Beryl

Details

Full Name	Beryl
Aliases	"Bubble Witch", "Soap Girl"
Title	Bubbly Little Witch Helenistic Hydromancer
Occupation	Scribe-in-training
Affiliation	Great Library (Scribe-in-training)
Age	Undefined
Height	144cm
Weight	43kg
Likes	Bubbles, fish, confectionaries (especially chocolate-mint flavored frozen milk confectionary)
Dislikes	Insects, spicy food
Featured In	Scarlet Record

A playful, happy-go-lucky child, adept in the art of hydromancy.

A bubbly girl who can be seen alongside Ruby. Her childish appearance and demeanors may fool onlookers, for she is an altered version of her true self.

Little is known about Beryl’s background beyond the fact that she is a Neverwere. However, some sources mentioned that Pawnsmoor Hall had a play in her creation, altering her physical appearance even though she assumed the form of an exalted character from a book of legends.

Introduction

Born from an anomaly and discovered by Ruby in the aftermath of the Pawnsmoor Incident. Initially, she was misidentified as a typical Neverwere. Further scrutiny revealed her true beginnings, however.

As a Neverwere adopting the form of a person listed within the Empty Tome, Beryl was able to preserve the being’s memories as well as her prowess in hydromancy. Despite this, her status as an unrefined clone of the exalted Neverwere requires her to adapt to The Rift’s influence or risk becoming feral.

Under Ruby’s mentorship, Beryl is beginning to learn the ways of the Scribe. Though she has a tendency to cling to her foster parent and has a long way to mature, Beryl has the potential to be anything but a typical little witch.

Background

Origin

Found by Ruby moments after the Pawnsmoor Hall incident, Beryl had no clues about who she was and was confused as she suddenly appeared in the Great Library. At first, Archivists couldn’t track down her origin or who she was trying to assume as, but a few days later, it came to light that Beryl’s form was twisted by Pawnsmoor Hall’s fluctuating ether during the incident. The source record of who Beryl is supposed to become has been secured by Scribes and later examined for other possible anomalous properties.

After some considerations, Beryl became Ruby’s foster child and is currently being trained to become a Scribe.

Prior to Scarlet Record

Under Ruby’s mentorship, Beryl picked a few studies that were seemingly random at first, but Ruby caught the pattern later on: astrology. Beryl’s fascination with celestial objects and their characteristics aligned with Sea Goddess Helena’s aspects back in her realm, as she governed the sea as well as celestial objects.

After accepting the setback that hinders her from reaching her full potential, Beryl developed a new way to harness her hydromancy power with the help of Ruby, leading to several creative outcomes. This development solidifies Beryl’s peppy, child-like qualities as demonstrated by her array of spells that are almost entirely related to or literally bubble-shaped.

Characteristics

As a Neverwere, Beryl is not herself. Her image, appearance, and behaviors are mere replicas of the original person of legend written in the Library’s collection (which, in her case, is an avatar of a sea goddess from Helena, an oceanic realm). However, at the time of what would become Beryl’s conception, the tome that contained descriptions of Helena’s goddess’ avatar was under Pawnsmoor Hall’s influence. This caused a constant ether fluctuation around the tome, and eventually, a significant deformation occurred: the form Beryl assumed is a much younger version of the goddess’ avatar.

The deformation caused major alterations to Beryl’s personality. Her sheer curiosity and soft demeanor are the most visible deviations, as the original avatar’s personality was more firm and determined. She also became more playful and peppy, and would take a longer time to understand whether someone has bad intentions or the concept of “evil” in general.

In other words, Beryl, at least in this form, is a smol innocent bean “too good for this world”.

Capabilities

As the helper, Beryl provides tons of supports for the squad, physical and mental alike. Her talents are deviously useful, and her inquisitive trait makes her a good conversation starter often.

Ever curious and investigative, and being encouraged by her mentor, Beryl always pries into things that she doesn’t understand or know. This often leads to discoveries of things that would be missed otherwise.

Possessing the sea goddess’ avatar’s potential, Beryl has a wide range of magical prowess and is not limited to one magic archetype; she can cause damage, treat wounds, place hexes, and protect herself or her friends, to name a few. She is also almost self-contained as she can regenerate her own mana over time, ensuring constant uptime of her spells.

This quality, however, comes with a limit that Beryl can only cast her spells in the form of bubbles and nothing else. While it closes the door to most of the powerful spells she can learn in the Great Library, it opens the door to unusual magic tricks, which she uses very well on any occasion.

While unconfirmed, Beryl may be able to access her true potential with the help of the “Origin Stone”. This “Origin Stone”, however, is poorly documented. The only record in the Great Library only points to what such a thing can do to ‘imperfect Neverwere’, not where and how to obtain it.

Equipment

Bubbletear Wand (Wand): Beryl’s wand of choice. A remarkable instrument made out of oak, adorned with an intricate raindrop-shaped etching and a studded gemstone at the base.
The gemstone resonates with those who excel in hydromancy, boosting the potency of spells that are related to water.
Azure Bubblewhorl (Orb): A magical orb that Beryl can summon at a whim. While under the orb’s presence, Beryl gains additional perks such as increased healing potency of her healing bubble spells and the ability to create ripples of light which shoot her enemies with a brief, intense ray. It dissipates after a couple of minutes, and Beryl can resummon it right after it dissipates.

beryl.md