Hazel

Hazel is a character created by Xaquecchery for the 🅱️ookie Campaign. She is currently a School of Necromancy Wizard.

## Character Details

Hazel is a human woman. She stands at 5'9", the average height of a woman. She has a slender build, coming across as a little frail looking. She is trans, her dead name being Alvin Vonstradt. Her white hair falls to around her mid back, and she keeps her bangs cut shorter and swept to the right. She wears a low cut purple dress and dark cloak, both well worn but kept very clean thanks to the help of her magic. One of her more notable features is the large, wide brim, pointed hat she wears. Her hands are adorned with a few simple, but elegant rings giving her the appearance of someone who is familiar with wealth. Strapped across her hips she carries a large book and skull. The book features an ornate black cover set with purple gems. It serves several purposes for her. The first third of the book is dedicated to organized diary entries detailing her life. The second third is filled with arcane equations containing the spells she knows as well as information on their uses to her. The final third is dedicated to loose notes. Thoughts and ramblings about her current dilemmas, the people she travels with, and ideas for new spells to concoct. The skull at her side is the size of an adult human. The bone is charred black and she has rope looped through the eye sockets so that it may hang off her belt for easy access. She uses this skull as the arcane focus for her spells. Usually seen around Hazel is a horned owl with cream colored feathers. The owl, Ophelia, is her familiar which she uses regularly to see in the eternal darkness that has descended over Innistrad. When she is seeing through her familiar's senses, Ophelia's eyes glow with a dull purple light.

Hazel is a highly intelligent individual, and she is well aware of that fact. She will make it known at every opportunity that she possesses a superior intellect and is quick to challenge anyone that believes they know better than her. She isn't afraid to belittle others, often seen bullying her own companions whenever they make the slightest mistake. Often she doesn't even need to wait for them to make a mistake in order to lay into someone, regularly throwing barbed words at the nearest individual simply because she can. Her superiority complex and inflated ego are often the source of her own downfall. That being said, she is smart enough to recognize when she is outmatched an in danger. In those cases, she is more than willing to turn on the charm, using deception, flattery, and the knowledge that she doesn't look like much of a threat in order to prolong her life long enough to find the proper chance to strike. As intellectually mature as she is, she is still the youngest member of the party, and her inner child does occasionally come out. She is prone to temper tantrums of a sort, usually prompted by Val's own childish torments or by a party member doing something particularly stupid. In spite of all her boasting, she is well aware of her own limits. As powerful and skilled as she is in the arcane arts, in a world where magic is relatively uncommon, she knows she isn't invincible. At least, not yet. Where she's strong in a mental capacity, she knows she's lacking in physicality and toughness. It isn't something that bothers her, so she's more than happy to surround herself with individuals that both make up for what she lacks and are easy to manipulate.

Hazel's views on magic and power are simple. She believes the best way to gain power is to cultivate it yourself. One your power is your own, you are truly free. She has a strong hatred for demons, and anyone who tries to take a shortcut to find power by making deals with them. Her hatred for higher powers does extend to the angels as well, though she mostly just finds them annoying more than anything. She believes in the natural order, that the strong prey on the weak, as well as the cycle of life and death. However, she see's herself as above these laws of nature, and believes she can grow strong enough to bend them to her will. She strives to be proof that humanity is not prey. That through innovation and research, they can rule this world overrun with creatures of the night.

## History

Hazel was born in Thraben as Alvin Vonstradt. Not much is known about her early life. What is known is that she was most likely wealthy, as she is well educated and speaks very properly. As payment for destroying three towns the party's benefactor, Wilbur, gave Hazel and anyone who was listening in information on why cultists are hunting her so fervently. The cult of Skirsdag, a sect that had infiltrated the church and were devoted to Griselbrand, had a vision of their demon lords demise. In preparation for this event, they cultivated two individuals for the sole purpose of sacrificing them to revive the demon. Hazel was one of these individuals, while her former "presumed" lover Annabelle was the other. It became clear that Annabelle had perished in the ritual, though Wilbur eluded that in some way she persists through Hazel. A combination of Hazel's creation, upbringing, and the failed ritual seem to have turned her into a walking spell component. Her death apparently holds great power, and can be used for many different things.

## Relationships

### **Bonnibelle**

Hazel respects Bonnie in some ways, while also finding her completely annoying and pathetic in other ways. She respects that Bonnie has a level head, and is able to genuinely add insight to the plans and schemes Hazel concocts. She's also thankful that Bonnie has taken on the burden of cooking for the group, as now she doesn't have to come up with an excuse as to why she isn't assisting with meal prep. That's about as much praise she could give Bonnie though. She finds her cheery demeanor exhausting. Wise as Bonnie can be, she is still very clearly uneducated which makes every conversation Hazel has to have with her a chore. Above all though, she hates that the source of Bonnie's power comes from some wild, spirit entity. Though clearly not a demon, Hazel still finds it pathetic that all of Bonnie's strength, and even her very life, could be stripped away should she disobey her patrons wishes. What's even more irritating to Hazel is that not only did Bonnie gain her strength in a manner she finds cheap and disgraceful, but that very power far exceeds her own as of now. Hazel is painfully aware that Bonnie and her wendigo could easily tear her to shreds, and deep down she hates Bonnie for it.

### **Elise**

Hazel doesn't know much about Lis yet, and she hates that. She does enjoy that Lis appears to be a well spoken individual that could offer Hazel some engaging conversation for once. She's also very interested in discussing the arcane with another individual who was well versed enough in it to dispel one of her own spells. Mostly though, she needs to make sure she is still the most potent spell crafter in the group. She also makes it a point to try and prove that Ophelia is the superior bird in the party whenever the opportunity presents itself.

### **Hanguz**

Hazel didn't think much of Hanguz when they first met. She honestly didn't even believe Hanguz was capable of complex thought for quite some time. Currently, Hazel actually views Hanguz with the most fondness of anyone else in the party, much like a child would find a puppy endearing though. Hanguz has yet to really get the party in any trouble. She never questions Hazel's plans. And she is incredibly capable in combat. Most importantly to Hazel, she may be the only individual capable of defeating Judas in a fight.

After the revelation that she has become the perfect sacrifice, Hazel was in a particularly vulnerable and distraught place. The comfort Hanguz provided her in that moment was possibly the first display of parental affection she has experienced. She opened up to Hanguz a little about her past, the first time she ever willingly gave out this information, and even expressed interest in Hanguz's own dealings. She now finds talking to Hanguz to be useful. And while she still wouldn't consider Hanguz a friend, she has risen higher on Hazel's list of people she finds worth her time.

### **Judas**

No one in this party terrifies Hazel more than Judas. She'd never met an individual as brutally strong, and mentally unhinged, as this strange angelic woman. Most of the party she is a part of is strong, she knows Hanguz and Bonnie could both dispatch her with relative ease. Hanguz and Bonnie do not scare her though, not like Judas. Those two have thoughts and reason, things that can be twisted and manipulated to a point where Hazel may be able to talk her way out of death. If Judas ever snaps, completely snaps, Hazel is very certain there are no words or spells that could possibly save her. Hazel was given a small taste of what that certain death would look like when Judas began chasing after her for seemingly no reason. Currently, the only tactic she can think of to protect herself against Judas, is to both be nice to her and to make sure there is an ample supply of "heretics" to throw in her path.

### **Val**

Val is Hazel's greatest rival, but also most likely her greatest companion as well. Their petty and childish antics have blossomed into what Hazel sometimes considers an almost friendship. For all her snide remarks and name calling, Val seems to respect the plans Hazel comes up with. A fact that Hazel finds endearing and allows her the clarity to admire the skills Val herself possesses. Most of the time, she's actually come to appreciate Val's quick wit. Even if Val isn't the most well educated and intellectual individual, Hazel finds her to be an adequate sparring partner when it comes to exchanging words. As fond as Hazel can be for Val at times, she still holds a deep hatred towards her as well. Val's insistence on invading her private thoughts by stealing and reading her diary fill Hazel with rage and often lead to casting a temporary curse on Val. More than that though, Hazel lost a majority of the respect she had for Val when it was revealed Val had in fact made a pact with the demon Superbia. From that moment on, she abandoned any thoughts of maybe considering Val to be more than a travel companion, and has returned to only seeing her as a tool she can manipulate.

## Image Gallery

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## Trivia

* Despite her upperclass aura, Hazel actually enjoys her time in the wilderness. Her original plan before meeting the party was to find peace and quiet deep within the Ulvenwald where she could practice her magic without being disturbed
* She considers Ophelia her only friend
* Vain as she is, she often incorporates her name into her spell titles
* The spell Scorching Ray is actually misspelled in her spellbook as "Scroching Ray". Luckily, it does not impede her ability to cast the spell, though she dreads the day Val discovers this error
* Hazel detests fictional writing, she doesn't see any point in wasting time and energy writing about things that didn't happen
* Hazel does not like being touched

## Quotes

"What a horribly inefficient use of healing magic. Next time, wait for me to fall unconscious before reviving me."

"You think you know me because you invaded my privacy and read the snippets of my life I've captured on a page? You know nothing about me, so don't pretend like you do."

"Do you hate me child?... You should. I burned your home, slaughtered your family, simply because I could. Because I was strong, and they were weak. Do you wish to die here?... No, of course you don't. Hold onto this feeling, this rage. This fear. Use it to grow stronger, strong enough to never feel this way again. When you are that strong, find me. Take your revenge at that time. But for now, run. Run and survive."