Jasmine's parents, Leda and Gavin met in Voln. Her mother was a performer for a traveling theater troupe called Saffi's Theater. Her father was the newest to join the crew. The troupe was in truth a guise for a mage and Magic rights extremist organization, that both her parents were devoted to even before Jasmine was born. The troupe traveled around the lands preforming, all the while secretly helping harbor and relocate mages.

Two years before Jazz and her twin sister Serena were born the troupe was almost caught, so they had to dial down their acts. Gavin immediately proposed to Leda as soon as she found herself pregnant. They got married soon after. Jasmine and Serena were born a whole month early, small, beautiful, and oddly pale. Jasmine was born first, and named after the flowers that had bloomed the night before. Serena the surprise twin, was born second and sickly.

Gavin quickly wrapped little Jazz, and Serena up in blankets, and handed Leda their newborn girls. He admitted to Leda that he came from a family of mages in Caoba, though he was not a mage himself. He explained that based on the girls appearances they were most defiantly mages, like his own mother, who had the same silver lilac eyes as the babies. Jasmine's abilities started manifesting early on.

Leda and Gavin wanted their girls to have a happy normal life, but they knew all to well about the persecution, and unjust laws that came with being a mage. They didn't want to lose their daughters to the Ivorytower or execution. After much deliberation among Leda, Gavin, and the troupe, they decided that the best why for the twins to lead a normal life in this unfair world, was to make them appear fully and plainly human. Irene, one of the founding members of the troupe, was a mage herself, and was able to create a potion that changed someones eye color to brown. Though the potion had to be taken every week to keep working, and the girls hair had to be dyed every month. These were just small precautions, the real trouble was making sure neither of the twins did anything in public. Irene gave the girls catalysts that bound their raw magic so no accident are exposure could happen. Irene would become their teacher in the was of spells and how to use and control their abilities.

By the time the twins were seven, they, their parents, and Irene had left the troupe for a safer life in a town called Mugus in Atrela. Gavin got a job as a brick layer, and Leda worked at the bakery. They all lived in a cottage at the edge of town, and things were happy. Jasmine went to school, and spent her days playing with the other children around the town. She liked to help her mother at the bakery. Serena who had always been sickly and frail, spent most of her time learning magic with Irene at home, and resting. No one suspected anything, and they all slowly made a life for themselves in Mugus.

She was ten years old when a demon attached itself to Serena. In a span of three days her sister was gone, and in her place was something inhuman. Irene killed Serena, and Leda went mad at the loss of her daughter. Her only sister, her twin was gone, and her mothers mind was lost. Gavin did his best to cope, and pick up the pieces but Leda was never going to get better, and his hatred for Irene grew with every passing day. Two months later, Irene left in the middle of the night after a fight with Gavin. Life kept on moving, and Jazz's became weaker and weaker as she hardly slept or ate. Her teacher sent her home one multiple occasions for fainting spells, and passing out at her desk. Gavin decided that school was not the safest place for Jazz to be anymore, so he pulled her out. He became paranoid of losing Jasmine to a hunter, or a demon. Jazz spent her days at her mother's bedside. Dark circles under her eyes, and low energy became a constant.

Due to the extreme lack of sleep and the typical cold weather that was Atrela, it was only a mater of time before Jaz got sick. She contracted a horrible fever. Her father called for the doctor, and during the examination the docter figured out Jasmine was truly a mage. He gave her medication, and then told Gavin that he would have to report him and Jasmine to a hunter. Gavin full of fear, paranoia, and ale, he killed the doctor before he left the house. He then quickly packed a bag with their essential, and took out the emergency money, and the forged identity papers he had hidden under the floor broads. They ran. The catatonic Leda was making their journey hard, and for the first time in her life Jasmine was afraid of her father.

They ended up at a old inn, just a days journey from Voln. Jaz was to sick to keep going, and ran out of potion days ago. Two weeks later she was finally well again, and they were on the move. Gavin had gotten into contact with the old troupe. They met up in Voln, and Gavin left Leda and Jasmine with them. He turned himself in for the murder of the doctor, but luckily his wife and daughter were safe. Gavin was sentenced to hang a week later.

The troupe was smaller then it use to be, but Clyde, Alles, and Hank were still their. Jasmine remembered them, but Leda was still lost in her mind. She was only ten, her sister was dead, her father was dead, and her mother was crazy. They only stayed with the troupe for a few months, and then it was decided that Leda needed more care then they could give, so they left her with Hanks elderly mother, Mae, in Kamas. Jasmine was given a choice to stay with the troupe or her mother. Out of loyalty she chose her mom. Life in Kamas was dull, and wet.

She was twelve when Irene showed up one random day. Irene stayed and taught Jaz more about magic. But the knowledge that Irene killed Serena was always the elephant in the room. Leda never really got better, but with Jasmine's illusion magic and control getting better, she started coaxing her mother back day by day with an illusion of Serena. Leda was happily lost in delusions of Serena, and she forgot about everything and everyone else. Including Jasmine. They ended up leaving Grandma Mae's home a year later, to travel with the troupe. It was a different world to Jaz, living in the caravans, traveling from place to place, and eating outside around a fire. Her favorite thing was that everyone in the troupe knew her secret and didn't care that she was a mage.

The next three years were spent traveling around the lands with the troupe. She even began singing in some of the little musicals. She loved to explore all the new cities and towns they came across. She would help Irene cook up potions, and practice spells. She would help paint sets with Hank and Tomlin. She would stitch up costumes with her Alles, and Harriet. She ran around helping Vaughn, Clyde, and Dexter with the backstage work and shopping. Nights after the shows, were spent dancing and singing around the campfire till late. She helped with the morning puppet shows, and told stories to the towns children.

Sadly good things can't last. The troupe was traveling through the southern lands to get to a city called Ballorie. The famous festival of arts was being held there this year, and the troupe never missed it. They had been preforming at the little villages along the way, but it had been a week since they passed the last town, so they were out of food, and needed to stop to hunt and rest. Camp was set up just off the forest road. Jasmine snuck off to explore the forest, instead of helping Harriet and Alles cook. Near midnight she was climbing a tree next to the river far off from the camp. But even from the distance she could hear the screaming coming from the direction of camp. She ran as fast as she could to see what was wrong. Just as she reached the edged of the camp a raider man grabbed her from behind.

She struggled to get free, but all she could do was watch as they raided the caravans, and wagons as her group tried to fight them off. Irene used her magic, but after taking two of the raiders out she became depleted and fell to the ground. Her mother, Harriet, and Alles, were already captured and tied to a tree. Tomlin and Hank did the best they could, but were quickly slaughtered by the much stronger raiders. The raiders burned the wagons, after stealing anything of value, they took horses, and shouted and laughed as they talked about selling the woman.

In a rage Jaz used her illusion ability, creating a nightmarish swarm of monster bats that surrounded one of the raiders as if attacking. He ran screaming, and impaled himself on a tree branch. Jaz's eyes turned back into there original color as the potion that made her eyes appear brown burned out of her system. The raiders took her for a mage, and in a matter of seconds knocked her to the ground. She could hear her Irene screaming as Jaz laid in the dirt bleeding and bruised. Her friends cries sounded further and further away, as the raiders road of with there haul and the woman.

The fire and ash of the caravans, and Hank and Tomlin dead bodies were the only things left other then unconscious Irene and the dying Jasmine. Irene using the last of her magic, and was able to save Jaz from bleeding to death at the cost of her own life. Jasmine awoke to the noon sun shining down through the forest canopy. The smell of cinders and blood, was accompanied by the cheery tweeting of birds in the tree above. She would never see her mother again.

Over the next year she lived on her own, and survived, her only thoughts were ones of revenge and finding her mother and the others alive. The raiders had been apart of the Falcon clan, and so began Jaz's falcon hunt. She killed seven Falcon clan raiders before she was caught and thrown in jail, to await her sentence. She was having non of it and broke out as soon as she could. Unfortunately she was now on the hunters radar. A bounty for the mage Jasmine was posted, described with brown eyes, long black hair, small, pale and dangerous. Two years of running, she by pure luck found Harriet, who was selling herself on the streets of Clanark. Thats when she learned the fate of her mother and the other. Dead all of them. She has been living in Voln for the past two years. She is joining up with hopes of snuffing out the whispers of war, and secretly just wants to belong to something.

Kennen Imore can be most distinguished by his large bushy hair. It’s wood brown color combined with the curly nature of his hair gives his head an almost bark-like look. His face is of no particular importance, as it is neither ugly nor beautiful but merely mediocre. However, contrasting his face, Kennen is lanky and tall, allowing him to look over a crowd of people. When located in the town of Graelia, he usually wears scholarly associated attire. Though, while travelling, he wears ordinary traveller’s attire. He’s usually seen with reading glasses and his large pack, which contains an array of writing charcoal, parchment, and travelling necessities.

Naturally as a travelling scholar, Kennen is highly intelligent and overly inquisitive. In either the books or the field, Kennen is laconic, getting across his points with great punctuality and clarity. His silent demeanor stems from the intense concentration he’s in. In it, he combs through every detail for useful information and deftly inscribes such knowledge onto his papers and his mind. In addition to this, Kennen can appear cruel as he experiments on non-human entities for the sake of learning. At times, the overbearing pressing nature of this personality can lead him to compel others in revealing personal information.
Due to the nature of being a travelling scholar, Kennen had developed a keen sense in value and bargaining. In most cases, Kennen is able to sniff out suspicious dealings. However, he can still be duped if the salesperson is particularly experienced. Though he hates to admit it, he has a soft spot for children, allowing young vendors to consistently rip him off.
As a result of his developed business sense, Kennen also has a knack for extorting information out of people. In most cases, information will come easily for him, but for the more tricky cases, he uses a variety of techniques that include but are not limited to flattery, bribery, and getting people drunk. However, even after the necessary information is obtained, he tends to stay friendly (though not be friends) with the people he closely followed but only if that person is not hostile towards him afterwards.
When conversing normally with people, he tends to be less prying and more friendly. A range of friendly mental games to comforting consultation usually arise during the exchanges, but unfortunately, he’s notorious for going on rare but equally boring tangents about his research that can last for nearly five hours. Any attempts to stop him or leave the area usually fail due to a variety of reasons. When his eyes begin the hypothetical “sparkling,” family members or close friends know to do anything possible to prevent him from going on this tangent.
In combat situations, Kennen becomes highly tense and tends to be non-communicative. It is during these moments that Kennen does not think in terms of winning the battle but in terms of the best possible moves for escape. This habit of his can be a sizable issue when fleeing is not an option. However, if flight from a sticky situation is necessary, Kennen can evaluate all possible methods of escape and the aid of escape becoming very useful to others, granted that they can get him to explain his plan of escape.
In addition to his cowardly tendencies, his ability to cooperate and to lead others is subpar since he’s only responsible for himself throughout his journey. Any people that he travels with rarely become friends with him, and the death of others hardly stain his conscience, which continually separating him from others. It should be said, however, that if a very close friend of his dies, the death will affect him normally if not worse than others.

Though Kennen is not the most physically endowed person, his physical abilities are still decent due to his constant travelling over a variety of terrains. Whether it be mountains, forests, or lakes, Kennen’s body is acclimated to all of them. Also, because of the dangerous nature of travelling, he’s capable of using weapons, primarily daggers and crossbows, albeit at a mediocre level. Because of his lack of skill, he usually accompanies travelling groups.
As mentioned in his personality above, Kennen has above average conversational skills as well as haggling skills. Kennen can consistently get important information as well as excellent bargains. His analytical skills also allow him to pinpoint an issue within another person, allowing him to consult that person effectively.
Because of his experience with books, Kennen is able to read through books and tomes with great speed and accuracy. As a result, Kennen has a near encyclopedic knowledge, knowing all about fauna to geography of the land. In addition to book knowledge, Kennen also possesses an expansive knowledge of the terrain along with weather patterns, animal behaviour, and direction. He also possesses necessary survival skills such as building shelters or basic first aid.
Kennen also has experience with religious and philosophical texts from his language texts. Although the specific knowledge of these have undergone much corrosion, the great volume he had read in the academy allows him to converse with priests, philosophers, and the like without too much trouble. However, this knowledge can only go so far, preventing any deep conversation in those topics.

Born into a medium-high wealth family of shopkeepers, Kennen led a relatively quiet and steady childhood in Graelia. Although, he did have one livelihood that never ceased to entertain him: books, particularly the ones that described the wildlife beyond the City of Graelia. Whenever he could, he would secretly leave home to run around the city, requesting to read or borrow any books that contained information about the world outside Graelia. At the end of the day, he would be panting due to exhaustion multiplied from the beatings he received from his parents. His parents continued to beat and scold Kennen for not aiding them in their business, but they eventually realized that Kennen had a potential that was not for business but for something else.
At eight years of age, Kennen was enrolled into an academy located inside the city. Although this academy was the only school that had a more variety in subjects, his parents enrolled him into classes mainly pertaining to language and the art of speech. However, Kennen had no interest in these subjects. Although he was still quite adept at it, his true passions lay in the world, not in silly rhymes and syllables. There was, however, something that kept him interested in the academy: access to the Great Library. Despite being open to a variety of subjects, Kennen never touched certain sections of the Library, choosing spend much of his free time perusing the books based in the natural world as well as history and culture.
However, it was about four years that Kennen realized that the library no longer had the knowledge he sought after. After pondering upon this fact, it dawned upon Kennen that he could have asked a scholar for deeper knowledge. It was then that Kennen began asking around the academy in order to find a suitable scholar. It was then that he heard of Scholar Elwood. From rumors, Kennen learned that Elwood taught no classes and spent most of his time in the mountains. Excited, Kennen rushed off to meet the scholar, only to find that it was difficult to pin the scholar down. When Kennen finally got a hold of Elwood, Kennen was rejected. Kennen asked again another time and was rejected once more and continued this cycle over and over. With each cycle, Kennen would be mysteriously be faced with a dire situation, each forcing Kennen to apply all the knowledge he learned in the library. It was after several petitions and adversities that Kennen found out it was Elwood that had caused those scenarios in order to test Kennen. Because Kennen had survived all of them, the scholar accepted Kennen.
Kennen struggled, however. His normal classes were a must to keep his parents from moving him elsewhere, and the scholar's training was much more unforgiving than Kennen had anticipated. The physical activity paired with intellectual training continued to burden Kennen, straining his muscles, mind, and markings. In spite of the hardship, Kennen continued on, growing familiar with the scholar and his unusual teaching style. After two years of rigorous training, Kennen had been proclaimed the apprentice of scholar Elwood. Previously, the scholar took no students, and with the announcement of this fact, the whole academy was abuzz, especially Kennen’s parents. They too knew of the scholar and were not quite happy with Kennen, for they expected Kennen to become a merchant like they were, not a crazy old coot. After a heated argument with his parents, his parents were furious with him and refused to pay for his education or food. It was the next day that Elwood, not knowing what had happened the day before, said to Kennen that they would be travelling the land beyond Graelia for an extended period of time. Not telling Elwood of what had happened, Kennen left with Elwood the following week, never telling his parents of his departure.
Eight years passed. His mentor had taught him much to Kennen during the long journey. However, because Kennen was a young independent man and Elwood required to return in order to publish their findings, Elwood gave Kennen a lifelong quest to go out into the world and learn as much as he could. From there, Kennen and Elwood departed from each other.
A few years have passed. Kennen now travels the land, collecting rare plants for selling, bargaining rare artifacts, and documenting all his findings. One day, however, a thought arose from all the philosophical junk he learned, “Who are the ‘false gods’ and this ‘creator’ really?” Intrigued that his knowledge in philosophy gave no substantial evidence to this question, Kennen began his quest to discover the truth behind these powers, not knowing where this would take him…