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Of course, because he's from France... I figured it had something to do with him being a knight of the cross and got confused. Haha.

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@Eisenhorn Six weeker?

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Lena stood silent a few steps behind the rest of the group that had gathered outside the mansion. That was the way she liked it, out of the way, but close enough to listen. Master Regan was often commended about her well-behaved pupil, either openly or in the form of a snarky comment (Do you spray water in her eyes if she misbehaves?). She was often silent, no point in making speech sounds unless she had something to say, and someone had something to reply. She'd stood silent like a gargoyle through the meeting as well, although she'd begun to regret it halfway through. Master had warned her about the tediousness of wizards, but she hadn't been close. Luckily she'd found a small cluster of apprentices and the unspoken, and never revealed practice of rotation had begun. A few minutes at the front, looking spry and alert, a few minutes at the back leaning against the wall to get some weight off your feet.

The apprentices were also a good source of information. Any piece of information that fell out of the mouth of one of the proper wizards were retold and emptied of all relevant info amongst the apprentices. Sometimes she feared that their whispers would draw the rage of someone, but it seemed like everyone had too much to do. She'd gotten some info on this Kemmler-guy. Necromancer, killed before, come back. Like Jesus, but the women were weeping fr entirely different reasons.

Discreetly, Lena shifted her weight from one foot to the other. She wanted to be done with it all. She wanted to go back home to her cauldron. She'd been up late last night collecting light from the moon to use in a potion that would boost the senses and she wanted to try it. Her robe was too coarse and a hair from her armpit had somehow managed to get stuck in it, which meant that every time she moved her arm, she also tugged at that single hair. The sooner she got away the better. But of course there were no such luck. The people who had spoken so far had just gone around in circles... "I saw him once", "I wonder how he does it", what if we fail?"

Not bloody important, how do we find the bloke? That's a question worth asking. Why now, what is the frequency between his reincarnations and what kind of preparations are needed? Knowing that, a counter-measure should be childs play to figure out. Lena buried her gaze in Master Regan's head, trying as best as she could to force her masters thoughts to sync with her own. Ask the important questions or let's go.
Of course, unless you knew Lena well, you wouldn't think that she was doing anything else than following the conversation, her face was entirely relaxed apart from her eyes, which were locked on her master.

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@KiltmanBagz I just finished that one last night. Glorious.

@Melkor Updated my items, let me know if I need to work on anything else.

Heroically heroic heroes on an adventurous adventure!

@Shoryu Magami Nothing more than expected, anything that deviates from the normal style of doing PbP usually takes a few posts to get going properly. It's not the first time I've experimented with stuff like this on the site. Hope you've found something fun to do btw.

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@Melkor Great to have a second opinion on it. I am working on the items, slowly. I came up with the pentagram rings as I was writing and kind of like the idea, so I want the shield and focus to be similarly weird and kind of playing with the symbolism of magic. Thanks to that I have a new angle on how to play the character that will hopefully yield some fun roleplaying moments.

Heroically heroic heroes on an adventurous adventure!

@Shoryu Magami Hi there. Yes, we are moving. Haven't gotten very far yet and we're still fumbling around, trying to see how everything works. We should get comfortable in a few posts and then the fun can really begin.

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@KiltmanBagzThat does make a lot of sense. Dresden is always going on about his shield bracelet getting hot while he uses it. Smaller items being faster and bigger ones slower, because the bigger they are the more energy you need to pour into them before they start working. Something as small as a ring could only really deal with a very small amount of magic before blowing out... Maybe I should rethink my items now that I have something like this to lean on. A shield in a ring wouldn't be able to stand up to much punishment after all.

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@KiltmanBagz So there is a mechanic to the focus items then? I've only encountered Dresden (staff, rod) and Elaine (rings and bracelets). Dresden had a though about having smaller items, so I sort of wondered "Why doesn't he? Apart from the theme, a smaller item would be better in every way. Or does it have to do with intricacy in some way?

Anyway, double focus seems to make sense. The terramancy would come out as a general spell then? Just point, shoot and run away?

EDIT: Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it.

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First draft. Please look at it carefully.

Lena Thornton

Name: Lena Thornton.

Age: 21.
Gender: Female.

Class/Faction: White council.

Background: Lena was not born in a happy time, but she was fortunate enough to be born in a magical family. Her mother was a wizard, loosely associated with the white council on good days. Apparently she was a pretty good wizard, but not good enough to stop a direct hit from one of the German bombers. By a stroke of luck young Lena had been with her father about two houses away when the bomb fell and was unharmed.
After that, he could not take care of his daughter anymore and had her sent away to the north like so many other children. He did manage to get hold of one of his wife’s wizard-friends who intercepted the train and made sure that the child was put in the care of someone who could bring her up properly. That someone was apparently Regan Shauna O’Bagley (yeah, Lena has no idea how that happened either).

Personality: Lena is a heavily introverted young woman, she rarely engage in small-talk or anything that doesn’t have a point. Over all, her social skills could be better, but she manages by the skin of her teeth. Her saving graces being an almost otherworldly calmness no matter what happens and the fact that she’s loyal to the death, although maybe not very obedient. She also have a very high IQ. Most people believe that IQ is in some way related to intelligence, which is wrong. What Lena excel at is seeing and understanding connections, she loves to read and has about a million tiny post-its placed in various books for reference.
Appearance: Lena is a young woman of normal height and slim build. Quite different from the other women in the Drestenverse she really has nothing that could be seen as attractive in any kind of light. She lacks curves, has dull brown eyes and dull brown hair, thin lips and dry-ish skin. She cares very little about her own appearance, shops most of her clothes in the men’s section and cuts her own hair. Makeup is out of the question.

Magic Type(s):
Alchemy - The mixing of potions. This is Lena’s real forte. There is something about her mind that makes mixing various ingredients together seem almost logical.
Thaumaturgy - The creation of magical bonds and the power to influence something big with something small.
Hydromancy - By far her weakest skill, too spontaneous and unpredictable. On the other hand, other mages seems to despise being drenched as well.

Equipment:
Weight ring (Made by Regan) - A normal metallic, smooth ring carried on her right ring finger. This ring has been infused with Regan’s terramancy. Upon activation it'll launch a gravitation spell at whatever Lena is aiming it at, effectively doubling the weight of whatever it hits.

Pentagram focal rings - An intricate design. This focus item consists of five silver rings (one on each finger of her left hand), connected by a fine silver chain between each other. When the hand is stretched out it creates a pentagram so horribly crooked and uneven that no five year old would even dare to show it to their parents. The symbol is there though, and the connections are made by the chains. The design is Lena’s own and she is quite proud of it.

Shield bracelet - A wide (about two inches) bracelet Lena keeps on her left arm. As opposed to other shield bracelets that are basically a chain with small shields on, this one resembles a hunk of metal. While it is smooth and polished, it is not adorned in any way. The bracelet is infused with a shield spell and will put up a sphere around Lena upon activation that should shield her from most ordinary attacks, although it has trouble standing up to magic as suck a small focus item tends to overheat quickly.
The bracelet used to be connected to the Pentagram rings in an attempt to create a pentacle focus. The idea was that the pentagram would technically be inside the ring of the bracelet as her hand was stuck through it. Turns out that the laws of magic are bendy enough to allow the pentagram rings, but the pentacle was too much.

Bag of mysteries - This is an entirely normal backpack. It does contain mysteries though. As an alchemist Lena is always prepared to gather materials and carrier with her a hundred zip-lock bags wherever she goes, as well as a few commonly used materials like salt, just in case.

Other: Lena hates cats, she’s more of a dog person.