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it's lore dump time again
inspired and built on the familiar meme by AL✨
Tell us about your character's familiar and magic!!!
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Name: Harry Potter
Canon: Harry Potter
Familiar
Name: Rose
Species: Pygmy Puff
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: His ex has a Pygmy Puff and Fred and George once sold Pygmy Puffs for their business, a nice way to remember his friends by.
Special features: Pink, small, fluffy, has wide blue eyes, and her charm points are beyond 9,000!
How do they communicate?: She can’t talk, but she is sentient and knows how to emote her feelings, emotions, and thoughts through body language and squeaks.
Personality: Cheerful, outgoing and playful little bundle of joy who likes befriending people, animals, and familiars alike and getting pet, and sometimes gets nervous when things go scary. She is also very brave even when things get tough, though it might take a while for her to get over her nerves. Very affectionate and loyal towards her master like an adorable little puppy or kitty.
Relationship with your character: She and Harry get along well swimmingly since day 1. Who wouldn’t say no to a cutie like her?
The FAQ says familiars have "shit to do" when not attending their bonded character. What does your familiar do in its off hours?: Dancing, trying to befriend people, snuggling, eating a lot of fruits and veggies
Does, or would, your familiar get along with other familiars?: She will try to befriend anyone and anything. She is really a very eager puffball.
Visuals: Fan art by Naomi_Lord on Instagram (found via Tumblr)
Magic
Magic Types: Kinetic / Elemental (Currently has Fire, Ice, and Lighting, will unlock Water soon)
Why did you pick these types for your character?: I first picked Kinetic magic because I have this headcanon of wandless magic being similar to telekinesis. And elemental is chosen because I have this funny mental image of Harry accidentally setting things on fire and him mastering elemental magic sounds cool. Also they are a representation of his growth in canon: from a child in awe of magic to an emo teen to a headstrong confidant adult.
How does your character cast their magic? Harry needs to think hard to conjure up elements and make things move, teleport, slow or increase speed, etc. He needs to watch out for over-thinking and losing his s**t though. Often times, he uses hand and arm gestures to assist him in channeling both magics.
How does your character feel about their magic?: Harry has gotten very good with kinetic magic (with only flight yet to master) and he is no longer burning things by accident anymore (unless he gets a magical flu or any other magic related chaos) and he is slowly gaining a lot of confidence in elemental magic.
How skilled is your character with their magic? He has gotten really good with telekinesis, speed manipulation, telekinetic push and pull, and fire, ice, & lightning magic. Harry constantly practices magic at the training grounds and does use kinetic magic to help him in his barista work and has used fire magic recently to heat water up for hot drinks and as a light source whenever he does quests.
Has your character learned any spells from Recipes, and do they use them?: He has used the Celliwig Ruins Totem to do the Don’t Lose Your Head Quest with Kainé.
Has your character brewed any potions, if able?: He has brewed Opalesce, but he hasn’t used it just yet since brewing it.
Is there anything you would like to do with your character's magic that you haven't done yet?: He hasn’t learn to use kinetic magic to fly and he has yet to unlock plenty of many elements, though he will get water magic soon.
What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: Since controlling fire magic properly, he has gotten more comfortable having elemental magic along with kinetic magic these days. As for familiars, he is perfectly happy with Rose and he wouldn’t change a thing about it.
Anything else?: Nope! None, Nada, Zilch.
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Name: Yuber
Canon: Suikoden
Familiar
Name: ???
Species: Bone Dragon
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: A memorable boss fight in Suikoden 2 was the Bone Dragon. His familiar is a homage to that thing. Outside of the Bone Dragon Yuber is depicted as having a connection to the dead and is able to command skeleton legions and apparently communicate with spirits.
Special features: Glowing ember eyes and is the size of a wolf.
How do they communicate?: She can communicate out loud in a voice that sounds like a dry, whispering hiss. Usually she only talks to Yuber but she will talk to others when she has to.
Personality: The bone dragon is a generally laid back and pragmatic creature with a strong mother hen instinct. If she had the time she'd be rounding up and feeding stray kittens.
Relationship with your character: She is very attached to Yuber and is usually following him around. She'd rather go out and do her own thing but her bonded wizard keeps trying to fight people to the death, doesn't understand sleep schedules and won't stop eating plastic. Keeping him alive and out of trouble is a full time job. She will keep her distance enough for him to make his own mistakes and learn from them but has to intervene to prevent him from getting himself killed.
The FAQ says familiars have "shit to do" when not attending their bonded character. What does your familiar do in its off hours?: As noted above she is usually attending Yuber. Since he is slowly getting better at this "being mortal" thing she goes off more and more often but it's still rare for them to be apart compared to other wizards and familiars. When on her own she is stretching her wings. She can be seen flying in loops around New Camelot.
Does, or would, your familiar get along with other familiars?: She gets along fine with other familiars! She would like to talk other familiars about how they deal with wizards who are former immortals.
Visuals:
Magic
Magic Types: Kinetic (primary), Death (secondary). Was Healing primary when he arrived.
Why did you pick these types for your character?: Kinetic and death most closely represent his canonical abilities. I started with Healing because it was amusing to imagine him as a healer but in practice he just didn't use his magic much.
How does your character cast their magic? Kinetic magic is mostly focused on moving his own body so he can rapidly teleport around a battlefield or move with ridiculous speed. Sometimes there is a whoosh of black smoke when he teleports.
Death magic he performs with hand gestures. Raising skeletons involves clutching his fist low to the earth to draw bones to himself.
How does your character feel about their magic?: Bad.
He prefers his current spell schools over his old ones but he is capable of much, much less now than he was back home. Losing his canon powers frustrates him and being an immortal means he can be slow to get over these things. Chaos is always adapting but when you are used to thinking in terms of centuries, a few month had might as well be a few days.
How skilled is your character with their magic? Extremely skilled and he has practiced a lot. He uses Kinetic magic whenever he fights and he lives at Loch Manor where he uses Death magic very often to commune with and exorcise spirits.
I don't want to say he is at full mastery with Kinetic just yet since he started with Healing but he is getting there.
Has your character learned any spells from Recipes, and do they use them?: He has learned Familiar Symbiosis but hasn't had to use it yet.
What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: Yuber would rather have his full power and no familiar. Everyone please play a tune on a tiny violin for him!
Anything else?:
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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?:
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Name: Kazunari Miyoshi
Canon: A3!
Familiar
Name: Umi
Species: Kelpie
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: Kazunari loves diving and being in the water so I wanted an aquatic creature! While Kelpies are usually seen as malevolent, a lot of sources I came across said they were also "seeking human companionship." And that in combination with how they can shape shift = oh, perfect for Kazu!
Special features: The whole shape shifting bit. Though, thus far she's only shifted into her human form.
How do they communicate?: Horse sounds I suppose. She can't speak as a human. Now that Kazunari has animal magic, he'll be able to understand her.
Personality: Quiet. Protective. She only likes a handful of people besides Kazu.
Relationship with your character: Kazu adooorreesss her and she is very attached to him too. He spends a good chunk of his money on cute dresses for her ha ha.
The FAQ says familiars have "shit to do" when not attending their bonded character. What does your familiar do in its off hours?: Water horse things? Being a menacing swamp monster.
Does, or would, your familiar get along with other familiars?: She gets along with Fuyu (Tsumugi's familiar)! It.. depends really.
Visuals:
Fanart by Wolf-Fram and painting by Thomas Millie Dow
Magic
Magic Types: Light & Animal (previously Light & Technomancy)
Why did you pick these types for your character?: Kazunari is a whole ray of sunshine plus how fireworks are a constant for summer troupe. And Kazu is obviously very tech savvy/an SNS master but I've been associating him with animals way more lately. (blows a kiss to the sky for his bff misumi "canonly talks to animals" ikaruga meow meow)
How does your character cast their magic? He can cast it without being flashy but he chooses to be flashy.
How does your character feel about their magic?: He loves it! He's been having a lot of fun with it and it's been super helpful. He's really eager to learn how to use it in more productive ways too. Being able to understand animals is a blast, too.
How skilled is your character with their magic? Very baby. He still has a lot to learn.
Has your character learned any spells from Recipes, and do they use them?: Nope and nope.
Has your character brewed any potions, if able?: And nope.
Is there anything you would like to do with your character's magic that you haven't done yet?: I'm looking forward to him Losing It when he realizes he can understand Umi and Fuyu. Otherwise, idk. More magic art! More magic art!
What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: Hmmm... maybe kinetic magic? And he'd go for a familiar that is a little more photo ready lmao
Anything else?:
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Name: Belgium
Canon: Hetalia
Familiar
Name: Leo Belgicus
Species: Lion
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: Got the idea from the Benelux lion caricature, basically when you look at the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg on a map they look like a lion. That's, of course, an oversimplification of it. But! Wiki entry. The lion is also part of the Coat of Arms of Belgium. So it just made sense to me at the time.
Special features: It's a lion. A large, male lion with an incredibly fluffy mane. Probably stronger than your typical lion, and a bit more lazy. Most likely sentient as well.
How do they communicate?: It's a lion silly, it can't speak! But she's really good with cats, and with the lion having human-level intelligence communication is possible!
Personality: Lazy, protective, tends to sleep most of the day and eat a lot. Tends to be pretty territorial, especially towards male cats and any canines around.
Relationship with your character: Of course they get along, she feeds him and he sometimes carries her stuff and helps her out. When he isn't sleeping. By and large, since the idea is that he's the Belgian Lion and all they're pretty close on a near spiritual level~!
The FAQ says familiars have "shit to do" when not attending their bonded character. What does your familiar do in its off hours?: Sleep, eat, chase cats and dogs away from her little flat. Sometimes goes out and hunts when he feels like it.
Does, or would, your familiar get along with other familiars?: He doesn't really care much for other familiars, so long as they don't bother Belgium or himself. Is a lion. A fluffy lion. A semi-pudgy lion that needs to go out and about with her more.
Visuals:
Dats a Barbary Lion, they be HUGE~!
Magic
Magic Types: Alchemy/green
Why did you pick these types for your character?: It's a bit meta, but they just seemed like they would make brewing beer easier.
How does your character cast their magic? Not flashy at all! Just kind of happens.
How does your character feel about their magic?: It's neat, but she'd rather have the modern conveniences from home.
How skilled is your character with their magic? Pretty skilled at this point! But could get better!
Has your character learned any spells from Recipes, and do they use them?: N/A
Has your character brewed any potions, if able?: N/A
Is there anything you would like to do with your character's magic that you haven't done yet?: Brew potions
What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: N/A things are fine as they are~!
Anything else?:
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Name: Toshirou Hijikata
Canon: Gintama
Familiar
Name: Arashi
Species: Crow Tengu
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: Gintama has a youkai merchandise line in which Hijikata is a crow tengu, so it's pretty much his assigned mythological creature (though in a more recent merchandise line from this year he's an oni)!
Special features: He excels in wind magic, but is also decently adept at creating potions and magical items.
How do they communicate?: He simply talks! With Hijikata specifically there's also a rudimentary cognitive connection thanks to their bond.
Personality: He is serious, aloof, reserved, and easily flustered.
Relationship with your character: After a very rocky start their relationship has finally improved a little after the autumn equinox.
The FAQ says familiars have "shit to do" when not attending their bonded character. What does your familiar do in its off hours?: He interacts with the non-human natives of Avalon a lot and studies the island and its magic. He's strongly invested in stopping the calamity, and even though he arguably neglected Hijikata for a good while he still does his part!
Does, or would, your familiar get along with other familiars?: On principle he views other familiars as allies with whom he'll gladly cooperate! However very hyperactive, loud or rude familiars will quickly get his feathers ruffled.
Visuals: This is what the familiar fusion looks like! On his own Arashi is a feathered, humanoid bird person with a face like the mask.
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Magic
Magic Types: Elemental & Death
Why did you pick these types for your character?: Hijikata is a Prismatica CRAU. Outworlders there were "blessed" by one of three moons (Sanguis, Cordis, and Iris) and accordingly given access to one type of elemental magic. As a Sanguis Hijikata received fire magic. I thought it would be nice to give him something he's already familiar with. It took him a long time to start learning to control the other elements, but he's made decent progress since summer! As for the death magic, I gave him that because he's terribly afraid of ghosts in his canon, which made him lose his cool a few times back on Prismatica too, so I wanted him to finally be forced to have some character development in that regard!
How does your character cast their magic?: He mainly uses finger-, hand- and arm motions to summon and direct his elemental magic. His death magic is less intuitive and relies heavily on incantations and spell sigils (which he draws into the air with his cigarettes or other sources of smoke; they solidify as spell signs once completed).
How does your character feel about their magic?: He was content with his elemental magic from the start, but initially hated his death magic. By now, though, he's overcome much of his fear and is able to own it for the most part!
How skilled is your character with their magic?: He excels at fire magic and exorcisms, is decent at wind- and lightning magic as well as other death magic such as ghost repels, and is pretty bad at water- and earth magic as well as necromancy (which he honestly hasn't even tried to study at this point).
Has your character learned any spells from Recipes, and do they use them?: His first priority was the familiar fusion recipe, and he's created several methods of implementing it! He also purchased a handful of totem recipes over time and has been diligently keeping his stock of them full to avoid day-long journeys across the island.
Has your character brewed any potions, if able?: He's never looked into that!
Is there anything you would like to do with your character's magic that you haven't done yet?: I'd like to challenge him to think out of the box more with his magic! The tournaments have been great opportunities for that.
What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: He'd probably have kept his elemental magic and made his second one blood-, kinetic- or some other potentially "offensive" (in battle) magic type. Anything before death magic, though!
Anything else?: I'm always happy to involve Arashi in shenanigans! He's stuffy, but he tries to be helpful.