Scatha ((Skah-thah))

Hello. My name is Scatha.   I look like any normal young woman bordering on adulthood until you look closer and oddities begin to emerge. I'm of normal height, about five feet four inches, and with my willowy frame, I do not strike a frightful figure. My skin is a light, muddy brown, scatterings of ugly scarring dotting my form: jagged, parallel lines in threes. My hair is black, spilling down to my upper back, and is unkempt. My hair frames my wide brown eyes and my soft facial features.   When I was at the Institute, I wore a simple white shirt and matching shorts; neither of which allowed me to smuggle any contraband. Now that I'm out of there, I wear whatever I want. Stolen off of clotheslines strung in Lampei : I wear a dark red short-sleeved shirt, a pair of black shorts, and a draping black coat (much like Ehlan 's). I keep at my side a simple steel dagger, partially hidden amongst the folds of my coat.   In my free time, I practice with my dagger, trying to find new techniques with the help and the pointers of Aisioh. When that's off the table, I like to wander, admiring this new world I've discovered. I'm not sure what I enjoy yet, but I'm eager to experiment and find out.   I'm naturally powerful with my shadow magic, both in quality and quantity, but I've not mastered it nor harnessed it for any spells. Because of how powerful it is, my magic is very hard to control, nonetheless form into spells. After everything my magic has done (or perhaps everything I have done) there is a deep-seated fear of it in my chest. My magic feeds off my fear of it, using it to become more independent and malicious. The shades form into faces in the infinite depths of the shadows, and when my control slips they spill out as they gain physical forms; becoming demons. The demons are vicious and bloodthirsty and they even tend to attack me just as much as they attack others. I try to hold them back, but it's painful and difficult to do, especially when they're doing everything in their immense power to force me to let them go.