[OOC] Recollections: Under The Sycamore Tree Part. 1

[Estylwen]

@NoriWasHere

Thank you! :> I was going to say the same for you - Lila and her crows are a satisfying read.

[Blizz]

Void should definitely get ahold of Jack so they can drag the Wolfpack into another reality together

[Estylwen]

@Blizz Good thinking. After Void is finished with Auri, he'll give Jack a call. ;)

[NoriWasHere]

NPC The Maiden

The Maiden.of the Crows

Millennia's old | The Maiden of the Crows | She/Her

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"I only ask for you to trust me."

Description:

The Maiden of the Crows is a mysterious figure who stands at a height of five feet seven inches. Its attire is a mesmerizing display of otherworldliness, as both its dress and cloak are crafted from the sleek, iridescent feathers of crows. These feathers cascade down gracefully, creating a flowing and ethereal appearance. If she so costs she can expand the cloak, causing it to turn into her winter. These wings unfold with broken beauty and cast a green light on the area in front of it. The feathers are much, much larger than any crow seen on Earth suggesting that there exists a giant one out there, somewhere in the void, or the feathers are simply a construct of The Maiden. On a close look, it may be that The Maiden has a flair for the dramatic and simply modeled her dress after the Crows she so affectionately loves, but on a second glance one might see that the dress, and the outfit a whole, can separate in the middle. A possible second set of wings, or a possible entry point to something more monstrous underneath.

The Maiden's hair seamlessly merges with her cloak. A mask conceals her face, leaving observers unable to discern the features behind it. Her visage is further heightened by a vibrant green emerald that adorns her waist, catching the eye amidst the dark feathers. The gem has a quality that draws in all eyes, causing those who stare for too long to be entranced with a desire to trade anything, and everything, to try and convince The Maiden to part with it. If that fails, they will then take it from her.

A green glow envelops the Maiden. The glow is the same color as the emerald that sits on her waist and it carries a softer form of the trance effect of the gem. Those who bask too long under the glow are eventually driven mad with a desire to pluck the feathers off the Maidens's wings. On top of her head is a crown of feathers. Each feather seems to be plucked from a separate crow, and the more crows that are available to Lila the more feathers adorn the crown.

Abstraction:

Apparition - A Murder of Crows

The Maiden is an Apparition born from the emotion of loneliness. Long, long ago she spawned into existence in this realm and has sought out a companion, a friend, or a lover to keep her company and break her loneliness. Yet, no matter who she lets in or gets close they are taken under the spell of her form, compelling them to break her body to steal her feathers and her jewels. The Maiden has a curse, and her body is hexed to enact revenge on those who succumb to the allure of her gifts. Those who pluck and steal a feather will eventually be turned into one of her servant crows within a week of the theft, and those who steal the jewels from her body eventually get turned into the very item they stole. As such, The Maiden maintains a treasure trove that is next to none in terms of size and has a flock of followers to keep her company on her eternal search for a companion, a friend, or a lover to keep her company and break her loneliness until the end of time.

The Maiden becomes adjoined with every person she tries to bring into her life, and once selected there is no way to break free of her grasp except distance. If the person she is adjoined to has gifted her enough valuable stuff, however, distance is no longer a hurdle and The Maiden will follow the person forever more. Until they either accept her invitation, and gaze on her form, or die. Once adjoined, The Maiden will bind her crows to a chosen mortal. Her current choice is Lila.

Once The Maiden binds her Crows there is no way to undo it. The Crows will take commands from the chosen, as long as they are offered a reward for doing so. The Crows themselves take great pleasure in shiny things, be it jewelry like rings and necklaces or raw gems. In the modern world the Crows have an intense love of anything diamonds although, in the past, gold was king. The Crows will also love a delicious treat, and they have been known to do many a bold thing for a particular dish that Lila cooks often for them.

The Crows do not collect the jewelry and the gems for themselves. They collect, and return, them back to The Maiden. While it is unclear why The Maiden requests these gifts for a favor from the crows, especially considering the vast wealth she has available, it is suspected that it is a way to gauge the soul of a person. A gift given freely, without a task, is often considered especially important to The Maiden, as are gifts that carry a significant emotional reason or history. As such, a ring that has been in a family line for generations could convince The Maiden to advance her trust faster as there is power in that emotional connection.

After the Maiden has deemed a mortal worthy, she will begin to unlock more of her power, and with that comes her voice. The Maiden will begin trying to build trust with her chosen. Offering her guidance, her opinions, and her assistance in their struggles. These whispers also have some of the infecting qualities much like her appearance. The more The Maiden whispers, the more she will want to talk. The more she talks, the more persuasive The Maiden becomes. The Maiden's end goal is to convince the chosen to take her challenge, and she will do anything she can and say anything she needs to get the chosen to let her in, and then she will let the chosen into her realm. And once she has the chosen in her realm, she will make them undergo her trials.

The Maiden is covered in cursed feathers, gems, and jewelry. The curse works in two stages. Stage one is infection. When the chosen gazes on The Maiden's true form they will be overcome with a desire to take something from her body, and the infection that follows will be based on that choice. No chosen has managed to avoid taking something from The Maiden and the curse that compels them to look is strong. If the chosen takes a feather from her wings, they will start to notice a change happening within a few days. Feathers will begin to sprout all across their body until, after exactly one week they will be transformed into one of The Maiden's crows and be subjugated to be a servant of The Maiden for the rest of time. If a jewelry piece or gem is taken the mortal will undergo a similar transformation though instead of a crow they will instead transform into whatever they stole, a ring stolen means the mortal becomes a ring.

[Atrophy]

Updated Sloane's relationships. One mystery character has achieved the new status of actually being liked now that Drake no longer exists. The others, well, maybe they could try to do a little better?

@EstylwenLayla's was the hardest because it meant accepting that Alizée was actually dead when I've been living in this world of denial where the "deceased" status and the new character sheet were all just an elaborate swerve put on by you and Ghost.

[Estylwen]

@Atrophy
Yeee, poor Layla. She has a lot of growing up to do.

Layla's was the hardest because it meant accepting that Alizée was actually dead when I've been living in this world of denial where the "deceased" status and the new character sheet were all just an elaborate swerve put on by you and Ghost.

@Atrophy

Damn, my heart. Nah, the angst is real. Use the springboard as much as you want. Alizée's... gone.

[FernStone]

Anya has entered the chat as Sloane's only friend

[Estylwen]

Been about 5 days since we've enjoyed a GM post.... :>

[Shin Ghost Note]

Been about 5 days since we've enjoyed a GM post.... :>

@Estylwen

It’s about to be six. 😎

[Atrophy]

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It’s about to be six. 😎

@Punished GN

It's been way more than six days since any of us has enjoyed a GM Post.

[FernStone]

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It's been way more than six days since any of us has enjoyed a GM Post.

@Atrophy

It's been seven long years...

[AtomicEmperor]

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It's been seven long years...

@FernStone

I remember Under the Sycamore Tree...

[Estylwen]

Rest in Peace, Ghost, you will be missed. He was a good GM. One of the best. Always had the hopes and dreams of his players in his mind. His roleplays were the stuff of legend. We will keep him in our hearts always.

[Shin Ghost Note]

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I remember Under the Sycamore Tree...

@AtomicEmperor

you're about to remember these nuts

[Estylwen]

Did I read that right? Is 8th Street trying to snatch up Coven members? The nerrrrve. xD

[Shin Ghost Note]

"Greta".Faust
26 | Gretchen Melissa Faust | She/Her "To change things, you have to push past boundaries."	Description: A member of the Old Coven that wasn't under that sycamore tree but was another pivotal member as Greta was a healer and support in the fight against the Stygian Snake. Greta is a native of St. Portwell who was unfortunately named after her late grandmother, whom she "inherited" the artifact known as the Alchemist Ring. However, her Grandmother wanted the ring to be buried with her so it'd be lost to time as the Alchemist Ring was a chaotic instrument, and she wanted to finally bring an end to it. Her grandmother trusted Greta to follow through with her wishes, but curiosity got the better of the girl, and when her grandmother finally passed, she discretely slipped the ring off of her. Greta used the alchemist ring and experimented her little ass off, learning about all the beautiful things the ring could do. She created a healing potion and various other potions and wanted to use this artifact to change the world! However, she needed test subjects, and being a natural introvert, finding people to experiment on was hard. So, the young Greta went out at night and slipped homeless people her unique concoctions. This was when the Stygian Snake had long begun its rampage through St. Portwell, and one night, the Stygian Snake attacked and nearly killed her. The Sycamore Tree Coven, naturally, saved her, and she was roped into the Coven - which she only joined to test out her special potions. She provided potions that healed and enhanced abstractions, and turned people into monsters when needed. When the Stygian Snake was defeated she was the one that made that special potion that removed everyone's memories whenever they so much as took a sip. However, Greta had a natural drive to go out and experiment with her abstraction! She had infinite test subjects to experiment on in the Old Coven and kept her head down while everyone was bickering about this and that. She had her little special lab in the old Coven's lair where she had hundreds of potions she made to save the world! Various monsters began to pop up around St. Portwell, and the fearless second-in-command of the Coven, Daisy Hunter, got suspicious of Greta. Daisy knew that Greta could create potions that created monsters, and she was very reclusive... which led to Greta returning one day to a destroyed lab and Daisy accusing her of creating these monstrosities! Greta defended herself and eventually cleared her name with the help of Britney, Emily, Auri, and the others. However, the damage was already done; Greta's perception of the old Coven had already been long marred, and Greta left the Coven with a bitter taste in her mouth. This led Emily to personally reach out to Greta and invite her to a better Coven, the 8th Street Coven. Greta didn't like Emily initially, but she and Emily bonded over their mutual hatred of the Old Coven's leadership. Greta Faust became a longtime member of the 8th Street Coven and had a renewed lab in the 8th Street Manor. She supports Emily's goal of taking over St. Portwell only because the city is in absolute chaos, and they're the only chance of bringing some order. Greta is a small and pudgy woman who stands at four-ten and has a noticeable gut; she dresses and appears punk with bright red hair. Abstraction: Agent - The Alchemist Ring. A ring that Greta has taken from her grandmother against her wishes. It is an incredibly powerful and dangerous artifact with many different applications and uses, as Greta can create any number of potions by mixing different ingredients that she believes will create her potion. With this abstraction, Greta is a very flexible and essential member of the 8th Street Coven. Below are the potions that Greta has devised so far: Healing-Potion: Aloe vera gel, Honey, Chamomile Flowers, and Lavender Oil. A simple glowing green potion that'll cause whoever drinks it to heal their wounds. The more they drink, the more they'll get healed from their injuries. Monster-Potion: Bat Guano, Mandrake Root, Belladonna. A glowing orange potion will cause the consumer to transform into a monster that reflects some aspect of them. This transformation is usually painful and lasts for a few hours - and it causes the recipient's wounds to heal temporarily. Explosive-Potion: Baking Soda, Citric Acid Powder, Aluminum Foil Shreds, Iodine Tincture. Greta's primary combat Potion is a glowing red serum kept in a glass jar that'll go off like a pipe bomb if it shatters. It's incredibly dangerous and once knocked down a brick wall, and laid waste to a squad of Das Sonnenrad footsoldiers. Fire-Breathing-Potion: Red Dragon Chili Peppers, Dragonfruit Juice, Cinnamon Whiskey, Ghost Pepper Extract. A dull-red glowing potion that allows whoever drinks it to breathe fire at will. It is independent of abstractions, so one can breathe fire and use their regular abstraction. Invisibility-Potion: Juniper Berries, Slippery Elm Bark, Camouflage Green Tea, Clove Oil. A failure of a potion that Emily demands Greta to make. As the name implies, it allows whoever drinks it to turn invisible... and it doesn't work on their clothes and renders them blind. So not only does Greta have to get naked to use it, but she's also blind until it wears off. Abstraction-Enhacement-Potion: Ginseng, Ashwagandha, Blue Lotus Flower, Cinnamon Bar. A glowing blue potion that boosts the abstractions of others the more they drink (and she is unaware of the upper limits, if any). For obvious reasons, it does not work on Greta.
George.Nelson
26 | George Nicholas Nelson | He/Him "You can't put this rush into words!"	Description: A member of the Old Coven... he was famous in St. Portwell High as one of its biggest bullies, who used his incredible size to intimidate others. He was famous in the wrestling ring as George the Juggernaut! However, one day, after beating some nerds at the old arcade, George was attacked by the Stygian Snake's minions, who nearly killed him. Until he was saved by the old Coven and discovered that he suddenly had an Abstraction, he was roped into the Coven by Britney Williams, primarily comprised of the people he bullies! Working with the people he intimidated was difficult, but he felt a rush like no other when fighting the Stygian Snake and its minions! This abstraction he had made him cocky and even bolder in his bullying and bullying members of the old Coven during the campaign against the Stygian Snake. This all culminated in the final battle, where he rushed in, took a fatal blow, and was left for dead by the members he had scorned! If it wasn't for the kindness and compassion of Jade West, he wouldn't have made it. He was mad, and instead of reflecting on himself, he blamed the Coven. He eventually became one of their enemies, a persistent nail in their side that acted as dumb muscle for various factions. He was defeated time and time again, and this made him no different as he loved the rush he got from these magical fights! The collapse of the old Coven didn't stir George at all... as he fell into the hands of Emily G. Reed. Emily told him the truth: that Britney forcibly adjoined him to his Apparition under hopes that he would die fighting the Stygian Snake. This made George feel no way or the other, except that Britney wanted him to die before her little secret got out. Emily knew that George liked to fight, just for the thrill of it all, and invited him to a Coven where he would get all the fights he wanted... and he gladly accepted, becoming 8th Street's enforcer and strongman. George is notable for being freakishly tall at seven-five (like they made News articles about the guy!) and very well-built due to his abstraction. Abstraction: Adjoined - The Strongman. The Apparition born from the ideations of what strength can do, and human power! The Strongman was one of the few useful Apparitions in Britney's possession... to put it simply, it's a simple abstraction (Shocker!): George is strong. Like, really, really, strong. He can perform ridiculous feats of super strength, such as throwing trucks, punching through concrete, and tanking bullets like it was nothing. It's unknown where the upper limits of this Abstraction land. Still, they come with a subtle telekinetic aspect that allows George to defy the laws of physics with some of his feats, such as pulling a chunk out of the ground, throwing it at someone, and throwing a car without falling apart when he swings it. George is also durable to boot, but only to physical attacks - you can still burn, electrocute, and whatnot.
Carol.Doyle
Chronologically: 24. Biologically: 14. | Carol Heaven Doyle | She/Her. "I'll turn you into a fucking baby if you do that ever again!"	Description: The spicy member of the Old Coven and current member of the 8th Street Coven. Carol was a native of LA but moved to St. Portwell when she was young because her parents thought it would be a better environment for her (and they have family there!). There wasn't anything of note about Carol's past; she was just a regular ass girl. However, the Stygian Snake's rampage was where it all began, and her entire house was knocked over by the Stygian Snake, which killed her entire family. She was barely alive... and she saw Britney Williams. Suddenly, she was brought back to life, and... she looked down and saw a fucking hourglass fused to her stomach. She was confused about all of this, but Britney brought her back to her cult, and they explained everything - about how magic was real, and now she had magic too (which Britney was oddly knowledgeable about). She was still confused but honestly went along to stop the Stygian Snake and avenge her family! The Stygian Snake tore her in half during the final battle. However, at this point, Carol began returning to the same spot where it all started: her destroyed house. She checked the hourglass in her stomach, and it would gradually drop sand from the second the day started, ending at midnight, where it would teleport her back to the exact spot where her old house where her family was killed. It would also revert her to her exact appearance, preventing her from aging alone while triggering her to see her old house. Carol went to Britney, who explained that the hourglass resets Carol back in time to the moment she received it, with its ability to restore anyone or anything she touches merely being a sub ability. Then, it came out that Britney did this to her and others without their permission. Naturally, Carol was pissed off about this, and this naturally drew her to the likes of Emily and Vashti. When those two left, Carol was right behind them, given that the Old Coven had more interest in arguing and fighting each other than getting this damn thing out of her. Thus, Carol was one of the founding members of the 8th Street Coven and wholly supports Emily's dream of magical supremacy only so she can stop assholes with God-complexes like Britney. However, her goal is to get rid of the hourglass and gain a new abstraction, which Emily claims she's working on (she's not). When she was fourteen years old, Carol appeared to be herself, a small girl at four-eleven with very short blonde hair. Despite her aggressive and firey attitude, she doesn't look intimidating or assuming. Abstraction: Agent - The Hourglass. The Hourglass is a valuable and potent artifact that Britney forcibly fused to Carol to force her into the fight with the Stygian Snake. Carol admits it is a powerful artifact, but she wants nothing to do with it. Its most notable ability is to gradually revert anything she touches in time (reverting it to a previous state), and the longer she touches it, the further back in time it goes. This can reach a point where she can do things such as reverting materials to their raw form and turning people back into fetuses (and yes, she has done this before). She can exert more energy to make this process faster, and this abstraction can work on the Paranormal, but Emotional-Fields make it work four times as hard. If someone consents, she can pierce through their emotional field; using it offensively on the Paranormal is impractical. With this abstraction, she can easily repair damage and heal wounds - even resurrect the dead. However, this isn't the true ability of this abstraction and is merely a sub-ability. The primary aspect of the Hourglass is, essentially, immortality. Upon her first death, it created a fixed point (a checkpoint) in time that she automatically returns to once the clock strikes midnight. Once midnight hits, she will be teleported to where Britney gave her the hourglass - her parent's house that the Stygian Snake destroyed - and reverting her physically back to that point. So, any alterations made to her body will be restored, any aging, any wounds, and it will even bring her back from the dead. While it is a powerful abstraction, Carol wants to be normal!

[Shin Ghost Note]

Did I read that right? Is 8th Street trying to snatch up Coven members? The nerrrrve. xD

@Estylwen

at least you read it

[Shin Ghost Note]

And here is the rest of the PRA Agents minus one key individual...

The PRA

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Senior Leadership & Major Agents

The Leadership of St. Portwell's PRA branch and other critical/powerful members.

Cindy.Keagan
41 | Cindy Gabrielle Keagan | She/Her "Lord knows I've been trying to do the right thing."	Description: Callsign: Green-Bird. Senior Agent in the PRA and Meifeng Liao's best friend - she is rarely seen without her best friend and acts as her right-hand woman. Cindy has accompanied Meifeng through all those Paranormal incidents (and she does not want to talk about the Lighthouse Incident). Cindy was a native of Los Angeles and met her best friends Meifeng Liao and Jennifer Caspin in school. However, Cindy's father died of a heart attack, and she chose to live up to his legacy and joined the Army - in which she was a 42A (Human Resources Specialist). Leaving her two best friends behind was hard, but it was her dream. She remained in the Army for fifteen years and managed to commission and become an officer. When her son, Cameron Keagan, was born in her thirties, Cindy chose to get out of the Army and settle back in LA - but she found herself getting roped into the PRA by her longtime friend Meifeng. She didn't want to work at a supermarket anymore and would kill to have some adventures with Meifeng to make up for the lost time, so she decided to join the PRA. Cindy's military knowledge has translated well to hunting Paranormal-Beings down. Cindy has done her most damn to remain in good shape, but her genetics has caused her to put on some pounds - most of which has gone to her butt, and she has a pear body shape. She keeps her hair straightened and has glasses. Abstraction: Afflicted - The Glass Curse. Cindy was originally a One-Eye-Open, but after a chance encounter trying to contain an Apparition known as the Fragile Goddess, Cindy was cursed by the being. The curse caused her to transform whatever she touched (which included people if they did not have an Emotional-Field) into a jade-colored glass, but she learned that she can control the curse. It took her years, but she managed to control what she transformed into the glass, and then she realized she got a diluted version of the Fragile Goddess' Abstraction. Cindy can cause glass constructs to sprout out of the ground in the environment, which can be whatever she can envision with her mind's eye. She can create walls, glass spears, etc. - even with explosive force to use as a stabbing/slashing/bashing weapon. This has a minor kinetic ability of glass, as Cindy can force anything made of glass to shatter into pieces.
Nakala.Phillips
38 | Nakala Isabelle Phillips | She/Her "I want to know how I can make a difference, how to make people take me seriously."	Description: Callsign: Arrow. Senior Agent and Meifeng's third in command. The daughter of a PRA Regional Commander named Michelle Phillips, a rough and tough woman known for being a hardass, passes that down to her daughter. Nakala Phillips was born in Miami, Florida, and her best friend growing up was a half-black, half-Puerto Rican girl named Olivia Clarke. Olivia got Nakala into Archery when she was younger, and she did not think she would be good at it (she's a woman with giant hands!) but turned out to be a natural. She competed in various archery tournaments around the country. Still, after losing a tournament by the tinest of mistakes, Nakala underwent her Kindling-Event, discovering her connection to Red & Purple Lux. However, she did not have a grand goal and continued with her life, eventually starting a business as a hairstylist and having a daughter, Jolinda (Jojo). One day, she discovered that an Apparition had killed her friend Olivia and desired to protect Jojo from the same fate. She contacted her mother (who had long retired) and asked her to get her into the PRA, who pulled a few strings with some friends to get Nakala into the PRA and reached the rank of Senior Agent. The Director considered Nakala to have potential in the PRA due to her skills, and she was one of the prospects to receive the Champion's Belt. Nakala is a very strong-willed and determined human being. She takes a lot after her mother and how she was raised, and she was raised to be a strong woman, full of spirit who takes nothing from nobody. Nakala is a caring and loving human who sometimes lets her pride cloud her judgment and focuses on what's in front of her. Nakala is a very tall woman who stands at six-one and is very muscular with a deeper-than-average voice and braids she ties into a bun when on a mission. She carries her compound bow as her primary weapon (and Channeler) but keeps an M4 strapped to her back and a pistol on her hip. Abstraction: Adept - Purple & Red Lux. Channeler: Her Compound Bow. Portal-Arrow: Nakala imbues an arrow with Purple-Lux, creating a portal where ever she shoots her arrow. She can only make a portal between areas that she can see. Elemental-Arrow: Nakala can fire an arrow made out of a different element (Fire, Electricity, Stone, Ice, etc.,) which will explode into said element on impact. Arrow-Direction: Nakala can use her Purple-Lux to direct her arrows in mid-air to perform feats like turning corners, ricocheting off objects, etc. Wall-Walking: Nakala can use her Purple-Lux to defy gravity and walk on walls to get in better positions to hit opponents with arrows. Momentum-Cancelling: Nakala has devised a spell to negate her momentum (she teleports it to another dimension) with zero ill effects. Terramancy: Nakala can manipulate a few hundred pounds of stone in a five-meter radius. This Spell lacks fine control and focuses more on raw power.
Maximilian.Cornell
32 | Maximilian Alexander Cornell | He/Him "We'll find a way, I promise."	Description: Callsign: Praetorian. Maximilian Cornell was born in Mankato, Minnesota, but when he was young, he was moved to a small town that neighbored the larger city. He was, for lack of a better term, the ultimate Boy Scout, as his parents tried their damnest to ensure they would raise the most moral human being on the planet. Perhaps he's not the most ethical on the planet, but he grew up wanting to help this society, this world that he lives in. Not just that, Maximilian intends to become the best he can be so he can always be in a good spot to help other people. Thus, he thought the best way to do that would be to become a sheriff and keep his small town. Maximilian was attacked by an apparition one night, but two PRA agents saved him. They offered him a spot in the organization, and his life changed forever as he gladly accepted. Thus, he has been a part of the organization since. However, due to his morality and drive to become the best he can be, Director Alcott chose him to have the Champion's Belt, an artifact that is arguably the most powerful in the setting. Thus, he went from being a nobody to being one of the organization's most well-known and vital Agents who zip around from place to place to solve different high-level Paranormal incidents. After Director Alcott learned about the threat of the Stygian Snake, Maximilian was moved from his mission in Alaska to St. Portwell to be there if it broke free and defeat it if necessary. With the Apparition Killer missing, Maximilian is the only chance of stopping the Stygian Snake if it breaks free. He's a big boy, standing at six-five with broad shoulders, and is very muscular from years of dedicating himself at the gym as a body-builder. He's incredibly kind, good-natured, and always tries to do the right thing... even if the right thing isn't always the best choice for everyone. He rushes from A to B with little consideration or maneuverability, but he's been learning to slow down. Abstraction: Unknown.

Special & Trainee Agents

The backbone of the St. Portwell PRA branch, various agents from all over the country. Director Alcott assembled because she felt they could handle the Stygian Snake situation and St. Portwell's out-of-control Paranormal scene.

Samson.Brown
29 | Samson Isiah Brown Jr | He/Him "Look, my father wasn't the best, but he had some wisdom. He told me always to see things through, never give up, and never show weakness."	Description: Callsign: Phoenix. A native of Philadelphia, he joined the Army at seventeen, and when he graduated high school, he was whisked away on an adventure where he partied, cleaned, and had lots of sex with strippers. However, he ended up in Iraq during the GWOT, and during a convoy, his Humvee was seemingly hit by an IED. He was on the brink of death, but the crater had a strange, alluring fire, and he crawled towards it. Only to find an entire phoenix inside the crater, and he touched it - becoming bound to the Apparition. His wounds were instantly healed... which was not good as he was the sole survivor of the incident and hit with many different accusations by his former comrades. He was sent back to the States, where he was approached by PRA Agents who found the whole situation just a little bit weird. They found out about the Phoenix and asked Samson to join, and he accepted; they pulled some strings to get him honorably discharged from the military, and he became one of the best Agents (The Director considered him for the Champion's Belt). Originally, Samson was stationed in his home city of Philadelphia, but Director Alcott pulled him to St. Portwell to handle the Stygian Snake situation. Samson is an average-height man who cares for himself at the gym at five-ten, so he'd be mission-ready. He's a very calm and reasonable person who is slow to anger, but once he gets there, oh boy. Abstraction: Adjoined - The Phoenix. Samson is adjoined to the mighty Phoenix, and he can transform into it at will. It stands at twenty-three feet tall with a wingspan of twice that, and it boasts incredible pyrokinetic abilities. He can spew an inferno of flames and create a wave of fire with a flap of his wings. The Phoenix can fly incredibly fast despite having limited mobility. In addition, the Phoenix boasts incredible strength, capable of up a truck and flying off with it. Samson's secondary ability is regeneration - which he has in human form. Whenever he's injured, a fire will appear at the wound and quickly heal it, appearing as good as new a few moments later. Finally, Samson possesses the famed power of the Phoenix, self-resurrection. Once killed, Samson explodes into a cloud of fire, ash, and smoke, leaving nobody behind. Days later, all the ash will gather, and he'll be born anew, brought back to a physical state where he died with all his memories intact and his body restored. Thus, Samson is more or less immortal... unless the ashes are wet, it will permanently kill him.
Claudette.Beaulieu
34 | Claudette Beaulieu | She/Her "Magic is a force; I now force the forces."	Description: Callsign: Ice. A French-Canadian woman from Montreal who moved to Chicago to complete the University of Chicago's Social Worker Program. She completed the course with flying colors and became a social worker to improve the lives of impoverished youths in the city. However, she met a woman named Meredith Ray, and the two dated, eventually having sex... Afterward, Claudette woke up naked, tied to a bed, with various symbols and pentagrams drawn all about the room. This was when Meredith dropped the bomb on her: she never loved Claudette and was only playing her. Meredith told Claudette about the curse on her that attracted monsters and all sorts of nastiness - all because one of her ancestors was an Adept and had some unfulfilled pacts. The curse could be passed onto another female through a ritual, so Meredith set up a trap, and Claudette fell for it. Afterward, Meredith left her, and Claudette screamed until someone called the police, and they came to free her. Claudette went home and was attacked by an Apparition, who told her she was marked for sacrifice. This was when Apparitions and Abominable began attacking her wherever she went. She fled across the country, living on the fringes, doing unspeakable things for food and shelter until they came to attack her. The stress caused her to undergo her Kindling-Event, where she finally gained the power to fight back against them. Eventually, Claudette was approached by PRA Agents Liao and Keagan, who helped Claudette by placing her in a secure facility (that happened to have Maximilian!). Every time the Apparitions and Abominable attacked, they were fought off, and eventually, they managed to find a way to break the curse and gave Claudette a spot on the PRA (and therapy!). Claudette gladly accepted to help people like her and was stationed in St. Portwell, assisting with the magical madness there. Claudette is black and stands at five-six, being very skinny and bony due to her genetics. She speaks with a thick French accent. Abstraction: Adept - Red & White Lux. Channeler: A kitchen knife Claudette used for protection while on the run. Cyromancy: Born from her cold-hearted rage at being betrayed and chased around the country, Claudette developed a potent ice spell. It focuses more on creating ice and raw power than shaping or moving it, as Claudette can quickly create massive constructs out of ice and freeze objects at will. Apparition & Abominable Detection: Developed to predict when she's about to be attacked, Claudette has developed a spell that subconsciously alerts her when an Apparition or Abominable is nearby. She can detect them in a range of around twelve meters and will constantly warn her as long as they are in that range. Extra-Sensory Denial: Claudette can counter other White-Lux users or anyone with an ability that singles out the Paranormal. As long as she focuses, they cannot gain any information on her or discover her presence.
Sonya.Mayfield
27 | Sonya Summer Mayfield | She/Her "See? I'm a froggy! Just don't ask me to ribbit!"	Description: Callsign: Merryday. Sonya is a half-Caucasian, half-Mexican woman who grew up in San Antonio, Texas. Once she was of age, Sonya enlisted in the Army as one of the few Cavalry Scouts. She was in the Army for several years and attended Sniper School, intending to become a Green Beret. However, she was passed over several times due to being a female despite being one of their best shots - however, Sonya remained a chipper demeanor. In the Army, she met her future wife, Maria Costello, and the two got married after a long-distance relationship. However, she was stationed in Fort Polk, Louisana, for a bit, and as it turned out, some members of her unit worshipped a Frog-Apparition named Gulgorath... to which they attempted to sacrifice her. The PRA was hot on the trail of this little cult and barraged before Gulgorath could eat Sonya. However, Sonya was afflicted in the process, which gave her Amphibian-like features. Sonya was offered a place in the PRA alongside her wife, Maria, as a sniper, and she became famous for her skill. Sonya has taken down several dangerous Paranormal-Beings who didn't even know what hit them. Sonya usually goes from place to place because of her skill as the PRA top sniper, but she was initially in LA before Director Alcott called for all hands on deck and was sent to St. Portwell. Sonya appears to be an ordinary woman from a distance, but she has animalistic features as a part of her affliction. She has a mouth of needle-like teeth, webbed hands and feet, orbs at the end, and large eyes. She's petite, at five foot even, but otherwise in good shape. Sonya is eccentric, bubbly, overly kind, and compassionate, contrasting her attitude with the rest of her team. She's just another special agent who adds fun to the group. Abstraction: Afflicted - Amphibian Physiology. Sonya has the abilities of the strange and wonderful Amphibians that inhabit the land and the water. Sonya has various abilities, not just them, but also some abilities from Reptiles. Sonya, most notably, has a tongue six times the length of her body, allowing her to grab an object (or person) or get around the area. By nature, her body is very flexible, and she has super strong legs that let her jump incredibly high, and she can swim extremely fast. She breathes through her skin (which is coated in a layer of slime), can heal faster, regenerate limbs, camouflage herself, survive being frozen, change genders (she did this accidentally twice!), hear, smell, and see better. Also, she reproduces like a Surinam Toad. You're welcome.
Leon.Vahan
35 | Leon Conrad Vahan | He/Him "Take it slow, take it easy."	Description: Callsign: All-Seer. Maximilian's best friend in the PRA, whenever they end up in the same operation, they are usually inseparable. Leon appears to be very... eccentric. He usually seems out of it most of the time, as if he's never paying attention to anything. He's supernaturally calm, and rarely raises his voice, but he loves to mess with people - especially the senior Agents. He always keeps something between his lips, such as a toothpick, cigarette, or straw, and likens himself to an old-school cowboy. Leon is originally from New York, New York, but he spent his summers on a farm in rural Florida, where his family lived. He eventually got a degree in Criminal Justice and applied to the FBI, finally gaining a spot as a Special Agent. Where he went from place to place... where he eventually trailed a serial killer in New England; however, this serial killer was Paranormal and nearly killed Leon, causing him to undergo a Kindling-Event. Leon (obviously) survived, but with his Abstraction, he managed to track the bastard down and put an end to him. Which attracted the attention of the PRA, who offered him a spot in their organization... or got put out by the FBI for breaking protocol. Leon had no choice but to accept it and made sure to make the most of it. Leon was previously stationed in the Miami branch of the PRA as their top investigator, but he was pulled to St. Portwell to help with the crisis there. Leon is incredibly tall, at six-ten, but very skinny with little more muscle than lean muscle. Leon likes to keep a sword collection and carries a katana around because it is his Channeler (to the dismay of Meifeng and the others). Abstraction: Adept - White Lux. Channeler: His Favorite Katana. All-Seeing-Eye: Leon can create glowing eyes in the environment that he can use to observe locations. He can produce up to twelve eyes in a thirty-meter radius, but these eyes can be attacked and destroyed by Abstractions. Highlighting: Leon can use his Abstraction to see the auras of people (including Paranormal) through walls up to a fifty-meter radius. Detective's Hunch: Leon can see the auras of anything that was recently interacted with and on touch; he can gain information on who just touched it (such as their name and can see a Recollection of the moment it was interacted with). Murderer-Tracking: Once casts this Spell at a murder scene, a glowing-white trail is created, which will track the murderer as long as it's been less than a day since the murder.
Helena.Page
30 | Helena Ava Page | She/Her "Focus on the mission, complete the mission, go home."	Description: Callsign: Falconer. A woman from Bakersfield, California, who came from a relatively wealthy family, she had always dreamed of being a pilot flying in the Air Force. So her family pulled a few strings, and she went to school, got an easy bachelor's degree, and got commissioned in the Air Force. She completed Initial Flight Training and Undergraduate Flying Training and was on her way to becoming a decorated pilot in the Air Force. However, during one of her flight training missions, she encountered a mysterious Apparition known as the Flock, a mass of different bird-Apparitions. These Apparitions formed around her jet and seemingly guided her along... unaware that she had become adjoined to the Flock, she told her chain of command that she had gone crazy! After a mental health assessment, she was determined to have schizophrenia and deemed ineligible for the program. This sent Helena into a deep depression... but she was approached by the PRA, who was tracking the Flock. They told her about the true nature of the Flock and the world of Paranormal, then offered her a spot in the PRA... which Helena accepted, in which she encountered many other agents during the infamous Lighthouse incident. She was in the Miami Branch before Director Alcott called her to St. Portwell due to her skill and the power of her Abstraction. Helena Page is a very callous and aloof woman who prefers to focus on the mission and keeps the small talk to a minimum. Due to her wealth, she sees herself above most other Agents and only respects Maximilian and Meifeng. However, she constantly gets knocked down a peg by the other Agents. Helena is a five-eight woman with wide hips but is otherwise well-built. Abstraction: Adjoined - The Flock. After a chance encounter during a training mission, the Flock choose Helena to be their next host after the death of their previous one. The Flock has the appearance of a mass of hundreds of different birds. Helena can individually control each of them and give them various tasks over a wide radius, and she is one of the most powerful PRA agents due to how difficult she is to fight. She can also see through them, and they can lift her and carry her to achieve a sort of flight.
Fiona.Barret
20 | Fiona Ashley Barrett | She/Her "I'm... not sure if they can fix me. I may have to accept that this is just what I am."	Description: Callsign: Mantis. The one of the newest PRA Agents and one of the team's least human-looking members. You see, Fiona grew up in a town in very rural Maryland... then a portal opened up, releasing all sorts of Apparitions, and she found herself fighting for her life as everyone she knew and held dear was killed. She was found by PRA Agents Maximilian Cornell, Leon Vahan, and Helena Page, hiding on a farm, starving, and was extracted... that was when they were ambushed, and Fiona was nearly killed. In a desperate bid to save her, Maximilian released a sealed Apparition and forced it to adjoin to Fiona. It healed all of her wounds while transforming her into a half-bug, half-girl, but Fiona was taken in by the PRA, who offered her a spot in their organization. Fiona hesitantly accepted and was assigned to St. Portwell... where things picked up once Director Alcott heard about the Stygian Snake. Fiona is new and inexperienced, but she's willing to learn, positive, and wants to do her best. Fiona stands at five-six, and her entire body is covered by a rough, green exoskeleton with purple tips. She has an extra set of eyes and massive antennae on her head. Her human face is visible, but she has freakish compound eyes instead of regular eyes. Fiona requires unique clothing that the PRA makes, but she is usually limited to night operations or is behind a special armor that conceals her Paranormal traits. Being the youngest Agent, Fiona is usually paired with Trevor, with whom she gets along. Abstraction: Adjoined - The Mantis. Fiona adjoined with the Apparition known as the Mantis, Fiona has some permanent changes to her body. She permanently appears like a half-insect, half-human, but this comes with some perks. For starters, her chitin armor brings her durability up enough notches that a punch from a professional boxer will have the same effect as getting hit with a wad of crumbled-up paper. Fiona doesn't have claws, but she is much stronger and faster than an average person and can leap incredible heights. However, what is most notable is Fiona's vision is incredible and can pick up motion in a wide range from far away. She can also rotate her head 180 degrees and climb walls. Fiona's final ability is that she can grow wings and zip around the area at high speeds - but this is very loud, so she rarely does it.
Trevor.Obott
25 | Trevor Kevin Obott | He/Him "Ladies call me 'Big Trev'."	Description: Callsign: Silent Flute. Born in the spooky Magnolia Springs, Alabama, as one of two twins, Trevor grew up not only the only male child (well, his twin transitioned) in his family but also the youngest alongside his twin. He grew up an immature, annoying pissant who was ultimately good-natured but lamented that he looked like a girl. He showed prominence for being a computer prodigy as he made programs (and viruses) at only thirteen years old. He nurtured this hidden talent through high school (in which he never held a girl's hand, rip). Via some form of Christmas Miracle, Trevor got into Yale and graduated from their computer science program. He eventually became a professional hacker for big corporations (basically, he was paid to find vulnerabilities in their databases), but he was not happy with it. Trevor wanted to do something more with his life, so he took a month off from work after acquiring quite a bit of wealth and returned to Magnolia Springs... However, it was one rainy night, and he was driving with his sister, Scarlet when he mysteriously crashed. He heard some growling as he pulled his sister out of the car wreckage, and they were chased through the woods by some invisible monster or something. Right when they were cornered, they underwent their Kindling-Event, and two mysterious women in raincoats came by and destroyed the Apparition with some pocket change. They introduced themselves as Meifeng Liao and Cindy Keagan, and Trevor asked what in the fuck just happened to which Meifeng explained it. Trevor asked to join the PRA, and Meifeng couldn't resist the bonus she would get for recruiting him. Thus, Trevor became their computer/hacking specialist who rarely goes out on field operations.... instead, he annoys Meifeng to no end. Due to being one of the younger agents, Meifeng assigns him all the work she doesn't want to do, calling it "Trevor-Duty" (which has become an effective threat to inefficient PRA Agents). Trevor is distinct from the other PRA Agents; he has a feminine face and dainty features. He usually keeps his hair long, his face well-shaven, and he has full lips. He stands at five-five and is very skinny due to going to the gym often (he works legs and nothing but legs). He can appear feminine until he opens his mouth and sounds like a teenager. He likens himself to a lady's man despite constantly fumbling with every woman who has ever talked to him. He has better luck with guys, though. He also loves to mention the Lighthouse Incident (which he was a part of) to the chagrin of his team. Abstraction: Adept - Green Lux. Channeler: Healing: Trevor has that healing touch, baby. He can heal anyone extremely fast using the Green Lux and acts as the PRA's healer. Narcotic-Touch: Trevor can coat his hands in a transparent, clear chemical that causes psychedelic hallucinations. Shape-Shifting: Trevor can transform his body into people he has seen before... but this Spell is limited by what he knows about the person. Coffee-Shot: Trevor can create a spell that completely removes any tiredness he, or anyone else, has and can allow him to constantly work without having to sleep. Secret Weapon #1: A super secret and powerful spell Trevor saves for emergencies! Secret Weapon #2: Another super secret and powerful spell Trevor saves for emergencies!
Akira.Shinjo
28 | Shinjo Akira | She/Her "Yūkōno Toki is a tool, a weapon, and my duty as a Spirit Warden."	Description: Callsign: Epoch. An oddity in the PRA, as Akira's technically not a member of the PRA but Japan's very own version of the PRA known as Task Force Ø (Colloquially known as the Spirit Wardens). The Spirit Wardens were previously known as the Yokai Extermination Brigade during WWII (and committed several war crimes) that were abolished after Japan's surrender. This is important to Akira as her father was a member of the Brigade. There was a unique "Foreign Exchange" program between the two nations in which the PRA sent a few members to help the Spirit Wardens and vice versa. The Spirit Wardens sent Akira under explicit orders to help with the Stygian Snake situation, as the Apparition also terrorized Japan in ancient times. She was stated to be one of their best agents and is happy to be a part of the team. With her stoic demeanor and unwavering dedication to her duty, Akira embodies the essence of a Spirit Warden. Akira Shinjo is a woman of few words, preferring to let her actions speak for her, and is more concerned with completing the mission. However, the one pet peeve that'll get her talking is some idiot commenting on her family heirloom, Yūkōno Toki. An Ōdachi that never leaves her side, and she utterly despises it when people treat her like some stupid anime cosplayer. As Regional Commander Liao found out (the hard way), she will go on a giant triad about the importance of Yūkōno Toki and how it's more than a toy. Despite that, Akira is a fierce protector, always putting her team's and the public's safety first. She conducts herself with unwavering determination, seeking to rid the world of evil spirits and keep the balance between the mundane and Paranormal intact. Akira sees it as the greatest honor to represent Japan, and Akira is determined to locate the Stygian Snake even if it kills her. Akira is a pureblooded Japanese woman who is reasonably short at five-two but in great shape. Her legs are very well-toned from years of sprinting, leaping, etc. Akira keeps her hair in a bun and dresses professionally. Abstraction: Agent - Time's Embrace. Akira descends from a line of Oni-Kariudo (Demon Hunters), and the most potent tool in her family's arsenal is Yūkōno Toki. It was a blade blessed by an Onmyoji and is considered the Spirit Warden's most potent weapon. Whatever Akira strikes with the sword becomes frozen in time for thirty seconds up to thirty minutes, and Akira has no control over how long. This Abstraction bypasses any Emotional-Fields or defenses. It works at one hundred percent, or it doesn't work - and it defies all laws of physics. Whatever is struck by the blade becomes a static and immutable fixture in time - which means that whatever she hits cannot be damaged, moved, etc, until the time elapses. However, Akira can only apply this effect to one thing at a time - if she uses it on another, the previous effect will be lifted. The Blade is connected to her intuitively and will not freeze objects unless she intends to.

[Estylwen]

Epic collab, @Blizz.

[Shin Ghost Note]

Here are the NPCs that debuted in the previous post.

8th STREET BIIIIIIIIITCHES

The other members of Emily's 8th Street Coven who make up the footsoldiers, goons, and other minions.

"Greta".Faust
26 | Gretchen Melissa Faust | She/Her "To change things, you have to push past boundaries."	Description: A member of the Old Coven that wasn't under that sycamore tree but was another pivotal member as Greta was a healer and support in the fight against the Stygian Snake. Greta is a native of St. Portwell who was unfortunately named after her late grandmother, whom she "inherited" the artifact known as the Alchemist Ring. However, her Grandmother wanted the ring to be buried with her so it'd be lost to time as the Alchemist Ring was a chaotic instrument, and she wanted to finally bring an end to it. Her grandmother trusted Greta to follow through with her wishes, but curiosity got the better of the girl, and when her grandmother finally passed, she discretely slipped the ring off of her. Greta used the alchemist ring and experimented her little ass off, learning about all the beautiful things the ring could do. She created a healing potion and various other potions and wanted to use this artifact to change the world! However, she needed test subjects, and being a natural introvert, finding people to experiment on was hard. So, the young Greta went out at night and slipped homeless people her unique concoctions. This was when the Stygian Snake had long begun its rampage through St. Portwell, and one night, the Stygian Snake attacked and nearly killed her. The Sycamore Tree Coven, naturally, saved her, and she was roped into the Coven - which she only joined to test out her special potions. She provided potions that healed and enhanced abstractions, and turned people into monsters when needed. When the Stygian Snake was defeated she was the one that made that special potion that removed everyone's memories whenever they so much as took a sip. However, Greta had a natural drive to go out and experiment with her abstraction! She had infinite test subjects to experiment on in the Old Coven and kept her head down while everyone was bickering about this and that. She had her little special lab in the old Coven's lair where she had hundreds of potions she made to save the world! Various monsters began to pop up around St. Portwell, and the fearless second-in-command of the Coven, Daisy Hunter, got suspicious of Greta. Daisy knew that Greta could create potions that created monsters, and she was very reclusive... which led to Greta returning one day to a destroyed lab and Daisy accusing her of creating these monstrosities! Greta defended herself and eventually cleared her name with the help of Britney, Emily, Auri, and the others. However, the damage was already done; Greta's perception of the old Coven had already been long marred, and Greta left the Coven with a bitter taste in her mouth. This led Emily to personally reach out to Greta and invite her to a better Coven, the 8th Street Coven. Greta didn't like Emily initially, but she and Emily bonded over their mutual hatred of the Old Coven's leadership. Greta Faust became a longtime member of the 8th Street Coven and had a renewed lab in the 8th Street Manor. She supports Emily's goal of taking over St. Portwell only because the city is in absolute chaos, and they're the only chance of bringing some order. Greta is a small and pudgy woman who stands at four-ten and has a noticeable gut; she dresses and appears punk with bright red hair. Abstraction: Agent - The Alchemist Ring. A ring that Greta has taken from her grandmother against her wishes. It is an incredibly powerful and dangerous artifact with many different applications and uses, as Greta can create any number of potions by mixing different ingredients that she believes will create her potion. With this abstraction, Greta is a very flexible and essential member of the 8th Street Coven. Below are the potions that Greta has devised so far: Healing-Potion: Aloe vera gel, Honey, Chamomile Flowers, and Lavender Oil. A simple glowing green potion that'll cause whoever drinks it to heal their wounds. The more they drink, the more they'll get healed from their injuries. Monster-Potion: Bat Guano, Mandrake Root, Belladonna. A glowing orange potion will cause the consumer to transform into a monster that reflects some aspect of them. This transformation is usually painful and lasts for a few hours - and it causes the recipient's wounds to heal temporarily. Explosive-Potion: Baking Soda, Citric Acid Powder, Aluminum Foil Shreds, Iodine Tincture. Greta's primary combat Potion is a glowing red serum kept in a glass jar that'll go off like a pipe bomb if it shatters. It's incredibly dangerous and once knocked down a brick wall, and laid waste to a squad of Das Sonnenrad footsoldiers. Fire-Breathing-Potion: Red Dragon Chili Peppers, Dragonfruit Juice, Cinnamon Whiskey, Ghost Pepper Extract. A dull-red glowing potion that allows whoever drinks it to breathe fire at will. It is independent of abstractions, so one can breathe fire and use their regular abstraction. Invisibility-Potion: Juniper Berries, Slippery Elm Bark, Camouflage Green Tea, Clove Oil. A failure of a potion that Emily demands Greta to make. As the name implies, it allows whoever drinks it to turn invisible... and it doesn't work on their clothes and renders them blind. So not only does Greta have to get naked to use it, but she's also blind until it wears off. Abstraction-Enhacement-Potion: Ginseng, Ashwagandha, Blue Lotus Flower, Cinnamon Bar. A glowing blue potion that boosts the abstractions of others the more they drink (and she is unaware of the upper limits, if any). For obvious reasons, it does not work on Greta.
Phoebe.Carmicheal
29 | Phoebe Tatiana Carmichael | She/Her. "I'll never let myself get outstaged again."	Description: A native of Los Angeles, Phoebe grew up in an upper-middle-class environment, and she was the resented daughter of her father. You see, her father, Ian Carmicheal, isn't her actual father, and she was the product of an affair between her mother and her partner. Her father knew this, resented Phoebe, and treated her as the black sheep of her family - and mistreated her at every opportunity. Which made the girl feel like trash, and she, throughout her life, tried her best to rise out of it and become great. Throughout school, she was the Queen Bee, tried to be the best at soccer and basketball, best at arts... and yet, in the end, it didn't make her feel any better. Though Phoebe wanted to be home and play video games, her home was where the hatred was. The second Phoebe graduated high school; she was shunted away to college in St. Portwell, which was for the best as it allowed the woman to slow down and find herself. She quickly learned to love being by herself and was usually stuck in her dorm room playing video games - which was an escape to her - where she was underestimated due to her race and gender often. Despite her more reclusive nature, however, she was drawn to being a performer, and as a hobby, she became a streamer who kept her identity a secret known as "Juicy-Fruit," a masked gamer. It started as a hobby she did on the side that gradually grew bigger and bigger due to her skill, confidence, and ability to put on a larger-than-life performance on stream... until she came out and unmasked herself. Some people turned their back on her, others became far more supportive of her, and Phoebe, as Juicy-Fruit, was always a divisive figure in the community due to her over-the-top ego. She eventually reached fame and fortune in which she could support herself full time off the streaming and dropped the whole college BS, went no-contact with her family, and got her apartment. Things were good; despite getting into numerous controversies, she rivaled a rising star, Kimberly Walton. Kimberly was a superstar who gained fame off being a "Ghost Hunter" who went around the country fighting monsters and ghosts, and Phoebe made sure to hate on her whenever she got the chance. After all, Kimberly boasted that magic was real; that mere notion made Phoebe laugh. However, Phoebe received a crash course in magic when, one day, she was pursued by a man-eating monster that broke into her apartment. She was in the middle of streaming, and if one of her viewers hadn't pointed it out, she would have been a hashtag herself! Phoebe was chased out of her apartment into the cold streets of St. Portwell, where she was cornered by the monster in an empty park... the experience made her undergo her Kindling Event. However, Kimberly Walton conveniently appeared and killed the monster - letting her know that she was the one in her stream that got her to turn around. Phoebe was confused as Kimberly quickly explained magic to Phoebe, then disappeared. For a few weeks, Phoebe went off-grid, and chased after Kimberly, desperately trying to learn about any magic but getting the cold shoulder by the girl. After Kimberly left St. Portwell, Phoebe naturally went to the internet and chased any lead she could... however, Emily. G. Reed personally reached out to her. Phoebe was talked into a personal meeting with 8th Street Coven's leadership and wanted to learn about magic. Magic was new and exciting to Phoebe, and she would rather be out fighting monsters than sitting at a computer table talking to Simps. Thus, Phoebe is another of Emily's longtime members and a "fifth in command." Phoebe is quick to be sarcastic and point out the holes in her leadership's plans. Phoebe is a half-African-American (with some Caribbean), a half-Korean woman who is tall and bony (at five-eleven) with notably dyed green and yellow dreadlocks. She isn't aware of this, but James Carmicheal is her cousin. Abstraction: Adept - Red & Green Lux. Channeler: Her necklace. Blizzard-Inferno: A form of cryomancy that Phoebe has developed and allows her to manipulate the power of cold in its most raw form. In this mode, Phoebe summons a blizzard of freezing ice magic that ices anyone in her path, and she uses this to create constructions out of ice. Through Blizzard-Inferno, she can freeze an environment to absolute zero, summon ice-cold storms infused with blades made of ice, and create constructs. She cannot just shape/manipulate ice like a typical cyromancer. Ice Form: Phoebe can selectively or fully transform her body into solid ice. In this form, her body will be anatomically the same as her human form. Except her flesh and bones will be made out of ice - her organs will still be visible through the ice - and she will be absolute zero. In this form, Phoebe can manipulate her body shape and transform her hands into blades/maces/etc, and she'll be very durable. However, she'll be very slow and have a hard time maneuvering. Aqua Absorption Regeneration: Phoebe has developed a spell in which she can absorb liquids (well, liquids that can freeze), shift them into her Ice-Form, and heal the wounds. Through this method, she can regenerate from otherwise fatal wounds in mere moments.
Brianna.Conquest
27 | Brianna Harmony Conquest | She/Her "It was the most beautiful place I've seen."	Description: Another member of the Old Coven drawn to Emily's 8th Street to achieve her own ends. Brianna grew up a very mousy and reclusive woman in the town of St. Portwell; there isn't anything epic or amazing about her upbringing: She was shy, kept to herself, and was more interested in her family's library... which told fantastic stories of her family, Daniel Conquest, being a great dimensional explorer. Inside his library were the chronicles of his adventures, which ended when he met Brianna's mother, and they settled in Shimmer. There was something about a place known as the "Oasis" and "Luminescence," but the Stygian Snake attacked her house, killed her parents, and razed the library. Brianna was distraught but filled with aspirations of revenge... a desire that fueled her Kindling-Event. Briefly, Brianna went on a one-woman rampage against the Stygian Snake, taking out several of its dark minions... that was when she came in contact with the Sycamore Tree Coven and joined them. She joined the expedition to find the necessary artifacts, being a backup portal opener if one of their primary teleporters went down. Fortunately, that never happened, and Brianna was there to watch the Snake get sealed into the Sycamore Tree, then she left. She knew her true calling wasn't in Shimmer or the Sycamore Tree Coven... it was in the greater All-Verse. Brianna followed in her father's footsteps and traveled the All-Verse, cataloging her various adventures while searching for this "Oasis" and "Luminescence" that she could vaguely remember. However, during one of her adventures, she learned about an artifact known as the White Compass, something that could take someone into the Oasis and Luminescence. However, she heard that it was in the Pit, and like any sane and rational adventurer, she threw herself into a red crack and ended up in the Pit. A hellscape like no other, full of horrible monsters (which makes her a little adverse to her Coven sister, Cynthia). However, it was an exciting experience; she explored the place, searching for the White Compass, almost dying countless times and gathering many artifacts. Until she came across a temple where it was stored... and it was gone, she saw a Recollection of a man named James Vanburen taking it... and that sounded very familiar to her. Leaving the Pit was easy for Brianna, as the place appeared to be sentient, and it hated the fact that Brianna was only there to plunder. She returned to Shimmer and searched for James Vanburen and, unfortunately, heard that he was dead... and his descendants were less than friendly towards her. She had zero leads on where the White Compass was... but she eventually fell into Emily's 8th Street Coven. Brianna didn't like Emily, but with her insane aspiration of stealing everyone's artifacts, she had the best chance of getting the White Compass. So, she begrudgingly serves as 8th Street's teleporter. Brianna is a short and mousy woman at five-three who is chubby but hides her extra weight well. However, she always had wider hips and backside. Abstraction: Adept - Red & Purple. Channeler: Her cell phone. Photomancy: Brianna can use magic to create light and manipulate existing light sources. She can create flashes of light, holograms, and more... but the keystone to this spell is the ability to create "hard-light" constructs. She can create anything that comes to mind, and this gives her extreme amounts of versatility. Portal-Creation: A spell that allows Brianna to create a spiraling portal made out of spinning light that she and her 8th Street allies can travel through. Before, it only allowed her to only enter a brand new dimension, but she has adjusted it to allow her to teleport to places she has been before, as well. Reflective-Teleportation: A far faster and linear form of teleportation, but it has its limits. Brianna sticks her phone out and fires a beam of light, which will reflect off any surface. After focusing, Brianna can teleport to the other end of this beam of light. Teleportation Nullification Veil: A particular spell that Brianna devised during the battle with the Stygian Snake that'd negate its ability to teleport and escape them. After some experimentation and fine-tuning, she perfected the Spell and managed to block the Stygian Snake from escaping during the final battle. However, this spell is so potent that it works on any form of teleportation. Essentially, Brianna creates a transparent dome that can be up to thirty meters in diameter, and any teleporter, portal-creator, and whatnot will either not be allowed to teleport while in the veil or cannot enter it with teleportation.
Cynthia
22 | Cynthia, just Cynthia | She/Her "Cynthia finds this human annoying. Cynthia looks forward to silencing you."	Description: A predator among humans, close to a wolf in sheep's clothing as they get, as Cynthia is not an actual human even in the slightest. Cynthia comes from a species of Abominable that lurk in the Pit known as Abyssal Hunters, creatures that hunt and devour Paranormal Beings in the Pit. Cynthia would have just been another Abyssal Hunter who would have done nothing more than kill people and breed more of her kind if it wasn't for a woman named Tiffany Beck. After the Stygian Snake was defeated, Tiffany was one of the many who rushed into St. Portwell to see if she could fill the power vacuum before it was too late. She was a Purple Adept who cracked the code and created a method to enter and leave the Pit freely, and she heard about the Abyssal Hunters. She traveled into the Pit, found a pack with young, and simply kidnapped the newborn and researched the thing while feeding it her enemies. Tiffany discovered that the Abyssal Hunters had intelligence on par with humans (capable of human speech, too!) and raised the beast as a sort of child. Tiffany taught it how to read, write, talk, and societal customs, to the point where the thing could blend in with humans! She named it Cynthia and applied a spell known as Glamour, which allowed Cynthia to change between human form and Abyssal-Hunter Form. Tiffany turned Cynthia into her killing machine that hunted down and stalked all her enemies, forming an organization to take over St. Portwell. Which would have made her a formidable opponent in the present... if she hadn't crossed Emily G. Reed. Emily and the newly formed 8th Street Coven clashed with Tiffany Beck's faction, but the tide was turned when Jacqueline Reed found out about Cynthia's true nature. Emily convinced her that Tiffany was an unworthy pack leader, and she got through to the beast by saying she was nothing more than an attack dog to her! Cynthia turned on her master and brutally killed Tiffany in front of the entire 8th Street Coven and joined them - accepting Emily as her new pack leader. Becoming one of their longtime members who was a great help during the conflict with Das Sonnenrad, where she ate several of Kaiser's Chosen. Alive. Cynthia has a strange personality because while the Abyssal Hunters have human-like intelligence, they're still wired differently. For starters, she uses the third person to speak and sometimes acts like an excitable puppy rather than a person. However, she must resist the urge to eat every Paranormal she comes across and save her appetite for the enemies of 8th Street. She doesn't consider herself human thanks to Emily and aligns herself with 8th Street only because she sees Emily as a superior "pack leader" to Tiffany. While under glamour, Cynthia appears to be an African-American woman modeled after a younger Tiffany. One that stands at five-four, with an afro that was dyed blonde. In her true form? Well... Abstraction: Abominable - Abyssal-Hunter. The Abyssal Hunters are a hazardous species of pack hunter Abominable that inhabit the Pit - though it's theorized that they previously resided in a destroyed universe and adapted well to the harsh nature of the Pit. They have human levels of intelligence... while having animalistic strength. To begin, Cynthia's "master" had a spell applied to her so she could switch between human form and Abyssal-Hunter form at will, exploding in a cloud of pink smoke. Her proper form is a white, four-legged creature with a mouth full of teeth and two long, razor-sharp talons on her feet, and she is twelve feet long from head to toe. The Abyssal Hunter's physical capabilities are far from superhuman, however. Still, she is strong enough to throw a human around with her bite alone (speaking of bite, you do not want to get bit by her), her sense of smell is on par with a bloodhound, can run thirty miles per hour, mimic voices, and durable enough to tank most non-Paranormal attacks. However, they have an ability that is known as Emotional-Field Attunement. Cynthia can see the auras of any Paranormal-Being in sight (even in human form), and she can focus on them and automatically adjust her Emotional-Field to resist their Abstraction. For example, against a Cyromancer, she can be incredibly hard to freeze and can tank their frozen attacks like nothing. Someone with super strength will find their punches hitting her at half their strength. However, she can only do this to one Paranormal-Being at a time. As a failsafe, if the "Pack-leader" (Emily) shouts "Cynthia heel!", then Cynthia will transform back into her harmless human form.
"Lee".Evans
24 | Stanley Daniel Evans | He/Him "I should have been the hero! I should have saved everyone!"	Description: The Stygian Snake terrorized many different universes, hopping from dimension to dimension whenever daybreak arose. Many don't know there was a dimension parrel to Shimmer in which an alternate Sycamore Tree Coven formed to defeat the Stygian Snake. However, given that Shimmer's Sycamore Tree Coven defeated the Stygian, this alternate Coven didn't suffer nearly the same number of casualties and had no purpose. However, this alternate Ashley Stone apparently took the Coven down a darker path, and they became an antagonistic force that took over St. Portwell's magical scene - killing or imprisoning anyone who objected. Where does Lee come in all of this? Mercy Evans, his older sister (who died fighting the Stygian Snake in Shimmer's Coven), objected to the direction that Ashley took the Coven. Mercy formed a resistance group, the Vanguard, and rebelled against this Coven. Mercy went home and told her younger brother all about this, and Lee thought it was soooo cool and saw his older sister as a hero! Eventually, they ambushed and critically injured Mercy outside their home, and she gave Lee the artifact she used: The Hero's Gauntlet. Lee vowed revenge against the Coven and used the Gauntlet to wage a one-man war against this Coven. He seemingly made headway against this powerful organization, but in his attacks against the Coven, he somehow made things worse. Releasing dangerous and powerful monsters into St. Portwell and leaving St. Portwell's power vacuum open for worse threats to take their place. The Coven desperately tried to convince Lee that he got everything wrong and he should stop. This plunged St. Portwell into chaos while eroding Lee's sanity while claiming to be the hero that would liberate St. Portwell from the evil Coven. He finally faced Ashley, Auri, and Daisy and prepared for an epic final battle. They chucked him through a portal, and he ended up in Shimmer. Lost, scared, and alone, he eventually found Emily G. Reed, a member of Mercy's Vanguard in his home dimension. He told her everything and... Emily essentially manipulated him into joining 8th Street under promises of helping him defeat the alternate Coven if she helps him. Since then, Lee has been a member of 8th Street who quickly found himself abhorring Emily but swallowed his pride because she is familiar to him and out of hopes that she does help him. Lee is a skinny, somewhat well-built caucasian guy due to hitting the gym, and stands at five-eleven. Due to his experiences with his universe's Coven, his perception of the Sycamore Tree Coven is permanently marred. Abstraction: Agent - The Hero's Gauntlet. The Hero's Gauntlet is an artifact created in an alternate dimension that changed hands quite often until it fell into Mercy Evan's hands... then Lee Evan's. The Gauntlet, at its basest, raises Lee's strength, speed, reflexes, durability, and healing to slightly above peak... not quite superhuman, but he's going to give an average person a challenge hand to hand. However, the artifact can allow its wielder to summon several magical weapons wielded by the first heroes to defeat Babylon The Great and stop her from destroying the All-Verse. The weapons and their abilities are below: The Valiant Blades: The go-to weapon for Lee, and it is essentially a glowing-gold sword that has no supernatural properties in particular... other than the fact that the blades are functionally indestructible. He can create the blades from regular-sized swords to comically large claymores straight out of a videogame. The Blazing Arrow: A flaming bow and arrow that Lee can use to fire explosive arrows... upon contact, the arrows will create an explosion of fire. The Zephyr Dagger: A glowing dagger that Lee can use to summon powerful gusts of wind by swinging the short blade. He can create a tornado by spinning it around as long as he keeps spinning it. The Quake Hammer: A mighty hammer made of stone, he can slam the hammer on the ground and create powerful earthquakes that could potentially knock down an entire building. At the very least, he can disorient and slow down foes. Aegis Reflector: A transparent, triangle-shaped shield made of glowing purple energy that will reflect any magical projectiles that make contact with it.
Nadine.King
38 | Nadine Shaniya King | She/Her "The Baron wants you in his army... I want you out of my face."	Description: Not a native of St. Portwell like many others, Nadine was born and raised in New Orleans... where clashing necromancer families rule the city from the shadows. Nadine has no connection to this and grew up in the poorer parts of New Orleans to parents who were getting by. However, they were a victim of the feuding magical families, and they were killed, leaving Nadine a bitter child who was kicked around the system while desperately searching for a cause of all of this. However, this attracted the Baron, an ancient necromancer Apparition, to Nadine, and he adjoined himself to her. He became Nadine's magical mentor and explained to her everything that had happened... and helped Nadine discover a new purpose in life. She vowed to destroy the magical families that ruled New Orleans, but that was easier said than done - while the Baron was powerful, they were powerful and numerous, so the young Nadine had to get creative. She acted as a double agent, spy, information broker, mercenary, and so forth, constantly pitting the families against one another until she managed to evoke a fatal war between the factions. Eventually, all the families were destroyed, and she developed a sense of nothingness... this didn't make her feel any better, and eventually, other factions moved into New Orleans. So, with the Baron, Nadine left New Orleans to fall into chaos and traveled the West Coast, acting as a "supernatural expert" con woman. She traveled, deceiving people out of their well-earned funds by casting curses on people and engineering Paranormal phenomenon (that she could conveniently solve). Eventually, however, she ended up in St. Portwell right after the defeat of the Stygian Snake, and the city was rife with marks... However, Nadine was confronted by the Sycamore Tree Coven, who were investigating her. After a brief confrontation, Nadine was run out of the city by the Coven. Humiliated, Nadine went back to drifting from place to place... until she was reached out by Emily G. Reed, one of the people previously a part of the Coven that defeated her. Emily knew that there was more to Nadine than what met the eye, and the Baron and Babylon the Great were old friends. Emily wanted Nadine to be part of her new 8th Street Coven as her supernatural expert - it wasn't a gig that Nadine was used to. Still, Nadine was tired of wandering around scamming and saw some potential in Emily's plans. If not, then Nadine King didn't exist. Nadine is a tall (at six-two) African-American woman who usually has a handful of different rings and vibrant earrings. She usually keeps a scowl on her face and is silent, but when she speaks, 8th Street listens. She is the most quiet and mysterious of the 8th Street Coven - to the joy of Emily. Abstraction: Adjoined - The Baron. One of the many apparitions that spawned from the legend of Baron Samedi... the Baron himself is more inspired by what Baron Samedi was not. Where Baron Samedi was a peaceful Loa that welcomed people to the other side, the Baron is a more malicious and villainous Apparition that seeks power. The Baron is a necromancer Apparition deeply intertwined with human emotions, particularly those associated with life and death. The Baron can tap into the leftover emotional residue left behind by grieving hearts and tragic and tumultuous events - creating a bridge between the human realm and the realm of the undead. Through this link, the Baron can summon various undead minions that are typical Necromancer feats. The Baron can summon hordes of zombies, skeletons, wraiths, and whatnot - and he can somewhat manipulate these minions' forms. He can create massive rolling blobs of flesh and even towering monstrosities, even given enough time. The Baron is naturally connected to grieving hearts and can sense the auras of people grieving their loved ones from over a hundred meters through solid objects.
Malik.Jakane
26 | Malik Wyatt Jakane Jr. | He/Him "I am Malik... of the soaring wind! Of the raging sea!"	Description: The theatrical and hammy Malik Jakane (Jr)! A resident and native of Miami, Florida, and son and the only child (that we know of!) of Shayton. Malik grew up utterly oblivious to what his father was doing to give the boy what he wanted; after all, Shayton was a very distant person, making him a distant father. He would appear now and then, mainly for important events and to see his son, and then disappear. Which... did not bode well for Malik's development. However, the boy was naturally personable and outgoing, surrounded by friends constantly, and Florida was the place to be for summer activities. So, Malik didn't grow up unhappy, and he grew up with aspirations to become an actor (and was naturally drawn to theater) and travel the world - to be there on the world stage. However, when Malik turned 18, Shayton felt it was time for him to come clean to his son about what he was doing and that somehow pushed Malik further away from Shayton. It was an emotional moment that caused Malik to undergo his kindling event, and it was a secret that he kept from his father (who could have helped him a great deal). Once Malik graduated, he went to college to make a man for himself and pursue his dreams! He first went to Miami University for a bachelor's in Computer Science. However, this was merely a fallback plan to gain some extra skills. His true calling was acting, and after applying, applying, and applying... he managed to get into the prestigious St. Portwell School of Acting! Since then, he has been working to become the actor of his dreams. Malik was very well-rounded and outgoing in different places was his thing - his favorite restaurant was the one that Pearl Cho's parents owned. He became very close to the girl that moonlit as some nature-based superhero! The two dated briefly, where she revealed the world of magic, and Malik thought that was crazy... because he, too, had magic. She roped him into the Greenwood Coven (Where he was the Knight Storm for a stint), where he acted as the sole male member for a time. However, in the war against Emily, Malik came up with a genius idea: practice his acting by acting as a spy for Greenwood. Ruby approved the idea, and Malik put on the guise of a ruthless thug while transmitting all the information he could back to Greenwood. However, Malik is not built for this and is miserable in 8th Street and wants to go back to smoking weed with Greenwood. Malik is a second-generation African immigrant; his father was Liberian, and his mother is Nigerian. However, Malik identifies as American while taking in his parent's culture. He is tall, at six-three, and very thin and lanky due to years of exercise (he doesn't want to be a fat actor!). While with 8th Street, he usually has a scowl and puts on the facade of a violent thug who is a massive softie behind closed doors. He has no clue that Shayton is in St. Portwell and would rather not know. Abstraction: Adept - Red Lux. Channeler: Aeromancy: The first spell that Malik devised was an Aeromancy spell! Reflecting his peaceful nature, he can summon gusts of wind, tornadoes, and whatnot that gelled well with the Spring and Fall Maiden's Aeromancy. What was essential to the spell was that Malik had developed a form of flight by riding the wind, baby! However, apart from his guise as a member of 8th Street, he has temporarily retired the spell, only using the flight aspect. Storm-Cloud: One of the Spells that Malik had developed as the Knight Storm, Malik can summon a telepathically-controlled storm cloud that can be used to create any weather phenomena. Whether it be rain, snow, hail, lightning, fog, wind, etc. However, while in 8th Street, he does not use this spell lest he gets outted as the Knight Storm. Starsailor: The primary spell that Malik uses as an 8th Street spy... Malik can shoot miniature stars out of his hands that appear as they would if they were in the night sky. These stars are hot and can burn anything they come in contact with, but they dissipate on contact with an object or after a few moments. He can manipulate their direction somewhat and do something similar to the ol Hellzone Grenade.
Flora.Benard
31 | Flora Sydney Benard | She/Her "I was just trying to have a sister! I didn't deserve this!"	Description: Flora is a native of St. Portwell who grew up in an idyllic little suburb only a stone's throw away from the coast! She grew up playing with friends and cousins and idolizing her older sister, Geneva. Geneva was everything Flora was not; she was tall, dazzling, personable, and talented! Flora was... just there for the most part, and her accomplishments were typically passed over in favor of her sister. To the point where she used to claim that she has been "sixteen, clumsy, and shy, for over fifteen years now!" Geneva went to college, and Flora was stuck as a receptionist for an accounting company. She spent several years dodging her boss's "offer for promotion" while miserable, only watching the fantastic life that Geneva was living through social media! Things changed once Geneva got a boyfriend... it was a gradual change. She started posting dog whistles that went over Flora's head to outright posting fascist propaganda. However, the most significant change was that Geneva was finally paying Flora attention and treating her like a sister instead of a prop! However, it wasn't long until Flora realized just why her sister was treating her nicely all of a sudden. To recruit her into Das Sonnenrad. You see, Geneva's boyfriend crept into her life, corrupted her mind and worldview, and made her perfect for the Das Sonnenrad cult. Using his abstraction, he deduced that she had Adept lineage, forced her to undergo a Kindling Event, and made her one of Kaiser Draeger's Chosen alongside himself. Geneva roped her sister into the cult only to gain favor with Kaiser Draeger, and she gave her sister the Aegis Piercer to act as one of Kaiser's footsoldiers on the streets of St. Portwell. Flora knew it was wrong, but the high she got from finally getting attention and approval from her sister was none other. So she happily cut down men, women, and children alike to keep that high. However, it wasn't long until she came down and what had happened to her: she was love-bombed into becoming a soldier for a Neo-Nazi cult only so her sister could get the approval of a Hitler-wannabe. She wanted to shoot Geneva with the Aegis Piercer... but she knew that Das Sonnenrad didn't take kindly to deserters (as in they were typically made an example of), so she had to play the part until Flora saw the writing on the wall: Kaiser Draeger had made some serious enemies and they were systematically tearing the cult apart, stronghold by stronghold. Flora knew this was her chance to get out of this: she contacted Emily G. Reed of 8th Street. She allied with 8th Street and told her where the remaining Das Sonnenrad strongholds were and, most crucially, where Kaiser Draeger was. During the final battle, Flora tried to get through to her sister, but she was too far gone and was willing to die for the Cult. The Winter Maiden killed her, and the Specter Knight claimed her soul. She escaped the Das Sonnenrad sanctuary, and it didn't take a genius for the Das Sonnenrad remnants to figure out that she had betrayed the cult. Naturally, they came for her neck, and Flora barely made it out alive. She went to the PRA's new Regional Commander, Meifeng Liao, and she told Flora to pound sand, that she had zero sympathy for Nazis, and to go accept the consequences of her actions. Flora falls into 8th Street with no other choice, who utterly hates her guts but finds her too valuable to get rid of. It was the only way to keep the leftover Nazis off of her, as they were afraid of 8th Street wiping out the rest of them. So, Flora acts as the begrudging punching bag and foot for Emily G. Reed's 8th Street Coven. Flora is an average-height Caucasian woman who is skinny with a face full of freckles and reddish-brown hair. Abstraction: Agent - The Aegis Piercer. A magical artifact and weapon used by the famed Amazon tribe to protect their home island. The Amazons had an array of magical weaponry that would be fantastic by the outside world's standards, but the standard issue to them. They used The Aegis Piercer to defend their island, but several were smuggled off the island and sold to the various black market groups... and one ended up in Flora's hands. The Aegis Piercer takes the appearance of a crossbow made out of stone marble... and despite looking too heavy to wield, it can easily be wielded by the scrawny Flora. It is a devastating and helpful weapon that is standard-issue for a reason. It essentially has a limitless supply of arrows; just by pulling the trigger, an arrow will always appear and fire at the enemy. Interestingly, the arrows can bypass any defenses and end up in the target. These arrows are imbued with dimensional traveling ability and can temporarily phase in between different dimensions to bypass any defenses and end up in the target - bypasses any defenses, laws of physics, or common sense. This has different levels, as the Aegis Piercer is mentally linked to Flora, as it can either bypass a wall to get to the target on the other side or pierce through the armor of an individual... or even go through one person to get to the one on the other side. However, these arrows have no supernatural properties beyond being supernaturally armor-piercing and are just functionally regular arrows.
George.Nelson
26 | George Nicholas Nelson | He/Him "You can't put this rush into words!"	Description: A member of the Old Coven... he was famous in St. Portwell High as one of its biggest bullies, who used his incredible size to intimidate others. He was famous in the wrestling ring as George the Juggernaut! However, one day, after beating some nerds at the old arcade, George was attacked by the Stygian Snake's minions, who nearly killed him. Until he was saved by the old Coven and discovered that he suddenly had an Abstraction, he was roped into the Coven by Britney Williams, primarily comprised of the people he bullies! Working with the people he intimidated was difficult, but he felt a rush like no other when fighting the Stygian Snake and its minions! This abstraction he had made him cocky and even bolder in his bullying and bullying members of the old Coven during the campaign against the Stygian Snake. This all culminated in the final battle, where he rushed in, took a fatal blow, and was left for dead by the members he had scorned! If it wasn't for the kindness and compassion of Jade West, he wouldn't have made it. He was mad, and instead of reflecting on himself, he blamed the Coven. He eventually became one of their enemies, a persistent nail in their side that acted as dumb muscle for various factions. He was defeated time and time again, and this made him no different as he loved the rush he got from these magical fights! The collapse of the old Coven didn't stir George at all... as he fell into the hands of Emily G. Reed. Emily told him the truth: that Britney forcibly adjoined him to his Apparition under hopes that he would die fighting the Stygian Snake. This made George feel no way or the other, except that Britney wanted him to die before her little secret got out. Emily knew that George liked to fight, just for the thrill of it all, and invited him to a Coven where he would get all the fights he wanted... and he gladly accepted, becoming 8th Street's enforcer and strongman. George is notable for being freakishly tall at seven-five (like they made News articles about the guy!) and very well-built due to his abstraction. Abstraction: Adjoined - The Strongman. The Apparition born from the ideations of what strength can do, and human power! The Strongman was one of the few useful Apparitions in Britney's possession... to put it simply, it's a simple abstraction (Shocker!): George is strong. Like, really, really, strong. He can perform ridiculous feats of super strength, such as throwing trucks, punching through concrete, and tanking bullets like it was nothing. It's unknown where the upper limits of this Abstraction land. Still, they come with a subtle telekinetic aspect that allows George to defy the laws of physics with some of his feats, such as pulling a chunk out of the ground, throwing it at someone, and throwing a car without falling apart when he swings it. George is also durable to boot, but only to physical attacks - you can still burn, electrocute, and whatnot.
Aaron.Sawyer
30 | Aaron Elijah Sawyer | He/Him "Whatever. Take the deal or get the fuck out of my face."	Description: A native of Chi-town... he grew up in the mean southside alongside his younger sister, Kenya. Chicago wasn't a safe place to raise kids, but their parents did their best to give their children a better life than them. However, Aaron, despite it all, found himself drawn to the bad crowd, the kids who idolized the gangster lifestyle. By high school, Aaron was selling drugs and illegally had a gun that was given to him by an older friend... and he eventually ended up getting arrested for possessing drugs and possession of a stolen firearm (that gun he was given? Reported stolen). Given that he was a black youth already committing crimes, he was tried as an adult and sentenced to over twenty years in prison before he got out of high school. The stress triggered his Kindling Event, and with his White Lux, he navigated the prison system more easily than others. He developed a sharp edge and cunning that helped him survive these twenty years that he had to look forward to... however, when he was in his early twenties, his sister, Kenya, visited him in prison in a private room with some people in suits. These people turned out to be Meifeng Liao and Cindy Keagan, who guessed correctly that he had an abstraction and gave him a choice: Get released out of prison now and join the PRA, or rot there. Naturally, he chose the former, underwent training, and had his sister as his partner. It was a culture shock, but Aaron would rather be in a suit than a cell. However, old habits die hard, and it wasn't long until he was making under-the-table deals with Paranormal organizations, tampering with evidence, and skimming drugs and money. He knew it was a great way to get thrown back in jail (or worse, "accidentally" fall out of a window), but this was all that Aaron knew. However, his sister Kenya caught onto this and demanded that Aaron stop, and at the request of his loving sister, Aaron ceased and went clean... ... Until the Lighthouse incident. Like many other agents, it was a traumatic event that he doesn't like to talk about. What is significant about the whole thing was that his sister Kenya was the one to end it all... and then she went missing. No one in the PRA cared about her and brushed him aside when he demanded that they search for his sister, but they already declared her dead. Out of frustration, Aaron left the PRA, and Director Alcott allowed him to do so without throwing him back in prison, as the Director felt that wasn't right. So, Aaron went from place to place, working for different crime-lords across the states (including Dollhouse, briefly), and sometimes being an informant for the Police and/or PRA. Until he ended up in St. Portwell... where he came across the lovely Emily G. Reed; dealing with her was like rubbing his nuts against sandpaper until they go raw, but she had potential (and she fought Nazis), and she needed someone who was used to working in the criminal underground in her ranks. So, Aaron is a defacto member of the 8th Street Coven (only because he detests Emily G. Reed too much to call himself one of her people), acting as a bridge between 8th Street and the criminal underworld - allowing them to make deals with different factions and finding artifacts for them. Aaron is an African-American man who is skinny but stands at five-eleven. Abstraction: Adept - Pink & White Lux. Channeler: His trusty lighter. Identity Creation: A spell that subtly alters people's memories on touch, and he can implant false memories of a person in their mind. Creating any number of fake identities for Aaron to use at will. Threat Assessment: Aaron can instinctively sense when someone is plotting against him (threatening, betraying, etc, etc) and easily act against them. Profiling: Aaron can analyze people and situations to deduce intent, motivations, and potential actions. This makes him highly effective at anticipating the moves of both friend and foe alike. Knowledge Absorption: Aaron can enter a place and absorb knowledge from his surroundings in a five-meter radius, enabling him to quickly learn about new operations, secret plans, or valuable information within his vicinity. Lie Detection: It's simple: Aaron can see someone's aura when they are lying. Rumor Manipulation: Using his Pink Lux, he can easily alter people's perceptions and create and spread rumors to serve his interests. Abstraction Intuition: A spell his sister taught him helps him learn about the paranormal and their abstractions. He can see the Paranormal by their aura and gains intuitive knowledge about Abstractions when used.
Carol.Doyle
Chronologically: 24. Biologically: 14. | Carol Heaven Doyle | She/Her. "I'll turn you into a fucking baby if you do that ever again!"	Description: The spicy member of the Old Coven and current member of the 8th Street Coven. Carol was a native of LA but moved to St. Portwell when she was young because her parents thought it would be a better environment for her (and they have family there!). There wasn't anything of note about Carol's past; she was just a regular ass girl. However, the Stygian Snake's rampage was where it all began, and her entire house was knocked over by the Stygian Snake, which killed her entire family. She was barely alive... and she saw Britney Williams. Suddenly, she was brought back to life, and... she looked down and saw a fucking hourglass fused to her stomach. She was confused about all of this, but Britney brought her back to her cult, and they explained everything - about how magic was real, and now she had magic too (which Britney was oddly knowledgeable about). She was still confused but honestly went along to stop the Stygian Snake and avenge her family! The Stygian Snake tore her in half during the final battle. However, at this point, Carol began returning to the same spot where it all started: her destroyed house. She checked the hourglass in her stomach, and it would gradually drop sand from the second the day started, ending at midnight, where it would teleport her back to the exact spot where her old house where her family was killed. It would also revert her to her exact appearance, preventing her from aging alone while triggering her to see her old house. Carol went to Britney, who explained that the hourglass resets Carol back in time to the moment she received it, with its ability to restore anyone or anything she touches merely being a sub ability. Then, it came out that Britney did this to her and others without their permission. Naturally, Carol was pissed off about this, and this naturally drew her to the likes of Emily and Vashti. When those two left, Carol was right behind them, given that the Old Coven had more interest in arguing and fighting each other than getting this damn thing out of her. Thus, Carol was one of the founding members of the 8th Street Coven and wholly supports Emily's dream of magical supremacy only so she can stop assholes with God-complexes like Britney. However, her goal is to get rid of the hourglass and gain a new abstraction, which Emily claims she's working on (she's not). When she was fourteen years old, Carol appeared to be herself, a small girl at four-eleven with very short blonde hair. Despite her aggressive and firey attitude, she doesn't look intimidating or assuming. Abstraction: Agent - The Hourglass. The Hourglass is a valuable and potent artifact that Britney forcibly fused to Carol to force her into the fight with the Stygian Snake. Carol admits it is a powerful artifact, but she wants nothing to do with it. Its most notable ability is to gradually revert anything she touches in time (reverting it to a previous state), and the longer she touches it, the further back in time it goes. This can reach a point where she can do things such as reverting materials to their raw form and turning people back into fetuses (and yes, she has done this before). She can exert more energy to make this process faster, and this abstraction can work on the Paranormal, but Emotional-Fields make it work four times as hard. If someone consents, she can pierce through their emotional field; using it offensively on the Paranormal is impractical. With this abstraction, she can easily repair damage and heal wounds - even resurrect the dead. However, this isn't the true ability of this abstraction and is merely a sub-ability. The primary aspect of the Hourglass is, essentially, immortality. Upon her first death, it created a fixed point (a checkpoint) in time that she automatically returns to once the clock strikes midnight. Once midnight hits, she will be teleported to where Britney gave her the hourglass - her parent's house that the Stygian Snake destroyed - and reverting her physically back to that point. So, any alterations made to her body will be restored, any aging, any wounds, and it will even bring her back from the dead. While it is a powerful abstraction, Carol wants to be normal!
Maya.Choi
28 | Myeong-Suk “Maya” Choi | She/Her "Just try telling me to shut up again." @FernStone	Description: Maya likes to claim that the 8th Street Coven has no leader, or if asked will say its her, but in reality she’s more like the gum on the bottom of Emily's shoe that she can't get rid of no matter how hard she tries. Maya grew up in Seoul, Korea in an incredibly strict household where the only fun she had was educational games. She got into St. Portwell college for Chemical Physics, and immediately moved (just after the Stygian Snake was seeled). She fell in with a bad group, then a bad relationship that turned incredibly abusive. This triggered her kindling event, and the aftermath led her to losing all her friends… Then she heard about the little coven Emily was putting together. Maya was one of the early members, joining pretty much as soon as it was created. She was looking for companionship and a way to explore her newfound magic - but she was quite happy when the coven’s focus shifted. Taking over the city's magical scene seemed pretty good. While with the 8th Street Maya has graduated and gotten a very well paid job at a company run by one of the cities Elite (literally, they’re a member of this group). This means she can help 8th a bit with information gathering on one of their enemies... At least the little she finds out and overhears at work. It’s hard to tell why Maya is still in the 8th Street Coven. Her and Emily are constantly at each other's throats - Maya just can’t help making snide comments towards her, which leads to arguments and threats, but ultimately the two of them agree with each other more often than not (which neither would admit to). She also doesn’t really have anything to gain. Maya doesn’t take any issue with Emily’s brutality, she’s glad to go along with that, she just takes issue with how controlling she is and her constant slut shaming. And she will not shut up about those issues she has. But 8th are also the only people she knows in the city, so she’s chosen to stick there. Maya is an incredibly loud, abrasive person. She doesn’t deal very well at being told what to do, which just adds to her constant clashing with Emily, and is very stubborn. Maya can be good company when she’s enjoying herself - she’s incredibly flirty, which definitely never causes problems for 8th street. Maya is a short (five-one), slim Korean woman with dyed red-brown hair. She often dresses in a cuter style, which completely clashes with her bitchy personality. Abstraction: Adept - Red Lux. Channeler: A helix hoop earring Sound Manipulation: Maya’s main spell, she can create sound waves and manipulate already existent sounds. She primarily uses this to emit powerful waves of sound waves that cause physical damage, either in a burst of sound in a radius around her or a more directed but slightly weaker blast from her hands. These sound blasts knock people back and cause all sorts of damage. She also uses it distort already existing sounds. She can make a sound incredibly loud and grating to the point it causes auditory damage, mess up how something sounds so it's unrecognizable, and the like. Sand Blast: Similar to how she uses direct sound wave blasts, Maya can create and control sand and send out a powerful blast of it from her hands. This is only from her hands, and a limited amount of sand, but it’s strong enough to hurt - and blind if it hits the eyes.
Annabelle.Heart
24 | Annabelle Candy Heart | She/Her "Emily has to help me... I don't know how long I can hold back."	Description: A friend of Miranda and Jacqueline, whom they roped into the 8th Street Coven, Annabelle was originally a native of St. Portwell. She lived a lovely life with her younger sister Sophia and was an artist (She got paid handsomely for drawing pictures of people's specific... interests). After joining the 8th Street Coven, she was given an artifact that allowed her to psychically control birds. Annabelle had little issue with 8th Street's bullying of St. Portwell's magical scene as she was getting paid and wanted to dominate it to make it safer for her little sister. However, a marble urn she was carrying was broken during 8th Street's faithful battle with Greenwood in the temple underneath St. Portwell over the many artifacts. It exploded with a mysterious black mist that Annabelle inhaled. She was infected with a mysterious curse known as The Hunger. The Hunger transformed her from a regular gal to a freakishly tall creature (at eight feet tall) that is near skeletal with two horns on the side of her head, sunken yellow eyes and long spindly claws. Worst of all, Annabelle has fits of hunger for human flesh and will become increasingly rabid until she eats someone. Emily has been letting her out into other dimensions to let her eat a few people and return to keep her quelled - however, Annabelle desperately wants to be cured so she can return to normal. Annabelle stays in the 8th Street Mansion, but when Emily isn't aware, Annabelle sometimes ventures out at night, putting on a robe and a deer-skull mask. Paranormal Ability: Unknown.

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Meifeng.Liào

42 | Liào Meifeng | She/Her "Even the oldest animal can put up one hell of a fight."

Description: Callsign: Iron-Dragon. Née Zhao. Meifeng is a decorated and skilled PRA agent who proved herself a capable leader during the Haunted Mansion incident, Werewolf Outbreak, Vampire Coven Wars, The Time Warp Anomaly, and, most recently, the infamous Lighthouse Incident (in which she doesn't like to talk about). Meifeng Liao is one of the top agents of the organization and holds the rank of Regional Commander - tasked with solving St. Portwell's supernatural war and recovering the Stygian Snake. The woman is incredibly stern, obstinate, efficient, and ruthless and will do what it takes to get the job done. On the job, the woman is stoic and professional, but behind the scenes, she's a fun-loving goofball who loves her two children dearly. Meifeng was born in Hong Kong, China, but was brought to America by her mother when she was a little girl after her father's death. She settled into LA, where she grew up with her friend Cindy Keagan and her other best friend, Jennifer Caspin. She was called the Zhao Flower for her beauty, but she hated that since she was a "short-tempered badass" in her own words. However, Cindy left for the Army, and Jennifer went to New York to attend college, which left Meifeng alone, but she met her future husband, Daniel Liao, in college. The woman places inner strength above all else; to her, it's the ability to keep fighting no matter what. Thus, Meifeng is all about her fitness and is in amazing shape due to spending hours upon hours in the gym despite having twins (she has a C-section scar down her midsection). Which makes her appear to be a little bit intimidating; what doesn't help is the fact that she stands at five-eleven but, to her chagrin, barely has any curves. Meifeng's best friend is Cindy Keagan, her partner in crime and childhood friend. Abstraction: Adept - Red-Lux. Channeler: Locket with a photo of her children. Ferromancy: Fueled by Meifeng's iron-hard resolve, fortitude, strength, obstinance, and fleeting prime, she developed spells revolving around manipulation metal. The core feature of this Spell is the ability to move metal in all its shapes and forms through sheer force of will (Aka. Telekinetically). She's capable of subtle effects, such as locking a door from the other side, to the more dramatic, such as shredding a car with a wave of her hand. It's linked to her body movements, so using this Spell requires some movement. Meifeng can also lift a large amount of metal at a time, up to three and a half thousand pounds worth of metal. She can't shape metal traditionally, whereas another metal manipulator could seamlessly shape metal like a liquid; Meifeng's metal shaping is more like an outside force attempting to force it into a shape. Any attempts of shaping else will cause the metal to be deformed and horrific screeching. And no, she will not be able to fix it. Through some practice, Meifeng has discovered that she can create clean cuts in metal or attach one piece of metal to another. Meifeng can, however, shape metal under one condition: she shapes it into a blade. Meifeng isn't sure why this limitation is in place (it likely has to do with a particular childhood incident), but it's a limiter that forces her to get creative.