Character Approval/Ember Barnes

Crystal

1) **Describe your character's backstory. Who are their parents? Did they grow up with Nobility, or were they of lower class? The character's backstory must be at least 2 paragraphs long.**

Paula and Derek Barnes were a troublesome couple. They were always getting in trouble somehow. It was mostly Derek, but Paula sometimes joined in. Paula stopped completely when she found out she was pregnant. Paula didn't want a child, but as soon as she gave birth to a baby girl, she fell in love with her. Ember was raised to be like her father in every possible way. She caused trouble all over the place. She would steal to feed her family, she would attack others when she felt like it, and she's do everything her parents told her so she could please them. Things became worse when Ember manifested as a Pyrokinetic. An uncontrollable one.  She started burning buildings down on accident, including her house.

Her parents somehow managed to convince the Council to give her a second chance. Then a third. Then a fourth. After several more chances, the Council was forced to banish Ember. Ember didn't care. She could still do the same things. After a year of being banished, Ember found out that her parents were the ones who asked the Council to finally banish her. Ember was furious and wanted revenge. When her chance to get revenge finally came, Ember realized she couldn't do it. She could cause trouble and steal things, but she wasn't able to actually hurt someone close to her. Ember ran away in tears. She hid her ability, and rarely went somewhere public. At the age of 18, Ember started going to public places. She stopped causing trouble, and tried to help others instead. Ember still kept her head down and rarely let her ability show.

2) **What is your character's personality like? Are they respectable, or rude? The character's personality must be a paragraph long.**

Ember is a rude and sarcastic girl. Even though she stopped causing a lot of trouble, she still can be a bit mean and accidentally say hurtful things without realizing it. She rarely tells secrets, and hates being wrong. Her favorite game to play is to make someone blush. Ember regrets ever wanting to get revenge on her parents and never wants to see them again. She struggles to control her temper most of the time.

3) **What does your character look like? Do you have a model in mind for them? (if you do, you only need to say who it is)**

Ember has chestnut hair and real eyes. She usually has a cloak or something with a hood on. Her Model is Rhiannon Leigh Wryn.

4) **Describe your character's skill set. What they are good at? What do they want to be good at? What are they not good at?**

Ember is good at causing trouble and "accidentally" lighting fires. She wants to become a better person and help others, but she knows it will probably never happen. She's not good at making friends .

Is your character **Talentless**? If yes, skip the ability quiz and manifest question.

A) Yes, they are Talentless.

B) **No, they are *not*Talentless.**(if you answered this, answer the manifest question)

Has your character **manifested**? If yes, skip the ability quiz.

A) **Yez, they have manifested.**

B) No, they have not manifested. (if you answered this, do the ability quiz)

**the ability quiz**
What fascinates your character the most?

A) Mastery of the Elements

B) The Mental Arts

C) Empowerment

D) Ghost Tricks

E) Physical Effects

F) Self-enhancement

Please choose 3-7 of the given options that your character is interested in:

• See what's going on inside another's head

• Tap into one's mind to remove memories

• Heal a mind that might have been broken by guilt

• Have a silver tongue like none other

• Sweet talk your way into finding out what you want to know

• Be the ultimate flirt; after all, your crush should be with you, not your friend

• Make another do as you command

• Daze someone into making a fool of themselves; a fun way to get even, eh?

• Trance someone and make them change their mind; they never meant what they said, after all

• Feel others' emotions as if they were your own

• Detect lies by sensing guilt; not all liars enjoy lying

• Be able to sense if your best friend is feeling down; friends matter, don't they?

• Sense another's potential; after all, some might be destined for great things

• Be able to tell someone that they'll be a hero in this life

• See a worthy person and know it before anyone else

• Make others feel happiness or perhaps make others feel pain

• Ease someone when they are being overwhelmed by their emotions

• Make someone feel hurt without ever actually hurting them

• Give others the strength they may or may not need

• Make someone stronger than they actually are

• Help someone do things they never even knew they could do

• Walk through anything solid as if it wasn't there

• Survive a sword and still appear flawless as ever

• Enter a room without so much of a sound; after all, no one needs to know you're late, right?

• Become invisible... then reappear again as if by magic

• Be the ultimate prankster; no one can catch you if they don't see you

• Give others the scare by disappearing partially, keeping only what you want other to see visible

• Put things into the void and pull them out whenever's clever

• Make something appear in your hands whenever you wish; after all, you did not forget your imparter, did you?

• Keep secrets with whom they belong; secrets are only meant for that person

• Create forcefields around anything, maybe even themself

• Create a shield to block someone from doing anything

• Break shields, if you can and want to

• Tweak the density of anything; after all, that brick doesn't need to be that heavy, does it?

• Make something a lot lighter than it actually appears

• Create realistic illusions, by making anything that appears light to be heavy, and vice versa

• Speak any language that their heart desires; even those that might sound off-putting

• Mimic another's voice with ease

• Speak a language that you might have never heard before

• Make themselves heard, even by those in the back of that one classroom

• Annoy someone by raising your voice more than they'd like

• Grab that one sleeping student's attention; that loud voice will definitely do it

• Dance with fire like no one is ever watching

• Resist fire better than the average elf

• Start a fire; yes, start a fire

• Walk on water; yes, actually walk on water

• Hide using the very mist in the air

• Make a splash, even in the absence of a body of water

• Create snowflakes, even in the actual lack of real snow

• Freeze yourself; it can make a decent disguise

• Start a snowball fight whenever you wish

• Become one with their shadow; after all, a shadow can be one's best friend

• Make your shadow into your messenger

• See if someone could be a dark elf

• Make fireworks seem like child's play and put on a real light show

• Use light to see things that others might not

• Blind someone with light; see the light, eh?

• Become a living tesla coil, quite literally

• Give your friends a spark; they'll only feel a twitch

• Throw lightning from your hands and look natural doing it

• Did someone say tornado?

• Lift someone into the air... then set them down again

• Create waves by shifting the winds in the direction of desire

• Become the next Lady Iskra

• Talk to machines as if they're sentient

• Understand technology far better than your average elf

If your character is a *Polyglot*, what is their secondary ability? (do **not** answer this if it's any talent other than Polyglot.)

If your character has **not** manifested, what talent would you (the user) like them to manifest with? (do *not* answer this if the character has manifested)

Approved

  Just remember not to make too many pyrokinetics - It's a rare ability!