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[b]True Name:[/b] Johan Vinterbarn [b]Taken Name:[/b] "Winter" [b]Given Name:[/b]  Johan Hök [/center]

[b]Appearence:

Johnny stands a good 6'3 tall, with sharp and distinguished features. His mane of hair is usually seen in a side cut, his ears have a few piercings from his more rebellious phase in life. His entire body is littered with tattoos from the neck down. Woven into the tapestry of ink are runes he had carved into himself with actual blades. Complicated designs of magical runes are carved into his back, a spiral of Fhark runes that end with the Odin rune in blood red across his neck.

His eyes are a stark, cold blue. His beard is kept as neat as he can possibly be bothered. He favors heavy overcoats and practical workmen clothes.

[b]Age:[/b] 30

[b]Personality:[/b] Johny Rune is a uneasy mixture of easy going charisma, short temper and the foulest mouth you'll ever meet. Johny is the type who hates having to push himself, and who will talk before taking action. He is a wretched soul, who has allowed his life be consumed by selfpity and alcohol. But despite his less then ideal state of mind, the man is armed with a wit and arsenal of swearwords that'd make a demon blush. 

Despite his many flaws, at his core Johnny is a bleeding heart humanitarian, who would willingly suffer so others don't have to. This is very much mirrored in his relationship with Varvera whos missfortune tears on him.

[b]Nature of magic:[/b] Arcane Purity and Ritual

[b]Magic practice: [/b]
Runemagic: A practitioner of the old Norse ways, Johan uses runes as his primary language of magic. He inscribes runes into objects to make them in to talisman of varying degrees of use. Mainly, he uses his connection to the stream to infuse these talismans directly. He has spent his past 11 years as a magus to control the influx of power to achieve this.  Most his magic is still conducted to rituals, as to temper the power within him. 


[b]Brief bio:[/b]

Johan Hök was born to a family in northern Sweden. As it were, Johan was born in the middle of a very harsh, unforgiving winter. His father, Emil Hök wished for the boy to be named Johan, while his Mother would call him "Vinter barn" or "Child of Winter." Thus was it fate that ordained Johan to grow up as Winter to those of magic, Johan to the normal world. Johan was never interested in his parents profession as fishers, but instead sought out archaeology. That was how he discovered the runes. Learning rune scripture was hard but somehow very close to heart for the boy. He would find himself writing them down, trying to find what runes was missing of old viking carvings and otherwise immerse himself in it.

Johan was always a believer of the ways of old. And when he researched deeper onto the magic that vikings once utilized, he found a group of old school practitioners. The Circle consisted by a actual rune priest, his two students: Johan and a girl named Agatha and old African shaman that were interested in knowing  this kind of magic worked. 

Under the Priests tutelage Johan were soon versatile and powerful in his magic. An avid student he was very good at the basics. His training however were to see an abrupt end. Trough magic not witnessed in decades a troll somehow awakened. The circle along with pretty much all of the magicians in that part of Sweden rushed to put it to back into slumber.

The problem with trolls however: They are immune to much of our magic. Desperate and brilliant in equal measure, Johan had the brilliant idea to carve runes onto his own body. It was an act most unpleasant and forbidden. The runes drew upon the arcane, working as pulls for the stream to flow trough. For a brief moment Johan became a beacon of arcane power, being able to channel enough into his magicians circle to empower everyone. It was a tremendous risk, and he could have simply wiped out a big part of the city if he had failed. But in the end The troll was vanquished. 

The cost was massive however as it left Johan broken in body and soul. His mind was faced with a powerful addiction to raw magic, and his body wrecked by nerve damage. Johans mentor send him abroad to avoid his student from being put on trial for the breaking a taboo. Johan left for the US without even knowing his old Mentors name. A privilege that he was days away from learning before it all went to hell.

Johan tried to live a normal life. He failed. He grew up, got a wife but fell into depression due to his nightmares and the constant onslaught of magic related things he had to hide. He had become a magnet to lesser creatures that felt his bodys innate power. He was later divorced after it all became to much for both him and his wife. 

Remi was his friend troughout the entire divorce and stet him up with a place to live in newyork. She also helped research rune magic and found him ways to cope better. In the long run she likely saved him from committing suicide. Somewhere down the line, Johan met Varvera. The two had chemistry, but sadly fate had other plans. His arcane connection kick started hers. They still lean on one another, but Johan has sunken back into alcoholism. When he heard Remi was missing, it was a wake up call.