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Jesse Elizabeth Vance

Nulls Mage

Emma Watson

Nicknames:

Jess

Age Apparent:

Twenties

Preferred Pronouns:

She | Her

Date of Birth:

1996-Feb-14

Current Age:

26 years old

Assumed Pronouns:

She | Her

Occupation:

Artificer, Creator of fine magical goods, Experimenter

Occupation Indepth:

JUST A NORMAL MUNDANE HUMAN WHO HAPPENS TO BE GOOD AT MAKING MAGICAL ITEMS. YESSIREE. NOTHING TO SEE HERE UNLESS YOU'RE BUYING.

Appearance

Eye Colour:

Brown

Height:

5'10

Hair Colour:

Dark Auburn, Short

Build:

Lean, tomboyish.

General Dressing Style:

Jesse prefers comfortable clothes that are easy to move in, but rarely dresses or skirts. No matter how casually dressed she is though, she prefers to keep her clothing clean, even if she doesn't care about staining her hands. She always keeps a spare long sleeve button up shirt in her workshop to shield her nicer clothes.
When she does have to dress up she prefers suits. Everyone looks good in a suit.

General Description:

Tall and lean, Jesse has a generally androgynous appearance accentuated by her short hair cut and her rather modest and easy enough to hide breasts. She has an athletic build from a combination of dedication to her craft and her inability to stay still for long. Her hands are rough though she tries to use a variety of lotions and creams to keep them from being too callused. When she does put time and effort into her appearance she can be rather feminine, but her chronic resting bitch face during those occasions tends to keep people away.

Emma Watson

Personality

Likes:

Privacy
Working
Feeling in control of her own destiny

Strengths:

Independent
Confident
Quick Thinking

Dislikes:

Stillness
Interruptions
Being told she can't do something

Flaws:

Workaholic
Perfectionist
Tunnel Vision

Habits, Mannerisms & Quirks:

Jesse cannot keep her hands still. When she's bored or thinking, she has a habit of spinning small tools across her fingers. When she doesn't have tools in hand she drums her fingers or picks up small objects without thinking to fiddle with them instead.

General Personality:

Jesse has always been a tomboy with a self assured stubborn streak. She's determined and tenacious, clever enough to try and find unorthodox ways to achieve her goals, bold enough to give those plans a try, and sneaky enough to pull it off. She can get too caught up in her goals though, and is prone to tunnel vision, hyperfocusing on what she wants to the point that she forgets to take a break and relax and live a little. A workaholic as a result, she's abandoned thoughts of romance not because she isn't interested, but because she's more interested in her work for the moment. She's friendly enough when she does manage to get her eyes off of work.

She enjoys feeling in control of her life, and while surprises and changes to her plans can irritate her, she is generally resilient and given more towards optimism than pessimism.

Emma Watson

History

Family:

Father - Edward Vance [deceased] Null Mage
Mother - Lily Vance [deceased] Psychic Mage

Relationships:

No one especially notable. She's dated in the past, but never really found a deep enough connection to bother remembering them.

Secrets:

Null mage. She has exploded before, and will probably explode again. Fled the last place she lived in because of said explosion. Not currently known as a null mage, though the guardians in the last city she lived in had suspicions.
She cannot properly process the magic she absorbs and has to expel it. She's been able to jar this magic for use in her profession as an artificer, or to sell to certain other mages at significant cost.

Known:

A rather talented human who manages to get her hands on unique materials to make magical items.

Skills:

Rather good at mashing together different magics into items. [see secrets]

Important History:

Jesse's father died when she was young, and she barely remembers him. Her mother raised her by herself, though she was frequently away with work and leaving her in the care of a nanny most of the time. She grew up to be rather independent from a young age, and when she began to manifest her own magical talents her mother helped her practice and hone her talent without any outside assistance. She insisted that her daughter keep her abilities a secret.
To keep herself occupied while her mother was away, she dabbled in antique clock and watch repair, checking out a few books, and learning to fix them. From there she started to experiment and learn how to do very basic infusions from bottled magic. She eventually convinced her mother to help her find a teacher so that she could become an artificer.
Jesse was already living on her own when her mother left for work and never came back. She found out that her mother had died in some sort of accident, but was told nothing else. Mourning her mother's death, Jesse took a step back from her work. Shortly afterwards a man claiming to be a guardian came to visit her, claiming that they had suspicions she was a null mage like her father and seeking to prove the point. Unfortunately, without her work, Jesse had been building up with excess magic.
The man never reported back to the guardians, and Jesse quickly packed her belongings and left, moving around from city to city before settling in Greenbrooke and setting up shop. She's managed to establish a successful business while somehow maintaining her privacy.