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NAME: Anders (he/they)

CONTACT: rainey.day#3680


ACTIVE TIMES/PACE:
My timezone is EST. Highly dependent on whether or not university is in session, but usually afternoons/evenings.

BRACKETS/PROSE:
Past or present tense prose. I can match!

OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS:
I am generally okay with most things, but I ask for warnings on things having to do with surgery/surgical torture, or pregnancy. Feel free though to ask about triggers if you aren’t sure!

IN CHARACTER

PHYSICAL AFFECTION:
Raine enjoys physical affection, but probably will not be open to it from people they do not know well.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE:
Sure! Just ask before, please, especially if it is any sort of major act/injury. Raine can and will retaliate, and is very proficient in bard magic, but is both powerless and defenceless in this world unless of course they feed their entity. Raine is a bit sturdier than a human, but unlike Eda once a limb is off, it can’t be put back on.

RELATIONSHIPS:
Romantically, Raine is primarily interested in their canon love interest, Eda. That's not to say there's no potential for others in their life, but so far they've only really ever had eyes for Eda.

Platonically and friendship wise, Raine tends to be friendly but cautious towards strangers. They’re always open to new friends and faces in their circle, it just might take them a bit of time to trust you.

PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION:
Raine, using their bard magic, can control others. This however can be countered by preventing them from playing, or blocking the ears of the afflicted.

MAGICAL INFORMATION: Raine is a witch, and can cast spells. However, due to having a Bard Coven sigil brand, their magic is constrained to magic casting methodology that revolves around playing notes or music. Their instrument itself isn't inherently magical, but rather any instrument can be used as a vehicle for their powers.

Raine's violin also contains a fox palisman, who can be separated from the violin to become an active, independently sentient creature. Their palisman shares a fear reserve with Raine.

Their magic is often manipulation of their surroundings; they can generate storms, summon and dispel instruments, create shockwaves, control others, transform matter, and more. Disarming them of their instruments renders them mostly harmless, but they've been shown to be able to whistle to generate magic as well. As stated above, counteracting their magic can also be done to an extent via covering your ears/the ears of the afflicted, but mostly for their manipulation of others.



MEDICAL INFORMATION:
Raine is a witch; they are mostly similar to humans, minus the bile sack that allows them to do magic without a focus or source.

OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS:
For Raine themself: Raine dislikes abuse of power from authority figures. They struggle with both being controlled against their will and controlling other people to keep those that they love safe. Raine struggles with anxiety, primarily stage fright, so making them go in front of crowds will not be handled well. Their relationship with Eda can be a sore subject, and though they’ll never speak poorly of her, they don’t like talking about their break-up. They also have an aversion to those that have a dislike of magic, witches, or non-humans.

Themes surrounding Raine:
-Anxiety/depression and general mental health (canon Raine struggles with stage fright, but I want to explore both how their breakup and being in the coven system affected them since canon does not)

-Isolation (canon theme that goes hand in hand with brainwashing/lack of agency)

-Brainwashing, loss of memory and lack of agency (canonically is controlled, possessed, and had an attempt at brainwashing from another coven head)

-Deception/manipulation (canonically lies about being brainwashed, but general themes of Raine themself deceiving others and being deceived by the covens)

-Attempted Genocide (canon content that holds themes of Puritanism, witch trials, etc.)

Feel free to ask if you do not want any of these discussed in our threads!

OUT OF CHARACTER

BACKTAGGING: Yes please!

THREADHOPPING: Ask first.

FOURTHWALLING: I will probably not want to, but ask first.

NOT INTERESTED IN:

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

VISUAL:
Raine is a shorter, medium-skinned witch. They have shorter pointy ears, and has naturally occurring mint green hair that is turning white at the bottom, and green eyes. They wear a pair of round glasses, a singular gray earring, and a long, black tunic with a maroon collar, gold trim, three gold buttons, a brown belt, crimson pants and black, knee-high boots.

AURAL:
Raine is voiced by Avi Roque.

OLFACTORY:
Raine usually smells very clean, like sandalwood, as well as rosin.

DEMEANOUR:
Raine is generally friendly, if not a bit shy at first. They try to keep a cool exterior but has an anxious streak that shows up if put in front of a crowd, and can be a bit snarky if they’re up against a foe.

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Character Profile: Raine Whispers

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Name: Anders (he/they)
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Character Name: Raine Whispers (they/them)
Age: 45
Canon: The Owl House
Canon point: Follies at the Coven Day Parade
History: here

Personality:

An Anxious Personality:
Though Raine often tries to keep a cool, calm exterior, Raine is often very timid and shy. They suffer from stage fright, and usually find it difficult to talk in front of people or perform in front of large crowds- they ran off stage during their induction as head of the Bard Coven, after all.

Selflessness:
Raine is also a selfless person, and will go to lengths to sacrifice and protect for those they love. They take Terra’s attempts to keep them in line in order to protect their allies. They are also willing to sacrifice themself if it means defeating Belos, trying to use Eda’s corruption to take out two coven heads even if it means dying.

Intelligence and Cunning:
Raine is also a cunning leader and strategist, and is usually seen as the one gathering intel and strategizing much of the resistance’s efforts against Belos. Back in the Boiling Isles they formed several groups against the Emperor, namely the BATs and the later CATs. They faked being brainwashed, even to Eda. They trick Terra Snapdragon into thinking they're brainwashed as well by magically altering her tea, all while coordinating with Darius and Eberwolf against the throne in secret. Their intelligence also lies in their bardic skills, having learned multiple instruments to use for their magic, and even taught for the Bard Coven.

Creativity:
Raine is incredibly creative, having invented their bard technique of whistling to alter matter. They worked their way up the ranks of the coven purely on skill despite their stage fright, having proven themself as a witch that can take bard magic and make it into something fun and inventive. They have fun with their work, naming their organisations they formed against Belos both BATs and CATs. They also created- or at least insisted that they create- the disguise masks for the BATs.

Kindness:
They are also quite good natured, and enjoy teasing their friend and former lover Eda Clawthorne. They respect her, though, and still speak kindly of her, even after they broke up with her. They cite her as the reason they even formed the Bards Against The Throne. In addition, they use their position as a coven head to try and help wild witches escape from Belos’ grip.

Suitability:
Raine, having been thrown from one dangerous situation into another, wants to stick around for two reasons:

The first: the ADI reminds them a lot of the Coven System. Raine wants to both investigate them, the Fears, and what the truth is somewhere in the middle of them. They'll do it by any means necessary.

The second: Edalyn Clawthorne. Eda is Raine’s ex girlfriend and childhood friend. Raine is incredibly loyal to Eda, even with the distance between them, and feels the need to protect and keep watch over her.

Powers/Abilities:

Bard Magic:
Raine, when able to use their magic, can use the power of music to manipulate their surroundings. They do numerous things with it, and in canon has been shown to control people, generate storms, create shockwaves, make things move, and nullify other forms of magic. If Raine can play music, they can theoretically make magic. The Entities have complicated when they can and cannot however, and their magic now will not work unless they've fed.

Instrument Summoning:
Though Raine’s preferred instrument is a violin, they can summon and dispel instruments with their magic from hammerspace. This can range from their violin, to a pipe, to a piano.

Matter transmutation and manipulation via sound:
By whistling, Raine can alter the state of matter, such as turning paper to ash, changing the flavor of a drink, and can even cause things like shockwaves.

Smokescreen creation:
Raine can use instruments such as a flute or a pipe to create smoke.

Entity Affinity:
Raine’s entity is The Web. Within their arc, Raine is controlled and deceived by people constantly- by the covens, by Belos, to a lesser degree their own friends and allies, and are literally turned into a puppet in season 3. They also do their own fair share of manipulation, however, using it to deceive friend and foe alike as a means to protect those they care about from the Day of Unity.

Inventory:
Raine’s coven head uniform and cloak
Raine’s BATs mask
Raine’s violin

Samples: here

Character Samples: Raine Whispers

Roleplay Threads:

TDM: An Unknown Ally (Raine and Rue)

TDM: Exasperating Reunions (Raine and Eda)

Other Samples:
They lower their head into their arms, resting their temple against their forearm as they held Eda’s form in their gaze. They hadn’t been in this close of contact with Eda since their fight during the parade, and even then they hadn’t really had the opportunity to look at Eda- to really look. It was hard not to.

“So, I pretended. I kept working and acted as if I was finally another loyal puppet for The Emperor. I took Terra’s tea and.. tolerated the way she talked about me. And you. She really didn't like you but- that's not the point. I took it the best I could to keep you safe. And we did find out things- the day of Unity is.. horrible, Eda. It scared me into fighting you off at the parade because if I kept you away from it, you couldn't get hurt.”

Raine looks away, at the stained glass window. They felt it was a bad idea to bring up the specifics of the Day of Unity’s true nature that they knew, but Eda, still, was owed an explanation on that front.

“But I feel like now, all I did was potentially make things harder for us. I mean, you went straight to Warden Wrath, a pretty good source that I was too scared to interrogate.. and you got him…”

Raine trails off. They weren’t young and naive to what they felt anymore, and denying that they felt any other way about Eda besides a soft, undying love that took hold of them when the two first met and got to know each other would be silly. That is what this had all been about, they realized. The two of them were older than when they’d broken up, but none of that changed anything for Raine. When they broke up with her, Eda had left a hole in their heart that they'd never been able to fill, but also hadn't ever quite addressed. Raine had just fallen into their studies, fallen into their investigation of Belos and who he was really.

It was in a way something that deeply frustrated them, because the part of Raine that was afraid to get hurt again by her tugged at them. It begged them to withdraw, go back to the distance they’d held her at for both of their sakes for so long.

—————

Raine followed quietly, and took in the Owl House's interior. They'd been on the outside of the tower on a multitude of times, but never inside. It was... interesting.

"Lilly.. like..?"

Like Lilith Clawthorne, Eda's sister. Raine didn't finish that thought out loud. It made sense, to a degree- Lilith had been sentenced to being petrified as well for vague misdeeds against the Emperor. But they'd never considered she'd stayed with Eda after they'd escaped.

When Eda walks away they lingered- Lilith's touch of tidiness was apparent in the room. It again, made sense. Lilith was still Eda's sister, and honestly Raine couldn't think of anybody else who would've taken her in. She'd made her bed and laid in it when she'd joined the Emperor's Coven and become Belos' right hand. Raine followed Eda- but they continued to muse over Lilith's disappearance from the covens.

Raine was so lost in it that they didn't even notice the nest- they hardly even noticed they were in a different room until they were getting jabbed in the chest by Eda's nail.

They jumped, and backed up a pace, their gaze returned to Eda- she was angry, and hurt, and it hurt Raine to hear her talk about being frustrated that they'd not been honest with her.. They habitually covered their mouth as she talked. She dropped them further and further into the hole they'd made for themself, and they couldn't help the guilt that wracked their mind.

But the things Eda talked about- the plan, feeling like they thought she was incapable of understanding or being a functioning teammate, also shook awake a deep seated, old anger that began to bubble to the surface. They hardly even noticed when it popped.

“I was trying to protect you, Eda. You do all these wild things and I- you were almost petrified, for Titan’s sake! I watched that on my scroll and thought you were going to die- I mean, for a while I thought you'd died anyways because people stopped reporting sightings of you for a while.”

They raised their hands frustratedly, shaking their head.

“I just wanted to do something right for you for once, Eda. I didn't want to involve you in something that could get you killed and I couldn't afford to risk dying myself. I don't think the emperor would be so kind the second time around if I was caught again.”

There's a hint of sarcasm in Raine's voice at the end. It was a bitter sarcasm, though. They don't find it funny.

“I mean, it was the least you could let me do after I found out you have two kids to take care of when we were going to die taking down two Coven Heads with your curse. I just wanted to help you and prevent that, so that you could keep your family safe and I could keep working because I…”

Raine had nobody, they thought as they trail off, and shakily ran their hands through their hair. Raine was quick to come back, though, the anger growing now that it was free until-

“But what I don't understand is why you even care about me withholding the truth from you when you weren't honest with me about your curse! You shut me out for so long when I was trying to help, or just be there for you. You pushed me away!”

Raine let out an angry, loud huff, and they hug themself, becoming more upset than angry. Their voice is shaky as they continue to talk, but they press on.

“You barely have the right to want me to be honest. I had to hear from Lilith about you when she was head of the Emperor's Coven. I hated listening to how she talked down about you, but that was the most information about your curse I ever received. More than you were willing to ever give me. I just- I don't get why- or if- you can't see it, after everything! You might think I'm a bad actor, but you're a bad liar. You knew I knew something was wrong and you still refused to let me help. You not telling the truth is why we broke up, Eda!”