Ivan

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Ivan

The Nerd

Player Name	Steven
Relatives	Jamie Sinclair: Mother Maximus Sinclair: Father Mimi Sinclair: Older Sister Tori Sinclair: Younger Sister
Languages	Common
Affiliations	Ravendean High School Dungeons and Dragons Club
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	5' 10"
Eye Color	Electric Blue

Ivan Sinclair is a high school freshman at Ravendean High School. He is the Secretary for the Dungeons and Dragons club, where he plays as Jarvis in the current Dungeon World campaign.

Physical Appearance

Ivan is extremely pale, even by Ravendean standards. He can usually be seen wearing a button up and khakis, though recently he's taken to wearing jeans instead. Thick square glasses sit in front of electric blue eyes that study everything. Usually can be found with a book, though if he has his bag on him you can assume he has more.

Personality

Ivan has never been good at socializing. After he lost his best friend, he never really figured out how to keep pace socially with his peers. He prefers to hide away with a book, studying for classes or to expand his knowledge of the world.

After playing in the club for a few months and even running his own game for them, Ivan's confidence has grown a small amount.

Favorite Subjects: Math, History, Literature, Science

Least Favorite Subjects: Gym (Jarvis used to keep him company and encourage him, so with him gone it’s even more of a drag)

How good of a student: Pretty good. He’s known to forget to do homework from time to time because he was reading too much, but he’s smart enough to do it without much trouble just before it’s due

When he grows up: He wants to own a bookstore that can impart a fraction of the wonder that he had at the library (though now it’ll be with practical effects rather than actual magic, unless he can get that figured out)

Free Time Activities: Reading, studying, video games

Favorite kind of music: Lo-fi, though he has an appreciation for show tunes from Jarvis

What scares them about starting high school:

·      Doesn’t think he’ll be very liked there

·      Doesn’t even know the teachers as a fallback point

·      He’s afraid of a new environment, since he’s grown so used to the middle school environment (which at least to me seems pretty different)

What’s Exciting about starting High School:

·      Harder subjects, which promise more of an academic challenge

·      New library that just might have more information on the “magic age”

Favorite spot in town: Either the library, or a small cavern like area in Glowy Town. Few people know about the latter, but it’s a strange place that’s completely illuminated by large growing mushrooms, yet your shadow always seems to be around, even in multiple places at once

History

For 11 years, Ivan lived in Ravendean with magic and his best friend. Jarvis was a living shadow, attached to Ivan since birth and charged with helping him become the best person he could be. From him, Ivan gained a love of knowledge, studying, and secrets. Ivan depended on him, since both his parents had jobs that kept them busy, and his older sister Mimi had her own things to deal with. But magic disappeared from Ravendean, and with it went Jarvis.

Since then, Ivan's parents stayed busy (more, since they had to learn how to do their jobs without the magic they depended on), and Mimi became overbearing to compensate for the loss. As a result, Ivan retreated more and more into himself and his books, losing some of the tenuous friendships that had survived magic's disappearance. He's slowly been coming out of his shell over the years, but the most progress has been made by his time in the D&D club.

Background

For 11 years, I lived in a town of darkness with magic and my best friend. I didn’t really understand the former, but the latter, Jarvis, was my motivator and my confidant. He gave me a love of reading and studying, as well as a love of finding secrets, and that has been with me forever. He showed me the library, and he and I would spend hours there, reading and finding the secrets of the town and the building itself. Mom and dad got a little weird when I talked to or about him: they didn’t think it was normal for a kid to have his literal shadow for a best friend. But mom is an English teacher and dad is a lawyer, so they weren’t around very often. My babysitter thought my shadow friend was the most normal thing in the world… she’s gone too… I should explain. Three years ago magic was removed from our town, and with it went Jarvis and anything else made of magic (I don’t know what my babysitter was yet, but I’m working on it). Since then I’ve been studying even more, trying to understand why the town is so different, and seeing if there’s a way to bring Jarvis back. I have made no progress, but surprisingly I’m doing great in school, since any book involving what happened is thick with history, chemical formulas, even math. So I keep getting smarter, and I can tell you anything you want to know, save how to make things feel normal again. (Side note, I have learned some magic tricks, but it’s not real magic. Just sleight of hand. Not the same.)

Languages

Common

Powers and Abilities

Ivan is a normal human with no skills in the ways of combat. He does have a fantastic memory though.

Attacks and Weapons 

Ivan has no idea how to fight. Knowledge is his weapon, and he's found it's not always super effective.