Coming from a long line of local blue bloods, Chandler is not the first magus in his family to enroll in Queensmouth Academy, although he is the most recent. Having completed his initial several years of coursework, he is considered at the level of a graduate student and has taken on additional duties as a teacher's aide. Aside from assisting professors in the classroom, he offers lessons to students interested in learning more practical forms of combat with weapons.
Personality
Chandler, having been home-schooled most of his life, is not the most socially adapted person. He's not exactly awkward around people, but he's not the type to make friends instantly or easily. His focus is primarily on his studies, followed by his teaching (in the limited capacity that he does it) and, finally, on making friends and devoting time to them. He is a staunch believer in the value of loyalty and, although he doesn't trust easily, is a stalwart friend to those few he can call such.
Background
Chandler Lawson Uriel Eaton was born into a wealthy family in New England, a long line of blue bloods (and magi) who made their money originally on the railroad industry years ago. Years of shrewd business dealings kept the coffers flowing and they managed to hold onto their wealth with the changing times. From the moment of his birth, his family could tell he would have an aptitude for magic. As such, he was fittingly named after the three most talented spellcasters in the most recent generation - his late grandfather and two late great-uncles, one paternal and one maternal. As a youth, he received schooling from the most prestigious (and expensive) private tutors his family could afford. He was taught not only the traditional academics, but also the basics of magical lore and spellcasting theory.
His formative years were rather uneventful, but Chandler showed a talent for pyromancy that began developing around his early teens. One of the more volatile talents in magic, his family made sure he knew the gravity of his magic and taught him to control it. However, he was always more interested in rituals and traditional spells than cultivating or practicing with his natural affinity for fire magic. Upon reaching the age when he would be ready to attend a university, he elected to move to the opposite coast and put some distance between himself and his family in order to, as he said, 'spread his wings' - his family was not amused, but they did not try to stop him.
At University, Chandler made acquaintances easily, but not many friends. It wasn't that he did not value friendship, he just found it challenging to adjust from the life of a home-schooled teen to a young adult at a college. Out of his small circle of friends, one person stood out - Samantha. It wasn't lost on him, the irony of her name. He thought it meant they were meant to be, and for a year it seemed like they were. Slowly, though, something seemed to change. He couldn't even put his finger on what or why, but they began drifting apart. He still felt passionately about her, but sometimes it felt like something was missing. He wouldn't consider breaking it off, instead putting even more effort into salvaging his relationship. The last straw was when he found her in bed with another man. It took all of his control not to burn them both alive, the magic at his fingertips. His eyes opened to the threat posed by not paying closer attention to his dangerous gift, it was easier for him to cut that part of his life out and move back home.
Once home, he enrolled in the local magical school - Queensmouth Academy - and began going by his middle name, Lawson. Throwing himself into his studies, he slowly learned to control the inferno within him and temper it into something manageable. It was through his disciplined practice that he found another outlet for his magic - the ability to shape light. It was not a common application of pyromancy and, therefore, he threw himself into it. There was an element of newness to it, of researching, of practicing and honing the art. It was everything he needed to focus on to get his mind off his painful past. And so, he carved a new place for himself as a student and, eventually, aide at the Academy.
SKILLS
Academics - Competent Level
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Having studied before the Academy, and probably having plans to continue studying long after he leaves it, Chandler puts a lot of focus on the pursuit of knowledge. Whether it is arcane, divine, or mundane - he feels all subjects and topics are worth learning about and nothing is beneath him. If he does not have an answer, he researches it until he does. He feels that a learned person is not necessarily one who knows everything. Instead, it is someone who knows a lot of things, can accept when they do not know a thing, and immediately engage in finding the information they are lacking. In other words, he is not a fan of know-it-alls.
Martial Combat - Competent Level
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Having trained with private tutors prior to his arrival at Queensmouth, Chandler has continued his training in the art of combat. Preferring combat with martial weapons, typically one-handed (though he has been known to use a two-handed weapon at times), he is adept at fighting offensively with weapons in both hands, defensively with a shield and a weapon, or taking a more balanced approach and fighting with a weapon and a wand. He is completely ambidextrous but favors his right hand.
Occultism - Competent Level
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Having studied the occult for most of his life, including at Queensmouth, Chandler has acquired a vast amount of occult knowledge. There is still a lot for him to learn, however, and he is always eager to add lore and spells to his arsenal.
Chandler is learning to read tarot cards, primarily because he uses them in his rituals. He decided he may as well learn more about each card and the various meanings they have depending on how they are placed.
Although new to his role as a teacher's aide, Chandler has the patience necessary to instruct and teach new students in some of the lesser magical arts. He is also very careful not to be overly aggressive when training them with dangerous combat magics or weapons.
Chandler is a very disciplined individual. As a result, attempts to coerce or sway him to act in a manner he finds inappropriate or unbecoming are virtually impossible. His iron will, although not magical in nature, is a core aspect of his personality. Even though it can be overpowered by magic, it would take a skilled caster - not only because of the sheer willpower needing to be overcome, but also because if he detects the attempt to tamper with his mind he will quickly retaliate.
ABILITIES
Magic: Card Magic - Basic Level
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Chandler has learned how to weave complex rituals into tarot cards. This allows him to cast a spell that would normally take longer and more preparation almost instantly by calling forth the power in the card. The number 3 being significant in magic, he typically only has three cards with rituals stored in them at any given time. He cycles between spells depending on what his current goals and tasks are.
Magic: Charms - Enhanced Level
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On-the-fly spells, such as simple charms and magical tricks, do not require much effort for Chandler. The ones he is most familiar with can be cast with only his wand, although he is accustomed to speaking the incantations aloud as a result of teaching others in his role at the Academy.
Magic: Conjure Light - Enhanced Level
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Chandler's ability to conjure is one of his most powerful magical talents; however, he is generally limited to conjuring light. He can emit light directly from his person, whether it is creating it in his hand, causing his eyes to shine with it, or other such applications if he so chooses. He has also learned how to focus light to create physical, tangible weapons, such as swords, shields, or other simple melee weapons.
Magic: Invisibility - Enhanced Level
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One of the magical powers that Chandler has mastered is the ability to become invisible. This is purely a visual effect and other senses can still detect him. The ability to sense magic will also reveal his presence. However, he can cast the spell at will with no preparation whatsoever, no wand and without an incantation. All it takes for him is a gesture and he can vanish into thin air. He can maintain the effect as long as he can focus on it, although it does not take all of his attention and he can move around and do other things even while invisible.
Magic: Lumino Wand - Basic Level
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Typically, Chandler has a normal wand he uses for spellcasting. However, should he ever be disarmed and need a wand in a pinch, one of the tattoos on his body allows him to conjure a wand of light. Although not as effective as his physical wand, it can be used in its place to cast the spells that Chandler is most familiar with. Notably, this wand, being made of light, is anything but subtle and is very easy to notice.
Magic: Pyromancy - Enhanced Level
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Fire is the element that comes most naturally to Chandler. However, he considers the use of fire magic to be dangerous and not something to be taken for granted. As a result, he has honed his skill well enough that he can keep his magic in check even when his emotions are running high. He prefers to control existing fire as opposed to creating any, although he is capable of creating an actual flame when necessary.
Magic: Ritual Magic - Supreme Level
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In addition to his natural gift for fire, Chandler has intensely studied traditional magical casting. He favors complex spells that require various components and has performed many in-depth rituals over his tenure as a student. Such rituals can involve any element and even healing, although he is careful to steer clear of necromancy in any form.
Magic: Runic Tattoos - Basic Level
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Inked into various places on Chandler's body are tattoos with magic worked into them. The tattoos are jet black against his fair skin. Each tattoo represents a spell that Chandler can cast without a focus or wand. The runes primarily allow him to use his magic to conjure weapons of light, one tattoo for each type of weapon. The most important of these, a thin runic band around his right wrist, allows him to conjure a wand of light which can be used in place of an actual, physical wand.
Magic: Sense Magic - Basic Level
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Magical energy, spells, effects and creatures register on Chandler's radar for what they are. Although he cannot tell the difference between two very similar spells, he can tell the difference between a magical being and a magical effect or a protective ward versus an offensive trap.
Innate: Spellcasting - Basic Level
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As with most individuals who can cast magic, Chandler has an innate spellcasting potential as a result of his bloodline. Many of his ancestors were magi and each one had a different specialty, with Chandler's being pyromancy.
ADVANTAGES
Chandler comes from a long line of prestigious local blue bloods. This has its pros and cons, as he has a great deal of wealth and resources at his disposal. However, those are only at his disposal so long as he's in the good graces of his family. For this reason, he takes care not to get on their bad side. His parents are some of the least intrusive of the bunch, for which he is grateful.
Chandler's grimoire has grown over the years, beginning with his training as a youth and continuing all the way up to his current studies. It was a gift from his family and is enchanted to never run out of space for spells. It also opens to the page he needs, as long as he is thinking of the spell.
Chandler's wand is a detailed mahogany wand, eleven and one-quarter inches long with a core of unicorn tail hair.
WEAKNESSES
Should something cause one of Chandler's light-conjured weapons to "break" or be disarmed, they will vanish temporarily. He cannot create the same effect again for at least five minutes, requiring him to try a different tactic. The exception to this is his Lumino Wand; however, summoning another Wand immediately will cause a greater drain on his magic than it otherwise would.
As a result of his lineage, there is a certain notoriety that surrounds Chandler. His family is not the most loved by the people they employ and are surrounded by, with their fair share of shenanigans and backstabbing. Although he has never participated in any of it, he is nonetheless marked by his relationship to them.
The more Chandler uses his magic and the more powerful the spell, the more he needs to recuperate afterwards. Adrenaline can usually keep him going for a while, but after that he is likely to crash if he has overexerted himself. He has learned to manage this somewhat, but it is largely out of his control.
Chandler suffers from astigmatism and therefore has poor vision. As a result, he needs to wear either glasses or contact lenses to read well and see clearly. Without them, anything farther away than three feet is extremely blurry and even things that are closer are challenging to make out clearly.
