Name: Lieutenant Gwendoline Etan Regalia
Nickname/Alias: "Claymore"
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Powers/Skills:-
Powder Mage: Gwen is a Marked or most commonly known as a "Powder Mage". Her magic is the ability to sense and control gun powder. She can do things such as control the energy it gives off when it explodes, sense it by smell at great distances and also force it to react with a simple thought and make it explode or even completely stop the reaction from even occurring.
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Bullet Floating: Also part of the powers in a Powder Mage's arsenal is a method of controlling the energy of black powder called Bullet Floating where the kinetic force from a fired round can be stored around the bullet and force it to float in the air before redirecting it in a different direction. The lighter a bullet the easier it is the float over long distances and more talented Marked can float multiple bullets at once. Gwen is known for her ability to control heavier bullets and even completely stop shots directed at her from an enemy powder mage, given she has the time to reach out to it.
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Burning: This is when a Powder mage forces black powder to burn and explode. they can control how much of it does actually burn and where the energy is directed. it however cannot be stored for long period or dispelled. The energy created when Burning powder must be directed somewhere.
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Powder Trance: A Marked has superior control over black powder but when consumed it augments a Powder Mage's strength, speed, and even their healing abilities to levels dependent on the amount of powder inhaled or eaten. It does have negative effects when consumed in large quantities but most Powder Mages forgo the risk because of the benefits.
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Third Eye: Not a physical eye but a mental one, or "inner eye", it is a passive ability to sense magic be it residual, other users or magical beings. A Powder Mage or even a full on sorcerer have the option of severing themselves from their Third Eye without losing their powers but it is permanent and they may never connect to it again. These individuals are known as "Mage Breakers" because they are most commonly used to assassinate Mages.
Crush: Taniel (A Captain she fawned over in the Kez war.)
Appearance:
Weakness(es): - Her magic only effects black powder and the energy it creates when it explodes.
- "Powder Blind" is the term used for the effect that occurs when a Marked is in a "Powder Trance" for to long due to the over consumption of black powder. It's name is literal and the effect tends to be either temporary or permanent on a case by case basis.
- Gold has the ability to block a Powder Mage's powers if it comes in contact with their blood and thus Gwen avoids it at all costs.
From: Promise of Blood: The Powder Mage Trilogy by Brian McClellan; She was created for an adapted module of Pathfinder.
Other: Her nickname "Claymore" comes from being able to control heavy shots like musket balls and even a cannon ball (under a Powder Trance) to fly at longer ranges with more accuracy, the reason for this is that she can amplify the energy of a powder explosion to a certain degree. She also wears a silver pin of a gun powder barrel on her collar which is the badge of a marked, carries 2 powder horns on her belt at all times with cartridges in pouches for her
pistol which is 6 shot (revolver) and loaded with brass shelled bullets. She does not carrier the usual saber used by military officers and instead has a long
stiletto dagger in a sheath at the small of her back.
Bio: Gwen is a Marked from the nation of Ardan and was a Sergeant in the army at the start of the war with the Fez. She became the Second hand of Taniel who was a famed captain of the conflict. Receiving most of her promotions on the field and also famed from her feat of stopping and redirecting several cannon shots when defending a fortification during one of the war's most bloodiest battles. She returned to Ardan just before the coupe against the tyrant King Manhouch XII and the small nation was thrown into a civil war.
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