Post by Amanda on Jun 28, 2013 4:12:50 GMT
Xshionu Patrova
Pronounced "She-On-New Puh-Tro-Vuh"
Nickname:
Shy
Shy
Race:
Magical Human
Magical Human
Sex:
Female
Female
Age:
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Eight
Faction:
Old Magic
Old Magic
Power:
Fire. Shy's family comes from a long line of Fire elementals, the very first of their kind. The flame is the most unpredictable, and dangerous of the elements especially for novices. Learning to control it consumed Shy’s life. She almost died four times during her training and while she was earning her Rune trying to control this almost uncontrollable force of nature. Shy did manage to master the flame, and kept all her limbs intact in the process.
Fire. Shy's family comes from a long line of Fire elementals, the very first of their kind. The flame is the most unpredictable, and dangerous of the elements especially for novices. Learning to control it consumed Shy’s life. She almost died four times during her training and while she was earning her Rune trying to control this almost uncontrollable force of nature. Shy did manage to master the flame, and kept all her limbs intact in the process.
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Appearance:
Shy looks the part to represent her element, with long tresses of fiery red hair that contain almost the exact same hues as the flame itself. Her eyes are rather strange though, and often are the first thing people notice about her face. Shy has bright blue eyes the almost exact color of the sea, and with her hair color they stick out and appear to glow on most occasions. Shy is the only one in her family with blue eyes, and the reason for it has yet to be revealed.
Shy looks the part to represent her element, with long tresses of fiery red hair that contain almost the exact same hues as the flame itself. Her eyes are rather strange though, and often are the first thing people notice about her face. Shy has bright blue eyes the almost exact color of the sea, and with her hair color they stick out and appear to glow on most occasions. Shy is the only one in her family with blue eyes, and the reason for it has yet to be revealed.
Shy is tall, and her frame is more athletic with a thoroughly toned body from vigorous hours of training. Her height is six foot even, and is equally shared between her legs and her torso. She also has longer arms and bigger feet to compliment her abnormal height. Shy does have a nice curve to her body with wider hips, and somewhat broader shoulders than the normal woman giving her a bigger appearance while also staying feminine. Shy is also very pale but her cheeks have a rosy pink complexion giving life to her almost lifeless looking skin. She is unable to tan whatsoever, and has very few freckles going against the normal description of the typical “ginger.”
Her style of clothing is actually rather relaxed for what is usually expected of Elementals, and more importantly, her family. Shy normally likes to wear a white tank top paired with distressed blue jeans, and a pair of boots. Sometimes she’ll wear a jean jacket as well, or a hoodie of some sort if the temperature is cooler. Shy’s style is very western and laid back. She hates dressing up for anything, but Shy can rock a dress and a pair of heels when need be.
Personality:
As is the element she controls, Shy can be equally as unpredictable. Her moods tend to swing on a very short tight rope, and has the tendency to flip over the littlest things. This was all much worse when she was a kid and this kind of emotional instability is what almost got her killed once. Shy has learned to control her emotions with time, but is still far from perfect. She can still be easily angered, and often starts fights over the simplest things. For this, the council tends to avoid certain subject matters while she is present and many tip toe around her; like a bomb ready to explode.
As is the element she controls, Shy can be equally as unpredictable. Her moods tend to swing on a very short tight rope, and has the tendency to flip over the littlest things. This was all much worse when she was a kid and this kind of emotional instability is what almost got her killed once. Shy has learned to control her emotions with time, but is still far from perfect. She can still be easily angered, and often starts fights over the simplest things. For this, the council tends to avoid certain subject matters while she is present and many tip toe around her; like a bomb ready to explode.
Other than her unstable emotions, Shy is actually a rather good person. She does everything in her power to help others, especially young elementals. Her compassion and understanding is what makes her an excellent teacher. Shy can be rough on her students but it is all to further their progress, and to make them the strongest they can be. Most of her students end up liking her in the end, although most despise her during the process because she is extra hard on them. Shy believes that fire, and all magic is not to be taken lightly and so her training is not to be taken as such. Even though she’s tough, Shy treats her students and those around her with respect, and would never let anything happen to any of them. She is protective of her students like a mother is of their child, and would gladly lay down her life for them. Shy is the same way with her family, and close friends.
Shy also loves to read. She can be found most days in the old library reading scrolls or ancient texts. This is where she has gotten most of her knowledge of magic, and of the other creatures that escaped the vale that day so many years ago. She is very intelligent and is the ‘go to’ person when it comes to facts about the old days.
Strengths:
Shy’s strengths include her unbending devotion, her compassion for her students and others, her connection to the mighty dragon, her vast knowledge, and the flexibility that allows her to move like the flames she controls.
Shy’s strengths include her unbending devotion, her compassion for her students and others, her connection to the mighty dragon, her vast knowledge, and the flexibility that allows her to move like the flames she controls.
Weaknesses:
Her main weakness is her unstable emotions, and her bomb-like temper. It gets her in trouble sometimes and needs work. Shy is also afraid of death and her family dying leaving her alone and possibly the last of her bloodline.
Her main weakness is her unstable emotions, and her bomb-like temper. It gets her in trouble sometimes and needs work. Shy is also afraid of death and her family dying leaving her alone and possibly the last of her bloodline.
Biography:
Patrova is a name that has been associated with fire and destructive magic sense the very beginning, even before the vale was torn. Shy’s family is highly respected within the elemental society and is one of the oldest on council. This holds any offspring to a high standard, and any one of them that is born without a connection to the flames is usually shunned or destroyed. Fortunately, Shy was born with fire in her veins and from the day she met the world her family has taught her what it means to be a Patrova.
Patrova is a name that has been associated with fire and destructive magic sense the very beginning, even before the vale was torn. Shy’s family is highly respected within the elemental society and is one of the oldest on council. This holds any offspring to a high standard, and any one of them that is born without a connection to the flames is usually shunned or destroyed. Fortunately, Shy was born with fire in her veins and from the day she met the world her family has taught her what it means to be a Patrova.
The vigorous training began at age 4, or around the time a normal child starts preschool. She woke up at first light every single day, and until the time the sun set once again Shy would be working with her master; her beloved father. He was extremely rough on her, and she rarely got breaks during the day. Sometimes Shy would get mad at him for pushing her so far and they would fight. But at the end of the day Shy was still a daddy’s girl. Shy wanted to make her father proud, and do the Patrova name justice. This kept her going, especially as she got older.
The dreams began when Shy turned 13. The dreams would happen like clockwork, once a week and on the same exact day. They would always end with Shy waking up in a complete sweat, and screaming the name “Heaven.” The name was that of the creature in her dream. The beautiful white dragoness with piercing blue eyes, the same color as Shy’s. Dragons were almost unheard of now and seeing one in your dreams was equally as strange. Shy never spoke about it to any of her family members, except her grandmother who had lived beyond the vale and survived The Great Betrayal. She told Shy that this dragon was trying to communicate with her through her dreams, and that something like this hadn’t be reported sense before the vale was torn. In rare cases, a Elemental or Elemental would be born with an infinity for dragons because of the magical influence that they both share. This ‘gift’ would allow Shy to bond with a dragon but only the one that appears in her dream. That dragon is calling out to her to come find it, and complete the connection. Shy at first was skeptical about the whole thing and chose to ignore it for many years, even ignoring the dragon’s pleas.
Through it all, Shy finally got her Rune when she was 19 years old but not until after she almost blew herself up because her dad was pissing her off. Shy had several close calls throughout her training. She burnt herself pretty bad when she failed to concentrate and ended up having a fire ball come back at her, scaring her permanently on her stomach. The jagged, circular mark is a solid reminder of what she went through to get her rune and of the risks involved with her line of magic. Receiving her Rune made everything worth it in the end and her father, along with the rest of the Patrova family, was proud of her achievement.
It wasn’t until after she got her Rune though that Shy could no longer ignore the cries of the dragon in her dreams. She had to find her, and soon. The dreams became more frequent and urgent as time passed, as if the beautiful beast could not live without her bond. Between training novices and doing her duties on council, Shy researched dragons and learned everything she possibly could about them down to their very anatomy. She was preparing a trip to the lands that people say are now inhabited by dragons, but no one has ever seen one. Shy hoped the white dragoness would be there or someone that could tell her where to find them.
She was ready to do the unthinkable: find a species thought to have disappeared a long time ago. Are the stories even real? Well, Shy is ready to risk everything to find out.
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