Mariana

Mariana

Biographical information
Minor Vel City idk 14-15? Vel Anir
Physical description
Human Female Average Less-than average Dark and often painted with bright colors Blue or green Tan
Political information
Street Orphan
Out-of-character information
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"Who the fuck painted the outside of my shop?"

-Merchant of Vel Arus

Appearance

A crop of short-dark hair with a flare of her own artist's style. Often found with bright paint smudges or dark charcoal marks on her fingertips and beneath her fingernails. Eyes that can't make up their mind on what color they want to be, shifting between blue or green depending on the light.

Skills and Abilities

Magic: Whatever she draws or paints, she can pull out of the canvas or surface that it came from and it becomes a real object. She can also place real things within canvases or parchment and only she can then pull them back out to return them to their original state. Unfortunately, the objects she painted and pulls from canvases, parchment, or murals don't seem to last that long.

Street-smarts: Knows where to find the best dumpsters for the best thrown-away food and where to sleep, knows how to navigate street-gangs, and turfwars, knows how to swindle.

Can't write/read

Personality

Charming, reclusive, and creative.

Biography & Lore

Unknown to Mariana, she was fathered by Amadeus Krixus. Her mother, Catalina Lopez, was an apothecary in the small town of Vel Lameus. Unfortunately, her mother died when Mariana was only three, leaving her in the care of the local orphanage. The orphanage was cruel and by the age of six, Mariana took to the streets, instead. Quickly adapting to streetlife, she thrived on her own with mostly the rats for company and friends. From a young age, she was always drawn to things she deemed beautiful. She had an aritst's eye. She pocketed and stole trinkets and baubles that caught her attention even if they had no monetary value, keeping a small hoard where she stashed her few valuable possessions.

One day, she drew a bird and it suddenly leapt from the canvas singing and alive. She was around seven and it was the first time she realized she had any kind of magical gift. It only lasted a few hours before it disappeared in a powder of paint. Mariana knew what Vel Anir did to those who had magic so she kept her talents hidden. She realized she could draw and paint coin and pass it off as the real thing for a few hours, which forced her to move from small town to small town to avoid being caught and brought into the Academy.

She is often found drawing or painting graffiti on the sides of buildings or swindling others or scavenging for food. Her belly is usually never full and she usually has the edge of unsatisfied hunger. Despite all that, she keeps a generally positive outlook on life and takes pride in having avoided the authorities for this long. Recently, she realized who her real father was. Thinking she might be able to take advantage of him, she paid someone else to write him a letter - since she can't read or write, and declared her birthright.

It might be nice not to be on the run all the time. And to have a hot meal.

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