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Beatrix Evans, "That" Kid (you know the one I mean)

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Name: Beatrix Evans
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Species: Human/Shadow
Ethnicity: Serenian
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 99 lbs.
Occupation: Student
Residence: Wyrdwood Academy
Favorite Food: Frankfurters
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral


Art by me!
artwork by nephero!
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Character Theme:
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)

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Physical Description:
Beatrix Evans is a skinny, pug-faced girl with blue hair. She has a splash of freckles across her nose. The girl is going through an early growth spurt, and is a bit taller than the other students her age. Beatrix wears blue school robes, which match her hair quite nicely.

If you were to touch Beatrix, you'd find she feels slightly below room temperature- though if you were to take her temperature with a thermometer, it'd read as normal. Her irises are pitch black, and reflect no light. They seem almost alive at times, swirling and rippling on their own- as if something is living inside them. It's really unsettling...

Personality:
Beatrix is full of shit. Seriously, don't hang out with her- all she does is lie about stuff. She has an over-inflated sense of ego, and her smug grin and condescending laugh could annoy even the most patient professor. She also goes out of her way to tattle on people who break the rules, while simultaneously breaking the rules herself. Why are you spending time with her again?

Deep down, Beatrix has a lot of insecurities. She's never had an real adult present in her life, which has caused her to crave attention and validation from anybody marginally older than her. She hates being alone, and when she's by herself she tends to cry.

Much to the surprise of everybody,  Beatrix actually has decent grades. She puts genuine effort into her schoolwork, and it shows. Her best subject is black magic, and she likes to brag that she's the most powerful shadowmancer Wyrdwood has ever produced. Update: She's been moved up a grade in Black Magic! It was mostly through sweet-talking the Headmistress, but still.

Relationships:
Beatrix's parents were imprisoned for soul tampering and conspiracy against the crown when she was a year old. To this day she's had no contact with them.

Beatrix has an unusual friendship with Aahva Chatterjee. They only began hanging out because nobody else wanted to put up with them, and the two have become nearly inseparable as a result.
Best friends forever
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Beatrix has a plush Yale she's named "Mr. Hooves". The toy is the only thing she has left from her parents- it was in her crib with her when the Order Of The Moon raided her childhood home.

Magic/Abilities:
Beatrix's ability goes beyond basic shadowmancy- her very soul has been infused with darkness. Shadows seem to gravitate towards her when she's nearby, as if they're reaching out to her. For all intents and purposes, the shadows are part of Beatrix. She's not sure if this power has limitations, and she honestly doesn't care. She mostly just uses it to make shields, tentacles and other basic constructs out of solid darkness.

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Oh yeah, "solid darkness"? It's actually really weak. Getting swiped at by one of Beatrix's constructs feels like getting hit by a pillow. She really plays it up though- unless you experienced it first hand you'd likely think it was some kind of end-all-be-all magical substance.
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By far the most useful trick Beatrix knows is the ability to move her consciousness through shadows. This allows the girl to see and hear things that she otherwise wouldn't be able to- she eavesdrops on the boy's washroom quite frequently, for example.

History:
Born to dark mages in Moonspear, the infant Beatrix was treated more like a test subject than an actual child. If her mom and dad truly did love her, then splitting her soul in half and leaving darkness in it's place was a funny way of showing it. Her parents were arrested before they could mold their daughter into... whatever they wanted her to be, and Beatrix was placed into an orphanage.

It wasn't much better. The orphanage mistress was more interested in securing proper funding than she was in taking care of the children, and Beatrix was raised collectively by an ever-changing collection of older kids. It seemed like whenever the girl started to make a real connection with one of them, they'd get adopted and would have to leave. Beatrix desperately wanted to be adopted too, but found her strange magic would often scare people away. She began to act out for attention, hoping somebody would notice her...

Years passed without any luck. Beatrix had tried everything- showing off her magic, hiding her magic, making outrageous claims about her heritage, claiming to be the most well behaved child at the orphanage, etc. The girl had told so many stories about herself, in fact, that she could no longer remember who she really was. Her identity had never had a chance to truly develop- for all intents and purposes, Beatrix was her lies.

Finally, somebody noticed her- a talent scout from Wyrdwood. Beatrix was taken to school, but her now-compulsive lying has ironically prevented her from making the connections she so desperately craves. Only time will tell if she'll be able to overcome the hurdles her childhood has left her...

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Current Threads:

Complete Threads:
Settling In - Appears in posts 18-30
A Midnight Excursion - Aahva and Beatrix become friends
Visiting old acquaintances and new relations - Posts #1-10
Cherub Rock
One Hell Of A Night (Thread died but it's important to her arc)
Dust to Dust - Posts #14-24 and #30-48

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