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[magike]

⏵ player information
name and pronouns: Kerry / she/her
age: 33
contact: pm

⏵ character information
name: Rowena MacLeod
canon: Supernatural
age: 300+
canon point: The Rupture (season 15, episode 3)
history: link
abilities:

★ WITCH. As a witch, Rowena's immortal, immune to ageing and disease but able to be killed by other methods. Rowena has been described by others as a very powerful and dangerous witch, given the liberties she takes in using her magic and her history of using it to hurt other people for her own gains. After practising her craft for centuries, she's incredibly knowledgeable about many forms of magic, skilled in spellwork (and creating spells), using hex bags and Enochian sigils or Druidic runes. Rowena is capable of using her magic to heal herself and others, transform people and objects into other things, astral project, move people and objects telekinetically, conjure illusions, curse others (and remove curses) and has an awareness of other magical (or supernatural) beings, being able to sense them. While Rowena knows many spells, she still relies on grimoires to cast spells that she has never used before along with ingredients.

After unlocking the seal on her magic, her eyes glow purple when she uses magic and her spells take a purple hue to them. She is additionally now able to teleport, see Reapers and in general her spells have become more powerful.

Whilst Rowena is incredibly powerful there are many limitations to her. She can be wounded and killed by injury (and will remain dead if her self-resurrection spell is inactive), can be overpowered by stronger beings, is weakened by iron (limiting her power), can be exhausted by overuse of her magic, and if she cannot verbally speak she cannot cast most of her spells. Rowena is also not a fighter outside of her magic nor physically strong and is easily overpowered.

★ NOTE. I have a hefty permissions post regarding Rowena's magic and won't use it against people without discussion -- Rowena might like to manipulate and control people but she doesn't do it to everyone she meets and I won't cross ooc boundaries. She has also been on a redemption path where she is less inclined to control/manipulate others. I am also very happy to play by the limits of whatever needs to be set power/distance-wise. She'll be very mad about her magic being limited (again) but it'll give her some motivations to try and unleash herself again (even though she can't).

Rowena usually keeps a self-resurrection seal active on her person in case she dies. She's currently removed this but may potentially try and put one back. I'm happy to play by game death rules (especially consequences) even with this and make her come back slowly/normally by game standards otherwise (if she dies). Rowena will also not be able to open portals to other universes, reality warp or summon/banish people into and out of the city. As her spells tend to require ingredients she will have to spend time gathering these.

★ LINGUIST. Rowena uses Latin for many of her spells, though is also capable of reading and casting spells in other (and ancient) languages, being able to translate the components of them.

personality:

★ BOLD. A lot of her boldness stems from how she speaks, seeming to lack a filter and saying what's on her mind, though it's usually a calculated attempt to throw someone off their footing by revealing their weaknesses or making another snide comment. She's bold in her plans, trying to gain power by sucking up to other powerful beings, trying to present herself as an asset and doing so brazenly. She's bold because despite how afraid Rowena may feel she doesn't let fear stop her. Rowena's a survivor which makes her constantly fight for her life even when a situation could make you want to run and hide. Rowena makes boldness her defining trait, choosing not to shy away from something even if the consequences are something to fear, choosing to always remain true to herself and choosing to fight to survive.

★ AMBITIOUS. Rowena is incredibly ambitious, wanting to gain as much power for herself and seemingly not caring about who she hurts along the way. Rowena's true motivations for her ambitions stem from her desire to survive and protect herself: the majority of witches that Rowena has met in her life have shunned her or been unkind, she was run out of Scotland for being a witch and has spent most of her life looking over her shoulder. So Rowena now will do whatever it takes to protect herself, adding to her dangerous collection of magic with as much power as she can gather to ensure she never feels weak again. Rowena's ambitions and striving for power have led her to make terrible choices in her life, allying herself with people who would betray her (if she didn't betray them first) in the hope of gaining power.

★ SELFISH. Rowena's act is all about herself and what she can do for herself, seeming to not care about anyone else. After abandoning her son (after being chased out of town) she never returned for him, claiming that she couldn't be faulted for being a career woman. Truthfully, Rowena knows she was a terrible mother and should have done better, but it also took her a long time to admit her faults. Hating her son was much easier for her than loving him because love made her feel weak -- his father left her half-dead after giving birth which was a pivotal moment for Rowena, teaching her to only think about herself because no one else would, something that other witches along her years only reinforced when they shunned her. Rowena will always look out for herself first because she doesn't believe anyone else will and she will save herself rather than try to help others, only offering her help if she believes that she can get something out of it in return (her freedom, power, or something powerful).

★ IMPULSIVE. Whilst Rowena is powerful and wishes to be prepared for anything, she gets too drawn in by her wants. Rowena's desire for power means she quickly allies herself with powerful people, even when they are known to be terrible people (such as Lucifer). Rowena overlooks this, too blinded by the idea that she could become more powerful if she proves herself useful, and ends up quite short-sighted, ignoring any red flags in the hope that she gets what she wants. It leads her to very often double-cross the people she's working with, bouncing from one person to the next when her first idea fails. She doesn't have a plan outside of becoming powerful so it leads her to quickly take opportunities when they pop up instead of thinking about how it might help (or hurt) her.

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