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Character desired: Estella “Stella” Montero (oc)
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Witchcraft. Stella comes from a long line of witches, with stories in her family of their ancestors surviving both the Spanish Inquisition and the Salem Burnings. For the past few generations her family has been grounded in Earth Magic, but Estella has broken that trend and has swayed to the rarest of the five elements, developing an aptitude for Aether Magic. It started with the death of her twin, Cara, and has since developed into a deep connection with the spirit world. She frequently sees ghosts, both those who choose to make themselves visible and those who don’t, and has long since stopped being afraid of them. What she is scared of is poltergeists and inhuman spirits, which she is unfortunately prone to attracting. She has some small influence over these beings, and it is at Bermuda High that she hopes to strengthen this influence. There are also stories that a Witch with Spirit Magic can bring a person back from the brink of death, at great risk to themself, but Stella hopes to never be in a position to try that.
Being a witch of the Aether Element has caused some strife within Stella’s family. Her mothers had raised Stella and her twin Cara thinking they’d be attuned to the Earth Element just like both of them. Neither twin seemed particularly gifted at Earth Magic, but this wasn’t seen as an issue. It all changed at age ten with a car accident. Stella didn’t believe the doctors at first, when they told her Cara had passed away in the ambulance. She could see Cara right there, beside her hospital bed, completely unscathed.
The knowledge that her twin sister was dead didn’t hit Stella quite like it did the rest of the family. She could still see Cara every day and talk to her, though it freaked her mothers out when they caught her apparently talking to the air. Then came the unexplained movement of objects around Stella, like books falling on the floor and chairs toppling over, resulting in a wary tension whenever she was around. Her extended family didn’t much like her visiting. Only Stella was unfazed by it, able to see the spirits that caused that movement.
Then, right as she reached her menarche at age thirteen, Stella attracted her first poltergeist. It was a dangerous thing that liked to throw knives and topple over heavy furniture on top of people. It would follow her around, scaring away Cara’s spirit and whispering dark things in Stella’s ears. Sometimes Stella could make it go away, but it would always come back, giving her bruises and ensuring she got hardly any sleep. The worst part was that Stella was sure her mothers blamed her for the horrifying commotion. The couple never said as much, but once the poltergeist planted the idea in Stella’s head, it was a thought that was hard to get rid of.
Stella likely wouldn’t have chosen to go to Bermuda High had she been a witch of the element Earth like she was supposed to be. Her mothers and their families did just fine teaching their own. Stella’s Aether Magic, though, is out of their depth. So despite the long commute, Stella has chosen to attend Bermuda High in hopes of learning to deal with her rare talents.
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