User;;
MoonPheonix
Name;;
Veandra (Vea)
Gender;;
Female
(469/500)
Good Listener|Fearful|Gentle|Eager to learn|Friendly(limited)|Faithful|Open(limited)|Thoughtful|Compassionate|Dreamer
Though she is not able to see them herself except with magic, she has always had a connection to spirits and the supernatural. She is a deeply spiritual, closed-off viscet who chooses to know little of reality. She learns from experience and trial-and-error. She has a strong, ornate fear of other creatures which she doesn't quite understand, probably brought upon her by her parents. She rarely spends time in places she's not familiar with. But things that would scare normal beings, such as the sullen forest at midnight and the scraping of branches and the whispering wind bring her comfort, as she was often lulled to sleep by these things when she was a viscling. She treasures sounds above anything else, and when every now and again a dead quiet falls upon her world, she purposely creates it once again. However, she can tell when a noise is out of place in her environment, say when another moving creature shakes the branches in the forest her mother resides. Very few living creatures enter her territory, ominous as it is, but on the occasion they do Vea scratches on a tree or gravestone to block out the noise of the intruder. This normally scares them away as well, which she is very thankful for. She has no fear of creatures she knew when she was young, however, like her father and mother, as well as a Blackbird named River that she healed. She simply doesn't think of them as other creatures, she more feels like she is a part of them. Her mother and father who birthed them, and the blackbird's feather she entwined in her wand to give it power. She has a deep spiritual connection to the world around her and is a talented spell caster. She can call upon the spirits of beings from spiritual strands that run all through the air, which are physical white strings to her. However, she cannot see these beings for whatever they once where, only as a bright ball of white light that speak to her in whispers that tell her of both the horrors and joy that befell them. They speak of emotions she herself knows she'll never feel. She feels a lot of compassion towards the dead, even if she would've feared the being alive. As long as she doesn't think of things as physical beings, she gets along with them well and is always accepting and kind. She enjoys comforting them and loves to hear tales from when they were alive. She listens well to what each has to say and is very open to their different ideas. The way every single one of them experiences things in such different ways intrigues her. She wishes to one day see the world like the spirits do.

My compassionate half
(205/500)
Even though he is another creature, she thinks of him simply as one half of herself. She's rather small for her age as well, less so but it still sparks a similarity between them. If she weren't similar to her parents, she'd probably look at them like she does any other creature: like something that could harm her. His open heart and eagerness to learn makes her feel quite close to him. She looks up to him and wants him to look fondly on her. However, his short temper and thieving nature makes her slightly wary to him and she doesn't spend much time in his company. She'd rather have him look on her fondly from afar. His love for music does sometimes bring her next to him, and every once and awhile she finds herself listening with him. All the sounds that a simple piece of shaped metal or wood can make intrigues her so, so much. He has also taught her a lot about the complex emotions of other things, which she's very glad to have as spirits can easily be rubbed the wrong way. She owes a great amount to her parents.

My spiritual half
(160/500)
As a viscling, Lea spent a bit more time in Lemure's care than Amadeus's, and learned a lot of the spiritual world from her. Lemure also learned how to scare away unwanted guests, which Vea is ever thankful for. Lemure also taught her almost everything she knows about communing with spirits. Since spirits have filled Veandra with so much knowledge, she is also greatful for this. She doesn't care that neither of her parents where there for her often. She knows what personality lays deep in her mother's heart, and is very compassionate towards her. However, the personality Lemure wears as a mask can sometimes be too much for her, causing her to quickly flee from her mother. She comes back in due time though and acts like nothing ever happened because she wants to be strong for her mother. She has great respect for both of her parents, and feels like she has an obligation to make them proud.
(131/500)
Like any other creature she knows little of, she has an unconditional fear of them. But of all moving creatures, she fears them most. She only knows them to be truly evil beings with every intent on hurting anything and everything in their path. The spirits often talk of these beings as double-crossing, no-good beings that care only about themselves, and her parents have said the exact same thing. Normally she would at least be interested to know every detail of what a thing is like, but they scare her way too much and she'd rather be ignorant of the atrocities they've committed. She plans to avoid them at all costs so she won't have the fate her parents the spirits' had. She's not even quite sure what they look like.
(497/500)
Veandra was crouching in the midst of the dense forest, listening to the familiar rustle, crunch, and snap of her home, when she heard a faint noise that she'd never heard before. Her curious viscling mind getting the better of her, she quietly crept closer to the new sound. Under a large oak on the edge of a riverbank lay an odd black mass.
"What could it be?" She thought to herself.
As she watched it, it moved slightly and she suddenly tensed as a new thought formed in her mind,
"Will it hurt me?"
She sat hidden beneath the trees for several long minutes. It seemed to be... in pain? It was flopping in a way similarly to when she'd gotten a paw full of thorny plant when she was even younger. She remembers clearly how she couldn't focus on or feel anything but pain. Surely other creatures would feel the same, and thus be too occupied to attack. She slunk up to the pitch-black lump and looked it over. It was fluffy, she supposed, its tufty body seeming similar to a dandelion's. She could make out a few other things she knew about, it appeared to have eyes, some stick-like appendages protruding from its lower half that could be used for walking, as well as a stick lodged on one side of it. This stick, however, looked out of place on its body and appeared to be drawing blood, which Veandra knew was supposed to be kept in the body as her mother had told her after the thorn incident. She poked at the stick curiously, and the creature made a sudden shriek that caused Vea to jump back hastily. Then she remembered how she had felt when she'd pulled one of the thorns from her paw and stepped beside it once again.
"I'm sorry," she said, trying her hardest to copy the exact tone her father had used when he told her about the statement.
"You say "I'm sorry" when you do something that was wrong," she explained to it.
The creature only wiggled again in response.
She spoke again, "You're in pain. Don't worry, I've felt it too. And I know what to do to make it stop."
She lifted it up gently in her paws, and it gave her a look she knew well. "You're afraid too? I'm here to help, so please don't be afraid."
Then she suddenly remembered something.
"You need a name!" She said excitedly.
"Names are always given to things that have none," she beamed. "I've never gotten to name something before. Things normally already have a name. Hmmm..."
She scanned their current surroundings.
"Names are often given are from things that already have a name... so since I found you next to the river, I'll call you River too!" She smiled warmly at the newly named creature in her palms.
"I'll make your pain go away as fast as I can, River! I promise!"