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The Relics (No Plot/Fantasy/Character Driven/Worthy of Skepticism)

Plus he wasn't even paying attention to the party he randomly crashed, because he called Artemis "weakling", apparently missing the part where he rowed the three of them (read THREE) across the lake by himself without stopping.

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

Well... OK, but only because I like tomatoes.

Solomon

Name: Lyra "Solomon" Wilhelm

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Species/Race: Highborn. Highborns are a rare mutation of regular human genes that lend well toward magical arts. They can control massive amounts of mana if trained properly and learn spells almost instinctually.

Powers:

Point Cast Magic: A type of magic who's strength is determined by the amount of "Anchor Points" the caster uses, in other words how long they took to cast the spell and how much energy they have.

Untried: Solomon could use whatever magic she cared to learn, but she has focused all her her energies on the Point Cast magic her father taught her.

Genius: Solomon is a genius in her field and spends most of her free time developing new spells.

Spells:

Point Barrier- A Point Barrier's strength and area is determined by the amount and positioning of the Anchor Points binding it to the world. Solomon can cast a Five Point Barrier fairly easily, and can cast a maximum of 20 points.

Point Pentacle, Fire Star: A fire spell that must be cast with at least five Anchor Points. Once completed, It shoots five bolts of fire toward the target. Solomon can cast this spell with up to ten Points, but typically sticks to the minimum five.

Point Pentacle, Healing Circle: A Healing spell that must be cast with at least four Points, which mends and revitalizes anybody within the circle. It can also be used to repair inanimate objects, but anything larger than a bowl requires five points or more. Solomon can cast up to seven Points.

Solomon's Rule: Lyra's "last resort" spell, since it hasn't been completed yet. After months of studying by herself, she's managed to create a spell similar to Healing Circle, but much more powerful. Anything caught within the spell has it's timeline turned back 24 hours, bringing them back to the state they were in the previous day. The spell is incomplete because after it is cast time starts moving from that point, so for the next 24 hours their state slowly follows the pattern that brought them to the casting of the spell (Wounds that were healed by the spell will reappear). This spell requires 25 Anchor Points, and leaves Solomon too exhausted to move.

Weaknesses: Physical Combat, Antimagic (Anything that removes or blocks magic causes her physical pain).

Personality: Solomon is almost always cheerful and helpful, ready to help somebody with their studies or training, but beneath her sunny exterior hides a darkness born of a tragic past and a decade spent alone. She works hard to try and atone for what she sees as the sins of her past.

Background:

Solomon was born in November, the daughter of a warrior woman and an accomplished wizard. She grew up happy and loved by her parents.

Almost as soon as she could form sentences, she begged her father to teach her magic, but he refused, telling her he had given up on magic because it led to nothing but misery. She didn't relent, and eventually he decided he would show her one of the more difficult forms he knew, hoping that she would grow tired of it and find something else to occupy her time. A week into her lessons, however, the old man discovered something he hadn't expected. She excelled at it.

By the age of seven, she could hold ten Anchor Points without tiring, and form a two point barrier. She loved her studies so much that he would often find her asleep in his study, using one of his old books as a blanket. In this way, a year passed, and the old wizard decided that there could be no harm continuing her teaching.

Unfortunately, he forgot to warn his daughter exactly why practicing magic was dangerous. A group of dark wizards who had been hunting him eventually caught wind that a little girl was practicing his magic, and began to investigate. Days before her eighth birthday, they found her, and stormed the house.

For Lyra, the rest of the day is little more than a blur, as the events left her in shock. Her father felt the danger approaching and ushered her and her mother into the study, placing a barrier over the door so nobody could get in. A short time later, the sounds of fighting could be heard and Lyra's mother rushed out, to save her husband. Lyra cowered behind a chair until the sounds died down, and cautiously moved out of the study. What she saw in the hallway scarred her deeply, and forced her to run back into the study and hide.

The next day, She packed up what books she could from her father's study and ran away, confused and scared. She eventually found the courage to start studying again, and for ten years lived in secret, absorbing all the knowledge she could from her father's books. Recently, she heard of a school that could teach her magic, and, having run out of books, hardened herself to join the outside world once again.

Study: Solomon plans of focusing her studies on furthering her magic, but sees no harm in finding out what the other classes and clubs have to offer.

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

No... no it's not. **depressed*

It's not my fault I can't play yet!

The Relics (No Plot/Fantasy/Character Driven/Worthy of Skepticism)

Artemis's nickname in school was 'Dreamwrecker'.

I'm kidding.

Artemis didn't go to school.

Artifacts of the Ancients

Well obviously someone did, to invite him on this trip. When I come back I'm going to restart us (we only really went five feet from the start anyway), you can join in then.

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

Well since NK isn't doing it, you could draw Solomon yelling "PRAISE THE SUN"

*shameless freeloading*

The Relics (No Plot/Fantasy/Character Driven/Worthy of Skepticism)

Artemis snorted derisively at the tale. "Why would such a thing exist? A bond between a Relic and Evoker is decided by the blood of the old kingdom, a genetic trait all Evokers share. Any unbonded relic can bond to any evoker, though the effect is rarely the same. All of the evidence points to the blood being the source of the power, not the relic. Why should your 'last evoker' be any different?" He turned towards the east and looked up at the mountain tops, just visible over the treeline in the failing light.

"That's where we're going," he said, pointing to the snow capped peaks. "In the mountains there's a temple, I think some kind of military outpost, left over from the Old Kingdom. If we get there we should be safe." Eying the horizon, he picked up his pack and unhooked the lantern, checking the oil and lighting it. "E should make camp once we're in the forest, we can start the journey in the morning."

The Relics (No Plot/Fantasy/Character Driven/Worthy of Skepticism)

You could alternatively walk home with no pants.

The Relics (No Plot/Fantasy/Character Driven/Worthy of Skepticism)

"Hmph," Artemis said, barely even glancing at the cloth. "Wishful thinking by hopeless romantics. The First Relic is nothing but a fairytail. If it really existed, it surely would have been mentioned in one of the texts I've translated." The conversation was interrupted by the sound of the boat scraping against sand.

"We're here," he said, jumping out and splashing in the shallow water. "Help me drag the boat onto shore and hide it, then we head east."

Athalia Academy: Season Two - Finding Bael

The best part is that people pay ME to go. It's my secondary source of income, besides having my pets challenge other people's pets to duels.