[hider=Niara Rootwick]
[b]Name:[/b] [i]Niara Rootwick[/i]
[b]Age:[/b] 83
[b]Gender:[/b] Female
[b]Race:[/b] Elf

[hider=Appearance:]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/CnOQgIk.jpeg[/img]

[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]
- Curious
- Old-Fashioned
- Persistent

[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]
- Simple Tool Kit
- Sturdy Trowel & Pick
- Long Iron Dagger
- Copper Buckler
- Simple Backpack

[b]Spells:[/b]
- [i][b]Chlorokinesis, Earth (Apprentice):[/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 create a property in a plant from nothing, but she [i]can[/i] accentuate it, promote it, spur it to prominence. An aloe plant could be grown to be particularly rich in aloe. She can only manipulate living plants in this way, or something with potential to live, like a seed.
- [i][b]Chloromutation, Earth (Expert):[/b][/i] This magic allows plants to be changed or altered beyond promoting an existing feature. This magic can be used to awaken dormant features or, with more expert use, add new ones. An aloe plant could be made a dispenser. Changes are not without drawbacks; an aloe plant changed to dispense aloe so would undoubtedly be a very hungry plant.
- [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]