Juanita

Basic Description

Juanita appears to be an average woman in her early 30s with the following exceptions: the first thing one might notice is that her hair is thin, fine, and completely bleached, followed by the plethora of scars covering and her body, and lastly the fact that her eyes are glowing permanently with an eldritch blue glow, a side effect of an arcane sight spell. (telescopic vision and the ability to see partly into Astral Earth)

Powers and Skills

Juanita is a skilled fighter, smith, enchanter, and alchemist and quite a powerful thaumaturge -transformation magic, either of self, of others, or of objects, assuming animal forms, turning copper into gold, etc- and warrior-sorcerer, specializing in frost and defensive magics.

Most of her skills come from centuries of training, obviously, but others come from more... unorthodox means. As some of you might know, there are only two certain ways of killing an imaginal being, one is a very complex and dangerous ritual... and the other is devouring them; devouring an imaginal will grant whomever ate it a portion of their power -and I imagine their weaknesses as well-, but this power is only temporary, unless you are a mystic, which Juanita is. The latter is certainly a lot easier, especially for a thaumaturge.

Over the centuries she has encountered and eaten her share of imaginal beings, mostly demons, exactly one angel and several fae. Whilst granting her exotic powers and characteristics, such as a collapsible ribcage, this has also lead her to becoming allergic to cold iron (iron forced into shape instead of melted and forged), causing it to burn her skin rather easily, and share an extreme aversion to holy objects just as a demon would.

Unlike most modern mystics, Juanita still uses chants, motions, and foci for most of her spells, still following the traditions and rituals she was taught in her early days.

Personality

For one, Juanita is rather hard to shock, she has seen and done many things that would horrify or disgust most people over the centuries and has grown jaded because of it. She is not emotionless, but when you've seen your share of battlefield filled with blood and excrement covered corpses, you tend to stop flinching when you see someone mutilated in a ditch.

She is adamant and rigid in her views and ways, slow to change and adapt to the world around her advancing as fast as it does.

Due to her long life, she has seen many spunky artists, courageous heroes, struggling students, ambitious entrepreneurs, charming coquettes, bashful bookworms, and just about every other type of person you can imagine passing by; because of this, she has become quite difficult to impress, seeming even cynical at times. She has also learned long ago what she likes or doesn't in a person, leading to her being able to easily form an opinion on someone.

However, she is not unpleasant -unless you annoy or grate her-, in fact, she is quite friendly and a conversationalist; though the subjects of her conversations can become philosophical in nature at times, which tends to push away some people.

Tactics

Juanita is rather versatile, whilst she can't change her spell loadout on a whim, she could easily fill any roll in combat if she has time to prepare beforehand (8 hours before the battle) from front line fighter or field healer to magical artillery or infiltrator; she is also a decent tactician and leader, though she really shouldn't be your first choice of squad leader. When not prepared for a specific scenario, she uses a mix loadout of defensive and offensive spells.