[OOC] Scion: Children of Light

[Vec]

@Dead Cruiser If you post for the magi, assume that Berenice found Magus Nevrakis after some search.

[Dead Cruiser]

@snickerdoodly I'd prefer if you'd submit a CS with us before posting it in the tab for accepted characters.

[snickerdoodly]

@Dead Cruiser My bad. Should I delete the post or can I PM it to you?

[snickerdoodly]

Sorry for the mixup. Here's my CS
[hider=Hetti Sin-Hashuri
Name: Hetti Sin-Hashuri

Age: 16
Appearance: Being descended from the Rishet, a nomadic tribe that spent much of their time in the sun to the south of modern Photep, she has warm, chestnut skin a few shades darker than the norm, brown eyes, thick curly black hair that she keeps no longer than at her shoulders. She is notably taller than girls her age, which combined with the fine silk robes she is fond of tends to make for an intimidating sight despite her young age. As a result of her religion, she has a tattoo of the phases of the moon on one hand and eight sun positions on the other that each child of her tribe receives once they reach adolescence.

Background: Hetti's parents have always pushed her to be among the best and she has never failed to rise to the challenge.

Her mother,Bashdari, is a skilled sorcerer from the Cult of the Crow who specializes in one of the few sanctioned facets of Necromancy, Mediumship. Bashdari is the least favorite of her parents for pursuing a less practical career unlike her siblings who continued the family trade as weavers. As such the Sin-Hashuris, despite claiming her mother's name, are estranged from most of their maternal extended family.

Her father, Ansaz, hails from the highly spiritual nomadic Rishet tribe and immigrated to Photep to study. He is a former political scholar from the Fellowship of Social Philosophy who became an Eagle aligned councilmember soon after her birth. His tribe was, although disappointed that he did not choose a wife from his own tribe, elated that he chose a Sorcerer to marry as they are seen as somewhat holy for their connection to the Aether. As such, they maintain a good relationship with them and Hetti is very much proud of her heritage. She takes great pride in her heritage as half Risheti on her father's side, although she is for the most part not religious.

Both of her parents are well liked members of the community and somewhat above average in wealth. This provided the ideal learning environment for a curious, budding Sorcerer and her parents pushed her to be among the best of the best from a young age. She certainly rose to the task, but as a result of spending so much of her time studying is a bit detached from reality and others. Through her parent's connections and her own remarkable intelligence, she was admitted into the Pesedjet. She has quite a bit of support from her extended family but especially her Risheti side, which values Sorcerers as a connection to the holy Aether. She is the only child because her mother had many issues in pregnancy and while seen as a miracle for her parents, has very high expectations put upon her.

Personality: While she is genuinely a kind person, Hetti tends to seem aloof but really just isn't the best at personal relationships; when drawn into conversation, she is either short and cryptic or overly verbose and philosophical to the point of being incomprehensible. She has a very inquisitive mind and tends to be more perceptive than she lets on. She loves knowledge for the sake of it and is usually the first to both ask and answer questions. Despite her seeming cool-headedness, she has a very intense sense of morals and will not hesitate to speak up for them, whether that be holding a mean-spirited classmate accountable or criticizing Photep itself. As a result of her parents' pressures, her own aptitude, and her ambitions, she is not well equipped to deal with anything she deems a failure. To calm herself, she sings and weaves cloth, an activity she used to do with her mother since she was small.

Aptitude: Hetti is takes after and even surpasses her mother in magical skill. She is all around a prodigal student, but does best with Telepathy, specifically illusions, and like her mother, Divination, although her specialty seems to lie communicating with the stars to predict and alter the future. A minor discipline she has taken to is Chloromancy, although she has only begun recently and natural talent has only taken her so far. Even at Pesedjet, she is one of the top students and works hard to keep it that way. Her personality does not lend itself to Pyromancy, in which he is just barely above average but she isn't very interested in it anyway.

Tutelary: Utterly unlike her in all but perhaps shape, Otoni is a sand cat with the horns of a jackal-most of the time. Their form changes at whim although not in size and is made up of what seems to be the vibrant red of the sands beneath the desert. They are much more social than Hetti herself and almost aggressively enthusiastic about the world. They have an unusual younger sibling sort of dynamic with Hetti thanks to Otoni's almost naive attitude which has given them a strong bond with her.
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[Dead Cruiser]

@snickerdoodly Unfortunately the RP is already well underway, and I don't know where I can fit you in at this time. My fault for not switching off the vacancy sign so to speak, but I think you'll have to find another RP. If you can have your post deleted I'd appreciate it. Apologies for the confusion.

[snickerdoodly]

@Dead Cruiser It's no problem, I'll get on that.

[Obscene Symphony]

@Dead Cruiser What are the accommodations inside the pyramids like, if we choose to board with them?

[Dead Cruiser]

@Obscene Symphony Varies dramatically. If it comes up you'll get a description then.

[Dead Cruiser]

@Scribe of Thoth@Gisk Still with us?

[Scribe of Thoth]

@Dead Cruiser I’m here, just waiting.

[Dead Cruiser]

@Scribe of Thoth You've got my permission to move on without Gisk if you'd like to.

[Obscene Symphony]

lol whoops

[Dead Cruiser]

As a side note, I've defined the ranks of Sorcerers as Novitiates, Acolytes, Practici, Lectors, and Magi, in that order.

[Vec]

@Theyra@Hero Do you guys want to do a collab for the mushroom?

[Theyra]

@Theyra@Hero Do you guys want to do a collab for the mushroom?

@Vec

Sure

[Dead Cruiser]

Notes for the Cult of the Serpent: @Vec@Theyra@Hero

Your character is not hallucinating.

If plan to make a followup post, your character should lose consciousness at its conclusion.

[Dead Cruiser]

@Vec@Theyra@Hero@Obscene Symphony@Scribe of Thoth@Crusader Lord@Achronum

I have a prompt I'd like you all to complete, and incorporate into your CS when you find the time. Genuinely something that slipped my mind, but will be fairly necessary going forward.

In essence I want you to produce the feeling of your character's aura. Every living person has a unique aetheric presence or signature, like fingerprints, that resonates with their subtle body. This is dealing with the realm of pure thought and consciousness, and so while an aura can possess a distinctive visual element, it need not be only that, or even present at all.

I'll offer some examples.

Ashur Kai: white light without warmth, like the memory of sunlight.

Sekhandur Khain: the feeling of a knife pressing against silk, a hair's breadth from cutting through.

Sargon Eregesh: smoke, unsubstantial and impossible to grasp, like a voice too low to understand, or colors too muted to tell apart.

I realize these are all quite disparate but I wanted to illustrate how esoteric these can be. As I said, these would be the "signature" of your character's aura, likely to take on other forms and permutations as they develop and grow and encounter new situations. You can post them here or just @ me when they're in your CS.

[Achronum]

@Dead Cruiser I added Khaem's to his CS! I added Aura as a section at the bottom of it.

[Hero]

I'm just a touch confused, should we do a followup to what happens, or have a reflective post?

[Dead Cruiser]

@Hero Either or both, basically just your character's reaction to this experience. If you don't want to make a post until they "wake up" after, that's fine too.