Isaac Marlborough

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Isaac is a teenager, a kid. Someone that's been neglected most of his life. He is small and not really sturdy. Still having a very childlike build, he doesn't seem to be maturing yet. Everything about him is delicate since he is still a child, but the most notable thing about the young man is that he misses his arm, his left arm to be precise. Isaac was born with only one arm, meaning that he didn't went through a traumatic event to achieve this look. He was merely born unlucky. Where his arm is supposed to be, there's just a stub that he can move freely. It's not that long and doesn't even have an elbow joint, but he can move it freely as if it was any other arm. He can properly use the thing as well as he has adapted to living with only one good arm. Recently, though, he finally got a prosthetic arm. Not the most expensive one on the market, but still quite the beautiful thing on itself. As he is still a child and growing, he'll have to change his prosthethic every couple of months to keep up with his development, this is the main reason why his 'temporary' arms aren't the most expensive ones out there.

The boy has brown hair and deep green eyes combined with a fair skin. This actually makes him blend in quite nicely with his adoptive family. He doesn't stand out next to them, as he has been trained to act properly. Years of training boiled down in only a year or two. He seems very serious for his age.

Isaac seems like the silent type. Rarely actually speaking what's on his mind, he is someone that is very secluded and reserved, especially for a child. He doesn't have the tendency to actually ask about things, even though he has a very curious mind, as he feels like he is annoying people when he does. This is one of the many things that makes him a distant person. He keeps people at an arms (haha) length as he tries not to get too attached to them. He does not have a hard time actually developing deeper feelings for someone, such as genuine happiness, but he forces himself not to feel those kind of things. Always pushing away his emotions and his own thoughts to stay as neutral about everything and anything that goes on around him.

Being a teenager isn't easy and especially not for someone like Isaac. He isn't a very emotional kid, but he does have his outbursts. Usually he bottles up his feelings until they burst. He is a very clear example of the toxic mentality that boys aren't allowed to talk or show emotions. He lived by this very strictly and tries to uphold some sort of professionalism wherever he goes. However, regardless of his efforts he still feels like he is out of place in the upper ring. This makes his extremely anxious and makes him doubt himself. On top of believing that he is just a plain bad person for having magic, he is convinced that he just shouldn't even be alive. He thinks of himself as bad and actually gets very offended when people try to praise him or give him positive reinforcement as that does not align with how he views himself and how Ashmoor has hammered into him the magic hate mentality.

Believing that he is born evil, he often fights his own morality. He is a good natured kid, but does have a lot of intrusive thoughts, such as stealing things or just doing plain rude and mean things. The little voice in his head often justifies his chaos by saying he was born to do this. It's clear that led astray, these thoughts and mentality could develop in more sinister thoughts. Isaac doesn't think highly of himself and uses dark humour as to deal with this anxiety. His general demeanour is very developed for his age, acting like a well mannered adult... Most of the times.

Druid's magic are almost like second nature and for Isaac that was no different.

His magic manifests related to his emotions and being a hormonal kid, that doesn't really help his case. He's been using his magic without knowing he's using it for quite some time. As his magic seems to be purely weather manipulation, he's been able to get away with it. For example, when he is very sad a local downpour could start. When he gets very upset a loud thundering noise can be heard. When he's happy it can locally clear up and become sunny. He's been able to get his emotions more in check, but not his magic, so it still acts out sometimes. He's been noticing that, when he feels heavy emotions, his eyes tend to glow a little. Being a neglected kid in the past it was never difficult to hide these subtle changes, but it is one of the reasons he usually runs away whenever conflict happens with anyone, hiding his face in his one arm as he tries to hide away.

Isaac does not show any affinity with any other druidic magic, but he can handle animals pretty well. Although it isn't certain if this is due to the fact that he is a calm person or a druid.

It isn't clear where Isaac was exactly born. He was only a few months old when he was found on the streets of the lower ring. A baby with only one arm, left in a basket under the wooden foundation of a house that was bound to collapse. The baby was found by an old man, who brought it to the orphanage, as he didn't want anything to do with a child that only had three limbs. The first two orphanages turned him away, as the baby was already weak and had no potential thanks to its handicap. The third, however, agreed to take the baby in. And that decision was the start of an awful life for him.

He was given the name Isaac by the orphanage, since he had been nameless up until then. His life was rough. He was often bullied by the other children for the fact that he only had one arm. He couldn't play like them or keep up with them. He was lacking in almost every aspect. But the young boy adapted. Being born with only one arm meant he never knew anything else. He learned to do things with his handicap, maybe not in an elegant and normal way, but he still got around perfectly fine. He never really made any friends, was even treated horribly by staff as they would often call him a cursed child for being the way he was. It made a young boy like him very confused, as he never received any sliver of love from anyone in those crucial years. It almost made him skip over an entire part of his childhood, as his mind was sure that he had to grow up fast or die trying.

Isaac was eventually moved to another orphanage as staff stated that his presence cursed their orphanage. It was one of the many moves he had to go through in his short life. He was just 5 years old, but the new place wasn't better than the last. He got bullied again, staff hated him, people looked down on him and called him names... And he was cast out again. They would often say that it was for the fact that they couldn't help a boy with a handicap like that, that was their excuse. But it became clear that they saw him as a spawn from all that was evil, punished by Renestrae for even being born. He was seen as a bad omen, a bad kid, a bad person, just for being the way he was. It frustrated him more and more, but there was little he could do about it.

Isaac always had his magic, but wasn't actually aware of him actually wielding in. It would often be that his sadness tied into a rainstorm or his anger would cause a small, short thunderstorm around where he was. He never really took note of it and it just happened. His eyes changing in hue whenever he did feel intense emotions and would activate his magic... But since he was cast aside so much, people rarely even looked at him. No-one noticed he was the reason for the odd weather that would happen from time to time. Since, well, he was just a kid. And even though they did paint him out to be this cursed child, they didn't connect the dots. Let it be the simplicity of the lower ring or perhaps something else, but he was never accused of it.

He started to take notice of it around the time he turned 10. Bad weather would follow him anywhere he went... And he immediately put two and two together. Perhaps he was magic and perhaps people were right; he was a bad kid and a spawn of limbo itself. It made him feel horrible at first, but he eventually learned to embrace it a bit more. If he was born to be everything vile and wrong, then maybe he should just be just that. It was around that time, when he finally decided to stop trying, that a wealthy man came into the orphanage. One glance at him and he was adopted. Clarence Marlborough was the man who initially came and his brother, Charles, was the one who eventually came to adopt him. He didn't quite understand why, out of all the children, he was chosen by them. It made him very sceptical and distanced from the man that was now his father, he didn't trust him at all.

He was brought to the upper ring, by train, something he had never even seen before. He was scared, but also fascinated by this new world unfolding before him. When they arrived at their home, Isaac got his own room. He was confused by this, as he had never had anything that was his own. Isaac acted very static around this time, being very uncomfortable in this enveiroment. He didn't know what everything was and he didn't understand how things worked. But his new family seemed to have patience with him. They gave him affirmation whenever he would started to doubt himself again. And more importantly, they gave him love. But... How hard they tried it was almost impossible for him to understand what they were trying. The damage was already done by the years of hate and bullying. He would be quick the act out in his emotions and claw back to his safe space. One could say that he was reserved and skittish, but other could state that he was brutal and rude. But all could agree that he was very confused and out of place.

He was enrolled for a private teacher when he turned 12. He got very strict classes and training in an attempt to get him to act more like an upperclassman. It worked, somewhat, as Isaac became a bit more tame. It helped him to control his magic a bit better. He was all to aware that he couldn't let those emotions get a hold of him like they did. For now people did take note of him. He had become somewhat important, which meant that change in him would be noticed by anyone. It made him very scared of the world around him... And in only a year he became a very polite but also somewhat shy and timid man. He would rarely speak and when he did, his way of acting and going about things didn't suit his age at all. He was mature and very down to earth. But deep down he was still holding on to childlike wonder and care, for he was just a broken kid.

His father eventually came with the idea of a prosthetic arm. He became extremely anxious about it, but didn't let this show. He rarely showed his weakness or his fears to anyone, as he felt like there was no place in the upper-class for those kind of things. The procedure was extremely painful and traumatizing for a young boy like him. He had never cried like that, never screamed like that for someone to help him. And no-one could help him and no-one came, since this was all part of how it went. It made him even more scared and distant from the people around him, developing severe trust issues in the process. But... When he awoke for the first time with his arm, he was actually quite fascinated by it. Now he is still somewhat in recovery from his surgery, still adapting to his new arm and capabilities. Perhaps being even more distant than ever before, as he had found a new independence now that he had two arms.

- Has a necklace that is the only evidence from his birth parents; made from almost pure silver with a small pendant of a bear. He never really wears it anymore, it’s stored in a small box next to his bed.
- Isaac has only recently gotten his prosthethic arm. His left side is very sensitive still and he is still very clumsy with the thing.
- Isaac has only recently learned how to read and write and isn't that good at it.
- Isaac used to steal a lot at the orphanage, he was bad at it. He sometimes still has the habit of taking things without asking.
- Isaac thinks science is very scary, but is also terrified of magic.
- Thinks himself to be a 'hell spawn'.
- His favorite animal is a mouse, he often leaves food out for mice and rodents. (not very healthy but he doesn't care)
- Doesn't like rats though.
- Has a tendency to hide away and cover his head with his one arm when he gets scared or too emotional.
- His favorite subject is history.
- Doesn't like physical activities, even though he gets around relatively fine with one arm and is adjusted to it, it still makes him feel bad in regards to sword fighting training and all that.
- Good with animals, most likely thanks to his druidic bloodline or his calm personality, could be both.
- Has been denying the prosthetic for a very long time and is terrified by it.
- Loves sweets.
- Has never had a dream because of the harsh reality that he was weak and wouldn't have a future. Has a hard time coming to terms that he is now the son of a high standing man, severe imposter syndrome there.
- Has been able to get away with his magic due to being moved so often and never really staying at one place. However, he's been staying with his father and his uncle for some years now and with the hormonal changes that come with being a teenager, some drastic changes are bound to happen.