Ivonne Albrecht
From Tehwiki
Appearance
Personality
History
Ivonne remembers very little of her mother, the daughter of the mayor of Regenstadt, Daein who married a young noble named Carger Grinzheimer. Her name was Jolene, and the fact that she has no memories to draw upon, no mother’s soft touch, will forever haunt her. It may have been Jolene’s spirit that bonded with her daughter, because Jolene was a very accomplished thunder mage – and the brand she had was shaped much like a lightning bolt. But that is merely speculation which didn’t come until much later in Ivonne’s life. Her father treasured her despite the mark, and growing up, she never understood why she couldn’t show it. Then one day, she showed it to a friend. Her father was livid – and afraid – and the two of them moved to Nox. He was well-off, and there was a mansion nobody wanted since its previous owner had died. Father and daughter moved in, enjoying the chance at a discount of sorts, for its sellers really just wanted it sold. Adjusting to a much larger house was interesting for her, to say the least; there were so many places she could explore!
They lived across the street from the Albrechts’, a happy couple that was even more well off than they were, and that was to say quite a bit, since they were all suffering under the Dietbrande, their horrid taxes, and the disgusting subhumans they allowed into the country. Anyway, they had a boy around her age; his name was Gerhard. He didn’t make any attempts to approach Ivonne, though his sisters did. And perhaps it was thanks to them that she learned she had magical talent. They were mages-in-training, and Rosalind especially loved to brag about her magical talent. As for Ivonne, all she had was a stupid mark on her chest that she had to keep hidden. One day, Rosalind pushed too far. The next thing she knew, a bolt fell down from the sky, and Rosalind jumped out of the way as it rammed into the ground, causing a small crater. Her eyes widening at the power, she ran away scared, as Ivonne stared at the crater. “I...I did that...?” she asked herself, yet she knew it was true.
She expected she would be grounded, but she was not. Instead, her father spoke with Degra, and both girls were to apologise. Degra agreed to personally tutor the girl in the ways of magic, now that she had shown she had potential. He gave her a basic education in anima and its schools, namely the thunder she had an affinity for, but to become a truly accomplished mage, she would have to attend a magical academy. But that would have to wait until she was older, and in the meantime, she learned a few low-level spells from him, a taste of what was to come. Around that time, Gerhard was being taught to use an axe; sometimes, he liked to show her the things he’d learned. He didn’t want to hear about magic, and she respected that, understanding because of his sisters.
In addition, she and Gerhard were now schooling together, and were becoming close friends. When they had free time, the duo would act out scenes from books in the forest, which included great battles and events in history, namely that of Daein, partially because Gerhard’s family cared little about foreigners, due to the fact that what foreigners they met, were mostly the damned subhumans. Ivonne played the mage whenever she could; she was so excited about becoming one. They loved the forest, and what he found odd was that during thunderstorms she’d wander around in there, and stare up at the sky, waiting to see the flash of lightning and hear the resounding sounds of thunder.
