Role
The Cleric
Age
18
Nationality
Akharian
Gender
Female
Personality
Phile would be damned (excuse the language) if her proclivity to healing magic define her. Driven, aware, and capable are how members of the clergy choose to describe her, dozens of the senior staff shaking their heads in admiration and amusement as as Phile's slight figure bobs through the gardens. True, she is wholy dedicated to her studies, the singularity of natural phenomenon and healing magic draws Phile with inescapable pull, but she refuses to display characteristics found in her sister mages; indeed Phile's capacity in healing goes beyond that of the physical world. Quiet, exacting, and gentle, Phile has become privy to many secrets and taboos of the community around her, soothing emotional burdens and quenching the ire of many with cool words.
To say she knows enough secrets to bring the surrounding village to it's knees would be understatement. When asked however Phile only winks, a playful smile crossing her face and says, "Doctor-patient confidentiality." In fact, Phile often acts like a secretive 6-year old who wants to play a game rather then a 18-year old priestess.
Many aspects of Phile's personality have yet to see the light of day. A hopeless romantic Phile hides a library of romance novels under her bed and while none has piqued her interest, she may admit to playing matchmaker once and a while. More concerning however is her passions. So carefully concealed, controlled, confined, extraneous circumstances may drive Phile from the world of careful reasoning and into darker arts. And while every moment of her being is dedicated to the care of others, something dark, evil troubles Phile to her very core.
Pros
Phile often jokes that the only reason people take notice of her at all is her talent in healing magic, and while many would say that is exactly the case, she takes it in stride. Even so, Phile has become extremely well versed with the medicinal qualities of local and exotic flora and fauna, knowledge which Phile often refers back to in practice. The combined use of magic and non-magical healing heartens those more skeptical of magic and has earned her respect. Socially, Phile is the epitome of grace, carrying herself easily through conversation and putting others at ease; a combination of good memory, empathy, and the ability to accurately read body language.
Cons
It seems to be contrary to popular belief but Phile is often hesitant when using high-level healing magic and this hesitating carries through all aspects of Phile. Phile is easily plagued by doubts, her decisions suffering from it. One would say she is physical incapable of making spontaneous decisions and while this is viewed as virtue by many, in a busy clinic that isn't always the case.
Committing to a patient is easy enough; committing to a relationship is another story.
Despite all the time spent in the garden, Phile is hardly an outdoors type nor the courageous type when face-to-face with monsters. The slowest runner, shortest jumper, weakest member, and loudest screamer the only thing that makes up for the pitiful state her body is in is her dexterity and stamina (for walking).
Appearance
Phile is a slim 5"6 with few curves and little muscle definition to speak of. Generally Phile is a rather plain woman, the shock of white hair sets her apart from everyone else; an accident when she was young she says, an unfortunate display of overexcited youth and magic. The tips of her hair curl up, the very ends brushing the nape of her neck and frame her gentle brow.
While working Phile wears the robes appropriate for her office; a flowing white thing with little decoration. Off duty however, Phile has no qualms in showing her preference to fashion. She wears modest tops and bottoms of linen and cotton, her favored piece being a cotton riding skirt. Her traveling gear sits at the bottom of her closet, having been used little.
History
The peaceful fields of Ley were but a story's image created by a fantastical youth; to young to remember fully Phile dreamt of her hometown as she studied the healing arts, plucked at a young age from home. She remembers the cobbled way up to her home, the one with the newly thatched roof, broths of the elm swaying in the wind like a sky of green and brown. The family hound she remembers, a massive beast of brown a white usually so tame, so genial turned vicious with the passing of a cloaked figure. There was a massive amount a movement, dizzying to a child, a loud sound, the dog dead, and the bloodied figure of her mother carried into the house.
Under the thatched roof, Phile wasn't allowed near her mother until all was quiet; she snuck in. As her mother had done for her when she fell and struck her knee, Phile knelt down and kissed to owie, exactly what followed, Phile isn't sure anymore. There was shouts and smiles, hugs, kisses, celebration and surprise but it all ended with a journey to a distant garden. With a solemn farewell, a little Phile wonders what she had done to deserve such punishment.
Phile spent the next 13 years under the tutorage of some of the greatest healers in the realm, excelling in traditional studies and some of her own personal research. The events of her childhood are understood but the pain of being separated from her family has irrecoverably damage that tie. As Phile returns to Ley to serve as the priestess she looks forward to the future.
Island by Yuna
You're an island
I'm just a little boat
I'm heading somewhere
I don't even know
Hope you don't mind me stopping by your shore
Come with me and you'll never be alone
Open up your heart to me
We'll explore the seven seas
Sail away and find your dreams
And if you drown I'll help keep your head up
And if you drown I'll help keep your head up
To breath
You will lead the way
I'll be battle storm
We can let the waves tell us where to go
We can always do anything you want
We will try to capture the natural love
Open up your heart to me
We'll explore the seven seas
Sail away and find your dreams
And if you drown I'll help keep your head up
And if you drown I'll help keep your head up
To breath
We watch the blue sky
Before the sunrise
And tide is getting high
I'm here by your side
We watch the blue sky
Before the sunrise
And tide is getting high
I'm here by your side
Open up your heart to me
We'll explore the seven seas
Sail away and find your dreams
And if you drown I'll help keep your head up
And if you drown I'll help keep your head up
To breath
Other
Knowledge to fix the human body also allows the knowledge of how to harm it. (warning)
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