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• Skyler •
The Eerie Child of the Night
Full Name
Skyler Vermontaine Overprey
Nicknames / Aliases
Valerie Nocturnalis, Oxalis
Gender
Female
Birthdate
13 February 1999
Species Class
Mammal - Carnivora
Species
Canine [Mix]
Birthplace
Redsky, Vell
Residence
Redsky, Vell
Occupation
Necromagic lab assistant at Redsky Necro
Affiliations
• Redsky College of Necromagic
• Ravennet
Main Setting
shy • reserved • ominous • observant • creative • aggressive
Skyler is rarely seen actually talking to people. Most of the times she just lurks around the college silently, often randomly playing with the birds and other critters that visit the gardens. Her mood is rather unpredictable and she may easily turn aggressive when bothered.
• Nighttime
• Creepy things
• Dead things
• Taxidermy
• Violin and cello
• Singing
• Crows and ravens
• Black cats
• Halloween
• The color purple
• Striped clothing
• Books
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• Physical contact
• Loud noises
• Having to talk to someone
• Going to unfamiliar places
• Being laughed at
• Losing
• Being treated like a child
• Strangers
• Most people really
Adept Mage, Beginner Witch
Necromagic
Making poisons and henyces
She loves the concepts of witchcraft but struggles to make any of it work and she doesn't know any witches to help her out.
Both sides of her family are extremely powerful lineages, and she's been taught magic since she was very little
Very High
High
High
Standard Staff
A staff built by herself, with an amethyst focal-crystal suspended from a web of black cords attached to a crescent-shaped structure on its crown. Three crow feathers dangle from cords attached to the side of the crown-piece.
Mooncatcher of Crows
Dressing Style
Long sleeves, almost always something either purple or with black stripes (or both). Lots of black clothing and shirts with witchy prints.
Hobbies
She collects nature trinkets (like dry leaves, dead bugs and bones) and taxidermy, many of which she does herself. She also collects plushies and creppy-cute things in general, and also draws a bit on the side.
Favorite Activities
Wandering through the college grounds, exploring forests and gardens, practicing witchcraft.
Favorite Colors
Purple and black
Favorite Foods / Drinks
Chocolate, candy, fish, mint ice cream. Choccy milk, mint tea.
Favorite Animals
Cats, crows, ravens, magpies
Height
Short
Handedness
Right handed
Romance
She'd rather be dead than in a relationship (...for now)
Internet Usernames
MagpieCat, ValerieNocturnalis
Symbols
Feathers, corvids, black cats, ghosts, haunted places
Music Taste
Other Stuff
• She's great at walking silently, often creeping up to people and spooking them.
• She's known to do some rather random things, such as standing out in the rain or walking the corridors of the college when it's empty, humming eerie songs.
He's her best friend, but also greatest rival. They met when Seir was taken as an apprentice by her father, and they both started to study together. She hated him because he was very quick to learn but very stuck-up about it, which led to many fights between them. But they've learned to tolerate each other, to the point where they often collaborate on magic crafts. They turned out to be excellent lab partners.
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Mylos is a friend from Luthenfold who she met at a wizard convention. They talk mostly through text messages, but he sometimes comes to Redsky for questionable magic-related business and they hang out at the College grounds.
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Skyler likes her dad but ended up developing a somewhat distant relation since he's been primarily her private magic teacher for a long time before he retired to follow his research far away. Tallon really loves her and wanted to be able to see her more but he needs to be away to do his research.
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Margulis was always very distant, and when Skyler was about 8 years old she left to never be seen again, chasing her research on an unknown location. Skyler feels a little bit resentful for having been abandoned but is mostly neutral about her mom. Margulis loved her daughter, but her research was more important.
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Tassel was taken in by Skyler's dad under temporary care, but the young gryphon ended up bonding with Skyler. Tassel's owner and breeder, a friend of her dad's, was surprised to learn of this, since this youngling had been having trouble socializing with anyone, especially lucans. When it was time to give Tassel back along with a couple other gryphons they were caring for, the shy gryphon called for Skyler with a sad, loon-like call. Tallon decided to buy Tassel to keep them together, and they've been best friends ever since.
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Magpie is a little kitten Skyler draws since she was a kid. She'd often express her feelings through drawings of the cat, so she eventually embraced her as a represention of herself. She has a place on the internet where she posts her drawings as "MagpieCat" with no context and without giving away her true identity. Sometimes the kitty is seen interacting with other characters who are usually representations of other people, such as Wolf the raven, who is her version of a certain someone she kinda despises.
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A necklace her mom gave her. One of the few things she has to remember her vanished mom from. The one thing that makes her realize she does care about her mom.
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This fox was the first wild creature Skyler used for magic, found sickly near her house. As to not waste the pelt and skull she didn't use in the craft, she decided to stuff it with her dad's assistance to keep it. Due to her inexperience, she ruined the face and one leg in the process, but she liked it anyway.
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Character originally roughly created on May 2014, with major revamp on May 2016, current design revision Oct 2023.
Published: 12 March 2022
Last modified: 30 April 2024