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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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Character Name: Canon: Familiar Name: Species: Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: Explain its significance (if any!) Special features: Powers/charm point/anything else worth mentioning How do they communicate?: And can/do they speak with anyone other than your character Personality: Relationship with your character: are they close? Do they get along, or is there friction? Visuals: images! Magic Magic Types: Why did you pick these types for your character?: How does your character cast their magic? What does it look like/are they flashy or subtle/do they use a mana focus (wand, etc) of any sort How does your character feel about their magic?: What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: If different from what they got! Anything else?:

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Character
Name: Claire Redfield
Canon: Resident Evil

Familiar
Name: The Dog
Species: Barghest
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: I picked a Barghest because there are numerous black zombie dogs in Resident Evil, and while I wanted something relatively close to canon, I didn't want to bring a canon creature. They're all riddled with a deadly virus, and are kind of body-horrorish and I figured nobody'd want to deal with that. A Barghest fit the bill!
Special features: A Barghest is one of the myriad Black Dogs/Hellhounds from English folklore. Because of this, The Dog can turn into a spectral, ghostly form and run extremely fast and he can breathe fire.
How do they communicate?: The Dog speaks. But not too much, he isn't a chatty person.
Personality: He's a bit opinionated and doesn't hesitate to speak his mind. He's not snarky, exactly, but he is prone to criticism, and he's good with kids. He's actually quite friendly with strangers overall, and is a pretty chill dog. He has refused all attempts to name him, though, so he's simply The Dog.
Relationship with your character: Claire and The Dog get along well enough. They work well together!
Visuals: Here!

Magic
Magic Types: Dark and Green
Why did you pick these types for your character?: I picked Dark because Claire isn't really a brute force kind of person, and her method of survival and combat in her canon is actually pretty ruthless but has a subtle touch to it rather than anything flashy. It fit with that! Green Magic I went with because of similar reasons. Using her magic to disable and such.
How does your character cast their magic? Claire's magic comes from moving her hands and from focus. It generally manifests in the form of ink or shadow swirling around her fingers, for Dark magic. For Green magic, it mostly comes in the form of green light. Nothing fancy.
How does your character feel about their magic?: She likes it. She loves the opportunity to learn something new!

What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: Claire would probably have picked Kinetic and Elemental Magic for herself. And if she could pick anything for a familiar, probably an angel.
Anything else?: Nope!

Holly has most definitely tried to talk The Dog around into being her "valiant steed".

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Claire Redfield | Resident Evil

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