Betra Northwind

by Andalite

Irvin Northwind (cousin, and great great great (etc.) grandfather of Frost and Spruce

Frost Northwind (descendant of one of her cousins)

Spruce Northwind (descendant of one of her cousins)

### **Appearance**

Constantly changing. According to IMwB, she was a few inches taller than Amy (so over 5' 0"), with a petite build, long limbs and a slim waist. Her hair was varying in length as she changed it at will, but she tended to keep it straight and in a layered cut. Her eyes were always brown, something she didn't bother to change, and her signature was a somewhat grainy, barely visible shade over her eyes, slightly darkening them.

She was often one to wear lighter, flowy clothes, especially liking ribbons and ruffles. The colors of her outfits would change on a whim, as would her skin and hair. Generally she would go with bold or dark colors, staying away from whites and pale blues.

### **Personality**

Nice, if a bit ignorant of non-Thystical ways. She had shown to be very curious about things that aren't magic, but seemed to be a bit slow on figuring out why other people didn't just use enchantments for things. Growing up surrounded by magic, she had known nothing but and found it hard to imagine life without it, though she clearly wanted to learn.

### **History**

Born in a frigid Winter town long sense lost to time and swallowed by modern cities. Her mother was born in Winter, and her father from the Summer deserts, Betra grew up surrounded in shades of white, pale purple, pastel blue, and light grey. She quickly grew bored of these colors, and her first act of magic when she was small was to change the colors around her to something brighter, snippets of the things she'd seen between the Winter hues - blood red, sunlight gold, the green of her mother's eyes and the black of her father's hair.

As she aged, she showed her true appearance less and less, not because she was self-conscious, but because the consistency was boring. She wanted something new, something different, something colorful, and so she changed her look daily.

When she was still quite young, her parents - both Thysticals themselves - moved to the Ancient City, where she stayed throughout her growing years, surrounded in magic from all sides.

When Cieve arrived, she was curious about what was beyond the magic of the City and her home in Winter, but was quickly turned off by his unfriendly attitude and creepy appearance, so at Amy's arrival, she decided to watch closely and introduce herself...

Read In Magic we Bloom

Note that Betra's family was not of noble standing on any side, and had no real desire to be. As Thysticals, they didn't care much for the politics or titles in any Season, and any wealth or status wouldn't effect them enough for them to care.

### **Magic and Weaknesses**

Along with the usual Ancient Thystical magics, Betra has one Speciality - Illusions. And she was *good* at it. Using it to change her appearance sometimes without shapeshifting, creating images in the air around her, testing out new looks or misleading her enemies. It basically worked like holograms she created at will, but unless they are formed around something, they aren't solid, just images. She could, however, bind them to objects to keep them going while she was not near (ie. Making her room look clean while she went out with friends). Her illusions also tended to have the ability to be larger or more detailed than the average Ancient Thystical.

She could not use these illusions for battle really, at least not to cause damage, as they couldn't harm a person. She could mislead or hide an attack with them, but for the most part, it was not a speciality that could be used for attacking.

She was also quickly distracted, which could be used against her a lot, and was painfully ignorant of non-Thystical things.

### **Character Relationships**

Amy Sundrop
Her friend, wip

Cieve Blake

Betra concidered him creepy from the start, wip

Irvin Northwind

Irvin was Betra's cousin, and the great-great-etc. Grandfather of Frost and Spruce. He was a Thystical himself with the single Speciality of Crystals, and they were said to be fairly close. Irvin survived the War by encasing himself in a diamond shield to block attacks, though he sustained a fair amount of serious burns from the battlefield. Irvin sided with Good in the War.

### **Trivia**

- Betra was going to be a canon character, and a Jellyfish Shapeshift before I decide to make her an Ancient Thystical for the fic