WITCH, iggie van allan

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ignatius van allan isn't what you expect from regal bloodlines, the holder of a rare and arcane power.

first off, it's iggie. ignatius is a noble's name, inherited just like the whitewashed pristine shell of his house. he works in the dark bowls of his upper town mansion - that is to say, he shits where he eats.

he looks like something resurrected, undead; bleach pale, his eyes are all-seeing, swimming in blood. he sets the drowsy pace of a ghost. the rooms are dark and cluttered, tables stacked with tomes, their pages nearly dust pressed between cracked spines. a taxidermied rodent, kneeling, holds out an ashtray as if in supplication. a crude life-sized mermaid painted writhing naked in the sand is framed by the staircase. a razorblade is settled in a pile of coral powder. a tooth the size of a cat (of the overfed pet variety) is mounted on the wall. the smell of the sage he's burning is overpowered by something sour and unlawful.

the mirror, massive and ornate, the most precious thing he owns, he has the decency to cover with cloth. his mother always said he would be something special, she knew it from the day he was born. he slides off the cover, his reflection hazy and pale and yellowed by candlelight when he leans over and blows across its surface, scattering a film of dust, catching grains in the crevice by the frame.

"salt." he affirms with a smile.

tl;dr garbage.



arguably the worst witch in shara. the only thing he's consistently able to do is start fires. he's also competent at summoning rituals, but usually what he summons is more than he can control and gets out of hand quickly.

he gets by on scrying. he's always been sensitive to these things, as his mother says - but god forbid you call a boy sensitive. iggie's not an unskilled witch for lack of talent, but lack of effort. scrying is the only thing he's bothered to get any good at - anyone can cast a spell, but he's got something rare, in demand. apart from bond scrying, iggie does tracking spells and divination.

he's also ammassed a sizeable collection of spell books, rarities, and magical artefacts. they're gifts, he doesn't really do much but keep them because they look cool, and boost his magic street cred.

his familiar is a lappet vulture, an unruly, vile and unreasonably large bird. it doesn't really seem to listen iggie, or do anything except knock things over, peck irritably, and occasionally bring back bits of bone and rotting carcass.

[attr="class","appname"]IGNATIUS
VAN ALLEN

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AGE: 21
SEX: M
RACE: HUMAN
HOMELAND: SHARA
CONTRACT: N