<strong>Name: </strong>Lara Locksley<br/><em><strong>Major Character</strong></em><br/><strong>Age:</strong>27<br/><strong>Alias:</strong><br/><strong>Affiliation:</strong>Full member, The Storm Guard; Perpetual membership of the Arcane Circle.<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Cheerful, friendly, helpful and always willing to talk, Lara carries none of the normal angst associated with the magic realm, and superheroing in general. The flip side of the coin is that she doesn't take the whole superhero business very seriously - preferring a night out with friends and groupies to anything like patroling or sentry duty.<br/><strong>Description:</strong>A slight girl, standing 5' 6" tall barefoot, she has a wide, full lipped smile; brilliant blue eyes and artfully curlled blonde hair. She usually wears expensive but casual fashion. Short shorts in pink and other pastel colours. Expensive blouses and tight Hello Kitty shirts over her barely B cup breasts. When she must bother with some superheroing, she tends to wear an elaborate white, red and pink cloak and robe ensemble.<br/><br/>(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee77/bathoz/Bubblegum_by_mattPLOG.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Powers:</strong><br/><em>Magic</em>: Lara is probably Earth's premier magic user, though that title has less meaning after the magic genocide a decade ago. Her day to day, off the cuff magic is not superbly powerful. But it is incredibly flexible, allowing her to get by as a day to day superhero quite handily. Where it gains in strength is when she has enough time to embue it with the power of ritual. With preparation, the right tools, helpers and timing, Lara is able to perform the type of sorcery that has gotten her invited to the Storm Guard. Visually, her spells tend to mimic her fashion, using pink energies and having cosmetic flourishes like charging horses, hearts and other cutsy details.<br/><br/><em>Imbued Items</em>: Ritual isn't the only way for her to bring her powers to bear - Lara can also imbue physical items with power, though this can take a long time, and many sacrifices to acheive permenantly. One such piece is the cloak she usually wears while on the job. It is unbreakable, woven with hundreds of anti-magic charms - from the purely protective to ones that make it difficult to scry her; and can fly, directed by Lara's thoughts. Usually she uses it as a makeshit magic carpet, but sometimes needs must, and she just holds on for dear life.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Unlike most in the mystical community, Lara Locksley was born into a family of magicians, and cast her first spell at the age of 3. It wasn't some power she sought out, the reward or punishment for being in the wrong place, or even the result of feverish studies. Instead, it started off as just another way to make her days more fun. This has resulted in a very casual relationship with magic, which frustrates her peers pm the Arcane Circle - a body she was invited to as a teenager.<br/><br/>Her parents aren't dead, though Mary and Philip have long since been superceded by their daughter's natural talent. And it was them that encouraged Lara to consider using her powers to protect their city. Lara didn't mind, it was a career - one with fame, sponsors, free dresses and great parties. So, as the years went by, she developed a bigger and brighter reputation, until, finally, she was invited to join the Storm Guard.