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Faras, age 15. He is a resident of Haven, a small town founded by outcasts from other areas. Former criminals of any race and their descendants are among the residents, as are mutants, gremlins, and the occasional orc who didn't fit in where they were. Residents pool their skills to provide the town with food and goods.

Faras has the role of 'maintenance' for things that can't otherwise be fixed, such as diseases, grievous injuries, and some bits of tech. He does this using skills that he was taught by his older sister, Nima, and a crystal that she made for him. Nima was a magic user who died when she burned herself out using her powers. She taught Faras bits of magic use as well as how to mix various salves, remedies, and potions.

Faras, however, is most well known as a 'magic thief', from the main use of the jewel. Its ability is to draw some amount of magic from a user, potion, spellbook, or enchanted item or person. Faras can then make use of this power. His most common target is The Hag, a mysterious woman who lives in the middle of nowhere and seemingly uses all her time on her spells and enchantments. Faras takes little bits of magic from various enchanted items around her house or her own sleeping form and uses this to complete things like healing potions that his sister used to make. It is entirely possible, even likely, that she lets him break in and take what he needs.

(Note, these healing potions are not 'maimed by a dragon, -glug-, now I'm good' potions. They're more a magical equivalent to the more effective medicines that modern science could just as easily yield. The user is still sick in bed for a while, he just gets better eventually using regular doses.)

Faras is rather serious and motivated when focused on a particular task, such as mixing an emergency potion. At the same time, he is still young and is prone to playfulness and fooling around. When not working, studying, or exercising/training (he does need some skill to sneak into places, and if he couldn't fight at all he wouldn't be trusted alone in the wastes like he is when traveling to the Hag's place) he will spend time with his best friend, a tinkering goblin named Agrippa who handles a lot of the maintenance on what tech is available, along with her teacher and fellow students. He also enjoys drinking with the other guys in town and singing or listening to music, as well as just wandering around. Also, like his sister he has a habit of going off to push the limits of his magic, just to see what he can do.

He is very aware of his skill and how useful his contribution is, and will sometimes playfully brag about it, but he doesn't get too big a head. He doesn't think of himself as being in his sister's shadow, even though he mostly continues her work. This is due to the added risk of having to go and fetch the necessary components for any spells or potions, which the town acknowledges. He misses his sister, as the two were quite close, but doesn't really remember his parents.


The jewel is not shown to scale. It is actually about 5 inches long, and attached to a chain. He wears it around his neck, inside his clothes.
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Ryoukittygirl's avatar
yay!! A drawing from you!! *chews on* be more active dammit!!