Student Highlight: Blood Rainbow

Name: Blood Rainbow

Sex:  Female

Race: Sorrow-born

Hometown: The Kingdom of Sorrow*
*For those of you that don't know, yes, this is connected to the Desert of Sorrow.  We'll talk about this in a future entry.

Strengths:  As one of the few Sorrow-born students, Blood Rainbow is exceptionally skilled in the art of Combat Composition with a specialty in Goth Poetry.  She's being scouted by the Spooker Wizard faction as a potential recruit.

Weaknesses:  Not very fun at parties.

History:  Blood Rainbow is, as mentioned above, a Sorrow-born from the Kingdom of Sorrow.  Please don't ask where Sorrow-born come from, the process and result are very depressing.  Most Sorrow-born don't actually leave the Kingdom of Sorrow, and the kingdom itself doesn't get many visitors.

Blood Rainbow was recruited the same day she was almost banned from Happyshine in something they refer to as The Blood Rainbow Incident.  Actual eye-witness accounts are somewhat few and far between, but the stories go that she wandered into a town as though in a daze (As she has a habit of doing) and anyone within earshot became cripplingly depressed.  The Council (correctly) theorized that she had a great deal of natural potential in Combat Composition, but a somewhat limited ability to control it.  They took her in and she's been here ever since.

A few question marks remain regarding her history, however.  No one is really sure how or why she ended up in Happyshine.  She doesn't like to talk about her home, and to be frank, the Kingdom of Sorrow is usually avoided by most people.  She hasn't expressed any real desire to go back home, and no one's come looking for her either, so she's found a home at the tower.

Notes:  Because of the incident and the massive disruption it caused, Blood Rainbow has a partial ban from Happyshine.  She's permitted to attend lessons at the Tower, but has been forbidden to go out into town without an escort to ensure she keeps her substantial ability to depress others in check.

It should be noted that Blood Rainbow has some sort of immunity or resistance to Crimson Bovine.  "Doctor" CoolRad has theorized that the beverage is having some sort of effect on her, but the results of Crimson Bovine consumption by Sorrow-born has not been extensively studied*.  This being said, Blood Rainbow is one of the very few exceptions of the student body allowed to leave the Tower for "real" medical treatment in case of emergencies.**
*The request of the good "Doctor" to use Blood Rainbow as a guinea pig was denied by the medical board of Happyshine, along with the usual threats of litigation that he added to his collection.
**With an escort, as mentioned above.

Blood Rainbow has an unfortunate habit of wandering aimlessly through the halls, sometimes silently, sometimes reciting her poetry.  If she's doing the later, students are advised to keep their distance.  Someday we hope to impress upon her to keep her abilities under control, but for the time being, we don't need to overwhelm the Tower Counselor anymore than he already is.