SIGNATURE ABILITY
Rewind
Sometimes, things don't go as planned, or end up not going a way Ravin likes. He can't control it very well, but if something that needs to be undone should happen, he can essentially rewind events for a do-over. Like borrowing time, Ravi can't keep it, but he also can't hold it in place, so once it's reached a sufficiently earlier point, things will start moving forward again.
If matters are truly desperate, sometimes Ravin is able to set events into a small time loop until he can manage to avert the occurrence. Sometimes, it might happen unintentionally, and he's not always aware when that happens, so it will likely persist until he's able to understand the details of the situation, in order to improve how things resolve themselves.
SKILLS
Cooking - Competent Level
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Ravin's quite good at cooking, though not as excellent as he is at potionmaking.
Though he has never had formal training or education in dance, Ravin has picked up a wide variety of moves from just watching other skilled dancers. Most of his dance tends to be street style dance, with a heavy interest in breaking or breakdancing. He could definitely dance professionally, though he prefers to just have fun.
Demonology - Expert Level
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A lifelong student of demonology, Ravi has always been determined to get it right. After years of study and personal experience with actual demons, he could call himself a world-class expert accurately.
Ravin has a solid foundation in the supernatural landscape and the lore of the various groups. More obscure ones might be all but unknown to him, aside from a few little details. He does have a good memory for knowledge, though, which makes it more likely that he might remember some detail that only just became relevant or know where to look for something more.
Occultism - Competent Level
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The craft of the witch, including herbalism, spellcraft, research, occult knowledge, awareness of the supernatural world, and more is at Ravin's command. He's studied extensively and learned broadly, and if he doesn't know something, he could probably do some research and find it out. That requires him to have access to the information, of course, but Ravin excels at occult studies.
Usually for his potionmaking or some magical need, Ravin knows how to care for plants and how to cultivate what he needs from them. He's the kind of person who could raise a garden well, even if he might not be able to deal with especially sensitive species or plants with highly-specialized needs.
Potioncraft - Expert Level
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Making potions is Ravin's thing. It is his groove, his jam, his bailiwick. He's very familiar with all of the most common ingredients and what he can combine them to make, and it's conceivable that if given a desired effect, he could probably create a potion to fulfill it.
Survival - Competent Level
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In urban or rural landscapes, or somewhere in-between, Ravin does fine taking care of himself.
ABILITIES
Power: Divination - Basic Level
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Ravin can sense the distinctiveness of others, such as their own particular magic or their non-human status, though usually this extends only to around the space of a large room at most. Any more than that, and it's much more difficult for him to tell who's what. He is also able to use scrying and remote viewing, though this will require at least basic implements to perform. He can read fortunes using tools, but it's not exactly his wheelhouse.
Power: Elementalism - Basic Level
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Ravin has the ability to manifest and manipulate any of the classical elements: fire, water, earth, and wind. It is a significant, often taxing ability if an element must be created out of nothing, but it requires much less effort if the element already exists in a place where he has access to it. It is also more challenging and demanding in a place that is elementally opposed to the effect needed, such as a greater challenge to create ice in a desert, or fire in an arctic tundra.
Magic: Flight - Enhanced Level
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Normally, Ravin can't fly of his own power. However, he can hover sometimes, mainly through magic and usually assisted by his excellent potioncrafting ability. He is able to enchant a small implement to act as a flying vehicle, his favorites of which are brooms and umbrellas. He can usually manage to slow his fall, if he should need to, though it's a bit like controlling something trying to slip from his grasp at every instant and thus requires his full concentration throughout the process.
Power: Healing - Basic Level
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Vitalum Vitalis is the ability to take a portion of one's own life force and transfer it to another, thereby restoring the health of the target. It can also be used in reverse, though the user may face resistance, especially from another witch or warlock. Performing Vitalum Vitalis can exhaust, cause dizziness and fainting, and in general enervate. Life force naturally replenishes over time, and through rest, the strength of the witch or warlock can be recovered. The greater the extent of the injuries being healed, the more energy it takes and the more it will likely exhaust the healer.
Power: Quick Learner - Basic Level
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An inborn ability to Ravin, he can watch someone do something and, as long as he understands how it works or how to do it, he can usually roughly replicate the process himself. He mostly has used this to learn dance without formal education in the subject, but he's also been known to learn spells and magical feats by observation.
Power: Telekinesis - Basic Level
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Ravin can focus his mind to move things remotely. Currently, it takes him minimum effort to move a small object, like a pen or a cup or a small ball. The larger the item or the larger the number of items, the more effort it will take proportionally, and it's less likely for him to be able to maintain it over a lengthy distance.
Magic: Witchcraft - Enhanced Level
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An attentive student with natural gifts and years of study, Ravin is usually sure of success when using magic. Preparation and rituals or magical reagents can be a bottleneck to any magical endeavour, but Ravin is skilled enough at it to be able to improvise and have a fairly good chance of pulling off most magic of a scale that isn't too massive. He can also sense others like him, who can and do use magic, more easily than other supernatural types.
ADVANTAGES
Both the demons of Le Jardin and the witches of Hotel Oktober and the rest of the city -- as well as elsewhere -- are mostly people Ravin could call upon, at a time of need.
Having become familiar with the demon proprietors of Phantasies, Ravi has been known to mind the shop for stretches while they are otherwise occupied. He is, naturally, paid for his time and given the run of the place as if it were his own home.
Witches are well known for the "Power of Three." That is, they are especially adept at combining their individual strengths in order to cast much more powerful, impactful magics. Some of the most powerful spells a witch can cast require a circle of others to cast, and a circle is usually formed out of triads of witches, each wielding the Power of Three. Power of Three spells can be done by any three witches, but they have to have the same focus on their goal and ideally be on the same page. Witches who are at odds with each other may even have the spell fail or go wrong. For even greater effect, various groups of three can assemble into larger circles of nine or twelve, and a circle of thirteen is particularly potent.
Ravi has some arrangements with businesses around the city. He supplies them with various potions, typically fairly stock purpose ones easily made, and they give him the lion's share of the profit on them. This way, he tends to do well for himself and he's able to maintain his lifestyle and independence fairly easily.
WEAKNESSES
Though the term doesn't exactly mean what most people think it means, Ravin's specific focus on demons and demonic magic can set some against him. Usually through misunderstanding, Ravin may at times be perceived as evil or monstrous, though he's really none of those things.
He also tends to live in a way similar to many of the demons he knows, which means that he is usually very interested in pleasure, and especially creative forms of it. At times, his impulse control is poor, and at times, he may become enthusiastically invested in things that others don't see the appeal in that he does. Even if they might not judge him harshly, it may be difficult for some to understand him.
