Inge Erling

As seen in

In Their Shadows

Species

Human

Ethnicity

Ostmen

Age

16 years

Class

Common,
Daughter of Storm Viking

Status

Training in the Accian Military Training Program

Division

Command

Birthplace

þorreyjar, Skaney

Weapons

Sword
Rapier
Bow

Residence

N/A

Affiliations

Kingdom of Accia
Accian Military Training Program
Unit Z909-Storm Unit

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Racial Magic

Ranalis' Empathy

Can connect to the minds of all those around her, experiencing their thoughts, emotions and memories. She can tap into the mind spaces of others and even forge links between minds. She can either skim the surface or delve further in with effort. She can also link the minds of targets together and allow them access to each other's

surface thoughts and emotions during the duration. She is unhindered by foreign languages, reading thoughts in their purest forms. Essentially telepathy and shared telepathy. Inge is unable to turn it off, constantly picking up on the thoughts of those around her. With practice, she can even tap into the senses of targets, willing targets the easiest to tap.

Beranok's Sense

This ability essentially grants magical electro-reception. She is able to feel her environment using electricity, feel anything interacting with or generating electricity and sense electricity in her environment despite barriers. Inge's perception is so strong, she can sense all animals and people around her, picking up on the electrical impulses within the bodies of living organisms.

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Inge is a member of Unit Z909-Storm Unit and is the fraternal twin of Brynjar Erling. Despite being twins, Inge and Brynjar are very different. Her brother is quite outgoing and boisterous while Inge is reserved, contemplative and quiet. Inge is very intuitive and pays close attention to others. She likes to help those around her with their personal problems and struggles to stop herself from butting in. However, after a number of instances of backlash, she has become more hesitant in offering her aid. She's bugun to expect people to rebuke her or worse for stepping in. A lot of her fear stems from a traumatic event which left her blind.

The scars from acid burns can still be seen on her face, reaching out from her eyes like a sinewy web. Brynjar has become particularly protective and vigilant after this event. Despite being blind, Beranok's Sense allows her to perceive the movements of those around her by feeling even the smallest of electrical charges which pass through the nervous system and muscles. However, she still laments losing her sight and struggles to navigate, the rest of the world remaining invisible to her. She has not been blind for very long, still adapting. While she enjoys her ability to sense electricity, Ranalis' Empathy has plagued and defined the events of her life considerably and was the catalyst to her accident. Despite this, she still wants to use her abilities to help people and is trying to continue to see the beauty in the world despite so many foul experiences.

Ranalis' Empathy allows Inge to connect her mind to the mind spaces of others. Brynjar has made her promise not to use her ability to interfere with people's personal affairs and pretend her power is more limited than it is. The administrators and her peers believe she is just able to facilitate telepathic communication between allies. It is in Inge's nature to help people, seeing the best in others even while witnessing their worst, but avoids intervening for Brynjar's sake. Her telepathy is not limited by language and she will often aid foreign recruits in communication while they are still learning Accian. This includes Bolorbataar, another member of Unit Z909.

In battle, Inge is able to sense the movements and activity of everyone on the battlefield. She can sense even the most minute of electrical charges. This gives her a clear picture of allies and enemies but not the landscape itself. She is also able to connect the minds of all her allies, the entire unit being able to

communicate telepathically. Enemies tend to overlook or ignore Inge as a threat because of her blindness, quite surprised by her precise use of a bow. Inge is apt with a sword as well, slowed down only by her inability to perceive the landscape. She often comes to Albert's rescue who is hopeless as a warrior. She is practicing tapping into the sight of allies through her telepathy but progress is slow. Her greatest weakness on the battlefield is ranged attacks, especially projectiles.

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Physical Appearance

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Inge has an average height but is very delicate in both demeanor and body. Her skin is spectrally pale and her long, fine hair is a very light blonde. Originally, her eyes were blue but are now clouded by white cataracts. Seeming almost frail, Inge is dainty, airy and precise even as she continues to adapt to her blindness. Inge's magic form is activated constantly as she relies on it to navigate, though she has never been able to turn off Ranalis' Empathy. She has bright yellow lines marking her skin across her body in a cross-hatch pattern and she has pale yellow marks circling her head, mouth and neck.

Gender

Cis Female
(She/Her)

Eyes

Originally Blue
Whitened by Cataracts

Hair

Very Light Blonde,
Long and Fine

Skin Tone

Pale Alabaster

Height

5'5"

Weight

115 lbs

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Background

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Brynjar and Inge are from an Ostmen eldingarborn village which would commonly raid the Eluzian Valley or Keyh Sea as Storm Vikings. Their mother died while they were young and their father was often away, as most able bodied of the village were. While young, Inge had a lot of trouble tuning out or controlling her sensitivities. She was quick to become overwhelmed and this made her prone to bullying, Inge becming quite shy. Brynjar made a habit of coming to her rescue and became very protective of his sister.

At first, Inge attempted to use her telepathy to help her neighbors with their problems, particularly helping people in their relationships as she was aware of everyone's true feelings. This got her into a lot of trouble. Animosity towards Inge continued to grow in the village and Brynjar insisted she stop. He had even become exhausted with keeping her out of trouble, eventually leaving her to deal with the fallout so she might learn to control herself—something he came to regret. Finally, there was a particular event where Inge sensed the malintent of one villager toward another and made a stand to protect her. The backlash resulted in her blinding and their need to flee Skaney.

Despite their past, Inge and Brynjar are looking forward to seeing the world and having a fresh start. But, Bryjar has her promise she would keep the full extent of her telepathy to herself and not intervene in other people's lives, to not delve into people's minds. Inge will struggle with her desire to aid those around her.

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Family

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Inge and Brynjar's father is a Storm Viking but their mother was Alfar, an elf. Elves are Ostmen blessed by Ranalis and they generally live in Ljossalheimr in the branches of Yggdrasil. They are mystics, fortune tellers and healers who devote their lives to spiritual pursuits and use their abilities to serve all of Skaney. Their mother was born and raised in Ljossalheimr but left her lofty lifestyle behind to marry their father. Once an alfar leaves, they can never return.

When Inge was discovered to possess Ranalis' blessing, the pampered and lofty life of an Alfar was set before her. However, their mother had died of illness while they were young and their father wasn't often home. Inge rejected a life in Ljossalfheimr to remain with her brother. This choice, forsaking a life surrounded by others like her who understood her unique abilities, has only further left Brynjar ingratiated, regretful and guilty in his failure to protect her.

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