Birdie

Name: Reshi “Birdie”

Gender: ♀

Age: 12

Year in school: 7th - Middle School

Mastery: Guardian

Dorm: Acolyte

Height: 4’11”

Appearance:



Personality:
Birdie is uncommunicative. Aside from how she does not really know how to read or write, and has a lower vocabulary for her age than typical, she has no real urges to convey her thoughts to other people, because she has been forbidden from speaking her mind for the most part. Due to this, Birdie has gotten used to just observing detachedly and not voicing any of her opinion. In fact, sometimes it is easier to just not form an opinion. This mindset is something Birdie can fall in, times when she is not paying attention to reality, and information from the outside world is not absorbed. However, she can be very insightful sometimes and notice a lot about one person, object, or setting, because she is used to focusing for long periods of time on single things, like a TV. When a lot is happening, Birdie can feel overwhelmed. She is wary of non-humans, because she has only known Yuuto, a human, and he often talked strongly of them in context of his work: they were tricky and deceptive, particularly demons and vampires. He made quite sure she knew vampires had killed his family aswell.

History:
N/A for now - eldritchacademy.com/thread/1252/family-secrets-birdie




Name of Species: Phoenix

Baseline Dimension:
Human Form: Any height or weight is possible. It is possible to be aged anywhere between thousands of years before the Ancient War, to freshly born. It's also possible to lose some, most, or all memories in the rebirth process. It is possible for personality to also change in the rebirth process.

Phoenix Form: They are pretty big birds. Anywhere from eagle to larger than human size in the body, not counting wingspan.

Baseline Appearance:
Human Form: Due to the widespread of this species, nearly any physical trait is possible. The only thing that sets them apart physically are their eyes, which are unusually vivid colors, and crazy feathers that stick out of their hair at molting season, which is usually once every month.

Phoenix Form: Their eye color is constant regardless of form. While it is most common for phoenixes to have warm hued color schemes such as yellows, oranges, and reds, other colors are possible as well. Color can also change due to rebirth trial results. [See More Phoenix Lore below]

Culture/Origin of Species:
Culture/Origin of Species: While the species has its roots in mediterranean climates and ancient mythology, the Phoenixes as a whole spread throughout the world and assimilated into nearly every society once able to shapeshift into human form. Most cultures have a form of the original pre-war mythos, and thus this species is shaped where the individual grew up. No matter what, though, they are nearly fearless in dangerous situations, making them a fiery, altruistic, and impulsive people. This derives from their disregard for death, since they can be reborn in flames and rise from the ashes once again.

One constant strictly to Phoenix culture is their mecca, hidden away in a secret land simply called Aubade. It's the place where the very first phoenix, Vissarion, still resides with a group of the earliest ancestors. They form the Bask Council and hand down the sun religion and rules for all other phoenixes. While mostly silent, they primarily provide political guidance and orders when needed, as well as the guidelines and rules for rebirth.

The soul of a phoenix after death travels to a spiritual world that is different for each individual, but the challenges and choices made their shape the new phoenix they will become. It tests the strength of character and will, and can have impact on anything from personality to retaining memories of the previous life. Vissarion is said to have one eye in the spiritual realm, making sure phoenixes remain a lawfully aligned species.

Rebirth is not to be taken lightly, since being immortal comes with responsibilities to everyone. Those reborn that chose selfishly or fail some aspects during their spirit trial can become chaotically aligned. Suicide is the heaviest taboo, since it is usually used selfishly to get back to the spiritual world and make changes, good or bad. Vissarion will see such things and dispatch enforcers to either force another rebirth as a reset of sorts, or to ensure the offender dies permanently should they be set on becoming a blight on the Phoenix race. While it is stated that the removal of a soul is permadeath akin to any other races death, there is a rumor that the souls are possibly contained somewhere in Aubade, in a vessel trapped in an inescapable afterlife.

Traits:
• Fire Eagle Eyes: Birds have some pretty impressive sight when it comes to range and distance. Don't expect to get much past them.
• Partial Shape Shifting: Due to being immortal and having a high vitality phoenixes have control over their natural shapeshifting allowing them to partially shift.
• Humans have a natural affinity for magic based on the basic elements, nature, electricity, fire, earth, water, air and metal. This gives them strength when using the elements and resistance against them. From these elements humans naturally have 3 resilience aspect points.

Flaws:
• Molting: Molting happens about once a month, and renders a phoenix exhausted and lazy. It's almost like an illness such as a cold, where they will appear less than healthy and cough ash. This lasts anywhere from 1 to 4 days, but robs them of their flames until the fire is rekindled and burns the molting away.
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