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Skata's base alp form is that of an unusually, but not outlandishly short human, with pale skin and pointed ears. She appears as a somewhat androgynous young adult aged around 16~20, but is often mistaken for being male or a child due to her smaller build and masculine garb. When not in the mood for being mistaken as such, she often makes herself appear slightly older or more feminine. Her hair is black and fairly short, about chin length. It's straight most of the time, with two strands of hair, one in front of each ear, that are long enough to touch her shoulders. Her eyes are normally a pale lilac/lavender, though they occasionally shift colors to become more blue or violet, or to change darknesses. They rarely bleach so lightly that they appear an almost off-white, giving the impression of blindness. Her teeth are pointed, and her eyes occasionally have cat-slit pupils. She stands about five feet tall in this form, and alterations of this form are her most typical adopted forms.

Her midform -the form halfway between dragon and alp- looks much like her alp form, except about six feet tall and with much more draconic. She has four horns, one pair curling around her ears and twisting past her chin, the other curving over the top of her head, twisted and sharp. The first pair sprout from the sides of her temple, and have a small offshoot of horn each, pointing outwards and framing her face. The second pair of horns grows from the base of her hair, and also have an offshoot each, though they're more like spurs on the front of the base of each horn. Each horn is a sort of icy lavendar, with a smooth yet jagged texture, depending on which way you brush them. The horns almost look hollow and crystalline from the undersides, appearing to be full of a pale, shimmering, almost glowing, blue-violet liquid.
Skata has a pair of semi-opaque wings, with a wingspan of about 12 feet and scales matching the top side of her horns. They are large and webbed, with small claws on each tapering finger, the largest talons on each wingtip. Her arms and legs become covered in scales from her elbows and knees to her palms and soles of her feet. Her legs often shift to become a bit more draconic and crooked, a mix of reptilian and humanoid. Her fingers become tipped with sharp claws, and scales cover her back from the base of her neck to the beginning of her tail. A coating of smaller, paler, more translucent scales cover her front to match.
Her tail is long and slender, covered in hardened scales, smooth and sharp. The tip of her tail is topped with a wicked spade, sharp and deadly in close-range combat. She occasionally adopts one or more of her midform's features when in combat or in certain situations.

Her draconic form is covered in scales to match her midform's, albeit larger and more durable. Her dragon form is long and slender, with six legs -one pair of hind legs, and two front pairs, the second smaller than the other- two pairs of horns, and two pairs of wings. Her horns are basically larger, more antler-like versions of her midform's, not to mention sharper. Her wings are also basically larger and stronger versions of her midform's , one pair sprouting from her back, the other, much smaller, growing from her waist area. She has two rows of teeth in this form, and her scales often shift colors in the blue-purple spectrum to match the weather. She also has several small gemstones embedded in her underbelly. Her draconic form, at full size, is about the length of two school buses, from nose to the tip of her tail. She often scales this form down, however, typically ranging from as big as a moose to as small as a dragonfly.

Aside from these three base forms, Skata prefers the forms of magpies and other corvids, occasionally taking the forms of cats or lizards. Her tarnekappe takes the form of a strip of vaguely shimmery black fabric, soft but unnaturally durable, always tied around a wrist or leg. She typically wears dull or dark colored clothing, mainly men's garb in favor of the usual dress or gown. She's often mistaken for this, and the fact that she's a bit angrogynous.

Skata has the ability to shapeshift seamlessly into the forms of pretty much any creature imaginable, given that they're smaller than, say, an average dragon. Anything larger than that immensly drains her, and is often painful or uncomfortable. She also has the ability to transform into a sentient fog or mist and to turn invisible.
All of these abilities are only possible with her tarnekappe.
Shapeshifting without her tarnekappe is somewhat painful, as it's a more physical transformation, instead of a magical one. The only reason she can do so is due to her draconic ancestry, and the only forms she can switch between without hurting herself too badly are her alp, dragon, human, and mixed forms.

Skata is able to enter, manipulate, and feed off of dreams or nightmares, but only when in contact with her victim. She is also capable of possessing said victim whIle they're asleep, but it expends a great deal of energy and only works when she has her tarnekappe. It also only works when her posessee is unconscious, and she can be forced out of a body with iron or lemons.
Skata can also afflict minor curses and jinxes via her evil eye. She also knows a variety of spells, most having to with stealth or nature, ex: growing small plants or muting footsteps.
When in any of her partially draconic forms, she can breathe various breath weapons based on the weather, though these attacks are often laughably weak when she's not completely a dragon.

Skata is deathly allergic to lemons and iron, as all alps are. Pure iron burns her, heating up when in close proximity or when in contact with her, and metals with iron mixed in cause rashes and minor burns.
She's also effectively harmless without her tarnekappe, and, if stolen, is compelled to give a boon or fulfill a wish if such is asked or offered in return of the tarnekappe. Basically, if you steal the hat, you get a wish if you know to ask.
Anyone in possession of a tarnekappe can use the abilities bestowed by it, as long as they know how to.
Skata also does not actually have that much magical power, unless intentionally storing it up or siphoning from other magic users. She runs out of steam pretty quickly if she's not using her innate abilities over learned magic. Also sometimes she can see or sense magic? It's like a sixth sense, and it kind of weirds her out sometimes.

She's pretty decent with daggers and knives, and she's a formidable opponent when in any of her more draconic forms. Also a little bit of a jack of all trades, master of none.

sorry i don't have an actual ref image, this sprite's all i got rip
basically imagine my usual sona but color-swapped and tired of life

Name: Memetown Mavuto Nixid
Species: Spiritomb
Gender: Female??? Male?? Nobody knows. Very androgynous most of the time
Height: Seems to be tall most of the time? Casts illusions a lot so it's kind of hard to tell. Probably actually a smol.
Age: At least 17, most likely older than that
Pronouns: Honestly doesn't care, but typically uses they/them
Appearance:
Due to almost constantly using illusions, they tend to change between more feminine or masculine forms. They tend to wear uniforms in the least proper way possible, the rebel they are. They always wear a worn chain necklace with a small carved runestone attached to it. Their eyes are almost always a faintly glowing purple, and though their hair switches between light blue and purple, it's nearly always either, while long, in braids or simply all over the place. You could probably hide a machete in that hair. They're often seen with small violet wisps floating around them, typically when their powers are used.
House: New // Crescent
Skills: Mavuto is talented at pretty much anything resulting in pranks/tricks, especially jinxes and illusions. They're also pretty adept at hiding things and causing massive confusion, and has the ability to kind of walk through most objects/people. Also surprisingly good at necromancy. They are often followed by small violet wisps that act a bit like small orbs of energy, and these can be manipulated by them. They're pretty mediocre at everything else.
Personality: Absolutely bonkers. They're very, extremely mischievous and not to be trusted most of the time, except when they're being serious(?). Point is, Mavuto is kind of extremely unpredictable, but despite being a bit of a wild card, they don't really mean any harm. Has some conflicting aspects of their personality, and has very quickly changed opinions about most things. This little demon will absolutely sneak into your room at 3 am to show you the latest memes. Never sleeps. Possibly not as crazy as they seem? Seems to have some issues with being made out of dead people. Has no concept of personal space.
WHY you applied to this school: They really just kind of wanted to try something new, and learning new magic is a great perk to it. They also kind of crave interaction with other people their age(?).

Name: Lanh Aeives
Species: Togekiss
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5"
Age: 17
Pronouns: She/her
Appearance:
House: New // Crescent
Skills: Lanh has a great talent for summoning, and an even greater potential for healing. She's also decently skilled in enchantments, though not quite as skilled as her family wishes she was. Compared to her parents, she's not very skilled, and is thus a bit of disappointment, despite being one of the more skilled students her age. Has some mixed ancestry, so she's better at curses than she wishes to be. She's not that fast of a learner, but she's awfully hard working. Has the capacity for flight, but has a bit of a fear of heights, so it's mainly hovering for her.
Personality: Typically very restrained and ladylike. Basically trained to be "perfect from birth," and absolutely hates this. A vicarious shipper and Memetown™ x Edgy mcEdgelord is her otp. Secretly kind of wild when left unsupervised. Usually all prim and proper, but is actually pretty hardcore when she wants to be. Would jump off a roof for you if she weren't so scared of heights.
WHY you applied to this school: Her parents basically forced her to, though she didn't object. She does enjoy the learning part of this experience, and she definitely doesn't miss being around her parents all the time.