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Teens-Early 20s (20 in Isle of Avalon). 6'0"

An adventuring Magic Knight hailing from a city of artisans that's surrounded by water, famous for their waterfalls and canals with ancient architecture and old maze-like streets. Cattleya is quite normal in a fantastic world of swords and magic, and this always made her feel the need to prove herself. She stands out if only for her beauty and unique magical ability to swap clothes, armor, and weapons at will, combining her magical talents with unique fighting skills. Since she was young she had always been independent, wishing to make a name for herself in the world but it also made her rebellious and bowing to nobody. This attracted her to the life of an adventurer, joining a guild once she's old enough and quickly rising through the ranks and gaining reputation, seeing the world and helping others along the way showing her compassionate side.

Despite her knightly appearance and princely charm, she behaves more like a mysterious lone wanderer and speaks like an erudite mage, having a slightly different code of honor as she prefers the weapons of an assassin over that of a noble warrior. A bit distant, quiet, and occasionally moody; she is only seen smiling around her companion, Ruby, who acts as her travel partner. They support each other and compensates for each others' weaknesses and enhances each others' strengths, making them a very capable team.

Playfully described to be like a cat in personality, Cattleya seems to dislike being touched and has trouble socializing in a more intimate manner. She likes the challenge of a good monster hunt and is picky with her food. Her gifts are sometimes strange, but always something she worked hard to get. Despite being the taller and knightlier one between herself and Ruby, the other woman does more of the mature manners like talking to strangers and taking the lead, as Cattleya can be indecisive and shy. She secretly likes being cared for and doted on, but she has too much pride to admit it outright. She also does have an affinity for cats, particularly spirit tigers and winged lions - the symbol of her home city. She's well-studied, as expected for a mage, having developed a love for learning and reading during calm days indoors or during long rides from one city to another.



Abilities:

A "jack-of-all-trades" type, Cattleya's magic is compartmentalized in to different outfits, giving her great range in fighting styles, with her main ones thus far including:



Fighter
Strictly close-combat, her Fighter-class outfit grants her superhuman physical attributes but it makes her more vulnerable to magic. Although trained with swords and spears, as a Fighter, she favors the use of a pair of jamadhar, sheathed on either thigh that she can perform a quickdraw with like a handgun, able to use it to fire a blast of magic stored within the wave-like patterns on the blade. Like a handgun, it can run out of "ammunition" when used like a projectile weapon, so Cattleya reloads it like a firearm and limits the use of that for special encounters and fights with them like the hand-to-hand weapons they were meant to be. She is skilled in the use of the jamadhar enough to parry blows from larger weapons, and uses her magic to envelop the weapons in different elemental properties to add damage and extend their cutting range. The Fighter armor allows her to use her highly trained hand-to-hand combat skills, being agile with her footwork and creating angles and controlling distance.



Mage
The opposite of the Fighter whereas this outfit makes her more able to endure magical attacks but make her weaker in physical fighting. She focuses on offensive combat spells, utilizing hand gestures to cast them and deals a lot of damage. The casting of spells can take some time, especially for more powerful ones, leaving her more vulnerable to attack. It is also preferable for her to cast spells undisturbed, so she mostly does so on a stable surface or while stationary. But as a Mage, she recovers her energy faster and deals more damage to be able to defeat multiple monsters singele-handedly without much effort.



Archer
Nearly the same weakness as the Mage, the Archer prefers stealth and ranged combat. This is what Cattleya uses when she needs a compromise of using the Mage's range and the Fighter's mobility. Cattleya's preferred weapon is a compact crossbow, firing crystal shards at a semi-automatic rate of fire. But when she needs a bit more power and range, she switches to a longbow that fires magical spears that can take a bit of charge time, acting more like artillery than a mere archer.

She has minor abilities of a Priest. She can heal her wounds and her allies' although mostly to prevent their more serious injuries from worsening until a more trained healer finishes the job. Her support skills in creating shields are better honed than her healing. She mostly reserves the healing and support spells to her better trained and talented companion. It was Ruby who taught her how to use support spells in exchange for Cattleya to teach her some combat skills.

She later acquires abilities of a Knight. She can summon a phantasmal mount (usually a horse) and has access to defense-based skills. Creation of shields and shield walls, as well as increasing her party's defense overall.

Apart from her job class outfits, Cattleya owns a plethora of different clothing hidden within her spatial storage, from casual clothes to special purpose ones like swimsuits.