Character Name : Alfonso Cagliostro
Age : 20
Race and Power : Half-Fae; he was born from an affair between an alchemist and one of the Fair Folk, and wields considerable uncontrolled power over plants and communication with animals. Friend of all the birds of the air and the beasts of the field, and a green thumb.
Appearance : Tall, skinny, handsome though troubled. Physically weak and has a soft voice. Pointed ears, never wears shoes unless absolutely necessary and even then only cloth shoes. Deep green-brown eyes, long hair that never tangles, wears only plant-based fiber. No piercings or tattoos or birthmark, neatly trimmed fingernails, dusty calloused soles but delicate skin. Slightly tanned though originally pale, blends in well with natural substances such as stone or wood. Has a pouch of herbs about his neck and several talisman gifts from his mother, father and Baba Yaga.
Personality : Shy to people, superstitious, disturbed by consumption of meat, can have fits of anger that cause damage to property as mold, vines or insects come in response to his emotions. Has a slight fear of fire and sharp metal.
Reason for coming to the school: Needs to control his power and know how to deal with situations without letting his magic get in the way; wants to know why he has his power, and what he can do about it.
Background: When the alchemist Lord Cagliostro first entered the enchanted woods on midsummer's eve against the advice of the hag, the last thing he expected was to father a child with a Fae. Alas, the words of the old woman rang true, and his fate caught him unawares in the misted night. From the fated encounter came a child of the forest, half-Fae and blessed (or cursed, as some say) by the affinity with nature that was typical of his mother's kind. Though reluctant to learn, his father was forced to acknowledge the power of the Fair Folk, and taught the lad as best as he could. Despite misgivings on the part of the man, Alfonso traveled the woods often to speak with his mother and the creatures of the forest, and as his luck would have it, met the Wise Woman called Baba Yaga at her chicken-legged hut in the dark recesses of the wilds. Fae as he was, the hag did not eat him, but rather took him under her wing and taught him of the shortcomings of humankind and the manners and ways of the animals. With such a childhood, the lad became distant from the world of mortals and their ways, running to the woods whenever trouble came and shunning the mean children who threw rocks at him and called him Fae, though Fae indeed he was. He developed fits of emotion and rage at this treatment, and his magic exacerbated the situation, springing to his aid to bring down houses or fill gardens with weeds and thorns. He gained an ill repute among the people of the land, and guards would glare at him with suspicion everywhere he went. After an incident involving an entire hamlet torn to pieces by a sudden hedge of Fae thorns, his father decided that he had had enough with the incidents. With rant and rage and withering stare, the alchemist managed to compel the lad into going to the Private School for the Supernaturally Troubled over the protests of the Forest Gentry, enduring spoiled milk and banshee screams at night for the sake of what he considered his son's well-being. When the Fair Folk realized the man's true love, they ceased their disputes and gave Alfonso what gifts they had, and sent him off with the good will of the forest upon him. He enters the School a frightened and troubled young man with a strange past, though perhaps no less strange than many here.
