Bethan Gwengwyvar Bowen

Overview
Bethan Bowen is a member of the Templars, an archivist who possesses a natural skill with elemental magic, as do many of the females in her family and those who are her ancestors. She is in her early-to-mid 20's, with dark brown hair and green eyes. She is rarely seen without her laptop bag or an old, faded doll, a childs toy which she cheerfully calls Murigen.

History
Split into two sections; Childhood, London and the Templars

Childhood
No-one suspected that the Bowen's were anything other than ordinary. Megan Bowen, a matronly woman, was involved with anything and everything to do with the local community - Parish Council, Women's Institute, Akela for the local Cub Scouts - if there was a council, a committee or anything at all, she would be on it. Her husband, Brendon, was far more relaxed, lending a hand with his wife's problems with her various committees but generally concerning himself with his work as a computer hardware engineer, and with his weekly visit to the pub to play & drink with the darts team. Into this ordinary, domestic household, Bethan was born on the 13th August 1989.

Bethan was the second of four children and the only girl. However, like her mother, she had gifts that only females of their blood could possess. The Bowen's could trace their family back to Time Immemorial, 6th July 1189, and beyond. As with all females of her lineage Bethan middle name was 'Gwengwyvar', or 'Guinevere' in the English spelling, a tradition that was claimed to reach back to the times of Arthur and his court of Camelot. Regardless of the truth of this, what is certain is that Bethan and her mother, as with her grandmother before her, can summon fire from the air, water from nothing and electricity by pure will. These gifts were kept as secret as possible, a great secret that was always on the tip of Bethan's tongue to tell.

Fully aware of the gifts of his wife and daughter, Brendan refused to mention it, effectively ignoring it and his wife worked hard to be as 'normal' and 'ordinary' as possible for her husband. Despite occasional moments when a reluctant gas ring sprung into life at the snap of fingers or when a childish urge got the better of Bethan and one of her brothers would end up soaked in water, the Bowen's were as normal as any other family. They celebrated Christmas, attended the local church, helped at Mrs Bowen's various jumble sales or committee fundraisers and attended the local amateur dramatics society's latest attempt to butcher a play or opera.

Bethan attended the local schools where she excelled with English and, at Secondary School, I.T.. Bethan was also the first female member of Bethesda's Cub Scout Group and, at aged 10, the Scout Troop's second female member. As a Scout she was nicknamed 'Firestarter', after the song by the band The Prodigy, because no matter what the weather or how wet or green the wood was, she was always able to get a fire going when camping. Both at school, and within the Scout Troop, Bethan was of the middling crowd - neither popular nor derided, she fitted into groups perfectly, hardly drawing attention to herself. Due to her natural quirks, and her well-known mother, she attracted little attention from boys of her age and it was not until she had just reached 16 that she had her first kiss.

London and the Templars
Finishing College in June 2007, Bethan made a decision that would alter her life dramatically. She applied, and was accepted, to study English Literature at the University of London. The transition from the quiet Welsh town of Bethesda to the busy, loud city of London with its 8 million souls was dramatic enough, but it was eventual contact with the Templar's that sealed her fate.

University agreed with Bethan. She studied assiduously and thoroughly enjoyed the social life. Despite her average looks, wide shoulders and wide hips, she was never short of attention from male students and even managed to hold down a relationship or two. She graduated in 2010 with a 2:1. She studied for an extra two years to earn her Masters. After that, in 2012, she disappeared off of the face of the planet. She had literally just disappeared with no mention of where she was going, no forwarding address and her e-mail & various profiles on social networking sites removed or deleted.

Her natural talents had always been hard to hide, but despite how assiduously she had worked on concealing them it was impossible to hide them completely. She came to the attention of a Templar agent who worked within the University of London.