

Malik has an affinity for curses that ruins a person’s credibility, reputation, and good judgment.

[b]Downfall:[/b] A slow acting but powerful curse that eventually takes everything away that a person holds dear, inevitably putting them in the position they would be if everything in their life went wrong. It’s more than a simple misfortune curse. A person cursed by a Downfall spell will actively sabotage themselves in a way that simply appears as if they’d just experienced a temporary moment of bad judgment or a lack of self-control, with the frequency between these lapses occuring more and more often as the curse progresses. The road a person takes while experiencing a Downfall is always different—could be making poor investments, engaging in an addiction, to following violent tendencies—and can take anywhere from a few weeks to several years to fully experience. However, the destination is always the same: broken and alone, pushing away everyone and losing everything in the wake of their self-destruction. Even once they hit rock bottom the curse continues to affect the victim, preventing them from trying to pull themselves out of the hole.

Emotional Fields do very little to protect against a Downfall curse, but they do get a strange feeling that an invisible hand is guiding them towards making poor decisions. Oftentimes a paranormal victim will become aware that they are cursed but due to the nature of the curse cannot bring themself to seek to break it or inform others about what has happened to them. A paranormal victim can try to fight back against the curse, extending the timeline they have before they hit rock bottom, but unless somebody else is able to catch wind of what’s happening to them and help break their curse they’ll inevitably experience a total Downfall just like anybody else. 

[b]Revision:[/b] A fast acting curse that can spread from person to person, a revision spell alters an individual's memory to recall an event they have witnessed differently. The false memory is shaped by a question Malik asks them while casting the spell. Once a person has a false memory in their head any mention of that false memory will leapfrog the curse from the victim to someone else who has witnessed the same incident, causing their memory of the events to be forgotten and replaced with the false memory which they then also believe is true. The curse can continue to spread from this new victim, inevitably allowing for the complete Revision of events through the curse being spread by word of mouth. 

Emotional Fields cannot protect against the initial casting of a Revision curse. However, people with Emotional Fields cannot be affected by the curse spreading via word-of-mouth. As well, while the curse sets in pretty quickly and can spread misinformation like wildfire, it can be broken just as fast by physical evidence that empirically disproves the revisioned history in the false memory.   [/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Nora[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Foster[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img] https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/6d3e58b4-3614-4cda-9985-ebd68f14514a.jpg[/img]

[b]22 | Nora Foster | She/Her [/b][hr//][i]"Yeah, I’ve seen this before."[/i]
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[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Nora Foster is a self-employed tech expert. She lives in downtown St. Portwell, and makes a living by fixing, diagnosing and building things for people that can afford her services. In a mundane sense, this includes making trips to places with faulty wiring, repairing computers, salvaging data or writing up programs for someone’s “big tech breakthrough.” She is currently enrolled in college, studying for a PhD in electromechanical engineering. Though, this is more a formality than anything else, as Nora has little need for the education. 

In St. Portwell’s paranormal scene, Nora is a trusted asset to people that require a more industrious hand. Groups who push for control won’t always be able to use magic. Sometimes, you need something that can track your opposition without magic, like a specialized drone. Or maybe you lost a limb, and can’t find a healer powerful enough to replace with flesh and blood. This is where Nora comes in, as she has all of this and more. All for the right price. She’s an opportunist, willing to work with many different types of people, barring the most depraved members of society.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B] [i]Melsha’s Council[/i]
[indent]Within Nora, an apparition by the name of Melsha has been sealed. In exchange for refuge, Melsha’s immense knowledge of engineering was given to her in a recollection so difficult to comprehend that it nearly killed her. This made Nora into an incredible builder who can create highly sophisticated tech both magic and mundane. Nora’s body is uniquely changed by Melsha’s magic, allowing her to exhibit some of his characteristics.

[indent][color=gold]Necrophage:[/color] Bonding with Melsha brought its own set of complications. It was difficult for a being of smoke and brass to inhabit a host of flesh and blood. So a middle ground was necessary, which took the form of a spherical perpetual motion machine known as the Necropage. This device is a prosthetic heart, surgically inserted inside of Nora with her partner’s assistance. It is powered by Melsha’s magic, and incomprehensible complex to anyone other than the two of them.

[color=gold]Sepulcher:[/color] A glorified coffin of steel and aluminum, the Sepulcher is a tool used by Melsha and Nora for building bio mechanical devices. This allows them to run maintenance on her heart, or provide her “clients” with magical upgrades.

[color=gold]Creator’s Wit:[/color] Melsha’s knowledge of machines is so great that Nora can simply gaze upon a piece of technology and instinctually understand what has gone wrong, or how it works. Car repairs can be planned for before even opening the hood, and walking into a building with faulty infrastructure light up her mind like a Christmas tree. The more complicated the tech, the longer it takes to form a mental picture.

[color=gold]Mechaform:[/color] Nora can reshape her hands and arms into a vast variety of tools. Some of these tools make sense from a human perspective, such as screwdrivers, blow torches and ratchets. But many of her Mechaform tools are abstract, as a product of Melsha’s influence. These tools tend to be made for magic, such as “measuring” the colors of an Adept’s lux, or “repairing” emotional fields. 

[color=gold]Masterwork:[/color] Nora can create a unique brand of artifacts that do not grant abstractions to their user. These artifacts can be anything from a prosthetic limb to an untraceable weapon. Nora’s magic works through clockwork or mechanical systems, meaning there are gearboxes and moving parts to everything she makes. This sounds simple on paper, but through Melsha’s power, her creations go beyond a mundane level of complexity. She could make a fully functioning computer with nothing but rotational force.

The drawbacks to Nora’s tinkering is that Melsha often prefers designs that are, by human standards, old and outdated. Sleek designs are purely aesthetic, there are no wireless microchips, or biometric scanners. This prevents her from applying magic to certain fields, which she would have to use mundane means for.

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[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Isaac[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Kane[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/8T4Chmb.jpg[/img]

[b]47 | Isaac Allen Kane |  He/Him[/b][hr][i]"I knew you were coming, before [b]you[/b] knew you were coming."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]One of the main men in St. Portwell, Isaac is a very popular broker that deals in the most valuable thing in St. Portwell: [i]Information.[/i] Isaac, with his vast network of contacts and sources, is highly competent and buys and sells secrets, information, and anything else to the highest bidder. He works with [i]anyone[/i] in St. Portwell, from the mundane crime factions to the various magical organizations (Except for the PRA, whom he [i]vehemently[/i] despises), and fiercely maintains his neutrality at all costs. Despite it all, Issac attempts to maintain the balance of the city and tries to ensure that one powerhouse doesn't bulldoze over their opposite. 

It's unknown what Isaac's past is... all that's known is that he's from LA and worked with various different mafias on the west coast. Issac is a tall, African-American, man with a cool demeanor and classy sense of fashion - seemingly having two suits in [i]every[/i] color. He is a habitual cigar chomper and is as trademark to his appearance as his sense of style![/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Adjoined - [i]Perseverance.[/i]
[indent]Perseverance is the Abstraction used by an Apparition named [i]Mr. Morale[/i] and lets Issac survive [i]hell[/i]. Mr. Morale is an Apparition with a mysterious origin; what he does [i]say[/i] is that he was created by a group of people who faced [i]adversity[/i] like no other and powered through it through determination, willpower, and strength. Their drive to survive this hell is what created Mr. Morale, and somehow it ended up in the hands of Isaac. With Mr. Morale's abstraction, Perseverance, Isaac has an array of abilities that make him one tough son of a bitch - he's far from invincible, however. 

The first ability is that it makes Issac [i]resilient[/i], and he can keep going despite any injuries or if he's exhausted, allowing him to power through any fight like it's nothing. The second ability that Issac has is that he has mental [i]forditude[/i] like no other and not only will he never give up and remain focused, he is immune to psychic intrusion. He also has a regenerative ability, allowing him to heal far faster from mild-to-moderate injuries and saving him from severe injuries. For example, he can heal from most broken bones in a week, and in a few hours, a deep gash would have closed. Issac's stamina is also enhanced and allows him to go for [i]hours[/i] at a time [i][sup](hmmmyes)[/sup][/i].[/indent]
[/cell][/row]Various faces of St. Portwell, some magic, some mundane, and some sinister.[/table][/hider]

[h2][color=black]Strange Beings[/color][/h2][hr][hider][table][row][/row][row][cell][h2][b]Stygian[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Snake[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/iiLTXrv.jpg[/img]

[b]Eons Old | The Stygian Snake | It/Its [/b][hr][i]"̸̡̜̑͂G̶̟̓͛ī̶̟̇v̷̗͐̌e̶̫̅ ̵̡̤̐i̵̯͔͐̈́n̶̛̝̗̏ ̷͈̋t̶̺͕̐͠o̵̲̓ͅ ̶̡̣̾ÿ̴̥́ͅṍ̴̪͖u̴̩̣̚r̶̨̛̪̓ ̴̠͘ï̷̳̅n̴̯̹̑̈́n̷̟͐͘ë̴̪r̴̮̄̔ ̷̡̳̎d̶͈̟͒a̷̺͇̐̊r̸͓͂̀k̵̦͚̉'̷͚̑͘s̴͇̟̃ ̸͈́̎e̸̖͓͑̓m̵̰͆͜͠b̵͎͛͑r̵̞͗à̴̬c̸̭͛̕ẽ̶̬̺̓.̶̩́"̷͚̈́"[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The terror of St. Portwell over ten years ago, the Stygian Snake was an ancient Apparition created by the proverbial (and poetic!) darkness in the hearts of humankind. Their hatred, fear, rage, sins, and violence made an amalgamation known as the Stygian Snake. Spawning during ancient times, it terrorized several different dimensions before moving on to the next one (either by wiping them out or being driven off), spreading awareness of it and thus making it [i]stronger[/i]. By the point where it arrived in St. Portwell, it was near invincible, and very few could even contend with it. Every night, it appeared in St. Portwell and terrorized the city.

Their only hope was Black Lux, but even [i]that [/i]wasn't too effective against the Snake. The Stygian Snake's goals were simple: to drive as many people to darkness as possible and sow as much chaos as possible, creating as many Apparitions and Thralls as possible. On the day of an Eclipse, the Snake would reach its peak power and homogenize with all its Apparitions and Thralls across every universe. Thus, ascending to [i]Godhood[/i] and plunging every universe into darkness, and there was no telling what would happen after [i]that[/i]. 

However, the Stygian Snake's actions led to the rise of the Sycamore Tree Coven, who banded together to defeat the Apparition. After several battles against The Stygian Snake, the Coven acquired artifacts to weaken it and [i]finally[/i] defeated the Stygian Snake. They sealed the Apparition in their namesake Sycamore Tree, which remained there for over ten years and ideally for all of time. However, the Snake wants to continue its rampage, and with another eclipse on the horizon, it was the perfect time for it to break out and begin anew...[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Apparition - [i]Devil-Snake.[/i]
[indent]Easily the most potent Apparition across the entire All-Verse, the Stygian Snake is a being that reached heights that could allow it to threaten several universes simultaneously. It had several different abilities relating to darkness or the human mind. By default, it was powerful, could heal fast, was durable, and could shrug off even the strongest attacks and flatten buildings with its body. Its primary tool was its ability to manipulate darkness - creating inky-black constructs on a macro scale and creating tools, barriers, limbs, etc. These constructs were incredibly durable and robust and allowed it to battle the entire Sycamore Tree Coven at the same time. 

Its secondary ability was a psionic ability that allowed it to enter minds and enthrall them if they did not have an Emotional-Field. However, even on the Paranormal, it could read their thoughts and plant seeds of doubt and mistrust, which allowed it to outpace the Coven. It also had an illusion-casting ability to make the Sycamore Tree Coven attack each other, distract them, and damage their mental state. Seeing into its mind was incredibly dangerous as it allowed the Stygian Snake to enthrall them, bypassing their Emotional-Field completely. Otherwise, the Stygian Snake was impervious to most mental or emotional abstractions.

The Stygian Snake's tertiary ability was manipulating the flow of time in darkness or shadows, which could either speed up or slow down time. Unlike most abstractions, this ability [i]bypassed[/i] Emotional-Fields, and it was arguably its most dangerous ability when facing it head-on. As it slowed down, the Sycamore Tree Coven often either used this time to escape or land a killing blow - and they were helpless to stop it. However, it could only apply this effect to one area at a time. 

Its quaternary ability was to create Apparitions and Abominable based on the victims around it, such as creating monsters that reflect people's fear and summoning an undead version of someone's loved one. It could summon an entire army if given enough time, and the Sycamore Tree Coven had to contend with that [i]and[/i] the Stygian Snake's raw power. As a subset ability, it could summon Apparitions from other dimensions that were malevolent and darkness-themed.

Its quinary ability, and most challenging to deal with, was dimensional travel. It could open a portal in the darkness between shadows and travel from one point to another - which could be in a different dimension altogether. The Stygian Snake used this ability to escape when it was being pinned down or travel to another dimension where it was nighttime so it could terrorize a different universe until the sun rose.

On the day of the eclipse, it tried to merge with all the Apparitions and Thralls it had created, and its already [i]immense[/i] power would rise to God-like levels. Who knows what would happen after that, but it was thankfully defeated by the Sycamore Tree Coven with the help of the Apparition Killer. Its only known weakness was that it would only be at a tenth of its power level during the day. It overcame this weakness by teleporting to other dimensions where it was nighttime.[/indent][/cell][/row]

[row][cell][h2][b]The[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Hound[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/phBTkD8.jpg[/img]

[b]Old as creation itself | The Hound | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"Death comes for everyone, even me."[/i][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The Black Hound of Apathy, the Agent of Death, The Black Shuck... this being has many names but is the most well-known and feared being of all. The Hound is an Ancient, one of the ten beings that bestowed Lux upon humanity, being the one that gave humanity its power of Black Lux. Much like the rest of the Ancients, the Hound is a being of insurmountable [i]power[/i], and no Paranormal can even come [i]close[/i] to him. However, the Hound plays a vital role in the grander All-Verse as he's a psychopomp; he leads souls to the other side. 

Some may call him the devil or a satanic figure... ultimately the Hound wants to preserve the balance of life and death above all else. The Hound will be there whenever a death occurs, and [i]nothing[/i] can stop him from claiming a soul. The Hound is mysterious; sometimes he shows up to people who seek him, willing to make a deal... however, these deals are usually [i]incredibly[/i] one-sided in his favor and will almost [i]always[/i] end with the Hound taking their soul. There are few instances where he won't, but these deals interest him - which is hard to tell because the Hound is enigmatic and unpredictable in how he thinks - much like the rest of the Ancients.

The Hound has the appearance of a wolf made out of darkness... however, this body behaves in ways that are [i]strange.[/i] He often changes size, from the size of an average German Shepard to being [i]colossal[/i] in the blink of an eye. He alters his body in ways that are [i]wrong[/i] and speaks in a deep, inhuman, grave voice.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
Ancient - [i]The Black Fog of Apathy.[/i]
[indent]The Hound is a being of God-like power that only specific abilities can interact with (he sometimes feigns damage to toy with mortals). The Hound's Abstraction is known as the Black Fog of Apathy, smoky black darkness with a unique ability in the setting: it can [i]nullify[/i] another Abstraction. It's the [i]only[/i] Abstraction in the All-Verse capable of this. As long as a Paranormal being is in contact with the fog, they will have all emotion and sensation negated and unable to use their Abstraction. After they break contact with the Fog, both will return to them moments later.

The Fog bypasses Emotional-Fields entirely and most Paranormal defenses (a few can block the Fog, but they are scarce). The Fog has several other sub-abilities, such as opening portals, advanced telekinesis, [i]advanced[/i] necromancy, and reality warping. The Hound is a [i]God[/i] and impervious to everything short of extraordinary abstractions that interact with magic itself.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]The Maiden[color=2e2c2c].[/color]of[color=2e2c2c].[/color]the[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Crows[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/RnVqRpb.jpg[/img]

[b]Millennia's old  | The Maiden of the Crows | She/Her [/b][hr][i]"I only ask for you to trust me."[/i]
[@NoriWasHere][/center][/cell][cell]
[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]The Maiden of the Crows is a mysterious figure who stands at a height of five feet seven inches. Its attire is a mesmerizing display of otherworldliness, as both its dress and cloak are crafted from the sleek, iridescent feathers of crows. These feathers cascade down gracefully, creating a flowing and ethereal appearance. If she so costs she can expand the cloak, causing it to turn into her winter. These wings unfold with broken beauty and cast a green light on the area in front of it.   The feathers are much, much larger than any crow seen on Earth suggesting that there exists a giant one out there, somewhere in the void, or the feathers are simply a construct of The Maiden.  On a close look, it may be that The Maiden has a flair for the dramatic and simply modeled her dress after the Crows she so affectionately loves, but on a second glance one might see that the dress, and the outfit a whole, can separate in the middle.  A possible second set of wings, or a possible entry point to something more monstrous underneath.  

The Maiden's hair seamlessly merges with her cloak. A mask conceals her face, leaving observers unable to discern the features behind it. Her visage is further heightened by a vibrant green emerald that adorns her waist, catching the eye amidst the dark feathers.  The gem has a quality that draws in all eyes, causing those who stare for too long to be entranced with a desire to trade anything, and everything, to try and convince The Maiden to part with it.  If that fails, they will then take it from her.

A green glow envelops the Maiden. The glow is the same color as the emerald that sits on her waist and it carries a softer form of the trance effect of the gem. Those who bask too long under the glow are eventually driven mad with a desire to pluck the feathers off the Maidens's wings.  On top of her head is a crown of feathers.  Each feather seems to be plucked from a separate crow, and the more crows that are available to Lila the more feathers adorn the crown.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
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Apparition - A Murder of Crows

The Maiden is an Apparition born from the emotion of loneliness.  Long, long ago she spawned into existence in this realm and has sought out a companion, a friend, or a lover to keep her company and break her loneliness.  Yet, no matter who she lets in or gets close they are taken under the spell of her form, compelling them to break her body to steal her feathers and her jewels.  The Maiden has a curse, and her body is hexed to enact revenge on those who succumb to the allure of her gifts.  Those who pluck and steal a feather will eventually be turned into one of her servant crows within a week of the theft, and those who steal the jewels from her body eventually get turned into the very item they stole.  As such, The Maiden maintains a treasure trove that is next to none in terms of size and has a flock of followers to keep her company on her eternal search for a companion, a friend, or a lover to keep her company and break her loneliness until the end of time.

The Maiden becomes adjoined with every person she tries to bring into her life, and once selected there is no way to break free of her grasp except distance.  If the person she is adjoined to has gifted her enough valuable stuff, however, distance is no longer a hurdle and The Maiden will follow the person forever more.  Until they either accept her invitation, and gaze on her form, or die.  Once adjoined, The Maiden will bind her crows to a chosen mortal.  Her current choice is Lila.  

Once The Maiden binds her Crows there is no way to undo it. The Crows will take commands from the chosen, as long as they are offered a reward for doing so. The Crows themselves take great pleasure in shiny things, be it jewelry like rings and necklaces or raw gems.  In the modern world the Crows have an intense love of anything diamonds although, in the past, gold was king. The Crows will also love a delicious treat, and they have been known to do many a bold thing for a particular dish that Lila cooks often for them.

The Crows do not collect the jewelry and the gems for themselves.  They collect, and return, them back to The Maiden.  While it is unclear why The Maiden requests these gifts for a favor from the crows, especially considering the vast wealth she has available, it is suspected that it is a way to gauge the soul of a person.  A gift given freely, without a task, is often considered especially important to The Maiden, as are gifts that carry a significant emotional reason or history.  As such, a ring that has been in a family line for generations could convince The Maiden to advance her trust faster as there is power in that emotional connection.

After the Maiden has deemed a mortal worthy, she will begin to unlock more of her power, and with that comes her voice.  The Maiden will begin trying to build trust with her chosen.  Offering her guidance, her opinions, and her assistance in their struggles.  These whispers also have some of the infecting qualities much like her appearance.  The more The Maiden whispers, the more she will want to talk.  The more she talks, the more persuasive The Maiden becomes.  The Maiden's end goal is to convince the chosen to take her challenge, and she will do anything she can and say anything she needs to get the chosen to let her in, and then she will let the chosen into her realm.  And once she has the chosen in her realm, she will make them undergo her trials.

The Maiden is covered in cursed feathers, gems, and jewelry.  The curse works in two stages.  Stage one is infection.  When the chosen gazes on The Maiden's true form they will be overcome with a desire to take something from her body, and the infection that follows will be based on that choice.  No chosen has managed to avoid taking something from The Maiden and the curse that compels them to look is strong.  If the chosen takes a feather from her wings, they will start to notice a change happening within a few days.  Feathers will begin to sprout all across their body until, after exactly one week they will be transformed into one of The Maiden's crows and be subjugated to be a servant of The Maiden for the rest of time.  If a jewelry piece or gem is taken the mortal will undergo a similar transformation though instead of a crow they will instead transform into whatever they stole, a ring stolen means the mortal becomes a ring.

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[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Razgoy[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Stealer[color=2e2c2c].[/color]of[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Joy[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/VS8TMhN.jpg[/img]

[b]????? | Razgoy “Skelly” | They/Them [/b][hr][i]" I’m not here to kill you, I’m just going to take all that brings you joy."[/i]
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[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]Skelly is a horror that was brought to our universe when Britney, Lila, and Lynn accidentally performed a summoning one drunken night.  They are old, and it is unknown just how old they truly are.  They take the form of a skeleton though it is unlike any that is known in our universe.  They have four arms with none attached to their body, instead it appears as though they are levitating.  Their body is mostly bones however visible muscle sinew is present across it.  Their head is the most visibly distinct, with white tendrils flanking what appears to be a visible brain that gives off light.  Their most demonic features are their eyes which look like two lanterns ablaze in a dark, soulless expanse.

Razgoy was formed from the emotions of one of their universe's very first serial killers.  They took a particular joy in making a game or of their killings, and when they died the joy in this suffering created Razgoy.  Ever since then they have been hunting targets, individuals or pairs, and bringing a specific brand of misery.  They will fight their targets, steal their most prized possessions, ruin their special moments, remove their ability to seek help, and slowly corrupt their target, stealing every emotion but rage.  Once they’re at this final stage, they will force a final confrontation to seal the kill. Their current targets are Jasper Wilde and Luca Oliviera.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]Apparition - Razgoy The Stealer Of Joy
Razgoy is an apparition with a love of dramatic flair, and comedic timing.  Razgoys powers are focused on isolation, stealth, and creating opportunities that it can later exploit.  At the end of the day they are a hunter, a stalker, and a fearsome foe to be chased by.

Mark:  Razgoy marks up to two targets at a time.  They will search an area for individuals who are, by and large, filled with joy.  Happy people, joyful people, and people filled with emotions that are in a sense happy.  They will mark them, putting them under their spell.  Once marked, Razgoy will begin to hunt their marks periodically.  They won’t show up every day, but they could show up every hour of a single day.  They’ll show up at times of happiness, drawing their marks into a rage through a fight or by stealing an item or both.  Then, they’ll slip away before the fight can turn against him.

Silent hunt: There is nothing Razgoy hates more than a ruined hunt.  As such, they will prevent their marks from seeking outside help through this spell.  If a mark tries to speak, write, or communicate in any form that they are being attacked the mark will be forced to lie in increasingly bizarre ways.  

Stealthy hunter: Razgoy knows where you’re at, and they know when you’re happy. It has the ability to know where the mark is at all times, and it can tell when they’re happy. It will wait for the right time in these moments of bliss before they make their move and teleport in.  Often it will wait, unseen and unheard, in the same area of the marks.  They might let them have a moment of happiness before it strikes, or it might ruin it then and there.

Stealer of joy: As the hunt progresses, Razgoy will begin to steal more and more of their targets positive emotions.  Soon, these once joyful individuals will be filled with nothing but rage and a seething anger towards a monster they can never describe.  Once they reach this stage Razgoy will finish the hunt, kill the marks, and begin anew.
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[/cell][/row][row][cell][b]Toad Emperor[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Tennogama the Robust[/b][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/000ygIv.jpeg[/img]

[b] 1437 in Shimmer | Toad Emperor Tennogama the Robust | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"The Pact remains unbroken! Fight, you Toads, like the Empire's last soldiers!"[/i]
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[b]Description:[/b]
[indent] Originally a Cane Toad Daimyo hailing from the realm of Gam, Tennogama first came to his throne after a bloody civil war saw his troops victorious in taking the capitol for themselves. It's said that he was the voice which unified the Amphibians of Gam, and that his army which took the capitol consisted of all creeds and faiths of their vast swampland home. By the time Sage of the Ten Paths Kai arrived through his secret paths between dimensions, said war had been long finished for thousands of years. Instead, he found new political unrest as territorial disputes and invading forces from an altogether different realm began to make their move upon the Toad Empire's vulnerable borders. Sage Kai managed to gain audience with the Emperor, whose generally rigid and imperious attitude was won over by Kai through means that are lost to legend and unwilling to be spoken of by Tennogama himself. 

What is known is that Kai offered his services to the Emperor, who eventually came around to making a wager: That if Kai was successful in repelling this foreign aggression, Tennogama would enter into a Pact. Pacts, an ancient form of Summoning Magic, allow the user to loosely bind the essence of a Greater Apparition to an artifact that can be used to commune with and accept power from an Apparition without Aberrance occurring. In return, the Apparition is worshipped in their own realm, but are also deified by the other party involved in the Pact. In his hubris, Tennogama was negligent in setting up an alternative, assuming that the painful death the little human would go through was going to be punishment enough.

It didn't take long for the Sage to prove the Emperor wrong, and a stunned Tennogama was true to his word as he entered into a pact with Sage Kai. Of course, this was all part of Kai's trickery; his most brilliant plans and schemes often caught prideful spirits off-guard. Many of these pacts can still be found in their original scrolls within the annals of the Gold clan's library monastery. However, some were trusted to branch clans, gifted as artifacts of worship that they're meant to tend to and protect. Some are unruly spirits who are less than satisfied with their containment, while others learned to respect and revere the Sage who had hooked them into his schemes one way or another. Tennogama is in the latter category, who managed to not only find admiration for Kai, but for the branch clan who were left in charge of caring for his essence in the Shimmer. For almost fifteen hundred years, the pact has remained in the Shimmer in one form or another. 

This usually jovial spirit can now be found by a small lake just outside St. Portwell, where a hidden shrine has been erected in order to house the Pact. His relationship with his latest (and now only) retainer is far different than any relationship Tennogama has had in quite some time. While invigorated by the prospect of another life like he'd had following Sage Kai directly, Tennogama is keeping a secret from Ken: The Pact is keeping the Great Toad alive. In his own world, the Emperor's body has long withered from disuse, and while he's able to maintain leadership through the communion with his most loyal servants, he will never be able to physically recover from the strictures of the Pact.
Therefore, while he can and has offered his power directly to Ken, he's reluctant to do so often, rather searching for the next Daimyo worthy of the seat and the crown.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B]
[indent]As an Apparition, Tennogama's abilities only extend as far as he's able to spread his influence. For close to a thousand years, the Murakin Clan harbored Tennogama in the hazy foothills of the Kanto region of Japan, where his still relatively young and fresh essence was able to permeate the ground, water and air. Now in this strange land, weakened by his long term disconnection from his homeland and stripped of the residual energy he'd left behind in Japan, he's more a refugee than any kind of territorial beast. 
But as a warrior, one who warred and killed and bloodied himself for his Empire, Tennogama is just as dangerous as he was thousands of years ago. While not some grand Multiversal threat, lesser apparitions need only feel the weight behind his massive padded fingers and hands crushing them to death or the equally deadly swordsmanship that the creature displays to know that he is truly leagues above common beasts. Like the Daimyo beneath him, Tennogama's sense for battle and combat is preternatural, and his immense strength translates into surprising speed while his massive girth and powerful Emotional Field leave him equipped to receive and return damage at devastating scales.[/indent]
[/cell][/row][row][cell][h2][b]The[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Watcher[/b][/h2][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img] https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/383ef8a5-5804-4c2c-aa05-dffefda3bc98.jpg[/img]

[b]??? | The Watcher in the Woods | He/Him…? [/b][hr][i]"You are not in danger."[/i]
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[b]Description:[/b]
[indent]There once was a man named Reed Mayfield. He was an Adept inclined towards mimicking animals and promoting the growth of certain plants. He was a hermit, with a military background that left him troubled and weary a long career of service. Nature was his refuge, so one day, Reed retreated into the forests of St. Portwell, never to be seen again. Years went by, and years became decades. To him, time began to mean very little once he cast off his name. Family members assumed he moved out of town, others assumed he went out on his own terms. Both are true, but not in the way most understand.

Today, those who venture into the deepest parts of the woods may find themselves feeling as if they are not alone. The Watcher in the Woods cares little for the troubles of society, but keeps a very close eye on those who walk into his domain. Should someone treat nature with respect, they may find that a deer or a bird will lead them back to a familiar path when they are lost. Those who simply come to hunt and live off the land are left well enough alone, but those who violate the peace of the forest are quickly scared off by an ominous presence that is just barely human enough that they don’t get the wrong idea.[/indent]

[b]Abstraction:[/B] [i]Green Lux[/i]
[indent]The Watcher in the Woods does not consider himself human, or an Adept. But his domain of magic includes altering his physical form and tending to the forest in ways that simple gardening cannot. It is through the use of this magic that the Watcher has moved beyond the need for a human body, and has irreparably changed to something closer to an Apparition.

[indent]Wild Form: The Watcher can take the form of many different forest-dwelling animals, such as wolves and deer. In Wild Form, he blends in with other animals so perfectly that they cannot tell him apart from their own offspring.
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[*]Wolf
[*]Deer
[*]Crow
[*]Hummingbird
[*]Mountain Lion
[*]Ringneck Snake
[*]Great Basin Spadefoot
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Apex Predator: The Watcher stands at 8 feet tall, can see in pitch black darkness, and has skin strong enough to stand up to some of the sharpest blades in the world. This was achieved through magic, allowing the Watcher to reshape their body into something inhuman. He can go for weeks without food or water, and can rip flesh from the bones of wild animals with his bare hands. The changes are irreversible for the Watcher, but they are a product of biology manipulating magic, meaning the Watcher is also a very capable healer in emergencies.

Boundless Garden: The Watcher’s body, when not in Wild Form, is a catalyst for ecological growth. Under the thick drapes of hide and moss that they wear, countless forms of plant life grow and flourish. This does not end at plants native to Oregon. The Watcher’s flesh supports everything from sunflowers to creeping arctic willows. Occasionally, this growth can be seen sprouting outwards over their body, tangling with moss and skin like a layer of wool. 

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[/cell][/row][row][cell][h3][b]Melsha[color=2e2c2c].[/color]the[color=2e2c2c].[/color]Architect[/b][/h3][/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][center][img] https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/574a1089-e893-4e99-953f-26c51af10568.jpg[/img]

[b] Billions of year | Melsha the Architect | He/Him [/b][hr][i]"My dearest benefactor, you have much to learn."[/i]
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[b]Description:[/b] In a place far from Shimmer, a creature named Melsha toiled for millennia to build a perfect world. He carved reality with the precision of a mason, and laid the foundation of time and space as an artist laid paint to canvas. Melsha likened himself to the Ancient of Red Lux, a creator of things so vast that mortals could not comprehend it. In his perfect world, Melsha was content to be less than a god, but more than a simple inhabitant. He yearned to build and create new life in his realm of metal and clockwork, and did so from before time had a name, and would have done so for all of eternity.

But it was not to last. Melsha considered himself a benevolent being in his perfect world, not a god in the human sense, but a force of nature. But the inhabitants of his world were intelligent, made to be so in his image. They built civilizations of their own, discovered ideas that made Melsha proud. Among these ideas was hubris, the notion that they were above their creator. He could not bring himself to oppress or harm his people, and so Melsha was dethroned, ruined. They left his body and his spirit in tatters, with the hope that he might never rise to their level again. Melsha was exiled from his perfect world, and found his way to Shimmer after drifting in the All-Verse for centuries.

He found a human girl named Nora, in which he saw a creator in her own rights. He made a bargain with her, that would give him the stability of a bond with another in exchange for his wisdom. Melsha is now voluntarily sealed within Nora’s body, and extends his knowledge of machines to her. They are friends, and she will be remembered when he returns to his world, long after she is gone.
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[b]Abstraction:[/B] [i]God of Clockwork[/i]

Melsha is a being who lives to create. He understands machines and the design of the universe in ways so fundamental, that they are like breathing and thought for him. Anything that did not exist naturally, from cars to the pyramids, falls within the purview of his abilities. In his current state, Melsha is weak, and frail. His strength is a sliver of his former glory as the builder of an entire world. The most he can do is work through his host, and guide her with his teaching. But at his most powerful, Melsha can harvest a dead star to forge cogs of the purest metal, purpose-built to keep the universe in motion. He can create artificial life more intelligent than humans with brains of ticking clockwork, and extend the boundaries of the All-Verse.
[indent][/indent][/cell][/row]Supernatural beings that reside in St. Portwell many of them dangerous and far from innocuous. Take care when dealing with them, as they are numerous and unpredictable.[/table][/hider][/hider]