The Art Of Magic OOC

NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW PLAYERS

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The Art Of Magic IC
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Ward % remaining: 25/25 (health)
Mana % remaining: 100/100 (magic available for use)
Available Keywords: Pierce (Ignores clash), Rapid Fire X( You may cast the spell X times in one response as long as the total doesn't exceed the limit) , Ebb and Flow (Blood Stacks), Lunge (Can melee from mid range and makes the initial attack undodgable. Can only be used in mid-range)
Passives:
Haemomancy- Sergei starts with 30 Blood stacks, but requires 10 to remain conscious and at full battle effectiveness. The more blood stacks are used in an attack, the more powerful it is.
Vampiric: Sergei has: Speed +1: Can close distance from long range to mid range and mid-range to close range in a single step. Strength+2: Normal physical attacks overpower other physical attacks with a lower strength.

Limit Breaker: Coup de grâce - (25%, Pierce, Lunge, Ebb and Flow, Charge, Requires 25 Blood Stacks)
Ceasing movement to gather his concentration, Sergei causes all used blood to coagulate into crude versions of him holding a rapier, before attacking from 5 points.

Ward % Remaining: 25/25
Mana % Remaining: 100/100
Keywords:
Thoughtless: Mac can cast this spell instead of anticipating, if able, as part of an intermediate step.
Altruism Modifier: Mac can create a barrier (of water molecules in various states) to shield himself or an opponent. This spell cannot be dispelled.
Determination If this active spell has not yet resolved, you may give it Breaker or Unstoppable instead of responding (same as Focused)
Limit Breaker(s): Changing Tide(12%, Fickle(must have lower ward than target), Unstoppable, Thoughtless)
Condition: Ward has dropped to 66% (do you mean mana pool?)
Description: A crushing wave of water rushing towards the enemy mage aiming to destroy their ward.

Ward % Remaining: 25/25
Mana % Remaining: 100/100
Keywords:
Confuddled X: The spell has an obscured status during damage resolution for X turns. An obscured opponent is sent a distorted version(created by the spell owner) of the battlefield events.
Selfish Reflection: 20 % of incoming damage is reflected off of her ward back to the enemy or any allies in the field.
Construct X: Zelina can use her mana to temporarily create objects for both offensive and defensive purposes. The object only lasts for X rounds. Due to the nature of her magic, all objects have a quirk to them.

Limit Breaker(s): Necessity (15%(total mana), Exhausting, Focused, Construct X
Condition: 50% mana remaining
Description: Zelina’s ability to construct becomes easier (she is more exact and can summon a larger object) as the image in the mirror begins to clear, and the objects remain until the end of battle. However the consequences of staring into the void too long are draining and in some cases long lasting as her mana turns against her.

Special: Being a water nymph, Zelina is sensitive to heat of fire type magic. She also has more movement (2 spaces) in water environments.

Ward % Remaining: 25/25
Mana % Remaining: 100/100

Keywords:
Rapid Fire X- You may cast the spell X times in one response as long as the total doesn't exceed the limit

Focused- If this active spell has not yet resolved, you may give it Breaker or Unstoppable instead of responding.

Ward Pricking X- For X amount of turns, the opponent's ward becomes pricked, allowing the mage to the target of illusions.

Psychic Pressure X Y(Zen Mode only, see below)- Inflict the Psychic Pressure status during damage resolution for X turns. A mage with Psychic Pressure loses Y% of their mana pool each round.

Passive: Mind-Reading- While the ward is pricked, Akira reveals all of the opponents' action slots. Treat this ability as an illusion.

Limit Breaker: Arcana Doom Seal (20%, Charging, Psychic Pressure 1 15)- Must be in Zen Mode to activate. Zen Mode is automatically terminated upon resolution.

Special: Magic Suppressing Earbuds- Adds the option "Remove Suppressing Earbuds" with the following rule text: the Magic Suppressing Earbuds are removed from the combat sheet.

Activate Zen Mode- Activated when Akira's 'Magic Suppressing Earbuds' are removed. Psychic Pressure X 5 is inflicted on all combatants, where X is the number of rounds Zen Mode is active. Psychic Pressure X Y can be stacked on top of the base Psychic Pressure X 5 with offensive spells with that keyword. Akira becomes Exhausted when Zen Mode resolves.

Ward % Remaining: 25/25
Mana % Remaining: 100/100

Keywords:
- Whirlwind (Whenever this spell wins a clash, it inherits the keywords of spell(s) that lost that clash.)
- Rapid Fire X (The casted spell gets casted X times in one respond, however each time the spell gets casted an extra time, the mana required goes up by 1%.)
- Acceleration (Causes spells to resolve sooner. Every 2% put into the modifier makes the spell resolve a step earlier.)
- Turbulence X (This spell inflict the turbulence X status during damage resolution. A mage with turbulence 1 has their response canceled. A mage with turbulence 2 has their response canceled and cannot attack outside of close range next turn. A mage with turbulence 3 has turbulence 2 inflicted for 2 turns)

Limit Breaker: Piercing Current (20% cost, requires at least 70% mana remaining, can be used only one time, Acceleration 4%, Turbulence 2, Wild)
First a piercing winds strikes the foe, lowering its mana by 17% and spinning it, making him/her cancel the attack and unable to attack outside of close range next turn. Players flip a coin. If they get tails, they lose 2% of mana during the first turn and 1% mana the second turn.

Ward % Remaining: 25/25
Mana % Remaining: 100/100

Keywords: Devouring: Causes double ward damage if opponent's ward reaches 50% original or below. Cannot be used with another positive keyword.
Lingering: Causes half proscribed damage during damage resolution, and half of proscribed damage at the beginning of next turn.
Ghoul Summon: Allows use of ghoul.
Growth This keyword can only be used on 0 cost spells. The ghoul grows by 5 power instead at the end of this turn.

Passives: Regenerative Spells If a response spell cast by Sharisael clashes and wins, the spell regains 2% mana [I buffed this slightly]

Limit Breaker(s): Phantasmagoria (40%, copy Ghoul twice, ghouls destroys Ghoul afterwards) Requires Ghoul possess power level of 21- Makes all ghouls attack for no cost.

Special: Ghoul Summon(5%) - Sharisael can control a physically manifested collection of mana as a "Ghoul". Adds the option, "Ghoul Attack" to the response with the following rule text: "Ghoul attacks for a % equal to its power." Ghouls start at 5 power.

At the end of each round, the Ghoul grows naturally for 2%[not optional](boosts power by 2). Ghouls are not impacted by spells.

Post Due Date: 2/14

Post Requirement: 250 words
Current Players: 10 of 10
Allowed Player PCs: 2

• ★LunaLight★ : ∅Ⓧ
• Irell Starling : OO
• Philosopher : ∅
• Alphakoka : O
• Amaralyn : O∅
• Infin1teZer0 ∅
• Zata : Ⓧ
• Asuras : ∅
• Harbringer : O
• Caelum: /

Please submit a filled-out skeleton located below to the OOC for review by the GM, Co-GM, and your fellow RPers.

Name:
Race: (try to stick with more well know races. I am willing to review anything though)
Age: (lower age usually means lower skill level)
Gender:
Bio: (show me you can write up to standards)[see guidelines]
Appearance: (anything will do)[see guidelines]
Mana Nature: (this should be a noun)
Other: (special items and anything else not mentioned)

Teachers:
1. ♀(26) Electron Human: Sky, played by ★LunaLight★
2. ♂(42) Sensory Human: Jack Roman, played by Zata

Students:
1. ♀(17) Star Human: Mayumi Zenki, played by ★LunaLight★
2. ♀(23) Fun-house Mirror Water Nymph: Zelina Zecoto, played by Irell Starling
3. ♀(21) Nature Fairy: Antheia Nerida, played by Amaralyn
4. ♀(18) Ghoul Vampirdzhijan: Sharisael Relalith, played by Asuras
5. ♂(23) Water Human: MacKennith Stone, played by Irell Starling
6. ♂(18) Steel Human: Tristan Etheridge, played by Philosopher
7. ♂(18) Spectral Human: Jason Oakwood, played by Alphakoka
8. ♂(19) Air Human: Hiroshi Soyokaze, played by Amaralyn
9. ♂(19) Psychic Human: Akira Katsu, played by Infin1teZer0
10. ♂(17) Fog Human: Kyle Coal, played by Caelum
11. ♂(19) Blood Vampire: Sergei Dracul, played by Harbringer

NPCs
To add an NPC, simply fill out the character skeleton (located above), and submit it to the OOC for the GM, Co-GM, and your fellow RPers to review. Exceptions for NPCs are that history is optional, and no standards of quality are enforced. Only NPCs that need to be played consistently should be submitted. To use an NPC, inquire with their creator if available, or the GM if not.

1. ♂(42) Fire Elf: Taym Daltyr, a student of Red Star Academy, created by AngelofMourning
2. ♀(29) Destiny Human: Cristabel Whyte, the nurse of Red Star Acadamy, created by Zata
3. ♀(17) Poison Human: Pippa Cunnings, a student of Red Star Academy, created by xXFallenAngelxX
4. ♀(16) Spider Human Arana Vanya, a student of Red Star Academy, created by Alphakoka

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Magic lays dormant within us all. It lies in the air, earth, and mind. To learn magic is to learn what it means to live, and to live for magic. That is the slogan of this magic school, the belief that anything that lives can learn to use magic. This belief, at the time, is highly controversial. The majority believe that only descendants of the original magi were able to effectively use magic. There was a general agreement that it was possible to use magic without being a part of the bloodline, however they could never be accepted into any form of learning. Magi were in a word 'superior' to all others.

This will be the first year the school is in operation, and tensions around it are higher than ever. The continuation of this school, is entirely dependent on the performance of its graduates. Letters have been sent across the corners of the globe. Asking for students of any skill level or age to enroll. Here is the letter you receive:

Dear Potential Incoming Student,

We here at Red Star Academy gladly extend to you an invitation to enroll at our school. Here you can learn all kinds of magic, ranging from the basics, to the most advanced applications of magic, alongside the magical scenery surrounding the school. We have a large staff of very capable teachers sharing the dream of a world where anyone can use magic. *attached to the letter is a packet containing a wealth of information*

Should you enroll, you will first need to come to our gates, and follow our helpful staff to the auditorium. There we will assign all the students to their homeroom teachers, who will also serve as your fundamentals of magic instructor. In this class you will learn to increase control of your own mana, as well as receive various need to know information for all wizards such as: forbidden magics, great wizards of the past, laws concerning magic use, and much more.

After a week of basic studies, you will be allowed to take elective studies, to further extend your focus into the many fields of study. Our curriculum is quite vast, so we trust that you will be able to find a class for just about anything that you could need. All of the teachers are able to help you for an hour before class starts, regardless of if you have them as a teacher.

Lunch is provided on campus in the cafeteria located right in the middle of the school. Lunch begins at noon, and lasts an hour and a half. During this time students may roam about the campus, but are not permitted to leave except by obtaining special permission. Also the training fields located at the west side of the school are allowed for use during lunch, provided that you have an instructor's supervision.

The main office is located just a bit north of the lunch area, and contains the headmaster's office. The main office has a wealth of information about the school, and deals with all discipline problems as well as legal concerns. You should come here if you have trouble locating things within the school, or if sent here from another source. All permission forms to leave the campus should be taken up here.

All students will be roomed in dorms with a roommate. Students caught outside of dorms between 11 and 4 without permission or a teacher will have disciplinary action taken upon them. Student dorms will be provided with different amenities depending on the classes each student is taking, and may be moved to other rooms should there be insufficient funds to provide students with their own equipment. All rooms however, will contain two beds, a small fridge, two desks, and a closet.

We hope that you will be able to attend.

Sincerely
Gabriel Scar- Headmaster of Red Star Academy

Current Date: Wednesday, 1/5/2012

Dorm Layout:
• Dorm 1: Mayumi and Kimura
• Dorm 2: Tristan and Pippa
• Dorm 3: Hiroshi and Mac
• Dorm 4: Sharisael and Antheia
•*Dorm 5: Akira and Jason
• Dorm 6: Sergei and Fa'lin

Campus & Grounds
The school has a volcano 5 miles up, is 10 miles north from the beach. Magic schools during wartime double as military bases. For that reason are built with high walls, and are organized on a compass system with: the headmaster's building being closest to the north wall, the training grounds to the west, a lake with an overlooking forest-covered cliff to the east, and the main building forming a large U shape on the south — an area also occupied by the main gate. The main building is two stories tall, with dorms along the bottom of the U, and classes along the sides. After 8:30, any students found without teacher permission will be sent to the headmaster's office for disciple.

Scattered through the grounds and surrounding area are a number of places of importance. Documented ones are as follows:

Approximate Location: Two miles up the southern face of the volcano.
General Description: An empty cave on the east side of school concealed by a trapdoor that only opens from underneath. It is constructed with magi stone, making it highly durable. The only light comes from an opening over the lakeside that looks out over the school.
Places of Interest: None of note.
Notable History: Somehow Sky knew about this cave, little else is known.
Other: Mayumi has decided to make this space a club meeting room. It isn't likely to remain empty long.

Approximate Location: Thirty miles East of Red Star Academy.
General Description: The houses are reminiscent of colonial American homes having a stone and brick exterior with tiled roofs. They also make use of the willow wood which grows wildly in and around the village. The village is hidden away in a massive forest of weeping willow trees along the roads and riverbanks.
Places of Interest: The Etheridge Estate overlooking the town atop of a hill, as well as the town cemetery containing the first willow tree ever, which is also the oldest part of the village.
Notable History: It is said that one of the original magi had been mortally wounded by someone who was close to her. She escaped from her betrayer but knew she was not long for this world. After wandering aimlessly, driven only by her despair, she came across a vast field and deemed it a peaceful place to die. She died in that field alone, but was able to leave behind something tragically beautiful to signify her final moments. Her death brought about the world's very first weeping willow tree. Gradually, what was once a single tree grew into a large forest within a few decades and enticed many settlers to make their homes there.
Other: It is believed that the magi who died was imbued with Nature Mana which is why the willow tree sprung up from her death in the first place. Willow trees tend to grow fast but live only about 20 to 30 years, which makes it more likely that the magi who died had Nature Mana. Because the oldest willow tree shouldn't be alive for so long without the possibility of being magical. Many locals believe that the mage is actually still alive within the willow tree, in essence of course. Willows play a large role in deaths of the villagers. The caskets are made from the willow wood and the story of the magi is told symbolically as the departed are buried. The ceremony is to be tragic and beautiful simultaneously to show life in death.

This list is incomplete and will continue to expand as time goes on. If you wish to mark your own location on the map, please fill out the skeleton below.

Name: What is this place called?
Approximate Location: Where is this place is relation to the main school campus?
General Description: What is the general appearance of the man-made structures, the land in and around it look like?
Places of Interest: What stands out?
Notable History: Completely optional, but if there is something surrounding the towns past worth mentioning, it would go here.
Other: For important things that weren't mentioned yet.

Magic is using mana from your surroundings to cast a spell. What types of spells you are able to cast is vastly dependant on what form mana is stored in your body. Your body acts somewhat like a battery with reverse memory. It stores a certain amount of energy in one form, which can be converted to a different form when needed. Also the more you use magic, the more mana can be stored in your body. Although the body is not the only medium for magic, it is the most fundamental form of control.

Mana is a form of energy generated from everything that exists with very few exceptions. Without mana you can not cast spells. Also using mana has a physical impact on your body, so using too much of it will exhaust a wizard. It is highly dangerous to use all your mana, because your mana pool will expand at a dangerous rate. The consequence to rapidly expanding mana pools is blacking out, and not always waking up. Should you ever completely run out of magic, you will die with no chance of being saved.

Whenever I refer to this, it means what type of mana flows through your veins. Is it ice, fire, electricity, bugs, ninjas? Your mana can be stored in just about any form, however this nature remains the same throughout the course of life. When casting a spell, your mana needs to be the same type as the spell cast. So casting something that requires you to change your mana will be harder in the sense that it will require you to: use extra mana to convert the type, take extended concentration, and have less control over the spell. It is recommended to first learn control over your own nature before attempting trying another. The mana nature is always a non-abstract noun(for playable characters).

Mana control is quite simply having control of your magic. Mana is easiest to control when you are yourself. Large changes in mood, telling a lie, and related events are all things that can have an effect on magic control. Mana control is easier: preformed close to your body, cast from a dominant part of the body(like a right hand), and with less volatile mana natures.

Over the years, certain types of magic have had laws placed against them. Necromancy, has become entirely illegal. Illusion magic has a vast number of restrictions placed upon use, and its users are generally frowned upon. Summoning anything that can maintain its own existence must be able to be killed should you lose control of it. The caster(s) is legally responsible for anything the summon does.

A ward is separated into two types, preventative, and protectionary. This is only for the wards everyone can use, ward specific casters have special circumstances.

The preventative ward everyone uses defends against 25% of any kind of magic. It is not worth using preventative wards in combat(it takes around minutes and consumes 25%), but it is dumb to not go in with one. This ward lasts until it breaks without dissipating, however you can only have one ward. Using multiple preventative wards causes the second one to block your own spells(the same happens if a ward blocks over 25%). Consider this ward to be your health bar. The preventative ward is your only defense against spells, as there is no such thing as resistance to magic based attacks. It is also the only thing preventing you from being a valid target of spells.

A protectionary ward is a ward made by ramming your mana into the opponent's spell. Protectionary wards are highly effective at deflecting a weak spell(1% or lower), because the mana is easier to separate. Protective wards require good timing, practice, and should not be used on powerful spells. Remember, this works by discharging your own mana, so using the protectionary ward for more than an instant will cause you to rapidly lose mana. This is like the mana version of catching a punch, it should only be done when you can easily overpower what is coming at you.

A dispel is a last ditch technique, and you really should avoid using it if at all possible. A dispel is cast by casting the exact opposite of your opponent's spell, completely canceling it out. A dispel always costs 1.5 times the mana cost of the spell cast. The reason a dispel costs this much, is because you have to do everything your opponent did, and then invert it. The only good thing about a dispel, is that it can counter absolutely any active spell instantly. It is notable that dispels have a cool down time, however it varies on the skill of the user.

Summoning is the act of bringing a distant willing object of any kind to your current location. Summoning is preformed by placing some kind of tag to distinguish the object on the summoning, and then relocating them in front of you by placing any part of your hand onto the ground(or below your feet if you are airborn) then applying mana. If the object has any mana content, it will resist magical interference, so you much pay an equal amount of mana to summon it. Because your body has to remember each tag you place, it is very difficult for beginners to summon.

Alchemy is a pretty neat trick, although it isn't usually used in combat, but more often in crafting and artistic work. This Alchemy is not like what you see in Full Metal Alchemist. In this world it was developed to preform tasks magic users couldn't do without it, and that is permanently restructure physical objects into many forms with precise detail. Without Alchemy, you would have to teach artistic skills to all the elements you had planned to use on a piece just to achieve the same effect. However, while it is not intended for combat use, that does not mean it can't be used in combat. Alchemy is one of the only ways to obtain rare materials in large enough quantities to form a potent defense. Also, if someone doesn't have a ward, they are a valid target of Alchemy.

Healing is the ability to mend injuries, cure sicknesses, and even reverse lethal injuries. Healing magic costs 0% to mend any injury of a living individual; however, the biggest issue is that most injuries in combat will be completely lethal. Once the ward is broken, magic will easily kill people, requiring you to revive them(50%) before their soul leaves their body. Once someone's soul has left the body, it is impossible to bring them back with healing magic, and goes into the realm of necromancy(illegal). Healing magic is indeed a powerful and popular field as it pretty much allows invulnerability to physical injuries when mastered. Its major shortcoming is that skill with healing magic has almost everything to do with the frequency of use as opposed to natural talent or knowledge.

Magical Combat Rule Set and Guide

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Rules:
0. Zata is always right.
1. Not meeting posting standards consistently, or refusing to modify a post when requested will get you booted from the RP. This will be especially true for the first few posts to ensure players can post at the level they say they can.
2. When introducing a magic item, you must get it approved. Note that this world does not have many magic boosting items.
3. Everyone in the roleplay must post or pass once before anyone can post again.
4. I will determine a minimum posting limit after the roleplay has been started.
5. Be aware of your character's ability. They will not always do magic correctly the first time, and they cannot dream of tricking a teacher.(however they can try:ezlol:)
6. People will be allowed up to two characters, but must post minimum length for each character.
7. Luna can make up rules as we go. Just because it isn't listed, doesn't mean you can do it. Use common sense.
8. The newcomer's package contains everything you must read to join.
9. If you join and quit without telling me, I will blacklist you to everyone I know. If you are going to quit, you need to tell me in a polite manner.
10. If you are waiting for someone else to post or want to pass, make it known on the OOC. It is important to coordinate with all the other players, not just me or Zata sama.

Guidelines:
1. I expect your bio to reflect how much you are willing to post. A good size would be 3 paragraphs (roughly 400 words), but more importantly, tie your character's past to their present.
2. All sexualities are welcome, however you should probably mention them in the CS.
3. Pictures are encouraged for appearance, but if you choose to write out the appearance, you should include: eye color, complexion, height, hair length, hair color, muscle tone, apparel preferences, any noticeable marks, and anything else you come up with.
4. Younger mages have smaller mana pools, because they have had less time to grow. Remember that if someone regularly uses magic, they will have a larger mana pool, but being a young mage means having a less developed body system as a whole.
5. Most mages hit their prime around their late 30's, have a growth spurt around 16, and begin to decline in their late 60's. This will change for non humans, proportional to their maximum lifespan.
6. Please ensure you have at least acceptable grammar at all times. To attract new RPers, we need to display a good grasp of mechanics. If you aren't the best at English, then please run your post through spell check, and read the post aloud before submitting.
7. This system is less complex than it looks. It is designed to have a vast amount of information, but the amount actually used is quite minimal. There is little point in reading sections explaining magic your character won't use. Save yourself the effort, and just look through sections as they apply to you. And should something seem difficult to understand or complicated, just ask me.

**Edited** Do you like it? Depending how I'm feeling I might make another character that's female.

Name: MacKennith “Mac” Stone
Race: Human
Age: 23
Height: 5'11''
Gender: Male
Bio:
Mac shouldn’t be able to do magic. Despite the fact that his family can trace its bloodline back to one of the first Magi’s, no one in the recent generations seems to have even the smallest drop of mana. Some people would say the family deserved it, that the brought that fate upon themselves. Mac isn’t entirely sure what happened five generations ago but there are a few facts he does know. One, the event involved some sort of necromancy that went terribly awry. Two, his family is completely ostracized from other families of Magi bloodline. Three, he shouldn’t be able to do magic-but he can.

Mac lives in a tiny apartment on the more slummy part of town. Perhaps if he grew up in a nicer home to begin with he might feel the need to upgrade (nevertheless, he’s now old enough to know that a mattress on the floor does not count as “real” furniture) but at the moment he’s just happy to get out from under the prying eyes of his family. Six out of seven days he can be found working as a cashier at a used bookstore. He’s the only worker there besides the aged owner. After work, he can be found people watching at a small cafe or pouring through the local library's reference section in an effort to understand his “gift”…”curse?”…”gift.”

Mac was pretty social during his preteen years, while he still was able to hide his magical talent from the rest of the family and society. Unfortunately, around the age of 16 that all ended when his younger sister barged into his room to find Mac’s goldfish, Toby, floating in a bubble of water 5 feet off the floor. Ever since then, Mac’s family has been treating him like a pariah and the upper magical community in general has completely shunned him. The later years have left Mac just a bit bitter.

Appearance:
Mac has shaggy dishwater blonde hair that maintains the appearance of having been hacked at instead of cut. He maintains a pale but not sickly complexion but he is decently built due to all the heavy lifting of books. His clothes are clean but worn and thread bear in places. He can typically be found in a T-shirt, jeans, and beat-up sneakers. Perhaps his most startling feature are his eyes -when you can see them behind the hair and sun glasses- which seem to swirl in different shades from the pale blue of morning skies to the teal of tropical ocean waves.
Mana Nature:
Water-You can't hide water-it seeps through. You can't stop water- it flows around. Water always finds a way. On the other hand water if left alone and ignored under certain pressure will freeze to be as hard as stone or silently evaporate away.
Other: To this day Mac has his goldfish, Toby but the fish is in a much bigger tank.

CS(Will be done)

Name: Draeka Wulatonzer
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Appereance: http://alf874.deviantart.com/art/Lad...ng%20girl&qo=1
Bio: Draeka, the only child of the powerful, yet dying, Wulantonzer family, and a female child at that. Her parents were disappointed in the fact that they were the cause of her. They wanted a male heir, so as to be married off to another family and lead both. Draeka's parents ignored her and gave her to the help to be raised when she was four.

And she could not have found a better family, and Draeka knew it. She had a mother(the nannie), a father(the butler), cousins(the rest of the help), and a sister(5 years younger than Draeka, the daughter of the nannie and the butler) to protect. Draeka viewed herself as the older brother and the knight in shining armor. Draeka would always claim responsibility if Jeanette(the sister) did something wrong.

Draeka had the time of her life for ten long years. But on her fourteenth birthday, all she had known and loved was taken away.

It was the largest thunderstorm of the century, and Draeka was, of course, playing in the rain. Jeanette was afraid for her "Ani". Jeanette feared that Draeka would be struck by lightning, so she called out, asking for Draeka to come back inside for her own birthday party. Draeka just shook her head and shouted back, "But I want to enjoy the present from nature first! When I see the Heaven's Blade, then I'll come back in, Imooto." Bare moments after saying that, Heaven decided to send its present. A bolt of lightning that could kill a god, and it hit Draeka directly. There was a huge flash, and Jeanette fell to her knees. Her 'older brother' was dead, killed by the love of her life.

Draeka called out to Jeanette, "What's wrong little sister?" Jeanette looked up, shocked to see Draeka standing, unharmed in any way. Little did either of them know it at the moment, but the only reason Draeka survived was because she was a mage of lightning. Jeanette rushed Draeka back to her own mother(the nannie) and told her what happened. The party was over, and the masters of the house had to find out.

When father and mother Wulantonzer were told of this, they finally recognized their daughter, and Draeka would go through hell. They seperated Draeka from the ones she loved and hired a mage to train Draeka. This was a way for the Wulantonzer family to grow strong again, and there would be nothing standing in their way. The mage was a scrawny, old elf mage who hated females. Whenever Draeka failed to learn a technique or term, she was whipped, and whipped. This went on for seven more years, until Jeanette came back into Draeka's life.

It was another stormy night, when light came back to Draeka. She had failed yet again, and the mage was preparing his water whip. The door opened, and there stood the sixteen year old Jeanette. She jumped in the way of the whip, protecting her 'older brother'. The mage just grew angrier and whipped Jeanette even harder. Draeka stood back up, she could not let her 'sis' be attacked, and prepared a lightning burst. The mage did not even recognize the threat Draeka had become, so he just kept whipping.(bad move on his part). The burst knocked the mage out the window into the courtyard, Draeka following quickly after. The mage's wards were barely harmed, his had more than enough mana to outlast this pest, or so he thought. His opinion changed quickly after Draeka redirected the storm's lightning onto him. The power from the storm was infinite, and Draeka's anger greater, the mage stood no chance. The only thing stopping Draeka from killing the mage was Jeanette, Draeka needed to tend to her.

Draeka's parents did not learn why the mage left, and they didn't care. They just recieved a letter for Draeka, a letter to the greatest Mage School, The Red Star Academy. Draeka was told to pack up and go to this school. She hugged her 'family' one last time and was off to this new 'hell'.
Mana Nature: Lightning
Other: Transgender(feels like a man in a woman's body), the name Draeka is gender neutral name in the Wulantonzer family, her mana pool is 20% smaller than a mage of the same age as her, she ususally fights during thunderstorms(so as to use natural lightning as a substitute to her own)

I would like to inform you that I am interested and I will have a CS up for you as soon as I can.

This has sparked my interest.

Name: Taym Daltyr
Race: Elf
Age: 42
Gender: male. Sexuality: Gay
Bio: the subject of my bloodline has always been shrouded and obscure. I had always thought that strange, as most of the Elves in my homeland, Ter-Morae derived an intense source of pride from their bloodline, even going so far as to allow friendships to be determined by them. This had never effected me until I was in my early thirties, finally about to be considered a man by my people. I had always been a loner simply of choice, and thus had no need of friends.

But everything changed when I met Ristan, he was an angel of a man, and as we grew closer I discovered that he had entertained notions of holding my hands beneath the tree of Sydan, and proclaiming to all of Ter-Morae that he had found someone to share his life with. I was intrigued and overjoyed, it was difficult finding other men like me in any of the Elven lands, and now I had found one.

Then the subject of bloodlines came up. And since I could not produce one, he turned his back on me. I was shattered, and even the trees could not console me. I began to develop magical powers at around this time. And I knew that I would have to hide them.

The elders of Ter-Morae were very strict in their belief that only the magi could practice magic. And any found practicing mana arts that could not prove descent from a magi would be cut off from society. When I heard about the Red Star academy, I believed that I had found a place where I would finally be accepted.

Appearance: Hazel eyes. Short brown hair. Golden skin. Lithe but with firm wirey musculature, 6'2, about 150 lbs. I wear dark blue robes, dark red robes, or black robes. I have a light red tattoo of a dragon behind my left ear. My ears are five inches and taper into a sharp point.
Mana Nature: Fire
Other: I carry a crystal around my neck. It is a clear piece of quartz with an amethyst deep in the middle. The amethyst core seems to burn with its own fire. It hangs on a silver chain.
I haven't been able to prove it yet, but i believe I can use the gem to store mana. All I know is that when I first started showing signs of being able to use magic, a milky skein began to fill the quartz. Shortly after I began learning to control my powers, the skein faded away.

I'm not sure why, I just really want to use first person perspective for Taym, if you'd prefer I didn't, I can shift to third person easily

Name: Tristan Etheridge

Race: Human

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Bio:
Tristan was born into this world at the cost of his mother’s life. She had passed away due to complications of childbirth. Originally, what was supposed to be a happy and joyous moment for Tristan’s father, ended up locking him into a perpetual state of depression leaving his son estranged and without any proper parents. Before Tristan’s birth, the Etheridge family were prominent figures in society and were held in high regard on account of being descendants of one of the original magi. They were that of nobles with their own modest amount of land, the Etheridge Estate. Nowadays, Tristan’s father sits in the Den of the manor staring at a portrait of his wife above the fireplace.

Whilst growing up on the Estate, Tristan was raised by the various servants that maintained the residence who also attended to Tristan’s father. Tristan grew up confused as to why his father was so isolated, that is until he overheard one of the servants talking about the situation involving his birth and the death of his mother. Since that point, Tristan felt he understood everything. He figured that his father hated him. Tristan now carries the burden of his mother’s death solely on his shoulders, believing that it is indeed all his fault and allowing no room for pity or forgiveness.

He is an only child and he never made any friends. Not only that, he never truly learned how to use his magical abilities either. All he learned from servants were manners and proper behavior, which wasn’t a problem because he is mostly reserved in his emotions. Tristan hardly ever smiles, on rare occasions when he does it is to be polite towards others such as visiting guests or the helpful servants.

One of Etheridge Estate’s servants who was concerned most about Tristan told him news of a recent letter received through the mail that was vital toward his growth as a magic user. The letter contained information about a school of magic that was opening its doors to all willing to learn. At first he dismissed it right away, but after time and consideration, Tristan agreed with the trustworthy and worried servant. Tristan’s motive would be to restore the Etheridge name to its former self before his curse of a life came into existence. Although it may not show on his face, he looks forward to attending Red Star Academy and meeting new people. In some way, Tristan believes this is how he can redeem himself.

Appearance: Tristan stands at 5'11 and is prone to wearing formal attire, which consists of dark slacks, a white collared shirt and a fitting dark jacket. He is slim with very little muscle tone and has very few facial expressions.
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Mana Nature: Steel

Other: Heterosexual

Hey, Luna, how's your statis?

Anyway, I'm interested with the RP and will make a finished CS soon.

Name: Jason Oakwood
Race: Human
Age: 18
Gender: Male

The Oakwood was a family famous for being a medium, even more than that they're descendant of a Magi. The nature of their mana seemed to reflect this as some are capable of creating 'ghastly' apparition/objects and, on a somewhat frequent cases, seeing or even communicating with the deceased.

While not exceptionally strong, Jason was one of the family members with strong mana that allows them to be an actual medium, although he could only hears the ghost in faint whispers and wails. However, having strong mana came with some consequences. Consequences like strong empathy (which leads to mood swings) or a power flare due to emotional bursts. Jason was among the latter, where a moment of emotional spikes could lead to a construct forming and crashing to his surrounding. This caused Jason to be a collected and calm man, while being somewhat reserved to show emotions. Nevertheless, he tried not to make this a wall from socializing with others and enjoyed things a man of his age would enjoy.

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Mana Nature: Spectral
Other: Spectral here means Jason could create any inanimate object (and somehow includes fists and feet) from thin air. The objects he creates is translucent and is as if they're made from purple colored fire but does not burns at all. According to him, touching the fire is like opening the fridge.

Ok, everyone here just made my day. I'm loving the CSs. Great work everyone! Also, I didn't think people still looked at Luna's place. I'll go update it :). Just two notes.

I am ok with mana storing of a generic magic in any amount, and elemental storing in very small amounts.

Family weapons are considered artifacts. Understand that artifacts can be anywhere from incredibly powerful, to only slightly useful, however they are not the kind of thing that you can just carry around with you. It is the equivilant of walking around with ten million dollars cash in today's world. Artifacts are impossible for anyone to make anymore, so they are fairly priceless.

Name: Cameron Ruhm-Klagen
Race: Human
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Bio:

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Saying that Cameron’s history was a mixed bag would be quite the understatement. On one hand, he was born into a family that was ever so loving and happy and never demanded all that much from him. On the other, seemed no matter what he did, he ran into some kind of trouble. It was either that someone aggressive wanted to pick a fight with him, or after having been bothered and prodded by these aggressive people for so long that he would say something icy to someone else and then he would be the demon. So having learned from past experience, Cameron has realised that the only path forward in life is to act generically amiable and just let everyone believe you don’t have a problem while also attempting to avoid giving a strong opinion wherever possible. Sometimes he finds it nigh impossible to keep up this façade, as he has always been a man of strong opinions and jaded thoughts, but he’s realised there’s little in attempting to be anything else.

Magic wasn’t exactly much better. Learning you have super powers doesn’t always help when you’re the guy that always seems to end up with no luck in anything. Naturally, it was during one of many long and arduous days of putting up with people’s insults and aggression that he suddenly flipped out and made an aggressive display of his apparent powers on one of the most popular girls in the neighbourhood. Left a nasty scar on her face too. So of course now Cameron is a filthy scoundrel that exists to hurt all of humanity and he has freaky powers to boot. Sounds like such damn fun, doesn’t it?

But of course Cameron being Cameron it only got worse from here. As he aged, he only seemed to run into more drama and angst from all around him, even his normally nice and loving family descending into teen style idiocy and people with ridiculous ideas, namely his brother wanting to burn his country to the ground for some stupid reason and his mother caring way too much about all his depressing blather. And then Cameron said some bad things about them and threw some magic about. Now his family thinks he’s terrible too, he’s this awful guy cause he gets a little annoyed sometimes, don’t you think so too?

So now he’s decided to be somewhat stoic yet more or less a nice guy and just goes with the flow, not that anyone would ever let him, cause he’s a bloody asshole that nobody likes. After all, he hurt that girl everyone loves, shouldn’t he be demonised forever? Of course, now he’s got some offer from a school that wants to help him develop his little powers, cause those work so well for him right now. Cameron had two types of reaction;

In his head;
Oh because I SO wanted to learn how to leave another huge gash across someone’s forehead. You know, this is like offering people lessons on how to use a gun, you’re encouraging them to hurt people and cause misery, like me. But hey, since these guy’s aren’t me, clearly they’re just doing a public service with all this. And naturally if I went and joined them they’d probably quickly think I was actually a terrorist that wanted to kill them all just cause sometimes I make a snappish comment or two. Well, there’s nothing to do but…

Out loud;
“Oh wow mum, this looks great! I’m going to pack my bags immediately!”

In his head;
I MAKE NO SENSE!!!

And so he decided to go to this Academy, fully expecting the worst yet remembering that when he used to refuse to do things, it only resulted in more fretting and bother, so went anyway.

Appearance:

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Mana Nature: Wind
Other: Heterosexual, but perhaps only by convention rather than by true knowledge.

Name: Anton Mikael
Race: Human
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Anton had lived with a rich family as a small child. Despite his families wealth, he lived like any other human child with friends and a mother and father. He, however displayed an unnatural love for all that was fire, heat and smoke. Even before his magic kicked in, he would mix things and ingredients to see how he could make explosions and fire.

It was fine at first, not causing harm to anyone. That all changed though when he made fire without the assistance of ingredients, matches or lighters. He had used magic for the very first time. He didn't know it, but his parents did. Unfortunately though, his parents did not tolerate anyone with magic, much less their own child. Again.

They hated magic. He didn't know why, but it was a simple fact. They hated him the moment they learned he could use it. His father even hated him so much that he attacked the small child, leaving a constant reminder in the form of a scar across the bridge of his nose.

Afterwards, he was kicked out and forced to live with his older sister, Lana, who also had the ability to use magic. This evett enraged him deeply, as did anyone dumb enough to ask questions about the event. It was a deadly combination when mixed with his already short temper.

In school, this caused a lot of problems. Kids would constantly ask why he lived with his sister instead of his wealthy parents. He would, time after time, convince them to leae the subject alone physically. With his hands, most of the time. While he did not mind talking about a lot of things, he made it clear that his parents were an off limits subject.

Fortunately, his sister taught him how to keep a lid on his temper in addition to controlling his powers without causing harm to himself or others. Though he had calmed down considerably, he never forgot or forgave his parents. The thought was always in the back of his mind. Likewise, although he had learned a little about magic, he wished to know and learn to control magic to a larger extent.

There was only so much she could do to help him, and they both knew it. It was for that reason that after a few years, when they received a letter from the academy, Lana nearly forced Anton to enroll. She loved her brother, as he loved her, but it was too large an opportunity to pass up. It was too late for her to go to the school, but Anton still had a chance.

As a parting gift and good luck charm, she gave him his most prized possession; The necklace around his neck that he wore everywhere, at all times.

Appearance:
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Mana Nature: Fire
Other: It is common knowledge that Anton loves to cause trouble and considers rules merely as suggestions. Though he causes trouble, he is not the type to pick on others or make many enemies. He is not, however, above staying out past curfew, though more often than not is sneaky and smart enough to not get caught.

He is not the smartest person, but he is quick witted and unique in nearly everything he does. The normal bores him so he tries to do things in his own way, from class work to practicing with his magic to travel. His favorite saying among many is: "Life is just a game."