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Zaza Skywright never had any interest in becoming an airship engineer like her father - one of her cousins would be better suited anyways. She was always more interest in the unusual, no matter if more on the normal side or occult.
When she turned 14 she discovered an Elezen, one of her father's employees, practising forbidden magic. Or rather: he was in posession of a Black Mage's soulstone and used it for different purposes. Not only for more powerful magic but also Voidsent summoning, which Zaza did not know for a long time. After she catched him in the act of using magic that was clearly forbidden she threatened him - she was not the nicest girl and is a bit better now - to teach her because she was fascinated by it. All of his studies were so interesting and different from the usual. She studied Thaumaturgy under him - while also joining the guild for a few years - and learned to handle the destructive side of magic. She was already an adult for quite some time when she discovered that her mentor tried to summon a Voidsent that was too strong for him to control. After it attacked him he tried to defend himself and wounded it but got killed by it - but it was wounded enough so that Zaza could struck it down. This showed her that the Void is a subject that not even a researcher of the occult should touch which she, thank the Twelve, never did before. She took her mentor's soulstone and polished her newfound Black Magic - of course, never using it in public or in front of others.
Not much later she joined the Artifice of Reason, a group of researchers whose mindset really aligned well with her - Be better, there is no alternative. She joined them and finished her trial where she learned that her magic could be used for more than just destruction. The director also changed her for the better and she is trying to help them out in her own ways. Her special area being occult studies like undead, Black Magic and the like. Although she would never summon undead - her studies are more like countermeasures against them which is also true for Voidsent. Researching something can also be used to fight it.
I would like to find some new connections for Zaza after I changed her a lot. She can still be a bit snobby but isn't as bad anymore, she even managed to make friends in the Artifice. She was more of a distrustful loner before that and when she studied alone. This changed and she may not know a lot about working together but is trying to learn it. For the connections:
- She could have found an assistant for her occult studies which I would put in a grey area when it comes to legality. Like, she isn't summoning something forbidden but she still studies the related subjects which is why she won't make her works public and keep them for the Artifice. The assistant could also learn destructive magic from her and should be ICly more of a beginner or amateur when it comes to that. Although that's just optional. Just the occult part would be enough. The best would be someone who would be willing to join the Artifice but that's just optional as well and not required.
- If you have another idea, just ask. I'm pretty open to a lot of things.
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