Name: Casper Crick
Age: 235
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral Obligated
Secret Identity(his mage sobriquet): the North Wind
Power(s): Powerful weather magic focused on wind and frost, able to create localized maelstroms and direct powerful gusts of wind and ice at will, though these powers are highly limited by the seasons, current weather, and access to open sky. Also accomplished in illusion and weather divination. Highly advanced general knowledge of spellcraft and folklore, though with more limited ability to use magic lying outside his specialized fields. Abilities backed up by two centuries of experience in both combat and practical magic.
Weakness: Core magic abilities can be hampered by the turn of the seasons, time of day, and uncooperative weather. Ability to fight effectively hampered by advancing age, alcoholism, and deteriorating mental condition. Tends to be cynical, surly, and prone to mood swings with bouts of temper, obsessiveness and spitefulness. Stuck in his ways and unreceptive to new perspectives and experiences.
Origin: Born in the late 18th century to impoverished tenant farmers in northern Britain, Casper got wrapped into the navy during the Napoleonic wars. At some point during his career he made contact with seaborne wind spirits attracted to his sensitivity to magic and was able to learn from them in a period of desperation, and his newfound abilities allowed him to survive the worst of the wars.
Following the death of Napoleon he began pursuing magic in earnest, becoming a vagabond and con-artist interested in accruing power and knowledge for himself and his self betterment, honing his craft beyond the crude affinity he developed fighting the French and Spanish. He eventually gained the ire of the upper cabal of powerful mages that ruled over and carefully concealed the magical community and europe, and was press into service once again in time for the first World War. Due to several accomplishments and the decimation of the magical community he was granted the rank of Magus towards the end of the war, allowing him access the higher mysteries of magic but also obligating him to the protection of humanity. Which came in high demand during World War 2.
Following the end of the wars he entered a period of seclusion and self pity due to his harrowing experiences fighting the Axis, only emerging when the backlash from ignoring his duties as Magus took it's toll on his ability to use magic. He set out once again, this time taking an apprentice in young Piper Sandoval, this time to protect the world from threats more subtle than any he had fought before.
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Name: Piper Sandoval
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Good-ish
Secret Identity(her mage sobriquet): Howling Gale
Power(s): Primary skill is a savant like capacity for a specific but powerful form of transformation magic based on birds. Her most developed ability is the power to transform any inanimate object she touches into a flock of birds of roughly the same size, control them with sub vocal commands, and transform them back into the previous object with a thought. This seemingly innocuous ability affords her a lot of destructive potential. She is also slowly mastering a spell to transform herself as a form of fast transportation. Her power with magic is fresh and unaffected by the time or place of it's use. She is also far more socially adjusted than her master and is able to guide the pair through society more easily. More physically fit and energetic than her master, as well as more mentally and emotionally stable.
Weakness: In all other aspects of magic she is middling at best. Her "modern" mindset (as described by Casper) hampers her ability to grasp magic on a theoretical level. Due to her youth she is impulsive, self-indulgent, and has a hard time taking things seriously. Her compassion and lack of understanding of the nuances of the magical world blind her to the necessities of her position. And her lack of regard for Casper's counsel is only beneficial half the time.
Origin: Piper is the child of a Honduran immigrant and an American woman, born in the Southwest United States. Due to her between worlds upbringing, the death of her father, and her status throughout her adolescent and teen years as a chronic underachiever and troublemaker she became something of an outsider, and thus found herself the target of various spirits and beast that prey on the outsiders of society.
She was saved by Casper Crick, and due to having few options, and tempted by the offer of money to send to her family she joined Crick as his apprentice. Her study of magic quickly coalesced into an overly specialized discipline, leaving Crick with a substandard student, but she refused his offer to strip her of magical ability to live a normal life, as she had grown to like having powers. Both for her own enjoyment and the allure of being a hero. They now travel together, searching for the threats against humanity that emerge between the cracks in the world.
Secretly Crick wishes to groom an heir to his status as Magus in order to put an end to his long service, and even though her skill in magic is lacking, he hopes Piper will build the grit and experience to take on the mantle.
