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NAME: Maria "Mercy" Mendoza

AGE: 28 years old

GENDER: Cisgender female

SEXUALITY: Pansexual/panromantic

INNATE POWER:

- Photogenic memory; she is able to remember anything she has seen so much as once, however the longer ago she saw it, the longer she has to sift through her memories.

- Water manipulation/generation; Mercy is able to contort water to her will. This is a much practiced power, and so she is very good at it.

- Shield; she is able to create an invisible wall in front of whoever for whatever purpose. The more people she intends to shield, the thinner the shield is spread, and so the easier it breaks.

PERSONALITY: Mercy is an incredibly friendly and approachable woman, with time for anyone with problems. She's selfless and extremely caring, never once putting herself before others (unless those 'others' happen to be people she dislikes/hates) in fear of something happening to them. She's quick-witted and very sarcastic - to the point you can't even tell if she's being sarcastic or not. Despite her sassy comments and funny behaviour, Mercy has a desire to protect. She's overly protective of those she cares about and very short-tempered. Only with a strong willpower is she able to control herself, and even then it's a struggle.

HISTORY: Mercy was born as Maria in Madrid, Spain. They moved to the area when she was three. As a child, Mercy thought she was going crazy. Her parents were very Christian, and believed Mercy had been tainted by the devil for the small signs of magic she showed. Eventually, her father convinced her mother she was better off in the streets, and the nine year old girl was thrown out. A year later, she was found by the Gregory Linwell House. She was raised there, learning of her magic and how to use it for good. Now, as a fully-grown woman, she has stayed on in the house to become a teacher. Truthfully, Mercy didn't know what she'd do if she left the house, so instead she decided to help children who were once like her.

CLASS: Mage

LOVE INTEREST: Open

FAMILY:

- Rodrigo Mendoza; father

- Cristina Mendoza-Ramirez; mother

- Valentina Ramirez; sister

PLOT IDEAS: N/A at the moment

FACE CLAIM: Cara Delevingne

OTHER: She channels her magic through a gold chain she wears with a sapphire attached to it. Mercy stands at 5'8".

NAME: Callum Ryan O'Connor

AGE: 19 years old

GENDER: Cisgender male

SEXUALITY: Bisexual/biromantic

INNATE POWER:

- Invisibility; he has the power to turn entirely transparent. Only if you look very carefully will you be able to see the outline of where he moves.

- Intuitive aptitude; Callum can understand how anything works within the span of two minutes, just by thinking about it.

- Prophecy; he can predict multiple different futures. However, this is a prediction and none of the futures he predicts may come to pass. This is a very rough power and doesn't always work.

PERSONALITY: Callum is a rude, sharp-tongued young man. He doesn't like talking, and can often come across as cold and distant to those who try. He's sarcastic, careless and generally quite ruthless. He's brutally honest, never telling a lie and rarely keeping secrets unless it benefits him. Most of the time, he knows everything that's going on, and how people may be related to each other, etc (thanks intuitive aptitude). He's unforgiving, and doesn't trust easily. However, Callum is undoubtedly loyal and extremely selfless. To everyone, he'll come across as if he just doesn't care - but when it comes to a life or death situation, he'll do his best to ensure everyone gets out okay. He can be sweet and gentle, but only with very few people. Despite his intelligence and aptitude in knowledge-based situations, he's a bit dim when it comes to friendships/relationships.

HISTORY: Callum has always been top of his class throughout school. He never got below an A on any of his tests, and was favoured by the teachers despite his horrid attitude. He lived alone with his alcoholic father and twin brother, his mother having died when he and his brother Luke were born. The two were born and raised in England, and moved to the area at the age of fourteen. Finally, one day, Callum's hand accidentally went invisible. His father went crazy in anger, saying the boy had pushed his boundaries with his 'little pranks', even if Luke was the prankster of the two. Callum was then kicked out, and to this day Callum's father believes it was Luke he kicked out. After being taken into the Linwell house at the age of sixteen, he received news his father had died in a car accident and Luke had finally been released from pretending to be his smart, asshole of a brother. Callum has been looking for Luke since he was adopted by another family, though hasn't been able to find him as of yet.

CLASS: Wizard

LOVE INTEREST: Open

FAMILY:

- Robert O'Connor; father

- Harriet O'Connor; mother

- Luke O'Connor; twin brother

PLOT IDEAS: N/A

FACE CLAIM: Dylan O'Brien

OTHER: Callum stands at 6'2".

NAME: Megan Louise Travers

AGE: 12 years old

GENDER: Cisgender female

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual/heteroromantic

INNATE POWER:

- Healing; Meg is able to heal most minor cuts/bruises/breaks/illnesses, though due to her youth she won't be able to do much in a dire situation.

- Intelligence; she is a very quick learner, and tends to never forget something she's been taught. She's very apt in first aid/medicines.

- Resourcefulness; with pretty much anything, Megan can probably come up with something useful.

PERSONALITY: Megan is a bubbly, sweet young girl. She's friendly, loves to make jokes and laugh, and there's rarely a time you'll catch her not smiling. She's a massive people person, and has been known to crack extremely funny jokes. She's loud and excitable, however, very easily manipulated and naive. Megan is sensitive, and sometimes struggles with doing little things, mostly due to fear of being judged.

HISTORY: Megan's parents had a very rocky past. She had two little brothers, and swore to protect them from her mother's drunken swearing and abuse. Mostly, the arguments were between her mother and her father - one day, her mother left and never came back. Her father was pretty messed up, but he didn't want to go to the hospital. There, Megan discovered her slight ability to heal. Ever since (she was nine at the time) she's been training in first aid, until recently. One of her brothers fell sick with cancer, and is stuck in the hospital. Devastated she couldn't help, Megan ran away from home, and will now be led to Linwell house with the rest of the new arrivals.

CLASS: Witch

LOVE INTEREST: Open

FAMILY:

- Roger Travers; father

- Melissa Travers; mother

- Thomas Travers; brother

- Oliver Travers; brother

PLOT IDEAS: N/A

FACE CLAIM: Ava Acres

OTHER: Megan stands at 4'9".

NAME: Reece Lewis Howell

AGE: 39 years old

GENDER: Cisgender male

SEXUALITY: Homosexual/homoromantic

INNATE POWER:

- Telekinesis; he has the ability to move objects with his mind. The larger the object, the longer it'll take, but this is a well-practiced power.

- Telepathy; if given spoken permission, Reece can read others' minds. He can also project his thoughts to others, but it depends if they're paying attention on whether or not they hear him.

- Gaseous form; Reece can turn into a large ball of smoke. This he uses infrequently, as it scares him and isn't very useful unless he's attempting to hide.

PERSONALITY: Reece is very serious about his job, and also generally quite good at it. This isn't to say he's informal - he's quite calm and laid-back, actually, never making an attempt to cause conflict. He's a peacekeeper, ensuring all students are happy before continuing teaching his lesson. He's funny, and if he taught in a regular school, he'd be a 'cool' teacher. He's lenient, understanding and a good listener. However, Reece puts his trust in a lot of people and will open his heart to the same amount. If you break his trust, it's gone forever, and he tends to struggle to forgive people. He's stubborn, and generally quite rude if he's annoyed.

HISTORY: Reece never had a real family. For the first eighteen years of his life, he hopped between foster home to foster home. He wasn't an only child, but he and his sister were separated after she attempted to rob a department store to get them enough money to live on the streets by themselves, and was sent to a detention centre. After that, he did all he could never to be adopted, for fear his adoptive family might stop him from visiting his sister. After he turned eighteen, he continued to live alone before discovering his powers. He never attended the house, growing up and struggling with his powers by himself until he'd pretty much mastered them. Only at the age of twenty-seven did he come across the house, and he didn't start teaching there until he was twenty-nine.

CLASS: Warlock

LOVE INTEREST: Open

FAMILY:

- Alice Howell; sister

PLOT IDEAS: N/A

FACE CLAIM: Matthew Daddario

OTHER: He stands at 6ft.