Name: Lauren Rivers
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Species: Zebra
Title: Master of Water
Physical Description: Standard zebra markings, 5’6”, no facial stripes and a distinct diamond shaped mark on her forehead. She possesses blue streaks in the front layers of her hair. Her standard outfit is brown with gold highlights, representative of her status as a master of water. She has green eyes.

Reference Sheet: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8263180/

Biographical Data:

Raised by her adoptive mother, Madeleine Rivers, Lauren never knew the genuine identities of her parents. As a young child, Lauren displayed a notable curiosity towards the craft, which was the ability of her people to use crystals to create effects upon the world around them in twelve distinct styles. It was noted that she shared a particular affinity towards water, and at sixteen she was recorded as having a minor level of natural control over water when a spilled drink followed her hand along the surface of a table up an incline. Sponsored by Lucas, a male ferret, he insisted she join the Academy. For obvious reasons, he recommended her to study water.

At eighteen, Lauren was selected to be one of several candidates to train directly at the Tower. She was hand chosen by Lucas to be his successor, trained in combat as well as peacetime uses of her powers. Tests displayed her control of her channeled powers to be highly developed, registering impressive results consistent throughout her training. When fully focused, she was able to manipulate enough water at once to affect nearby weather patterns, though to do so drained whatever crystal she was using and it was often hard to control at this level without a master’s level of skill.

At twenty-four, Lauren was formally named the next person to control the water discipline. With the probability of war becoming more and more likely, her training in combat was increased, much to her dismay. Preferring to avoid violence, she did as instructed. Her mentor showed her the Vault, a room in which they kept all of their most dangerous treasures, in case something should happen to the Tower. Later that evening, Lauren discovered a man attempting to remove an artifact from the Vault, and returned it to its proper place. The thief had been killed by Isabelle Sheridan, the next in line to master Ice, who determined it was safer than risking his escape with the item he stole.

On the final day of the war, she was present in the Tower along with Isabelle Sheridan and Bennett Walsh, then the leader of the Gravity discipline. The building was attacked, and she escaped with her life. After meeting a courier in the forest outside of the city, she disappeared and went into hiding along with the others.

Five years later, she emerges from concealment upon learning that a Keystone, an object of immense power, has resurfaced in their home city of Vanskar.