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| Name | Ezra |
| Age | Unknown (Adult) |
| Pronouns | They/Them/Their |
| Species | Human? Dragon? |
| Location | Ashlands |
| Story | TBA |
About
Sovereign of the Ashlands. Little is known about Ezra's origins--if asked they'll tell you that they spawned fully formed from a pit of lava, and that's likely not the oddest thing they'll say to you with complete seriousness. They don't have memories from beyond a few years prior, but they're busy enough aspiring to godhood(which they vehemently claim is their destiny) that it's pretty low on the list of things they worry about.
They also happen to be a completely, ridiculously OP witch, and have convinced more than one person that they actually are a god(a cult has sprouted around them). They happily provide protection for their followers, which is a big attraction for witches seeking refuge from the Angstomi government. Even those who think Ezra is a lunatic will play the part of worshiper to be in the favor of someone who triggers volcanic eruptions at a whim.
Personality & Outlook
Incredibly competitive and entitled, the type to do anything to get what they want. The only people they wouldn't hurt under any condition are their children.
Loud, Aggressive, Pompous, Self-assured, Kinda dumb, Abrasive in general and unlikely to be your friend but once you're part of the cult they'll protect and provide for you like any good leader should.
Kinda easy to manipulate if you stroke their ego & appeal to their greed.
Idealist, assumes everything will go their way because what other options are there? Views themself as a superior being and can be a bit condescending to 'mere mortals'.
Powers & Assets
Deified
They're literally worshiped, given offerings & all that shit. It's unclear whether this bolsters their magical power or not, seeing as they are not a demon and also OP as fuck regardless.
They have an entire commune of followers under their command.
Lava Witch
Their casting philosophy is that they are a god, and they can do whatever the fuck they want(within their domain). Their domain is fire, heat, and all things molten. Volcanoes erupt at their whims. The ground itself will boil their enemies should they wish it.
To say their mana pool is unusually huge would be an understatement, as it is essentially a bottomless pit.
Relationships
Salt [son]
Their beautiful precious son whom they love very much even if he didn't inherit their god-power or any of their violent tendencies/capabilities. He is an adult, has no memory loss, fully remembers being raised by Ezra despite their claim that they came into being 4 years ago & all evidence pointing to that being true. Something's not quite right here.
Aether [pain in the ass]
Ambassador of the Rebel Witches, hoping to gain Ezra's assistance in fighting for witch rights in Angstrom(or just manipulate them into inadvertently helping). Ezra doesn't really like her, probably because she's one of few not afraid to step on their toes & get things done. Salt ADORES her though so Ezra won't boot her out of the valley/kill her.
Beacon [#1 fan]
Their first & favorite cultist. He pretty much serves as an overzealous personal assistant when he's not managing the altar or trying to convert people.
Aesthetic
Molten metals, the finest of sands, unwavering heat, stars & desert. Gilded things that don't have any business being covered in gold, a tacky mashup of refined and unrefined, a child's idea of luxury.
Clothing
Vaguely dressy/militaristic in style, loves pauldrons but doesn't tend to wear any other armor. Every outfit is majority orange, includes jewelry(always gold).
Trivia
• Their favorite food is honey-roasted grasshoppers
• Their kids call them 'Zaza'
• was originally a flight rising fan character
• has a great villainous laugh
Q & A
Q:Do they actually get more powerful from their worshippers? How are they so powerful, whether that boosts them or not?
A: (ooc) Ok damn i had to look at ezra's profile and wow i have not updated this thing in A While. Wrote this back when i still used 'witches' as the term for 'augur'. Which. Is technically still the correct term in their country, but still.
Anyways, human belief just Makes Things Work Sometimes(it is not the only driving force of magic and is also wildly inefficient)(you could trick thousands of people into believing that this lightbulb will turn on every day at dusk and itll work but itd be so much easier to just take a basic enchanting class and do like 2 lines of runing). If enough people believe in some bullshit, it becomes true. This is how the human concept of a god works(people believe you are powerful, you become more powerful). There are many examples throughout the world of human-belief gods, which are technically all demons,
(A demon in this world is a magical being that is created when enough of a certain concept globs together in the metaphysical plane. They are constructs of human emotion, they feed on human emotional energy, they seek out more of what made them) (the metaphysical plane has so much turbulence since humans came around, spitting out demons is an attempt at equilibrium. The magical nonreality equivalent of a hairball. Or a kidney stone.)
Anyways a demon will get stronger the more it feeds, and making a human feel their emotion specifically about them is mega-energizing(a fear demon terrorizing a whole town of humans would get sooo strong if nobody killed it first). If a demon is widely-known enough and fed properly it eventually hits deified status. Which isnt like...a scientific specific marker, just kinda a cultural thing. People will start leaving it gifts to appease it or asking it for help or whatever else people do with their gods.
But Ezra is not a demon! They are. Kind of an augur? I mean theyre a mage with no training. But theyre also not human. Worship would still make them stronger if enough people did it. They only have like 4 genuine worshippers, the rest of their flock is just desperate scared refugees hiding from the government, and they will humor this little mf if it means protection.
But also its hard not to believe theres something very special about ezra, when they can use such fuck-off massive huge amounts of magic without exploding/dying on the spot. Like augurs are impressive but its more about precision and skill than pure raw power. Ezra can cast at a scale it would take 20-50 other mages working in perfect sync to match something they can do casually. If they were really working hard it'd take many, many more mages to match.
Welcome to the history lesson tangent i promise its relevant: Angstrom(their country) has historically been. Very aggressive and warmongery. They used to be a p substantial empire & have colonized a lot of other countries.
'Used to' because in their last international war(over a century ago), they got their country blasted back to the stone age by something called a siphon-bomb. Which took out Angstrom's entire ambient magic field, thus rendering everything that runs on magic completely useless. And everything runs on magic, its the only power source anyone has ever bothered using.
And it is still siphoning the ambient magic to this day! Angstrom has learned how to harness electricity and is rebuilding but is still like....noticably post-apocalyptic.
Anyways a weird little lava lizard got stuck in the siphon and has been irradiated by/fused with an entire country's century-long backlog of ambient magic. And that's Ezra!!! :)
Artist Notes
- very short, like under 5'
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