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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: Mukuro Ikusaba
Canon: Danganronpa

Familiar
Name: Fenrir
Species: Hellhound
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?: As a soldier working with the mercenary group Fenrir, Mukuro has the symbol of a wolf on her hand. That and the fact she acts as a loyal guard dog of sorts to Junko made me want to go with a wolf/dog familiar or some sort. Hellhound as an ominous omen and just looking cool seemed to work out well- innocent cute looking fashionista and huge scary doggo, you know?

On a deeper level Fenrir represents Mukuro's idealised true self. A fierce, powerful, quiet and proud bodyguard that watches out from the shadows.
Special features: She's huge, coming up to Mukuro's shoulder when she's stood on all fours, and seems even bigger when skulking around in the shadows. She's got flecks of embers in her fur and eyes, and despite her size, her movement is almost silent.
How do they communicate?: Whilst Fenrir doesn't speak, her and Mukuro have an empathic connection, and can sense each other's thoughts and feelings. So, they can 'communicate' in that way. Around others, Fenrir communicates the way a normal- if terrifyingly well-trained- dog does.
Personality: Fenrir is stoic and quiet, who comes across as a bit aloof with strangers. She does enjoy fuss like any doggo would, though, but will pretend like she doesn't as best she can (just ignore that tail wagging!). In a fight she is efficient and proud of her own abilities. Crowded places don't sit too well with her, so Fenrir avoids the city proper and mostly joins Mukuro when she's in her room or venturing out of town.
Relationship with your character: Fenrir worries about Mukuro, and the more she forces the Junko act, the more their relationship and bond becomes strained. She's protective over her pact-bound and wants to see her open up and succeed as herself, not keep torturing herself to be someone she's not.

Mukuro finds Fenrir a source of comfort, and likes curling up with her to sleep. She trusts her familiar, and knows that she can rely on her to back her up in a fight if need be- or just be a calming presence if she needs to vent.
Visuals:

Magic
Magic Types: Animal/Blood
Why did you pick these types for your character?: I wanted her to have magic that didn't have immediate combat use for someone like her to take advantage of, so went with Animal Magic for the whole turning into a wolf potential. Problem is that because it doesn't augment her fighting skill as it is, it's just meant she's not used it rather than having it as a challenge to overcome as intended. So, I'm debating switching it out*.

Blood magic because I wanted it to be something she'd have to think tactically about- too many blood bullets and you pass out, after all. Also, getting pushed into a corner and making a knife out of her own blood to fight her way out was a very cool image I couldn't resist.

*Top candidate would probably be Healing as a 'not immediately combat useful but pairs well with her blood magic' option.
How does your character cast their magic? So far she's mostly been casting it through her gun or her knife by focusing intently and letting the magic do its work. Shapeshifting - when she actually uses it - is much the same, getting into the same intense-focus headspace that was her Battle Trance at home.
How does your character feel about their magic?: Indifferent mostly. Especially in combination with her weapons, it is a useful combat option that can be utilised, but she's not thought much on it beyond that. Magic is very weird to her, having come from a world without it, so she's treating it with caution.

What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?: She'd definitely keep Fenrir, she's very attached to her. As for her magic, she'd probably pick Kinetic to increase her combat speed/abilities, and possibly Light to summon shields.

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