- Name
- Alice Maxley
- Age
- 25
- Gender
- Female (She/Her)
- Species
- Awakened Human
- Occupation
- Assistant Salesperson at The Starlit Magic Shoppe
- Appearance
- Average build with shoulder length red hair, hazel eyes and fair complexion. Wears a lot of band shirts or whatever is comfiest for the season.
- Personality
- Warm, kind and curious, although is prone to impatience and can be a control freak in stressful situations.
- Abilities
- Magic Detection as a Visual Aura
- Situation
- Recently graduated from a university in Portland, moved to Polaris Pass to learn more about her magic sense and has taken employment at Starlit Magic Shoppe
Appearance
- Height
- 5'6''
- Body
- Average build, slightly curvy with fair and somewhat freckled skin.
- Face
- Slender face with dimpled cheeks from her smile. Sometimes wears lip gloss and light makeup around her eyes. Is prone to staring intently with a look of stern concentration on her face, sometimes at seemingly unusual moments.
- Eyes
- Human eyes, hazel coloured pupils.
- Hair
- Wavy shoulder length auburn hair with a slight fringe.
- Clothes
- Heavy metal band shirts, ripped jeans and tall boots. Sometimes skirts and tights, and others just a comfy hoodie and baggy jeans. Prioritizes comfort above all else unless there’s a good reason not to.
Personality
Driven and Determined- Alice will attempt to achieve whatever she sets her mind to doing and is determined to master the task at hand. She will do her upmost to complete her intended goal however this can come at a detriment to her wellbeing and relationships with those around her.
Expect Nothing - Alice has an idyllic world view yet has learnt she should not expect others to feel the same. She is kind and honest by default with others, wary of preconceptions and willing to openly communicate; yet can also be cynical or come across selfishly. She may act without considering how others feel and believe people cannot be relied upon unless actions prove otherwise while beliving no matter how much control of a situation one has the outcome will likely not be what was expected.
Head Full of Curiosities - Alice is infinitely curious and will use that to try and understand the world around her. Because of her curiosity she's fairly well read and is university educated with interests in engineering, music, history and politics. Her curiosity has allowed her to learn a great deal however she often struggles to communicate the ideas and thoughts as what seems logical to her is unintuitive to others.
- Additional Information
- Mechanically Minded - Alice graduated from Portland State University with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and aspires to work in research and development some day. Her theoretical knowledge is also backed up with an understanding of vehicle mechanics which is used to great effect, using the university workshops to keep a bright yellow 80's Hatchback, named Daffodil, on the road. Her main method of getting from her home in Portland to Polaris Pass.
Music Geek - Alice has both interests in playing and listening to music. She has an interest and appreciation of all kinds of music although Rock and Metal is her go to. She's also able to competently play guitar and piano.
Abilities
- Ability Format
- Standard Traits
- Spellcasting
- Suggestion Magic- The ability to influence the senses and perceptions of others based on an instruction given to them. See Nerfs and Flavour for additional detail. (Spellcasting Conditions: Incantation > Fatigue > Focus)
- Core Advantage
- Magic Sight - Alice can spend a minute concentrating in order to enable her to see aura's around persons, places, and things. The presence of magical effects/features that people and objects have interact with this aura, allowing Alice to tell if something or someone is magical or has been influenced by magic. This includes seeing traces of magic on items and places where magic has been used recently. Unlike the magic sense advantage though, she cannot discern what type of magic she is sensing, just its strength. This effect lasts until she loses or drops concentration on it.
- Nerfs and Flavor
- Magic Sight-
- She cannot discern the presence/lack of abilities of a creature unless the ability imparts some kind of magical effect on another.
> A perfect shapeshifter (such as a werewolf) in human form would not trigger Alice's aura unless one of the above conditions are met (such as shifting into hybrid form, which would trigger the veil condition)
- Where such an ability is present, Alice can determine if the effect of the ability is in place on a target and, if the location of the source of the ability is clearly defined in its description, can detect magic emanating from it.
> A creature with the Mesmer ability would have a concentration of magic ability around the eyes (presence of magical ability). If the target of the Mesmer was a non magical human, who would otherwise not meet the above conditions, they would have a detectable aura (presence of magical effect) for as long as the effect is active.
Suggestion Magic-
Any command is cast as a minor spell. For each condition, the level increases...
- The target has good reason to disbelieve or knows a spell is being cast
- The spell is somehow hurting the target
- Multiple people are effected by the spell
The spell must be cast at a set level. If too many conditions are met for the spell level, the spell immediately fails.
Current Situation
- Occupation
- Assistant Salesperson
- Housing
- A flatshare in Polaris Pass
- Wealth
- Comfortable
History
- Date of Birth
- Dec 18th 1998
- Place of Birth
- Bristol, United Kingdom
Born in Bristol, England, Alice had a fairly typical childhood, growing up in a happy and loving home with her Mother, Father and younger brother. Her parents always encouraged her to be curious and work hard which led her to follow her parents footsteps and pursue a future career in a STEM adjacent subject, studying sciences and humanities in secondary school with an aim to make the world a better place with her knowledge.
Part way through her time in secondary school, the family moved the the US. Her father, an engineer, was given a job offer too good to refuse, leading the family to up sticks and moved to Fort Wayne, IA. Adapting to life in the US was difficult on Alice, with issues making friends in school although in time, she managed to fall in with other generally considered to be the outsiders and misfits and managed to find a happiness and purpose in this new found community.
Getting fed up of her hometown and deciding to pursue a career in engineering she decided to go to university with the intention of moving as far away from Indiana as possible, settling on Portland State university. Some time during her studies on a trip out with friends she stumbled across Polaris Pass by chance. As a child she noticed by concentrating on her surroundings she can see a shimmering translucent aura, moving like a calm sea, although sometimes like ripples in a pond when a stone is thrown into it or glowing with a faint colour in places associated with magic and folklore. Concentrating out of curiosity on her visit to Polaris Pass, she noticed the Aura rippling strongly and seemingly for no reason. She thought it curious but thought nothing much of it at the time.
After graduating from her studies Alice decided to stay in Portland while she looked for work in the area. Over time, Polaris Pass began to play on her mind. Why was a small unassuming tourist town in Oregon have an aura like that? Even places like Glastonbury Tor or Stonehenge didn't have an aura like that so why here? She decided to jump into Daffodil and take drive down to see what she can find out.
Part way through her time in secondary school, the family moved the the US. Her father, an engineer, was given a job offer too good to refuse, leading the family to up sticks and moved to Fort Wayne, IA. Adapting to life in the US was difficult on Alice, with issues making friends in school although in time, she managed to fall in with other generally considered to be the outsiders and misfits and managed to find a happiness and purpose in this new found community.
Getting fed up of her hometown and deciding to pursue a career in engineering she decided to go to university with the intention of moving as far away from Indiana as possible, settling on Portland State university. Some time during her studies on a trip out with friends she stumbled across Polaris Pass by chance. As a child she noticed by concentrating on her surroundings she can see a shimmering translucent aura, moving like a calm sea, although sometimes like ripples in a pond when a stone is thrown into it or glowing with a faint colour in places associated with magic and folklore. Concentrating out of curiosity on her visit to Polaris Pass, she noticed the Aura rippling strongly and seemingly for no reason. She thought it curious but thought nothing much of it at the time.
After graduating from her studies Alice decided to stay in Portland while she looked for work in the area. Over time, Polaris Pass began to play on her mind. Why was a small unassuming tourist town in Oregon have an aura like that? Even places like Glastonbury Tor or Stonehenge didn't have an aura like that so why here? She decided to jump into Daffodil and take drive down to see what she can find out.
Additional Information
- Art Credits
- Profile Art generated using artflow.ai
