Irene (Book 1)

Irene had moved to Falconreach with Occavatra to start life anew. There, she was taught by Twilly to become a healer, allowing her to channel her magic through the Midday Mage Wand to cure common, preventable diseases and fix broken bones at ease. She also continued to practice her aerokinesis and in the process, discovered that she had a hidden talent that consists of temporarily turning air into weapons made of solidified metal that can cleave through even the hardest of solid objects. It is a little-known aerokinetic ability that runs through her lineage that had become a recessive trait in recent years due to a variety of unions between Irene’s ancestors and those who belonged to other bloodlines. Unfortunately, while Irene herself is able to perfect the ability, she lacked the control necessary to properly aim the solidified air at her foes before they vanish back into thin air, putting her allies at risk of accidental injury. This is why that she rarely practices the ability, however, being imperfect compared to Occavatra and her peers in Falconreach had given her self-doubt and she questions not only her worth as an individual, but also her ability to take care of herself during intensive combat situations. Despite the insecurity, Irene refuses to give in to them and vows to continue to educate herself so she can achieve mastery in her magical abilities. That’s why she began using her Wavespanner Wand that she would normally use for passive reasons to summon a small rain storm to keep multiple enemies at bay while she uses her aerokinesis to strike them down one by one within seconds. The occasional wind daggers that Irene keeps sheathed in her belt should her mana run low also allows her to strike her enemies swiftly, granting her enough time to drink a mana potion she keeps in her knapsack to keep herself refreshed so she can stay in action.

I revamped Irene’s Book 1 outfit to allow her outfit and hair to give her a fresh, new look to suit my current drawing capabilities that contrasted from the last time I designed the outfit in 2015. Drawing clothes for NPCs to wear is still one of my weak points so I recolored the sleeve and shirt on the Detective Uniform from MechQuest. In addition, I’d like to thank Bido for his help on Irene’s skirt and for his advice that I’ll take with me the next time I decide to try at hand at skirt designing. I greatly appreciate that. The Midday Mage Wand that Irene uses for her healing spell that Twilly taught her how to use is a yellow recoloring of the Frostvale Mage Wand on AQW. I decided to have Irene equip different weaponry whenever she has to use magic that it is outside her comfort zone. As for the wind-related attack animations, I stuck to using solid weapons and a replication of one of Drakath’s attacks as seen in the Captain’s Orders and Walk Through Fire quests in which he has taken possession of the Wind Orb. The fact that Irene can perform the skill without the Wind Orb in her possession demonstrates her potential as a sorceress and that there is room for improvement in her skill much like there is plenty of room for doing so with my own Flash skills. I did include two examples of her ability to use solidified air against her foes such as launching rotating six greyish-silver wind sickles in random directions and launching four Windy Double Bladed Axes from the sky. At around the time Irene and Occavatra had first settled into Falconreach, she barely has control over the direction of where the axes are flung at once she has summoned them so she is forced is visualize an image of a straight line in front of her to decrease the risk of injury to herself and her allies, but the odds are there is no guarantee the method would work as it should. Few master aeromancers especially those in Irene’s bloodline could perfect such a rare spell and even if they could, it would take months of intensive training with discipline and self-control. She does, however, remain passionate and strong-willed throughout the ride to achieving mastery. I hope everyone likes this new version of Irene. She would come to be known as the Belle of the Battlefield in the years to come.