If y’all wondering how she enhanced her skills, I’ll tell in a bit of a story:
Vanilla LACKS of practice in using her ‘fire’ and the reason why she can use a bit of it when she was younger or during her teenage years, is because of the notebook her mom gave her Which is supposed to be from Noel (her dad). Before he died in a tragic accident, He asked Genna one last request about giving their child these notes (AKA the notebook) and handed it to her. The notebook that contains 10 pages some are incomplete and some are torn out, which makes some words harder to read. Noel spent most of his life writing and experimenting with their hereditary power and the age of the notebook that dates back from the 15th century, specifically after THE BATTLE OF MACTAN.
Vanilla is a descendant of one of the warriors of Lapu-Lapu that started the “notebook” on whom he wrote about this mysterious power. The notebook itself is too old that it is written in baybayin and it’s hard to decode the message and information that the ‘warrior’ had wrote. Come to think of it, the notebook is too old that Noel is the very first one to ever read a few of the older pages and he believes that the power was given to their ancestor from the God of Fire called Agui. However, Vanilla does not believe any of these As if how was it possible, The God of Fire, Agui granted one of the warriors the power of fire to help Lapu-Lapu fight off the Spaniards which also leads to their victory however the ancestor cannot control this kind of power, so then he started writing and experimenting.
When the first user died, The power was passed down to his son who inherited the power from him. Every ancestor who will inherit it will write their experiences and how it would be controlled or enhance it. It is passed down from generation to generation until it was Noel’s turn to write on it. It has few pages because one of their ancestors burned the ORIGINAL since that wielder used it for evil. All information that the past wielders had written are all GONE. The God of Fire was angered by this and took back that power from him, however, his daughter inherited the power unknowingly, She’s the one who tried to recover the missing information and sadly she only gathered one: The first wielder.
She took care of the second notebook and made sure that none of her heir(s) will burn it again. The promise had been kept for over 5 centuries until it was Vanilla’s turn to keep it. During her college days, Genna gave her the notebook full of information about it. She explained everything that Vanilla has to take care of it and that it is her turn to write on it. Vanilla is the one, who will make their hereditary power WHOLE.
When she was 23, she received a mail from her dad’s hometown and it contains a surprising message. An old man named Ding, a retired Martial Artist instructor and the ‘master’ of her own dad. The old man stated that her father also lacks practice and thought him “Northern Shaolin Kungfu” which he accepted gladly and trained him for about 5 years, however, Noel died early, by the age of 25, months before Vanilla was born. Ding knows that his child will inherit the power so then he waited until Vanilla is 16 and ready to be trained, Genna refused and kept this secret from Vanilla until she found out years later. Genna finally let her get trained by him to enhance her skills. Vanilla started her training ever since. She may be often using her ‘fire’ during her teenage years but thanks to her dad, she learned so much on how to take control of it.
“Fire is life, not just destruction. Don’t be afraid about the power you’re holding, instead, embrace it and accept it as part of you”
-Page 10, written by the first female wielder
okay guys, more information about the hereditary power soon, I hope you like it!