IMPURE - Carlie

It's Valentine's Day! Who cares~! Instead yet another sappy picture, let's have yet another sketchily whipped up character intro for my new dark epic, Impure. You've seen her before in this montage [link] . She's the second from the left and her name is Carlie.

Carlie was actually the first character I'd had a design for in this story. I really wanted to use a woman who was overweight to some degree (not morbidly obese or anything, but certainly not your typical rail-thin heroine). I figure realistically, fantasy heroes tend to be skinny from all the fighting and traveling and whatnot (slaying the hordes of evil probably burns loads of calories), so in order to make this work she had to be more of the laid-back, magic-using type.

It's worth noting that even in my fantasy stories, I very rarely use strict spellcasters... unless I can come up with a trick to it to make it a little different. So in Impure, magic users are called Rune Artists. Literally, they draw runes in the air (or an object, person, etc.); if done correctly, it will activate and something... "interesting" will happen, based on what rune was drawn. For instance, draw one type of rune on someone's wound to patch it up, or draw another kind one's feet to walk on top of water or on walls, and so on. Of course, if drawn incorrectly (or simply the wrong rune), effects can get pretty erratic. As such, it's prone to backfiring, making it kind of dangerous to be a Rune Artist. Because of this, they're are somewhat uncommon.

Anyway, runes are a pretty major part of the story either way, so you're going to be hearing more and more about them as the character bios continue. ^_^

Carlie Hunter
Age – 20
Hair – Dark Brown
Eyes – Blue
Height – 5’5” (165 cm)
Sign – Aquarius
Bloodtype – O
Occupation – Rune Artist
Personality – Open-minded, Friend to everyone
Likes – Old legends and stories
Dislikes – Violence, Scary things
Weapon – Runes

Carlie came to The Pureland with her explorer fiancée, Gregor. Although, The Pureland was explained to be dangerous and devoid of any human life, people who’d been there and returned told of mysterious relics and technology that had never been seen before. It was with that in mind that the young couple headed there; in hopes that they might find a cure for Carlie’s curse.

Two years prior, Carlie had been marked with a rune that bestows immortality. She hasn’t tried the “ultimate test” to see how well it worked, but she has seen its magic in other ways. In short, her body doesn’t change. If she’s injured, she feels pain but bears no cuts or bruises. She grows hungry but cannot lose or gain weight. And Carlie is troubled and deeply afraid of how powerful this curse is. Can she feel the pain of death but live through it? She doesn’t want to find out, but can't seem to find any way to remove it.

Whether The Pureland actually has a way of erasing this rune, she doesn't know. But it's the only chance she feels she has.


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Also, if you enjoyed this, be sure to check out the other characters I've revealed so far:
Roland - [link]
Callista - [link]
Carlie - [this one]
Sennin - [link]
Paige - [link]
Lexie - [link]
Hector - [link]
Craven - [link]

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Impure, Carlie, and all other characters and all other aspects of the story are copyright material belonging to me.