Fantasy Adelaide's Home for the Lost and Wandering

[Miracle Corgi]

Adelaide's Home for the Lost and Wandering

• Overview
• Background
• The House
• House Rules

• Adelaide's home is a large manor, welcoming to all wanderers and scholars. The home provides a for people to learn and develop their trades, as long as they use their skills to better the home itself. For example, you could move into the house as a novice baker, and as long as you worked your share in the kitchen, doing dishes, fetching ingredients from town, and preparing food for meals, then in your free time, the head chef would take you under their wing and make your their apprentice. Additionally, the kitchen is yours to experiment and perfect your baking talents. The house isn't only for those wishing to develop their skills and trades, though. It is also a place for travelers and scholars to share their knowledge. You are free to stop and stay at the home before a long journey, and you are free to share your knowledge and stories with the residents as well.
  
  The home is a welcoming place for all, for better or worse, and you will always find an open bed here.
• 
  
  • The Founders
  • Recent Years
  • The Surrounding Area
  • Setting

  • 
    The house was founded by Rudder Grey and Valora Weld. The duo had met overseas while Rudder was lecturing about his recent inventions. The two came together over their passions, and with their strengths and drive they traveled abroad for years helping communities every way they could. After some time, they settled in Petravene and established the Grey Manor. Soon, Valora was needed back in her homeland and Rudder couldn't manage the household without her. As a result, his mother, Adelaide, took over her position as the matriarch of the homestead. As time went on, Adelaide began to thrive as she mothered the home, and Rudder felt he could leave her in charge indefinitely as he left to join Valora. Before the two had met, she was a prominent diplomat and strong political figure, and as the countries across the sea began to hit turbulent wartimes, she returned. As times began to worsen, Rudder joined her, to support her as needed in such stressful political climates.
    
    Decades have passed since then, communication with the two had been cut as the countries went into war overseas, news traveled slowly and Adelaide was one of the last to find out that her son and daughter-in-law had been killed in the strife. Despite her grief, the home had turned into her passion and she knew that Rudder and Valora also deeply loved the home as well. Since their passing she had stood as the sole matriarch and figurehead for Grey Manor.
  • The last few years for the home have been stable, with people coming and going as usual. There hasn't been any major growth spurts for the home, nor have there been any significant loses as well. Times have been slow, as if it's the calm before the storm. Within the last few months, though, Adelaide has been spending more and more time in her personal quarters rather than out in the house as she used to.
  • The manor is fairly large at this point in time, but it is still in the outskirts of one of the growing cities in country. Surrounded by woods and creeks, it's a very temperate area that is known for its bustling wildlife and nature. The location of the house is a premiere stop for travelers, being miles from the closest port town, but also being one of the last hostels before the steep mountains to the west, it offers travelers a warm resting place before a hard trek. On the other side of the mountains though, is the neighboring country of Gnavian, which has recently been hostile towards the country Adelaide's home resides in, Petravene.
  • The setting is a funny point in time, probably something equivalent to the Industrial Era, with "new" technology everywhere. Steamboats, cable cars, trains, etc. Are all found within densely populated areas. With magic, however, people have been able communicate long distances for a while now, and with fantastical beasts they've been able to travel long distances as well. Technology and inventions are new, and are the normal person's way of making life easier without being so heavily dependent on witches or wizards.
    
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  The house is littered with memories of those who once lived and visited the abode. There's marks on tables and heirlooms left behind to forever immortalize those who have stayed with Adelaide and her family. In every corner is a mess, or a collection of stuff, things from trinkets to books and journals. Left over potions and papers in foreign languages detailing old curses and spells. There are only a few rooms that are always to be kept clean, and you can find boarders washing these floors and dusting in these rooms all through the night.
  The first of those rooms is the grand foyer, and while it sounds zealous, it's still very humble. The wood in this room has been carved into by traveling artists, flourishing the walls. The furniture here, as well, is some of the nicest in the home, since it is the first thing anyone sees as they walk in through the main entrance. Hanging on the walls here are portraits of all three founders, Adelaide's being the smallest, but she prefers it that way.
  Past the foyer is the main hall, you can find cots and sleeping bags here along the walls and in corners, but there's mainly more couches and seats here as well, but many of the largest rooms in the house connect to the hall, as well as the grand stairwell into the upper parts of the home. From here you can find the dining hall and main kitchen, two of the rooms that are always to be kept clean, and they are what you'd expect. Also leadin off of the main hall is the study, which is closer to an actual library. Featuring many antiqued and aged oak shelves, you can find some of the oldest books and spells here, and usually someone taking a nap at one of the tables. If you take a ladder or two up in the library though, you can reach small nooks and lofts, filled with drafting tables and small cauldrons. This isn't the grandest working station for the largest projects, but they are incredible spaces for ideation and day dreaming new inventions and charms.
  If you're looking for larger work stations, there's some that dot the halls, messy alchemist stations and labs in some rooms, some have been turned into lesser kitchens, others have turned into machine labs that allow inventors to test and create larger and louder feats.
  The further you go up the stairs, or the further you go down the halls, you'll find more and more smaller bedrooms, or more studios for artists, or simpler rooms. Some are for tailors, the room filled to the brim with sewing machines or extra fabric. There's a well sized studio at the end of the east wing hallway, with windows looking out to the garden. A piano sits in the corner of this room, but it could also be used for dancing or performance. There's numerous paint splatters on the wood floor here, as well, from artists.
  Surrounding the house are botanical gardens and nature preserves, followed by a large green house. Beside that construct is also a small pond and water wheel, as well as a very simple house that features a small kitchen, studio, and sitting room. Adelaide can usually be found within, drinking tea, if she isn't walking about the gardens and house.
  Deeper into the forest are still more additions to the manor, these are mainly tree houses and smaller outposts for researchers. Some sleep in the tree houses, and others leave their research or spell work inside. To the west side of the lot, out of the woods and on the otherside of the home is a very humble stable. You can find a variety of magical and normal creatures living here, and sometimes someone asleep in the hay.
  The only downside to the house is the old plumbing and the communal bathrooms.
  
  
• Adelaide asks that during your time spent in the house, you somehow repay the house by services or goods, not by money. Everything you do within the house should be for the benefit of the household and its inhabitants. There is to be no ancient curses cast within the walls, no summoning of dark demons, no fighting in the halls, and the maximum time allowed in the shower is ten minutes. No magical creatures larger than the door are allowed within the house, especially those that can fly.

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Feel free to ask any questions, if you need anything clarified. I'll update this post with links to IC, OOC, and the interest check posts in a second!
Adelaide's Home for the OOC
Adelaide's Home For The Lost, Wandering, and Magical (interest check link, in case I explained it better here)
Adelaide's Home for the Lost and Wandering (IC)

For a character submission, please fill out the following, and i'm going to invite you to be creative, but within reason. No over the top fantastical characters, I'd also ask that characters be mainly human, they can have other attributes, maybe ears and a tail, maybe theyre half-elf, etc. But predominantly human. Also, it's a very common thing to know a couple spells or potions, witches and wizards are common as well. You get the idea!

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Once I like your character submission, you're good to go and post in the IC! So as of rn, I still need to make my own characters, but I'm going to try to get the IC out as fast as possible so if I'm caught up working or not around, you guys can still start this rolling and have fun with it

 

[MiraAutumn]

Maria Silven

• Introduction
• Detail
• Skills

• 
  Name: Maria Silven
  Nickname: Mari
  Age: 22
  Gender: Female
  Purpose of Stay: To train her creativity and skills as an aspiring artist(mainly landscapes).
  Likes: Adventure, excitement, new things, exploring, landscapes, heights, being busy, sports, competitiion, flexible clothing, fast food
  Dislikes: Boredom, sleepiness, fashion, heels, red, cake, deadlines
  Quirks: When sleepy, her head droops unnaturally.
  Pets: She has a rare silver chocobo as her pet and mount, named Diana. She was a gift from a foreigner after she helped them with an issue.
  Spoiler: Silver Chocobo

  
• 
  Appearance: With messy, light-chocolate brown hair and swamp-green eyes, Maria has never really been considered the pretty type. Along with her unnaturally pale skin and rather curveless figure, some wonder what sort of unnatural entity she descends from. She is usually seen her with her crutches, but sometimes she'll be found sitting in her wheelchair whenever her scar is aching.
  
  Personality: An explorer at heart, with a great love for adventure, Maria can be considered fearless and tiring, but fun to be with. She doesn't hold grudges, and lets insults slide by her without much effect. Her bluntness can be a little shocking to some, but she's just kind of dense like that. She's a little self-conscious, due to some teasing in the past, but she doesn't let that hold her down, and does what she loves no matter what anyone says. Knowing that her adventures have been ended, she's definitely in pain internally, but resolves to materialize the memories of her trips around the world.
  
  Brief Backstory: Her friend ***** is located at the manor, and therefore she is rather familiar with the location and it's function, as Maria tends to visit him/her/it often. On her last adventure, she fell quite a distance on the side of a mountain, and has crippled her left ankle for life. She can no longer walk properly.
  
• 
  Abilities:
  
  • She knows how to make an exotic, fruit-flavoured, efficient, speed-enhancing potion which she learnt in a desert country a long distance away from her home country(lasts only for a few hours, but almost doubles someone's inital speed).
  • She knows a simple spell which gives her night vision for around 30 minutes. All it requires is a few locks of hair.

 

[Berries]

Meriwether "Meri" Denney

• Basics
• About
• Abilities

• Name- Meriwether "Meri" Denney
  Age- 25
  Gender- Male
  Species- Human
  
• Purpose of Stay- To gain exposure to others
  Meri's parents were travelers who used to visit Adelaide's Home for the Lost and Wandering often, but when they had Meri they settled down. Meri was always a bright kid, but he never showed any interest in going outside or meeting other people. Therefore, now that he's grown up, his parents encouraged him to stay at the Home to broaden his horizons before he fully goes out to live on his own.
  
  Personality-
  When regarding Meri, "antisocial" may be a word that comes to mind but it would be far from accurate. While he never seeks out social interaction, if flung into a social situation he won't run away from it. Interacting with Meri is entirely a matter of being in the right place at the right time, because only in certain circumstances will he open up very much. Generally he likes to stay cooped up in his room either reading or experimenting, and his general view on other beings is that they get in the way of his work. He is aware that humans are supposed to be social creatures, but has never once felt the inclination to voluntarily talk to another.
  
  Despite misgivings about his abilities to interact, Meri is actually quite well mannered. He speaks like he was born two-hundred years ago and is always addressing everybody as "miss", "mister" or "madam". It is rare that he takes a break from his formalities. It should be noted that even when he is saying mean or condescending things he will continue to address people as such which can produce a sarcastic manner in his voice that was entirely unintentional. When wrapped up in a conversation, Meri prefers to listen over speak, but if prompted he will talk. He particularly seems to like talking about his work or any assortment of knowledge.
  
  Due to the fact that he has arrived at the House with explicit orders from his parents to socialize, Meri has been making somewhat of an effort to go out and meet other people. He doesn't particularly like the work, feeling that his work has been put on hold for an entirely pointless reason, but nonetheless is doing his best. His vocabulary also tends to be pretty out-dated, which he has slowly come to realize, and has also begun the task of familiarizing himself with modern slang. Meri rarely does anything unless he is motivated to, making him seem lazy at times, but when he is motivated he has a work ethic like few have seen before.
  
  Appearance-
  Standing at 5"6 and weighing scarcely over 130lbs, Meri is a small man. His slight frame and short stature make it seem like he is a lot younger than he actually is, and is accustomed to be treated as such. His teal-colored hair is short at the back but gives him bangs at the front of his head, helping to emphasize his light green eyes. Meri's hands are soft with long fingers, giving him the look of an instrumentalist. The man's ears are slightly pointed at the ends, but not to a noticeable degree. Meri generally dresses in warm clothing even when it's hot outside due to the fact that he has bad blood circulation and gets cold easily. When he's working he usually uses a pair of goggles, and is rarely seen around without a book in hand.
  
• Abilities-
  Shackle- Through a simple spell, Meri is able to "shackle" certain memories to objects around him. The spell works by binding his memories of a certain event or topic to an inanimate object. After the memory is shackled, he can then recall it by touching the item which it was bound to. It is a useful ability for him because it allows him to retain a large range of memories to the smallest detail due to the fact that he doesn't have to store it all in his head.
  
  However, it should be noted that once the memory is bound he loses the capability to remember it in his head; he can only recall it if he touches the object. Therefore it would be devastating for him to lose any of his bound objects for each one is a wealth of knowledge within itself. It's for this reason that Meri often carries around a bag with miscellaneous materials inside both to bind new memories to and to recall important memories of his.
  
  Puppeteer- Meri is able to manipulate the minds of small creatures - primarily insects but birds occasionally fall victim to his antics. He cannot read their minds or speak to them but he can force their bodies to move in the ways he wants, making it easy for him to capture them for his projects. In order to conduct the magic, Meri needs to be in close vicinity to the animal - it is much easier if he is able to touch it - and needs to concentrate on projecting his own mental desires across to the animal's. It is much more difficult for him if there are other living creatures around while he is trying to project.
  
  The ability works a lot like a satellite signal, as he projects his mental wavelengths across a distance to reach another creature and project his wants and desires into it. He cannot control more than one creature at a time, and if the creature is distanced from him he loses contact. If a creature were to die while Meri is controlling it, Meri becomes violently ill.
  
  Skills-
  Alchemist- Meri is an apprentice alchemist and has the ability to make a variety of basic potions. He has yet to learn to channel magic into any of his potions, but is well versed in all manner of animal and plant life and he uses this to be able to make a variety of concoctions. Oftentimes he doesn't work off of known recipes and instead makes things up himself.
  
  Librarian- At home, while Meri was studying alchemy he paid for his lessons and materials by working as a librarian. The job has given him both an abundance of knowledge but also great organizational skills: everything Meri owns is very neatly organized, cleaned and in exactly the position he wants them.
  
  Possessions-
  Satchel - Meri always carries around a small satchel that contains at least one book and a variety of miscellaneous objects. One might think he was weird, carrying around such a random assortment of things, but in reality all those objects are things that he has shackled memories to and he keeps them close-by whenever possible.
  
  Pendant - Meri always carries around a small blue pendant shaped like a leaf. While it looks like it may be a magical item, in reality it's just a small memento from his first alchemy instructor that he brings everywhere for good luck.
  

 

[Elekta Kount]

Bardin Grinsbeard

"Some people call me a wazzok,

but aye, I'm the dwarf ranger."

-Bardin Grimsbeard​

• Basics
• About
• Abilities

• 
  Name- Bardin Grinsbeard
  Age- 286
  Gender- Male
  
• Purpose of Stay- He needs a base TA SETTLE GRUDGES! And perhaps find the lost hold of the Grimsbeard that may or may not still exist.
  
  Personality-Like his name implies, Grinsbeard loves to grin, and talk, talk aloot. He is quite a friendly fellow, especially for a dwarf of his kind. He is also not as suspicious or isolated as those from his home, being able to hold conversation with any creature without discriminating too much on their race. Bardin’s favorite pastimes include just wandering the wilderness, fighting giant monsters, and just sitting around a fire with a pint of ale and telling stories of his and his kin's grand adventures that sometimes sound to close to myth, though don't bring that up with Bardin least you anger him. Bardin is more than willing to lend a hand or an axe to anybody in a sticky situation, after all a dwarf remembers much and will never step back from helping a friend in need. but he is not afraid to offend if things don’t go too well.Even so, he is still considered better than most dwarfs from his hold, as he knows when to be bullheaded about something and when to avoid trouble. Though, one would not be recommended to anger him, even if the threshold for his anger is considerably larger then for most dwarves, you don't want to have a dwarven grudge against you.
  
  
  History- When Bardin was a lad, he was like any other dwarf. He learned how to mine the various metals of the earth, learn how to smith them into tools and weapons, and of course learned how to fight with said weapons. It was all good and normal, until one day he ventured up onto the surface. He went missing for a few days but when he returned he was dazzled by the surface world. He had experienced so many things in the short period he was up there, like the sight sparkling stars, the smell of the pine trees, the cool wind beneath his beard, and he even got to meet some humans, who were not as bad as all the other dwarves claimed. Soon Bardin developed what other dwarfs would call undwarven-like and even disgraceful dream of being a surface dweller. Don’t get Bardin wrong, he still loved and was proud of being an underground dwarf, but the surface world presented so many opportunity for adventure, and Bardin loved adventure as much as he did love a good pint of ale.
  
  Bardin would go on to join the dwarven rangers, a group that either had dwarves who were outcasted by their clans, desperate to earn their way back into a hold or on the other hand were of a more independent-minded breed of Dwarf, small groups from respectable clans that feel more at home on the surface. Bardin was obviously in the latter, however his choice in becoming a ranger more or less exiled him from his clan. Even so, Bardin would to this day tell you he did not regret that decision, because it lead to many grand stories and adventure, in fact it help make a name for himself. In his many adventures he made many allies in the form of dwarfs, humans, and a number of other races.
  
  However, Bardin would soon get his hands on his clan’s ancient grudgebook, a book that listed all the grudges that every dwarf in that clan held. So, he left the dwarf rangers to adventure else where, planning to settle many of the grudges in the books. Turned out he had found it lying in a mine, by many present day human settlements. And just so happens the vast majority of the grudges occurred in this area. Bardin will need to establish a base from which he will need to settle the grudges of his ancestors and to find his clan's lost hold...
  
  Appearance- Stands about 3'8, and has plenty of muscle about him. Additionally, he carries around with a backpack with all the necessary survival gear as well as a clock that is more often than not rolled up and stored in his backpack. Underneath his tunic he wears a set of finely crafted dwarven chain mail as well as a set of finely crafted steel toed boots. He always, almost ALWAYS, wears his helmet.
  
  Spoiler

  
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• Abilities/Skills:
  
  Dwarf~ Dwarves might be squat, but they are tough and resilient little guys, strong enough to lift a couple of humans. They are also immune to magic, seeing it as lazy, unstable, and dangerous. They also possess keen eye site in the dark, on account for much of their life underground.
  
  Ranger/Pathfinder/Explorer~ The dwarf ranger can traverse any terrain, but he excels when traveling across mountainous terrains. Josef is also a survivalist, knowing how to stay in the wilderness for long and even staying hidden. He is also a pretty decent marksman with his crossbow, and knows quite a few hidden pathways through the mountains.
  
  Fighter~ Every dwarf’s a fighter, whether with their fists or with an axe.
  
  Smithing~ Every dwarf needs to know about smithing, as it’s one of the pillars of dwarven community. To average humans, his work is astounding. To dwarves, his work is above average.
  
  Mining~ Every dwarf also needs to know how to find ores and mine the mountains. Josef knows how to mine efficiently and also knows where to find the best ores.
  
  Brewer~ Dwarves love to drink, they also can concoct the strongest drink that are almost deadly to humans, but delicious to dwarves.
  
  Engineering/Builder~ Dwarves are natural builders, having perfected them for centuries. The are best at building tunnels but take just as much care in building other structures. They primarily like to use stone to build their structures.
  
  Chemistry~ Dwarves know how to mix together chemicals to get what they need, usually blasting powder for mining.
  
  
  Possessions:
  
  Adventurer’s Pack~ A relatively big and heart backpack containing many survivalist items, such as a lantern, rations, medical kit, etc.
  
  Dwarven Chainmail~ A finely crafted chainmail capable of protecting against cuts and stabs.
  
  Ranger’s Clock~ A simple clock, covers the ranger and keeps him warm.
  
  Runic Axe~ A dwarven axe imbued with runic powers.
  
  Throwing Axes~ Self explanatory, axes that can be thrown. Carries about 2.
  
  Dwarven Shield~ A very nice piece of protection, can protect against even the biggest of blows.
  
  Dwarven Crossbow~ Josef’s primarily weapon in the field. A finely crafted crossbow with pinpoint accuracy and smooth mechanics.
  
  Dwarven Flintlock Pistol~ A backup weapon, slow to fire but packs a punch.
  
  Tools~ All the tools Bardin needs to for activities such digging into the side of the mountain or smithing some more tools, including a miner’s helmet attached to his pack.
  
  Runes~ Various runes crafted by his hold’s Runesmith, each rune can exhibit various powers, and can be imbued into object by way of smithing.
  
  Clan Grimsbeard’s Book of Grudges~ A book filled with all the records to which something or someone has wronged a dwarf from Clan Grimsbeard.
  
  BG Iron Mug~ BG stands for Bardin Grimsbeard. An iron mug attached by a chain to Josef’s belt. Good for drinking ale, or smashing someone’s skull in.
  

 

[Miracle Corgi]

Regis Sunore

• Overview
• Personality
• Appearance
• Purpose of Stay
• Abilities and Possessions

• Name: Regis Sunore
  Age: 24
  Gender:Male
  Avid lover of the sea and the outdoors. He's trying his best to stay positive!
• He's amiable, bright, but still childish in a lot of ways. Whether it be naivete, and willingness to believe in the good in others, or that he can still act very selfish now, and not consider other's feelings over his own. Regis wants to stay active, and isn't a fan of brooding unless he's alone and his mood is sour. Additionally, he's hot headed, and while it still takes a bit of work to get him angry, he's very capable of blowing up at someone. If they don't reach that point, he'll still be angry, just internally, and he'll probably end up trying to repurpose that anger into something else, but it might be slightly passive aggressive. All in all, he's fairly human, still awkward, but his head is in the right place
• Lanky and bony, his clothes fit him loosely now from the weight he's lost recently since his time arriving at the house. He used to be much more muscular and built, but all that's left now is small lean muscles if any. Light, faded scars dot his forearm and legs from countless spars from his teen years. His skin is speckled with sun damage and freckles around his shoulders, forearms, and knees as well. Despite the signs of wear on his skin, he still looks very young with a soft face. Despite his hardest, all he can ever grow is a mustache and peach fuzz across his chin, cursed to look young and naive, witch the exception of a deeper scar along his right jawline. He's been growing his hair out recently, keeping it shaggy and unruly, a perfect mop of brown locks, with only traces of blond highlights from when he was younger, before his hair naturally began to darken. Only on days where he spends countless hours in the sun does it look any brighter than usual. He's never seen now without sleeves or pants, in an attempt to hide most of the scars and how weak his limbs have gotten. Usually with a pair of boots on, he stays on the ready for anything.
  Spoiler: Image

  
• Growing up in a village along the sea, he got to experience a large variety of people regularly and enjoyed hearing stories from travels, in an ideal world, he would've loved to have permanently resided in his home town. In his teens, though, his family was in need of money, and he wanted to help out in any way he could. A gang within the town saw this as an opportunity to train him and have him be a hitman for the gang. He agreed, and learned how to fight, and helped the gang set up hits and kills. Before this, the gravity of the work he was doing hadn't hit him yet, until he needed extra cash and stepped up to kill his first target.
  He went through with the job, but because he felt horrible afterward, he couldn't go on. In haste, he was able to help his family escape on boat, overseas, while he ran the other way, leading the gang on while his family got away. He narrowly escaped death and his hometown, and after a long and winding journey to find a new life, he's currently settled into the home to try to learn a new trade other than killing for money. He's now abandoned his birth name for now, and has avoided any talk about his home town. He can also frequently take on side jobs in the nearby city, hopefully enough money to one day buy a ticket for a trip overseas to find his family again.
  If he ever feels like the gang he was once part of is still tracking him, he has left all of his important possessions in small hiding spots about the house, and will sleep in the woods for a string of nights, ready to leave at a moment's notice.
• He's tried to pick up on spells and charms while spending time at the house, but hasn't truly mastered anything impressive yet.
  Lucerna - a spell that allows him to let small objects glow, such as for a source of light, for a limited amount of time depending on how brightly it shines. He's figured out to cause a bright burst of light for only seconds on small objects, and can keep an object dimly light for just about an hour.
  Ignis Medicum - Allows him to heat up small metal parts of objects, enough to burn or cauterize a wound. Only gets that hot momentarily. If he really concentrates and uses it on a kettle, it can get hot enough to start to boil water.
  Aside from the two spells he can cast without a book or ingredients, he's fairly skilled with a sword and is agile, great at running away from things.
  As far as his valuables go, he wears a small pendant his youngest sister gave him the night the family split. It is just a black chord with three small aquamarine beads on it, a true work of art from a six year old. He also has his mother's journal that she kept as a diary during their time together as a family, which he keeps under the third stair. You can hear that the wooden step is hollow beneath it, and if you pull back the plank you'd find the journal there. You'd have to nail the plank back into place though. His older brother's knife he also kept, and hides it in the nonfiction section of the library, beneath a stack of scrolls for Anti-Itch charms. Finally, he keeps his birth certificate and a family photo in the hollow of the closest tree house's trunk.

 

[Shagranoz]

Name: Margarthe Peters

Age: 19

Gender: Female



Personality: Margarethe is cute, perky, and bubbly enough to put a cauldron to shame. She enjoys meeting new people, and makes friends rather easily. She loves magic with a passion, and is often in the study, devising new spells or twists on old ones.

Bio: Margarethe is a recent graduate of Kabylia, a prestigious magical school about an hour from the home. Unfortunately, while she wanted to become a teacher, her grades were consistently mediocre, and Kabylia told her in no uncertain terms that the only way she'd teach there was if all the other teachers retired at once. She now lives at the home full-time, earning her keep by growing magical herbs or taking care of the animals.

Abilities: While she's not especially talented in any particular branch of magic, Margarethe has a working knowledge of many of them. Need a charm to lift your spirits a little, or potion to get rid of a cold? She's your girl. Need a sorceress with the power to level mountains? Find someone else.

 

[The roaming tome]

Tanzier Heights

• Overview
• About
• Appearances
• Abilities
• Other

• 
  Name: Tanzier Heights
  Age: 21
  Gender: Male
  Race: half-elf
  
• 
  Personality: despite his apathetic appearance he is rather kind. he rather enjoys conversing, after the time spent alone he would be his only conversation partner. he relishes in the moment he gets to retell his adventures to strangers. because of his time alone, he can often be heard whispering to himself, about the current situation. He can often talk for hours about the difference between plants and likes being asked about farming. he is a family orientated person and will talk to you about how great his father, mother, and sibling are.
  
  Hobbies: He considers himself to be a quiet competent gardener. He would often sell his herbs and floras to any passerby that is willing to buy any. he enjoys bartering with people, as it was his only source of interaction while he was exploring.
  
  Biography: Tanzier lived in the countryside of Gnavian, raised by a doting mother Adrie and self-made man father Klaine. he is the eldest of 2 other siblings, his twin sisters Able and May. He wanted to advance in society, become something more than a farmhand. Unfortunately, when all you know is how and when to plant and when to harvest plants, there isn't much out there in the world for you. He set off to explore his country when he was 18, spending 3 years with nothing of interest. After his lack of findings, he set off for the neighboring country despite the tensions growing between both countries. Due to tensions between the countries, he finds it harder to go back to visit his family.
  
  The purpose of Stay: Tanzier wants to stay until tensions die down. Until he is able to visit his home country without fear of a war. until then he is willing to help the manor by planting vegetables and fruits, maintaining a garden and providing materials for potion crafting. given they are plant based.
  
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  Tanzier Stands at 6'3", though you wouldn't know by looking at him. His bad posture obscures his actual height, he is mostly seen slouching. But has a lean body, from working on his family farm. He has long ears and dark brown hair that borders on black that peek out from under a tattered brown top hat. his complexion is often described as sickly, he has a green undertone for his skin. something that his mother (the elf) had passed on to him. His face can be described as angular and long, with a prominent nose. his eyes are slightly droopy and have perpetual bag underneath them from hard work and lack of sleep. Dark brown hair that borders on black, which is often times seen pulled back into a loose ponytail. Tanzier is never seen without his long dark green overcoat, a memento his father gave him when he set off to explore. which he uses to cover most of his facial features. he is also prone to covering up his arms and legs with thick fabrics.
  
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  Abilities: Being born from an elf lineage has its perks such as the mild use of spell casting, and a limited use of magic. His magic varies only to the use of plants, flora, and wood. Wide knowledge on plants, flora, and trees. He is also knowledgeable about the different types of terrains, what can grow in the areas, the harvest periods on many plants.
  
  As for his style of attack, his magic is mainly used for defense, being able to make weak barriers out of the roots in the ground, or able to trap his foes. Allowing him to escape from the danger.
  
  
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  Possessions: in his possession Tanzier has his long over coat, which was passed of a from each man of the family when they set off on their own. an odd but fun tradition. In a small bag, he carries a huge tome that features the many different types of plants, their areas of growth, and many minute details. his mother's marriage ring, a completely normal ring that is enriched with the sentimental value of his mother. A letter was given to him from his little sisters, that he received the morning he left home. which he would occasionally look at when times get tough. Living on teh road is tough, he often is carrying healing potions. He always has money, due to selling his plants to travelling strangers.
  

 

[Berries]

Angelica "Angie" Butons

• Basics
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• Abilities

• Name- Angelica "Angie" Butons
  Age- 25
  Gender- Female
  Species- Human
  
• Purpose of Stay- Angie is a permanent employee at Adelaide's Home.
  Angie is currently working in Adelaide's Home as a butler and has been working at the Home for three years now. She arrived randomly one day, beaten up and bloody, but after getting cleaned up she started to work and has been doing so ever since. Not much is known about where she came from, but now she happily works and is well-known to nearly all the residents. Nobody knows what her plans for the future may be, but as long as she can find work at Adelaide's she is content to stay.
  
  Personality-
  Angie can be best described as a fireball. On the surface, the flames are beautiful and warm but if you give them too much fuel they will run rampant and cause destruction. She is energetic and headstrong, never liking to give in or listen to other people. She is passionate about many topics and lives to argue, often times creating opinions just for the sole purpose of rivaling somebody else. While she isn't all that dedicated to her profession as a butler, she hates it when people outclass her and talk behind her back so she strives to do the best job she can.
  
  Her decision making skills leave quite a lot to be desired, often times going with the first solution that comes to mind and plowing through tricky situations with the sheer force of her will. Angie's bark is much worse than her bite, but notably her bite still will leave you bleeding. Above all she wants to enjoy life and will never overlook an opportunity to go out and have fun, and likes to meet people even if she might not agree with them. She is quick to form opinions on people and first impressions are very important in her book, however she rarely dislikes or hates somebody right off the bat.
  
  In her mind, no sin is redeemable and Angie strives to both condemn the wicked and work to make up for her own mistakes. She never forgets those who have wronged her, nor does she forget those who she has wronged. Despite her attempts to become more kind, she has an ingrained thought process that says "better you than me" and so no matter how hard she works to do right by others she does usually end up messing up and hurting them in some way.
  
  Appearance-
  Angie is quite tall, standing at 5"11 and weighing 150lbs. She is broad-shouldered and has long legs, though her small hands and feet make her seem like a child from a distance. Her face is slender and honest; a smile always seeming to lurk around the corners of her eyes. Angie's pink hair goes down to her mid-back and she has rather long bangs which hang down to just above her eyes. She very rarely ties it up and usually it is let loose at her shoulders. Her eyes are light brown and large, giving her yet again a childish look, but also have a keen edge to them which can add a lot of intensity to her glares.
  
• Abilities-
  Scan- Through chanting a short spell, Angie is able to enchant her eyes for the duration of twenty seconds in order to allow her to scan her immediate surroundings. While scan is in effect, she is capable of noticing even the most minute details in her surroundings and her vision is greatly empowered. Additionally, if she activates scan in the dark she will be able to see the heat signals where living bodies are.
  
  Seek- If given an object that belonged to a person, Angie is able to enchant the object in order to find where its owner went. It is useful for tracking down people who haven't paid their dues or have gone missing from the Home without explanation. However, seek can also be used to trace the location of an object given the object's last known location.
  
  Skills-
  Organization- Angie's organizational skills are impeccable. She has devised a system where she can arrange almost anything by alphabetical order within seconds, and putting anything into an aesthetically pleasing arrangement is cake for her. She rarely loses anything due to the fact she always knows precisely where she left things.
  
  Facial Recognition- Angie's ability to remember names and put them to faces is astonishing. She never forgets a face, and is even capable of spotting somebody under heavy makeup or disguise.
  
  Possessions-
  Daggers - Angie never leaves her room without her two twin daggers hidden somewhere on her person. Few people know that she walks around armed as she usually manages to conceal them well. Her favored hiding places are the inside of her boots or embedded in the sides of her blazer.
  
  Vial - In her breast-pocket Angie always carries a small vial of some indistinguishable liquid. It is kept in a glass container and she always does her best to keep it from breaking, and has so far been successful. She doesn't talk about what the vial contains or says why she always carries it around.
  

 

[Miracle Corgi]

Gwendolyn Hudson

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• Overview
• Personality
• Appearance
• Purpose of Stay
• Abilities and Possesions

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  Gwendolyn Hudson
  Age: 20
  Gender: Female
  "Just call me Gwen! My mom used to call me Gwendolyn, and I'm sorta angry at her right now!"
  If she's in debt to you, you'll probably get a casserole at some point.​
• She's bubbling with energy and gumption. She's bad at sitting still and learning things via a book, and always finds herself moving. You'd have to sit her down and force her to nap if she wasn't outright exhausted from a long day of bouncing off the walls. She isn't all happiness, though, she barks out orders and is very assertive and opinionated when she's confident. You'll catch her with her hands on her hips and a determined smile if she's feeling well. When she gets angry, she shows it, and she wont hold back to scold you. Being the eldest in a large family, she takes it upon herself to set people straight. Similarly, though, she will boost you up and encourage you if she thinks you're doing a good job. In addition to everything else, she can be a bit crude and without any manners if you're watching her and she doesn't know it. She can't keep her composure all the time, and isn't afraid of getting messy. She has a softspot for the elderly, and hates children. She doesn't appreciate art as much as she should, but is a big fan of competitions of strength and sport.
• Gwendolyn is a petite young girl, with dreams bigger than her. She has a way of making dreary gray eyes look bright and full of life, maybe it's with her cheeks that easily turn to a rose blush. She wears a wide smile always, with light makeup around her face. Her shoulder length brown hair is always swept up into a loose braid or pinned up messily as she works. Usually wearing an apron as she spends a lot of her day messily working or messing around with potions. She finds quirky ways to make a polka dot skirt go with a striped shirt, and vice versa, but always also wears bright colors and skirts. Her mother would have a fit if she didnt also wear thin tights under her skirts as well though, especially if they're higher than her knees. She has one trusty pair of boots to her name, and no other shoes.
  
  

  

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• Gwendolyn has set out to the house, and is only recently finding it now after traveling from a small cottage on the brink of the mountains to the north. She knew nothing of the world outside her home in the forest, surrounded by her extended family of humble lumberjacks. Finding herself feeling stuck, she always looked to fairytales and stories from her aunts and uncles who had seen the world to fill in the gaps of the world outside their forest. Hearing tales of witches and magic have always left her amazed, and as a child she would pretend to mix potions when she helped her mother with dinner.
  ]In the winter of last year, she found a tattered and old spellbook in the forest, and began to read it. She was never the best student, so she struggled learning about magic from the book itself, but she was still determined until her mother found her with the book. Disgusted by her interest in magic, she kicked Gwen out of the house. Luckily for her, she caught word of Adelaide's house and began to venture her way there. Also in Gwen's favor was her cooking skills, after preparing meals for her entire family for years, she was quite seasoned in being a chef. In the almost year between finding the spellbook and coming into the house, she has had a variety of odd jobs everywhere, from the small villages she passes through. She had to stop and work as a waitress or chef in a variety of inns, in order to pay for a meal, or she cleaned houses and mansions for the wealthy. Her most interesting job was in a port town, where she learned how to catch and clean fish, and also stole a patched up pair of overalls she wears as a trophy now. There were slews of other jobs as well, but they didn't last long and didn't pay enough to keep her. She also never forgot about wanting to learn more about being a witch, and still had her heart set on reaching Adelaide's house at some point.
  She plans to come into the home and use her cooking skills to pay her way into learning more about spells, charms, and potions. She hopes to learn how to be a witch, but she wouldn't be opposed to opening a bakery along the way once she gets enough money, either.
• All she has with her is a suitcase of clothes and some trinkets folded in. A small music box from her grandmother, the spellbook she found in the woods, a journal with all of her recipes recorded in it, and a small rabbit's foot carved out of wood that her little brother gave her, for good luck on her journey to become a witch. She is a fabulous cook, and because she came from a lumberjack family, she has great arms and a strong core from chopping logs. Quick on her feet, she can probably run a mile in seven minutes flat.
  Imperium Simplex Is a simple spell, and the only spell she's learned. If she gets better at it, she can levitate and move objects within a ten foot range around her, but as of now she can only levitate small objects. Depending on the complexity of the action, it can last from a couple of seconds, such as to throw something across the room, or a minute. She usually uses this in the kitchen as an extra hand.

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[TrashRabbit]

Thomas P. Finch

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  Name: Thomas P. Finch
  
  Age: 27
  
  Gender: Male
  
  Race: Human Trash (3/16 elf probably but he's gonna deny it)
  
  
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  Star sign: Scorpio
  
  Personality: Tom struggles with a lot of things. And he likes to do so without making a fuss. He's soft spoken but strongly opinionated. Has a lot of pretentious opinions about academic topics, music, schools of magic and lutes. He smokes too much. He drinks to much. He drinks potions that are not recommended for daily consumption. He knows a little to much about the dark arts when he cautions you against them. He does not know enough about herbology to be drinking anything he brews in the potion workshop. This will not stop him. He is a little too sassy. He's a little too apathetic. his priorities don't make any sense. He's a little to of a mess. He is a little to gentle to also be all these other things.
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  Past: Tom Dropped out of wizard academy years ago and his uptity blue blooded wizard family is still at arms about it. He was supposed to marry some elven girl and bailed pretty hard. He spent his time hanging out with the dark arts crowd and misspent his youth something spectacularly- well he's still young, give him a break. He makes his money selling songs for others to perform and through the publication of pulp romance novels- he is rather successful at this but he will tell you he is a musician. He's not embarrassed it just doesn't seem very important.
  
  Hobbies: Music, guitar playing, books, records, mushroom picking, potion brewing, leatherworking, sewing, patches, writing romance novels, Jack of all trades DIY.
  
  Possessions: A guitar, a big leather jacket, nine hundred packs of cigarettes
  
  The purpose of Stay: Tom is trying to sober up and get on with his life. He does odd jobs around the house, most of which are long over due. He takes these small missions with a level of seriousness that can be off putting. Its hard to say no to a man in his underwear trying to re-stain a spiral staircase.
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  Appearance: Tom is tall, 6'2 or so but he seems taller cause he is mostly limbs. He's got a puff of dandelion white hair and darker shaved sides, grey eyes and cheek bones like crazy. He is not part elf. Please please stop asking. He wears leather jacket covered in patches and big heavy boots. Sometimes his piercings are in, and they are numerous and impressive and sometimes they are missing. He is covered in tattoos; the most memorable being the giant moth splayed across his back. He has knobby fingers and his teeth are a little crooked and he rolls his eyes enough that this is probably the most memorable expression for you to conjure up.
  
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  Disappearing/apperifying: Tom can call any object he's familiar with into his hand, or disappear anything in his hands. Anything he disappears will reappear nearby or in a short amount of time.
  
  Party trick Spells: All of tom's spell knowledge is based on hand motions. He can light a cigarette, stop a ball in air, dry out his shoes. Party tricks really. Each spell has a particular motion similar to an ASL sign that functions the way a spoken spell might.
  
  Leather and sewing charms: He can craft light armor basically; think punk jackets and vest but charmed. He can stitch you some charmed patches to go on anything you want and will do so gladly, though he might forget for a week or so.
  
  Author: He writes romance and smut books and he's damn good at it and makes a small income off it that comes in the mail.
  
  Music: He is good with that guitar he carries around.
  
  Handyman: Knows how to redo hardwood floors, refinish furniture, and most DIY home projects. He's painting the south tower blue- no man can stop him watch out. If you want help making a phtobased print shop in the basement or putting a telescope in the north garden he's your man.
  

 

[ch1ps]

Blair Sheyda

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• Appearance and Personality
• Details and Background

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  Name: Blair Sheyda
  Age: 14
  Gender: Female
  Race: Witch
  
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  ||Appearance||
  Blair is fairly slim and petite, and she stands at an average 5'0'' and is rather underdeveloped for her age. A brown tangled bob outlines a small face that is best described as an awkward imbalance between the remnants of unyielding baby fat and the shadow of a strong yet slender outline. A wide forehead hides beneath straight messy bangs, a hair styling decision that Blair insists is NOT because an unnamed someone (most likely a playmate, as her parents speculate) said something about her large forehead being on the verge of unsightly, but rather because it is a popular style among the other girls her age. Her eyebrows for the most part are bushy and untouched, but there a slight signs that an inexperienced hand attempted to groom them sometime in the recent past. Though her petite mouth opens often to criticize, whine, or oppose, her dark brown eyes betray her insecurities: the overwhelming desire to fit in, to be loved, and to impress. Under her eyes lay a light wash of freckles, and a sensitive nose.
  
  For Blair, her fashion choice is a battle between wanting to look stylish for the public (her friends) and her laziness. Her go-to outfit is a pair of denim overalls over a plain white T. The overalls are well-worn with hints of light green where grass stains lay before being vigorously scrubbed at by Mrs.Sheyda.
  
  ||Personality||
  Blair meets all of your expectations of an average, insecure and confused pre-teen girl. Her compassion and empathy are hidden under her constant opposition of authority, and her desire to hide her self-consciousness and insecurities is accomplished via rowdy and energetic behavior. As a result, she often acts out in ways that are rude and manner-less. Along with her eagerness to fit in, Blair is easily influenced by others and their opinions of her, thus her opinions on certain topics can change often to fit the norm. Similarly to the constant fluctuation of her opinions, Blair constantly switches between periods of laziness and periods of curiosity and a desire to explore and learn.
  
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  ||Purpose of Stay||
  Sending Blair to Adelaide's is Mister and Missus Sheyda's attempt to familiarize Blair with the variety of people, professions, and skills that the world has to offer during her time of mental and physical growth as both a 14 year old girl and as a witch.
  
  Blair grew up in the middle of an industrializing and growing city, where the majority of its citizens, including the Sheyda's, had little need for magic. With all of the new and technological creations the city had to offer, Mr.Sheyda and Mrs.Sheyda were able to raise Blair similarly to their non-magical peers, resulting in a child who more human than witch.
  
  While Blair's stay at Adelaide's is an opportunity for her to discover the different aspects of the world, it is also an opportunity for her to learn about her witch heritage, and to discover the world of magic.
  
  ||Abilities||
  Although Blair has zero knowledge in the ways of a witch, the witch blood that runs through her veins is undeniable and grants her an array of simple, but certainly magical, abilities.
  
  - Levitation: Blair is able to levitate and move objects with the condition that she can only move what she can move physically, and levitate what she can carry.
  
  - Communication with flora and fauna: Blair can communicate with animals and plants at an extremely basic level, and this ability comes and goes. Rather than being able to "communicate" and hold a conversation, she is able to hear certain phrases or words from time to time, such as a plant whispering "water," or a dog barking "hungry!"
  
  In terms of physical abilities, Blair is just about average. She can pass basic physical tests, but she is by no means skilled in any one in particular. As for intelligence, she learns fairly quickly and is eager to learn with encouragement, but there is very little that she actually knows about the world.
  
  
  

 

[TrashRabbit]

Riley Donovan​

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• Horoscope
• looks
• Background
• Abilities
• reference

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  Name: Riley Donovan
  
  Age: 24
  
  Gender: Lady
  
  Race: Human/witch
  
  
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  Star sign: Leo
  
  Personality: Riley comes off cold or shy to strangers and you probably wont like which things she's strict or lenient about with her kid. But she's honest and hardworking and doing her best. She got a hot tempered if you ever push her past her quiet facade. But really she's just not very good with strangers and she's not very trusting- which makes her staying at a house full ever changing folk a bit challenging. She is however very considerate and expects the same of others. A small gesture will go a long way with her, while even the most sincere words might mean very little to her- words are just noise.
  
  Likes; Truffles, piggies, flannel, boxing, rum, big trees, working with her hands
  Dislikes; fancy types, the good china, bats, lemon anything
  
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  Appearance: Riley is 5'9 and can bench press a horse. She's blond and maybe a bit pretty if your into that sort of thing. She's got a scar running through her lips diagonally and it pinches when she smiles. Her hands are worn and her pinky toes are uncomfortably teeny tiny. she likes to wear flannel and dungarees and men's hats.
  
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  Past: She grew up in the hills out side a small town and any one who new her as a kid knows she used to start fights like nothing else. She used to go in to the city twice a month to box, she's pretty vague about it even today. Her father was a wood cutter as was her grandfather- you get the idea, and her mother was truffle hunter complete with magic truffle piggies. She thought she'd grow up to do the same but ended up becoming a mercenary and a bandit off in the mountains and hills. She returned recently with her hellion of a child and after a fight with her widowered father is living at Grey Manor. She loves the forest and is working on training truffle pigs like her mother did.
  
  Possessions: three small but fat truffle piggies, one large two headed work mule, An axe, A saw, carpentry tools, one child.
  
  The purpose of Stay: Raising truffle piggies with magical properties as well as her troublesome kid. Her goal is to learn more herbology and ingredients sought after for potions and alchemy so that she can support herself and her child on a career of wildcrafting.
  
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  Nature witch: She doesn't know her mother was actually a witch and most of her talents are dormant. But she knows she has a knack with animals, though she thinks its nothing magic. When she's in the woods she feels like sometimes information just comes to her- where streams are, what direction is north, where the best honey hives are.
  
  Whistling the wind- Many claimed her ma was a witch, and some say the same thing about Riley but the only bit of magic shes sure of is that some times she can whistle away the rain, or whistle in a breeze. A very small gift that is most likely part of her untapped potential.
  
  Herbology and Wilcrafting- She is great at this. And many of the ingredients she harvests in the forest are really useful for potion making and other arts. She's actively working to get better at this since it will make her money once she leaves.
  
  Woodworking: She knows how to make a fine table or chair- nothing fancy, just what her father taught her. She's also good with a saw and a work mule for taking down trees.
  
  Combat: Riley was a mercenary and she knows how to hold her own.
  
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[Ren]

Claus & Lucas​

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Name: Claus and Lucas
Age: Unknown, looks anywhere between 16-early 20s
Gender: Male
"I'm the better looking one."
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• Appearance

• 
  
  
  The twins stand at 5'10", and their tall, lean frames give the impression of teenagers who have just finished their growth spurt. They both share corngold blonde hair and honey-brown eyes, but Claus is slightly paler from spending more of his free time indoors whereas the athletic Lucas is more fit from his excursions and exploring outside around the house.

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  Claus and Lucas have elegant facial features, with gently high cheekbones, dainty noses and slightly slanted eyes which give them a slightly foreign look in Petravene, but not enough to make people stare.​

  
  

  It's difficult to tell what age they are, and they couldn't tell you either. The duo look young, but there is a certain knowing glint in their eye that let on they are older than one would think.​

  
  

  Other than the fact that Lucas looks more rough and tousled, with more bruises and scratches than the better-groomed Claus, the only other major difference in their appearance is that Claus sometimes wears his eyeglasses - little cherry oak frames with small pieces of convex glass inserted into the gaps, so that he could see distances better. His vision is only a little fuzzy without them, a result of reading small print from library books late into the night with only dim candlelight to aid his view.​

  
  
  
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  Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and always attached at the hip, the twins never seem to have a bad day. Any tiffs between them get sorted before close of business each day, because they are each other's greatest support system. The lively duo are loud, mischievous and outgoing, and will happily pick up a conversation about anything with whoever falls within their clutches. One of their favourite activities is pranking the other house guests in any way they possibly can, and their party trick is their so-called twin telepathy.
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  Take them apart, and Claus is definitely the quieter one who enjoys reading any material he can get his hands on and fiddling with contraptions for the pair's practical jokes. Lucas is much more immature compared to his brother, and appears more reckless and hot-headed, prepared to go at it with anyone who insults his home and his friends. He is stubborn, and often initiates arguments with Claus over things, but comes crawling back soon after, being extremely dependent on his brother.​

  
  

  The twins like to dress identically. It helps them confuse the house guests who don't know them as well and can't tell them apart. They know each other so well that they can finish each other's sentences, and they don't separate too far unless absolutely necessary.​

  
  
  
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  Saying that a stork dropped the two boys as babies on the steps of Grey Manor would not be too far of a stretch. They were delivered to the house at a very young age by an anonymous hand, and the cloths they were swaddled in suggested they came from the war-torn areas and most likely transported by magic. Adelaide was kind enough to take them in and raise them like her own, and teach them to walk, talk, read and write. However, she never taught them any spells. Everyone in the house have lost track of how many years they have been around, and they could have been anywhere between 2-5 years old when they arrived, so no one knows their age for sure.
  
  
  

  Now, the two act as the house's Messengers. They deliver the guests' post to and from the town, pick up supplies that the house can't grow themselves, and help people find things they've lost or things they need, either in the house or from faraway lands. This has helped the pair develop a knack for locating rare and hard-to-find things that the guests may require for spells. It also meant they knew the house extremely well, which not only helped for pranks but also times of need when one needed a shortcut or a hiding place.​

  
  

  As a result, Claus & Lucas' Hide and Seek Service began secretly right under Adelaide's nose (a 'secret' according to the twins, but Adelaide most likely knows about it and just decided not to stop them). It is a for-profit business run by the twins for the house guests, where they deal with contraband of a strange or unusual nature, such as unknown origins or mysterious characteristics, that they buy from and sell to the various guests who pass through, as well as a number of other secret services that can be left to the imagination.​

  
  

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  While the twins cannot cast any spells, they have two separate special abilities that work extremely well together. Claus is gifted with auditory and olfactory manipulation while Lucas is gifted with perceptive manipulation, meaning they can make people see, hear and smell things that they want them to, not by actually changing anything in reality but through manipulating their senses.
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  This ability has gotten stronger throughout the years and they've been able to keep it up for longer with less concentration, going from making Adelaide hear a young Claus working away while he was really reading and making her see an intact vase when in actual fact little Lucas had smashed it accidentally, to pranking the whole house into thinking they were having a gourmet meal when in fact it was just watery soup (and getting a well-deserved smack from their elected guardian at the end of it). Being the mischief-makers they are, the ability comes into good use when fooling the house guests they don't like into thinking rocks are jewels or cattle dung are clay.​

  
  

  The duo have often thought if they could go farther than just manipulating the senses, but have not had any success so far.​

  
  
  

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[wickedlittlecritta]

CATHAL McKAY

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• Basics
• About
• Purpose of Stay
• Inventory
• Abilities

• Name: Cathal McKay
  Age: 33
  Gender: Male
  Species: Elf
  
• Star Sign: Aries
  
  Personality: Cathal's very cheerful and outgoing and optimistic.He's not afraid of much, which leads to him doing a lot of stupid things. He's dauntless and flexible, and incredibly good at adapting to situations. He's also very clever, and picks new things up quickly. Focusing is not a strong suit of his--he either flits between tasks like a hummingbird, or overfocuses. He's also deeply clannish--bothering anyone he considers his is a good way to get punched.
  
  Appearance: A lanky ginger just under six feet tall, with lots of freckles, blue blue eyes, a terrible scruffy beard, and a smile like he's never known pain. His hair is very long and usually in a ponytail or bun, but has been known to braid it on occasion. Appreciates body glitter.
  
  They originally found him barefoot in a tunic, but mostly he wears jeans and flannel now. The boots are optional.
  
• Cathal's only been at the house for a few weeks, when somebody opened a linen closet and he fell out. Given that he seems to only speak an archaic dialect of Elvish, nobody has quite put the whole story together, but he seems to have hopped from some point in the late iron age to early middle ages. He's just been persuaded to wear pants.
  
  Cathal's grasp of English is very small, and mostly he's at the house because there's no where better for him to be. He's pretty helpful though, even if he probably has no idea what's going on at any point. He's particularly good at baking and anything involving animals.
  
• Bone flute
  
  Brown leather combat boots
  
  Eating knife
  
  Several children's books (borrowed?)
  
  
• Time Travel: He has zero control of it, but sometimes Cathal just hops through time.
  
  Flute: Usually playing it if left to his own devices. Possibly magic.
  
  Sigil magic: Is anybody really sure what he's doing to the pie crust?
  
  Animal handling: Even if people aren't always sure what to make of him, animals always love him.
  
  

 

[Berries]

Aaron "Ronnie" Donovan

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• Name- Aaron "Ronny" Donovan
  Son of Riley Donovan TrashRabbit
  Age- 8
  Gender- Male
  Species- Human/shapeshifter
  
• Purpose of Stay- Ronnie is forced to stay at the Home because his mom is there, though he often fantasizes about running away from her and her nasty truffle pigs.
  
  Personality-
  Ronnie's entire existence seems to revolve around causing others as much pain as possible. He pays nobody any respect, regardless of who they are and how many times they could grind him into the dirt. While the easy-going my refer to him as a trickster or harmless maker of mischief, the reality is that Ronnie is incredibly and abnormally malicious for a boy of his age. He has highly sadistic tendencies and seems to get kicks off of causing other people trouble and pain. In particular, he seems to despise his mom. He never listens to a thing she says and seems to be hell-bent on insulting every aspect of her being possible.
  
  The boy's vocabulary is both greatly accelerated in some aspects such as rude commentary and curse words, but also abnormally lacking for a child of his age and he has difficultly comprehending some basic words or grammar structures. He views any intellectual pursuit as a waste of time and instead prefers to waste his time frolicking about the Home and keeping an eye out on any weaklings he can exploit for entertainment. Ronnie's manners are crude and his demeanor is highly unpleasant, causing many to distance themselves from him despite his young age.
  
  He hardly seems to get along with anybody, as he will constantly insult people until they get fed up of him, but he is perfectly content with that. However, it should be noted that he favors people who don't try to enact restrictions upon him and at eight years old is already festering a mammoth hatred of authority.
  
  Appearance-
  Ronnie is a small scrawny boy, standing at 4"2 and weighing around 58lbs. His hair is tangled, matted and brown - looking like it hasn't been touched for months, which would be entirely true. His skin is olive-toned and usually littered with scratches and bruises. Ronnie's face has a pronounced chin and large gray-colored eyes, and he still hasn't outgrown the stage where his head looks like it's too big for his body.
  
  Since Ronnie has the ability to shapeshift into an imp, he usually walks around with his horns and tail just to show that he's different from all the regular humans. He holds himself pridefully and likes to tilt his head up much higher than needed to trick himself into thinking that he's tall, and notably has a habit of grinding his pointed teeth whenever he isn't talking to somebody. When he's angry or agitated he has the tendency to grow claws.
  
  When fully in imp form, Ronnie is 2"5 tall and retains his horns and tail. His eyes become pupil-less and yellow while his back grows two bat-like wings.
  
  
• Abilities-
  Imp- Ronnie has proved himself to be a talented young mage but uses the fact entirely to make troubles for others. In a spell he has dubbed "Imp", Ronnie is able to shapeshift into a small imp creature where he gains wings and claws as well as enhanced speed and vision. Ronnie is capable of conducting half-transformations into imp form, so at any time he might spout wings or claws. It is feared that as he grows, the size of his imp form will also grow and gain power.
  
  Skills-
  Troublemaker- At eight years old, Ronnie seems to have mastered little beyond troubling everybody around him; especially his mom.
  
  Possessions-
  Assorted Rocks- Nobody is sure where the kid manages to pick up so many different pieces of small rocks, but he has. And he carries them around everywhere.
  
  Slingshot- The usage of the rocks comes in his only weapon (thus far). Ronnie carries a makeshift, homemade slingshot everywhere with him and is constantly seen shooting or attempting to shoot people who are unaware of his presence.
  

 

[Panzer]

Here Lies

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  Henry had stumbled upon the house one evening, and- being at his lowest point- decided to give the whole "fake family member" thing another chance. He didnt want to live another life made on lies, but he couldnt bare the thought of what they'd do to him if they found out...
  
  For now, he'll have to stick to the shadows...
  
  
  Bio/Personality
  Henry shows a multitude of different personalities and faces, most of which are highly energetic and twitchy, while others are...well...
  
  Henry's story is relatively recent in gossip, spreading much like rumors through a community.It is mainly seen as a silly ghost story to share with friends. Henry isnt much of a social type, but the way he was portrayed seems to solidify his insecurities with his image. The story went as such:
  
  A young farmer was taken by the grasp of the evil spirit, who wished to use his body as a disguise to trick the family. No one knew why, but the story claimed it was to torment the family.
  The young farmer looked noticably different then he once was, and he acted strangely posh and well...different then he use to. The grey eyes and the pale skin gave way to speculation of possession.
  The family fought back. After a horrific night , they bravely defeated the ghost and saved their son from the spirit's grasp.
  
  
  
  
  it read on the bottom of the page.
  
  He couldn't believe what he had read. It was like a stake had been driven into his chest, a sharp pain that could -at least- cause a great deal of discomfort. was he truly that evil? While he could admit, he did enjoy the occasional Mischief, he didnt see himself as the monster that they portrayed.
  but he had multiple problems to deal with; First, his parents refused to take him again, and now -from his failed attempt to revive the feeling of being apart of a family- he must deal with this he couldn't describe the feeling. Was he being cheated out of something? Was this all a nightmare? If it were a
  dream...
  He giggled at a silly thought in his mind.
  Soon after, he brought his mind back together. He needed to stay focused- he needed to find a solution.
  Was he truly frightening? was he grotesque?
  he looked to himself in the dark edges of a puddle that lay on the stone street, his grey eyes shining through the shadow of the tree, a darkness that easily hid the ghost's body.
  
  After stepping out from the shadow , he was greeted with a much clearer image; a small boy with large grey (slightly predatorial) eyes, black hair, and pale complexion looked up to him from the puddle below. It was an uneasy sight, but he couldn't figure out why. He turned his face left and right, he blinked a couple of times, and he showed his teeth, which looked more like fangs...
  He couldn't live like this.
  Footsteps immediately caught his attention as he quickly lifted his gaze from the ground. He turned around and stumbled back into the shadows, a loud splash and a trail of wet footsteps followed behind. He wasn't too good with stealth...
  
  
  
  
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  The boy is of an average height, and weighs frighteningly close to malnourishment
  
  Henry has a young complexion, coupled with his pale skin and his large grey eyes that give him an eerie look from any angle.
  Henry also bares an unnatural set of sharp teeth, which adds to his uncanny image.
  
  
  
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  Bio:
  The information on this ghost-
  C̷a̶̪̲̯̳̬̫u̫̪͙̮͟s̫̰e̼̜̫̠͙ ̱̟͍͉̙o͖f͍ ̣͈̟͚͙D̼͓͈̱̥̳̣e̹͓̭͔̲͘at̝h̪̰̞̻̦̲͝:̟ ̹̱̥͞Uṋ̱̤̭ͅk̜̝̟͕̬̼ow̻͉͟n͔̪̣̻̼̕
  ̪͜C͔̼̥͍̮̼̹̕ą̮̪̠͉̗̙͎u̶̼s̤̖̞̲͠e͇̹̖̭͍̖̗ ́o͍͓͢f̮̞̥ ̖͜D͕͎̀ȩ̟̠a̘̩͔̗̮̲t҉͉̣̲͉̪̠h̺̖̲͝:̵̯̠ ̥͚̣͔̗̀U̵̫̫̜̻nͅk̮͚͎o̞͖̟w̛n͔̩̭
  ̡͍̲͕̖̩͍C̭̹̼̱̙a̰̟͚̲͓̰̺us̟̻̀e̟̕ ̧̺o͜f͕͔̮̻̟́ͅ ̻͓̭̖̮̻͢D͍̥e͕̞̪̬a͢t̢̞̭͕h͙̮̩̞͕̱̕:͍͉ ̸̩̱͎͎̖Ụn̫̥͍̮ͅko̸͕w͢n̳̤̖͓͢
  ̹͇͖̥̰C҉̜̘͖͉̳̼̤a̼͎̼̖u͎̩̬̙͈̬̲͜s̟e͏͎ ̰͉̥̳͖͇͖͞o̫̞f̰̝ ͓D҉̭͉͔̭͇̰̻e͈a͔͘ͅth̜:̫̪͓͚̤͍̤͢ ̴U̩̙̝̯͙̣̥ṋ̲͕͕̥̼̠k͈̘̜̗͍͡ow҉̖̦̺͖n͚̝̳̟
  ͈̩C̳͙͉̯̥̝͓a̸̱̩̲̪̟̯u̜̹̝s̺͠e̱͉̦͔̖̠ ̯̱̼̦̗̟͖̀o̘̟͠ͅf̲̣ ̪̙͚̻D͙͈̱̟͇ͅe̝ą͈̫̹͇̳̖t̼͚̦̟͕̺͠h͜:̜͈ ̵̱̭̖̭Un̡͙̟k͏o̫͇̳͢w̩͝n̺͔
  ̛̜̲̩C̠͍͓a̢͎͉͔u̸͈̣̪̬̣̰s̳̹̞̣̟͉e̺̺̻͎̪͈͢ ̧͇͓o̟̜̟͇ͅf̶͚͔ ͏̹̞̺͚̪D̮̖͘e̩͉a͈̲̮t̜͖h͏͇̲̙:͞ ̀U͙͉
  
  The information is blended and distorted. It is unreadable.
  
  Another story describes the torment of a farmer's family...
  
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  Possession: Just as it sounds; the ghost -When in his mist form- can latch himself onto another unsuspecting host and slowly begin taking control over their body. It mostly never works, but he is often determined to use it.
  Side effects: headaches for both parties involved. Target's eyes turn grey immediately. their skin begins to turn pale in the late stages. This is reversed once Henry is separated from the target.
  
  Mist form: just as it sounds as well.
  His body quickly evaporates into a black-shadowy mist that outlines his body. He can use this to fit into tight spaces or to possess others.
  
  Latched on: like possession, except the target keep's their control. side effects still apply.
  
  Stealth: his main ability. He has an unnatural ability for stealth. Notice I used "unnatural" instead if amazing...
  He isn't too good at it, but it "works".
  
  
  Flexable voice: his voice can mimic the voice of another person of his choosing. While it isnt automatically in-place, he can "Latch on" to the selected target to effectively "take" their voice.
  This can be used to manipulate others, or for fun.
  
  Twich: Henry's joints seem to spark back to life.
  His "Twitch" ability appears to look like a well-coordinated spasm of quick movements. The ability also shortens his reaction time. However, this can begin to wear down his joints.
  
  The ability does not increase his running speed.
  
  Break apart: This is quite a disturbing ability that Henry uses often. He can pull apart and reattach his own limbs with relative ease. It isnt gory or anything of the sort, but it can be a shockingly horrific party trick.
  
  No, his limbs cant move when they aren't attached.
  
  
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  nothing but the clothes on his back...
  

Miracle Corgi

 

[Miljonz]

~Willow Lavender~​

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  Name: Willow Lavender
  Age: N/A
  Gender: Gender Neutral (Pronoun: Male)
  Species: Human / Descendant of a Daedric Prince (Herma Mora - Daedric Prince of Knowledge)
  
  
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  Willow Lavender is a pale, lean person, with slicked-back, grey hair; reaching to the back of his neck. His entire face is, however, covered by a white mask.
  
  The mask itself is a simple design with a mischievous smirk running from its cheekbones down to, slightly above, the jawline and arching back up to his opposite cheekbone. Granting him visibility are two crescent-shaped spots flowing downwards, forming a wicked portrayal along with the mouth piece. Willow's upper body is completely covered by a jacket with three buttons on either side, the jacket's collars are also flipped. The jacket has a split cape elongating to his feet. Underneath the jacket, Willow wears a white shirt with many buttons and a small collar, as well as a small bow-tie around his neck. His lower regions are covered by a pair of trousers. Circling around his thighs are two straps. Willow covers his hands with white gloves, and wears a magician's hat on top of his head.​
  
  
  
  
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  Willow is a intelligent, eccentric and determined man. When in the midst of any situation, he keeps his posture and frequently laughs. He seems to be confident in his strength, even when in a outnumbered situation. He does not brag or downgrade others for his thought of superiority, he keeps his thoughts to himself and isn't condescending or conceited in the slightest, although he sometimes may portray as such.
  
  Being clouded in mysteries, Willow tends to leave situations without revealing his name to the opponent, and claiming that a future encounter will be eminent. Willow also comes across with a dark atmosphere, maybe due to his tall, slim features and eerie mask? Unlike most people, Willow has no desire to follow political rules ext. and is now classified as a "Rebel". He's a huge bookworm and carries a suitcase around with him full of book, henceforth whenever seen it is very likely that he is skimming through a book. He dislikes quarrels with others and would prefer to keep to himself then argue with others. He may sometimes come across as an introvert but is normally just buried deep inside a book. He tends not to talk as much so uses body motion as a form of communication, but will also talk when necessary. He's quite a confusing character to be honest, when seen he is reading a book or looking eerie, but then is bubbly and polite. Whether he has a personality switch is unknown...perhaps this is because of his clouded history? Due to his intelligence and form of telepathy, he is known as the houses unofficial therapist.
  
  
  
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  Likes: Books, Reading, Learning, Dancing, Nature, The Moon, Classical Music.
  
  Dislikes: Petty quarrels, Loud noises, Sleep, The Sun, Any Type Of Music Excluding Classical, Alcohol - Drunk People, Fire.
  
  Quirks: When he gains eye contact with someone and last for a while, his head will tend to tilt side to side. He walks with a stride almost like he's walking to a rhythm. When greeted he sometimes takes his hat off and bows. He also tends to stare for an uneasily long time, deep in thought. When Willow hears a anything loud and swift he will jump and become extremely unsteady, sometimes he has flashbacks and also get's aggressive and tends to then isolate himself. He's also a hardcore perfectionist.
  
  
  
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  Ten years ago, Willow, member of the former assassin who worked for an unnamed figure. During this time he killed hundreds; men, women, children. He was hired at first to kill a few targets but it escalated, the money got in front of him. He was told to kill one important target and his 8 year old daughter found out of his wrong doings and snuck along with the mission. She got angry and when he pointed his hands, and the fireballs alit, she dived out and told him to stop. He shouted at her to move but she stood strong and determined. It really was his daughter. He told her to move but she didn't, this was getting tedious...his daughter tried to stop once more and he got so frustrated he shot the flame. She dived and stopped it hitting the target, instead penetrating her chest and burning her. Blood coated the floor like thick jam, her lifeless body slammed against the floor and rolled over to the target. He yelled and ran over to her clinging her in his arms. He ripped off her alight top and and screamed. He shot another flame at the target and ran. He ran away from his sorrows and woes. He ran into the countryside until finally he found a house...he slumped his daughter's limp body down. He used his hands to bury her in the ground and continued up the path to the house...
  
  Staying at Adelaide's Home for the Lost and Wandering is going to help him meditate and cleanse himself from his mistakes. He is still traumatised about his past. He is now ready to help and regain his dignity and courage.
  
  
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  Agility - He is slim and agile being able to run at a great speed and fit through tight spaces.
  
  Daedric Prince of Knowledge - His family tree is so long that the power of his great ancestor has now almost faded...almost. The remaining power allows him to skim through books at a remarkable speed gaining all the information with a flick of his eyes. He is also able to close his eyes and for 30 seconds he is able to see all books around him at a 15 metre radius.
  
  Telepathy - Willow has very mild telepathy powers. He is occasionally able to master this power, but it comes and goes. If sitting down in a dimly lit room (For example Candles), and put's his hands on this person's hands he is able to feel their emotion. He likes to help out as almost a therapist being able to read his "patients" mind. Sometimes he has almost visions of what someone in the room is feeling but this is rare and imprecise.
  
  
  Flame Magic - Was Willow's previous magic style, which his father had taught him but he now focuses on knowledge so this skill is irrelevant.
  
  
  
  Suitcase - Willow carries around a old fashioned suitcase with him, full of books old and new.​
  
  
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  Monocle - Willow carries a monocle with him and sometimes wears it.