<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Name:</span></span>Salem Frostfire<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Age:</span></span>21<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Gender:</span></span>Male<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Appearance:</span></span><a class="postlink" href="http://pm1.narvii.com/6074/2a6ba3afaf0db872f4b7b6bd18f1d9b9387ce095_hq.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Bio:</span></span>Salem was once a proud young Duke of the Demon race. Several generations back, one of his ancestors was a child of the Demon Emperor at that time. They did not manage to inherit the throne, of course, but as a Duke family, they were still far above the ordinary masses. Also, having the blood of the original Demon Emperor running through them, all of the Duke houses could wield his signature blue flames.<br/><br/>And yet, since ancient times, Salem’s Frostfire family had kept a dangerous secret.<br/><br/>This story traced back to the founder of their Frostfire family, to the current Demon Emperor’s youngest daughter. Her name was Vera, and she was considered the number one beauty in their Demon Empire. Her Royal father married an impressive youth from an established Demon clan to her and the Frostfire Duke house was established with them and their descendants. At that time, nobody knew the truth about the husband’s, Faust’s, origins.<br/><br/>When Faust was just a boy, a small plague had swept through the Empire, killing several members of his family. When these people died, so too did the secret that Faust was actually an adopted child. He wasn't a descendant of the Frozen Rain clan at all, but the Ancient Frostsoil clan.<br/><br/>Thousands of years ago, when the Demon Emperor was being decided, the fight had come down to the Skyfire clan and the Frostsoil clan. Naturally, the Skyfire clan had come out victorious and annihilated those whom they had competed with. Had they discovered that a thousand years later there was still a descendant of the Frostsoil clan living, and that they had even married their royal daughter to him, their stomachs might have exploded from anger.<br/><br/>But there was little way for them to have known. Even Faust himself hadn't known until he and Vera had borne children.<br/><br/>See, the blood of the Demon Emperor’s line is strong, and will usually determine what sort of natural magic its descendants will be gifted with. However, as one who had once stood on equal footing with the Demon Emperor’s clan, the Frostsoil clan also had a powerful blood legacy. One wielded blue flames, and the other, a frost so filled with life energy it could grow cold weather plants like soil. Faust hadn't discovered any problems living with the Frozen Rain clan, as they also practiced ice magic, but when his children started wielding magic of an ice-fire hybrid, he understood the gravity of the situation.<br/><br/>A mixing of powerful bloods like this was a threat to the Imperial family. If it was not carefully kept secret, a calamity would befall Faust and his children. Thus, he was forced to have them all hide their power. Except in absolute secrecy, they could not display their hybrid magic at all. Instead, they had to deliberately weaken their magic by forcefully suppressing its ice attribute. This meant that their total strength was cut by half.<br/><br/>As the generations went by the two great ancient bloodlines mixed further. More and more effort was required for the members of the Frostfire family to display only their fire magic, until their strength had fallen so far that there were movements to remove their title of Duke. When Salem was six years old, this movement finally succeeded, and the Frostfire family no longer held their royal title.<br/><br/>They might have been upset, but the family elders got together and decided that this was an opportunity! Under the pretext of feeling too much shame to continue to live in the Imperial City, they moved the whole family away.<br/><br/>They would travel far, split up the clan members, create new identities for themselves, and finally practice their hybrid magic freely. As long as a member of the Royal family never came to personally examine their bloodline, nobody would be the wiser.<br/><br/>Salem’s parents were a bit more cautious than most. They still feared being discovered by the Royal family, so they fled with their son to the one of the Human Kingdoms. They used simple magic to disguise their ears and skin tone, and masked as a small family of wizards.<br/><br/>The town they settled in wasn't exceptionally large, but it was big enough that people occasionally needed enchanted items repaired, and having a few extra people with medical knowledge never hurt. This added on to Salem’s parents’ agreeable nature helped them settle in rather smoothly.<br/><br/>Starting when he was thirteen, Salem began to work part time at the mill. By sixteen, he had grasped enough control over his natural hybrid magic to make use of the ancient Frostsoil’s healing capabilities. From then on, he would help treat some of the villagers’ injuries on the side. He continued to study more from his parents. Everything from martial combat techniques and destructive magic, to item enchanting and medicine. He has long since been aware of the thin line he was born to walk, and always careful to keep his demon identity secret. However, as the boy grew up into a young man, it became difficult to suppress the hot-blooded adventuring spirit in his heart, despite the danger.