Stefan

Originally a blind nonhuman boy born to an impoverished family, as a young child he was left to die near a long abandoned hospital. Unbeknownst to anyone he was picked up and raised by the ghosts haunting the building, living quietly in that manner for several years until a redevelopment project sought to destroy the hospital. The project was stalled due to the hospital being excessively haunted, until Lizon was holidaying in the area and went to check out the reports about the haunting. Finding the young boy and realizing that the ghosts cared for the child and was trying to protect him, Lizon assimilated all the ghosts into a shadow monster and bound them to the child’s soul, turning the child part-demon in the process.

The child was brought back to Alcazar to be trained and educated, where they found out he was born with purification abilities and that Lizon did him a major disservice by turning him half demon and thus heavily stunting his development. However, he has vehemently opposed all efforts to remove the demonic part, having lived with them for pretty much all his life and grown to love them as his parent(s). So they let him do whatever he wants, and he works as one of Alcazar’s purifier mages.

PERSONALITY

• Cheerful, carefree, happy
• Smug, confident, enthusiastic
• Affectionate, friendly, easily attached
• Curious, naïve, trusting
• Spacey, easily distractable
• Willful, stubborn
• Clumsy, careless
• Awkward, lonely
• Emotionally detached
• Mildly sociopathic

POWERS

• Light Manipulation - able to manipulate light to attack, defend, or just glow prettily
  • Light Sensory - able to "see" the world in reflected light, basically able to sense how light is bouncing off an object and thus has a 360 degree view of the world in highlights. Works better in brighter places than darker, but since he always glows anyway it doesn't matter too much aside from affecting his sensory radius. Able to read/see pictures as long as it is in high contrast (preferrably black and white). He can also sense purification, darkness and corruption
  • Purification - able to purify corruption/dark influences from a target
• Empathy - able to sense the emotions of creatures in his immediate vicinity, sensory only, no manipulation ability
  • Psychometry - able to get a telepathic “read” off objects and locations, mostly reading strong emotions and traumatic memories, on-contact range
  • Flashback - if he crosses eyes with someone, a random scene from one of their memories or dreams will be played back as a sort of "collective hallucination" for him, the target, and everyone in his immediate vicinity. He is able to seek out a particular scene or memory depending on his needs, however if there is no relevant memory then a random one will play. Usable as a distraction by picking out a scene from his own memory and playing it back, the scenes can last however long but will be compressed into a few seconds of real time. Able to mix in random scenes from his own memory or that of others pulled into the flashback, but he has no control when doing it in such a manner. All parties are usually immobile for the duration, the hallucination will end when it has run its course or either he or the other person breaks eye contact
• Shadow Monster - he’s useless and they look after him, however they are only partly tangible and only able to carry light things and cannot be used as a vehicle or a meat shield.They are always present but not always visible and they are able to alter their visible state to an extent, from fully transparent (and therefore invisible) to semi-opaque. They can also alter their mass and density to be able to go through walls, and can drift up to 500m away from him. No matter how far they are, they can always snap back to him at any time. He calls them Casper
  • Item Possession - the shadow monster is able to possess small inanimate objects and cause them to move or fly around, is capable of quite fine control of lighter objects (~1 kg) but for heavier ones they can only just about shift them (10-20 kg)
  • Spook - able to do general ghostly tricks such as making random "scary" noises such as screams, scratching and thumps, causing the lights to flicker or cold breezes to blow, also able to cast short duration illusions (most effective on reflective surfaces, in dark/creepy locations or on people who are scared of ghosts) and intensify a person's fear
• Spell Weave - general purpose magic for everyday use, eg. teleport, healing, buffs, illusion, binding spells, barrier spells, etc . . . pretty much mostly assistance spells

EQUIPMENT

• Manta (pet) - a pet that can fly, change size and carry him around. Surprisingly difficult to damage or injure. Also usable as a pillow

WEAKNESSES

• Due to being a demon and possessing purification abilities, he is allergic to himself and physically quite weak. He also spends quite a lot of the day sleeping
• Using his own innate magic (light and purification) tires him out quickly, so he is more reliant on his weave
• Doesn’t hold up well against light, purification and darkness type attacks, but resistant to all other elemental magic
• Casper is immune to almost all attacks except light elemental and direct corruption

NOTES

• His body always emits a soft glow
• He is blind and uses Light Sensory and the assistance of his monster and pet to navigate the world
• Casper looks after him and all his daily needs and basically acts like a glorified babysitter. They seem to be perfectly happy with this arrangement?
• Casper can talk but their words are only audible to him, so sometimes he seems to be talking to himself, especially if Casper is invisible or far away at the moment
• His manta pet's name is Mantou, and it is not his fault
• His chains act as a power limiter on his light & purification innate magic, allowing him to keep his demonic part and shadowmonster. He uses a spell to turn them invisible while in uniform or casual clothes so he doesn't look like a bondage fetishist. Chains and chain links can be added or removed as necessary to adjust how much of his innate magic is locked away (usually 80~90%)
• His hobby is collecting decorative lamps! But not the painted ones, because he can't see the patterns properly