magnus

History:

Magnus comes from the ancient bloodline of the Corvid Court, which has been mostly lost since the Divergence. They were raised by their parents in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, and was introduced to the Tithra Arcane Society branch at the Ritz by their father after they began to show a natural affinity for magic that he had failed to produce in his youth. Both of their parents possess the sight, with their father having some minor connections within the society and collecting a small number of magical items. They experienced agoraphobia and anxiety as a result of the rare nature of their magic, their autism, and how this tended to result in bursts of wild magic led them to become mostly withdrawn from others and avoid being outside their local area, spending most of their time at the Ritz Cinema in Randwick and various antique stores nearby due to their love for old movies and antiques. Due to spending most of their time at the Ritz, they found themselves under the tutelage of the head of the Ritz Sect (and their boss) Grey Ritz, who helped them in learning to control their magic and eventually roped them into a job under the guise of free movie tickets. They came out to their parents as nonbinary at 18, which caused a rift between them and their mother and prompted them to move to Grey’s Place in Enmore a year afterwards in order to find a space to comfortably explore their identity. They were accepted into the University of Sydney’s Bachelor of Arts course and works in Drunk on the Moon in Newtown, however still frequents the Ritz to see films and to meet with Grey, occasionally helping out with projection.

Personality:

Magnus is incredibly withdrawn and finds it difficult to connect with other people due to the niche nature of their special interests. they speak softly and often suffers from sensory overload, leading them to become frustrated and often resulting in random bursts of wild magic. They are incredibly passionate about their interests and mostly keep to themselves.

Physical Description:

Magnus is AFAB and stands at 5’11”. They are incredibly lanky and weigh around 50kg. They have fair, freckled skin and thick, black hair. They also have two naturally white streaks at the middle of their hairline which they inherited from their father. Since taking T, they have also started to grow a patchy beard and moustache. They plan on getting top surgery, but has been unable to due to a lack of financial means. Their eyes are a dark gold and they wear thin-framed round glasses. Although they love dark academia fashion, they mostly wear jeans or trousers with shirts that reference films in some way due to the climate of Sydney. They wear a small antique silver bird skull around their neck and a simple art deco thumb ring at all times.

Family:

Magnus was raised an only child by their mother and father. they inherited their powers from their father’s side. Their coming out caused a rift between them and their mother which prompted them to move to Grey’s Place in Enmore. They still stay in contact with their father, however rarely see either of their parents.

Relations:

Magnus has three other roommates in Grey’s Place, which was arranged by Grey Ritz after seeing Magnus struggle at home.

Juliet (she/her) is a werewolf bard studying fine arts at UNSW on the Paddington campus. She is working as an apprentice tattoo artist in Newtown, with the intention of becoming a tattoo artist once she has completed her apprenticeship. Juliet became homeless after contracting lycanthropy during her year of university deferral due to an unwillingness to lose control and hurt those around her. Grey invited her to live in the share house after hearing about a magic-using were. She is level headed and loves to channel her energy into creative pursuits, however has not fully embraced her were status as she hates the thought of losing control, and thus has not interacted with many other weres within the city.

Vincent (he/him) is a human wizard studying game design at AIE with the intention of becoming a game developer after he has finished his course. Born with the sight, he stumbled across the Tithra Arcane Society after spending too much time at the State Library during Year 11. He became obsessed with the concept of studying magic, however chose to keep this from his parents as neither of them knew about the existence of magic. After dropping out over the summer of Year 12, he channelled most of his energy into learning how to code and studying magic, where Tithra offered for him to live at Grey’s Place in order to further encourage his studies. Vincent mostly keeps to himself, however is notoriously good at cooking. He’s been helping Juliet to control her were state on her request, and the two are close.

William (he/they) is a part-fae bard studying music composition and production at AIM with the intention of becoming a full-time producer after finishing his course. William met Juliet through a mutual friend and began staying at Grey's Place after leaving home at 17 on Juliet's offer. Rather than a part time job, he often DJ's at local events and also creates his own electro music that they release on Soundcloud and Bandcamp. William is the closest with Magnus out of all of the housemates, and being the most extroverted of the house, is able to easily influence the rest of their housemates. He and Magnus currently have a competition to persuade Juliet to give them the worst tattoo possible, which resulted in all of the housemates getting matching Bangerang tattoos. He is the most capable of doing actual maths out of the whole house, having speedran his education and finishing high school early.

Toby (he/him) is a ghost

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