Amar

> “Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
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> ― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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**Amar**, formerly known as **Asterion Madhava Vardi** is one of the Twelve (\*&\*-\*&\*) and a teacher at Nicnevin Academy. He was the son of Hekate Vardi and the twin brother of Circe making him the uncle to the Vardi Sisters.

## Appearance

### Human Form

On his chest Amar has a large red rose cross.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Enhanced Condition** - When Asterion was a normal human he was feared as one of the bloodiest and most violent fighters of his generation. As he became Amar, he gained enhanced agility, dexterity, stealth, speed and senses such as hearing and smell.
* **Mystiokinesis** - Amar was born a hereditary halfblooded warlock with the ability to manipulate life itself achieving the rare ability of creation and destruction.
	+ **Life Magic** - He can manipulate pure life-force allowing him to manipulate nature itself as well as allowing the Amar to create and/or rapidly accelerate the growth of plants; this can be done to rather minuscule plants on the ground, or on his own body. This Magic can also be used to slow down, and halt, desertification.
		- **Creation** - Due to being cursed by (\*&\*), Amar now has the ability to create something out of nothing. From sentient beings to new substances or objects simply out of nothing, Amar can do this with little materials.
		- **Destruction** - Amar can create, shape and manipulate destructive energy, capable of destroying anything without leaving a single trace.
	+ **Potion Making** - Amar can create potions: substances with magical properties such as enhancing physical and mental abilities, healing, granting powers, changing shape, or bewitching someone depending on the kind of potion that is made.
		- **Alchemy** - Amar can use a branch of potion making that combines advance magical properties and ancient sciences that combines the magical properties of the four basic elements along with the twelve-step alchemical processes. Combined with his Life Magic, Amar can become very danger.
	+ **Animal Transformation (***Sealed***)** - Like his twin, Amar when he was still human could transform into a hawk.
	+ **Zoolingualism** - Like other members, of his family Amar can communicate with animals.
	+ **Mediumship (***Sealed***)** - Asterion since he was a child could see, communicate and interact with spirts and the unseen by non-magical individuals even if they have possessed inanimate objects or people. They are able to repel and run spirits away from an area, compel to employ an armada of ghosts, and may even view a visual conception of a spirit world in a trance if desired. This is a unique trait common in only a few families.

## Etymology

* Asterion means "little star", derived from the Greek noun ἀστήρ *(aster)* meaning "star" combined with the Greek diminutive suffix -ιων *(-ion)*. In Greek mythology, Asterion or Asterius was a King of Crete and the foster-father of Minos.
* Amar means "immortal" in Sanskrit.
* Madhava means "vernal, of the springtime" in Sanskrit. This is an epithet of several Hindu gods. It was also the name of a 14th-century Hindu scholar.
* Vardi is derived from Vered which means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

## Trivia

* He is associated with the Six of Wands.
* Asterion is of Sephardi Jewish, South Asian, French and English descent.
* Amar can speak Latin, Modern and Ancient Greek, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin and German.
* His niece Asterie was named after him, as *Asterie* was his childhood nickname.
* His hobbies are training his students, napping and weapons maintenace.
* Since becoming a humanoid rabbit, his favorite meal is pea soup with rye bread.
	+ Amar's second favorite meal is cream of asparagus soup.
* While human his favorite meal is vindaloo and chana masala with puri.
	+ While human his second favorite meal is wild boar jungle curry with laping.
* Amar has a master's degree in mathematics.
* Since becoming cursed he has had four girlfriends, his most recent one being (\*&\*).