Name: Samuel Evans.

Sex: Male.

Age: 43.

Appearance:


Weight: 175 lbs (79 kilograms).

Height: 6 feet (1.83 meters).

Notable items: A worn, leather bible emblazoned with a golden cross. Serves as his Catalyst.

Background: Born to a poor family on the outskirts of Regnum Magnopere, Samuel grew up with little food and was abandoned in an orphanage. Resorting to pick pocketing, Samuel became know as a delinquent and troublemaker in the small town he grew up in. He lacked the moral fiber the other children at the orphanage had and, as a result, took up bullying his weaker peers for food and money. He had little schooling as a child, and was illiterate until the age of 16. By the time he was 15, all the other children in his orphanage were adopted, leaving Samuel with children half his age and a staff who were less forgiving of him by the day. Just as Samuel was about to give up on ever being adopted, the orphanage was visited by a lone priest, who adopted Samuel and took him to live with the priest in an old church.

Growing up with the priest mainly involved the priest calmly asking Samuel to do a chore or task, Samuel angrily refusing to do said task, and Samuel begrudgingly finishing the task several minutes later. The priest taught Samuel how to read, how to multiply and divide, and even some basic history of the world. It was at the age of 18 that the priest gave Samuel his own bible, leaving the old church permanently, and leaving Samuel left to his own devices. Samuel spent the next 3 years studying the book of the lord, acting as the reverend for a town that used to despise him, and doing general repair of a decaying church. After those 3 years, Samuel decided to close the old church, going out into the world to experience what was outside of the small town he grew up in.

Samuel went to many different parts of the kingdom. After 10 years of traveling, he finally decided to settle down and return to the small town life he abandoned. Settling in a small town to the north of the kingdom, Samuel eventually founded a small hospital with the medical knowledge he developed from other travelers he met. Over the course of 12 more years, due to his job and importance, Samuel grew to be very respected in the small town, eventually being chosen as the representative of his town for events in the cities. This, combined with his regular preaching at the local church, lead to him cultivating his persuasion and compromising. It was on one of these trips to the cities that Samuel met Gabriel, his spirit.

Samuel was traveling alone along an abandoned dirt path, carrying vital pain medication from the city, headed for the town. As he traveled, his horse slowly began to grow restless, eventually stopping entirely. Assuming that the horse was hungry and tired, Samuel went for a walk while it recovered. It was near a dirty pond that Samuel noticed a small, almost crippled-looking bird on the side of the road. A pang of guilt passed through Samuel, as similarities between his childhood and the abandoned creature rose to the forefront of his mind. He reached out to the twitching, pitiable bird and felt a warm, nostalgic feeling emanating from it. As soon as he touched the bird, it gazed at him with glistening eyes and allowed Samuel to take it with him.

1 month later, the bird was fully healed and revealed itself as the spirit Gabriel. Gabriel left the tower to pursue a life of peace, but was assaulted by 2nd evolution spirits and left to die on the side of the road. Gabriel swore fealty to Samuel, serving as his shield in times where Samuel was in need of help, just as Samuel had done for him. With a strong spirit in tow, Samuel decided that he still had enough time to go on one last adventure, and headed out for the tower in order to bring fame and glory to his town.

Personality: Despite his youth, Samuel grew to become a very calm and rational person. Preferring to talk out an issue rather than fight, Samuel simply wishes to help people and watch them grow, just as the priest had done for him. Samuel believes anyone can change for the better and, if given the choice, refuses to kill anyone. Samuel rarely raises his voice above a conversational volume, and the times he does is usually for those at a distance. Samuel would prefer a calm walk through the upper levels of the tower than the thrill-seeking an adventurer usually goes after. One of the very few things that annoys Samuel is people commenting on how he looks older than he actually is. Samuel regrets many of the things he has done in his past and wishes to make amends with those he has wronged.

Skills: Sleight of hand, Diplomacy, Medicine.

Spells:
Blessing: Grants an increase to one stat (Caster's choice).
Cure: Cures 1 status ailment

Spirit Companion: Gabriel

Species: Dove

Appearance:


How You Two Met: Background, paragraph 4.

Level One Transformations:

Beast Form: Baby dove

Weapon Form: A shield with a red cross

User Form: Healing touch

Name
Alena Liatris

Race:
Elf
Sex:
Female

Age
17

Appearance:
Standing at a lithe and graceful looking five foot seven, Lena, as she prefers to be called looks like your stereotypical elf. Long, bright blond hair falls to her back, typically tied in a braid and not doing much to hide the typical pointed ears of her people. She has bright blue eyes, and a pale, but unblemished complexion. She weighs a fairly light 135 pounds, and doesn't particularly look all that physically impressive if someone were to take an initial look at her, and might find it somewhat comical that she's using a sword about as big as she is.

As far as clothing and attire goes, Lena wears light metal armor mixed with leather cloth in order to maintain a bit of mobility while still allowing for some fairly decent defense. The armor itself is colored in blues and golds, and around her waist is a leather belt with a few pouches on it for storing items.

Background:
Born in Regnum Magnopere, Lena was just like any other elf when she was born into a relatively middle-class family. For the most part, her life was fairly average growing up. Loving parents, a small circle of friends, and for the most part viewed the world with rose-colored glasses. She wanted more than anything, to grow up and be able to help people as an adventurer of sorts. Unfortunately, as she turned fourteen, it became increasingly clear that unlike most other elves, she had little talent for the arcane and for magical studies and things in general. This, well, made the other elves her age shun her somewhat. While they were off doing excellent in academics and arcane studies, she was off struggling to make sense of something as simple as how a rank 1 spirit worked.

She tried not to let it get to her and she kept a more positive outlook. If she wasn't any good with arcane stuff, she'd try to learn swordsmanship. Eventually, she found someone willing to teach an insistent little elf which end you were supposed to stab things with, and how not to stab yourself with the weapon. From the age of fourteen until sixteen, she did her best to learn, until the older swordsman had nothing left to teach and told her if she wanted to get better, go look inside the tower. So she did.

It was difficult getting someone to take her, objectively a novice into the tower, especially higher levels. With a little insistence and persuading though, she finally found someone to humor her and even let her accompany them all the way to level 10! It was an opportunity she wasn't going to pass up. Certainly, she supposed it might have looked like a shady deal to someone else, but for Lena? It was the perfect chance to at least get a little experience.

Maybe someone else would have seen it coming, but Lena didn't. The party was eventually attacked by wild spirits on the floor. A bit more than they could handle themselves...and they conveniently had an inexperienced adventurer they could use as a distraction. Leaving Lena to the more than figurative wolves, they fled. Lena of course, was more than a little terrified and likely would have died if not for the timely intervention of someone who would grow to be her best friend.

"Well, that was fun to watch, elf. Those guys leave you to die...that's pretty terrible. It'd be pretty funny if I could just kill ya, but I think it might be more fun if I help ya."

Tania. For whatever reason, the impish little beast-kin had been watching the whole thing for her own amusement, and decided to help her out. She allowed Lena to contract her, and since then the two have been fairly stalwart companions, with Lena constantly putting up with the pixies selfish seeming whims. Despite that, Lena adores the little spirit, and the spirit has even helped Lena out and helped her understand magic to a basic point, but she is still unable to use it effectively unassisted by her.

Personality:
Bright, upbeat, a bit of a klutz, but somewhat naive, idealistic and simplistic in her world views. At her core, she truly believes that everyone is good, even if they don't know it themselves. Typically, she's all smiles and giggles, and would do anything for anyone she considers a friend or a stranger. She'd be the first to step in if someone needed help with anything. That said, she isn't naive to the point where she won't fight - she will defend herself and others with her sword if need be, even if she would rather talk things out. She abhors fighting, and only sees it as a last resort option for anything. Even in the tower, she only fights things if she has too, preferring to move through them without fighting. Even so, she still hones her skills so that even should she be forced into fighting she can defend herself and the innocent people she has to and does her best to try and keep a level head in most situations.

Unfortunately, at times, she tries to put on a brave and upbeat face when she really isn't alright. Lena suffers heavily from a lack of confidence, as well as a bit of lack of self esteem at times, often questioning whether or not she's good at what she does. She's by no means an expert swordsman, and as much as she tries to convince herself she's a bringer of justice and peace, she more often then not screws up quite a bit at times.

Soul Partner:
Tania
Skills:
-Swordsmanship
-Fairly Agile.
-Can cook fairly well

Spells:
-Healing Hands: A small healing spell. Isn't going to be curing anything big. At most, a few scrapes and bruises.