Ripper

Crystal Gaithers’ parents never could say no to their “precious angel” and she grew up a self-centered, manipulative brat. Then her grandmother moved in and Crystal found she could not manipulate or fool Gram. In the resulting battle of wills Crystal threw Gram’s favorite possession, an ancient (and mystical) dream catcher, into the lit fireplace. Instantly a huge eerie explosion threw Crystal across the room knocking her out.
When Crystal came to she felt genuinely sorry for the first time in her life; she was a changed girl. But even as Crystal was genuinely friendly and helpful as never before a monstrous alter ego was growing inside of her. It emerged one night while Crystal slept, turning her into a werewolf-like beast. Fortunately Adrian Eldrich managed to capture the beast and discover the truth before any real harm was done. Unfortunately, while the Master Mage was able to aid Crystal in forcing the beast to give way to her, not even he could completely undo the enchantment; Crystal and the beast would be linked forever.
Realizing the best way to help Crystal was to help her learn how to control the beast Eldrich made arrangements to bring Crystal to Claremont Academy where her cheerful nature, friendliness, and willingness to help everyone have made her very popular (although the fact there’s a big scary beast inside of her still makes some students uneasy)

Physical Description

Special abilities

Crystal can transform into Ripper anytime she wants and in fact must do so at least once every couple of days if she wants to have control over the time of transformation. Unfortunately, once she’s turned into Ripper it takes at least a couple of hours for Crystal to be able to change back, longer if she’s under some kind of stress (i.e. has a date, needs to study for an exam, etc.) or failed to transform in time.