Basic Information

Thesis Statement

Who is Lazarus? Who is anyone, really. Reality is only what it is perceived to be. The mind confirms what eyes are seeing, what fingers are touching, what ears are hearing; because of the you who perceives, reality exists. You are the centre of your universe. You are god. Join professor Lazarus’ transfiguration class and learn just how to mould your universe.

Focus

A black cane with a gold snake figure serving as the handle.

Appearance

This man is all sharp angles– the skin is taut over its hands and face, emphasising the lines in both, and its nose and cheek bones are sharp. A fringe of dark hair hides orange eyes. Long limbs exaggerate an almost drunken swagger.

Its clothes almost seem poorly fitted, but in an intentional, expensive way. Spirals, stripes, and snake motifs are its preference in style. Whether it’s holding itself in solemnity or in dramatics, man looks like it walked out of a stop motion film.

Familiar

A red-bellied black snake named Lilith.

Misc

Foods

• Deviled Eggs - favorite food.
• Charcuterie - favorite snack. Also likes hors d'oeuvres
• Huge dislike of anything that is both liquid and not a drink (soups, puddings, porridges)

Personality

Ambiguous / Doting / Dogged / Confident / Eccentric

Erle is an animated person. Its humour is a bit immature, but it is easy to get along with if one doesn’t mind a bit of teasing. Erle is chatty and friendly, socialising almost effortlessly due to being unafraid of looking foolish. It is prideful, and also has an ego made of steel. Very little embarrasses Erle, including speaking in third person and eschewing its own humanity to achieve a self-deprecating sense of enlightenment.

But Erle can also be cagey. It maintains an air of mystery by eschewing consistency. Despite its friendliness, it becomes a bit aloof if others try to pry into its private life, even to the point of becoming uncharacteristically cold if they push.

Underneath the goofiness, Erle is observant, sly, and enduring– it’s become adjusted to being surrounded by cut throat individuals, and is unlikely to give up should it find a goal it wants to pursue. If someone’s goal opposes its own– well, it’s just a matter of who is more justified, who wants it more, and may the best man (gender neutral) win! It won’t hold it against others, and expects that others will offer it the same courtesy. No hard feelings if others don’t agree– it doesn’t judge others, and would actually rather lift other people up rather than tear them down.

It can’t stand when someone is full of self loathing. Treat yourself right. Especially when nobody else will. It’s the type to practise whatever the opposite of self-deprecation is– and will happily encourage that others do the same.

As much as it enjoys socialising, Erle is an introvert and recharges with alone time. Erle would handle the pressure of a killing game surprisingly well, at least by all appearances, because trauma is something to deal with behind closed doors.

Backstory

Summary

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Backstory

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Magic

Transfiguration (Green-Red)

Erle specialises in transfiguration. It can change the shape of things… with limitations.

No Transmutation

It cannot perform transmutation– no changing things to gold or turning water to wine.

Referencing Shape

Erle needs to know a shape’s construction to make it.

• In most cases, having a model helps a lot.
• Erle’s focus having a snake sculpture on it allows him to reference it to make serpentine structures at any time, for example.
• Snakes are also uncomplicated. It’s like specialising in drawing worms or stick figures,,
• All structures like slabs, steps, walls, tables, etc will be naturally weaker and more brittle than if you were to craft the real thing.

Resistance to Change

Anything already charmed/blessed/cursed by another magic resists transfiguration entirely. Certain materials are less conductive to manipulation through transfiguration:

• Lead
• Iron
• Plastic
• Liquids, also, won’t hold shape once transfigured so there’s no point. It's like trying to push sand uphill
• Silver, though rather instead of being magical resistant it's too magically absorbant

Law of Conservation

Mass/weight must be conserved. Density can be adjusted to change the volume of a thing, but this weakens the integrity of an object.

Force of Will

Erle will describe objects of having a sort of 'will'. That is, certain objects are more resistant to change…

• Objects that have high emotional attachment carry enough residual ambient magical energy to be resistant to change under the magical item clause, even if they’re not technically magic items
• Similarly, Erle cannot transfigure a foci
• Broken items are less resistant to change, and are actually eager to be mended

The Only Reason Erle Doesn’t Have Cat Ears

Erle is not powerful enough to transfigure living things. He’s only ever accomplished it once, on himself, and it nearly killed him, put him in a 3 day coma, and cursed him with bone problems. Erle is not eager for a repeat.

Game Mechanics

Casing

Strengths

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Weaknesses

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Items

The Birmingham News - 11/16/200X

The front page of a newspaper from Birmingham, AL…

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