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NAME: Qifrey
SPECIES: Human
BIRTHDATE: N/A

HEIGHT: 5'10"
HAIR/EYE: white | blue, only one. scarring on the empty socket of the right.

OCCUPATION: witch | teacher
POWERS:

In the world of Witch Hat Atelier magic must be drawn cleanly and precisely and out of sight. Qifrey is a skilled and exact spellcaster who is largely known as one of the best of his age. He is shown several times to produce complex and clever spells that can be utilised in a number of ways, through the practical to the combative to the defensive and everywhere in between. His speciality is water magic and he uses that in a variety of ways - washing dishes, conjuring water sculptures, a water sword - and his mastery is exquisite.

GAME INFO

AGE: 28ish.
CANON POINT: Post Silver-Eve, approximately chapter 62.

PERSONAL ITEMS: robes, hat, palmquire, wand, ink etc.

PERMISSIONS:

▪ BACKTAGGING: ✔ yes.
▪ THREADHOPPING: ✔ yes, but ask first.
▪ FOURTHWALLING: ✘ no.
▪ OFFENSIVE TOPICS: ✘/✔ discussion needed. ( Qifrey has a troubled past that includes child experimentation. i will do my best to forewarn. )

▪ PHYSICAL CONTACT: ✔ yes.
▪ ROMANCE: ✘ no.
▪ SMUT: ✘ no.
▪ FIGHT: ✔ yes.
▪ INJURE: ✔ yes.
▪ KILL: ✘ no, unless otherwise specified.

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In the world of Witch Hat Atelier magic must be drawn cleanly and precisely and out of sight. Qifrey is a skilled and exact spellcaster who is largely known as one of the best of his age. He is shown several times to produce complex and clever spells that can be utilised in a number of ways, through the practical to the combative to the defensive and everywhere in between. His speciality is water magic and he uses that in a variety of ways - washing dishes, conjuring water sculptures, a water sword - and his mastery is exquisite.

Unlike most other witches, Qifrey does not solely rely on his magic. It is implied that he has travelled and on those travels has learned other skills. Namely the aforementioned swordfighting, but he also knows things about medicinal herbs ( despite the forbidden nature of this knowedge ) and gardening.

He is also an exceptional cook.

Qifrey is a complex individual.

He is kind, and he is caring, and he goes to great pains to nurture and protect those around him. As a teacher he relishes in his students’ accomplishments while also encouraging them to focus on the things they may need to work with - Agott’s self-criticism, Richeh’s aversion to testing - it is clear he is careful about the children in his care and is observant enough to pick up on the things that trouble them. It is also true that his Atelier is a sort of home for those who have been abandoned or mistreated before, or in Coco’s care, someone who is an ‘Outsider’. Qifrey understands what it is like to be on the outskirts, he understands what it is to be side-eyed by most of society, and he tries to protect those around him from the same outcome.

As a child he was found in a waterlogged coffin missing one eye and all of his memories. He was taken in under Beldaruit - the wise in teaching, and one of the three most prominent witches - care, though most of witch society seemed to treat with suspicion despite the fact. When he was younger this made him surly and aggressive and prone to flight. It is only through Olruggio’s dogged determination that Qifrey began to change. He had someone on his side, and someone who could chase him down. Olruggio is the one who taught him to smile instead of bare his teeth at the opposition. He is also his best friend. One of the only adult friends that Qifrey holds, and a kind of tether.

This is also the thing that dooms him on the daily. Not only did the Brimmed Caps take his eye and his memories, they also implanted a parasite in Qifrey. The Silverwood tree is an invasive species that thrives off of its host’s safety. The minute Qifrey feels too comforted in his life, the tree grows. Olruggio was the first person to find out, and Olruggio is the one who came up with a solution. That Qifrey is to consistently remove his best friend’s memories to nurture the guilt in him. This means he can never truly be happy. He always has to be under a level of stress. He hides it well behind his pleasant mask, but he is regularly under threat from his own body. His anxiety has physical manifestations. Throughout the manga he is often seen clutching his two hands together or running his finger along his cap ribbon. It’s subtle, but he is Stressed.

This constant betrayal of his best friend feeds into his grim determination to hunt down the Brimmed Caps. He has an obsessive grudge against them. He feels like they have taken too much from him, and he has been shown to do whatever it takes to find out more about them. He is not against using forbidden magic if it means a lead. It is also one of the driving factors in his original mentoring of Coco. Several times his motives have been brought into question about this. At first that may have even been true. He can be irresponsible with his own safety and is secretive about it and that manifested in him leaving his students in a precarious situation. He does realise his mistake in the end, and his protective nature is not questioned after.

Sometimes this has made his gentle persona become a little fake. However, Qifrey will always be that traumatised child. His aversion to water touching him, his tendency to hold people at arm’s length, his painted smile, they’re all ways to protect himself. He has been hurt before. It does not make him a bad person, just often misguided. It also means he is one of the first people to notice it in others. His empathy remains despite it all.