Index Registration
Character name: Stephanie Daly
School Year: First Year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?t=30838
Character Statistics: Stamina: 7, Evasion: 6, Strength: 7, Wisdom: 4, Arcane power: 5, Accuracy: 6
Character Special Race/Talent: none
Character Backstory:
School Year: First Year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?t=30838
Character Statistics: Stamina: 7, Evasion: 6, Strength: 7, Wisdom: 4, Arcane power: 5, Accuracy: 6
Character Special Race/Talent: none
Character Backstory:
Reducio
First Instance of Magic: Stephanie Daly was born on 9 April 2012 to John Paul Daly and Maria Strand. In the summer of 2013, John Paul and Maria married and moved into a modest home in the eastern outskirts of Gateshead, northern England. Quickly rechristened ‘Steph’, the young girl became the elder sister to four younger siblings: Tom, Sam, Georgie, and Joey.
Despite their large brood, John Paul and Maria maintained a tumultuous relationship for the entirety of Steph’s childhood. Frequent arguments often followed John Paul’s extended absences, Maria’s apparent inconsideration for their Muggle neighbours, their dwindling finances, and any other excuse either could find to yell at the other. Steph naturally came to look after her siblings. She watched after them, tended to any grievances, and made sure all were fed and happy. The leader of their little gang, she herded them to the moors and forests a short walk away from their home, and they spent their days running and climbing and falling, decorated with dirt and scraps.
Maria decided to send her children to a local Muggle primary school to occupy them while she worked, and sent them off with a firm message to maintain secrecy of their magical identity. She needn't have worried, for little Steph found little to like in school and made frequent escape attempts. One teacher, Steph's beloved Miss Ludkte, managed to teach the girl her letters and developed within her an appreciation for books and stories, but in all other classes, Steph was boisterous and restless.
Steph was incredibly excited upon reading her acceptance letter. She dreamed of a place full of the curious and strange, with others her age who shared her magical identity.
Despite their large brood, John Paul and Maria maintained a tumultuous relationship for the entirety of Steph’s childhood. Frequent arguments often followed John Paul’s extended absences, Maria’s apparent inconsideration for their Muggle neighbours, their dwindling finances, and any other excuse either could find to yell at the other. Steph naturally came to look after her siblings. She watched after them, tended to any grievances, and made sure all were fed and happy. The leader of their little gang, she herded them to the moors and forests a short walk away from their home, and they spent their days running and climbing and falling, decorated with dirt and scraps.
Maria decided to send her children to a local Muggle primary school to occupy them while she worked, and sent them off with a firm message to maintain secrecy of their magical identity. She needn't have worried, for little Steph found little to like in school and made frequent escape attempts. One teacher, Steph's beloved Miss Ludkte, managed to teach the girl her letters and developed within her an appreciation for books and stories, but in all other classes, Steph was boisterous and restless.
Steph was incredibly excited upon reading her acceptance letter. She dreamed of a place full of the curious and strange, with others her age who shared her magical identity.
Reducio
Steph's first instance of magic occurred shortly before her seventh birthday. In a heated argument with her mother, Steph hid underneath her bed's blankets to momentarily hide. Maria tried to yank the blankets off but (to the shock of both mother and daughter) found them heavier than concrete, and impossible to lift. Unfortunately for Steph, the sensation lasted only a second, and she received a furious lashing from her mother.
Status: Approved | Jan 26 (Phaedra)
Index Registration
Character name: Layla Goldsky
School Year or Adult Level: 1st Year
Link to character page: viewtopic.php?t=30847
Character Statistics:
Reducio
If human:
STAMINA _________ 5
EVASION _________ 6
STRENGTH _______ 4
WISDOM _________ 7
ARCANE POWER ___ 8
ACCURACY _______ 5
If werewolf:
STAMINA _________ 4
EVASION _________ 5
STRENGTH _______ 3
WISDOM _________ 6
ARCANE POWER ___ 7
ACCURACY _______ 5
Character Special Race/Talent:
Human (Application for werewolf here:ReducioEven as a little girl, Layla loved animals of all kinds. Puppies, kittens, baby rabbits, snakes, bugs- pretty much everything except arachnids. She had a stuffed wolf toy as a bed toy, a stuffed snake toy in her reading chair, and many others in a basket in her room. Her parents knew about her love of animals, and told her to never go into the woods behind the family home, as they knew that because all kinds of animals lived in there and that if Layla knew about this she would probably wander into the dangerous woods- and most of the animals in there were dangerous. They also knew that Layla didn’t really know when something was dangerous- her natural curiosity was both a gift AND a curse. Layla listened and nodded whenever they brought up the subject, never really questioning why she wasn’t allowed in the woods. Until her 9th birthday.
The night of her 9th birthday was a full moon, with no clouds in the sky. After a dinner party with her large family, Layla went to bed at 9:00, her new bedtime. As she lay in bed, she heard the guests slowly leaving, and her parents going to bed. She lay awake, her mind unable to switch off. After tossing and turning for a few hours, she got up, deciding she couldn’t get to sleep. Walking over to her window, she opened the curtains to let the bright moonlight in. Layla’s bedroom overlooked the courtyard and faced the woods. She sighed and looked at Muggins and the chickens, sleeping peacefully. Layla went back to bed, but just lay awake for another half hour.
Getting up, she put her dressing gown on over her pyjamas, then crept downstairs to the back door. Opening it, she walked out into the courtyard, intending to lie down with Muggins for a while. Layla crouched down next to Muggins, patting him on the belly. Muggins stretched and woke, licking her face.
“Maybe we could go for a walk, Muggins?” Layla whispered in his ear. Muggins licked her face again and stood. Layla looked past the courtyard gate, at the woods. “We could go for a quick walk and be back in no time,” she said softly to him. Muggins barked. “Shhhh!!” she whispered urgently, looking up at her parent’s window, expecting to see a light come on- but after ten seconds of tense waiting, nothing happened.
“Come on,” Layla whispered, tiptoeing over to the gate. Looking over it, she saw the woods, dark and, some would say, foreboding. But Layla didn’t feel at all scared- she just felt excited and a little bit guilty, to be ignoring her parent’s warnings. She pushed open the gate and Muggins ran past her, into the woods. “Muggins, wait!” Layla whisper-shouted, but he ignored her and ran into the darkness. Saying a word she shouldn’t have said, she stepped through the gate and shut it behind her. “Muggins! Muggins!” she called, feeling safer to talk louder now that she was away from the house. Layla ran into the woods, following the sound of his footprints. She ran for what felt like about ten minutes, still following the sound of footprints. “Muggins!” Layla called, breathing hard after her run. The footsteps stopped. “This way, Muggins!” she called again. She heard footsteps coming towards her, and she walked forwards, stopping when she saw a shape at the base of a tree. She crept closer to it, and the pile of fur gave a soft yip. “Muggins?” whispered Layla. “But if you’re here, then what’s th–”
Layla was cut off as something slammed into her from behind. Layla screamed and twisted around to see what had hold of her. She found herself looking at a creature she felt she knew but couldn’t put a name too. It pinned her down by her shoulders and howled at the moon, and Layla felt a stab of terror. Werewolf.
Layla screamed again, and looked for Muggins, but he wasn’t at the tree. The werewolf lifted its head again and howled, then its head swooped down. Layla saw sharp teeth glinting in the moonlight, sharp as knives, before those same teeth sunk into her shoulder. She tried to scream but no sound came out- she just felt paralysing pain in her shoulder. Suddenly, the werewolf pulled its teeth out of her shoulder and the weight that was holding her down disappeared. Layla just had time to hear Muggins’s barking and her parent’s worried voices, before she passed out.
Layla woke up a few hours later in her bed, with both her parents leaning over her, their faces lined with worry.
“Layla,” her mother said, holding Layla’s right hand, “I’m sorry.”
Layla was still a bit groggy, but she understood what had happened. She had been bitten by a werewolf, and everyone knows what that means.
Layla had not changed her personality since the attack, like others have because of the worry.
She knew that she would be given a Wolfsbane potion every full moon from Hogwarts. While she does worry about attacking someone she loves, she knows that with the potion that worry is irrational, so she doesn't let it bother her.
Character Backstory:
ReducioLayla was born into a pure-blood family, but both of her parents believed that being a pure-blood didn't mean you were any more of a wizard than being a muggle-born. Both of her parents worked with the Ministry of Magic as Aurors. After arresting several people, they made their enemies, so always tried their hardest to make sure that no harm would come to their daughter.
Layla always wanted a little sister or brother, but it didn't happen, so her parents bought her a dog, as she loves all kinds of dogs and wolves. She named him Muggins, and enjoyed caring for him. Because she had no-one else to play with, and her parents were so busy working, she often played with Muggins and her chickens, Prince and Princess, in the large courtyard of their family home. She taught Muggins lots of tricks, and, before leaving for Hogwarts, was trying to teach all her pets to 'sing' together (it didn't go so well, her parents agree)
Since coming to Hogwarts, Layla has enjoyed meeting new people and making new friends. She wants to get a pet when she has enough money- a cat, since she had a dog at home and would like to try something new, or an owl, because the only birds she's owned are chickens, and they can't fly.
Layla is looking forward to spending more time at Hogwarts.
First Instance of Magic:
ReducioLayla's first instance of magic occurred a few days after her 7th birthday, in her mother's garden. Her mother was very interested in growing vegetables the Muggle way, and so had planted a veggie garden, but she became very disheartened when nothing came up. Layla was looking out her bedroom window at the garden, thinking how nice it would be for her mother if something grew, when suddenly heaps of little seedlings pushed their way out of the soil. She watched as they grew into full-grown plants in a matter of seconds, and in between one blink and another, the plants were loaded with produce. Her mother rushed out of the house, overjoyed to see her garden growing.
Status: Approved (Meenauh, 31 Jan 2024)
❀ Ency ❀ If you want to see a rainbow, you have to go through the rain ❀
Sta: 4| Eva: 5 | Str: 3 | Wis: 6 | Arc: 7 | Acc: 5 | Werewolf
Sta: 4| Eva: 5 | Str: 3 | Wis: 6 | Arc: 7 | Acc: 5 | Werewolf
Index Registration
Character name: Mylo Atkins
School Year: First year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?t=30856
Character Statistics
Character Special Race/Talent: none
Character Backstory:
First Instance of Magic:
School Year: First year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?t=30856
Character Statistics
Reducio
Stamina:7
Evasion: 6
Strength: 5
wisdom: 7
Arcane power: 5
Accuracy: 5
Evasion: 6
Strength: 5
wisdom: 7
Arcane power: 5
Accuracy: 5
Character Special Race/Talent: none
Character Backstory:
Reducio
Mylo is part of a family of 4, he has a younger sister called Andrea who is 7, and two dads, Mike and James who both are teachers, Mike is a music teacher and James a Primary school teacher. They grew up in Durham, England within the muggle world. Both of his parents we're muggles, so Mylo knew nothing of the magical world before getting his acceptance letter. He has always loved to read and do arts and crafts.
They went to kindergarten but after that were homeschooled by his dad James. After they got their acceptance letter both their dads came to the conclusion that it would be a good place to send him as Mylo would be able to learn his magic alongside other wizards and witches their age.
Mylo also has 2 non-magical best friends whom they know from the neighborhood, and they have been friends for a few years now. Lyla who is a very energetic 10 year old and Sam who is also 11 and a bit more reserved and calm. They have a hard time making friends so he cherishes these people a lot, and always tried to be kind to them.
Mylo's dad's would always describe him as a kind kid who never knows when to say no, a people pleaser if you will, and would try to encourage them to think carefully before helping people. He is very trusting and kind to people in need.
They went to kindergarten but after that were homeschooled by his dad James. After they got their acceptance letter both their dads came to the conclusion that it would be a good place to send him as Mylo would be able to learn his magic alongside other wizards and witches their age.
Mylo also has 2 non-magical best friends whom they know from the neighborhood, and they have been friends for a few years now. Lyla who is a very energetic 10 year old and Sam who is also 11 and a bit more reserved and calm. They have a hard time making friends so he cherishes these people a lot, and always tried to be kind to them.
Mylo's dad's would always describe him as a kind kid who never knows when to say no, a people pleaser if you will, and would try to encourage them to think carefully before helping people. He is very trusting and kind to people in need.
First Instance of Magic:
Reducio
Mylo's first instance of accidental underaged wandless magic was when they were playing football with his sister and dad James in the garden when they were 8, Mylo accidentally hit the ball wrong and it shot off towards his little sister Andrea, she was only 4 at the time and didn't have the reflexes to dodge or stop the ball. Mylo saw the ball flying towards his sister and without being aware of it used his magic to avert the ball so that it wouldn't hit her. They all thought it a freak accident as they didn't have the knowledge to explain it otherwise..
Mylo's first instance of accidental underaged wandless magic was when they were playing football with his sister and dad James in the garden when they were 8, Mylo accidentally hit the ball wrong and it shot off towards his little sister Andrea, she was only 4 at the time and didn't have the reflexes to dodge or stop the ball. Mylo saw the ball flying towards his sister and without being aware of it used his magic to avert the ball so that it wouldn't hit her. They all thought it a freak accident as they didn't have the knowledge to explain it otherwise..
STATUS: Pending, Zach Zaphiere, February 2
Reason for Pending:
- Date of birth in the profile. First-year students in the 2023-2024 school year must be born between September 2011 and August 2012. Please change it in your character setting.
STATUS: Approved, Zach Zaphiere, February 2
Last edited by Mylo Atkins on 30 Jan 2024, 14:04, edited 1 time in total.
| sta • 8 | eva • 7 | str • 5 You will grow strong wis • 10 | arc • 7 | acc • 8 | Perf. | Wand. | Calm. pres. In the softest way ability | ability | ability |
Index Registration
Character Name: Jing Liu
School Year: First Year
Link to Character Page: viewtopic.php?t=30894
Character Statistics:
Stamina: 2
Evasion: 10
Strength: 1
Wisdom: 10
ArcPower: 10
Accuracy: 2
Character Backstory:
First Instance of Magic:
School Year: First Year
Link to Character Page: viewtopic.php?t=30894
Character Statistics:
Stamina: 2
Evasion: 10
Strength: 1
Wisdom: 10
ArcPower: 10
Accuracy: 2
Character Backstory:
Reducio
On the 31st of December, 2011, Jing was born to a Chinese immigrant named Min Liu (father) and an English mother named Alice in London, England. Her older brother, Lei, was 7 years old at the time. Her early education was taught by a private tutor. As a young child, she was regarded as quite the bibliophile. As a result of her upbringing, she did not interact with her peers frequently and relied upon her brother to share his wisdom about the outside world. However, despite her family being pure-blood, Lei sparked his little sister's curiosity about the Muggle world through sharing his studies while he was attending at Hogwarts. As such, Jing researched as much as she could about Muggles in secret from her parents. She discovered the Muggle's own form of 'magic', such as their technological advancements to aid them in their day-to-day lives. Fascinated, she attempted to make her way to Muggle London with her older brother's help. The experience was one she would never forget. For a Muggle, magic is something only found in fantasy novels, and as such, is regarded as fantastical. However, the same can be said for a young witch who had rarely interacted with even her own world. To the young girl named Jing, the Muggle world and their technology was something found only within the pages of the books in her secret library (she had a nook of textbooks about the Muggle world she needed to hide from her parents). Unfortunately, for many years after, she would need to rely on that special experience to fuel her imagination and passion to learn more as she was unable to travel to Muggle London again. Upon their return, Lei and his little sister were caught, and Jing's textbooks were all confiscated, much to her grief. No matter how much she protested to her parents, a pure-blood like her could never associate with Muggles... But her parents could not dampen her curiosity. When she received her letter to Hogwarts, Jing was overjoyed. A school that not only accepted pure-bloods, but half-Muggles as well! She would make sure to interrogate all students of Muggle origin thoroughly.
First Instance of Magic:
Reducio
Around the age of 6 years, Jing was nearly crushed to death by a falling bookcase. She had been attempting to climb a bookcase to reach a novel that was on a higher shelf. Unfortunately, the bookcase was quite ancient and rather unstable, thus tipping over due to the girl's weight (despite being light). Thankfully, her magic saved her, preventing the bookcase from falling down entirely, and she was able to crawl out from underneath it unscathed, although quite frightened. Ever since, she always checks the stability of the bookshelves she browses.
STATUS: Pending, Zach Zaphiere, Fabruary 2
Reason for Pending:
- You missed Patronus information in your encyclopedia. Though it's still not applicable until 6th year, please keep state it in your first page encyclopedia.
STATUS: Approved, Zach Zaphiere, February 3
Index Registration
Character name: Sigrid Johnson
School Year: First Year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?f=169&t=30898
Character Statistics:
- stamina: 8
- evasion: 6
- strength: 7
- wisdom: 4
- arcane power: 5
- accuracy: 5
Character Special Race/Talent: none (human)
Character Backstory:
School Year: First Year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?f=169&t=30898
Character Statistics:
- stamina: 8
- evasion: 6
- strength: 7
- wisdom: 4
- arcane power: 5
- accuracy: 5
Character Special Race/Talent: none (human)
Character Backstory:
Reducio
First Instance of Magic:Sigrid Johnson grew up in Thetford, a modest English town bordering the Thetford Forest, near between the middle of Norwich and Cambridge. She was born on 11 June 2012 to Tom Johnson (a half-blood wizard from a Muggle-born father and pureblood mother) and Max Crawford (a Muggle-born witch), and had a young sister, Enid (born 2016), and a younger brother, Lucas (born 2017). In 2018, when Sigrid was six years old, her parents split, and it was decided that the custody of Sigrid and her siblings was to be shared equally between Tom and Max. Sigrid didn't mind either way.
Sigrid attended a Muggle primary school, and quickly attained a reputation as disrespectful, disobedient, and rude. She ignored her teachers, worked only when she pleased, and when separated from the other children would fall asleep, or stare out the window, daydreaming. It was a small miracle Sigrid learnt to read.
Outside the classroom, Sigrid spent her hours running across the highway that sat a short distance from her home, beyond which lay the Thetford Forest. She would bring Enid and Lucas, or either her magical or Muggle friends, and would chase each other through the trees, or build huts, until the night came and they had to go home. In particular, Sigrid loved to play Quidditch with the other wizarding children, though banned by their parents in the danger of a Muggle catching site of them. Sigrid dreamed of becoming a Seeker for a professional team when she grew up.
Sigrid attended a Muggle primary school, and quickly attained a reputation as disrespectful, disobedient, and rude. She ignored her teachers, worked only when she pleased, and when separated from the other children would fall asleep, or stare out the window, daydreaming. It was a small miracle Sigrid learnt to read.
Outside the classroom, Sigrid spent her hours running across the highway that sat a short distance from her home, beyond which lay the Thetford Forest. She would bring Enid and Lucas, or either her magical or Muggle friends, and would chase each other through the trees, or build huts, until the night came and they had to go home. In particular, Sigrid loved to play Quidditch with the other wizarding children, though banned by their parents in the danger of a Muggle catching site of them. Sigrid dreamed of becoming a Seeker for a professional team when she grew up.
Reducio
Her first instance of magic occurred at the age of six, when she became furious after losing a game to her friend at school. Just as she began to argue, a nearby water tap started gushing furiously. The quick flow of water stopped once the girls paused to stare in curiosity (and as Sigrid's angry feelings subsided).
STATUS: Approved - Koko, 4 February
Last edited by Sigrid Johnson on 1 Feb 2024, 02:53, edited 2 times in total.
Index Registration
Character name (First and last name): Elara Reed
School Year or Adult Level: First Year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?t=30913
Character Statistics:
• STA: 2 • EVA: 6 • STR: 0 • WIS: 9 • ARP: 10 • ACC: 8 •
Character Special Race/Talent: Human, N/A
Character Backstory:
First Instance of Magic:
School Year or Adult Level: First Year
Link to the character page: viewtopic.php?t=30913
Character Statistics:
• STA: 2 • EVA: 6 • STR: 0 • WIS: 9 • ARP: 10 • ACC: 8 •
Character Special Race/Talent: Human, N/A
Character Backstory:
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𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎-𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛-𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏𝚏. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛, 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚜. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢, 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚞𝚙 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊'𝚜 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝'𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎, 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢. 𝙸𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝, 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝.
𝚂𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜. 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙰𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍, 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎-𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕. 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝚄𝚗𝚋𝚎𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠, 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍.
𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝟷𝟷 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝚘𝚐𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜, 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚆𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚛𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚎. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝚂𝚎𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌, 𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗. 𝙷𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝, 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗… 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕. 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎, 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖.
𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝-𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝟸 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜, 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚘𝚐𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎, 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎.
𝚂𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜. 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙰𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍, 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎-𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕. 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝚄𝚗𝚋𝚎𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠, 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍.
𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝟷𝟷 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝚘𝚐𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜, 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚆𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚛𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚎. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝚂𝚎𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌, 𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗. 𝙷𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝, 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗… 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕. 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎, 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖.
𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝-𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝟸 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜, 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚘𝚐𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎, 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎.
First Instance of Magic:
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𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛.
𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚝. 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛.
𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝙸𝚝 𝙸𝚂𝙽'𝚃 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛- 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚝, 𝙷𝙴 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚝, 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒-𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 (𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖) 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝙽𝚘𝚝. 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛-
𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝟷𝟻 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚘𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚏𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎. 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎, 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚢.
𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚝. 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛.
𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝙸𝚝 𝙸𝚂𝙽'𝚃 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛- 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚝, 𝙷𝙴 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚝, 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒-𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 (𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖) 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝙽𝚘𝚝. 𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛-
𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝟷𝟻 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚘𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚏𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎. 𝙴𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎, 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚢.
STATUS: Pending, Zach Zaphiere, February 6
Reason for Pending:
- In the character backstory, Elara's father was born into the wizarding world. It's impossible for him to be a pilot since he wouldn't have any identification or formal education in muggle world that is necessary for pilot training/education. Please make an edit regarding to this.
- In the First Instance of Magic, usually there's only one magic happening. Burning the toupe of her teacher is enough. And right now, there's no spell corresponding to making plants around her wilted down. Please make some changes regarding to this.
STATUS: Approved, Zach Zaphiere, February 7
Last edited by Elara Reed on 6 Feb 2024, 14:27, edited 1 time in total.
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Character name (First and last name): Becca Cross
School Year or Adult Level: First Year
Link to the character page: Here
Character Statistics: Stamina: 5 | Evasion: 5 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 8 | Arcane Power: 6 | Accuracy: 7
Character Special Race/Talent: N/A, Human
Character Backstory:
First Instance of Magic:
'I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.'
School Year or Adult Level: First Year
Link to the character page: Here
Character Statistics: Stamina: 5 | Evasion: 5 | Strength: 4 | Wisdom: 8 | Arcane Power: 6 | Accuracy: 7
Character Special Race/Talent: N/A, Human
Character Backstory:
Reducio
Becca Cross was born in the year 2012, on the 17th of June at a hospital in Cambridge, England. Her father, Hugh Cross, who was born in London, is a muggle without any magical relatives and her mother, Estella, was a witch. When Becca was barely a year old, her mother left for work one morning and never came back. Becca’s father never spoke of that morning or the months following to his daughter, nor did he ever really speak of Estella while Becca was growing up.
What Hugh did not know was that his wife, who worked in the Department of Mysteries, was attacked and killed that morning by an individual wanting to infiltrate the department. The individual was quickly discovered and apprehended before he could learn too much or cause any damage in the department. Tragically Hugh was never told of his wife's murder because Estella, afraid of discrimination, had never informed her peers or supervisors of her marriage to a muggle or her child. When she could no longer hide her pregnancy, she took a long sabbatical, and she never spoke about her personal life to her colleagues.
The only thing Hugh mentioned of those dark couple of months after Estella left was Becca’s sudden, and long-lasting, desire to always be near Hugh. She followed him around closely and rarely chose to leave his side. Any time he left her in alone in a room, Becca cried until her father came back. Sometimes, he told her, she threw awful tantrums. Other times, she found a way to get out of whatever he placed her in and ran to his side quicker than he thought possible for a child as young as she was. He laughed about those instances as retold them to his daughter, but at the time he was almost at his wit's end.
Despite her mother disappearing, Becca had a wonderful childhood full of love, patience, and knowledge. Her father is a history professor at the University of Cambridge, and is very popular with his students. He is known for always taking the time to help any student who reaches out to him for help. Because of this, Becca grew up on and around the University since her father often held long office hours, or met up with students off campus if their schedules demanded it.
Becca grew to love history as much as her father from these outings and instances. She tried to absorb every single story or fact he shared. She demanded her father teach her to read when she was around three years old, according to Hugh. When he acquiesced, she learnt very quickly. Hugh did his best to foster his daughter’s love of learning by taking her to museums, on educational trips, or teaching her age appropriate facts about history. In fact, their monthly trips to museums and galleries are some of Becca’s favorite childhood memories.
When Becca was nine, she had her first instance of magic. Her father told her what little he knew about Becca's mother, Estella, and his hurt over Estella not telling him about magic until after he caught her using around Becca as an infant. As Becca listened, hundreds of questions rattled around her brain, but Hugh could not answer them. Estella wouldn’t tell him much about her world, and he did not ask very often.
Hugh did give her a large trunk that Estella had left. In it was several books on potions, charms, spells, and theories. There was also a children’s book in it, a cloak, some quills, parchment, and some other bits and bobs Becca didn’t recognize. Lastly, there was a small, locked box in it.
Becca took it all to her room and began pouring over the books, but they were too difficult to understand. A few weeks later, Becca gave up on trying to understand these advanced books. Instead, she went to all the bookshops and libraries in the area, and read every book on wiccan witchcraft, the occult, and magic she could find.
Over the next two years she became obsessed with it, but she never tried to do anything with her own magic. Occasionally, when she was overtired or overly frustrated, something might have happened she could not explain. She mostly ignored that, though. She was slightly afraid of her magic and the idea she may never be able to control it. In some of her books, she read the practice was passed down from parent to child, and her mother was gone. How could she teach Becca about it?
Becca became so obsessed with finding answers, she started ignoring her best friend and, to a lesser extent, her father. By her tenth birthday, it had been months since she spoke to her best friend or anyone her age outside of mandatory group projects at school. Her father tried to force her to talk to people, but when he was too pushy, she locked herself in her room. By Christmas of that year, her father and her weren’t speaking to each other very often as Becca constantly shut herself inside her room.
When a knock sounded on the door to her flat the summer when she turned eleven, she answered it as her father was grading papers. It was a stranger, but they knew her. Becca instantly realized that it had something to do with her magic. She listened, fascinated, as the professor spoke of Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and the magical world. She tried to keep her questions at a minimum as she didn’t want to come across as clueless to her future professor, but it was very difficult.
The next day, her and her father went to London and then to Diagon Alley, using the entrance the professor told them about. Becca excitedly went to Ollivanders first and got her wand, then to Flourish and Blotts for her books. The rest of the trip, all Becca could think about was her books. She noted the casual magic being done in the Alley and was amazed, but it was all a temporary distraction for her.
Once they got home, Becca instantly took her new books to her room and began pouring over them. Finally, the magic was beginning to make sense. Becca spent the rest of the summer reading over her new textbooks and two other books her father let her buy. Her father tried to coax her out to spend time with him, but she never wanted to leave her books.
On the 31st of August, Becca realized she was leaving her father the next day. For the first time in her life, she was going to be apart from him for longer than a weekend, and she had missed the entire summer leading up to it. That morning she cooked breakfast and told him she wanted to go to a museum with him. He was very happy to spend the entire day with her.
The next morning, they loaded up their car and drove to London. Her and her father spent the entire trip in silence as neither knew what to say. They said their goodbyes on the platform, and Becca boarded the train for Hogwarts. She was excited to finally find the answers to all her questions about the magical world.
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What Hugh did not know was that his wife, who worked in the Department of Mysteries, was attacked and killed that morning by an individual wanting to infiltrate the department. The individual was quickly discovered and apprehended before he could learn too much or cause any damage in the department. Tragically Hugh was never told of his wife's murder because Estella, afraid of discrimination, had never informed her peers or supervisors of her marriage to a muggle or her child. When she could no longer hide her pregnancy, she took a long sabbatical, and she never spoke about her personal life to her colleagues.
The only thing Hugh mentioned of those dark couple of months after Estella left was Becca’s sudden, and long-lasting, desire to always be near Hugh. She followed him around closely and rarely chose to leave his side. Any time he left her in alone in a room, Becca cried until her father came back. Sometimes, he told her, she threw awful tantrums. Other times, she found a way to get out of whatever he placed her in and ran to his side quicker than he thought possible for a child as young as she was. He laughed about those instances as retold them to his daughter, but at the time he was almost at his wit's end.
Despite her mother disappearing, Becca had a wonderful childhood full of love, patience, and knowledge. Her father is a history professor at the University of Cambridge, and is very popular with his students. He is known for always taking the time to help any student who reaches out to him for help. Because of this, Becca grew up on and around the University since her father often held long office hours, or met up with students off campus if their schedules demanded it.
Becca grew to love history as much as her father from these outings and instances. She tried to absorb every single story or fact he shared. She demanded her father teach her to read when she was around three years old, according to Hugh. When he acquiesced, she learnt very quickly. Hugh did his best to foster his daughter’s love of learning by taking her to museums, on educational trips, or teaching her age appropriate facts about history. In fact, their monthly trips to museums and galleries are some of Becca’s favorite childhood memories.
When Becca was nine, she had her first instance of magic. Her father told her what little he knew about Becca's mother, Estella, and his hurt over Estella not telling him about magic until after he caught her using around Becca as an infant. As Becca listened, hundreds of questions rattled around her brain, but Hugh could not answer them. Estella wouldn’t tell him much about her world, and he did not ask very often.
Hugh did give her a large trunk that Estella had left. In it was several books on potions, charms, spells, and theories. There was also a children’s book in it, a cloak, some quills, parchment, and some other bits and bobs Becca didn’t recognize. Lastly, there was a small, locked box in it.
Becca took it all to her room and began pouring over the books, but they were too difficult to understand. A few weeks later, Becca gave up on trying to understand these advanced books. Instead, she went to all the bookshops and libraries in the area, and read every book on wiccan witchcraft, the occult, and magic she could find.
Over the next two years she became obsessed with it, but she never tried to do anything with her own magic. Occasionally, when she was overtired or overly frustrated, something might have happened she could not explain. She mostly ignored that, though. She was slightly afraid of her magic and the idea she may never be able to control it. In some of her books, she read the practice was passed down from parent to child, and her mother was gone. How could she teach Becca about it?
Becca became so obsessed with finding answers, she started ignoring her best friend and, to a lesser extent, her father. By her tenth birthday, it had been months since she spoke to her best friend or anyone her age outside of mandatory group projects at school. Her father tried to force her to talk to people, but when he was too pushy, she locked herself in her room. By Christmas of that year, her father and her weren’t speaking to each other very often as Becca constantly shut herself inside her room.
When a knock sounded on the door to her flat the summer when she turned eleven, she answered it as her father was grading papers. It was a stranger, but they knew her. Becca instantly realized that it had something to do with her magic. She listened, fascinated, as the professor spoke of Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and the magical world. She tried to keep her questions at a minimum as she didn’t want to come across as clueless to her future professor, but it was very difficult.
The next day, her and her father went to London and then to Diagon Alley, using the entrance the professor told them about. Becca excitedly went to Ollivanders first and got her wand, then to Flourish and Blotts for her books. The rest of the trip, all Becca could think about was her books. She noted the casual magic being done in the Alley and was amazed, but it was all a temporary distraction for her.
Once they got home, Becca instantly took her new books to her room and began pouring over them. Finally, the magic was beginning to make sense. Becca spent the rest of the summer reading over her new textbooks and two other books her father let her buy. Her father tried to coax her out to spend time with him, but she never wanted to leave her books.
On the 31st of August, Becca realized she was leaving her father the next day. For the first time in her life, she was going to be apart from him for longer than a weekend, and she had missed the entire summer leading up to it. That morning she cooked breakfast and told him she wanted to go to a museum with him. He was very happy to spend the entire day with her.
The next morning, they loaded up their car and drove to London. Her and her father spent the entire trip in silence as neither knew what to say. They said their goodbyes on the platform, and Becca boarded the train for Hogwarts. She was excited to finally find the answers to all her questions about the magical world.
Word Count: 1214
First Instance of Magic:
Reducio
When Becca was nine years old, her and her father were in his home study drinking a cup of tea and talking about a book. Her father and her were disagreeing on the theme of the book. Becca gestured widely and accidentally knocked over her cup onto an old first edition copy of the book.
Becca instantly began apologizing as her father jumped up to try and save the book. When Becca picked the book up, though, it was completely dry. She stared at the book, confused and horrified, then she looked up at her dad.
Word Count: 96
Becca instantly began apologizing as her father jumped up to try and save the book. When Becca picked the book up, though, it was completely dry. She stared at the book, confused and horrified, then she looked up at her dad.
Word Count: 96
STATUS: Approved, Zach Zaphiere, February 6
'I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.'
-Mark Twain
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Character name (First and last name): Sarai Toussaint
School Year or Adult Level: Adult I
Link to the character page: Link
Character Statistics: STA. 10 EVA. 15 STR. 5 WIS. 15 ARC. 5 ACC. 15
(65 total with special race and adult advance in 2024 of +5 stats)
Character Special Race/Talent: Parselmouth
ReducioThe Toussaints were, and still are, among a handful of families that have survived for generations in isolation from muggles on the coast of Jacmel, Haiti, utilizing ward magic to blend seamlessly with the coastal landscape.
When the family first settled in Haiti from their former home in northwestern Africa, they faced several predators as they established their new settlement, the most elusive predator being snakes. The serpentine fiends would hide in the most unsuspecting places, poised and ready to strike. Yet, for the Toussaint genealogy, which had kin with the strange ability to speak with them, it would never be an issue. As decades progressed, this gift was believed to be lost, yet nothing was amiss. The village lived in harmony with their land as a self-sufficient wizarding port town with everything they could need and rarely engaging with the muggle world around them unless absolutely required.
As the second to youngest of her siblings, Sarai would be raised in the village generations later. Her parents, Ionna and Bamidele, would raise their children with their extended family, emphasizing early on the importance of their education and encouraging them to observe all they could from their elders. Her nature as a Parselmouth would come to life on a summer evening; some of her cousins and siblings would return home after their first year of Castelobruxo. Her brothers, sister, and their cousins would lead them astray into the surrounding forest to show off their newly learned spellcrafts.
After a brief performance, the parents beckoned the kids back home for the evening, but Sarai remained alone in the forest. The girl would grab a stick and attempt to reenact the spells her brother demonstrated, but ultimately failed. Tossing the branch against a nearby tree in a fit of anguish, the girl would hear a voice cry out from the leaves. Investigating the sound, Sarai was greeted with beady eyes attached to a long serpentine body, causing the girl to scream. The snake would soothe the girl's fright, Sarai somehow comprehending the creature, and would converse for a while with the girl voicing many apologies for hurting it.
Eventually, the sound of her mother's voice nearby would draw Sarai's attention, forcing the girl to say farewell to her new friend before it disappeared into the brush. She kept the incident to herself until her mother prompted whom she spoke to in the woods when putting the young Sarai to bed, to which the girl would lie until she met her mother's steely gaze. The girl would reveal the incident in the woods, silently dreading the reaction her mother might have. It wasn't until Ionna's face lit up with a smile that Sarai felt at ease with the occurrence.
Ionna would reiterate what she had told all of her children their whole lives: "Respect nature and it will respect you." She would further explain to Sarai that this quote was derived from Sarai's father's bloodline and their connection with serpents, and from that day forward, Ionna would coach young Sarai in her training to speak the language of the snakes.
Character Backstory:
ReducioLeveraging magic to blend seamlessly with the mountainous coastal landscape, the shamanic Toussaint line remains one of the few wizarding families that have survived in isolation for generations south of the Chaîne de la Selle mountains of Haiti. They assert even more history through tales told from generation to generation from their origins in North and Western Africa; however, there is no conclusive evidence to verify the truth from fables. One thing that is certain is that the Toussaint bloodline is extremely ancient, allegedly being the first wizarding family to have derived from Hispaniola.
As the world surrounding their quant fishing village changed, the Toussaints lived harmoniously with their land and seldom engaged in the Muggle world around them. Returning with outsiders of either wizard or Muggle origin was not uncommon and made for a unique cultural blend despite diluting their bloodline; over time, the village advanced and included a few dozen families consisting of both wizardkind and Muggles in relation.
In the case of Sarai's parents, Ionna Rosario Toussaint née Santa-Ortiz and Bamidele "Bami" Toussaint, they would meet at Castelobruxo. The two would steadily spend more time together throughout their academic years and would continue to date after they graduated. Ionna moved from the Dominican Republic to Haiti before getting married, and the couple would establish their business endeavors; Bamidele, a skilled Auror who also specialized as a wandmaker, and Ionna as a Potioneer for several years before bringing children into the world. Both Bami and Ionna would not take sole accountability as their caretakers of the children, preferring the entire village to collectively raise the new generation together, as the wizarding port town of Maudeline had done so for centuries. The little Toussaints were each instilled early on with the importance of respect, hard work, and being encouraged to emulate their elders. The kids fared well under the guidance of the village, but would be problematic in their own right.
In 2003, a bright Banded Cotinga swooped in and delivered her acceptance letter to Castelobruxo following Sarai's 11th birthday. For the greater part of her schooling, Sarai strove to outperform her elder siblings and cousins and avoided the shenanigans they often meddled in. Sarai possessed the same fierce drive and slick tongue as her predecessors, and outside of witty remarks that garnered admiration and respect from her peers, she preferred to keep to herself.
Shortly following her 16th birthday, Sarai had a fling with a newly graduated wizard named Armand whom she shared an intermittent friendship throughout their years at Castelobruxo that summer. Their summertime romantic connection ended as fast as it began; weeks of no contact before she sent a letter revealing her newfound pregnancy that went unanswered. It was revealed days later by Sarai's classmate living in the Dominican Republic that a newly graduated and corrupted hit-wizard named Armand Ocasio was killed in the line of duty by her father, Bami.
Further investigation would reveal that Armand's wife would be hosting a mass and wake for the local wizarding community in Santo Domingo; with this newfound crippling knowledge, Sarai turned rather cold, secretive, and an estranged young woman. She withheld details of her former relationship and the identity of her children's father from family, friends, and Armand's widowed wife. As a distraction, the young woman delved deeper into her schooling and craft, and would later deliver two sons on the evening of April 10th. She'd name the boys Alphonse and Briar Toussaint, and strove to be as involved as she could in her sons' lives despite still attending Castelobruxo and her subsequent dangerous line of work. In her free time away from her children, Sarai took up dueling to temper her residual wrath and excelled in courses requiring a wand or keen mind as a result of her aptitude. She graduated in 2010 excelling in Philosophy, Herbology, and Ritual Magic.
Much to her parents' chagrin upon her graduation, Sarai decided not to pursue a career in Politics despite possessing the competitive, cunning, and ambitious edge that would have helped her succeed. Instead, Sarai would assume the role of a Research Aide under her grandmother's tutelage to stay close to her children. Often leaning on her parents to help with her progeny to avoid their exposure to hazardous plants, Sarai would continue to immerse herself in the study of Ritual Magic and Herbology, believing both sciences could be integrated into her expertise as a shaman.
Between her schooling and profession post-graduation, there was scarce opportunity to devote to Alphonse and Briar early in their youth, but she remained a loving yet demanding mother who prioritized their success and happiness above all and hardly accepted anything but the best. During her sons' absence to attend their first year at Castelobruxo, Sarai was informed Hogwarts was seeking a Herbology Professor and immediately applied. Sarai obtained the role of Professor of Herbology on January 10, 2024.
First Instance of Magic:
ReducioWhen Sarai was six years old, Makaria, Sarai's older sister, and Keme, their cousin, would sneak into their mother's storage; the idea would be Keme's, and despite earlier warnings to keep out, Sarai being naive would complacently follow their lead. A large black cauldron stood in the middle of the room midst the crowding of potted plants scattered on various surface and shelved tomes, vials, and jars collecting dust. It would be the first time any of the three would be inside the room, so rather than erring on the side of caution in their trespassing, the elder two unraveling the secrets the room contained.
During their exploration, a vibrant orange potion struck the attention of the kids; Makaria and Sarai both demanded a turn holding the large glass vial for a closer look. Keme would toss the potion from across the room to Makaria, who would then throw it back when satisfied. Young Sarai would jump in the air multiple times in attempt to catch the potion in flight, which struck Keme and Makaria to continue this game only they were privy to. This continued in several relays to one another, until finally, Sarai leapt high enough to disrupt the flight of the free-flying potion; it would smack against Sarai's hand, but her little fingers could not secure the vial in time, causing it to break into large chunks on the floor.
Following the large crash that echoed throughout the space and orange liquid splattering across the floor, Keme and Makaria fled the room, leaving Sarai alone with the mess. Fearing punishment, Sarai's eyes welled up with hot tears as her mother's stern threats and warnings echoed as she neared the storeroom. Rather than being greeted with punishment from her mother's wrath, the room would go silent, causing Sarai to open her eyes in confusion. With only the orange liquid remaining on the floor, the jar would be intact yet again, and Iona would embrace her youngest daughter, overjoyed that Sarai was a witch.
STATUS: Pending, Zach Zaphiere, January 7
Reason for Pending:
- Please write the character backstory of Sarai. It should be separated from your special talent application.
STATUS: Approved, Zach Zaphiere, February 14
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NAME: Roman Loren Ashenvale
SCHOOL YEAR: First Year
LINK TO CHARACTER PAGE: viewtopic.php?f=169&t=30961#p902952
CHARACTER STATISTICS:
Stamina: 4
Evasion: 7
Strength: 4
Wisdom: 8
Arcane Ability: 5
Accuracy: 7
BACKSTORY:
Roman is a child born to a Loren and Brooklyn Ashenvale, a couple of Muggles who moved from Canada when they were younger and birthed and raised Roman in England. While his parents have rather obvious Canadian accents, Roman has kind of an odd mixture between the two, having been raised his entire life up to this point within England so he does have a Canadian accent, it's much less notable. Roman's father Loren was a teacher who had got a job teaching University classes and had moved there with his wife Brooklyn. Much similar to his father, Roman had been a very fast learner, even from an incredibly young age. He had been speaking relatively fluently when he was around three and had started learning how to read while he was merely four years old. He had learned many things about colours and the names of different shades. He always loved drawing and colouring and just like his mother Brooklyn had been born left handed. Throughout the years of elementary school he had become a very smart and studious student amongst the others, but always had much of a difficulty interacting with other people, most often only being talked to for assisting other students with their work. He was also not the best with many physical classes but had a very high perception, being able to notice even the smallest of movements incredibly quickly. Throughout his years learning in elementary school however, things were very soon quick to change. About two weeks after his first instance of magic his family were visited by a professor from Hogwarts, delivering Roman's letter and explaining everything to them as to what had happened and what they needed to do next. Over time and with the professor's help they had collected all of his required school supplies and Roman's first wand. When he received his first wand Mr. Ollivander explained to him that the wand's core was very rare and must be taken seriously, as it may be dangerous not for the two of them to stay in sync as the core was volatile and dangerous without guidance, similar to Roman himself. After everything was gathered and the day had come for him to take the Hogwarts Express, his parents gave him.
FIRST INSTANCE OF MAGIC:
One day when Roman was playing a video game on his television, his mother came and told Roman he needed to take a bath. He was in the middle of the level and had not yet saved, already being very frustrated with the game already. He ignored his mother and eventually, she simply turned off his game without any warning or anything. Roman was furious and his anger was not to quelled as he was more or less dragged to the bathroom to take his bath. Incredibly angry, after Roman took off his clothes and put his foot into the hot water in quickly began freezing around his foot, creating a icy shoe around it. He screamed in terror with his parents soon coming to see what was wrong. Completely shocked and confused at what had happened, Roman was taken to help melt the icy shoe from around his foot by his father and his mother inspected the water itself.
SCHOOL YEAR: First Year
LINK TO CHARACTER PAGE: viewtopic.php?f=169&t=30961#p902952
CHARACTER STATISTICS:
Stamina: 4
Evasion: 7
Strength: 4
Wisdom: 8
Arcane Ability: 5
Accuracy: 7
BACKSTORY:
Roman is a child born to a Loren and Brooklyn Ashenvale, a couple of Muggles who moved from Canada when they were younger and birthed and raised Roman in England. While his parents have rather obvious Canadian accents, Roman has kind of an odd mixture between the two, having been raised his entire life up to this point within England so he does have a Canadian accent, it's much less notable. Roman's father Loren was a teacher who had got a job teaching University classes and had moved there with his wife Brooklyn. Much similar to his father, Roman had been a very fast learner, even from an incredibly young age. He had been speaking relatively fluently when he was around three and had started learning how to read while he was merely four years old. He had learned many things about colours and the names of different shades. He always loved drawing and colouring and just like his mother Brooklyn had been born left handed. Throughout the years of elementary school he had become a very smart and studious student amongst the others, but always had much of a difficulty interacting with other people, most often only being talked to for assisting other students with their work. He was also not the best with many physical classes but had a very high perception, being able to notice even the smallest of movements incredibly quickly. Throughout his years learning in elementary school however, things were very soon quick to change. About two weeks after his first instance of magic his family were visited by a professor from Hogwarts, delivering Roman's letter and explaining everything to them as to what had happened and what they needed to do next. Over time and with the professor's help they had collected all of his required school supplies and Roman's first wand. When he received his first wand Mr. Ollivander explained to him that the wand's core was very rare and must be taken seriously, as it may be dangerous not for the two of them to stay in sync as the core was volatile and dangerous without guidance, similar to Roman himself. After everything was gathered and the day had come for him to take the Hogwarts Express, his parents gave him.
FIRST INSTANCE OF MAGIC:
One day when Roman was playing a video game on his television, his mother came and told Roman he needed to take a bath. He was in the middle of the level and had not yet saved, already being very frustrated with the game already. He ignored his mother and eventually, she simply turned off his game without any warning or anything. Roman was furious and his anger was not to quelled as he was more or less dragged to the bathroom to take his bath. Incredibly angry, after Roman took off his clothes and put his foot into the hot water in quickly began freezing around his foot, creating a icy shoe around it. He screamed in terror with his parents soon coming to see what was wrong. Completely shocked and confused at what had happened, Roman was taken to help melt the icy shoe from around his foot by his father and his mother inspected the water itself.
STATUS: Pending, Zach Zaphiere, February 23
Reason for Pending:
You haven't edited the backstory on your encyclopedia page. Please edit it so it can be the same as the one you write in your application.
Notes:
Please don't delete any note from the staffs since it's there for paper trails. Thank you.
STATUS: Approved, Zach Zaphiere, February 23
Last edited by Roman Ashenvale on 23 Feb 2024, 03:29, edited 1 time in total.
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Applying for a specie !
Link to your encyclopedia thread: here
Name of Ability that you Are Applying for: Dhampir
Describe why this fits your character (not why you the player want it):
I hope that its ok ! Thanks a lot !
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Name of Ability that you Are Applying for: Dhampir
Describe why this fits your character (not why you the player want it):
Reducio
The mother of Rowan, Meera, was a Dhampir, because the mother of her was a Vampire. So, the grandmother of Rowan was a wizard vampire, and choose to get away from this world because she didn't want to get this for her future child, Meera. So, she get married with a muggle, saying nothing to him and being not dangerous with him, and had a child, the mother of Row. At first, she believed that her child was completely normal, not a witch like her and she was, she had not had the gift of witch but rather the ability of Dhampir to 50%, due to the birth of a muggle and a vampire. She found out about all of this on her 11th birthday, or her mother decided to finally reveal it to her. She tried to ignore it, despite the dangers, and finally had a daughter at the end of her studies! She, in her turn, regretted that she had a Dhampir girl at 25%. On the other hand, she taught her daughter this in her fifth year birthday, when she could realize all and talk a lot, She could finally figure out what she really was at least, which shocked her, in addition to the fact that she is also a witch, compared to her mother. In short, she is quite good at defending against the forces of evil, so duels, because it is being Dhampir that gives her a little advantage and she has a very pale complexion, and a little afraid of the sun, which still hurts her. As a child, her mother led her father to believe that she had a skin allergy, without ever telling him the truth. Ever since she was a little girl, her parents have also wondered about her claws, but her mother concludes that like her, this was what came with the ability of the Dhampirs, her true race. When taking a picture, Rowan is always careful not to show his teeth, because everyone might notice that it's really not normal like the others, especially his retractable teeth under the gums. His canines are not canines but rather gaps, truth be told. On a broom as well as on a duel platform, she is very comfortable and could do anything in these conditions. She hates summer and winter more than anything in addition to rainy days, it's her favorite weather, or she has no sensitivity. In the summer, when she goes for a walk outside, she doesn't forget to bring a pair of high-intensity sunglasses with her in her purse and carries with her, on her shoulder, a large and striking red parasol, which catches the eye but which protects her from what she fears. On every sunny day, too, she makes sure to put on a lot of sunscreen and on the contrary, on the days she can, she puts on big gloves to hide her nails a little too long for her tastes and those of her parents and all those at school. That's why Dhampir is something that can fix with her.
I hope that its ok ! Thanks a lot !
STATUS: Denied, Opeila 07/02
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