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[silvergarden]

Magic & Familiar Meme!

inspired and built on the familiar meme by AL✨

Tell us about your character's familiar and magic!!!
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:6mm">Character</span> <b>Name</b>: <b>Canon</b>: <span style="color:black;font-weight:bold;font-size:6mm">Familiar</span> <b>Name</b>: <b>Species</b>: <b>Why did you pick this familiar for your character?:</b> Explain its significance (if any!) <b>Special features</b>: Powers/charm point/anything else worth mentioning <b>How do they communicate?:</b> And can/do they speak with anyone other than your character <b>Personality</b>: <b>Relationship with your character:</b> are they close? Do they get along, or is there friction? <b>The FAQ says familiars have "shit to do" when not attending their bonded character. What does your familiar do in its off hours?:</b> <b>Does, or would, your familiar get along with other familiars?:</b> <b>Visuals</b>: images! <span style="color:black;font-weight:bold;font-size:6mm">Magic</span> <b>Magic Types</b>: If your character has had their magic changed, you can also mention that <b>Why did you pick these types for your character?:</b> <b>How does your character cast their magic?</b> What does it look like/are they flashy or subtle/do they use a mana focus (wand, etc) of any sort <b>How does your character feel about their magic?:</b> <b>How skilled is your character with their magic?</b> Are there sections of the magic your character is better at than others? How hard have they worked at improving? <b>Has your character learned any spells from Recipes, and do they use them?:</b> <b>Has your character brewed any potions, if able?:</b> <b>Is there anything you would like to do with your character's magic that you haven't done yet?:</b> <b>What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?:</b> If different from what they got! <b>Anything else?</b>:

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[notquitetamed]

Character
Name: Hawk
Canon: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox

Familiar
Name: That damn bird
Species: Hawk spirit
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: Hawk's got the whole bird motif going on with his design, so a bird familiar seemed to be the best pick.
Special features: Hawk's familiar is able to do some limited magic, mostly small uses of kinetic magic. He's also able to see into Hawk's mind and read his emotions.
How do they communicate?: He can speak telepathically but often chooses not to speak.
Personality: Very stoic and aloof. When he's around he's a bit of a troll and has no issue insulting Hawk. He's also really smart and has a lot in common with Hawk, except he's not violent at all.
Relationship with your character: They openly dislike each other.
The FAQ says familiars have "shit to do" when not attending their bonded character. What does your familiar do in its off hours?: Hangs with other hawks in the area and generally explores the island.
Does, or would, your familiar get along with other familiars?: Possibly, all depends on the familiar.
Visuals:

Magic
Magic Types: Elemental and Kinetic
Why did you pick these types for your character?: All of Hawk's skills in canon are associated with wind or lightning, so elemental was a logical choice. Kinetic was picked as a secondary because of course he'd want a more superior form of flight and also because the speed suits him and being able to move stuff with his mind works well with his tendency to be lazy if something bores him.
How does your character cast their magic? Hawk's really subtle in how he casts it and outside of seeing the effect one wouldn't know he's using magic. Many of the effects are flashy when he's using elemental, but his use of kinetic is much more subtle. He does the wings he has from his Monstrum form when using flight from kinetic magic.
How does your character feel about their magic?: He loved them at first, but now that he's pretty good at it he's bored with magic.
How skilled is your character with their magic? Hawk's really good at magic. He's mastered kinetic magic, mastered wind/lightning and is very good with water and fire. He doesn't touch earth.
Has your character learned any spells from Recipes, and do they use them?: He does have a Camelot totem and uses that a lot to speed up travel back home. He's also got a few others and hasn't used them as much. He does use the brewery one from the TDM back in March a lot because hey, it makes cheaper alcohol.
Has your character brewed any potions, if able?: He doesn't meet the requirements yet but has tried and failed. He's overall familiar with the theory and the components used due to the business he owns, but definitely don't ask him for help with the actual brewing. He's still a bit away from being able to make potions since if I remember right he's only gotten 4 unique ones.
Is there anything you would like to do with your character's magic that you haven't done yet?: Not that I can think of at this time.

What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: He'd want a less annoying familiar but doesn't want to change a thing about his magic as of now. He'd rather get a third type or just come up with some way to regain interest in magic. Honestly, I'm seriously debating having him get himself killed and giving him a worse familiar and new magic types just to shake things up for him.
Anything else?: