Name Anwen ferch Rhys
Age 24
Sex Female
Species Human
Ethnicity Serenian
Height 5'3"
Occupation Junior Instructor, Enforcer for the Broken Seal
Residence Wyrdwood Academy of Arcane Science
Physical DescriptionAnwen is small and thin in the manner of someone who does not eat as she should. Her skin is pale and dappled with freckles, and her hair a wild mess of red, always with some loose strands try as she might to restrain them.
The sorceress garbs herself in the azure instructor's robe of Wyrdwood, though her's is often wrinkled, adorned with a small handful of well-kept awards and medallions. Most striking is her necklace, which is actually a live, Yoruiqien hibiscus plant.
Amazing artwork by Eckhart_Von_Musel!
PersonalityAnwen is mousy and soft-spoken. She finds it difficult to speak with confidence, and is more inclined to agreeably nod her head and later grumble behind someone's back. All her life she has tried to follow in the footsteps of her older brother Ewan, who she adores and looks up to, but whose natural talent and creativity she is lacking. Nonetheless she has tried her best to match his achievements through sheer force of will alone. Much of her formative years were spent falling asleep in books she did not quite understand, picking up extra assignments, and other thankless tasks in hopes of being noticed. These experiences have toughened her, and she has little patience for time-wasters and corner-cutters. Anwen has fought for everything she has, and is always looking to prove herself.
During her adolescence the youth of Serendipity became rather obsessed with Yoreiqi fashion and tradition. Anwen developed a taste for it, which never quite left her entirely, and she collects insects from the island nation...
Magic/AbilitiesAnwen has only recently completed her apprenticeship and is a wizard of some middling skill. Like all members of her family she has some talent with life and blood magic, she can use it to heal and transform plant and animal matter. Anwen's particular area of study are the shamanistic traditions of early humans and giantkin.
She is particular well versed in channeling magic into an individual via their blood. She is tasked with keeping a vast library that contains blood samples from all of Wyrdwood's students... and influential graduates.
RelationshipsEwan ap Rhys, "older" brother, now technically her youngest
Carwen ap Rhys, younger brother and current heir to the family
Maggie Fen-breath, mentor in the study of Blood Magic
MAERGATH, direct superior in secretive matters
HistoryAnwen is the second child of House Rhys, an influential family of the Ravensway province. She lived an idyllic childhood with her older brother Ewan, much of it exploring the dark woods and rolling meadows of the Ravenswood. Much like her brothers she developed an aptitude for life magic, and was sent to Wyrdwood. But unlike her older brother she struggled with the grueling regimen, meeting but not exceeding expectations. She had the will to succeed, but not the ability.
Nearing graduation the young sorceress caught the eye of the necromancer Maergath. She was one of the few students to enroll in his singular course on wards and counterspells, and the very last to give up. He offered her the opportunity to represent the Rhys family within the Broken Seal, and she was kept on as faculty at Wyrdwood to maintain its archive of blood. Years passed and her project, and studies of Yoreiqi blood magic, progressed.
And then Maggie Fen-breath came to Wyrdwood, to serve as Magistrix of Black Magic. The kindly hag needed an assistant for teaching the lower froms, and Anwen was the most junior faculty. Anwen was found to be an exceptionally gifted teacher, much to Maggie's delight. But her career now stands at a crossroads: educating serendipity's young minds, or bringing death and humiliation to its enemies...
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