Nora Ashbel

Appearance
Nora is a young woman of medium build, having a mesomorphic body type. She stands at approximately five foot six inches. Nora has long, silky, straight black hair that falls to rest along her back extending down to her lower back. Nora's face is heart shaped with a sharp chin consisting of beautiful flawless skin accompanied by a sharp nose and a pair of light brown eyes hidden behind a pair of glasses. Her thin peach colored lips can often be seen curled into a defined scowl which just so happens to be a trademark feature of hers as it is incredibly rare to see a genuine smile upon her face, the closest most will ever get is a smug, somewhat condescending smile. Like her face, Nora's body consists of beautiful nearly flawless skin and a B-cup bust. Nora's skin can be described as naturally soft and smooth and not oily in the least. The only exception to this being the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet. Due to her hard work and training, Nora's palms and soles have a leathery feel to them. Scars can be found along her right index and middle fingers due to several years of archery training.

Nora can normally be seen wearing a red and black school girls uniform. In her younger years this uniform was accompanied by a set of samurai gauntlets but as she got older she chose to shed them. This is not the only outfit that Nora can be seen sporting. It is not unlikely by any means to see her wearing a black T-shirt accompanied by a pair of basketball shorts and sneakers. During the winter Nora may be seen wearing a red or black sweater over one of her many T-shirts along with a pair of black pants and a pair of white and black sneakers or perhaps snow boots. Regardless of what Nora is wearing she always carries her red and black katana, Wakizashi, and Tanto as well as a recurve bow from time to time.

Personality
Nora is a reserved person, taught to be so from an early age. It is unlikely for her to share her personal feelings with others regardless of her relationship with them. She prefers to solve her problems on her own, never wanting others to get involved. This often leads to Nora bottling up her feelings. Nora understands that this is by no means healthy but she believes that as a warrior she must keep her emotions in check. Despite the fact that she refuses to express her emotions this ideology does not extend to her opinions. Nora is known to come off as very judgmental and even a little condescending at times. Nora by no means has a superiority complex. She is very self-conscious, often being harder on herself than anyone else could be. She fears not being good enough, whether it be in battle or as heir to her clan. It is because of this fear that she has forced herself to become a loner, figuring that she'd rather not drag anyone down with her when she finally fell. Nora's self-loathing personality comes from the constant pressure that is placed upon her to become better. She fears not being able to live up to the strength and glory that her older brother, the one who was originally meant to become heir, was able to achieve. While the constant pressure does indeed motivate her to keep growing stronger it is slowly tearing her apart on the inside.

As Nora grew older her self-loathing personality began to slowly fade, however, she still remains highly self-conscious. Her loner attitude seems to have also followed her as she still feels the need to step away from the crowd and handle things on her own. It is because of this that she has failed to develop the leadership skills necessary to lead her clan as her brother once had.

History
Born in Ashborne, a southern town east of Crocus. Nora is heir to the Noble Ashbel family, a samurai clan that has helped defend Fiore for over 100 years. As heir to the family she was trained from the day she was born to represent her family with great honor and nobility. Hearing great things of Koma Inu's Magical Academy, they sent her there in hopes that she could further her skills to better serve Fiore in the future

Equipment
Shōhi-en(消費炎, Shōhi-en): The Consuming Flame, Passed down through the generations to each heir of the Ashbel family. It has seen and survived countless battles, switching hands a thousand times, being held by countless brave and powerful warriors. A legend passed down through the Ashbel family for generations tells the story of how their earliest ancestors forged the blade with the help of a fire dragons, whose flames were used to forge the sword, however, these days most members of the family regard this legend as nothing more than an old fairy-tale.

Wakizashi: Rarely carried with her during her casual time, Nora has a second blade that rests on her hip just above her Katana, tilted downward to create and X-shape.

Tanto: A small blade that Nora carries at the small of her back.

Recurve bow: Rarely carried during her casual time, Nora is a very skilled marksman.

Yokunai ken(良くない剣 Yokunai Ken): Nora's practice sword, gifted to her by Nova for use during her melee training class.

Non-magical abilities
Agility: Nora is quick on her feet, having amazing control over her ability to shift her weight around. This allows her to make change direction at the drop of a dime. Nora is well know for her speed, being able to move at incredible speed during battle. Often allowing her to out maneuver most opponents with easy, striking decisive blows before the enemy even knows what has happened.

Flexibility: Nora is flexible, though not incredibly so. Having chosen increased muscle over flexibility. That being said, Nora is still much more flexible than most men. Being able to to twist and bend in ways that are unthinkable to most people of similar muscle mass to herself due to the high elasticity of her muscles.

Intelligence: Nora can be described as an intelligent woman for sure. She is quite diligent in her studies, often seen reading ahead in her textbooks as she attempts to stay ahead of the game so to speak. As quick in the mind as she is on her feet. This allows her to think quickly during battle, giving her an adaptive quality of sorts. Nora has an IQ of 143.

Strength:

Endurance:

Keen Observational Skills:

Hand to Hand Combat:Nora has spent several years training in several forms of hand to hand combat under the watchful eyes of her father. Despite her years of training Nora has never developed a mastery or even a near mastery of even a single one of the many forms she has been taught. As a result, she tends to do her best to avoid hand to hand combat. That being said, if she is by no means helpless if forced to participate in such activity, knowing the basics of fighting styles such as Judo, Jujutsu, and Aikido.

Kenjustu: Nora is highly skilled in the art of swordsmanship, having spent several years training to be so. When it comes to wielding a sword she is definitely a quick learner, having become highly proficient in the skill by the age of ten, mastering it at the age fifteen. She takes pride in her skill as a swordswoman, feeling proud to be so naturally gifted in the skill as it is part of her heritage as a samurai.

Magical Abilities
Magical Aura: S-class aura: Magical Reserves

Fire Magic spells
Fire Magic: Fire magic is a form of Caster Magic that, as the name suggests, allows the user to manipulate and create fire through the manipulation of kinetic energy within magic particles. It is through this that users of this magic can ignite the very particles within objects or the air. Users of this magic are also immune to being burnt. Flame Breath(炎のブレス, Honō no buresu): Through the use of fire magic, the user draws in a deep breath of air before releasing it in the form of a powerful breath of fire. The intensity of these flames ranges between users depending upon their level of advancement in this form of magic. The user may also increase the intensity of these flames by either increasing the amount of magical energy they place into the spell or the depth of the breath the inhale, those with higher lung capacity will create a much larger and powerful flame than one of average lung capacity. Flame Bomb(火炎爆弾, Kaen bakudan): Through the use of Fire magic, the user can create orbs of flame around an area, the size of these orbs varies depending on a few factors, these factors include, the amount of magical energy the user is willing to expend as well the users as advancement in this form of magic. After the creation of these flames, the user has the ability to manipulate and move them in any way they so choose, once the user has gotten the orbs into position they can be set of in a similar manner to an incendiary grenade, an explosion of flame engulfing the area around these orbs.

Flame Shot(フレイムショット, Fureimushotto):Through the use of fire magic, the user has the ability to heat the magical particles that rest in front of the palm of their hand, creating a ball of flame, the user can then cause a small explosion behind the ball of flame, sending it toward the intended target. This can easily be done at a rapid pace, sending out as much as fifty flame shots a minute. The intensity and size of the flame shot depends of the users advancement in this form of magic as well as the amount of magical energy they are willing to expend on each flame shot. Upon contact with the intended target, the flame shots explode in a burst of flame.

Flame Blast(フレイムブラスト, Fureimuburasuto): Through the use of fire magic, the user has the ability to heat the magical particles that rest in front of the palm of their hand, creating a small ball of fire in a similar manner to the use of flame shot, however, rather than sending this ball of flame toward the enemy, it will remain in front of the users palm and begin to shoot out a large blast of fire like that of a flamethrower. The intensity of this blast varies between users of this magic depending upon level of advancement as well as the amount of magical energy one is willing to expend on this spell.

Pheonix cannon(フェニックスの大砲 Fenikkusu no taihō): Focusing her fire magic at the tip of her sword, Nora can shoot off a burst of four exploding fire balls at a time.

Rainbow Fire Spells
Rainbow Fire Magic(七色の炎, Reinbō Faia): A form of Caster Magic and a variant of Fire Magic, users of this magic are, as the name suggests, given control over "Rainbow Fire", fires of different color and in some cases, have completely different qualities from that of normal fire. Colors of fire created by users of this magic vary, as does intensity. Even fires of the same color may differ in use between two different users of this magic.

Blue Flames(ブルー炎, Burū-en): These flames radiate a icy blue color, fitting for the properties this fire has, burning several times below negative twenty degrees Celsius. This flame freezes most objects in an instant, extinguishing most other flames on contact, however, flames burning at anywhere above one thousand four hundred degrees Celsius are unaffected by the use of this flame.
 * Blue Flame Breath(青い炎のブレス, Aoi honō no buresu): Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast blue flame breath. The user activates this spell by taking a deep breath in a similar manner to how a fire magic user would begin casting a regular flame breath. After taking in the desired amount of air into their lungs they will exhale a large amount of blue fire. These flames having a cold quality to them, freezing water in an instant as well as extinguishing most other flames. From the targets point of view it will look as though a large wall of blue fire were rushing toward them.
 * Blue Flame Blast(青い炎の爆発, Aoi honō no bakuhatsu):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast blue flame blast. The user activates this spell by gathering a small ball of blue fire into the palm of their hand or both if they wish to cast a double blue flame blast. The user will then thrust their hands forward, sending out a blast of flame similar to a flamethrower. Because these flames possess a cold quality they will not burn the target but instead begin freezing them.
 * Blue Flame Bomb(青い炎の爆弾, Aoi honō no bakudan):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast blue flame bomb. This spell is activated when the user holds out one or both of their hands, balls of blue flame will begin to appear all over the battle field the highest concentration of these balls of blue flame will be found near their intended target. Once the user feels they have created enough blue flame bombs they will detonate them, sending out several explosions of blue fire. It is within this spell that the cold quality of blue fire is at its highest, freezing everything the flames touch in an instant.
 * Blue flame Fist(青い炎の拳, Aoi honō no ken): Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast Blue flame fist. This spell is activated when the user balls their hand into a fist and placing their other hand over it. Blue fire will then begin to wrap themselves around the users fist and sometimes even their forearm. The user will then be able to swing their fist at the target, freezing things on contact. This spell does require minor skill in hand to hand combat to use effectively.
 * Blue Flame Pulse(青い炎パルス, Aoi honō parusu): Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast blue flame pulse. The user does this by holding out an open palmed hand and condensing blue fire into a sphere. The user will the lift up their arm before thrusting it toward the ground. Upon hitting the ground the flames will quickly create a circle around the user before beginning to pulse violently, sending waves of blue fire outward from the user. These flames will completely freeze this area and everything in it.

Purple Flames(紫の炎, Murasaki no honō): These flames radiate a deep purple color, though it releases no smell at all. It's fumes form a highly poisonous gas which causes paralysis in those who come in contact with it. The affects of the poison do not stop there however, if enough of the fumes are inhaled or the flame is devoured by a slayer of some sort, the poison will eventually cause cardiac arrest in the victim. Akemi is immune to the effects of the poison cast by this flame as it is of her own magical energy. However, Akemi is not immune to others whose flames possess this ability.
 * Purple Flame Breath(紫炎のブレス, Murasaki-en no buresu):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast purple flame breath. The user activates this spell by taking a deep breath in a similar manner to how a fire magic user would begin casting a regular flame breath. After taking in the desired amount of air into their lungs they will exhale a large amount of purple flames. These flames spread out around the target rather than heading directly toward them. Once the target is surrounded by the flames the gasses will begin doing their work.
 * Purple Flame Blast(紫炎の爆発, Murasaki-en no bakuhatsu):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast purple flame blast. The user activates this spell by gathering a small ball of purple fire into the palm of their hand or both if they wish to cast a double purple flame blast. The user will then thrust their hands forward, sending out a blast of flame similar to a flamethrower. These flames will burn their target in a similar manner to regular flames, however, these flames posses toxic fumes that in small doses will cause paralysis in the target. If the target continues to breath these fumes they will eventually enter cardiac arrest.
 * Purple Flame Bomb(紫炎の爆弾, Murasaki-en no bakudan):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast purple flame bomb. This spell is activated when the user holds out one or both of their hands, balls of purple flame will begin to appear all over the battle field the highest concentration of these balls of purple flame will be found near their intended target. Once the user feels they have created enough purple flame bombs they will detonate them, sending out an explosion of poisonous fumes.

Yellow Flames(黄色の炎, Kiiro no honō): These flames radiate a sickly yellow color, giving off a just as sickly odor, making those who smell this flame feel ill to the point of throwing up or even passing out. If this flame is devoured by a slayer the same effects, though much stronger, will show in the fool who consumed it. Nora tends to use this for long ranged attacks seeing as how she is not immune to its odor.
 * Yellow Flame Bomb(黄色の炎爆弾, Kiiro no honō bakudan):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast yellow flame bomb. This spell is activated when the user holds out one or both of their hands, balls of yellow flame will begin to appear all over the battle field the highest concentration of these balls of yellow flame will be found near their intended target. Once the user feels they have created enough yellow flame bombs they will detonate them, sending out a cloud of nauseous gas out into the surrounding area.

Green Flames(グリーン炎, Gurīn-en): These flames are a light green color, being much more solid than other flames they seem to have to consistency of gelatin. Whenever these flames touch and object they will stick to said object, requiring a great amount of force to remove all the while burning whatever they touch in a similar manner to that of a regular flame.
 * Green Flame Breath(グリーン火炎ブレス, Gurīn kaen buresu): Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast green flame breath. The user activates this spell by taking a deep breath in a similar manner to how a fire magic user would begin casting a regular flame breath. After taking in the desired amount of air into their lungs they will exhale a large amount of green fire. These flames will be released at an arched angle, crashing down on top of the target, these flames will stick to anything they touch. Due to them being different from that of regular flames, water does little to affect them as they continue to burn.
 * Green Flame Blast(グリーン火炎爆発, Gurīn kaen bakuhatsu):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast Green flame blast. The user activates this spell by gathering a small ball of green fire into the palm of their hand or both if they wish to cast a double green flame blast. The user will then thrust their hands forward, sending out a blast of flame similar to a flamethrower. These flames will spread out rather than being concentrated as to cover a much larger area than that of any of the other rainbow flame blasts. This flame carries this unique form due to it's ability to spread rapidly, not needing to fully engulf the target to get the desired affect.
 * Green Flame Bomb(グリーン火炎爆弾, Gurīn kaen bakudan): Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast green flame bomb. This is done differently than all other rainbow fire bombs, rather than creating several balls of flames around the target. The user will instead create one in their hand, throwing it in a similar manner to how one would a grenade. Once this green ball of fire hits the ground it will explode upward before raining down several embers of green flame. These small embers will attach to anything they touch, eventually growing it to full on flames.
 * Green Flame Fist(グリーン炎の拳, Gurīn-en no ken): Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast Green flame fist. This spell is activated when the user balls their hand into a fist and placing their other hand over it. Green fire will then begin to wrap themselves around the users fist and sometimes even their forearm. The user may then proceed to use these flames to attack the target in a display of hand to hand combat, these flames will stick to anything the user allows them to touch, spreading quickly and burning the target.

Red Flames(赤い炎, Akai honō): These flames burn at a deep red, despite being flames they have no ability to burn anything. Instead these flames can be used to heal injuries such as small cuts and bruises. When touched with these flames the target will begin to feel a soothing warmth come over them. The flames themselves radiate a feeling of wellbeing and safety to those who view them.
 * Healer's Touch(ヒーラーのタッチ, Hīrā no tatchi): Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast Healer's touch. The user does this by wrapping red flames over their hands. The user will then proceed to place these over an injury whether it is that of an ally or their own. After placing their hand over the wound or injury, the wound will begin to heal slowly. The deeper the wound the longer it will take for the fire to heal. Those touched by this spell will begin to feel relaxed, any pain they were feeling beforehand will disappear as a warm feeling of safety and wellbeing overcomes them.
 * Soothing Inferno(スージングインフェルノ, Sūjinguinferuno): Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user is granted the ability to cast Soothing Inferno. To activate this spell the user will throw their hand out to the side, the user will then be engulfed in an inferno of red flames. These flames will begin to heal any and all injuries on the users body. This spell however, does not only heal wounds but also helps to clear the users mind and restore their physical energy. Like all red flame spells those who witness them will be overcome with a feel of wellbeing. This spell cannot be used twice in one day due to the amount of magic it takes to continue healing deep wounds. This spell is not considered an advanced spell because despite the amount of magical energy it consumes it is actually quite a simple spell to cast.

Wind Magic Spells
Razor wind(カミソリ風 Kamisori-fū): Using wind magic, Nora can turn a slash of he Katana into a mid-ranged attack. Swinging her blade with great force, Nora releases a sharp gust of wind to cut into an enemy just beyond her swords reach.

Summoning spells
Summoning of Grimm(グリムの召喚 Gurimu no shōkan): Grimm is Nora's most powerful summoning creatures. Loyal to the Ashbel family, wearing their crest on his collar, Grimm was chosen as Nora's guardian spirit at her birth. Grimm is large black furred dog whose eyes glow like that of a flame. Grimm is a master of wind, fire, Lightning, Ice, and shadow magic. Swift and light on his feet, Grimm is a master of stealth and assassination.

Summoning of Agares(アガレスの召喚 Agaresu no shōkan): Agares, The most brutal and merciless of Nora's summons, is a four armed humanoid flame creature that stands at about nine feet tall with a long boney tail. Agares has bladed wings that act as weapons as well as replacements for the four short shorts he wields. He, however, cannot use these wings to fly. Agares is a user of fire, Gravity, and Lightning magic.

Summoning of Flame golem(炎ゴーレムの召喚 Honō gōremu no shōkan): Mindless creatures made of molten rock, they live only to obey. While they are weak compared to the other summons, flame golems can be summoned in great numbers.

Advanced Fire spells
The Sunrise Samurai(日の出サムライ Hinode samurai): Concentrating her fire magic into the blade of her katana, she brings it to her front before spinning it once, creating a flaming circle. She proceeds to cut it in half, sending a pillar of flames forward and two others out to the sides of her. Because of the intense light, Nora, now sheathing the blade, becomes silhouetted. The few who have seen this attack have described the sight as one of unrivaled beauty.

Phoenix vortex(フェニックスの渦 Fenikkusu no uzu): Nora creates a vortex of flame around herself, devouring all in their path, This vortex has the capability to cover a radius of half a mile at the expense of nearly all of Nora's magic power. She can create smaller vortex at the cost of less magic.

Advanced Rainbow Fire spells
White Flames(史郎炎, ShirōHonō): This flame burns at a dazzling, nearly blinding white. The flame itself burning at a temperature of 2,700 degrees Celsius. Despite being much hotter than most flames this one shares most of the properties that any normal flame would have. The only exception being the intensity of the light emitted, the wielder of this flame being able to control the brightness at will, allowing them to use it in a similar manner to how one might use a flash bang grenade.
 * White Flame Breath(白い炎のブレス, Shiroi honō no buresu):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast white flame breath. The user activates this spell by taking a deep breath in a similar manner to how a fire magic user would begin casting a regular flame breath. After taking in the desired amount of air into their lungs they will exhale a large amount of white flames. These flames emit a blinding light, keeping the target from daring to stare directly at them as the flames come barreling toward them. These flames work exactly like normal flames although, several degrees hotter than most others.
 * White Flame Blast(白い炎の爆発, Shiroi honō no bakuhatsu):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast white flame blast. The user activates this spell by gathering a small ball of white fire into the palm of their hand or both if they wish to cast a double white flame blast. The user will then thrust their hands forward, sending out a blast of flame similar to a flamethrower. These flames will burn their target in a similar manner to regular flames, evaporating water and ice in an instant.
 * White Flame Bomb(白い炎の爆弾, Shiroi honō no bakudan):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast White flame bomb. This spell is activated when the user holds out one or both of their hands, balls of white flame will begin to appear all over the battle field the highest concentration of these balls of white flame will be found near their intended target. Once the user feels they have created enough white flame bombs they will detonate them, creating a loud explosion accompanied by a flash of blinding light. This spell is meant to act in a similar manner to a flash bang grenade.

Black Flames(黒炎, Kurohomura): This flame is emits no light at all, burning a several thousand kelvin, anything touched by this flame will evaporated in an instant, giving it a corrosive quality of sorts. Though, despite it's incredible power it is easily consumed by any fire or darkness based slayer type with no ill effects. The flame actually giving them an unimaginable boost.
 * Black Flame Breath(黒炎のブレス, Kurohomura no buresu):Through the use of rainbow fire magic the user has the ability to cast Black flame breath. The user activates this spell by taking a deep breath in a similar manner to how a fire magic user would begin casting a regular flame breath. After taking in the desired amount of air into their lungs they will exhale a large amount of Black flames. These flames, due to their incredibly hot temperature, appear to have a corrosive property to them, completely eating away at anything they touch until there is nothing left.

Relationships
Grimm: Loyal to the Ashbel family, Grimm has served them for hundreds of years. Long before they became the noble family they are now. Chosen as Nora's guardian from the moment of her birth, the two are bonded by blood. He will protect her with his life until the day comes when the next heir is to be chosen.

Agares: Loyal only to those he deems worthy. He watches Nora carefully, looking for any signs of weakness. If one is ever found, he will turn on her in a heartbeat.

Mandatory classes
Lacrima usage, understanding and development: This class is a hands on learning style that focuses on the use of lacrima, a magic crystalline substance, and it's uses in everyday life and battle.

Hand to hand combat: The hand to hand combat class consists of three parts, offense, defense, and strategy.

Physical training: The physical training course at K.I.M.A. teaches the students how to become more fit and prepared for battle.

Caster magic: The caster magic class at K.I.M.A. teaches students the basics of caster magic. Holder magic: The holder magic class at K.I.M.A. teaches students the basics of holder magic

Elective classes
Melee weapons: This class offers students the opportunity to learn how to use melee weapons properly in close combat.

Combat tactics: Although called "Tactics" this class focuses on both tactical approaches to battle as well as strategical.

Philosophy and morals: The ideas of right and wrong have plagued humanity its birth, within this class we will explore and discuss those ideas as well of the morality of human beings.

Trivia
Older appearance based on Kisaragi Saya from Blood C

Permission to use QOS character template given by Liza

Name means "Wandering flame" or "Stray flame"