Vaurus Resk

"'Good with a blade, but a bit lacking in the damage department. Vaurus's mana reserves aren't as high as would be fortunate, but she's shown excellent control over Paragon-class spells. Perhaps she may act as a sniper.' - Vaurus's Evaluation, performed by a Snowhammer official"Vaurus is a member of the Snowhammer 605th Training Corps. Different from most Snowhammers due to having lower-than-average Mana reserves, Vaurus really wants to be useful, mostly in the form of Reiki-spells. It's going to take a lot of convincing to get her to focus on the Paragon-Class spells she excels at.

Appearance
Vaurus is fairly similar to York Brown in a few ways, being of similar heights. However, Vaurus is more muscular and shorter, with light lavender hair resting on her head. The armor she wears serves to protect herself in case she gets into a close-range brawl,

Due to the more liberal dress code fo the Snowhammer Training Corps, Vaurus keeps her armor and cloak during training exercises.

Personality
Vaurus is a bit of a workhorse, constantly striving to learn Reiki-Class spells, despite having too low of a mana count in order to reliably cast one. She firmly believes that Paragon-class spells are far too specific, especially during war, and their long cast time means she needs to put priorities on targets.

She's rather prideful concerning her swordsmanship, and anyone who insults her will be challenged!

Skills and Abilities

 * Tracer Shot: A Paragon-class spell, and a devastating one. Tracer Shot allows Vaurus to create a medium-range burst of electricity. The shot's range can be extended if metal objects are in the area, and is capable of dealing great damage to non-shielded Ascended technology. However, it leaves a trail, which can be used to track Vaurus's position.
 * Pacemaker: A Vital-class spell that makes use of electricity in case of heart failure. Vaurus can also use it offensively in order to keep opponents away from her, along with the occasional zap to irritate others or to get back at insults.
 * Swordplay: Vaurus makes use of a cleaving, flesh-paring broadsword, throwing weight into her attacks in order to deal heavy damage. Unfortunately, there is a little opening where rapier users can break through, which gives her trouble in sparring matches.

Faults and Weaknesses

 * Stubborn, often tries to learn Reiki class spells to no avail.
 * Low mana reserves.
 * Broadsword swings have a small opening

Trivia

 * Vaurus's second nickname is Faunus.
 * Vaurus's very small mana pool is actually an inside joke about how Paragon users tend to have very little mana, since they don't need that much in their spells.