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Meriana, Wild Mage

Started by DragonSong, November 25, 2016, 03:54:59 PM

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Name Meriana AKA Meri
Age In her 80s, appears to be in her late twenties/early thirties
Gender Female
Species Half Wood Elf Demigod
Ethnicity Connlaothian/Adelan (maybe?)
Height 5'6"
Orientation Bisexual
Residence Connlaothian wilderness



Credit: my awkward sketchbook

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Physical Description
Meri is darker skinned, paired with long, raven black hair that falls to the small of her back, usually kept back from her face in a loose braid or by a simple band. Her eyes are a forest green and set above high cheekbones a delicate nose and mouth. Inked into her skin are twisting and dotted designs that frame her face, then trace down her mouth and neck, flaring out at her collar bones. She bares similar marks on the backs of her hands and tops of her feet.

Her build is pretty average, not too tall but not too short, not slender but not overly curvy, not really muscled but not really frail, just...average.

Personality
Meri is a creature of the wild, down to her bones. She acts very much on primal instinct, only rarely interacting with more "civilized" people. That said, she is perfectly capable of living outside her forests- it just makes her uncomfortable and she can come across as incredibly awkward.

Years of fending for herself has ingrained in her a very real belief of "survival of the fittest", and she has little patience for people who she perceives as weak enough to need protection.

Magic/Abilities
Meriana is a beastspeaker, able to communicate telepathically with any animal she meets. Additionally, she has a shapeshifting ability that seems to grow as she she does; initially it was incredibly difficult and painful, but the more she practices a certain shape the more easily she can assume it.

Currently, her simplest shifts are wildcat, hawk, and doe.

Beyond that, Meri's magic is rather useless; however, she is clearly stronger and faster than other elves or humans, with keener hearing, sight, and sense of smell. She often misjudges her own powers, with results that can range from comical to disastrous.

Relationships
Several older half siblings she's never actually met (including Theoden!)

History
Meriana was raised by a hedge-witch who was her mother's "friend" (worshiper)--her mother abandoned her soon after she was born.

For much of her life Meri believed herself to be a relatively average woman of elven heritage, unaware that her birth mother was anything but a human witch like the woman who raised her. It wasn't until her powers started to grow and become occasionally sporadic that she realized there might be something her Auntie wasn't telling her.

For nearly three years she pressed the woman, demanding to be told who and what she was. Her guardian refused, incessantly repeating that she would tell her "when she was ready".

Unfortunately, she would never get the chance; the woman fell ill, and though Meri used all she had been taught in an effort to heal her, the sickness was beyond her abilities. She desperately searched for a proper healer, but the illness was of magical origin and none in Connlaoth could help her.

So she was left to fend for herself at the age of eighteen, the tattoos that mark her were skin a permanent reminder of the witch. She was told they are an old coming of age mark from her "aunt's" people passed down through many generations.

Specifically, they recognize the Hunt Goddess and are meant to pay tribute to her.

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