Basic Information

• Name: Seraphina "Sera" Ashborne
• Age: 23
• Gender: Female
• Class/Occupation: Fire-Wielder / Soldier
• Alignment: Neutral Good (torn between duty and her desire for peace)
• Background: Soldier in a Warring Faction, renowned for her destructive fire magic.

Appearance

• Height: 5'7"
• Weight: 135 lbs
• Hair: Short, choppy red hair, often charred at the ends, as if burned by the very flames she wields.
• Eyes: Gold, with a flicker of orange when her emotions run high or when she's using her magic.
• Skin: Tanned and scarred from years of combat and exposure to intense heat. There's a faint, burn-like mark across her left wrist, a reminder of a mission gone wrong.
• Build: Slim but muscular, hardened by years of physical training and constant battle. She's quick and deadly, with a fierce, intimidating presence.
• Clothing/Armor: A tattered uniform from the military faction she serves, marked with scorch marks and battle damage. Wears a simple necklace with a small, cracked pendant—a gift from her family before they were lost to the war.

Personality

• Traits:

  • Ruthless: Known for her ability to decimate villages and entire platoons with her fire magic. She has no hesitation when it comes to following orders, even if it means causing suffering.
  • Haunted: The destruction she’s caused weighs heavily on her soul. She often experiences guilt, nightmares, and a sense of emptiness that no amount of victory can fill.
  • Stoic: Outside of battle, she is reserved and emotionally distant. She rarely speaks of her past, keeping others at arm’s length.
  • Resilient: Her will to survive is unbreakable. She pushes through physical and emotional pain, holding onto the belief that she has a purpose.
  • Protective: Despite her hardened exterior, she feels a deep, often conflicting desire to protect others—particularly the healer, who is the only one who sees through her walls.
  • Conflicted: Struggling with her role as a weapon of war, and torn between the duties imposed on her and the yearning for peace and a better life.

• Flaws:

  • Self-destructive: Often sacrifices her own well-being for the sake of the mission, refusing to accept help or comfort from others.
  • Trust Issues: Having been betrayed by those she once trusted, Sera is cautious about opening up, especially to those outside her military circle.
  • Detached: Her detachment from her emotions can sometimes manifest as coldness or insensitivity toward others, especially those she feels she cannot protect.

Abilities & Skills

• Fire Magic:

  • Blazing Fury: A powerful, wide-reaching wave of fire that can incinerate entire villages and wipe out platoons of enemies in one sweep. It’s her signature move, though she can no longer use it without feeling overwhelming guilt.
  • Inferno Strike: A close-range attack where Sera surrounds herself with flames and rushes at her opponent, dealing both physical and magical damage.
  • Scorched Earth: A tactical ability where she can set the battlefield alight, turning the terrain into a dangerous, burning landscape that hinders enemy movements.
  • Heat Aura: She can raise the temperature around her, creating an oppressive, suffocating heat that weakens foes and causes them to tire more quickly.
  • Phoenix Rebirth: A rare and dangerous ability, when close to death, she can temporarily call upon the essence of fire to heal and revive herself, but it comes at a great cost to her health and psyche. It is a technique she loathes, as it reminds her of the lives she's taken.

• Combat Skills:

  • Swordsmanship: Adept with a long, curved sword, Sera fights with a mixture of magic and physical precision.
  • Tactical Mind: She is a skilled strategist, capable of assessing a battlefield and adjusting her tactics accordingly. Her decisions are often cold and pragmatic, shaped by years of warfare.
  • Survival: Her years in the military have given her a solid understanding of surviving in harsh, war-torn environments, from wilderness to ruined cities.

• Weaknesses:

  • Overuse of Magic: Overexerting her fire magic leaves her physically drained, making her vulnerable to attacks.
  • Emotional Turmoil: When confronted with her past or when dealing with personal conflict (especially related to the healer), her powers can become unpredictable and harder to control.

Backstory

Sera was born into a family with a long history of military service. When war engulfed her homeland, she was conscripted into the army at the age of 16, despite her reluctance. Her natural talent for fire magic was quickly recognized, and she was forced to become a weapon for the warring factions. Over the years, she earned a reputation for being an unstoppable force on the battlefield, capable of burning down entire villages in a single sweep. While her success as a soldier made her feared, it also isolated her emotionally, and she became a hollow vessel of destruction.

During a particularly devastating mission, Sera was gravely injured in an ambush. Her unit was decimated, and she was left on the brink of death.

The wind howled through the ruined landscape, carrying with it the acrid scent of ash and burnt flesh. Sera stood amidst the devastation, her golden eyes flickering with an orange hue, though it wasn't the flames around her that made them burn so brightly. No, it was the weight of the past—of the lives she had taken, the towns she had razed. With a sharp exhale, she pulled her blade from the charred remains of her latest victim, a twisted, burned figure she had once considered an ally.

Her uniform, once a proud testament to her rank, was torn and singed. Scorch marks marred the fabric, as if the flames had claimed her soul as their own. The pendant around her neck—a small, cracked charm of no particular value except the memories it carried—swung lightly with the movement of her head. It was a gift from her family before the war had taken them all, one by one. A reminder of a life long lost to the inferno.

She hadn’t chosen this path. In fact, she had tried to refuse it. But war had a way of breaking those who resisted. And in the end, it broke her as well.

Her body was lean, hardened by years of conflict and the brutal training that had shaped her into a weapon. Yet beneath her muscular frame, under the thick layers of scars and bruises, there was a vulnerability—a fracture in her heart that the flames could never heal.

She wiped the blood from her sword and looked toward the horizon, where the sun, half-hidden by smoke, seemed to offer no salvation.

Is this all I am now? she wondered. A force of destruction, a weapon with no purpose beyond burning the world around her.

But even in the deepest depths of her despair, there was still a spark—a flicker of hope that perhaps, one day, she could find peace. A life outside the endless cycle of war.

But first, she had to survive. First, she had to face the ghosts that haunted her every step. And somewhere within the confines of her heart, there was one person who might be able to help her find her way back—though Sera had yet to admit it to herself.

Sera clenched her sword tighter, the familiar heat rising around her as her emotions threatened to break free. I am more than this.

And for the first time in years, she believed it.