List of NPCs
Albrecht Hart, a 17-year-old male student, played by ravenDivinity.
Athena Oakley, a 22-year-old female newcomer to Seattle from Indiana, played by shadowpenguin07.
Vincent Stentz, a 20-year-old male wealthy elite, played by Tancuras.
Joe Watson, a 34-year-old male English journalist, played by BCTheEntity.
Maria Morrio, a 19-year-old female retail employee, played by deadpixel101. Inactive.
Thomas Murray, a 29-year-old male schoolteacher, and Isaac Qunin, a 32-year-old male schoolteacher, played by GummyCat.

Reserved for NPCs.

Name. Albrecht Hart
Sex/Gender. Male
Age. 17

Appearance.
Albrecht is a boy of average proportions; he is neither lanky nor squat, just 5 feet and 4 inches tall and weighing roughly 145 pounds. Though his name is typical of someone of European descent, his appearance is less so. His skin is soft, oily, and slightly tanned, and it brings such an organic warmth to those touched by his deft fingers. Although there are physical features of his that are traditionally considered desirable to women, he is nonetheless characteristically masculine, marked by broad shoulders, a defined chest, and at least a bit of muscle layered on his full build. His face is square-jawed with scruff forming the beginnings of a full beard and mustache, but it is Albrecht's wide, amber brown eyes that bring balance and soften his face into a mysterious mix. His nose is flat, but like a Roman's, it is somewhat convex. So his cheeks are, supple and childlike, but high-boned. Dark brown hair comes down just a hint below his ears to cover his forehead. His hair, like his skin, is soft, and it is typically parted this way or that to offer a sense of care for his physical appearance, layered in an undercut but never pulled back, done up, or gelled.

The color blue used to feature prominently in his clothing, but in the past year or so other colors have begun to appear in his closet, among them warm colors and pastels. He likes casual button-ups with rolled-up sleeves, simple patterns and textures, or colorblock, T-shirts and baseball tees, tank tops, cargo shorts, khakis, the occasional pair of colored pants or shorts, and flat shoes. Every now and then he'll don formal wear, normally just a plain black American-cut suit with a flat-colored tie and dress shoes. Aside from Albrecht's more bold fashion choices, the rest of his wardrobe is fairly standard for his age, if not a little on the trendy side. On the daily, Albrecht wears a necklace with Odin's knot, a plain silver ring on his index finger, and half-rimmed glasses.

Personality.
Albrecht from youth has always possessed a talent in intellectual pursuits, but instability in his family ultimately carried heavily into his personality. Like his father, Albrecht Hart has a fiery passion that was constant across his emotions except under the effects of depression. At the peak of that passion, Albrecht's joy and compassion radiates from him and inspires ambitions and genius revelations, but at the junction of his temper, Albrecht could lash out and become a storm unto himself. Perhaps the more crippling of his flaws is his sadness, arising from nothing but his own introspection or paranoia and withholding him from really enjoying in his successes or in his identity.

The nearest Myers-Briggs type to his personality is the ENFP personality type, serving as a fair marker for who he is as a person. Albrecht is sociable and amiable, preferring the company of others to the isolation of himself, but it is not as though alone-time can be a good break from the romping, distracting swings of happiness he experiences in the presence of friends. As for his love of humanity, he seeks to help others but also wants their attention and admiration for the sake of his own validation, and hence he relies on them for his redemption to feel true edification. Often however can he become occupied with his big dream of changing the world, in his strong, dissenting opinions.

But this dream does not separate itself from Albrecht's overall compassion and sympathy. He is an incredible device, sensitive to even the slightest of social cues and ticks that allow him to more quickly understand and become aware of another person's emotions or his role in a situation. In such a way, his intuition does not betray him. His unabashed idealism and spontaneity mark his wish for the freedom to act as he pleases so long as what he is doing is harmless and good. This aspect of his personality can be, though, a dual-edged sword of independence and rebellious antiestablishmentarianism.

Skills.

• Plays piano and violin
• Writes and draws well
• Speaks German
• Has decent math skills and a good memory
• Can drive

Biography.
Albrecht Hart was born on July 15th in Seattle into an average middle class family, raised by an immigrant mother and a normal American father. His two parents were more conservative than was the norm for the area, and for a while Albrecht bought into the classic tales told of all things Republican and religious. His boyhood felt miserable and dragged on for what seemed like years in which the cruelty of young kids punctured his spirit and left him dejected.

As he entered adolescence and came to terms with his homosexuality at the age of 12, he isolated himself emotionally from others, went through the phases of middle school, became an atheist, and behaved fairly sophomoric. That isolation only hurt him worse and worse until the breaking point, when in his freshman year of high school, a spiritual realization hit him. In that year he syncretically embraced Catholic and interfaith spirituality with a particularly resistant attitude to the more conservative doctrines of the religion, an experience that ultimately shaped his spiritual growth in high school and changed most of his attitudes in a radical evolution of the mind and soul.

His emotional vices and the like still led to deep internal conflicts with desire and virtue, and they continued to govern a more strained relationship with his father and a warming relationship with his mother as he began to escape the self-containing introvertive and cynical thinking, that kept him confined in the earlier stages of his development, and establish himself as his own master. He began to hold his head higher and smile and laugh more, becoming himself a beacon of his own happiness after that life-changing experience, turning him into a figure of interest and of friendliness at his school.

Name. Athena Oakley
Sex/Gender. Bi-sexual Female
Age. 22.

Appearance. 5'3 - 130 lbs. Not traditionally skinny, but not overweight. She's curvy in all the right ways. Long semi-curly hair extends most of the way down her back. Her eyes are a piercing light blue. The kind of eyes that seem to look right into your soul.

Personality. From an outside perspective, Athena is extremely confident. She uses sarcasm to her advantage, and doesn't tend to back down from any situation. Personally, that confidence hides her insecurities and her emotions. Only a select few people know the real her. She loves nature, animals, going on walks through the woods. She can drink with just about anyone, and enjoys a good drink... emphasis on good. She doesn't like anyone making fun of her height, but aside from that doesn't tend to take things too personally. Her other biggest vice in the world is music.

Skills. Athena is a poet. Whether free verse, spoken word, or lyrics, putting her emotion on paper soothes her soul in a way nothing else can. She's also a talented singer/songwriter, but usually doesn't have the nerve to let anyone in on that skill.

Biography. Athena grew up in a small farming town in Indiana. Nothing about life was particularly challenging. She always felt like there was something else out there for her though. There was more to the world than cornfields. At 18 she was married, and at 21 she was divorced. They both were to blame. He pressed extreme religious views on her, and tried to force her to change... so she rebelled and had an affair.

Divorced life led to all kinds of wild nights and experimenting, which ultimately led to her love of the female form. Nothing beats sipping on bourbon and staring at a great ass. She's just as bad as any man when it comes to oogling over a pretty lady. She doesn't tend to be shy about saying something either.

Professionally, she was very successful. She managed to work her way up to Assistant Manager of a multi-million dollar retail store by the age of 20. That only made her feel more stuck.

As she continued to let time pass by, her family moved away and it left her with a choice. Stay in Indiana, and keep being content with life, or go out into the world and try and find happiness, whatever that is. She chose the latter, and set her sights on Seattle. Taking practically nothing, and leaving everything she knew behind, she now finds herself trying to find a new identity... a new purpose.

Name: Vincent Stentz
Sex: Male
Age: 20

Appearance: Vincent is a slender youth, and tall, just over six feet and long of limb and neck. Waves of blonde hair lay combed atop his head, tapering short near his neck and ears. His face is somewhat feminine, with large brown eyes and a narrow jaw, and he has a strong, straight nose. He seems to wear a perpetual scowl, his gaze appraising everything it meets. He can often be seen wearing a suit vest and tie, casual dress pants and polished shoes, and a double-breasted coat in the cold season.

Personality: Vincent is a generally cold and calculating individual. He is fairly self-interested, but not uncaring. He simply understands his limits, and chooses to focus his efforts on things more palpable. Vincent's intelligence is exceptional, and his conversations are often extremely brief unless adequately challenging. He is utterly confident in his motivations and abilities, and does not hesitate to show his superiority over others. He favors those with ability, and those who look to him for instruction and tutelage, though dislikes men and women with similar capability to his own, as he is very competitive. While he is strong of mind, Vincent has a hard time forming bonds with others, and is often disliked. He buys loyalty rather than earns it, and such loyalties are often weak. He is headstrong, incapable of resisting a challenge, too demanding of others, and does not often take other perspectives into consideration.

Skills: Vincent is most primarily an expert of strategy, having spent his youth engrossed in the game of chess. He is knowledgeable on warfare, both modern and ancient, and possesses a wealth of knowledge on military history. He is quick of mind and analytical, and a great problem-solver. Aside from mental pursuits, Vincent has explored several physical activities, most dominantly horseback riding and tennis. He is quite comfortable competing in either.

Biography: Vincent's is a story not unknown to most of Seattle's upper class. His family name is known to many, the Stentzs being the proprietors of dozens of facilities throughout the city. Aside from being a major importer, they own many medical centres, factories, hardware stores and contracting companies. As such, Vincent was given a life of privilege and possession, and he was never left wanting for anything, except the possibility of a loving family.

Vincent never knew his mother. She was one of his father's many wives, and after his birth, left the family and did not return. None of Mr. Stentz's other wives had children, and Vincent's father was often away, leaving his son in the care of a cycle of caregivers. In fact, the only time Vincent ever spent with his father was during his lessons in business and entrepreneurship.

Vincent found his only companionship in the classroom of a highly-esteemed private school. His classmates had ripped him from a sheltered life, introducing him to delinquency. His teenage years were spent on the street among drugs, sex and alcohol, and some minor crime, though his connections always saved him from consequence. This time helped him develop independence and perspective, and he carried those perspectives through to adulthood.

Presently, Vincent seeks to establish further lucrative connections, both legal and otherwise, while simultaneously undermining his father to usurp his position as head of the Stentz family. But one fact weighs heavier than all others: Vincent's life has become dreadfully boring.

Name: Joe Watson
Sex/Gender: Male
Age: 34

Appearance: Joe is white, about 180 cm tall, and has a relatively average build for somebody his age, with wavey dark blond hair and light blue eyes. Typical attire includes a shirt of some shade of blue, dark grey trousers, black shoes, and occasionally a suit of the same shade as his trousers.

Personality: Joe is a very opinionated, and often quite abrasive individual. He tends to try and learn as much about the world as he can, often regarding issues that few others are willing or able to look into, and the results he comes up with frequently go against what many other people believe, being highly conservative in a fairly liberal society. For example, he strongly believes that, not all, but quite a large majority of modern feminists are overweight, narcissistic radicals and/or extremists whose only goal is to twist Western society to their own selfish ends, and that the recent influx of migration to Germany, Sweden, and the UK is a very bad thing indeed for their respective cultures and economies, especially since most migrants are not refugees from Syria, but invaders looking to improve their living standards, or even jihadists that seek to bring down foreign societies such as theirs. Naturally, beliefs of this sort do not make him a lot of friends, but he is relatively content to do his own thing for the most part; he believes that the truth will always come out sooner or later, though ideally sooner in all cases, and usually enjoys going against the grain of society to bring people the facts, all evidence accounted for.

Skills: Speaking of which, he worked as a reporter for a right-wing news facility until recently, and is currently a freelance reporter on current events. But not one of those story-twisting reporters of the sort who work for Daily Mail, oh no; his goal is and has always been to bring people the truth and nothing else, no matter how hard it is to hear. To this end, he has developed a very good ability to gather and divulge information, and can be highly charismatic when required; on top of a relatively high intelligence to begin with, his ability to inform is quite formidable. Also, whilst not strictly the sort of person to "bulk up" and acquire large amounts of muscle just because he can, he is a reasonably fit individual who eats healthily and exercises fairly often, leading to a good degree of physical ability and, perhaps surprisingly, a mildly exceptional constitution.

Biography: Born in England, Joe spent his early years in a household that prided fairness and the truth over all else - liars were punished appropriately, and injustice was a thing to abhor. These strong views carried over to Joe himself, and he found himself in trouble a few times throughout his school life for dealing with bullies and other unsavoury individuals in ways that he saw to be fair, but which his schools disapproved of. Even so, he passed through university education with flying colours, and soon began a career as a reporter, working for a major news company. However, he quickly became disillusioned with the role in question - rather than being allowed to tell people the truth of any given current event, he was being made to report on utterly meaningless tales of local scope, or worse being given major reports that he was then asked to tell in a more "viewer-appropriate" way - in other words, to twist these stories almost to the point of lying outright, to ensure that the news station's reputation was well-preserved.

He soon began to look for a new job. "Something outside of news reporting", he said to himself at the time, for no matter how many news stations he looked at, all seemed to have an agenda of truth-twisting... all, that is, except for one. It was a company within the early field of online media, dedicated to almost exactly the sort of stories Joe really wanted to tell, and the only caveat was that the company's members sometimes tended toward conspiracy theorism rather than actual news. Not a problem for Joe himself, it seemed at the time; and so he applied for and ultimately succeeded in acquiring a job at the company, said farewell to his initial workplace, and began a career that spanned more than a decade - whilst not always appreciated for his work, he was no happier than when he was informing people that the world they lived in could be harsh, and that what the media fed to them was sometimes utterly false in nature.

But of course, views of this sort will always lead to enemies cropping up. In Joe's case, he acquired a small yet notable hatedom, often stating that his stories were totally wrong, and that he should accept that society simply wasn't as bad as he claimed it was. He would not, he stated, change his views to satisfy a small number of people who couldn't see the world for what it really was, or worse who wanted to transform society to serve their own needs and put down anyone else who disagreed with them; and so it was that, one unfortunate day, he happened across a mugger who just so happened to be a member of this small hatedom. One moment of recognition and a certain degree of implied insults of cowardice and stupidity later, Joe found himself bleeding out through a stab wound in his chest.

He would later learn, after waking up in hospital, that the knife had gone through both walls of his heart, and that he'd survived largely thanks to his good health, the presence of a nearby doctor at the time, and the rapid advancement of modern medicine. Even so, he was very lucky to have survived at all; it took a while for him to recover, but recover he did. In the process of recovery, he decided to look back at his past articles just to see how far he'd come up to that point... and what he found shocked him quite deeply. Not overly frequently, but far too often for his liking, he realised that he'd described tales which, with hindsight, sounded exactly like the conspiracies that his coworkers frequently peddled to the masses who tuned into the news station, and that that tendency toward conspiracy, not only from him but from the station as a whole, had increased substantially in the time prior to his near-death experience. The company was influencing him in exactly the ways he despised, and he did not enjoy what he saw.

Long story short, he moved to America. Partially for his own future safety, and partially as an excuse to depart from the company and begin making his own way in the world, but he packed his things, acquired a Visa, and travelled across the Atlantic Ocean. He considered stopping in New York, but eventually decided to go much further, eventually making his way to the West Coast, to Seattle, and to a new house in the city in question, where he has since continued his career up to the present day. He does not yet know of the existence of magic, nor has he ever considered how he might reveal it to the world on the off-chance that it does exist... but, as they say, the truth will out, and there's a good chance that Joe will be the one to out it given the chance.

Name: Maria Morrio

Sex/Gender: Female, identifies as so.

Age: 19

Appearance: Maria stands at around 5'3 with sun brushed skin and black hair that is kept short to her earlobes at the back, with bangs in the front. Her fave is round and her hazel shaped/colored eyes rather large looking. She has long lashes and well kept brow. She has been told her forehead is quite large seeming which is why she never has it showing from behind her bangs. She has her ears pierced and usually one simple black ring in her right one. She has a toned build, not large though one could call it "dense". She is modest in the chest and she doesn't care to be reminded of that. A large scar splashes across her left shoulder and down to the small of her back. Her descent gives her fringes of hair on her arms and stomach (again don't tell her that). Se often wears sun dresses and boots or flats, striving to always find something with pockets instead of carrying a bag. She accessorizes with hair bands and bracelets/anklets. She is the type to wear more simple looking, presentable clothing, and it would be hard to tell if she was heading to a wine tasting or stopping in at a coffee shop. She is always ready for both.

Personality: Maria has a "strong" personality and would rather do something for herself then have it done. In a slightly reverse manner she will only let those she has grown close to do such things for her. She is a slightly cold person, who tends to do her laughing "on the inside". More business then pleasure she likes to do what wants to get done as fast as possible so it's not a bother later. While she may come of as uncaring or heartless she is the typical "ice queen" where she has a great deal of love and care to go around, she just doesn't know how to properly let it out.

Skills: Maria has been learning violin since a very young age and after many screeching strings has gotten quite good at the craft. She is a listener and will often try to see more then one side of a situation (though her side is usually right). Being the prodigal daughter she is she has also taken part in a few martial arts classes in her youth, though they lacked grace and she eventually settled for fencing (though with little passion). She is an avid reader and aspiring writer, though her lack of willingness to let others see it has stunted her growth somewhat.

Biography: Maria comes from a mother and father who both work very very hard. During her youth they were often in and out of the house quite a bit, though she knew they loved her, and of course they did. A close relationship considering how much time the three spent together, Maria tries her hardest to make them proud, and always has them in the back of her mind. Eventually the wedge of time came between her parents and they parted. Young Maria went with her father, and began her classes as a distraction from her growing loneliness. For a week Maria had gone missing at age 12. In this time she had received her large scar she still bares and changed. Once a very open and earnest girl she became the colder person she is now. While she can't recall what happened in this time, she doesn't seem to bother to try and find out. She began writing her mother after this and they have become closer in recent years. While she has become independent from her father, she still keeps constant contact with him as well. She has worked various positions in a retail makeup store for the last few years, and has been a manager for the last one.