RE: The Grand OC! [CONTEST XXIV: SWAG!]
07-19-2014, 06:14 AM
Name: Colleen Ector and Henry
Race: Colleen would reluctantly admit to being human, but has no intention of letting that hold her back. Henry is a white-tailed deer.
Gender: Colleen is female, thank you very much. Henry's male, not that he'll notice what you call him.
Text Color: #BF3EFF
Biography: Colleen is a witch, as evidenced by her very nice hat, and she's been a witch for a good long time. She doesn't do much magic, but that's because, as she'll gladly tell you, she doesn't need it. She prefers to spend her time traveling and collecting things. What sort of things? Well, whatever takes her fancy. This is mostly shiny trinkets of various sorts.
Because she doesn't stay in one place for very long, Colleen carries her collection with her at all times in a large sack. Over the years, it's gotten so heavy that she's had trouble carrying it herself; fortunately, she has a very strong deer named Henry as her animal companion, so she's tied a rope to him and has him pull the sack along. Unfortunately, he's somewhat lazy, so it generally takes a lot of yelling to get him to move along.
Many a passerby has asked why she doesn't just get a wheelbarrow or something, to which Colleen always responds with a glare.
On occasion, Colleen spots something she wants but doesn't have time to put in the sack right away, usually because she's lost track of Henry. When this happens, she pulls out an old piece of cloth tied to a stick; the cloth has "MINE" written on it. She leaves it by the object and comes back later. A few greedy souls have tried to take something with her little banner beside it, but somehow they always find their clothes getting caught on the stick, and somehow Colleen shows up not long after to inform them that it's her little trinket, can't they read.
She's seen a lot of the world now, and frankly she's bored of it. Luckily, it seems she won't have to be spending much more time there now.
Description: As mentioned, Colleen is an elderly witch. She doesn't care much for people, mostly because they have a tendency to interrupt her while she's out looking for new things. She's very friendly when she actually does open up, but that rarely happens unless you give her something she particularly likes.
Henry, her companion, is an unusually hairy deer and very lazy. He takes frequent naps, or would if Colleen didn't keep yelling at him to wake up and get back to pulling her collection along. He always does what she says, but he usually takes his time doing it. The only thing he seems to particularly enjoy is eating; he waves his tail enthusiastically whenever someone offers him food, regardless of who they are.
Weapons and Abilities: Colleen's main ability is an intuitive sense of where she can find something. She rarely knows what exactly it is she's looking for, but she'll know it when she sees it.
She also instinctively knows when someone is messing with her stuff, whether it's rummaging through her sack or taking something she's marked. And whenever that happens, she can get there very quickly. She won't explain how.
There's also her sack, of course, which seems to have unlimited carrying capacity. Not that anyone's tested it. However, whether it actually does or not, it definitely seems to weigh as much as all the things in it, and there are a lot of things in it now.
Colleen also knows various sorts of magical spells, but rarely uses them. When she does cast a spell, it's always for some simple and practical purpose, like boiling water faster.
Henry is unusually strong for a deer, and could easily lift entire buildings if he felt like it. Of course, he rarely feels like doing anything. He can also run fast, theoretically; nobody's ever seen him do it, but Colleen swears up and down that he could if he'd just quit slacking off.
In addition, the two share a mental connection; if one is in danger, the other will know about it. Not that they ever get in much danger, most people have learned it's a bad idea to mess with either of them.
Race: Colleen would reluctantly admit to being human, but has no intention of letting that hold her back. Henry is a white-tailed deer.
Gender: Colleen is female, thank you very much. Henry's male, not that he'll notice what you call him.
Text Color: #BF3EFF
Biography: Colleen is a witch, as evidenced by her very nice hat, and she's been a witch for a good long time. She doesn't do much magic, but that's because, as she'll gladly tell you, she doesn't need it. She prefers to spend her time traveling and collecting things. What sort of things? Well, whatever takes her fancy. This is mostly shiny trinkets of various sorts.
Because she doesn't stay in one place for very long, Colleen carries her collection with her at all times in a large sack. Over the years, it's gotten so heavy that she's had trouble carrying it herself; fortunately, she has a very strong deer named Henry as her animal companion, so she's tied a rope to him and has him pull the sack along. Unfortunately, he's somewhat lazy, so it generally takes a lot of yelling to get him to move along.
Many a passerby has asked why she doesn't just get a wheelbarrow or something, to which Colleen always responds with a glare.
On occasion, Colleen spots something she wants but doesn't have time to put in the sack right away, usually because she's lost track of Henry. When this happens, she pulls out an old piece of cloth tied to a stick; the cloth has "MINE" written on it. She leaves it by the object and comes back later. A few greedy souls have tried to take something with her little banner beside it, but somehow they always find their clothes getting caught on the stick, and somehow Colleen shows up not long after to inform them that it's her little trinket, can't they read.
She's seen a lot of the world now, and frankly she's bored of it. Luckily, it seems she won't have to be spending much more time there now.
Description: As mentioned, Colleen is an elderly witch. She doesn't care much for people, mostly because they have a tendency to interrupt her while she's out looking for new things. She's very friendly when she actually does open up, but that rarely happens unless you give her something she particularly likes.
Henry, her companion, is an unusually hairy deer and very lazy. He takes frequent naps, or would if Colleen didn't keep yelling at him to wake up and get back to pulling her collection along. He always does what she says, but he usually takes his time doing it. The only thing he seems to particularly enjoy is eating; he waves his tail enthusiastically whenever someone offers him food, regardless of who they are.
Weapons and Abilities: Colleen's main ability is an intuitive sense of where she can find something. She rarely knows what exactly it is she's looking for, but she'll know it when she sees it.
She also instinctively knows when someone is messing with her stuff, whether it's rummaging through her sack or taking something she's marked. And whenever that happens, she can get there very quickly. She won't explain how.
There's also her sack, of course, which seems to have unlimited carrying capacity. Not that anyone's tested it. However, whether it actually does or not, it definitely seems to weigh as much as all the things in it, and there are a lot of things in it now.
Colleen also knows various sorts of magical spells, but rarely uses them. When she does cast a spell, it's always for some simple and practical purpose, like boiling water faster.
Henry is unusually strong for a deer, and could easily lift entire buildings if he felt like it. Of course, he rarely feels like doing anything. He can also run fast, theoretically; nobody's ever seen him do it, but Colleen swears up and down that he could if he'd just quit slacking off.
In addition, the two share a mental connection; if one is in danger, the other will know about it. Not that they ever get in much danger, most people have learned it's a bad idea to mess with either of them.
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