Caren Ruhl

A mysterious and aloof student at Haywick Academy.
== Personality ==
Caren is mature for her age, quiet, and withdrawn. She is respectful to her superiors and seniors, although tends towards bluntness rather than flattery. Having been raised away from society, she is quite disdainful towards the human world, considering most humans petty and weak willed. She finds some solace in being at the academy, but retains her cynicism even there.
== Background ==
Caren never knew what happened to her parents, truly, but they had apparently died shortly after she was born. She, as a result, was raised by her grandmother, far away from most towns, in a forest some distance away from Haywick. Since learning magic from her grandmother, it has been her passion all her life. One day, though, after coming home from practice, she found a mob of townsfolk outside their cottage, cheering about how they had "killed the witch". Watching them bring her grandmother's charred corpse outside, she entered a rage and sucked all the moisture from their bodies, sliced them to shreds with wind, and burned their remains. Leaving the cottage after burying her grandmother, she roamed Hulgane for some time before hearing about Haywick academy, where she could supposedly advance her magical training even further.
== Abilities ==
=== Witchcraft ===
Caren has spent most of her life studying witchcraft under her grandmother and thus is highly accomplished in it for her age. Caren has demonstrated the following abilities:
* Thought Transference: By using her hair as a catalyst and bestowing one on someone she wishes to communicate with, Caren can do so telepathically over long distances. She can also use this to open a visual link, allowing her to see what the person on the other end is seeing.
* Elemental Casting: Largely what makes Caren such a great threat is her ability to beseech elementals for aid and bind them to herself, allowing her to wield their very great powers. Caren can become quite the destructive force depending on what spirit she calls forth.
== Equipment ==
* Witch's Hat and Robe: Sewn for her by her grandmother, Caren is highly attached to these and feels more in tune with her magic while wearing them.
* Witch's Staff: A wooden staff with a gnarled end, Caren uses this staff to aid in her casting of magic.
== Trivia ==
* Appearance, personality, and abilities based on Schierke from the manga Berserk.