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[list][*][b]Name:[/b] Hocus Thaum
[*][b]Age:[/b] 14
[*][b]Height:[/b] 5'1
[*][b]Weight:[/b]
[*][b]Hair Color:[/b] Blonde
[*][b]Eye Color:[/b] Green
[*][b]Gender:[/b] Female
[*][b]Written Appearance:[/b] Short, lightly-built, and often wearing an expression of sleepy disinterest or annoyance, Hocus is fairly recognizable, especially due to her long, wild blonde hair. She bears a great resemblance to her twin brother, but is more clearly female then her brother is male.
[*][b]Personality:[/b] Hocus is lazy and enjoys sleeping. She claims she requires as much sleep as possible in order to 'do something important', but rarely is anything considered important to her. Food, sleep, her twin brother's wellbeing, everything else is seemingly disregarded. Except for cats. And lasers. Hocus has a fondness for lasers that borders on almost an obsession, though she typically wears the same expression of sleepy disinterest for most occasions. While she will complain, it's fairly easy to drag her along with things, though if left to her own devices she will likely attempt to cheat her way out of actually doing anything that remotely needs exertion from her. She [i]will[/i] stand up for those she cares about, but otherwise will likely act as if she finds them irritating and sleep-interrupting. Hocus is so fond of sleep that she is liable to take time to sleep in the middle of a conversation if she hasn't been directly addressed for a while and the spot she's in is comfortable enough.
[*][b]Background:[/b] In the highlands of Gaea lies a village of spellcasters known as Loch Wor, shrouded in mists and standing between the borders of an enchanted forest and a lake supposedly home to some dormant primordeal beast.  Despite being relatively isolated, the village was fabled in legend for producing powerful mages, a reputation that has brought both good and ill fortune to its people. Many covet the power of magic, after all, and to them an entire settlement focused on this power is a most tempting prize.
 
In a village founded on mystic tradition, the birth of twins was seen as an omen of some sorts, although at the time no-one could agree just what it was foretelling.  But as the twins Hocus and Pocus Thaum grew up without much incident, the portents were soon forgotten and as they reached adolescence their magical training began.  Despite her lack of enthusiasm for anything, Hocus was found to have a natural aptitude for black magic, whilst putting aside his inability to assert himself Pocus seemed to take to white magic with relative ease.  However, before they could advance much in the ways of sorcery, the portents finally came true as the Holy Knights came to Loch Wor, drawn by the tales of magical power hidden within.  Wanting to keep this power for themselves, they quickly instilled martial law upon the village, and were it not for their parents' quick thinking the twins would have been imprisoned with the rest of the villagers.  Fleeing from their home, all they could think about was the responsibility they had been burdened with, to learn the secrets of magic by themselves and grow powerful enough to liberate Loch Wor from the Holy Knights.
 
With nowhere else to turn to, the twins assumed they would need to travel far and wide to learn these secrets and thus ended up joining the crew of a ship who were searching for their lost captain.  Initially the crew were a bit unenthusiastic about taking in two kids, but after Pocus cooked up the best meal they'd had for a long time and showed off his healing skills, he was taken in as both a cook and a medic.  Meanwhile, since Pocus was unusually adamant about not leaving his sister behind, Hocus was allowed to join too under the provision that she actually at least tried to help cleaning up the place since she had a broom and all.
[*][b]Weapon:[/b] As a novice mage, Hocus lacks anything of particular note, though she can turn out relatively potent laser spells due to her fondness for that area of magic. She carries a broom, which she can animate to use for flight, or to sweep on its own while she sleeps.
[*][b]Ability:[/b] Black Magic, the magic of destruction and darkness. She still has a lot to learn, and as such has only learned mastered three spells:[list][*][u]Spark Shooter[/u]: A trio of magic circles opens, one above Hocus's head, and two above her shoulders. Each fires a thin, damaging beam of mana. While not exceptionally powerful, it can burn through weak monsters and cause serious harm to human targets if they are unprotected.
[*][u]Spark Wave[/u]: A large magic circle opens at the tip of Hocus's broom, and from it erupts a thick beam of mana. Likely to cause serious damage to unprotected targets, and even some lightly-protected ones. Maintaining the beam for much time can be taxing on the caster, and potentially cause Hocus to collapse.
[*][u]Animate[/u]: The single non-attack spell Hocus intends to learn, this animates her broom. It allows her to fly using it, or make it sweep without having to put any of her own effort into it.[/list][/list][/hider]