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Gonna go ahead and post my finished character here for @Lyla to review instead of lurking in the PMs~
@Pyromania99 is going to be playing her twin.
I'll be adding some info about Harena later, just for funsies once I get some breakfast.
Name: Auges Magnus
Aliases: "Immortal Saint"
Titles: Saint Auges the Great, Auges of Harena, Doctor Magnus
Age: 45, though looks young enough to be a young teenager.
Time of Death: Approximately 2,000 years ago.
Place of Origin: The Ancient Empire of Harena, Capitol City of Harena (Now modern day Zidel)
Gender: "Female....?"
Eyes: Red
Hair: Blond
Day To Day Attire:
Auges tends to wear what one might expect of a scholar and doctor. Armor isn't her forte, and neither is really front line fighting or athletics. Though, she is rather fond of fancy attire as expected of a scholar and noble elite. She is fond of wearing a simple, loose fitting long-sleeved shirt that falls to her waist. Red and white tight fitting boots come up to knees, and more often then not a cloak is draped over her body. Oddly enough, heat doesn't seem to bother her a whole lot. She carries a small dagger on her, though it was mostly used for harvesting plants and other scholarly pursuits, rather than combat. Has gotten her out of some sticky situations in the past, though.
A Ornate Ruby Pendant hangs from her neck. Her Magnum Opus - the Philosophers Stone.
She stands at roughly 4'6, and weighs a mere 98 lbs. By no means a physical powerhouse. If anything, she appears very childlike.
Strengths:
- Her Skills with Transmutation and Evocation. She is an extremely skilled Evoker and Transmuter
- Calm in most situations, from a life of having to use her head rather than brute force to solve problems.
- Knows anything, and everything about a number of Academic subjects. Even if the magic isn't her forte, she knows how it'd theoretically work.
Weaknesses:
- Is bothered by what happened between her and her Twin, can definitely cause some contention down the line. Alternatively, is fiercely protective of them.
- Can't do physical work to save her life
- Tends to be rather aloof about most things.
Sexuality: Bisexual. Has a thing for great legs.
Relationship Status: Single
Personality:
Auges calm and composed on most occasions. She's a thinker, not an action taker. She is incredibly intelligent and puts it to great use when dealing with magic of all kinds. She likes to use this intelligence and cleverness to great effect when solving problems and dealing with threats...and occasionally messing with other people. She finds a bit of enjoyment in teasing others, often to great effect since she both doesn't know when to quit and is incredibly perceptive about what can irritate/annoy/tease a person the most about, though she hardly takes it too far.
That said, she does know that sometimes action will always prove useful over thinking. She learned that a harsh lesson when her Twin was killed. Perhaps if she hadn't overthought things...been more honest, and more open with her things wouldn't have ended how they did. She can be rather somber at times, and perhaps has a cynical outlook on life, always preparing for the worst and expecting it to happen. Mix that with being much to hard on herself should she fail something, perhaps this latent nihilism is what drove her to commit suicide that blazing summer day.
As for romance, she has never even considered the option. She spent more time with her twin and studies than anything.
Backstory:
Auges' history begins on a calm night within the desert nation of Harena. By all means, her and her twin was born to what passed as an average family. Auges and Ante were inseparable from the start. Auges being the more level headed one, though adventurous one and Ante being the more rambunctious and emotional one. Auges often spend time reading and exploring around the city, with Ante right behind her.
It was when they were around eight, did they start being tutored by a man name Julius - an old friend of the families in magic. Auges already had a bit of a fascination with it by then and had already started to practice by herself by doing some self teaching. Ante however, was not to be outdone and quickly took to learning both magic as well as swordsmanship and physical pursuits. Auges quickly took to her studies, learning everything and anything she could learn about magic. She started spending more and more days in the temple, dedicating her life to learning absolutely everything she could about everything around her. She even made frequent trips to the neighboring country of Naasha.
It was when she was Ten, did her and her teacher, Julius, make the discovery of a lifetime. They did it. They made it. It was only a rough version and prototype, but by using transmutation, Necromancy, and a bit of luck they finally did it. They created what would later become the Philosophers stone. She didn't know it yet, but this little artifact would later become her lives work. For now though, they kept it under wraps and continued to refine it - not knowing the effects the raw, magical, energy seeping from the stone would half on them. Essentially, it slowed their aging to a point where they aged at a much slower rate than a human, while the raw mana enhanced their physical abilities, stamina, and other things to much greater levels than what would be normal.
Thankfully, the side effects paid off even if they didn't know it.
There was an eventual war with Naasha, when the twins were sixteen. An eventual outcome, since the two countries absolutely hated each other. The war was brutal, fierce, and Ante was out there fighting on the front lines while she was sitting cozy in the back attending to the patients via magical or mundane means, putting her knowledge of biology and medical practices into good use. Despite the war though, things were good. Julius and her kept the people healed and healthy, and Ante made sure the Naashan's didn't get to the city.
Unfortunately, after the war things...didn't go as planned. During the time after that though, Auges made great progress with the help of Ante on the stone during what hours they could find. Auges continued to refine her magical abilities, and Ante continued to be respected as a powerful soldier and warrior.
However, years after that though. Julius was murdered when they were around 18, on the way to Naashan. On a peace mission to help the beaten country to recover. It would later be used as an excuse to start a second war by Harena, to finally crush the country for good. Auges was crushed that day. She loved Julius like a second father almost. She would bury herself in her work, working tirelessly on the stone to make sure she never lost anyone again.
By the time the second war started in full swing when they were 22, she had refined the stone to such a state that it could actually be used on people, albeit with some difficulty. This, is where the myth of the Immortal Saint started. People talk. Especially about people who don't appear to have aged in a number of years. Her and Ante both are accredited with being the key two people to brutally beat Naashan in the second war. The war was however, quick dirty and brutal. It lasted for a number of years before they finally won.
Auges' troubles were only getting started, however, but they wouldn't come to light for a many few years after that.
By now, both her and her twin were considered to be saints blessed by the goddess. Many, many years passed in thankful peace, with Auges able to bury herself in her work with her twin. Things however, eventually fell apart like they always do. She didn't realize it herself, but as she got older she started for whatever reason, trusting Ante less and less. In fact, the more she worked to refine the stone the more she felt like she shouldn't tell Ante any of her research at all.
She knew it was silly, and she was being paranoid, but...she couldn't help it. For whatever reason, the thought of sharing her research with others was simply crippling.
When they were 42, things took a dark turn.
She finally finished it. The stone. She finished everything, and it was hers. But there was only a catch...it wasn't complete. There was just one thing that she needed to complete the stone - and it would only work for one of them. Despite the promise she made that she would make the both of them truly immortal - it couldn't happened.
She told Ante this, and her dear twin flew into an angry fury, believing that she intended to keep to for herself. She did what she had to, to defend herself. She buried them, alongside Julius in the graveyard. A few years passed and she took the now complete stone, healing those she could to make up for her guilt for slaughtering her twin, thinking she failed them and blaming both herself and the accursed stone.
Eventually, another ware broke out between Harena and Nashaan, and she had enough. In a fit of rage, she used the stone to wipe out the Nashaan's army by taking the form of a legendary beast from the area. After which, she simply left.
And wandered.
Eventually, depression and apathy got the best of her.
Stone in hand, she ended her own life near the far northern mountains as the summer sun scornfully watched her actions.
Myth:
The Myth of the Immortal Saint is known in any history book of Zidel, or any mage worth their salt. In the once prosperous ancient land of Harena, Auges was known for many things. A healer, a scholar, a doctor and a wisewoman. She was born to an average family, and tutored in magic at a young age alongside her Twin, the two of which were inseparable. While Ante focused on physical and magical pursuits, Auges focused primarily on scholarly studies and other such things.
What she is most known for, however, is the creation of the Philosophers stone. They said she created it after a divine vision from heaven, and often traveled around Harena healing the sick, poor, and everyone for free. She was lauded is an extremely powerful Saint, who was said to never age and be immortal. In times of war, she used the stone to heal people mid-battle, and with her help they were able to crush enemies and defend their homeland.
In one legend, in her later years she fended off an entire army by herself, using the blessing of the stone to turn into a fearsome beast and lay waste to those foolish enough to invade. After, of which, she quietly disappeared from public view. Some say she grew tired of the constant wars and fighting. Others say the goddess raised her to heaven. Some said that in Harena's hour of need, she would return and smite their foes.
...but it never happened, and Harena and the location of the stone was lost, as was Auges and her final resting place. No one knows how she died - many of the more fanciful mages still believe she lives to this day.
Character Quote: "Knowledge. Humans always seek it, but they haven't the stomach for it. Self-proclaimed seekers of truth, always searching for what they shouldn't, using their eyes to study what they can...but they always blind themselves in the end...hah, what a fool I am."
Theme Song: Ah...how I wish I could just go back to those carefree days of ours...
(will probably add more later, as they become relevant themes)
Anything Else:
@Pyromania99 is going to be playing her twin.
I'll be adding some info about Harena later, just for funsies once I get some breakfast.
Auges Magnus
Character Summary
Name: Auges Magnus
Aliases: "Immortal Saint"
Titles: Saint Auges the Great, Auges of Harena, Doctor Magnus
Age: 45, though looks young enough to be a young teenager.
Time of Death: Approximately 2,000 years ago.
Place of Origin: The Ancient Empire of Harena, Capitol City of Harena (Now modern day Zidel)
Gender: "Female....?"
Physical Attributes
Eyes: Red
Hair: Blond
Day To Day Attire:
Auges tends to wear what one might expect of a scholar and doctor. Armor isn't her forte, and neither is really front line fighting or athletics. Though, she is rather fond of fancy attire as expected of a scholar and noble elite. She is fond of wearing a simple, loose fitting long-sleeved shirt that falls to her waist. Red and white tight fitting boots come up to knees, and more often then not a cloak is draped over her body. Oddly enough, heat doesn't seem to bother her a whole lot. She carries a small dagger on her, though it was mostly used for harvesting plants and other scholarly pursuits, rather than combat. Has gotten her out of some sticky situations in the past, though.
A Ornate Ruby Pendant hangs from her neck. Her Magnum Opus - the Philosophers Stone.
She stands at roughly 4'6, and weighs a mere 98 lbs. By no means a physical powerhouse. If anything, she appears very childlike.
Strengths:
- Her Skills with Transmutation and Evocation. She is an extremely skilled Evoker and Transmuter
- Calm in most situations, from a life of having to use her head rather than brute force to solve problems.
- Knows anything, and everything about a number of Academic subjects. Even if the magic isn't her forte, she knows how it'd theoretically work.
Weaknesses:
- Is bothered by what happened between her and her Twin, can definitely cause some contention down the line. Alternatively, is fiercely protective of them.
- Can't do physical work to save her life
- Tends to be rather aloof about most things.
Psychological Attributes
Calm * Intelligent * Clever * Aloof
Sexuality: Bisexual. Has a thing for great legs.
Relationship Status: Single
Personality:
Auges calm and composed on most occasions. She's a thinker, not an action taker. She is incredibly intelligent and puts it to great use when dealing with magic of all kinds. She likes to use this intelligence and cleverness to great effect when solving problems and dealing with threats...and occasionally messing with other people. She finds a bit of enjoyment in teasing others, often to great effect since she both doesn't know when to quit and is incredibly perceptive about what can irritate/annoy/tease a person the most about, though she hardly takes it too far.
That said, she does know that sometimes action will always prove useful over thinking. She learned that a harsh lesson when her Twin was killed. Perhaps if she hadn't overthought things...been more honest, and more open with her things wouldn't have ended how they did. She can be rather somber at times, and perhaps has a cynical outlook on life, always preparing for the worst and expecting it to happen. Mix that with being much to hard on herself should she fail something, perhaps this latent nihilism is what drove her to commit suicide that blazing summer day.
As for romance, she has never even considered the option. She spent more time with her twin and studies than anything.
Skills & Abilities
A listing of skills, such as horseback riding or cooking and abilities or magic. You can have a total of ten, but temper them to not be overly powerful - except one can be noticeably more powerful, usually the one skill/ability/magic/item that makes them recognizable.
- Alchemy Master (Master): What most know Auges for, is for her Alchemy. Her magic with Transmutation and Evocation. Years of hard work and dedication saw to it that Auges became the foremost power in most magical areas in her time. She is most known for her skill in both Transmutation and Evocation magics. She was said to be able to do what all alchemists eventually aspired - turning lead into gold, and is even rumored to have tampered with creating artificial life via Homonculi. It is said she herself, could change her appearance at will and could even mimic the forms of legendary beasts. How true these rumors are though, have yet to be seen.
She has some skill with Necromancy for healing, and was used in part to create the Philosophers stone but isn't entirely adept with it.
She has minor skill in Abjuration, and using barriers for self defense should she have need of them. - Medicine, Physiology and Poison: (Expert) Secondly, Auges is a practiced physician and doctor, and medicine maker. Even with the stone, she prefers using her hands for anything non-life threatening. The stone must be used sparingly after all, and while it can heal the blind and make the frail walk again it is no substitute for actual medicine. She can stitch people up, craft medicine vials and potions and otherwise make a variety of concoctions to keep people healthy.
This however...also gives her a natural understanding of poisons and various toxins. While she doesn't like using her knowledge of this subject very often, her knife is usually coated in a fast-acting nerve agent. It can usually incapacitate people fairly quickly. - Scholar: (Expert) Thirdly, Auges is a scholar. She is knowledgeable about a number of scholarly topics and pursuits. While things may have changed from her time, some things never will. She is incredibly intelligent and can speak, read, and write a number of different languages. Even those that are long dead. Language may change, but certain roots will remain the same. She can easily pick up new things, and has a knack for learning of all kinds.
- Fulmen (Spell - Evocation): Auges most basic spell. A bolt of lightning slams into the target. It's power is wholly determined upon the mana input in it. It's rather hard to control, but boy oh boy does getting hit with electricity hurt like hell. Can be very powerful if used with a lot of mana.
- Mulcent Aurae (Spell - Evocation): A simple spell that makes ones body as of wind, basically allowing them controlled levitation and flight. Allows one to travel extremely fast, without having to deal with terrain. Allows her to safely take out foes from a distance.
- Deglutitio Terra (Spell - Transmutation): A simple spell that turns the ground beneath a foe into a deep puddle of mud, leaving them trapped and slowed. The range of the spell depends upon the caster. More mana means deeper or larger. It can swallow entire people, should it have too. Extended use can be exhausting, however. The 'Mud' can be changed to other liquids, depending on how much mana is used. Acid, water, etc.
- Recrudescant ea Aquam (Spell - Transmutation): Essentially, this spell turns water or any similar liquid into a highly explosive substance. She keeps a number of empty vials of water on her, for easy access to quick thrown grenades that will explode violently upon impact. The effects of the liquid can vary, however, depending on needs. Liquid that burns, liquid that rapidly freezes something upon impact, etc. Just have to get a little creative.
- Corpus Clypeus (Spell - Transmutation): A simple spell that makes ones skin as hard as a suit of plate armor, making a person able to withstand much more brutal blows without the need for heavy armor - though it will never be an adequate substitute.
- Forma hiatibus Hydra (Spell - Transmutation, Master): Her second legendary feat that Auges is known for. When Harena was in trouble, surrounded by enemies and besieged they called upon the immortal saint for help, one last time. Using the stone to draw upon the massive reserves of Magic and her own skill with Transmutation, she turned herself into a fearsome, terrible beast and slaughtered the enemy forces.
The beast itself is similar to a dragon in physiology, with many, many heads that can independently work from each other. Its scales are tough, and act as a natural armor. It can shoot jets of highly pressurized water from its fearsome maws, and is strong enough to crush most things with a single slam.
Unfortunately the form is incredibly dangerous to use. It requires an immense amount of Mana and concentration to use, and changing back is a matter of even more effort. Only used in the most desperate of times. It has incredible regenerative ability, thanks to the amulet. - Her Magnum Opus - the Philosophers Stone (Artifact):The ornate ruby pendant that hangs from her neck. Her Magnum Opus - the Philosophers Stone. Years of blood, sweat, tears, and betrayal went into making this self-proclaimed accursed stone. The legendary stone is her entire life, and the thing she absolutely loathes the most in her life. She would destroy the thing and get rid of it if she could, but that is seemingly not for her to decide. The stone itself was created after years and years of tireless research by her and her Twin, and their master Julius. The effects of the stone are widely rumored, but as of now there has never been concrete evidence about it.
The most notable affect, is that the stone acts as a powerful battery and conduit for mana and magic. It has massive reserves of magical energy any mage is able to make use of and call upon to power and fuel their own spells. It is not infinite, however, so one must keep that in mind when using it. After being used, the amulet will charge itself by draining mana from the surrounding area. One however, can quicken this process by offering the blood of another.
Now, this is where the legends start becoming a bit more known. The Amulet secrets a reddish liquid upon command - the Elixir of life. The thing that can grant one immortality. This liquid, if drank, can heal all manner of wounds. It can even bring those back from the brink of death. It however, can't grant immortality simply from drinking the liquid. It can slow aging and give one the peak human physical health as possible - but it can not completely make one immortal, though it can come extremely close to it via slower aging.
The stone can be used alongside Transmutation to increase Transmutation's magical effects. Healing severed limbs, growing new ones knitting wounds closed at a moments notice.
It is an invaluable, and the best healing tool one can get their hands on. The stone seems somehow connected to Auges, and seems to never be able to leave her. The magical energy in the stone causes one to simply slow aging from being near it, as its excess energy constantly seeps away from it and into those around it - simply enhancing those who are near and bringing them to the peak physical condition.
History
Backstory:
Auges' history begins on a calm night within the desert nation of Harena. By all means, her and her twin was born to what passed as an average family. Auges and Ante were inseparable from the start. Auges being the more level headed one, though adventurous one and Ante being the more rambunctious and emotional one. Auges often spend time reading and exploring around the city, with Ante right behind her.
It was when they were around eight, did they start being tutored by a man name Julius - an old friend of the families in magic. Auges already had a bit of a fascination with it by then and had already started to practice by herself by doing some self teaching. Ante however, was not to be outdone and quickly took to learning both magic as well as swordsmanship and physical pursuits. Auges quickly took to her studies, learning everything and anything she could learn about magic. She started spending more and more days in the temple, dedicating her life to learning absolutely everything she could about everything around her. She even made frequent trips to the neighboring country of Naasha.
It was when she was Ten, did her and her teacher, Julius, make the discovery of a lifetime. They did it. They made it. It was only a rough version and prototype, but by using transmutation, Necromancy, and a bit of luck they finally did it. They created what would later become the Philosophers stone. She didn't know it yet, but this little artifact would later become her lives work. For now though, they kept it under wraps and continued to refine it - not knowing the effects the raw, magical, energy seeping from the stone would half on them. Essentially, it slowed their aging to a point where they aged at a much slower rate than a human, while the raw mana enhanced their physical abilities, stamina, and other things to much greater levels than what would be normal.
Thankfully, the side effects paid off even if they didn't know it.
There was an eventual war with Naasha, when the twins were sixteen. An eventual outcome, since the two countries absolutely hated each other. The war was brutal, fierce, and Ante was out there fighting on the front lines while she was sitting cozy in the back attending to the patients via magical or mundane means, putting her knowledge of biology and medical practices into good use. Despite the war though, things were good. Julius and her kept the people healed and healthy, and Ante made sure the Naashan's didn't get to the city.
Unfortunately, after the war things...didn't go as planned. During the time after that though, Auges made great progress with the help of Ante on the stone during what hours they could find. Auges continued to refine her magical abilities, and Ante continued to be respected as a powerful soldier and warrior.
However, years after that though. Julius was murdered when they were around 18, on the way to Naashan. On a peace mission to help the beaten country to recover. It would later be used as an excuse to start a second war by Harena, to finally crush the country for good. Auges was crushed that day. She loved Julius like a second father almost. She would bury herself in her work, working tirelessly on the stone to make sure she never lost anyone again.
By the time the second war started in full swing when they were 22, she had refined the stone to such a state that it could actually be used on people, albeit with some difficulty. This, is where the myth of the Immortal Saint started. People talk. Especially about people who don't appear to have aged in a number of years. Her and Ante both are accredited with being the key two people to brutally beat Naashan in the second war. The war was however, quick dirty and brutal. It lasted for a number of years before they finally won.
Auges' troubles were only getting started, however, but they wouldn't come to light for a many few years after that.
By now, both her and her twin were considered to be saints blessed by the goddess. Many, many years passed in thankful peace, with Auges able to bury herself in her work with her twin. Things however, eventually fell apart like they always do. She didn't realize it herself, but as she got older she started for whatever reason, trusting Ante less and less. In fact, the more she worked to refine the stone the more she felt like she shouldn't tell Ante any of her research at all.
She knew it was silly, and she was being paranoid, but...she couldn't help it. For whatever reason, the thought of sharing her research with others was simply crippling.
When they were 42, things took a dark turn.
She finally finished it. The stone. She finished everything, and it was hers. But there was only a catch...it wasn't complete. There was just one thing that she needed to complete the stone - and it would only work for one of them. Despite the promise she made that she would make the both of them truly immortal - it couldn't happened.
She told Ante this, and her dear twin flew into an angry fury, believing that she intended to keep to for herself. She did what she had to, to defend herself. She buried them, alongside Julius in the graveyard. A few years passed and she took the now complete stone, healing those she could to make up for her guilt for slaughtering her twin, thinking she failed them and blaming both herself and the accursed stone.
Eventually, another ware broke out between Harena and Nashaan, and she had enough. In a fit of rage, she used the stone to wipe out the Nashaan's army by taking the form of a legendary beast from the area. After which, she simply left.
And wandered.
Eventually, depression and apathy got the best of her.
Stone in hand, she ended her own life near the far northern mountains as the summer sun scornfully watched her actions.
Myth:
The Myth of the Immortal Saint is known in any history book of Zidel, or any mage worth their salt. In the once prosperous ancient land of Harena, Auges was known for many things. A healer, a scholar, a doctor and a wisewoman. She was born to an average family, and tutored in magic at a young age alongside her Twin, the two of which were inseparable. While Ante focused on physical and magical pursuits, Auges focused primarily on scholarly studies and other such things.
What she is most known for, however, is the creation of the Philosophers stone. They said she created it after a divine vision from heaven, and often traveled around Harena healing the sick, poor, and everyone for free. She was lauded is an extremely powerful Saint, who was said to never age and be immortal. In times of war, she used the stone to heal people mid-battle, and with her help they were able to crush enemies and defend their homeland.
In one legend, in her later years she fended off an entire army by herself, using the blessing of the stone to turn into a fearsome beast and lay waste to those foolish enough to invade. After, of which, she quietly disappeared from public view. Some say she grew tired of the constant wars and fighting. Others say the goddess raised her to heaven. Some said that in Harena's hour of need, she would return and smite their foes.
...but it never happened, and Harena and the location of the stone was lost, as was Auges and her final resting place. No one knows how she died - many of the more fanciful mages still believe she lives to this day.
Relations
* ☠ Enemy * ⚜ Unfriendly * ☯ Neutral * ☮ Friends * ღ Ally * ♥ Crush/Significant Other *
- Name: Ante Magnus (⚜ Unfriendly) Auges' Twin. After what happened between them, she was crushed. She is apprehensive about meeting them again, and doesn't think it will go well. Blames herself for incompetence and their death.
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Extras (Optional)
Character Quote: "Knowledge. Humans always seek it, but they haven't the stomach for it. Self-proclaimed seekers of truth, always searching for what they shouldn't, using their eyes to study what they can...but they always blind themselves in the end...hah, what a fool I am."
Theme Song: Ah...how I wish I could just go back to those carefree days of ours...
(will probably add more later, as they become relevant themes)
Anything Else:
