Sorella Walker

Sorella is a Light Elemental born on Earth and raised on Shaimmos, the Light Demon home world. The discrimination and abuse she suffered there due to the xenophobic Light Demon culture wounded her deeply, but also shaped her into a person who strives against inequality and works to help those who suffer like she did.

Background
Malina Walker (nee de Luce) was born on Shaimmos, the first planet in the Demon solar system, and planet that causes Oraxinais to be in constant eclipse. It's a theocracy run by the "prophet" Ahura and the King. Malina was born to the high class, but fled to Earth when faced with the prospect of an arranged marriage. There (in Earth years, it was 1910), she met Thomas Walker, fell in love, married him, and became pregnant. Her father sent numerous search parties for her before finally locating her and forcefully bringing her back. When it was discovered that she was pregnant, her magic was forcibly halved by Ahura so she could no longer teleport, and she was banished to the countryside where she lived as an outcast. She gave birth to a daughter, named Sorella.

Sorella, being born with strong magic, was raised in near-seclusion by her mother. Malina feared that if the society learned of Sorella's strong magic despite her human lineage, she would be taken and used as a battery for the city. This lead to Sorella's magic building and growing within rather than outward, and a sentient personality formed from her magic, named Akela.

100 years after her banishment, Malina saw how the prejudiced society of Shaimmos was crushing her daughter, so she broke into her family's estate, stole a teleportation artifact, and used the last of her magic to create a talisman from an old book. This talisman, as long as it existed, would prevent Sorella from being forcibly teleported off of Earth.

Sorella left Shaimmos and went to Earth in search of her father's family. With the help of Kumara Bharata, a fire demon she met on her first day on Earth, she located her father's granddaughter, Christina, who was told by her grandfather, Thomas, that hopefully someday his daughter would return to find them. He had only just died ten years previous at 112. Christina showed Sorella an old photo of Thomas and Malina back when she was pregnant, and the resemblance was clear. Christina invited Sorella to live in her home while on Earth, and Sorella grew very close to Christina's daughter, Rita, and the two became like sisters.

However, Shaimmos sent assassins and their ilk to retrieve her, and Rita was injured in the crossfire of one of these battles; she was damaged and lost a large portion of her memory, and rather than endanger Rita or Christina, Sorella left. Eventually, she would be taken back to Shaimmos where a rescue party consisting of Kumara, Shigen, and Kaito would negotiate to bring her back to Earth; instead, something called the Light Mage Council intervened and demanded Sorella be released. Sorella was unable to locate her mother before leaving, and still worries about her.

Sorella continued to live on Earth, building in her friendships and taking up odd jobs here and there and try to find her place on her now permanent home, living in a cottage in the fields of California. She would eventually become the target of Vitus, a Dark Mage trying to cause rifts between worlds, and she became infected with a parasitic creature that elevated her feelings of discontent, frustration, and hatred for Shaimmos and those in the upper class. While she was cleansed of the parasite, known officially as an Animorbus, by the remnant spirit of Shigen's mother, who was also a Light Mage, Sorella still caused massive damage and harm to the city of New York. In order to curb her violent tendencies, she accepted the offer of the Light Mage Council to train and become one of their number.

She spent a year in training, during which time her magic shifted and Akela became her own physical being; now, as a Light Mage, she journeys to various realms to try and prevent chaos or Vitus from causing further damage.

Personality
Sorella has a massive temper because of the discrimination she faced in her homeworld, but this has lead to her having an extremely low sense of worth. She is easily angered and has a strong sense of morality; she is also extremely loyal to those she loves and protects them fiercely, almost to a fault. She has a soft side, especially for her sister and Kumara's younger siblings, treating them in a motherly fashion.

Sorella greatly enjoys testing her strength against stronger opponents and loves to spar with friends (or foes).

After her experiences with the animorbus, Sorella is fearful of the dark.

Appearance
Average height, long light brown hair, gold eyes, and athletic build. She prefers basic clothes like jeans and a sturdy top and jackets in browns and leather... basically clothes that are durable and easy to move around in.

Sorella has a gold charm bracelet given to her by her "sister", Rita. As Sorella accumulates charms and trinkets from her friends/loved ones, she adds them to her bracelet.

Powers and Abilities
Sorella's magic, being half light demon, is light based. She can create light constructs, like ribbons, swords, etc, and cause piercing damage. She can also light skip, which is a lesser form of teleportation. As an elemental, she also had stronger than average strength, but this faded upon her training as a Light Mage.

When Sorella underwent training at the Light Mage Temple after she was infected with a parasitic creature and cleansed of its destructive influence, her magic transitioned to being strictly light and purification based, and Akela gained her own physical form as well as inheriting almost all of Sorella's previous defensive spells.

Post Light Mage training, Sorella's "Token" and the anchor to her Light Mage abilities is her bracelet, and each charm holds a various spell/ability. She also has tattoos on her back now that represent her Trials, flaws in herself that she needs to work to overcome or she risks being corrupted and turning into a Dark Mage like Vitus.

Sorella also has the unique ability to turn crazy murderous men into whipped losers.

Relationships
Kumara: though they started off rocky, Kumara quickly became one of Sorella's best friends. After she worked as a Light Mage to settle chaos in Inforra, Sorella and Kumara admitted romantic feelings for one another.

Shigen: Kumara introduced Shigen and Sorella under the hopes that Shigen would be able to teach Sorella about the animals of Earth, and Shigen quickly became one of Sorella's closest friends.

Julie: Sorella really, REALLY wants to be friends with Julie, but has no idea fricken idea on how to do it.

Kaito: Sorella and Kaito started off friends, but when it was revealed that he had future insight into her entire life and what would happen in New York, even going as far as to manipulate events and her friendships without her knowledge, Sorella and Kaito grew apart. After training and working together at the Light Mage temple, however, she and Kaito mended much of their relationship, which now resembles that as brother and sister.

Malina: Sorella is very close to her mother, and worries for her safety.

Thomas: Sorella never met her father, but became close to his descendents, Christina adn Rita.

Rita: Sorella's "sister" of sorts. Left Rita when Rita's memory became damaged due to magic exposure and trauma. Rather than risk Rita's life and happiness again, Sorella left, though it causes her great sadness.

Lee: a human on earth Sorella saved from a car accident; the two grew close and dated, so Lee was Sorella's first love. However, she ended things when she realized she wasn't willing to live a life with him where he'd grow old while she stayed roughly the same age.

Lucian: both of them being outcasts from Shaimmos, the two grew close in spite of Lucian's obvious mental insanity. Sorella took responsibility over his growth to try and overcome his mental illness, and it falls on her to correct him now that she's trained as a Light Mage.

Trivia

 * Sorella's name means "sister" in Italian.
 * Her favorite color is yellow.
 * Sorella didn't know how to read anything other than the most basic of Shaimmos writing up until she receives training at the Light Mage temple: there she gets a choppy education of standard English and basic Oraixinian.
 * She loves chocolate ice cream.
 * She hates pop rocks and fish.