Magical to the Bone (HP AU)

You flipped through the pages of the book, intrigued and wondering by all of the advanced spells and rituals that are written in it. Though, some of them are kind of gross, like the spell that crystalizes peoples blood. That sounds incredibly nasty. Apparently, while the book is primarily about necromancy, it's also got a lot of blood magic spells in it. A number of the advanced necromancy spells use things from blood magic, so it also has the basics that you will need for those in it as well.

You haven't gotten around to learning any of the blood magic spells, you've spent the time you have with the book learning the bone creation spell.

You closed the book and flipped it to its spine, where you looked at the handle to the blade you made. The book's spine was a sheath for a dagger, one that you perfectly matched for your bone dagger. You have to wonder how many blades have rested in that slot, even with the number of names on the signature page, you have no idea when the spine was made into a sheath.

You opened the book to said page, and ran your fingers over the long list of names on the signature page, seeing every name of everyone who has owned this book. A long list of handwritings and names, many of the different handwriting you've seen further on as the book goes on. The book is big, but around the middle of the book, it never seems to reach farther than that no matter how far you go. Eventually, you found that the writing stops and it the pages go blank. Your best guess is that is for whenever you start to make your own discoveries and spells, for whoever learns from the book after you.

The list of names is long, but it ends with your own.

Alicia Starwood.

You're not sure who gave you the name, no one had actually known your parents. There had been some kind of explosion and when people investigated they found an old house, inside where three dead bodies and you as a baby. When investigations happened, they found a whole lot of questions, but no answers. All they would tell you was that there are no papers about who you are, no birth certificate, no nothing. The other people that had been found with you was the same, there was no evidence that these people ever existed.

So someone gave you a name, and they just guessed how old you are. While people say that you're nine years old, no one actually knows if that's true or not.

You've been at this orphanage for as long as you can remember, living day by day without a lot to do. There aren't even that many kids around your age at the orphanage, most of them are a few years younger or older.

Everything you learned you learned while in while living in these very halls.

Speaking of learned, what are your skills?
[ ][SKILL] Plan Name
You have 60 Skill points to start with, and no skill can start at a score of above 10. Each level in a skill costs 1 point.
Academia
Acting
Athletics
Ballistics
Disguise
Drive
Energy Weapons
Empathy
Etiquette
Expression
Heavy Weapons
Intimidation
Investigation
Leadership
Martial Arts
Medicine
Meditation
Melee
Occult
Psychology
Slight of Hand
Streetwise
Subterfuge
Survival
Technology
Flight
Necromancy
Danger Intuition

Also, what do you look like?
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Felius said:

Same question as before: What does the numbers mean? Is a 10 a barely competent amateur? A reasonable hobbyist? A decently competent professional? Talented expert? The very borders of natural human capability?

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There are five levels to the skills, with the cap being 50. Someone can only train someone of a lower rank then them, though people of the same rank can work together to raise there skills together, though that is slower then being trained.

0 would be having no knowledge on something, at this point raising the level would only cost 1 skill point
10 is a novice, at this point raising the level cost 2 skill point
20 apprentice, At this point 3 skill points
30 is adept, At this point 4 skill points
40 is expert, At this point 5 skill points
50 is a master of something, you can not get higher then this

Stasis said:

Regardless of what people pick, i'd like to point out we already have a 2 in Necromancy, so we only need 8 points to get it to 10.

Meaning we have a total of 62 points, with 2 pre-assigned to Necromancy.

Edit: Or maybe that's a +2 bonus and putting 10 in Necromancy means we end up with 12?

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The book itself gives you a slight bonus, so if putting 10 in Necromancy you would end up with 12.