Name: Lika Nightshade (Name might be changed? Idk)

Age: 43

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Asexual Lesbian

Crush: Eda

Species: Witch

Powers: Enhanced intelligence and memory, general spell casting but her powers are not very strong

Track: Formerly studied in the Beast Keeping track

Coven: History Coven

Palisman: A Chinchilla

Appearance:

This best displays her appearance but she doesn't look as young. That art is by @cyarine and I am unaware of the sources of the two below.

Outfits: Often wears what's in the second image when doing field research (never the third image's outfit) and she wears these glasses.

Sometimes wears this dress

Personality: Lika is not a very social person. She generally doesn't like people at all. Anxiety is mainly the reason for her antisocial behavior... She would much rather be around the company of animals. She finds it easy to understand them compared to humans who have complicated emotions. She seems cold and often ignores people and maybe a bit shy. She's actually very nice... if she has reasons too. When she is attached to someone she is extremely protective and caringand can even be affectionate
She can be quite sweet and kind, just usually this kindness is shown towards animals only. She'd prefer to have her nose in a book. She's very tough and knows how to handle herself, she can easily win a fight.

Weaknesses: She is weak for anyone she cares about. Which is not often! She finds it useful that she's not attached to anyone.

Hobbies: Researching, Anything with creatures, being with her pets, sketching, exploring, discovering rare beasts, surprisingly singing.

Dislikes: Animal Abuse, Dancing, Parties, fancy clothing, crowds, socializing with strangers.

Occupation: Animal and Beast Researcher, Author, Illustrator

Home: A simple but very nice treehouse cabin.

Family: None

Friends: Eda, other than that none

Pets if any: A champagne fox and various animals that come to her home, kinda like Fluttershy.

Backstory: Lika was an orphan who spent most of her time in foster homes. She never really felt attached or connected to any people there. She instead found solace in animals, beasts, and reading books. She graduated from Hexside after studying in the Beast Keeping track. She later went to join the Beast Keeping coven and was told there might not be any spots left. She heard two members of the Coven asking if there was a spot available for her and they said the only position was Beast hunter. She hated the idea of hunting and harming the creatures she loved so she ran off, and tried to think of a backup plan. She was drawn to the History clan. She made it her own job to research rare or unknown beasts and document them all into a complete field guide. She was encouraged and supported, because nothing like that had been done.

Her most interesting find and first truly undocumented creature was what she dubbed 'The Owl Beast'. She spotted it in the forest on a rampage, and used her skills of stealth to actually become the only person to study the dangerous creature. She followed it until it transformed into a woman to her surprise. That's how she met Eda. She and Eda became close friends, they'd never met before because Eda dropped out of Hexside just as Lika was entering, so they never met then. It was soon after Raine broke up with Eda when they met, and Eda was open to Lika's company because she felt alone. And Lika had always been alone. First their relationship mainly consisted of Lika studying Eda and learning about her. She was actually the one that helped Eda research to control her transformations and she discovered the elixir Eda now takes. Soon it grew into a real friendship, Lika cares deeply about Eda. There were some romantic sparks and repressed feelings between them but they never started dating, and eventually drifted apart. Lika was a traveling researcher any way, and no hard feelings were left between them. They occasionally send each other letters.