Aine O’Carra

Overview

Name	Aine O’Carra
Age	23
Origin	Irish
Occupation	Graduate Student — Studio Arts
Education	Moscow University
Height	5’10”
Hair	Long, dark red
Eyes	Brown
Experience	Adept
Strength	10
Potential Strength	27
Abilities	Channeler, Dreamwalker
Reborn God	Boann

Aine grew up in Carbury, Ireland, in a close-knit family and a community that knew and cared for her. An only child, she spent much of her childhood creating things—painting, drawing, and arranging objects according to patterns and combinations that caught her attention.

Aine has always had a mind that sees connections quickly. Bright colors, patterns, and interesting ideas tend to capture her attention almost immediately. She is friendly and generally eager to connect with others, though she has a sarcastic streak and can be somewhat intense about the things that interest her.

Moving from a small Irish community to Moscow has presented her with an entirely new environment to navigate. Aine does her best to take things one day at a time, relying on the same instinct that has guided her throughout her life: find the patterns, and follow them.

Personality

Aine is openly curious, creative, and highly observant. She notices patterns that other people may overlook and tends to approach unfamiliar ideas by experimenting with them herself.

She is friendly by nature, with a sometimes sarcastic sense of humor, and genuinely wants to make connections despite finding herself in an unfamiliar country.

However, Aine can become overwhelmed relatively quickly. When her surroundings—or her own thoughts—become too much, the friendly exterior can disappear almost instantly. Rather than becoming outwardly confrontational, Aine tends to shut down and withdraw.

Her tendency to fixate on interesting ideas can be both an asset and a complication. Once something catches her attention, she can become intensely focused on understanding or experimenting with it.

Childhood

Aine spent most of her life in Ireland. Her parents owned a successful café in Carbury, and she grew up surrounded by supportive neighbors and nearby extended family.

As an only child, Aine learned early how to occupy herself. She spent much of her time creating things—painting, drawing, and arranging ordinary objects into unusual patterns simply because she found the arrangements interesting.

As she grew older, she developed a small circle of friends whose various interests fed into one another. The group became an eclectic collection of personalities, much like Aine herself.

For most of her childhood, her life was comfortable and relatively sheltered.

That changed when she was thirteen.

The River Boyne

One day, Aine found herself walking toward the River Boyne. She had been there before, but something about that particular day made her feel that she needed to go. The thought remained in her mind until she finally decided to follow it.Sitting beside the water, Aine tucked her legs beneath herself and simply allowed her mind to wander.

Then something took hold of her. The sensation was like a rush of water crashing through her body, powerful enough to terrify her, yet somehow unmistakably connected to something within herself. In the midst of the experience, Aine reached out and felt something—a thread connected to the power she was carrying.

Naturally, she experimented. She dipped the strange thread into the river. She moved it through the grass. She held it and tested what happened when she manipulated it. Eventually, exhaustion overcame her. Her grandmother found her there, pale and shaking.

Nan recognized what had happened and helped Aine release the power safely. Aine became sick afterward, but once she recovered, her grandmother began secretly teaching her how to control her abilities. Nan also revealed why she took the situation so seriously: her best friend had died long ago after mishandling a similar power.

Learning To Channel

Aine trained with Nan throughout her adolescence. Learning was slow. For years, Aine could not properly use her abilities unless she was near running water.

Then came Bruno. The family dog chased a rabbit directly toward the road, and Aine realized he was about to put himself in danger. She did what Nan had taught her and reached for her power.

This time, she grabbed hold of the air. With a tug, Bruno was pulled to the ground before he could reach the road. It was only afterward, while walking Bruno home and scolding him for his behavior, that Aine realized what she had done. She had used her power without the river.

That night, she experienced the dream that would change how she understood herself.

The Dream

Aine dreamed that she and another dog were running for their lives. Something enormous was behind them. The sound of rushing water followed their flight. When Aine finally looked back, she saw a wall of water rising from a well and chasing them.

She woke soon afterward with her hair completely drenched. The dream brought the story of Boann immediately to mind. The River Boyne. The water. The well. The pursuit.

Aine had grown up knowing the legend, but the dream felt different from an ordinary memory or nightmare. It felt personal. And she had no idea why.

Leaving Ireland

As Aine continued growing older, Nan continued to warn her about the dangers surrounding people with supernatural abilities. Aine understood why her grandmother was so protective. The two of them knew that knowledge and control could make Aine’s abilities safe. Other people, however, might not be so understanding.

There were people who hunted individuals like them. Worse, those people could hurt the families and loved ones of those they pursued. Aine therefore kept her abilities secret.

After completing her university studies, Aine received an offer to pursue graduate studies in Moscow. Her family celebrated with her. It was an extraordinary opportunity, and Aine was thrilled. But before accepting, she went to Nan privately and asked whether she had taught her enough to leave home. Nan admitted that Aine had always been difficult to teach. She was stronger than Nan herself, making her abilities difficult to manage and control.

Still, Nan believed Aine had learned enough. She was an adult now. She would have to trust her own judgment. Nan only made Aine promise one thing:

Stay in contact.

Aine agreed.

Moscow

Aine accepted the opportunity and moved to Moscow to study Studio Arts at Moscow University.

The transition was enormous. Moscow was vastly different from the small Irish community she had grown up in, and the university was larger than she had expected. Everything was unfamiliar—the city, the culture, the university, and the people.

Aine decided not to worry too far ahead. She would take things one day at a time. She would look for patterns. And, as she had done all her life, she would follow them.