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Larina was named after her father Lars. She was born a week early so her parents had not settled on a name yet. When she arrived she had a head full of bright red hair like her father.

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Larina's first best friend was a local girl named Aurora. They were inseparable until their teen-age years when they grew apart.

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Her birthday is October 25, but she tells everyone it is October 31st. She thinks it sounds "spookier."

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Larina first discovered she was a witch when at age six she began talking to her Goddess. She also saw ghosts and spirits, but was not afraid because she knew they could not harm her.

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Larina's first and truest love is for books.

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Red hair, blue eyes. As she gets older she develops a prominent streak of grey-white hair from her forehead. She thinks it makes her look more "crone-like" which she loves.

She stands 5'4" (162 cm) tall, and usually weighs about 125 to 130 lbs. Making her height and weight pretty average.

Her nose is a bit larger than average, which doesn't like. But considering that it is not covered in warts like fairy tale witches she feels she got off luckier than most!

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The only thing better than a book is tea. The only better than a book or tea alone is drinking tea while reading.

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Larina's best friend is Heather. They met while Larina was away at university and Heather was playing guitar in a local bar.

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Larina hates her middle name, "Stephanie." She says that "Stephanie" is a "blonde girl who never reads and can't tell the difference between an Assam and a Darjeeling."

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Larina "Nix" Nichols is a witch character I created 40 years ago. She appears in almost all my books in one form or another.

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Larina grew out of my reading of Jung, particularly his notions of a "Dark Anima" side to your personality. I remember sitting on my bed in my old childhood bedroom and thinking about what my own dark anima would be like. In Jung's philosophy, males are said to have a female anima, and women are said to have a male animus. So. What would my anima be like? Something like this I think.

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The anima and animus are described in Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology as part of his theory of the collective unconscious. Jung described the animus as the unconscious masculine side of a woman, and the anima as the unconscious feminine side of a man, with each transcending the personal psyche.

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Larina has made appearances in many of my books, which means she is found in many different worlds and times.

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Larina, Witch, D&D, Character, witchcraft, occult, OC, iconic, redhead, magic

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"They burn witches, Larina. So always be on your guard."

From an early age, Larina has had a fear of fire. She often takes that fear and uses it in her magic.

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In modern versions, Larina grew up listening to the same music her father enjoyed, a lot of prog-rock and psychedelic rock. In particular a lot of "Yes" who, to this day, she still doesn't understand why he liked them. As she got older her tastes went more towards the alternative and goth scenes.

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A redheaded witch holding a magic staff and wearing a Misfits tshirt.

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Larina loves all sorts of languages and often acts as a translator. She can talk to ghosts, but not if they don't share a language in common. Plus she hated the idea that there are books out there she couldn't read.

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One of her good friends is another witch Solaine. But anytime they are together they usually get into trouble.

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Witches Larina and Solaine make a potion!

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In fantasy settings she is also great friends with fellow witch Feiya.

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In worlds where witches are real, so are vampires. Larina hates vampires. She will even ignore her own fear of fire to deal with an evil vampire.

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Larina's favorite color is purple, followed my black and blue.

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These are songs I put on when I want to get motivated to write about Larina and other witches.

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These are songs that remind me of Larina or ones I think she would like.

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There is also a better-than-average chance that a lot of her look was influenced by a lot of the horror movies I was watching at the time. One was easily The Devil's Nightmare (1971), which I scored on VHS tape, and The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971), both featuring the lovely Erika Blanc, who is almost a "live-action Larina" in my mind. However, there is no doubt that one of the biggest influences on how she looked was Cassandra Peterson, aka Elviria. Though not her Elvira character, how she looks in real life.

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I always felt Larina would have a larger-than-average nose. Mostly because she is a witch after all. But also because I had a huge crush on Animotion singer Astrid Plane. In later years she even looked more like Larina.

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A Pinterest board of art refs

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Sep 5, 2025 - Pictures of Larina or ones that remind me of her. See more ideas about klingon empire, gaming blog, jt music.