Mags Pyee
Mags Pyee
Writer: Yvonne
Name: Mags Pyee
Age: Good question.
Email:dprono@planet.eon.net
Species: Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica, Corvidae)
Appearance: In her natural form Mags is a large black and white bird
with a
long tail. Her head, bill, breast and underparts are black, with green
iridescence on her wings and tail. Her belly, shoulders and primaries
are
brilliant white which are conspicuous as white wing patches when she's
in
flight. She's not natural to Maine, her kind's range going from the
northern part of the northern hemisphere from southern Alaska to
eastern
California, and east to Oklahoma.
In her human form Mags is an extreamly short, thin, nervouslooking woman of indeterminate age, standing at 4'8" and weighing in
at 65lbs. Her low weight is due to the fact that even in human shape her
bones are bird light, which can cause problems because they are so easy to
break.
Large, wideset black eyes peer out of a thin face dominated by a large
beaklike nose and thin, thin lips. Her hair is usually a wild mess
that
falls wispily to just below her shoulders, and a large white streak
stands
out sharply against the midnight black of her hair, which is touched
by an
odd, unnatural greenish iridescence. The white streak is a palm-width
wide
and starts from the middle-left of her forehead. She has relatively no
figure
and could almost be mistaken for a boy, as her breasts are almost
non-existant and she has no hips. Her hands and feet are thin and
clawlike with longer than usual fingers and toes, and she is able to manipulate objects just as well with her toes as with her hands.
She is usually dressed in overly large, baggy clothing adorned with a mulitude of shiney jewelery, almost enough to set up a street vendor's stall with.
Abilities/weaknesses: Mags as been hyper-sensitive to magic ever since
she was changed, so much so that having it around her can be extreamly
painful. She also reeks of magic and stands out like a beacon to
anyone
who is even the remotest bit sensitive to that sort of thing, and due
to
that, and because of the tangle of spells around her, she has become a
bit of a target for mages with less than ethical intentions.
Shifting from bird to human, or human to bird, is a painful
affair for her, but over time the pain has lessened, although it is
still
there. While shifting she seems to shimmer and then her current shape
is
replaced with the new one. Her clothing always shifts with her.
Personality: More bird than human, Mags is an odd mixture of shyness
and exuberance. She's curious about almost everything, especially if it's
shiney or has moving parts, and is uncomfortable in large groups of
people.She is also a severe claustrophobe and gets very agitated when she
can't see the sky.
History: Mags became a familiar when she found her mage the same year
she
was born. She was brighter than usual, for a magpie, and becoming a
familiaronly enhanced that.
The mage, Max, however, dabbled in the darker arts. While he
enjoyed his familiar's help and companionship he wished that she was
more than she was, and the idea came to change her, much as a mage could
change a normal human into a shapeshifer. After years of research he devised
an
experimental spell that would give an animal the ability to shift into
human form, and tested it on a number of animals before finding the
right combination that wouldn't kill the subject.
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