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sevan solak


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magically-adept human


33


21st june


kovysa city, kovysa, western asia


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male

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+ strong-willed, focused, logical, responsible, caring, modest

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- pensive, melancholic, over-analytical, neurotic, self-critical, pessimistic



if you ask most people where kovysa is, they probably couldn’t find it on a map, nestled as it is on the coast between turkey and georgia, but they could definitely tell you about it. it’s a nation of witches in a quaint old city-state of marble and limestone spires, nestled around a fairytale castle, and the setting of courtney shaw’s wildly popular witch in the white tower series of young adult novels. it’s romantic, really - the country makes its fortune on tourism, magical services and the huge sprawling crystal mine within its territory, supplying gems and mystic totem stones alike.

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it’s a strongly matriarchal country, and the positions of power are held exclusively by women. family lines are based on female descent, since women are almost always more skilled practicioners of traditional kovysan mystic arts. kovysa’s government is composed of a council under the supervision of the ruling monarch, the witch-queen. the position is chosen by ritual upon the death of the old queen, with various divinations and spells worked to locate the adolescent girl selected by the nation’s revered ancestor spirits, and for the last two centuries the mystic forces have chosen a young woman of the same line as the next monarch. at current, there is no queen, but a regent - the princess taline solak IV, the mother of the chosen. after all, once the spirits have chosen, they will not change their mind, and if their selection happens to refuse...

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sevan is in fact sevan solak III, chosen of hecate, witch-queen of the sovereign nation of kovysa, and he has been pretty unimpressed by the whole thing since it happened upon the death of his grandmother at 7 years old. after all, the importance of womanhood and feminity placed on every aspect of the monarchy was stifling, and when he realised that it wasn’t the way he felt about himself and started outright rejecting his ‘destiny’, well, nobody in his life was exactly thrilled. “boys can’t be queen, sevan” was the reaction from those in the household, and he knew they were right.

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so he left.

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sevan finished his high school studies in an american school in turkey, making his way to america to study medicine, seeking to combine the white magic ubiquitous in kovysa with modern medical techniques to treat all sorts of physical, mental and spiritual complaints.

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these days, sevan is junior medical director for serenity private medical group, a clinic based in dunwich who provide home visits for wealthy clients. they also contract with the initiative, providing hybrid mystical/conventional treatment for initiative superheroes and staff when needed. he’s happier this way - independent, living as he is most comfortable, and using his knowledge in novel ways to directly help people. sure, he’s run out on his family and birthright, but being able to be himself is worth any price.

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sevan is a fully qualified medical practicioner with a fellowship in internal medicine, so he knows his stuff. he graduated in the top 5th percentile of his med school class, devotes a fair amount of time to keeping up with new advances in the field, and when he has time is a registered peer reviewer for the NEJM.



of course there are things conventional medicine won’t fix - soul-wounds, dragonfire burns, all number of things over and above the typical gamut of mood improvers and stress relievers. sevan is an exceptionally skilled magical healer, and can identify and treat even the smallest complaints.



of course, kovysan succession wouldn’t hinge on such a thing as selection by ancestor spirits if it weren’t such a genuinely tangible thing. ‘the chosen of hecate’ is the title given to that person so empowered by the spirits, a reference to the greek goddess of witchcraft, and essentially encompasses the quality of ‘absolute clarity’. it is impossible to affect sevan with any sort of psychic or magical mind-altering effect, up to and including illusions and mental control. the chosen is the true leader of kovysa, after all, and the witch-queen makes a tantalising target with a vulnerable mind.



kovysa is famed for its exceptionally pure, clear crystals, used the world over for mysticism and jewellery alike. sevan keeps a collection of these, calibrated for healing and cleansing, of extreme quality and priceless value. they’re locked in his office safe when not in use, but when he needs to pull out the big guns, they’re there.