<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/19/59/d5/1959d5a89df588d70e329492b8e6ff84.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>Professor Chastity Merryweather<br/><strong>Age</strong>647<br/><strong>Sex</strong>Female by default but she's known to change it temporarily with magic<br/><strong>Sexuality</strong>Gynosexual: she's attracted to the female body but less concerned about the gender identity of the individual.  There are rumors that she's changed men into women in order to make them better lovers by showing them how to satisfy a woman's needs properly.  In reality, it's known that she doesn't break the rules of the academy.<br/><br/><strong>Species</strong>Witch.  Any warlock/witch/wizard of sufficient age and knowledge can attain the level of power that she has if one will put in the severe dedication.<br/><br/>By the traditions to which she's accustomed, wizards are male, witches are female, and warlocks change their form so much and take on such a decidedly nonbinary form as to fit with neither.  However, she understands that definitions are changing and tries to remember to use pronouns as requested instead of as inherent to a person's immediate sex.<br/><strong>Physical Description</strong>Her default form is that of a young redhead with a gaze far older than her apparent age would suggest possible.  She has a black Ihwaz rune tattooed on the back of her neck at the very top of her spine.<br/><strong>(Teacher Only) Subject</strong>Introduction to Arcane Theory.  Consider this an elective class but part of the major Spells and Hexes, which goes over the five basic types of magic: alchemy, artifice, sorcery, summoning, and thaumaturgy.  Metamagic across types and using a wand is generally too advanced for this course, meaning that if you don't want to end up with a potion of bull's strength that will make you as angry and blinded with fury as a bull, you'll want to get bull hairs which have been properly enchanted by other, more advanced methods.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Personality</span>Genial, patient, compassionate, and as wise as one of her age would be expected to be.<br/><strong>Likes/Dislikes</strong>Her one true enjoyment is the opportunity to water the tree of knowledge that blooms in curious students, but her primary dislike is when people feel at odds to make fun of a first name which was perfectly ordinary and natural when it was given to her.<br/><strong>Favorite Subject</strong>Every once in a while, she'll develop a new passion and take on the desire to learn some skill that she hasn't yet acquired.  Lately, she's been struggling more and more to understand technology, and while she understands that Siri isn't actually an imprisoned woman inside the tiny metal box, she has a rough time with anything more advanced than sending an e-mail.<br/><br/><strong>History</strong>To tell the entirety of Professor Merryweather's story would take a lifetime in and of itself.  It is enough to say that she started her life in France and was taught young how to slow her aging process, being tattooed with a rune that causes her to age but one day for every year and a day of her existence.  People who've looked into her know that she spent much of the late 17th century in Salem up until, in her words, "people started getting a little unreasonable."  She attributes her longevity to a lack of a desire to hold a grudge, especially since there's no point in holding a grudge against any human who will be dead anyway by the end of the next century without one's lifting a finger.<br/><br/>Far better instead to work on the things that last, and even if individuals don't remain after they've been taught, their ideas do, and things continue to build and grow from one generation to the next.  Sir Isaac Newton claimed to stand on the shoulders of giants, knowing that he learned by seeing the many ideas that came before and adding his own thoughts.<br/><br/>While many see the world as an endless repetitive cycle, Professor Merryweather sees it as a fragile sandcastle where various pieces fall down but many others work to rebuild it even better than it was before.<br/><br/><strong>Ons/Offs</strong>https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=102977.0  Note that the chemo has had an effect on my libido, which isn't entirely gone but tends to be pretty low when compared to your average E player.<br/><strong>Writer</strong>AndyZ<br/><strong>Faceclaim</strong>Emma Stone<br/><strong>Additional info and images</strong>