Uma Khayali, Magical Totems and Taxidermy

Name Uma Khayali
Age 60? Has aged in another dimension
Homeworld Magical Earth, unlikely to be Twoarth
Species Human Mage / Totemic Unicorn
Gender/Pref Female, straight, prefers shifters and magical types
Post Instructor
Tenure Not exactly new, since she's been a prof at House Domina for decades?
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Smarts/GM 5
Bod/Feets 7 (agi 7, str 5)
RWS 2
Luck 5
Drive 0, navigate 5 (woodland mostly)
Looks 5/0 (if you like the bloody edges of that outift...)
Cool/Mouth 4
Bonk 8* natural immortality
Powers

Totemic Powers - Uma is an animist, not just a shapeshifter. She is able to acquire the appearance and abilities of an animal (usually magical) by wearing its skin. Yes, that means she has to kill and skin it. That's part of the ritual, believe it or not. She does however care quite a bit for animals, both magical and mundane, so it often creeps people out that she loves them to death like that

Magical Focus - Uma doesn't need a wand, she has a horn. The horn is from the unicorn that she killed first, it actually is a solid emerald growth (like the hooves of this animal) and casts an eerie, greenish light at all times. It's almost 30 inches long, one doesn't want to mess with this wand

Clusters Totemic and Unicorn Powers +5 Like any unicorn she has the ability to cure ailments from the common cold to cancer, poisons retreat from her touch. She can cure blindness and rid a body of parasites. Her own blood is magical thanks to years of working between dimensions and having the Fey partner she does. When she is actually wearing her 'skin' all of these powers are considerably stronger but she can actually perform them while she's in human guise now. Her fingertips are now hard and emerald-green just like her feet are permanently hoof-like, this is by design and she's okay with it. However she can also acquire a different animal as above and use it temporarily, her default is 'unicorn'
Skills

Is This Medicinal? +4 She'll pick apart her food, as well as any nearby roadkill. She's like that. She can tell whether an animal is magical or mundane, and if a Kin or Morph is nearby she will give them a good once-over magically to check for any issues they're having, she can affect Twoarth's Fur population more easily than any Skin with her powers

Taxidermy +4 Magically caring for the ripped-away skin and fur of an animal takes effort and practice. She knows there are elves (those Otherforest ones or some on Abode) that can 'flesh shape' while on the animal or person, she'd like to compare notes... they make such perfect leathers and fur accents on those worlds

Actually Heroic +3 She's spent plenty of time running around Paragon City as a hero, though she has had to make changes to what she does with her abilities and how they manifest there. ((powersets are Empathy / Radiation but only in effect rather than to reflect how she'd work here))

Knacks

Prior Engagement +3/-3 She is the chosen concubine of a wild spirit that inhabits the northern forests of her original Earth, and at his whim she will return to his side. He does occasionally show up in human or elk form at House Domina, though he's usually not around socal he might wind up at Wonder sometimes. He is in every way the biggest buck on the planet while still being humanoid. Even Tamoth Fallwood's dad from his Sylvan homeworld would agree. If he's around, Uma is, shall we say, 'distracted'. But when he's not engaged in whatever playtime antics they have in store, her powers grow almost exponentially

Don't Make Her Angry +3/-3 When she's in full unicorn shape she is downright terrifying. She's not one of those 'oh a virgin is perfect and pure let them ride' types, oh no. More like 'it's a virgin we need that blood'. Horses don't typically have that predatory glare, but if you see this unicorn with a dark gleam in its eye, you need to think: is it your heart she is going to pierce? She will use this powerful presence to her advantage if there is a bullying situation or if something is going wrong on a field trip (they've had issues with anti-magic and Retro racists before after all) and protects her students with her very soul

Period Class Teaching
1 Totemic Magic
2 Magical Animal Healing
3 Taxidermy (newly added period)
4 Totemic Magic
5  
6 Taxidermy (taken over for Herring when he retires)
7 Totemic Magic
8 Selecting Wands and Foci (newly added period)
Originally drawn by Lethe 1987 (not shown), current version up in City, but others exist
Dragon *
Hatched  
Pets?  
Partners?

Domina - the Lord of the Woodlands

CHS Knotleaf Kale-Baah

Zekira?

Children?

Domina - Daughter Rusa Khayali and thus also quite a few Zekiran grandchildren O.O

CHS Daughter Siga Baah-Kayali, the imaginary mysterious horn - plus grandchild Ohmud with Airich

 

From her Paragon bio:
Uma was a normal girl, human, until she saw her first unicorn. At first she wasn't positive that it had happened, such a fleeting glimpse of it. But when she followed after it, she learned it was true: there really were unicorns in the world. This one however had plans for her. It played a game of hide and seek, allowing Uma to see him now and again, drawing her farther and farther away from her home, deeper into the fey lands where he ruled.

When the day came that she realized she was not even human, she was now a wandering half-fey creature, she sought out those who had also seen this creature. On finally locating him while asleep, Uma touched him and begged him to return her to her own world. He did. But at a price. She roams as a unicorn in his world, by his side when he demands it.

When she is in her human guise she still bears odd markings from the other world. But she is more comfortable now walking with hooves, using her magical powers, to defeat evils in this world.

From her Domina page:
Uma Khayali, Care of Magical Creatures and occasional Taxidermy instructor
Female, age 35
Hair - blond; Eyes - green; Skin Tone - white with fur
Preferred Clothing - usually she wears the skin of an animal (unicorn) to adopt its powers. When she's feeling human, expect her to be in normal everyday t-shirts and jeans. Don't expect that often, she loves that feeling of fur.
Specialties - Uma is an animist, not just an animal-shaper, but she is able to acquire the appearance and abilities of an animal (usually magical) by wearing its skin. Yes, that means she has to kill and skin it. That's part of the ritual, believe it or not. She does however care quite a bit for animals, both magical and mundane, so it often creeps people out that she loves them to death like that.
Weaknesses - She is the chosen concubine of a wild spirit that inhabits the northern forests, and at his whim she will return to his side. He does occasionally show up in human or elk form at House Domina
Wand - Uma doesn't need a wand, she has a horn. The horn is from the unicorn that she killed first, it actually is a solid emerald growth (like the hooves of this animal) and casts an eerie, greenish light at all times. It's almost 30 inches long, one doesn't want to mess with this wand. Ever...
Familiar - does her mate count?
Unusual Studies - she'll pick apart her food, as well as any nearby roadkill. She's like that. But she also has the ability to cure ailments from the common cold to cancer, poisons retreat from her touch, and when she's in full unicorn shape she is downright terrifying.

 

 

 

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