I've got a WIP. It's peak season and brutal at work, I'll do more tomorrow. >.< [hider=Niara Rootwick WIP] [b]Name:[/b] [i]Niara Rootwick[/i] [b]Age:[/b] 83 [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Race:[/b] Elf [hider=Appearance:] [b]Insert Anime/Manga-style faceclaim picture(s) here. Do [u]not[/u] use Real Life, 3D or other styles of artwork.[/b] [i]Height:[/i] 5’0”,153 cm [i]Eye Color:[/i] Green [i]Hair Color:[/i] Lavender [b]Description:[/b] Root elves from the floating islands tend to be shorter, and Niara is no exception. Pale hair and violet eyes give her a distinct visage of her burrowing kind.[/hider] [b]Personality:[/b] Niara is the inquisitive sort, stubbornly curious and inventive. Though she can be a bit anxious, she loves nothing more than to solve a problem with a bespoke invention, though she [I]can[/I] be rather bullheaded, as well. [b][i]Quirks:[/i][/b] - - - [b]Brief History:[/b] Niara was once part of a maintenance crew, up in the floating islands. They’d regularly check the flow of mana throughout the root systems and crystal growths of the islands, diligently assuring that nothing would conspire to damage the system by which the islands float through the sky. As she performed her routine checks one day, she heard something from the mana. Had it been the mana? Or had she heard something else? She was never very certain, but after a while, she knew it led away from the island. It took her a little bit to work up the courage to leave, but airships were not hard for her to get passage on. She could care for the engine, maybe even make overdue repairs, in exchange for passage. It was only a matter of committing. She could hear it, the mana in the wind, singing to her. [center][b][h3]-- Skills/Spells, Stats & Items ---[/h3][/b][/center] [b]Occupation:[/b] Root Maintenance Tech [b]Social Status:[/b] Skilled Commoner [b]Skills:[/b] - [b]Earth Magic (Expert):[/b] Can wield staves/wands and learn tomes of Expert-level fire magic. Can also cast Fire spells up to Adept-level. - [b]Repair (Adept):[/b] As a root maintenance technician, Niara has had a lot of experience with things like appliances and stoves that tap into the mana of the islands. She’s never built such a thing from scratch, but she’s maintained them. - [b]Gardening (Apprentice):[/b] In her gardening, Niara is a little reliant on her Chlorokinesis to ensure her plants grow. Her garden tends to be more of a laboratory than a traditional garden, as well. [b]Equipment:[/b] [i]List any important items or equipment your character is carrying on their person, with the exception of their clothes. As an example, see the list below.[/i] - Simple Tool Kit - Sturdy Trowel & Pick - - - Simple Backpack [b]Spells:[/b] - [i][b]Chlorokinesis, Earth (Expert):[/b][/i] A bit of an odd spell, it is a necessity for those tending the root systems of the floating islands. She can manipulate and spur the growth of plants. To utilize its fullest potential, she must be deeply familiar with the plants she is working with. She cannot, for example, create a property in a plant from nothing, but she [i]can[/i] accentuate it, promote it, spur it to prominence. She could grow an aloe plant to [i]dispense[/i] aloe, but to manipulate a plant in such a way would require a lot of study and experimentation, and the resulting plant would not be without drawbacks. She can even enact limited repairs on wooden constructs, though she can only do so much with dead wood. She can do a lot with a seed, however. - [b][i]Mineral Touch, Earth (Adept):[/i][/b] Used mostly for feeling, this spell allows the user to sense mineral deposits and, also, grasp and throw them, as though with telekinesis. This can be used to find anything from precious gems to ore deposits, though she can only tell you what something is if she, well, knows what it is. She can sense further by “reaching” through the ground, so things like bodies of water or cliffs can get in the way of her sensing things at a distance. - [b][i]Rock Shock, Earth (Apprentice):[/i][/b] Sends a shockwave through dirt and rock. This can be used to loosen the way ahead or send earth flying. - [b][i]Earth Sense, Earth (Novice):[/i][/b] Less specific and more passive than Mineral Touch, this spell allows the user to sense the earth. In a wide sweep, things like caverns and bedrock can be felt, but at a closer range, it can be discerned where digging would be best. Where the earth is compacted or loose, where there are roots or wet soil.[/hider]