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- ★ NAME: Miri
- ★ AGE: 24
- ★ TIMEZONE: EST
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- ★ LATEST AC: n/a
( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
- ★ NAME: Kami Glass
- ★ AGE: 17
- ★ CANON POINT: Untold, end of Part VI.
- ★ CANON INFORMATION:
All her life Kami has had a voice in her head, a voice not hers and not, she knows, with some uncertainty, a product of her imagination. The voice's name is Jared, and Kami has known him for longer than she can remember. He has been her constant companion, her silent confidant, and her secret insecurity that she might not be entirely sane. Except that he is real and suddenly physically present in her life when one of the Lynburns appears at her school sharing Jared's name and Kami's secret thoughts. As Kami grows closer to the truth of the Lynburns, danger grows closer to her: someone tries to kill her, and someone succeeds in killing a girl in her town.
The secret, the open secret the whole town except Kami knows because Kami is foreign and set apart from the locals, is that the Lynburns are sorcerers, and Kami's bond with Jared is the result of a spell his mother forced her mother to take part in when they were pregnant with their daughter and son. Sorcerers draw power from nature, from life - and from death. Once upon a time the Lynburns would even sacrifice animals and people of the town to strengthen their power, until two generations ago the Lynburn matriarch put a stop to those practices. Certain people are living, constant sources of magic, capable of fueling a sorcerer with depthless reserves of power: Kami is one of those people, source to Jared's sorcerer, a bond hated and envied by other sorcerers all at once.
What begins as an ominous murder mystery turns into a nightmare of blood and terror, as sorcerers seeking to restore the old ways of Sorry-in-the-Vale, with the town and the Lynburns themselves torn apart in a war normal humans can't seem to win. Except there is Kami, clever and resourceful and fiercely dedicated to truth and justice, and she doesn't believe in the word "can't". Just a source of magic, not a sorcerer, but with a mind and words and a readiness to fight to defend her town.
- ★ PERSONALITY: Kami has always known that she's different. It's in her name, Japanese and pulled out of a baby name book by her white mother in a well-meaning attempt to embrace her children's heritage. It's in her looks, the narrowed eyes and golden skin, the smallness of her body. And it's in the voice in her head, of a boy halfway across the world she doesn't know for certain exists but whispers in her heart like he belongs there. Which is fine, it's all well and good; Kami has never been content merely fitting in. She's too bold for other people's narrow definitions of who she should be; she is herself.
Kami is and always has been an idealist, someone who believes in the value of honesty and fairness; all she's ever wanted is to pursue truth and make a difference in the world. Growing up in a household with two young parents, she learned to be self-sufficient early. With her self-sufficiency comes a fierce independence and a need to constantly be in control, both of herself and of the circumstances in her life.
Knowing the truth, speaking it aloud - that's only a factor of that. If Kami knows how a thing works, if she knows the facts that dictate the boundaries of whatever bind she's in, then she can work against them. Her sheer single-minded dedication to herself and her goals often frightens or bewilders others, pushes them away, but she's charming too, engaging and warm and more than capable of drawing people in through kindness and persistence alone.
Being an outsider in her own town has helped her in that regard. Where others in Sorry-in-the-Vale are too easily restrained by their fear of sorcery, Kami grew up apart from that. She's more readily able to take a long view, less restrained by the heavy weight of history. That's not to say that she's not scared, when in fact she's terrified. Only that Kami is too self-possessed to let fear control her. Fear only makes her angry, and makes her want to act out against it.
Jared's presence in her mind meant that Kami grew up never truly knowing loneliness or insecurity; such things can't touch you when another presence is there to keep your heart steady and warm. But it also means that Kami has never truly known herself or what she's capable of, or where even Jared begins as a person and where she begins. When she chose to break their connection it was out of all these reasons and more: self-preservation, yes, because her life was at stake; but also love, and a desire to be closer to him in a normal way, to fit together with him the way two people are supposed to, rather than losing themselves in each other.
Imagine: being connected to a person and feeling their anger, feeling it as your own, feeling your own anger igniting in response and looping back to feed theirs, a vicious cycle with no control. Imagine also: having their love and joy spark yours and your own roll back in return, fierce and wonderful. It was something she was content with when she couldn't be certain he was real, but when he became a part of her physical life as well she began to recognize their dependence on one another for its unhealthiness, no matter how much comfort it brought them. Without her bond to Jared she's had to relearn self-reliance and confidence, but she's persevering.
- ★ COURT ALLIANCE: Unseelie. Kami believes wholeheartedly in lofty ideals such as truth and justice, but the law is not necessarily in her favor, especially in a place where the law actively harms others (and in her case: in a place where the law is dictated by sorcerers who believe anyone with magic is as good as livestock). Sometimes committing a crime is legal, morally! Except killing. That is never okay and she will fight you if you suggest otherwise.
- ★ ABILITIES: Kami is what is known as a source, a non-sorcerer who is a living font of magic - but only when linked to a sorcerer. When linked, Kami is in a symbiotic relationship with her partner, capable of communicating with them telepathically and even using the magic she provides them through the link. At any other time - when unlinked or when her partner is, say, not in the same world as her - she is a normal human.
- ★ INVENTORY: Clothes, cell phone, emergency notebook and pen kept in her bra.
- ★ NAME: Miri
- ★ AGE: 24
- ★ TIMEZONE: EST
- ★ CONTACT:
- ★ LATEST AC: n/a
( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
- ★ NAME: Kami Glass
- ★ AGE: 17
- ★ CANON POINT: Untold, end of Part VI.
- ★ CANON INFORMATION:
The Lynburn Legacy is a young adult paranormal gothic mystery series by Sarah Rees Brennan starring Kami Glass, a biracial girl of mixed Japanese-English heritage who knows something dark is hidden in her town, and will pull out all stops to uncover it and make it right. Kami Glass was born to Jon Glass and Claire Somerville in the sleepy English hamlet of Sorry-in-the-Vale, poised in valley beneath looming Aurimere House on the hill. Kami has always believed her town harbors a dark secret. The Lynburns of Aurimere have been gone for almost twenty years until suddenly they return, and with them the town's uneasy fear of the lords on the hill. Animals turn up cut up and dead in the woods, and the Lynburns are home at last.Forest deep, silent bellsThere’s a secret no-one tellsApples red, corn goldAlmost everyone grows old (x)
All her life Kami has had a voice in her head, a voice not hers and not, she knows, with some uncertainty, a product of her imagination. The voice's name is Jared, and Kami has known him for longer than she can remember. He has been her constant companion, her silent confidant, and her secret insecurity that she might not be entirely sane. Except that he is real and suddenly physically present in her life when one of the Lynburns appears at her school sharing Jared's name and Kami's secret thoughts. As Kami grows closer to the truth of the Lynburns, danger grows closer to her: someone tries to kill her, and someone succeeds in killing a girl in her town.
The secret, the open secret the whole town except Kami knows because Kami is foreign and set apart from the locals, is that the Lynburns are sorcerers, and Kami's bond with Jared is the result of a spell his mother forced her mother to take part in when they were pregnant with their daughter and son. Sorcerers draw power from nature, from life - and from death. Once upon a time the Lynburns would even sacrifice animals and people of the town to strengthen their power, until two generations ago the Lynburn matriarch put a stop to those practices. Certain people are living, constant sources of magic, capable of fueling a sorcerer with depthless reserves of power: Kami is one of those people, source to Jared's sorcerer, a bond hated and envied by other sorcerers all at once.
What begins as an ominous murder mystery turns into a nightmare of blood and terror, as sorcerers seeking to restore the old ways of Sorry-in-the-Vale, with the town and the Lynburns themselves torn apart in a war normal humans can't seem to win. Except there is Kami, clever and resourceful and fiercely dedicated to truth and justice, and she doesn't believe in the word "can't". Just a source of magic, not a sorcerer, but with a mind and words and a readiness to fight to defend her town.
- ★ PERSONALITY: Kami has always known that she's different. It's in her name, Japanese and pulled out of a baby name book by her white mother in a well-meaning attempt to embrace her children's heritage. It's in her looks, the narrowed eyes and golden skin, the smallness of her body. And it's in the voice in her head, of a boy halfway across the world she doesn't know for certain exists but whispers in her heart like he belongs there. Which is fine, it's all well and good; Kami has never been content merely fitting in. She's too bold for other people's narrow definitions of who she should be; she is herself.
Kami is and always has been an idealist, someone who believes in the value of honesty and fairness; all she's ever wanted is to pursue truth and make a difference in the world. Growing up in a household with two young parents, she learned to be self-sufficient early. With her self-sufficiency comes a fierce independence and a need to constantly be in control, both of herself and of the circumstances in her life.
Knowing the truth, speaking it aloud - that's only a factor of that. If Kami knows how a thing works, if she knows the facts that dictate the boundaries of whatever bind she's in, then she can work against them. Her sheer single-minded dedication to herself and her goals often frightens or bewilders others, pushes them away, but she's charming too, engaging and warm and more than capable of drawing people in through kindness and persistence alone.
Being an outsider in her own town has helped her in that regard. Where others in Sorry-in-the-Vale are too easily restrained by their fear of sorcery, Kami grew up apart from that. She's more readily able to take a long view, less restrained by the heavy weight of history. That's not to say that she's not scared, when in fact she's terrified. Only that Kami is too self-possessed to let fear control her. Fear only makes her angry, and makes her want to act out against it.
Jared's presence in her mind meant that Kami grew up never truly knowing loneliness or insecurity; such things can't touch you when another presence is there to keep your heart steady and warm. But it also means that Kami has never truly known herself or what she's capable of, or where even Jared begins as a person and where she begins. When she chose to break their connection it was out of all these reasons and more: self-preservation, yes, because her life was at stake; but also love, and a desire to be closer to him in a normal way, to fit together with him the way two people are supposed to, rather than losing themselves in each other.
Imagine: being connected to a person and feeling their anger, feeling it as your own, feeling your own anger igniting in response and looping back to feed theirs, a vicious cycle with no control. Imagine also: having their love and joy spark yours and your own roll back in return, fierce and wonderful. It was something she was content with when she couldn't be certain he was real, but when he became a part of her physical life as well she began to recognize their dependence on one another for its unhealthiness, no matter how much comfort it brought them. Without her bond to Jared she's had to relearn self-reliance and confidence, but she's persevering.
- ★ COURT ALLIANCE: Unseelie. Kami believes wholeheartedly in lofty ideals such as truth and justice, but the law is not necessarily in her favor, especially in a place where the law actively harms others (and in her case: in a place where the law is dictated by sorcerers who believe anyone with magic is as good as livestock). Sometimes committing a crime is legal, morally! Except killing. That is never okay and she will fight you if you suggest otherwise.
- ★ ABILITIES: Kami is what is known as a source, a non-sorcerer who is a living font of magic - but only when linked to a sorcerer. When linked, Kami is in a symbiotic relationship with her partner, capable of communicating with them telepathically and even using the magic she provides them through the link. At any other time - when unlinked or when her partner is, say, not in the same world as her - she is a normal human.
- ★ INVENTORY: Clothes, cell phone, emergency notebook and pen kept in her bra.