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Other Characters: Sophia Nate
IC
Name: Rinwell
Canon: Tales of Arise
Canon Point: Departing Thistlym for Ganath Haros.
Age: 14~
History/Personality:
Wikipedia of all places has an excellent general summary of the game's full plot, but as for Rinwell specifically? She's a young orphan girl who also happens to be the last native user of astral artes on Dahna. Her family were brutally murdered by a Renan Lord seeking their knowledge, and she's grown up since desperately seeking means of revenge against that person.
That means came years later when she fell in with two very unlikely companions while trying to escort them to Cyslodia and the resistance group she worked for, the Silver Swords: a masked amnesiac Dahnan swordsman who felt no pain, and an aloof Renan sniper cursed by magical thorns, both of whom had sworn to take down the Lords.
Starting out secretive and prickly, over time Rinwell begins to thaw to those around her, though she struggles often with weighing the acts of an entire people against her own against the Renan individuals she meets - and ends up journeying with, all sharing the same goal of ending the Crown Contest and freeing Dahna.
Rinwell is naturally inquisitive and excited by learning, and she's no stranger to travel thanks to her journey with Alphen and the gang. Ruins are VERY exciting (almost as much as books!) because they tell a story about the World That Was, and while she may no longer be on Dahna, she'd be especially drawn to anything that could reveal more about the source of the magics in this world. She's young, and has been alone a long time, so she's had to learn to be independent very quickly to survive. She loves to share that knowledge, and is a surprisingly attentive listener (depending on the subject) but she's got little patience for those who act foolish. And sometimes her age gets the better of her: her temper is known to flare very quickly - and just as quickly forgive, too, if given a long enough cooling off period.
Events on Dahna eventually culminated in finally confronting the source of her hatred and driving need for vengeance. And with that confrontation, a key question being posed to Rinwell: what will you live for, once you no longer have hatred to sustain you?
At the time, she hadn't figured out the answer to that question when posed to her. Overcoming her recent traumas in a new place with new people will be An Experience, but one buffered by having those she's beginning to learn to trust present with her. Whether or not she learns to cling less to learned prejudices, Rinwell will do her best. (It remains to be seen whether or not that'll be good enough.)
Would you consider your character to be heroic? Why or why not?:
Nope, but she could be.
She is, at heart, a good kid, who truly does want to free her world and her people from slavery and oppression, so no one else has to hide away as her family did. However, "Renans bad, Dahnans good" is a very inflexible binary that has defined much of Rinwell's youth so far.
As she's traveled, Rinwell has had to field the discomfort of the existence of grey, particularly as she's gotten to know two Renans in particular (Shionne and Dohalim) who defy the rigid stereotyping of their race that she's held for so long. Learning that all you've believed for so long may be wrong and needs to change is a pretty daunting thing to face. It will be an ongoing struggle for her to set aside her own prejudices even in a new world like this one. Add to this learning to move on from hatred, and figuring out what to live for instead of vengeance? She's got a lot of room to grow.
Powers/Abilities:
• Astral Artes - Rinwell is a mage, one of the last Dahnan users of astral artes on her world. A handy list of spells can be found here.
• Astral Sensitivity - Rinwell is sensitive to high concentrations of magical energy, and as her skill with astral artes strengthens, so to does her ability to detect it and trace back to a potential source. At her current canon point, Rinwell isn't quite strong enough to "hear" anything from magical energy sources.
• Magic Cancel - A clan secret technique, Rinwell can cast a special arte that knocks down her enemies, particularly useful against other spell casters. She essentially steals the astral energy of whatever spell her target was casting; this prevents that target from using that specific spell for a certain period of time. She can also hold and use that spell for herself. However, once she has used the spell herself or allowed the magic to dissipate, Rinwell cannot recast it. She cannot permanently learn spells this way.
In RP terms, it's a spell interrupt that would require permission from whoever I'm RPing with to use it; it's not guaranteed to work, but when it does, could have some very interesting consequences for those involved. There is no limit for the kind of spell she can interrupt, but as she cannot use Dark magic of any kind, any energy from that sort of spell would be released into the aether again.
Inventory:
Rinwell will be accompanied by her owlet, Hootle, a decidedly very adorable dahnan owl (who have the ability to conceal themselves from sight). She carries with her the Secret of the Stars book, an heirloom inherited from her clan.
Coterie: Eagle
Samples: one and two.
Player/Contact: Farli (
Other Characters: Sophia Nate
IC
Name: Rinwell
Canon: Tales of Arise
Canon Point: Departing Thistlym for Ganath Haros.
Age: 14~
History/Personality:
Wikipedia of all places has an excellent general summary of the game's full plot, but as for Rinwell specifically? She's a young orphan girl who also happens to be the last native user of astral artes on Dahna. Her family were brutally murdered by a Renan Lord seeking their knowledge, and she's grown up since desperately seeking means of revenge against that person.
That means came years later when she fell in with two very unlikely companions while trying to escort them to Cyslodia and the resistance group she worked for, the Silver Swords: a masked amnesiac Dahnan swordsman who felt no pain, and an aloof Renan sniper cursed by magical thorns, both of whom had sworn to take down the Lords.
Starting out secretive and prickly, over time Rinwell begins to thaw to those around her, though she struggles often with weighing the acts of an entire people against her own against the Renan individuals she meets - and ends up journeying with, all sharing the same goal of ending the Crown Contest and freeing Dahna.
Rinwell is naturally inquisitive and excited by learning, and she's no stranger to travel thanks to her journey with Alphen and the gang. Ruins are VERY exciting (almost as much as books!) because they tell a story about the World That Was, and while she may no longer be on Dahna, she'd be especially drawn to anything that could reveal more about the source of the magics in this world. She's young, and has been alone a long time, so she's had to learn to be independent very quickly to survive. She loves to share that knowledge, and is a surprisingly attentive listener (depending on the subject) but she's got little patience for those who act foolish. And sometimes her age gets the better of her: her temper is known to flare very quickly - and just as quickly forgive, too, if given a long enough cooling off period.
Events on Dahna eventually culminated in finally confronting the source of her hatred and driving need for vengeance. And with that confrontation, a key question being posed to Rinwell: what will you live for, once you no longer have hatred to sustain you?
At the time, she hadn't figured out the answer to that question when posed to her. Overcoming her recent traumas in a new place with new people will be An Experience, but one buffered by having those she's beginning to learn to trust present with her. Whether or not she learns to cling less to learned prejudices, Rinwell will do her best. (It remains to be seen whether or not that'll be good enough.)
Would you consider your character to be heroic? Why or why not?:
Nope, but she could be.
She is, at heart, a good kid, who truly does want to free her world and her people from slavery and oppression, so no one else has to hide away as her family did. However, "Renans bad, Dahnans good" is a very inflexible binary that has defined much of Rinwell's youth so far.
As she's traveled, Rinwell has had to field the discomfort of the existence of grey, particularly as she's gotten to know two Renans in particular (Shionne and Dohalim) who defy the rigid stereotyping of their race that she's held for so long. Learning that all you've believed for so long may be wrong and needs to change is a pretty daunting thing to face. It will be an ongoing struggle for her to set aside her own prejudices even in a new world like this one. Add to this learning to move on from hatred, and figuring out what to live for instead of vengeance? She's got a lot of room to grow.
Powers/Abilities:
• Astral Artes - Rinwell is a mage, one of the last Dahnan users of astral artes on her world. A handy list of spells can be found here.
• Astral Sensitivity - Rinwell is sensitive to high concentrations of magical energy, and as her skill with astral artes strengthens, so to does her ability to detect it and trace back to a potential source. At her current canon point, Rinwell isn't quite strong enough to "hear" anything from magical energy sources.
• Magic Cancel - A clan secret technique, Rinwell can cast a special arte that knocks down her enemies, particularly useful against other spell casters. She essentially steals the astral energy of whatever spell her target was casting; this prevents that target from using that specific spell for a certain period of time. She can also hold and use that spell for herself. However, once she has used the spell herself or allowed the magic to dissipate, Rinwell cannot recast it. She cannot permanently learn spells this way.
In RP terms, it's a spell interrupt that would require permission from whoever I'm RPing with to use it; it's not guaranteed to work, but when it does, could have some very interesting consequences for those involved. There is no limit for the kind of spell she can interrupt, but as she cannot use Dark magic of any kind, any energy from that sort of spell would be released into the aether again.
Inventory:
Rinwell will be accompanied by her owlet, Hootle, a decidedly very adorable dahnan owl (who have the ability to conceal themselves from sight). She carries with her the Secret of the Stars book, an heirloom inherited from her clan.
Coterie: Eagle
Samples: one and two.