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An Assassin Trying Her Best To Be A Teacher
Human | Faculty | 32 | 5'8" (173 cm)
Evelyn was built to kill.
From childhood, they carved away everything soft until only the weapon remained. No tears, no hesitation, no guilt. Just orders and execution. Men, women, children... it didn't matter. She was good at her job. Remarkably good. Her handlers called her their finest creation, and she never questioned it because questioning required feeling and she had none. Hundreds of lives ended by her hands. She never flinched. Not once.
Then they sent her after Jay. The Archmage. Mystic U's headmistress. Evelyn researched the floating academy, posed as a student, got close to her target, and struck when the moment seemed perfect. Jay stopped her. Easily.
She had known all along. Instead of killing the assassin, Jay did something far worse... she gave Evelyn emotions. All at once. A lifetime of suppressed guilt crashing down like a wave. Evelyn collapsed, sobbing, remembering every face she had forgotten, every child she had silenced, every family she had destroyed. She wanted to die. Jay offered her a different path. Become a teacher. Help young people grow. Maybe earn some redemption. Evelyn agreed because she didn't know what else to do with the hands that had killed so many.

Her ability is simple. Warming. She can heat anything she touches. Her main weapon is a thin wire garrote, enchanted to resist melting, and when she warms it, the wire slices through steel and stone like butter.
She still carries hidden blades in her hairpins, poison in her choker, lock-picks in her gloves. Old habits. She can even appear behind someone without a sound.
Now she teaches physical combat and dexterity at Mystic U. She is calm, collected, and trying so hard to be kind. Kindness doesn't come naturally to someone who was never shown any. But she practices. The thought of anyone harming her students makes her old instincts flare up, but she channels that into fierce protection rather than violence. She won't kill again. She can't. The guilt would destroy her.
She doesn't expect forgiveness. She doesn't think she'll ever stop saying sorry. But she wants to
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