The Carver

The Carver is an agent of the Department of Floaters. She is written by Astral Void.

Appearance
The Carver is about 5'7". She has black eyes and long, dark brown hair that extends to her waist, and tends to look solemn or annoyed. She normally wears dresses, usually of old and elaborate designs, but when working, she will change into looser clothing with built-in chain-mail and lots of pockets. She has a silver necklace that she never takes off and which has several wooden tokens and a gold ring on it, and her body is marked by a number of scars of various sizes and shapes.

Personality
The Carver is polite and civil, but finds it hard to be around people and so often acts deliberately creepy in order to scare others off, especially those who are overly energetic/enthusiastic, who ask personal questions, or who can't control their volume. When it comes to people she likes, she is usually friendly and civil.

Her hobbies include playing the piano, reading, woodwork (in particular, carving wooden statues) and composing music. She is also fascinated with knives and has an extensive collection.

The Carver does not like discussing the twentieth century, mainly because she lived through most of it and doesn't like a lot of the memories.

She will also react very strongly to anyone who disparages her magical talents, due to being snubbed in her home fic.

Abilities
The Carver, despite being a wizard, cannot cast conventional spells for her continuum. What she can do is cast spells by drawing a symbol, infusing it with magic that takes the form of what the symbol represents to her, touching the symbol and directing the force at something. While she has pre-prepared spells in a variety of places, she carves spells into her skin in the event that they are taken away from her. Her unique form of magic means that while she can easily use technology (it only fails if it's especially sensitive or if she casts a spell near it), she cannot create potions or any spells beyond 'throw X at it', making her a totally combat-oriented mage.

History
The Carver began life as the sister of a Dresden Files Sue. She was born around the 1900s in New York City and, after the death of most of her family, was raised by her sister, 'the second Archive'. Several decades later, after being separated from her sister, the Carver joined the Winter Court for safety, and after spending decades as a mercenary (changing her name along the way), was rescued by her sister and Harry Dresden. Shortly afterwards, the PPC stepped in, killed her sister, and decided to recruit the Carver.

The Carver has had a bad history when it comes to partners. Her first trained her and retired, the second became her lover, but was killed by a Sue, and the rest were either driven away or she transferred away, having no desire to have a partner. Finally, Fix Crane was assigned to her permanently, and faced with the knowledge that she couldn't drive him off, she has decided to be civil. So far, the partnership seems to be working.

Mission Logs
Home: The Aether

Partnered with Fix

 * Interlude: 'Fire and Whispers'
 * Appears in the Halloween Co-Write.
 * Mission One: 'The Trick Is To Keep Breathing' (Harry Potter)

MSTs

 * 'Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued' (original fiction)