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PLAYER PROFILE
Player name: Kya
Age: 30
Contact: moirallegiance
Characters currently in-game: n/a
Squicks/Triggers/Fears: n/a

VOLUNTEER PROFILE
Name: Susan
Age: 16
Physical Appearance: link
Point in Timeline: At the end of his written history (a.k.a. after becoming a teenage playboy)
World Description: Susan is from the Moonsea region on Faerun in the Forgotten Realms setting for D&D. Basically generic medieval/fantasy world with elves, dwarves, etc, and groups of adventurers trying to save the world and all that stuff.

History/Background: Susan was born in a small village to an elf woman and a human man. His mother had a liking for "human names" and gave them to her two sons, and her husband didn't have the heart to tell her that the names she chose were usually for girls. Susan's older brother, Lauren, was more bothered by his name than Susan himself, though, as Susan was a very happy-go-lucky child. When he was young, his natural talent for magic began to show; even when he was only a toddler, he could cast spells as second nature, something that was very unusual in a world where magic was really only learned after years of study. Susan's mother tried to hide her son's magic from the world, but it could be difficult sometimes as he was too young to really understand why he couldn't do the things he was trying to do.

One day when he was about four, though, their village was attacked by a group of undead. Susan was too young to really understand the specifics of what was going on, other than that they were being attacked, but he did know that his mother was very worried about this happening. She tried to hide herself and Susan from the attackers, but they were soon found. Suddenly, though, before anything could happen to them, the house collapsed around them, and Susan was only saved by his mother holding him close and protecting him from the falling walls.

When Susan awoke, it was to his older brother (10 years old at the time) waking him and pulling him from the rubble of their home and his mother's limp grasp. Their village was still under attack, he could see the enemies, and his father trying to fight them off. The other houses were still standing, despite their own house, but he didn't think on that. Lauren started making him run away, as their father tried to fight off the enemies to protect them and keep them from following, and the boys ran into the forest. Their father, unfortunately, was also killed.

Luckily, a group of druids came to the rescue of the village, and so the boys and the remaining villagers were saved. With nowhere else to go, the druids helped them to a nearby village, where they lived for about a year. But Susan's magic, which was still growing and becoming harder for him to completely control, started causing a lot of problems where they were, and eventually culminated in him lighting their house on fire. At that point, Lauren decided it was safer to live somewhere else, and with the help of one of the druids, they began to live in the forest. Lauren started studying to become a druid himself, while Susan spent his time playing in the forest and learning to control his magic a bit better, now that he was able to use it whenever he wanted.

Things were relatively stable and happy for the next few years, until Susan was 12. At that point, they began getting involved in the goings on in the city of Phlan, helping people trying to stop the influence of the Cult of Dragons, and going on adventures with others. Susan's magic was still unpredictable at times, and it worried Lauren, and so he tried to enroll Susan in a school for wizards. Susan lasted about two weeks there before getting pulled out after learning next to nothing about how to control his magic - wizards' spellcasting, with their books and studying, didn't make any sense to Susan, who could control magic without a thought. He did, though, learn to summon a familiar, so it wasn't a complete waste in Susan's mind.

There were more adventures after that, and eventually the city was lost to a Green Dragon. The brothers tried to help the city, and helped people escape, but there was only so much that could be done. After that they ended up near the city of Mulmaster, but due to their restrictive no-magic-allowed laws, that wasn't a very long stay. Lauren asked his teacher to find them another area to live in, and the boys settled elsewhere in the Moonsea region, where they managed to stay away from any other real trouble in the area.

As Susan grew older, he started wanting to be around other people, and going to town more often. Of course once there his natural charisma and attractiveness (from his elven heritage) worked in his favor and he, well, made a bit of a name for himself as a player, to the chagrin of his brother. Lauren has only recently found out about this though... Fun times.

Noteworthy Positive Characteristics:
CHARISMATIC: As Susan's brother, Lauren, is basically incapable of talking to other people, all of those sorts of duties fell on him. Luckily Susan has a natural charisma to him and the gift of gab, and he can easily negotiate with others, soothe situations, and, now that he's older, flirt with the best of them. He's a bit of a natural leader (when he wants to be), and can easily give a rousing speech or just use a bit of diplomacy to cool tensions. He knows how to get the best deals from shopkeepers, or how to pick up women (and sometimes men) with the best of them. He's definitely a smooth talker.

SELF-ASSURED: From a young age, Susan has been a talented magic-user. This means that ever since he was little he's been able to handle situations far more advanced than his age would imply, and that he has always been able to solve a situation between his magic and his talking. This has given him a (perhaps overinflated) self-confidence, making him feel like he can take on anything and succeed. Add in a heavy dose of being a teenager and you get a kid who feels he can do no wrong, who will always come out on top of things. And luckily for him, he always does. (Most of the time at least.)

OPTIMISTIC: Susan always sees the best in any situation, or in any person. Some of this is because of how sure he is of his abilities (see above); how could things go wrong when he's so competent? But even if he has no sway on a situation, he still always feels things will work out for the best, and does his best to try and convince others of the same. Even if things seem hard now, with work and time everything will always turn out okay!

HELPFUL: If there's people to be saved, Susan is there. It's why he volunteered for this, even - he won't ever turn down a chance to save people if he can help it, something which came up often in their adventures. Sometimes it means getting involved in things that are dangerous, but that doesn't dissuade him. It's worth the risk if he can help others, after all - if he doesn't, what's the point of his magic?

Noteworthy Negative Characteristics:
DISHONEST: Susan is almost never completely honest with anyone - and that includes his brother. He hides his emotions, even trying to keep them from himself, he never really shares about himself with others, and he can easily be manipulative or fake to get what he wants when it comes down to it. He's never really dealt with his own negative feelings before, instead denying they're even present, which leads to even more lying and dishonesty down the line. Even though he tries to be a good person, he really isn't sure he is at his core, which only leads to him being more dishonest and et cetera. It's a bit of a self-fulfilling cycle.

INSENSITIVE: Even though Susan knows how to talk to people, that doesn't mean he always chooses to. Susan finds it hard to connect with other people, which leads to him not especially caring how others feel sometimes - meaning that he can easily say hurtful or rude things to people, unless he's intentionally trying to be kind. Even to his brother he can be mean, sometimes intentionally out of anger and sometimes just casually in conversation. When it's Lauren he does care, but with others he doesn't care too much when it comes down to it if he upsets them. It's just their fault for being too sensitive, after all.

OVERCONFIDENT: The negative side to Susan's self-assuredness is that he's just too confident sometimes. Although usually he really can handle the situation, he can easily get involved in something that really is over his head without realizing it. When he was younger this mostly meant accidental uses of magic (for example, when he burnt down their house), but now that he's older it's more likely for him to end up going on adventures that are over his head or agreeing to things that he's sure he can handle without really thinking them through (like, you know, this whole volunteering to find a cure to a weird disease thing).

EMOTIONAL: Even though he usually tries to hide his negative emotions, when it comes down to it Susan is very swayed by his emotions. He can get angry easily, especially, whether it's at being called out, at being told what to do, or at feeling like someone else is better than him. Being angry is easier than actually dealing with other negativity after all, as even though he doesn't want to be mad it's better than dealing with the deeper emotions of sadness, fear, jealousy, or guilt.

Character Fears: Susan is afraid of other people learning about his faults - but his biggest fear would be his brother finding out that he's not a good person. It's not that Susan really thinks he's a bad person, but he knows he's not perfect and he blames himself for kind of ruining his brother's life sometimes, and also for their mom's death because of confusing child feelings, and he's afraid Lauren will abandon him if he finds out.

He's also afraid of his powers seriously injuring or killing someone he cares about (specifically his brother, but anyone else he likes as well).

Also more mundanely he has a phobia of snakes.
Powers/Abilities:
-Darkvision (can see in the dark up to 60')
-Immunity to magically induced sleep, and resistance to magical charms
-Good survival and tracking skills, and can easily forage for himself and others and find his way when he's outdoors.
-Susan is pretty good with a dagger or crossbow. He also knows basic first aid type things, although in a world with healing spells he doesn't use those skills much.
-MAGIC: Susan is a sorcerer, which means that he can cast magic naturally. He mostly has an affinity for fire and lightning magic, although he does have some other spells here and there. Here is his spell list. The more powerful the spell, the less often he can cast it- and the higher chance of it going wrong...
-When Susan casts harder spells, though, especially if he is emotional, his magic sometimes has... unintended effects. He's gotten much better at handling this as he's gotten older, but he still sometimes ends up lighting things on fire or having dumb things happen like blowing bubbles or growing a beard or any other number of stupid magical side effects. A list of these is here.
Personal Item: A brass brazier filled with incense and herbs


VOLUNTEER SAMPLES
Network Sample:
link (At a younger age here; I can supply an older one if needed but I don't currently have one!)
Action Log Sample:
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