Laura

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An AU where Laura survived The Templar Tower Explosion by nature of being a unique subspecies of Fox Keidran, a Kitsune, able to absorb ambient Magic power like a Human or Dragon, and able to absorb and store Mana from Mana Stones or other magic enchanted/empowered objects (but not living things... maybe?) Teleported away from the blast after containing all she could, meaning Nora did not have to go into a recovery rest from saving Trace (and Laura by accident) from the explosion nor did her ghost appear on the voyage back to Mekkan (maybe?).

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History/background A Mythical subspecies of Fox Keidran, Laura of the Coastal Foxes was ignorant of her true status and potential for most of her life, the only clue to her true nature being when she was 5, exposure to several Mana Crystals caused her to grow a second tail upon passively absorbing power from them unknowingly. This on top of her passive, eager, and helpful nature made her the target of intense bullying by her elder sisters and even community members of her village. Greatly harming Laura's self esteem and confidence. Damage that affects her even now. Laura was set to marry a Bastian named Keith, but a conspiracy by her village and family saw a simple misunderstanding turn into a personal tragedy.

Laura eventually set out to find her ex-fiance. Attacked by wolf slavers a curious act of desperation caused her to drain the wolves Mana stones, going from 2 tails, to 4. Wielding this raw unfocused magic wildly she drove off her assailants, reducing her tail's to 3. Confused and scared by this power, she fled, eventually booking passage to her Fiance's homeland, the Isle of the Bastians.

Living there for several years she indeed encountered her Fiance once more, having encountered wild Mana sources on the island Laura had five tails by this point, and had discovered that the more Mana she absorbed, the more tails she grew. She had also gained a small measure of training and experience from the Templar outpost on the Isles.

Despite her and Keith mending fences and rekindling friendship if not more, She wielded her power to save her Fiance and his friends from a exploding Templar Tower she had helped bring down, Laura survived the explosion, absorbing immense amount's of released Mana. The wild magic and her own lack of mastery caused her to be teleported away as a survival mechanism. Leaving her fate unknown to Keith and his friends.

Sporting Nine Tails and a overwhelming amount of power, with no real idea where she landed and where she should go, Laura is fearful of her own might and nature, seeking to learn more about herself, what she is, what she can do, and hoping she can be accepted by this dangerous, frightening world where she believes shes still a vulnerable fox keidran.

Mechanics. The more power she absorbs and stores, the more tails she sprouts and the stronger she becomes, up to a total of 9, though she can still store more, at a point she starts losing excess instead of retaining it, like a safety valve on a storage tank but only to a equilibrium point. Right now at 9 tails she is in way over her head having only barely reached 5 tails and still getting comfortable with that much power at her disposal before the events at the tower.

Storing Mana also adds to her "Mass" to an extent, height, weight, size ratios, ect, Laura has minor control of this but more instinctive reaction then fluid control, attempting to shrink her height may see her overshoot while her redistributed mass goes elsewhere, she try's to stay "Compressed" to her canon sizes to feel comfortable in her own skin. (but with a little "convincing" she could be talked into altering her proportions some or "decompressing" to become a quite substantial sized giant fox girl ;)

Laura does know how to channel Mana into objects, recharging Mana Stones or enchanting objects, but her passive, uncontrolled absorption aura usually draws it right back in making her efforts to discharge her power a exercise in pointless tedium and frustration unless she discards or otherwise get's rid of the charged object before she can reabsorb the power. She is better casting "spells" and wildly discharging her magic surplus as wild magic bursts to "burn" it off, without much formal magic training or experience it's about the best she can do. However the more magic she wields in this manner, the more powerful and intoxicating the feeling of power becomes... Instead of suffering Mana Burnout and exhaustion Laura feels energized and compelled to keep wielding her power.

Meditation helps her control every one of her quirks, powers and manage her "power addiction" better.

Potential plot hooks. In her current state of saturation she is functionally immortal, doesn't need to eat, breath or do other "normal" functions, not even sleep, but she does anyway to try and "feel normal" and "Close to who she is" instead of who, or what, she could be if she stopped clinging to normality and started exploring the depths of what her overwhelming hurricane of power could allow. without a proper tutor or mentor this could very rapidly turn into a bad situation. (Dark Phoenix style corruption perhaps?)

Laura is not knowledgeable or trained enough to know how to properly, easily or safely expel her contained Mana outside of constant spell casting and trying to channel Mana into objects and sending the object away before she absorbs it again, with the right teacher she could learn to control the power within her and safely release it until she was a more manageable (for her) 3-5 tailed fox again.

Laura despite herself is caught by wanderlust and is traveling across Mekkan by her own choice, partly to see the world, partly to look for help controlling her power, hoping to find Keith again if only to assure him shes alive, while not aware of her immortality directly, Laura feels much less pressure by the passage of time as she used to on her body.

Signoff Otherwise the Same as Canon Laura, only, powerful enough to make an amount of older Dragon's wary of dealing with her, and fearful of her own self out of ignorance of what she is and why she can do what she can do, and what she could become under the wrong influence's.