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DAYBREAK ACADEMY APPLICATION (UPDATED)
PLAYER INFORMATION
NAME: Jon
CONTACT: swampwitchery @ plurk.com
OTHER CHARACTER(S) IN GAME: N/A
CANON INFORMATION
CHARACTER NAME: Lady Urtz Cromwell
CANON: Original Character
HISTORY: N/A
STRENGTHS:
+ Determined: Urtz is not the kind of woman who gives up. When faced with difficulties, she rises to the challenge and puts all of her skills and knowledge into making a solution for whatever problem she's facing. When her family had everything stolen away from her and they were probably lucky to even escape with their lives, she faced her newfound poverty head on and quickly went to work to find a solution. Her efforts, combined with her parents, bore fruit and with that problem solved, she quickly went on to others. Like revenge on the people that ruined her life and reinstating House Cromwell into mage society as a key player.
+ Polite: Being raised in a noble household, Urtz is familiar with proper etiquette and conduct. Even if she isn't particularly fond of someone or something, she tries to uphold some level of decorum. It's only when she really doesn't like someone or they're making it exceptionally difficult to be nice in return that she turns it off. Though she's just as likely to simply excuse herself. It really depends on her mood, but in general she tries to put her best foot forward. At least at first.
+ Loyal: To those who happen to earn her trust and respect, they would have a hard time finding an ally more loyal than Urtz Cromwell. She grew up a relatively lonely life, save for her parents and a few caretakers. There were some exceptions to this rule, however, such as Ekkehardt Gehring, who she met at a young age. In general, these relationships mean the world to her and she would do everything in her power to ensure the people she cares about remain alive and well. Even if it means putting herself at risk. And if something back were to happen to those people, she would do everything in her power to see to it that they were avenged. Even if that might not necessarily be what they want.
FLAWS:
- Mischievous: Fae are well-documented tricksters and Changelings are usually considered a type of fae. While they are a bit of an odd case, Urtz is certainly no exception. She enjoys watching people squirm and having fun at people's expense. Usually this can be pretty harmless, but she has been known to take things a bit too far and start off on the wrong foot or rub people the wrong way.
- Distant: Although it's possible to get emotionally close to Urtz, she tends to keep people at a distance. While her polite demeanor makes her easy to talk to, she doesn't seem very invested in the lives of others. After having a difficult life that was made that way because of the meddling of people, she isn't exactly fond of the idea that it could happen again. Especially after she came so far to make sure things went well this time around.
- Proud/Selfish: Urtz's biggest flaw is probably her sense of pride. While she is confident in herself, she does tend to be weak to flattery and comments that would hurt her ego usually receive some kind of retaliation. She values herself and her time very highly and things that waste her time can actually break through her usual politeness and get her to bare her (usually metaphorical) fangs. She also tends to view relationships with people quite selfishly. Generally, in the sense of how useful they can be to her. While people she's exceptionally close to don't fall into this category, it's difficult to make it to this position.
CANON ABILITIES: N/A, character is an OC.
AU INFORMATION
AU CHARACTER NAME: Urtz Cromwell
AGE: 33
POSITION: Faculty: Professor of "Intro to Magic 1" and "Practical Uses for Magic in the Modern Day".
AU BACKSTORY:
• Born to House Cromwell as Annabelle Cromwell.
• Grew deathly ill around two years of age. Died shortly thereafter but was later found alive and well, albeit different than before.
• More strange occurrences only cemented the fact that something was wrong. Eventually they learned that the baby in their possession was and was not their daughter. Essentially she was all that was left of their daughter: a changeling. A hybrid of human and fae. Although possessing Anabelle's DNA and part of her soul, they knew this baby wasn't truly the daughter they'd lost. They weren't even sure what she'd grow up to be like.
• Even so, they kept her and treated her as they would have their own daughter. And before long as far as they were concerned, fae mishap or no, she was their daughter.
• Knew of her status as a changeling at an early age and often kept to her true form due to support from her family, feeling no desire to hide it.
• Later asked for her name to be changed to Urtz, as she learned more about changelings and their culture in the Outlands. Her parents, somewhat begrudgingly, agreed.
• She met Ekkehardt Gehring as a young man when she was 11 years old. Their houses were closely allied, so they spent a good amount of time around each other, eventually coming to see each other as siblings.
• Her homeschooling and tutoring continued, with both magical and non-magical subjects. That is, until several mage families joined forces to bring down House Cromwell. They slandered her family name and had their status stripped. It wasn't long before the house was set upon by the rival families. Although they were able to escape relatively unharmed, their house was burned down and most of their assets were lost.
• Forced into poverty, Urtz used her magic and her abilities as a changeling to survive. She learned how to pickpocket and eventually steal larger scale items and get away with it. Her quick thinking and charisma made her an excellent charlatan.
• Over time she was able to pool the money she earned with her parent's money to raise them out of poverty. However, this wasn't enough. She performed many thefts and scams in order to keep raising money. She used this money to fund her search for knowledge. She wanted to complete her education on magic and swordplay. However, she also wanted intel on the mage families who ruined her life.
• Through the use of clever infiltration, she made her way into mage society and began dismantling the other houses by use of blackmail, murder, threats, theft, and more.
• Now in her early thirties, most if not all the families who ruined her life have now been either taken down or subjugated. House Cromwell has been reinstated into mage society and her family home has been rebuilt. Her parents decided to largely retire from mage society nonsense, however, so Urtz has taken up position as head of House Cromwell.
• Became a teacher at Daybreak Academy after supporting the school for several years as a benefactor. She spent several months teaching students and being a general nuisance.
• After the player plot involving Annabelle Cromwell possessing her body and then returning to take over House Cromwell, Urtz had left the school temporarily to take care of personal affairs, though she still sent monetary aid to Daybreak Academy, as well as providing for them magical items and the like that could help prevent Nightfall.
AU PERSONALITY DEVIATION: N/A
RACE: Changeling (Human/Fae hybrid.)
SECRET SOCIETY: Head of House Cromwell. Her family's name was disgraced and ruined during her youth and much of their house and land was either torn down or seized as the family fell to poverty. However, she spent years working to rebuild her family name and home as well as get revenge on those who were reasonable for their fall from grace. Although House Cromwell is largely seen as a kind house, acting as a benefactor to many institutes and organizations working against Nightfall, their main goal is to ensure mage families don't end up killing each other or hurting innocents in their spats.
POWERS:
- Shape-shifting: Urtz is a changeling. As such, she has the natural ability to shape-shift into anything humanoid with reasonable amount of leeway. The size can't be more than two feet large or two feet smaller than she is and while she can do this at will, doing it too much too quickly will cause her to feel incredibly fatigued and prevent her from transforming until she's properly rested. However, this ability is as much biological as it is magical and as a result she does tend to gain natural abilities of whatever she morphs into. Although not as strong, it is useful if she needs to be more defensive or gain more in the way of strength. Once transformed, it is virtually impossible to tell the difference between the original and her shifted form. However, she will transform into her true form if she is killed.
Magic: Urtz is a skilled mage who was tutored in all forms of magic at a basic level. However, her specialties are enchantments, illusions, and evocations. Much like her shape-shifting, however, her source of magic is an innate ability. If she uses too much magic, she will grow fatigued and be unable to cast spells. She tends to use enchanted items to substitute or magical amplifiers to extend her magical reserves, but in the end those are expendable items and can be quite hard to come by, even by the head of a mage family.
CHANGES: After consuming the portion of Annabelle's soul that resided inside Urtz, which connected the two, Urtz was able to unlock her full abilities as a changeling. She can now shapeshift her body into bigger things and the rate at which her body heals, as well as the injuries that her body can sustain, have been increased, as have her magic reserves.
HOUSING: No preference!
RP SAMPLE
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NAME: Jon
CONTACT: swampwitchery @ plurk.com
OTHER CHARACTER(S) IN GAME: N/A
CANON INFORMATION
CHARACTER NAME: Lady Urtz Cromwell
CANON: Original Character
HISTORY: N/A
STRENGTHS:
+ Determined: Urtz is not the kind of woman who gives up. When faced with difficulties, she rises to the challenge and puts all of her skills and knowledge into making a solution for whatever problem she's facing. When her family had everything stolen away from her and they were probably lucky to even escape with their lives, she faced her newfound poverty head on and quickly went to work to find a solution. Her efforts, combined with her parents, bore fruit and with that problem solved, she quickly went on to others. Like revenge on the people that ruined her life and reinstating House Cromwell into mage society as a key player.
+ Polite: Being raised in a noble household, Urtz is familiar with proper etiquette and conduct. Even if she isn't particularly fond of someone or something, she tries to uphold some level of decorum. It's only when she really doesn't like someone or they're making it exceptionally difficult to be nice in return that she turns it off. Though she's just as likely to simply excuse herself. It really depends on her mood, but in general she tries to put her best foot forward. At least at first.
+ Loyal: To those who happen to earn her trust and respect, they would have a hard time finding an ally more loyal than Urtz Cromwell. She grew up a relatively lonely life, save for her parents and a few caretakers. There were some exceptions to this rule, however, such as Ekkehardt Gehring, who she met at a young age. In general, these relationships mean the world to her and she would do everything in her power to ensure the people she cares about remain alive and well. Even if it means putting herself at risk. And if something back were to happen to those people, she would do everything in her power to see to it that they were avenged. Even if that might not necessarily be what they want.
FLAWS:
- Mischievous: Fae are well-documented tricksters and Changelings are usually considered a type of fae. While they are a bit of an odd case, Urtz is certainly no exception. She enjoys watching people squirm and having fun at people's expense. Usually this can be pretty harmless, but she has been known to take things a bit too far and start off on the wrong foot or rub people the wrong way.
- Distant: Although it's possible to get emotionally close to Urtz, she tends to keep people at a distance. While her polite demeanor makes her easy to talk to, she doesn't seem very invested in the lives of others. After having a difficult life that was made that way because of the meddling of people, she isn't exactly fond of the idea that it could happen again. Especially after she came so far to make sure things went well this time around.
- Proud/Selfish: Urtz's biggest flaw is probably her sense of pride. While she is confident in herself, she does tend to be weak to flattery and comments that would hurt her ego usually receive some kind of retaliation. She values herself and her time very highly and things that waste her time can actually break through her usual politeness and get her to bare her (usually metaphorical) fangs. She also tends to view relationships with people quite selfishly. Generally, in the sense of how useful they can be to her. While people she's exceptionally close to don't fall into this category, it's difficult to make it to this position.
CANON ABILITIES: N/A, character is an OC.
AU INFORMATION
AU CHARACTER NAME: Urtz Cromwell
AGE: 33
POSITION: Faculty: Professor of "Intro to Magic 1" and "Practical Uses for Magic in the Modern Day".
AU BACKSTORY:
• Born to House Cromwell as Annabelle Cromwell.
• Grew deathly ill around two years of age. Died shortly thereafter but was later found alive and well, albeit different than before.
• More strange occurrences only cemented the fact that something was wrong. Eventually they learned that the baby in their possession was and was not their daughter. Essentially she was all that was left of their daughter: a changeling. A hybrid of human and fae. Although possessing Anabelle's DNA and part of her soul, they knew this baby wasn't truly the daughter they'd lost. They weren't even sure what she'd grow up to be like.
• Even so, they kept her and treated her as they would have their own daughter. And before long as far as they were concerned, fae mishap or no, she was their daughter.
• Knew of her status as a changeling at an early age and often kept to her true form due to support from her family, feeling no desire to hide it.
• Later asked for her name to be changed to Urtz, as she learned more about changelings and their culture in the Outlands. Her parents, somewhat begrudgingly, agreed.
• She met Ekkehardt Gehring as a young man when she was 11 years old. Their houses were closely allied, so they spent a good amount of time around each other, eventually coming to see each other as siblings.
• Her homeschooling and tutoring continued, with both magical and non-magical subjects. That is, until several mage families joined forces to bring down House Cromwell. They slandered her family name and had their status stripped. It wasn't long before the house was set upon by the rival families. Although they were able to escape relatively unharmed, their house was burned down and most of their assets were lost.
• Forced into poverty, Urtz used her magic and her abilities as a changeling to survive. She learned how to pickpocket and eventually steal larger scale items and get away with it. Her quick thinking and charisma made her an excellent charlatan.
• Over time she was able to pool the money she earned with her parent's money to raise them out of poverty. However, this wasn't enough. She performed many thefts and scams in order to keep raising money. She used this money to fund her search for knowledge. She wanted to complete her education on magic and swordplay. However, she also wanted intel on the mage families who ruined her life.
• Through the use of clever infiltration, she made her way into mage society and began dismantling the other houses by use of blackmail, murder, threats, theft, and more.
• Now in her early thirties, most if not all the families who ruined her life have now been either taken down or subjugated. House Cromwell has been reinstated into mage society and her family home has been rebuilt. Her parents decided to largely retire from mage society nonsense, however, so Urtz has taken up position as head of House Cromwell.
• Became a teacher at Daybreak Academy after supporting the school for several years as a benefactor. She spent several months teaching students and being a general nuisance.
• After the player plot involving Annabelle Cromwell possessing her body and then returning to take over House Cromwell, Urtz had left the school temporarily to take care of personal affairs, though she still sent monetary aid to Daybreak Academy, as well as providing for them magical items and the like that could help prevent Nightfall.
AU PERSONALITY DEVIATION: N/A
RACE: Changeling (Human/Fae hybrid.)
SECRET SOCIETY: Head of House Cromwell. Her family's name was disgraced and ruined during her youth and much of their house and land was either torn down or seized as the family fell to poverty. However, she spent years working to rebuild her family name and home as well as get revenge on those who were reasonable for their fall from grace. Although House Cromwell is largely seen as a kind house, acting as a benefactor to many institutes and organizations working against Nightfall, their main goal is to ensure mage families don't end up killing each other or hurting innocents in their spats.
POWERS:
- Shape-shifting: Urtz is a changeling. As such, she has the natural ability to shape-shift into anything humanoid with reasonable amount of leeway. The size can't be more than two feet large or two feet smaller than she is and while she can do this at will, doing it too much too quickly will cause her to feel incredibly fatigued and prevent her from transforming until she's properly rested. However, this ability is as much biological as it is magical and as a result she does tend to gain natural abilities of whatever she morphs into. Although not as strong, it is useful if she needs to be more defensive or gain more in the way of strength. Once transformed, it is virtually impossible to tell the difference between the original and her shifted form. However, she will transform into her true form if she is killed.
Magic: Urtz is a skilled mage who was tutored in all forms of magic at a basic level. However, her specialties are enchantments, illusions, and evocations. Much like her shape-shifting, however, her source of magic is an innate ability. If she uses too much magic, she will grow fatigued and be unable to cast spells. She tends to use enchanted items to substitute or magical amplifiers to extend her magical reserves, but in the end those are expendable items and can be quite hard to come by, even by the head of a mage family.
CHANGES: After consuming the portion of Annabelle's soul that resided inside Urtz, which connected the two, Urtz was able to unlock her full abilities as a changeling. She can now shapeshift her body into bigger things and the rate at which her body heals, as well as the injuries that her body can sustain, have been increased, as have her magic reserves.
HOUSING: No preference!
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