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Ishq
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- pronouns he\him
- species cervine
- background wild mage
- age 34
- height 19 hh \ 1,92m human AU
sky wide open
Personality
Shockingly calm yet with a core of constant vigilance. Said vigilance used to have come from his former jobs circumstances, yet are now an anxiety of this very past catching up with him.
Ishq has a strong sense of duty despite his laissez-faire facade. Give him a job and he will try his damndest to see it done, efficiently and fast.
He's good with children, somehow.
word count: 66
History
The Samorost Distillery has had a long upstanding past, steeped in tradition and honest work, creating goods sold far and wide along the nation. Yet as the company changed hands from senior to junior ethics slightly changed.
To raise your profit, you could dominate the market. To dominate the market, you eliminate your competition. And there are so many ways to do that.
Ishq came to the distillery unbeknownst to the shady practice within at a young age in search of easy work to fund an easier lifestyle.
As magic started to bloom within the young man, his field of work changed. He was trained by company employed mages and ultimately became bodyguard to one of the many directors overseeing the trade, taking on the codename Murky alongside.
Ishq cared little about the corrupt ways of the business. He cared about prettier things, that he felt like they had more weight in his life, such as money and status.
Things came to an abrupt change as he lost his left eye in an internal dispute. Now no longer able to aim and use magic as precisely as before, Ishq became a liability and no longer offered protection.
The mage was aggressively gone from his job with the promise he would get to keep his life if he just went far far away, and carried the company secrets in silence.
Damaged but not broken and in search of a new life, Ishq traveled to Faline, looking for the anonymity of the city, where he found work at a bakery often affectionately called the delivery boy despite his mid-thirties of age then.
Ordered goods from the baker are brought to the customer, and purchases of ingredients needed he delivers to the bakery.
Life lost its edge, but still comes with difficulties as Ishq tries to regain his control of his magic on own terms and fears his past coming back.
word count: 318
Red Lightning Strike
An effectively offensive magic, the red lightning created by Ishq can rarely be used for anything but destruction.
His lack of three dimensional vision impairs aim and acuteness. Resulting strikes are impressive, yet dangerous even to bystanders as they spread or fail to hit the target precisely. One wonders what could be achieved with just a little more focus and discipline.
Costs
- Magic use fatigues the caster.
Comparable to physical labor, prolonged magic use exhausts the body. - Magic somewhat impairs or reduces one or more of the caster's senses while it is in use.
As a further consequence of losing his left eye, Ishq loses vision completely for a short amount of seconds after each use of magic.
Purchase history & STAT CHANGES
- +2 Power. Dart and Shrimp Hunt Bonus
- Animal Communication Scroll.. March 2024 - Able to communicate with the tiny elemental bird and give exact commands.
- +1 Discipline. February Story Prompt
- +1 Power. January Story Prompt
- +2 Discipline. Völund Hunt Bonus
- +1 Discipline. December Story Prompt
- +1 Power. November Story Prompt
- Familiar Scroll. Nov 2023 - A tiny elemental bird can be summoned. It requires no sustenance, but can be used to aim. Upon death quickly manifests again.
- +2 Discipline. Ravenflight Hunt Bonus
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