New cotrk ocs that i am putting wayyy too much effort into since I doubt I’ll actually write the fic that they are for.
Character descriptions under the cut because it got long
Amil Kashani- Clairvoyant. Amil’s clairvoyance is very strong and accurate, but not very controllable. It takes a huge toll on his body, causing seizures, severe migraines, and fatigue. Because of how hard it is on his health, he doesn’t often intentionally try to use his endowment and also was on-and-off homeschooled. He knew Heather from primary school, but is 2 years older than her. No one in his immediate family is endowed, but clairvoyance and telekinesis are more common in some more distant cousins. His parents and some other relatives immigrated to the UK from Iran. He’s ace but doesn’t actually know he is, he thinks he’s just a straight guy who is bad at relationships due to being disabled. He tends to be anxious and nerdy, but Heather and Becca see him as very reliable. He is studying computer science despite looking at screens being a terrible idea with his endowment-induced disabilities. He really enjoys Asa being around because it’s bringing a lot of novelty to his life. Doesn’t like Manfred at all, but is too scared of him and too confused about Manfred and Asa’s relationship to say anything.
Rebecca Mei Forrester- Materialization and animation, specifically things depicted in art. She has the most success in terms of quality and longevity if she is animating something from art she makes herself, and her own art can be much simpler while still having good results. If she is attempting to use something created by someone else, it needs to he highly detailed and realistic, and generally from the original work (not a print). Photographs are the least effective base, she tends not to use them if she has any alternative. Becca met Heather and Bryony at Ludgarth Hall (which her father attended) and is a year older than Heather. Her father is Scottish and unendowed but from a family with many varying endowments. Her mother is endowed and second generation British Chinese, from a family which specializes in healing and telepathy. Her mother is an exceptionally talented healer and went to medical school, but doesn’t (officially) practice due to the stress of hospital environments- she is well known among the endowed though and they tend to see her as their exclusive doctor (also she went to Bloors at the same time as Paton and Harold). Becca is a talented artist in multiple mediums and studying architecture at university. She and Heather recently started dating, but have been best friends for many years. Becca is confident but also tends to be a bit rash and jumps into things very quickly. She has undiagnosed ADHD and it’s making university real rough. She tends to be resistant towards making new real friends and takes a very long time to trust people. She doesn’t super enjoy the way Asa has become the “leader” of their friend group so quickly, but also feels shame about thinking badly of him at times because she knows he doesn’t mean harm. She super does not vibe with Manfred and is the most vocally confrontational about it.
Heather Lanthorn- “Unenedowed”. Heather actually is endowed, but her endowment is so subtle, especially compared to the Lanthorns’ typical endowments, that basically no one notices anything strange is happening. Most people just think her body temp runs a bit warm and she is especially pleasant to be around, they don’t realize she is basically a human hearth. The Lanthorns are a Scottish branch of the Sparks family who specialized in making lanterns and other light sources, though Heather’s parents lived in England until moving back to Scotland so Heather and Bryony could go to Ludgarth Hall. Heather attended normal public school until it became apparent that her younger sister was endowed, and then she was sent to Ludgarth as well, though everyone still believed her to be unendowed. She knew Amil in primary school and Becca at Ludgarth. She is studying literature, but not overly committed to any particular career path. She has undiagnosed autism and is quite resistant to it as an explanation for her experiences due to comparing herself with Bryony. She is exceedingly empathetic and tends to become overly protective of those around her. This plus generally struggling to understand social relationships is very stressful, so she tends to just inherit Becca’s relationships so that she doesn’t have to make the decision herself about who is or isn’t a friend. Has actually known Manfred for A While because of where he works, but she didn’t know he was connected with Asa. She really likes Asa and thinks he is very cool and interesting (she doesn’t understand that the comfort she gets from him is because he makes decisions so she doesn’t have to). She is the most willing to accept Manfred into the group because Asa wants him there, but doesn’t know whether she likes him or dislikes him as a person (she is caught between Becca and Asa’s views).
Bryony Lanthorn- Lanthorn-specialty version of sparkling, where they are able to induce sustained light/radiation out of various materials. Bryony and Heather’s father also has this endowment, but is not as talented as Bryony (he attended Ludgarth Hall with Rebecca’s dad and the two are friends). Bryony is a bit of a prodigy and is very interested in pushing the bounds of her family’s trade and does a lot of experiments. She is four years younger than Heather and unlike her sister she was diagnosed with autism as a child, though due to stigma almost no one outside their immediate family knew. Bryony has little interest in people other than her family, exacerbated by the fact that her main special interest is their family’s endowment. She adores her older sister most of all and stays very close to Heather whenever possible, constantly trying to get Heather to look at her experiments. Asa is the first person outside their family that Bryony has ever attached to because he rescued her while in beast form [what from is tbd]. She introduced him to Heather, which is how he joined Heather’s friends. Bryony is very excited about the light aspect to Asa’s endowment and so designs him jewelry that produces enough light/the right kind so that he can control his shifting better. She has a sort of hero-worship crush on Asa and dislikes that she doesn’t get to see him while she is in school. She hasn’t actually met Manfred but hates him based on everything she has heard (and also because she’s a bit jealous of his apparent closeness with Asa).
