Weaknesses:

Suffers from chronic nightmares and magical burnout.
Avoids close relationships out of fear of hurting others.
Her empathy makes dark magic physically painful to use.

Magic & Abilities:

Specializes in protective magic, sigils, and binding spells.
Empathic spellcasting, able to feel the emotional residue of magic.
Limited precognition through dreams.
Magic becomes unstable when she is emotionally overwhelmed.

-- archivist, cataloging cursed objects and advising supernatural clients on spellwork safety. Secretly, she searches for fragments of the grimoire, determined to undo her mistake and prove the coven’s downfall was not her fault.

-- released from the grimoire. Aurora survived, branded a traitor and blamed for the massacre. She spent years on the run, hiding her magic, suppressing her power out of guilt and fear.

Eventually, she resurfaced under a new identity and took a job as an occult --

-- magic. When she was sixteen, a ritual meant to seal an ancient grimoire went wrong. The coven blamed Aurora, claiming her hesitation weakened the spell. In truth, she hesitated because she sensed the magic was alive and suffering.

The coven was destroyed that night, slaughtered by an entity --

-- people. She has a strong moral compass but constantly questions herself, haunted by past choices. When pushed, she is fiercely protective and surprisingly ruthless.

Backstory: Aurora was born into the Nightingale Coven, a once-prestigious bloodline of witches tasked with guarding forbidden --

-- and herbs. She favors long coats, rings etched with sigils, and worn leather boots, dressing like someone who expects to run at any moment.

Personality: Quietly intense, observant, and dryly sarcastic. Aurora is compassionate but guarded, slow to trust and quicker to retreat into books than --

Appearance: Aurora has sharp, expressive features softened by tired eyes that seem to glow faintly violet when she casts. Her dark hair is usually worn loose or in messy braids, often smelling faintly of smoke --

Name: Aurora Nightingale
Face Claim: Nina Dobrev
Species: Witch
Age: 27
Pronouns: She/Her
Sexuality: Bisexual
Occupation: Occult Archivist & Spell Consultant