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Name: Oharu Shi Hitomi (translated into prose: O spring sunlight honest with history and time who sees) Age: 40 Gender/Preference: male, much like his sister he doesn't consider gender an issue when choosing lovers Title: Daemon (though this isn't a title he announces) Student/Scholar/Graduate: Graduate of Salem's Upper School Residence: New Meridian Familiar: his familiar is a Bali starling called Cassiopeia. She's sweet and shy, likes to sit on his right shoulder when she isn't flying or nesting somewhere in his house. Magical abilities: He is extremely gifted with Daemon magic and practices constantly. His elements are wind, fire, and iron (almost as if to compliment his sister's elements). He has a little Fortuna magic and like his sister it is nothing he can control. He's a touch-know who gets minor visions on rare occasions after holding certain objects. I don't know if it's considered a magic ability but he can weave magic carpets (kind of ironic given his sister's abilities). Appearance: He carries the Asiatic looks of his clan. He often wears the color blue, or darker colors of the same ilk. He wears his hair a little long and usually free; he doesn't bother to pull it up or style it. Personality: Quiet and unassuming. He is restrained in mixed company, careful and polite. He is very conscious of his surroundings and how his actions affect people. He is usually embarrassed by Ohana's behavior when they are together, but he would never say so. He is extremely curious and will try almost anything once; this adventurous nature seems almost at odds with how very quiet he is. It provides him a peculiar air of mystery. When he was younger he was more like his sister, loud and to the point. When left to his own devices he became the conscientious adult he is now. When he falls in love he's ridiculously impulsive; he jumps in way over his head. Strengths: He is patient beyond belief. He is dedicated and studious, both skills have paid off in his practice of Daemon magic. Weaknesses: When angered he is beyond reproach; he'll raise holy hell until someone can satisfy his anger. He will not be pacified in such a state. Quirks: He has a gorgeous singing voice, though few have ever heard it. He also plays the violin, quite beautifully. Secrets: Oharu worked briefly as a prostitute out of curiosity for the profession (such a peculiar thing to be curious about). He was once married, but his wife died in childbirth along with the baby. He doesn't remember this because he performed forbidden memory modification magic on everyone who knew he was married, including himself. It didn't work on his sister; as it turns out memory modifications don't work on Weavers. Biography: He was born a fraternal twin to regular mage parents Kaori and Makoto Hitomi, both of whom practice Daemon magic. Unlike his sister Oharu showed an avid interest in his natural talents and did everything in his power to develop them. He devoured all of the spoken knowledge his parents could pass him about the lost clan and their possible ties to it, showing as much interest in the history as the magic itself. Unlike his parents he supported Ohana's decision to actively pursue Weaving. He believes that one should not deny what they are gifted with (though he does not agree with her essential casting off of Daemon magic; he thinks this is something she will come to regret). He is very supportive of his twin and almost dropped out of Salem Academy when she was expelled. She insisted that he stay because he had always loved school more than her. It was the first time that they'd been apart and it affect him more than her. It was around this time that she came up with the idea of a shared journal. She'd carry it for a few weeks and write things to him, or simply about her travels. Then she'd use a spell to transport it to him when she wanted to share. He'd keep it for a few weeks and write things for her. They've kept this up since the age of 17 using the same journal they picked out together in a shop in New Meridian. Without his sister around Oharu, who had been more extroverted in his youth, became much more shy without his sister to pave the obnoxious way. He grew quiet and reserved and developed his own sense of spcial appropriateness, learning the cadence of polite speech and manner. His sister commented on it once in their journal. "You're a stuffed pigeon, my Oharu. When did you become a top hat?" He decided to stay in school and attended the Upper School at Salem Academy. He studied Daemon magic there and devoured every book in the library about it. Of course, none of them were the lost book of his clan, the veritable rosetta stone of his dreams. He learned most of the symbols by heart and has made many of his own, writing them in the margins of his shared journal for Ohana's amusement. Upon his graduation Oharu found a nice house in New Meridian, his former home and favorite place to be. He had a variety of skills that he put to use when necessary to support his preferred way of life. A man of comfort he seeks employment only when he runs out of the usual entertainments. He learned how to weave magic carpets and when he comes into the materials he spends a few months working on one and sells it at the usual, sky high price. These usually take care of most of his expenditures and rarely does he have to seek other employment. He has a short lived relationship with a vampire, a brief flirtation with a star, and is now in a solid and loving relationship with Petera Lossehelin. | ||||||||
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