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Twenty years old and, in her own words, considerably more capable than that number suggests. Formally trained at one of the continent's elemental academies to a solid, genuinely earned standard, before leaving early — against her instructors' strong advice — convinced the school's pace was holding her back from real power.

Her command of the four primary elements is reliable and strong for her rank; her fundamentals aren't in question. What she's taught herself past that — secondary combinations, at least one working she has no business attempting yet — is a different story, spectacular when it lands and prone to fizzling, arcing wrong, or worse when it doesn't. Her staff, gold-worked and crystal-tipped, seems to crackle even at rest.

Prideful, bratty, quick to bristle, deeply invested in being seen as powerful. Sharp or dismissive on the surface toward people she's actually starting to like — a contradiction most people figure out eventually. Fiercely, stubbornly ambitious about exactly one thing: being one of the greatest mages alive, full stop.

Loves being right, loudly, in front of someone who doubted her. Cannot stand being called reckless, especially when it's accurate, or being reminded of her height.