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RIDER
Name: Emelyn Forge
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Place of Origin: Port Syren / Orchley Groves
Appearance
- 5'5 in height, 110 pounds.
- Petite, rectangular frame.
- Head is triangular shaped.
- Neck is short and slender.
- Eyes are blue-grey in color.
- Prominent cheeks and jaw line.
- Close set eyes, soft and gentle.
- Her waist is only slightly defined.
- Concave bridge and button nose.
- Shoulders are slender and delicate.
- Chin comes to a soft rounded point.
- Skin is light tan with smooth complexion.
- Bust and hips are the same circumference.
- Proportioned ears that have attached lobes.
- Youthful both in her facial features, and her size.
- Hair is a sandy blonde color, wavy, and descends just past her shoulders.
- Pouty pale pink and even lips. Perfect cupids bow. Upper lip is thinner, while bottom lip is fuller.
- Attire changes depending on the seasons and weather.
- Usually wears the traditional dress, but the material changes depending on the season. Thicker material is used for colder days, while lighter material is used for the warmer seasons.
- Prefers to stick to greys, reds, and other dark colors during the winter since they absorb more light.
- Prefers to wear greens, purples, and white during the warmer seasons.
- Doesn't normally accessorize with rings, bracelets, or even necklaces.
- Does carry either a bag or a basket with her during harvest season.
- Usually wears her hair up in a loose bun or in a pony tail.
Personality
-Ambivert: Like introverts Emelyn prefers a slower paced environment that allows for contemplation, and tends to think things through before making a decision or choice of action. Would rather observe than be the center of attention. However, like Extroverts she is receptive to others and engages in friendly small talk, and will discuss ideas with others to reach a solution if needed. With friends she can be talkative and outgoing.
-Sensual (Sensing): Emelyn is someone that values reality and practicality. Coming from a business oriented family, practicality is something she grew up with and understands fully. You can't sell an idea if it doesn't have real life implications. Emelyn focuses on the reality of how things are, pays attention to detail, prefers ideas that have practical real life applications, and likes to describe things in a specific literal way. She can see the necessary steps that it takes to make the big picture.
-Thinking: Emelyn shows values from both the Thinking and Feeling traits, but considers herself to be more Thinking oriented when making decisions. She understands why people would make decisions based around their personal values, but this sometimes clashes with the logical course of action. Emelyn will always make a decision based on what is logically sound given her own morals, but not with out carefully exploring how the decision will affect those around her. Will it be more beneficial or ultimately hurt those around her? Sometimes this causes Emelyn to overload from stress, and in the end she'll ask someone else to make the decision for her. Emelyn values justice and fairness, and is not one to easily forgive. This doesn't mean that she is incapable of forgiveness, it just takes her a bit longer than others. Since she also values harmony, she will often begrudgingly forgive someone for the sake of harmony with in a group. This doesn't mean that she would easily open up to someone she has forgiven or ever trust them again. Forgive, but never forget is a saying she likes to abide by.
-Perceiving: Emelyn is someone that likes to keep her options open, and often sees rules and deadlines as flexible. Now this doesn't mean that she dances around the border of what is and isn't illegal in Kabola. Breaking laws is something she views as impractical and non-beneficial to anyone involved. Why steal something when you can just earn it with hard work? However she comes from a line of forgers, artisans, and merchants. Sometimes deadlines are extended to make sure that the buyer is getting exactly what they paid for, hence why she doesn't seem to like them very much. In her eyes deadlines are suggestive so long as you are at least attempting to be ready by the due date. If you're working hard and need a little more time, then she understands. Unlike her perceiving trait, Emelyn actually prefers to have detailed step by step instructions rather than improvising. She finds this to make things orderly and easy to understand. Emelyn really enjoys spontaneous people, even though she herself really isn't, and likes to find herself in new situations. She is very open-minded and will try new things, because she believes it will allow her to become more experienced and will help her grow as a person.
- Generous: Emelyn always had a kind and giving soul. She likes investing her time into others, and being there to help in any way that she can. She's very charitable, and as helped the needy on several occasions. She volunteered her time helping at orphanages, soup kitchens, or the orchards. She feels like that this is the least she could do since her health greatly inhibits her ability to perform well at full-time jobs. There is not a single person in Orchley Groves that Emelyn hasn't helped in some way.
-Overview: Emelyn is somewhere between ISTP/ISFP, which is someone that is action-oriented. Someone that is driven and seeks to be successful in life. She is logical in her reasoning, and values practicality. She is analytical, which means she takes the time to get to the bottom of things, and tries to understand the inner-workings of the world around her. She likes to take things apart, see how they work, and then put them back together. She is flexible, adventurous, independent, helpful, and realistic. She loves adventure, and is skilled at understanding how mechanical things work.
Skills & Abilities
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Weapon and Armor Creation and creating allies/servants using terrakentic constructs.
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Elemental Manipulation Magic (must be offensive and supportive)
- Shape, compress, and manipulate earthen materials and it's variations. (such as crystalline, glass, dust, sand, ect.) This allows her to manipulate the Efficacy of using her element. Meaning it does not require as much energy to use, as she will know the exact amount of her element to use in any given situation. Seeing as she is weakly, this allows her to keep going with her party with out exhausting to much of her energy. This also greatly increases the effectiveness of its use. It also allows her to change the sharpness, density, and hardness of elemental weapons. This allows her to sharpen or dull materials of her element. For example, an extremely sharp sword could be turned into a blunt weapon reducing the amount of damage it can inflict.
- Earth based attacks; such as Earth Bullet Projection (being able to fire her element in short sequence over an area), Earth cutting (using Earth to cut through enemies. Amount of damage inflicted depends on the earth variant being used.), Earth spike projection (spikes of earthen material shoot out from the ground causing impalement), Scatter shot (Releasing earth projectiles that split into multiple fragments)
- Earthquakes, avalanches and mudslides inducement.
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Crystallization /
Petrification /
Chrysopoeia /
Argentopoeia (or any form of earth really)
- Nimble: Nimble is used to describe someone in two ways. The first describing someone who is quick and light in movement or action in a physical sense. Someone that is agile. The second being someone that is quick to comprehend. Emelyn fits both of these descriptions. What Emelyn lacks in strength she makes up for in quick, silent precision. If trained right, Emelyn could utilize this trait for many different jobs and uses.
- Inconspicuous and Deceiving: Despite her pretty looks, Emelyn doesn't really stand out in a crowd (unless falling ill causing a scene). This could be due to her courteous, and modest demeanor. The only reason she possibly stood out in the past is due to her expensive, bright colorful attire, but give her a brown cloak and some dull looking dress and she'd look like any other maiden out on a stroll. My point is that Emelyn is someone that can blend into her surroundings and does a fairly good job at keeping attention off her. Another way she could trick the unsuspecting foe is with the fact that she looks very young, and who would ever suspect or even accuse a "little girl" of nefarious deeds?
- Analytical: Analytical skills refer to the ability to collect and analyze information,
problem-solve, and make decisions. These strengths allow Emelyn to quickly resolve problems that my arise internally within the group or externally, and increase and benefit a her groups productivity. She quickly understands the inner workings of those with in her group, and can successfully utilize this to the groups advantage. Emelyn is capable of knowing someone more than they know themselves. Some Analytical skills that Emelyn possesses are; Analyzing, Budgeting, Collecting information/Investigating, Deductive reasoning, Organizing, Prioritization, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, conflict resolution, and research.
- Critical Thinking:
Critical thinking involves the evaluation of sources such as data, facts, observable phenomenon, and research findings. Good critical thinkers can draw reasonable conclusions from a set of information and discriminate between useful and less useful details for solving a problem or making a decision. Critical thinkers can present coherent reasons for adopting a position and debunk faulty reasoning regarding a proposal or assertion. Some critical thinking skills that Emelyn possesses are; evaluation, interpretation, objectivity, problem solving, and reasoning. Some of these skills correlate with the ability to analyze. The most important out of her critical thinking skills are interpretation and objectivity.
-Soft Skills: Soft skills include many things, but are mostly focused around interpersonal relationships. In short, these are what we refer to as "people skills". Don't let this fool you, not all people skills actually require you to be good with people. Some soft skills have to do with your own personal ethics such as work ethic, time management, and so on. Some soft skills also tie into ones ability to be analytical, like Emelyn. Some soft skills that Emelyn possesses are; listening, work ethic, time management, flexibility/adaptability, critical thinking, problem solving, conflict resolution, and the list goes on.
Strengths
- Courteous: Simple friendliness, politeness, and respect go a long way to create rapport and improve communication.Part of this is simply being kind and considerate with everyone. Say please, thank you, and I'm sorry as needed. Remember to ask people how they're doing and listen to the answer. Remember birthdays and preferences—take notes if you need to. But some signs of respect are culturally variable and not always intuitive. You simply have to learn those.
- Observant: Emelyn grew up in a family of people whose work revolved around their hands and attention to detail. She could tell if the craftsmanship of most works were extraordinary or simply just average. She paid attention to how people interacted in different social settings and the changes in each. How people interact different depending on their relationship. A co-worker and another co-worker interact significantly differently than a worker and a supervisor. Reading body language is something that comes very naturally to her. She pays attention to her environment, the noises found in each. Small details in each setting that one might not notice. If something is a miss Emelyn would surely be the first one to notice.
- Adaptable: Combining spontaneity with logic, Emelyn can switch mindsets to fit new situations with little effort, making her an flexible and versatile individual. Emelyn, despite her troubles with communication, has always been a go with the flow kind of person. Taking things on a day to day basis with out much worry for the future.
- Reliable and Patient: Rather than offering sporadic, excited rushes that leave things half finished, Emelyn is meticulous and careful, taking a steady approach and bending with the needs of the situation just enough to accomplish their end goals. Emelyn not only ensures that things are done to the highest standard, but often goes well beyond what is required.
- Jack of all trades: Due to Emelyn's broad work experience, natural intelligence, and education she has developed a wide variety of skills and strengths that she could apply to any given situation so long as it is with in the limits of her physical capability. She could tell you all the plants that are safe to eat, and which are not. What fish can be consumed raw, and the ones that must be cooked. She's innovative, finding a use in things that others might not imagine. She is knowledgeable in different cultures and languages. Has several different talents to occupy her time with.
- Intelligence: Starting with musical Intelligence, having a high musical intelligence means you're very good at things that involve sounds. These can include characteristics such as rhythm, tone, and pitch. People with this type of intelligence are great at recognizing, creating, producing, and replicating music. Emelyn has a high musical intelligence, and is very good at playing musical instruments by ear. She is capable of learning several different types of music, and the instruments required. She herself is able to play several instruments, but her favorite is the lute. It is important to note that Emelyn has a very good set of ears, and can pick up on things that others might miss. If you want something to go unheard, better make sure Emelyn isn't around to hear it. This also ties into Emelyn's Logical Mathematical Intelligence, as people who are musically inclined tend to do well with numbers as well. People with high LMI are good at abstract, symbolic thought. Using letters in formulas to indicate relationships between factors. They are also known for their reasoning skills, using inductive and deductive reasoning. They are good at considering hypothesis, carrying out calculations, and quantifying data. Most of this also ties into her critical thinking and analytical strengths. To put it simply, Emelyn is good with math and numbers, especially when money is involved. Following the idea of picking up patterns and rules comes Linguistic Intelligence. People with high linguistic intelligence are better than average at understanding subtle differences in meaning. They tend to pick up new words and languages fairly quicker. People with this skill tend to have a broader vocabulary than average. People with this skill tend to be drawn more to language oriented activities such as reading, writing, word puzzles, and telling stories. Emelyn was able to notice that languages follow distinct patterns and guidelines, and once discovering these things learning a language can become much easier to the logical thinker. Emelyn is able to read and write in several different languages.
- Educated: While Emelyn was not born with Naturalist Intelligence, she developed it over time through the use of study and her family environment. People with natural intelligence are people who have a keen eye for detail and can easily notice subtle changes in their surroundings. People with high naturalist intelligence would be very good at surviving in the wild, however this isn't Emelyn.The only trait from this that she possesses is that she has the cunning ability to distinguish between the different plants and animals that inhabit her current surrounding. This also has modern implications as well when it comes to current day technology. Emelyn is able to distinguish between different types of weapons, armor, ships, and other things. She can tell the quality of an item, the differences between something with poor quality and something that with outstanding quality. She can even tell if items are faulty or fake after a quick inspection. The reason I separated this from her basic intelligence is due to the fact that it usually does not follow a pattern, and requires a lot of memorization skills. Emelyn also has to continuously reread books regarding the information, and continuously be taking notes in order to keep the information fresh in her mind.
Weaknesses
(Be sure to balance out the skills/abilities as well)
- Decision Making: Emelyn takes a long time to process information and ultimately make a decision. When confronted with a problem she likes to take the time to consider several solutions and their pros and cons. Does the solution make sense? Would the others like this solution? What consequences could occur as a result of this solution? Is there enough information to even make a proper solution? All of these questions come to mind, making her not suited for fast-paced situations that require quick-thinking and an immediate response.
- Verbal Communication: While Emelyn is an Ambivert and doesn't mind a little small talk, that doesn't mean that she is always comfortable with expressing her thoughts with others. This could be for a number of reasons, she scared of rejection or seeming impersonal, or she is scared of the outcome that may arise to do to her saying the wrong thing. She doesn't like hurting someone's feelings because that causes an emotionally charged dispute. She isn't very good at handling situations that involve feelings, because she just has a harder time understanding them, even her own. An example, the group is having an issue and she has come up with a solution that she believes to be the logical course of action. If challenged, she has a hard time explaining her thoughts as to why she believes it is the best course of action. In her mind it makes logical sense, and there for everyone should be able to understand it. This can cause a problem with those who make decisions based on personal values and morals, making her appear insensitive and impersonal.
- Cowardly: Emelyn is cowardly in a way one might not suspect. Due to her courteous nature, Emelyn has a hard time making decisions in social disputes or voicing how she feels. She may see the logical course of action, but is afraid of any backlash she may receive for speaking up. She is afraid of the consequences of her actions and this makes her cowardly. She has the tendency to think of the worst case scenario in any given situation, and as a result would either not make a choice at all or force someone else to make a decision for her, especially when it comes to morally charged situations.
- Overload: Their strong senses of duty and perfectionism combined with this aversion to emotional conflict create a situation where it is far too easy for Emelyn to overload herself – or to be overloaded by others – as she struggles silently to meet everyone's expectations, especially her own. If the stress eats away at her, her body may react badly in various ways. The most common reaction her body has when she overloads, is that she develops a fever and becomes very ill. Sometimes she'll have troubles breathing, or will faint.
- Weapon Handling: While Emelyn could tell you the quality of weapon and armor she sees, she has no clue as to their real life implications. Sure she knows that the primary purpose of such things is to protect oneself, but she herself wouldn't know how to do so. She doesn't know the proper stances and techniques necessary to successfully wield a weapon, and gets squeamish at the thought of having to take a life with one.
- Physically inept: Emelyn ever since she was little has had troubles with her health. She got sick easily, luckily nothing life threatening, but so much so that she was usually bed ridden. When she wasn't sick she was weak, and couldn't stray to far from the house. If she wanted to go any where someone had to go with her. If startled or forced to exert herself physically she got tired quickly, and in some cases had difficulty breathing. Eventually her doctor suggested moving into the country side, with the belief that the fresher air would alleviate some of her troubles. At first there didn't seem to be much of a change until Emelyn started getting older. As she grew older she got sick less frequently, and developed the strength necessary to do small jobs around Orchley Groves like babysitting, harvesting flowers and fruit from the orchids, foraging in the woods, working in small shops, and things of that nature. However she is in no condition to be heavy lifting, participating in hard labor, and other things.
- Stretched to thin: While it is true that Emelyn has a great understanding and knowledge that would usually go unmatched by others, that doesn't mean that she is a master at much of anything. For example she knows how to play several different instruments, but only knows how to play two songs for each one. She knows several different languages, but her fluency is different for each one. Some of them she only knows how to read on paper, and would have troubles being able to speak it.
Brief History
Originally the Forge family hailed from a mountainous city just west of Lortania where they were up and coming blacksmiths. Eventually the family perfected their craft, and buyers would come far for their metal works. They would provide weapons, armor, and tools of all kind at the highest quality. Their succession to failure ratio was unseemly and brought forth a lot of ridiculous rumors. Were they a descendant of the gods or perhaps the product of witch craft? Nobody knew! Of course, none of that nonsense was the case. The forge family was just good at their jobs! As the decades pass, the Forge family began to expand their horizons and became traveling merchants. As they traveled some of the family, Uncles, cousins, and brothers settled in locations across the plains of Varon further establishing their network. Eventually Emelyn's great grandparents settled in a flourishing sea city known as Port Syren. Once settled, they had a large family and started trading at the docks to unknown travelers. Their business grew and eventually the family began to expand into other crafts for practical and observational use. Glass making, pottery, weaving, book mending, shoe making. There wasn't anything in the world that the Forge's couldn't craft, and they were quite proud of the fact....then came along Emelyn.
Emelyn was born to Alys and Emette Forge and a large prideful family, and from the start they knew something was wrong with their new baby. It started out with her birthing which was complicated. When she had come out of her mother's womb, she was blue in the face and wasn't crying. The doctors had presumed she may have died during birth, but miraculously when they handed Emelyn to her mother she started coughing and fussing. Clearing her air ways, the color returned to her face, and the family was spared the grief of loosing a newborn child. Though that didn't mean that life after that would be smooth sailing regarding Emelyn's health. While the Forge family were fairly wealthy and provided Emelyn with a comfortable life, her childhood was riddled with illness. Sometimes to sick to even leave her own home, Emelyn spent the majority of her child hood helping out around the house with small tasks, and educating herself. At some point or another, Emelyn had a lapse in her health, and was sent to the country to live with some family friends in Orchley Grove. There she began to show improvements in her health as she grew older. At the age of eight she felt well enough to roam the small farm village, and sometimes even the forest near by.
During her little expeditions in the forest, Emelyn came across a rare breed of dragon known as The Peridot. She had read about them in her anthropology books, and studied the creature from afar. She knew Peridots were very docile, but that doesn't change the fact that it was still a dragon and that dragons can be dangerous. Everyday since then, Emelyn would go to the forest in search of the dragon. She would try her best in capturing its image on paper, and making notes from afar. Until one day it approached her, and an unusual friendship began to bud. Of course, Lithe was very cautious around Emelyn at first, often easily startled if Emelyn did something spontaneous. After some time they became used to being around each other and remained friends never the less. They did many things together, but heir favorite pass time being show and tell. This dragon just loved all of Emelyn's little doodads and trinkets. Sometimes Emelyn would practice her speech by reading to the peridot. Sometimes they would play hide and seek, to which the dragon friend always won. Unfortunately, as Emelyn became older, she had less and less time to see her old friend before eventually she stopped visiting all together.
Years passed, and Emelyn has finally grown into a beautiful young woman. She had become well known for her great worth ethic and courteous personality. Always there to help, but never forgetting the beat of her own drum. Though she can't help but feel herself growing bored of her life in the small little village called Orchley Groves. With nothing to do, she finds herself rummaging through some of her old drawings reminiscing about her child hood when she comes across something that gives her an idea. Maybe catching up with an old friend is just what she needs.....
Relationships
Forge Family:
Hilde (grandmother - deceased)
Thyles (grandfather)
Alys (father)
Eryen(mother)
Altel (eldest brother)
Elres & Arryn (twin older brothers)
Hunbehrt (older brother)
Estar (younger brother)
Aergad (older sister)
Eris (older sister)
Hilde (youngest sister)
Cynre (uncle)
Ricio (male cousin)
Ralphye (male cousin)
Cynre Jr. (male cousin)
Ryellia (female cousin)
Geoffry (uncle)
Gyles (male cousin)
Anthol (male cousin)
Phenrey (male cousin)
Ellel (female cousin)
Joane (female cousin)
Wilhye (uncle)
Niserie (elven aunt)
Weylyn (female cousin)
Arior (female cousin)
Nardual (male cousin)
Olrhem (single uncle)
Rosinger Family:
Loreena (wife)
Ilvon (husband)
Alycie (daughter)
Friends:
Acquaintances:
Rivals:
Enemies:
Dragons:
Lithe (Lyka's Mother)
Lyka (Bonded Dragon)
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DRAGON
Name: Lyka
Gender: Female
Appearance
-Baby: After Hatching, Lyka was smaller in size than most of her kin. In any normal instances she would have been considered a runt with low chances of survival. Fortunately for Lyka this wasn't the case, and quickly began to pack on weight after a while. As an infant, Lyka looked like any other green lizard that inhabited the mossy forest she called home. Her scales and horns not coming in until much later in her life. When born Lyka's species are actually discolored a sickly grey green, with tiny vibrant green spots dotting the base of their skull, down their back, and stopping some where along the tail. As they grow older, the color shifts from a sickly grey green to the normal iridescent green similar to that of a peridot. This also causes for their spots to disappear. The underbelly of baby's are usually white at birth, and yellow out as they get older. Lyka had several more spots than what is considered normal for her specie, and where located in odd places. Unlike the rest of her specie, Lyka's spots began on the bridge of her nose, like freckles, and continue until the end of her tail. Lyka has large doe eyes that are a very dark green, almost like the color emerald.
-Juvenile: The Juvenile stage is when Peridot dragons begin to grow their horns, loose their spots, and usually double in size. Lyka was born with two sets of horns made of keratin, that protrude outward from her skull. The largest set is located at the highest point of her skull, and begin to curve away from her skull. Eventually these will begin to curl as she enters her Adult stage. The second set is located an inch beneath the largest, and a much smaller in comparison. These horns need to be filed away or clipped or they will curl into Lyka's flesh, which can be bad for her health. She started sharpening her larger horns using the bark of trees for extra protection in case ever attacked. Usually she will ask Emelyn to file her smaller horns for her. In this sage of her life. Lyka's spots become faded as her skin color starts to shift to that of a lighter green. However, she will not have that bright iridescent green color until she reaches adulthood. Her wings are now proportionate to the rest of her body, as well as her tail. In this stage of her life Lyka learns how to unfold the fan in her tail fully. When fully extended the fan looks to be made of skin much like her wings, but are colored interchanging values of green.
-Adult: Fully adult, Lyka's horns have finally done one full curl, and will not grow any further than that. The spots from her child are fully gone, and her bright iridescent green scales have fully coated her skin. At this point in her life, Lyka like any other peridot dragon, has covered herself in moss. Places that are usually covered is her horns, which may have moss or vines loosely hanging from them. She has also crafted a large, soft, and bushy saddle between her shoulder blades for her rider, Emelyn to sit on comfortably. In some cases Emelyn will wrap a thick vine around her chest, and tie herself to Lyka in case she were to ever fall off while riding. When not riding, Emelyn will tie it into a cute bow. Sometimes Emelyn will even adorn her with flower crowns among other things.
Personality
- Extroverted: Talkative and outgoing. Playful and childish.Tends to work out ideas with others, think out loud. Enjoys being the center of attention.
- Intuitive: Imagines the possibilities of how things can be. Notices the big pictures and how everything connects. Enjoys ideas and concepts for their own sake, even if they don't have any practical implications.
- Feeling: Bases decisions on values and how her actions can effect others. Values harmony and forgiveness. Likes to please others and point out the best in others. Very optimistic. Warm and empathetic.
- Prospecting/perceiving: Prefers to leave her options open. Sees rules and deadlines as flexible. Likes to improvise as she goes. Is very spontaneous and enjoys surprises and new situations.
- Assertive: Isn't as timid as her partner Emelyn, and often speaks for the both of them. She isn't afraid of upsetting others if they're pushing her boundaries.
Abilities
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Elemental Manipulation Magic (must be defensive and support spells)
- Burrowing: being able to dig through the toughest of rocky materials.
- Earth based attacks such as Earth wave emissions used to reflect on coming attacks.
- Terrakenetic constructs such as walls, caves, small buildings.
- Earth's Sheild: Shielding magic that is manipulated to harde Lyka's hide and fan.
- Elemental Breath (When used on Allies it buffs their defense making them invulnerable for a short period of time, when used on enemies it weakens their defense making them weaker)
- Earthen Communication: Lyka can talk to other creatures whose formal element is earth or has a deep connection to the earth elemental.
- Adapted to the ways of magic, dabbling heavily in the source and growing a strong connection with the world, itself. Any spell, whether destructive or healing, a Peridot can cast; nonetheless, they do not cast destructive magic unless absolutely necessary.
- Peridots will usually defend themselves using the fan on their tails. Don't be fooled by the skin that spreads out, for even though it appears just as translucent as the rest of the dragon, it's harder than any mortal weapon and is reinforced with the magic they often cast.
Strengths
- Curious – When it comes to new ideas, Lyka isn't interested in brooding – they want to go out and experience things, and doesn't hesitate to step out of their comfort zones to do so. Lyka is imaginative and open-minded, seeing all things as part of a big, mysterious puzzle called life.
- Observant – She believes that there are no irrelevant actions, that every shift in sentiment, every move and every idea is part of something bigger. To satisfy their curiosity, they'll try to notice all of these things, and to never miss a moment.
- Energetic and Enthusiastic – As they observe, forming new connections and ideas, Lyka won't hold her tongue – she's excited about the things she finds, and likes to share them with anyone who'll listen. This infectious enthusiasm has the dual benefit of giving Lyka a chance to make more social connections, and of giving them a new source of information and experience, as they fit their new friends' opinions into their existing ideas.
- Excellent Communicators – It's a good thing that Lyka has such strong people skills, or they'd never express these ideas. Lyka enjoys both small talk and deep, meaningful conversations, which is just two sides of the same coin for her, and is adept at steering conversations towards their desired subjects in ways that feel completely natural and unforced.
- Know How to Relax – It's not all "nature of the cosmos" discussions with Lyka– she knows that sometimes, nothing is as important as simply having fun and experiencing life's joys. That Intuitive trait lets her know that it's time to shake things up, and these wild bursts of enthusiastic energy can surprise even her closest friends.
- Very Popular and Friendly – All this adaptability and spontaneity comes together to form a person who is approachable, interesting and exciting, with a cooperative and altruistic spirit and friendly, empathetic disposition. Campaigners get along with pretty much everyone, and their circles of friends stretch far and wide.
Weaknesses
- Strategy: Lyka must choose where to send her protection magic, if she wishes to use her fan as a shield it will take away the protection magic used to create a thicker hide which leaves her more vulnerable.
- Clumsy: Lyka doesn't particularly like flying, or anything that requires much grace and focus.
- Pacifist: Lyka doesn't like fighting, and will only fight as a last resort. This won't keep her from defending and supporting her team from the side lines, as she couldn't bear to loose Emelyn.
- Childish: Lyka isn't very mature. Which means she can become awfully petty if cross. She also tends to not take things seriously, and seems to act before thinking. She seems to whine and complain a lot. Properties you'd find in a child.
- Poor Practical Skills – When it comes to conceiving ideas and starting projects, especially involving other people, Lyka has exceptional talent. Unfortunately their skill with upkeep, administration, and follow-through on those projects struggles. Without more hands-on people to help push day-to-day things along, Lyka's ideas are likely to remain just that – ideas.
- Find it Difficult to Focus – Lyka is a natural explorer of interpersonal connections and philosophy, but this backfires when what needs to be done is that training regimen waiting for them after lunch. It's hard for Lyka to maintain interest as tasks drift towards routine. Lyka would rather much day dream about whats going on a finished project than actually focus on the work needed ot make the dream/project a reality.
- Overthink Things – Lyka doesn't take things at face value – they look for underlying motives in even the simplest things. It's not uncommon for her to lose a bit of sleep asking herself why someone did what they did, what it might mean, and what to do about it.
- Get Stressed Easily – All this overthinking isn't just for their own benefit – Lyka, can be very sensitive, and care deeply about others' feelings. A consequence of their popularity is that others often look to them for guidance and help, which takes time, and it's easy to see why Lyka sometimes get overwhelmed, especially when they can't say yes to every request.
- Highly Emotional – While emotional expression is healthy and natural, with Lyka even viewing it as a core part of her identity, it can come out strongly enough to cause problems for her. Particularly when under stress, criticism or conflict, Lyka can experience emotional bursts that are counter-productive at best. This also makes her appear childish with out much self control.
- Independent to a Fault – Lyka loathes being micromanaged and restrained by heavy-handed rules – she wants to be seen as highly independent master of her own fate, even possessors of an altruistic wisdom that goes beyond draconian law. The challenge for Lyka is that they live in a world of checks and balances, a pill they are not happy to swallow.
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