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[i]"I hoped to be more prepared. But we can only do our best."[/i]
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[sub]Bryn Dahlia Woods

[color=b23b07]She/Her  [b]|[/b]   26  [b]|[/b]   African-American  [b]|[/b]   5’4”  [b]|[/b]   144lbs      [/color]
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[color=b23b07]Steadfast[/color]
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[color=b23b07]Skills & Talents[/color][/sub]
[i]"Y’need help with that?"[/i]
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[sub][color=b23b07][b]Manual Labour  ⫻[/b][/color] Bryn is stronger than she appears, having worked for years in the mines - starting young with simple jobs she was allowed to do, before taking on the full job when she was old enough to be allowed to. She frequently has to cut logs to keep the old stove at home burning, too. So when it comes to carrying things, or doing manual jobs? She’s got it.

[color=b23b07][b]Mining  ⫻[/b][/color] Bryn has all the skills that come with working in the mines - ability to work the equipment, knowledge with safety procedures, basic mechanical knowledge to be able to fix machines, and just good problem solving skills.

[color=b23b07][b]Getting By  ⫻[/b][/color] Bryn is talented at making whatever they have work. She’s managed to feed her family on very little, and especially over the past year and a half when things have been tough. No matter how rough the situation, she’ll make it work.

[color=b23b07][b]Art  ⫻[/b][/color] Bryn’s guilty pleasure, she loves painting - though she can rarely afford proper canvas, she makes do with what she can. She’s good at it, but it isn’t something she could justify pursuing more.
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[/cell][cell][sub][color=b23b07][b] Appearance[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"Not who you expected to see walking outta the mines? Well we ain’t all rough men."[/i]

[indent]At an average height, Bryn is a visibly confident young woman. Her nicely curved body hides strong muscles from years of keeping fit. She’s a heavier woman because of this muscle, not having the opportunity to put on any fat from her manual labour job and lean eating. Her arms are covered in tattoos, and they travel down her sides onto her upper hips. She has her nostril pierced, normally wearing a hoop, along with two lobes piercings and a belly button piercing.

Bryn’s dark hair is kept in well maintained dreadlocks which fall just past her shoulders. Often she’ll tie these up in a bun on the top of her head, or twist them together to slightly shorten the length. Whatever she finds most practical at the time. When not needing to do anything she’ll leave it loose. Her dark eyes are discerning, her glossy lips often pulled up into a smile. Her skin is well looked after, though her hands are rough from years of manual labour. 

Clothing wise, Bryn’s preference is practical - cargo pants or long, loose skirts and tank or wrap tops being her preferred go to. She dresses in primarily natural looking colours, with a wardrobe filled with greens, yellows, browns and blacks. She’ll delve into denim often, too, having a pair of light blue dungarees she’s particularly fond of. But since being thrust into leadership, Bryn is building a collection of fancier clothes - primarily a few nicer form fitting dresses. She’s always wearing a variety of beaded bracelets, bangles and necklaces. Bryn will wear makeup on the occasion, but generally doesn’t have the time or money for it.   [/indent]

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[i]"I’ll fight until my last breath to protect my own.”[/i]

[INDENT][color=b23b07][b]MAIN GOAL  ⫻[/b] [/color] To protect the Grove from any future threats, and to ensure her family survives and thrives. Bryn’s first goal is to follow in her mother’s footsteps and do what she was raised to do - lead the Grove, and ensure it’s hidden and protected. Her second is to make sure her younger siblings have a good life, whatever that may be. As for living for herself? She doesn’t have time for that. 

[color=b23b07][b]PHILOSOPHY  ⫻[/b] [/color] Bryn believes in community and hard work. She believes that you’ll get nowhere without doing anything, but also that you should help the people that helped you. It takes a village, but you need to be an active participant in that village.

[color=b23b07][b]SECRETS  ⫻[/b] [/color] That sometimes she feels like she’s drowning, and considers giving it all up. It goes against everything she stands for and how she sees herself.

[color=b23b07][b]SEXUALITY  ⫻[/b][/color] Demisexual Lesbian. Bryn is only attracted to other women, or more feminine nonbinary people, but she needs to have an emotional connection there to feel any sexual attraction.

[color=b23b07][b]FEARS  ⫻[/b] [/color] That she won’t be able to protect those she cares about, and the Grove. That the threats will become something they can’t handle. That her family and close community will all die, and she’ll be the only one left.

[color=b23b07][b]WHAT DID THEY DO DURING THE CATACLYSM?   ⫻[/b] [/color] Bryn aided the Grove in the fight, though she was primarily primarily placed on home defence duty - ensuring no one got in during the Cataclysm. At the end of it, Bryn was the one who oversaw the funerals and cremation of the many they lost. 

[color=b23b07][b]FLAWS  ⫻[/b] [/color] Bryn has very little tolerance for incompetence. She had to grow up quickly at a young age, and as a result she can have quite a harsh view of people who aren’t as prepared for what life throws at them as she is. While Bryn believes in helping others, she doesn’t trust easily outside of the community she was raised in. She’s stubborn to a fault, and can be difficult to reason with when she’s decided something is right. Along with this she will stick by and protect those she cares for to the point she’ll overstrain or hurt herself. She would put everything on the line for her family and community - especially herself.
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[sub][color=b23b07][b] Backstory[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"Things have always been tough. We get shit done anyway."[/i]

[indent]Bryn was born to two strong Adepts in the mining community of Raven’s Rest, as the oldest of four. From a young age she knew about magic, and about the responsibilities her parents had - protecting the Grove with their lives. One eyed open from a young age, Bryn was taught the traditions long before she became a member of the coven herself. But Grove protection wasn’t something that brought in money for the family. So Bryn’s green adept father worked in the mines, while her green-red adept mother primarily took on the Grove duties - as one of the Elders. 

They got by, and in a tight knit community, they didn’t want for much. Shelter, clothes, food - what more could they want? Then when Bryn was only fourteen, her father was killed in a tragic mining accident. A mineshaft collapsed, killing ten of the miners. The small tight knit community mourned, and pulled together to support the bereaved. But the community of Raven’s Rest was poor, and it required everyone to pull their weight.

For the Woods, there was no income, and Bryn had three younger siblings to feed. Her mother beside herself with grief, Bryn was forced to step up and take her place.

So Bryn stepped up. They started working in the mines where they could - mainly on the surface, learning to operate machinery and bringing food for the other miners. At first it was in exchange for food, but eventually she got the skills she needed to properly work in the mines. It became most of her life.

Just a year later, Bryn’s first sibling kindled at twelve. Then, the next. Bryn herself still hadn’t kindled. Not when her father died, not in her close brushes with death. While her siblings were inducted into the Grove she was still an outsider, even though she’d been trained to take her mother’s place in the future. By the age of eighteen, Bryn knew she wasn’t going to kindle. 

So with the help of her mother and other elders she courted an Apparition. Cineres - an apparition born of a deadly fire that destroyed a village many miles east of Raven’s Rest about ten years back. The relatively young Apparition, which took the form of an ashy girl with eyes of fire, was formed from a combination of the fear and destruction, and the children destroyed within it. It had stayed there since… and was willing to Adjoin with Bryn. At first, she was relatively weak. But together, they grew stronger.

Finally, Bryn formally joined the Grove. Her life was split between her work in the mines, her Grove duties, and helping raise her younger siblings. It was difficult, but she was able to get through thanks to all the close bonds she had within the community.

Then the Cataclysm struck. Bryn was told to protect the Grove no matter what by her mother and the other leaders, before they went to participate. Her mother perished - as did all of the leaders and elders. It was Bryn who took over the funeral and cremation ceremonies that were once done by the Elders, and she once again stepped up to help Elara lead the Grove.

Since, Bryn has been doing best to juggle her duties - between mine working, being a Grove Leader, and her grief struck younger siblings. [/indent]


[sub][color=b23b07][b] Paranormal-Abilities[/b][/color][/sub]
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[i]"Cute, ain’t she? Her magic ain’t."[/i]

[indent][color=b23b07][b]TYPE  ⫻[/b][/color] Adjoined

[color=b23b07][b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/b][/color] Death Ashes, Bryn is adjoined to Cineres, who gives her the ability to turn bone to ash and control those ashes. 

[color=b23b07][b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION  ⫻[/b] [/color] 

[indent][color=b23b07][b]Ashes to Ashes  ⫻[/b] [/color] The first part of Bryn’s abstraction, which allows her to cremate any bones with a click of her fingers. There is no limit to the mass Bryn can burn, and she can turn any bones with her sight into ashes. 

[color=b23b07][b]Dust to Dust  ⫻[/b] [/color] The main part of Bryn’s abstraction, the ability to manipulate and set alight the ash of the dead. Bryn can create fires of all sizes from ash, and she can fully manipulate those burning embers. She can perfectly control how much she’s burning, going from smouldering to essentially full fire manipulation. The ashes don’t have to be alight either, and she could pack them together into a dense mass. Most importantly, it has to be the ash of the dead - that of burnt bones. These can be human or animal. 
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[color=b23b07][b]LIMITS  ⫻[/b][/color]
[indent][color=b23b07][b]Ashes to Ashes  ⫻[/b] [/color] Bryn has to be able to see the bones to cremate them.

[color=b23b07][b]Dust to Dust  ⫻[/b] [/color] Bryn can only control ash from the burnt bones of humans or animals. It can’t be ash from burnt trees, or similar. She can’t create this ash from nothing. The abstraction has a high range, but past a hundred metres she’ll struggle to control it. The burning level of the ash has to be the same for all the ash she’s controlling.
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[color=b23b07][b]WEAKNESSES  ⫻[/b][/color] 
[indent] [color=b23b07][b]Dust to Dust  ⫻[/b] [/color] These fires, while magical, are still weak to water.  Bryn will need to be mindful of both the weather and her surroundings when she goes to use her magic otherwise the fire will quickly fizzle out.  As well, Bryn is not immune to the effects of this magic.  
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[i]"Maybe one day I’ll get a break."[/i]

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