Aden
Name: Aden Reeves
Age: 54
Gender/Preference: Female/Straight
Title: N/A
Student/Scholar/Graduate: Left Salem Academy during Middle School
Residence: New Meridian
Familiar: None
Magical abilities: Fire (strong) and Wood (weak) elements, Healing (intermediate)
Appearance: Much the same as the PB.

Personality: Aden is a pretty intense individual. She has a destructive personality that affects her as much as it does those around her. The attachments she makes with people are often short-lived and riddled with conflict. She is unpredictable emotionally and tends not to react in the way that you would expect for a given situation. She likes to buuuurn things.
Strengths: Despite her instability, Aden can be a pretty tough cookie.
Weaknesses: Aden is very good at making very bad decisions. One would wonder if she does so on purpose.
Quirks: She is fussy about her food.
Secrets: Likes to burn things?

Biography:
Aden had a pretty standard childhood. Both her parents were alive, present and loving – for the most part. Her father is a Healer at the New Meridian Clinic, whilst her mother works to maintain the trees and plants in public areas around the city. Their first child – a boy – was almost finished middle school by the time Aden was born. He continued on at Salem Academy through upper school and remains there as a scholar to this day. Aden never had a good relationship with him – they saw each other around the academy, but she tended not to give him the time of day. When Aden was part way through lesser school her parents had a third child – another boy. Aden got on a little better with this brother once he got a bit older. This was mainly because she could exploit his innocence and blame him for things. When Aden left the academy her relationship with her family deteriorated – she was soon to move away from home and gradually lost contact with them.

As Aden moved through her schooling, it became apparent that she possessed ability in both her parents’ areas of magical expertise. It was the fire element, however, that really took her fancy – she was strongest in that, and tended to neglect her other studies (especially the wood element – much to her mother’s vexation). Aden really only learned enough to spring forth small saplings or repair small amounts of damage to plants – and even then, it was only so she could engulf them in flames once more. She had a little more time for healing and managed a passable understanding of this area before leaving the academy.

Aden was always a pretty dysfunctional child. After their first being so good, her parents really didn’t know how to handle her, and for the most part, they didn’t. It was clear from her early schooling that she didn’t work well with others. She had a tendency to react inappropriately to the situations she (always) found herself in, and her friendships never lasted long. She did manage, over the years, to cajole submissive individuals into being her ‘friends’ – though ‘minions’ might be a better term. As she progressed through her teens she became interested in a boy a couple of years older than her. He seemed to have a similar level of dysfunction, but seemed much better at handling it than her. She never really registered on his radar though. It wasn’t until he started spending less time at the academy – and she went looking – that he took any notice of her. They formed a loose sort of friendship – though friendships with this boy were never long lasting – usually so long as you were useful to him. That was the case here too. He dragged Aden into the underworld of New Meridian, which he escaped for a time – to finish his studies and pursue a different career path. She was left there to pursue any avenues that she could – though she was particularly fond of arson if anyone was in need. It was a rarely sought after service, however, and she ended up offering whatever else she could to get by – healing, moving illegal goods, information mongering, destruction/disposal of evidence and later, sex.

Aden moved out of home at the age of 20. She lived on the streets, with various men until they grew tired of her, and eventually in her own impoverished apartment. She had plenty of those short-lived, conflict ridden relationships, and made plenty of bad decisions. None were quite as bad as becoming involved with that boy following his 'return' to the underworld. (Yeah, it was Ajax. Someone needs a history with the bastard.) Their relationship culminated in Ajax doing things.. better left unsaid. The two managed to steer clear of each other for many years. Aden fell under everyones radar for a time, while Ajax settled into that world quite comfortably. Aden resurfaced soon enough – continuing to offer what services she could (though, really – if you needed anything fire she was definitely the person to ask.. and still is). Over time, Aden has managed to secure ties with all sorts of bottom dwellers - she has been seen in the company of groups such as pirates and politicians, as well as your typical underworld scum. She's not fussy.