Marta and Seth
Two broken spirits, crossing paths in their attempts to mend.
Marta
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Marta is the main protagonist of the personal project Spellbroom, a young witch who ventures into dangerous supernatural areas in search of her mother. In Summer Leagues, Marta is competing for a wish she keeps locked up in her own heart.
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BackstoryBefore Summer Leagues:
Having woke up one day to find a note left by her mother telling her she'd be gone for a while, Marta had began to worry until she had decided to find her own. Each time she'd think she gotten closer, there was only a hint that her mother was at each place she explored.
During Summer Leagues:Marta had arrived at a snowy cliff, ready to take a plunge, when a messenger fox had interrupted her with a strange letter. After she had took notice of it, the fox took off through a nearby magic door, which had happened to belong to her old acquaintance Dee. Dee had explained the fox's purpose, a messenger for a multi-dimensional tournament, and that she was a former champion. Offering her invitation to Marta, Dee encouraged her with the promise of a wish for anything if she had won, while Marta eyed the invitation nervously.
Personality
Marta is a quiet girl at heart, never feeling the need to say much that her actions can't get across. She tends to keep her own worries and problems to herself, letting few outside her know them, sometimes losing herself in whatever she is currently doing in an attempt to distract herself from them. Despite this, she has a kind heart and can be counted on to do the right thing even at a cost to her own goals. She can be rather naive when it comes to human culture, despite finding it fascinating, often finding things normal people do or say confusing.
As a teenager specifically, Marta has become more crestfallen and somber for reasons she only keeps to herself, not even telling her concerns to her trusted close few anymore. She has grown tired from her adventuring as a child, the end result having traumatized her and leaving her feeling empty. Her gentle soul can still shine through her clouded mind, with the right amount of prodding. |
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Abilities
Ability 1
As a witch, Marta can channel magic through almost any object she can get a grasp on. Due to her rustiness in fighting, she is only limited to her elemental magic, primarily fire, water, air, and earth. However, her creative thinking with this allows her to use anything on hand as a weapon with these four elements. For example, wadded paper balls to channel fire through, making impromptu fireballs, or a vacuum enchanted with air to pull opponents closer with strong gusts. If push comes to shove, she can always just fight with a melee weapon using her enchantments through it. Boring, but practical.
Ability 2
After receiving an enchantment when she was younger, Marta gained the ability to jump again in the air naturally, or "Air Step". This ability also lets her jump/kick off a wall mid-air. This can be used in several ways: to maneuver an arena, to evade an attack, or to continue an offense mid-air. Think of it like a mix between a wall jump and a double jump in video games.
Ability 3
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Strengths and Weaknesses
Marta's main strengths lie in her ability to adapt to just about any situation. Years of adventures as a child have had her naturally develop the aptness needed to survive in dangerous situations. Whereas when she was a child, she would usually only use her broom to channel her magic, as a teenager she's shed the idea of sticking to just a broom and has the imagination to use just about anything as a weapon to channel her elemental magic through. Having a few adventures under her belt has given her the experience and skill with her magic to labeled a prodigy, becoming very familiar with her type of magic and how to use it. Another strength of hers is in her determination, as when Marta has put her mind to something it is hard to talk her down or keep her from trying to see it through.
In spite of her pragmatism and determination, Marta also has a few weaknesses, in both fighting and her emotional state. Her magic is entirely reliant on having hold of something to use as a catalyst, depriving her of anything she can grab a hold of leaves her vulnerable to her opponent, as she is not a trained fighter. What fighting she does know she is rusty with, as by the time of Summer Leagues she has not fought in several years. Despite her talents with magic, magic users in her home universe are only limited to certain kinds of magic each, leaving her only with elemental magic. Finally, due to trauma in the past she is not entirely emotionally stable, switching between her usual determination and hesitation to fight quickly.
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Author's Notes
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Audition: Two Paths Paved
SL23 Audition - Marta Prologue.pdf
SL23 Audition - Seth Prologue.pdf
Seth
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-- Seth
Seth is a young man with supernatural powers forced upon him by a cult. In Summer Leagues, Seth arrives at the Crossroads for a chance at freedom from the cult and their deities after him.
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BackstoryBefore Summer Leagues:Seth was very intrigued in the paranormal and the occult, having spent almost every waking moment researching into spirits and cryptids. At some point, Seth was kidnapped by a a cult and experimented on gruesomely for reasons not yet known. Eventually, Seth escaped, forever scarred physically and mentally by the cult, and given new abilities to speak with the dead.
During Summer Leagues:Seth had been drifting through an ordinary town in his travels, before the spirits began to speak to him of incoming danger. As he fled, the realization dawned on him that the cult had been in the town searching for him. In a desperate attempt to flee them, he fled into an alleyway and given a mysterious letter by a divine fox spirit. Accepting the letter, Seth was taken away from his home universe to the fox's destination: the Crossroads.
PersonalityAn understanding soul, Seth can be very empathetic towards someone's problems, especially if they are already dead. He is easily capable of caring for those with problems he can relate to, or even the person's regrets. Much like his partner, he can be quite determined on his goals, bordering desperation when it involves his freedom. However, he is loyal to those he opens up to, and would not betray them even if it meant he would be free. He also has quite an eye for detail, easily capable of noticing things others would miss.
Seth is also a very anxious sort, especially so after his traumatic run in with a cult. While not a scaredy-cat, Seth does scare easily, and is constantly on edge around people who are alive, finding the most comfort in spirits. He's also very abhorrent to confrontation, usually preferring to go with whatever would make others with him less inconvenienced. |
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Abilities
Ability 1
Seth's main ability lies in his affinity at drawing in spirits and seeing traces they leave behind in the world, allowing him to see spiritual presences the normal eye cannot see. He is able to detect spirits tethered to objects or people through a simple touch, and can draw them out by entering a trance-like state.
Ability 2
While still learning how to control it, Seth has a "safeguard" in being able to turn incorporeal in times of life threatening danger. He is trying to control the ability so as to do so at will, but is having difficulty due to such moments being few.
Ability 3
Seth is an adept craftsman, capable of tinkering with and making the occasional object, though this is mostly a hobby but can be applied in times of endangerment or survival. He tends to prefer making jewelry.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Seth's main strengths lie in his ability to understand and give compassion to souls unwilling to pass on, winning them over through an empathetic, genuine approach. This smoothly ties in with his abilities to be a lure for spirits as he can even channel those capable of defending him through sheer loyalty. Seth can also be very determined, as when he has set his mind to a goal it can be tough to dissuade him from it. He can also be surprisingly physically strong, but nothing superhuman.
However, Seth has a few flaws as both a person and a "fighter", which is a good starting point; he is not a fighter at heart, nor is he trained in fighting. He is extremely anxious, worrying himself sick over small things he would consider meaningful. Seth is also not exactly skilled in his gained paranormal abilities, only recently "mastering" the way of communicating with the departed and the spectral. This also draws into his ability to draw them in, as he is left very vulnerable when doing so, unable to defend himself.
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