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Name : Sylvain

Hermetic Name : Silvanus of Merinita

Player : George

Characteristics : Int +2, Per +1, Pre +1, Com +1, Str -2, Sta +3, Dex -1, Qik -1

Age : 23 (apprenticed at 8)

Personality Traits : Stubborn +1, Pious +1, Curious +3, Compassionate +6

Reputation : none yet

Confidence : 1 (3)

Laboratory : Sylvain-Lab

Virtues and Flaws

  • Hermetic Magus (0), the Gift (0)

  • Faerie Magic (0 - house virtue),

  • Forest Lore; Puissant and Affinity with Forest Lore (3)

  • Diedne Magic (1),

  • Skilled Parens (1),

  • Secondary Insight (1),

  • Minor Magical Focus: Wind (1)

  • Elemental Magic (3)

  • Dark Secret (0)

  • Pagan (-3 - Story Flaw),

  • Compassionate (-3 - Major Personality)

  • Curious (-1 - Minor Personality)

    • [Custom, in the «Curiosity killed the cat», similar to the canon reckless]

  • Deleterious Circumstances [Hearing Church Bells] (-1)

  • Small Frame (-1),

  • Motion Sickness (-1)

Abilities

Ability Spec. Start XP Score xp Remark
Occitan native 5
Awareness Forest 15 2 15/45 EC
Stealth Forest 15 2 15/45 EC
Survival Forest 15 2 15/45 EC
Concentration Spells 15 2 15/45 LL
Hunt Track 5 1 5/45 LL
Intrigue Making Allies 5 1 5/45 LL
Craft: Wood Figurines - - 5/45 LL
Latin Hermetic 50 4 50/240 App
Artes Liberales Ceremonial casting 5 1 5/240 App
Philosophia Ceremonial casting 5 1 5/240 App
Merinita Cult Lore Self Initiation 15 2 15/240 App
Penetration Auram 5 1 5/240 App
Finesse Auram 5 1 5/240 App
Parma Magica Mentem 5 1 - 5/240 App
Magic Theory Spells 30 3 30/240 App
Faerie Lore Woodland faeries - - -/240 App
Magic Lore Creatures -
Infernal Lore Rituals -
Faerie Magic Spells 5 1 5/240 App
Forest Lore 30x1½=45+5 4+2 20/45 LL 10/240 App
  • EC 45/45
  • LL 45/45
  • App 135/300

Arts

Art Start XP Score xp Remark
Creo 21 6
Intellego 21 6
Muto 15 5
Perdo 15 5
Rego 21 6
Animàl - -
Aquam (4+26) 7
Auram 51+(4) 10
Corpus
Herbam - -
Ignem 3+(2+26) 7
Imaginem - -
Mentem
Terram 3+(2+26) 7
Vim 15 5

Sum 165xp

Spells

  • InAu15 Whispering Winds
  • InVi20 Piercing the Faerie Veil
  • ReVi20 Opening the Intangible Tunnel (AC/Diam/Ind) [custom variant; may be an equivalent canon variant with a different name]
  • CrAu30 Wings of the Soaring Wind
  • CrAu30 Pull of the Skybound Winds
  • ReAu30 Clouds of Thunderous Might
  • PeVi5 Demon's Eternal Oblivion
  • Sum 150 levels

Equipment and resources

Appearance

Clad as a woodsman or hunter, Sylvain does not stick much out with the grogs. He is quite handsome, with brown hair and a serious expression to his face. He is not unkind, but he rarely smiles.

Advancement Log

Backstory

Sylvain was born to a woodsman of small means, not very far from the covenant. Growing up in the woods, he was often left to his own devices, learning to find his own ways. Venturing deeper into the forest he encountered several sites of power, and the floral spirits took an interest in his Gift. His intuition of the forest grew, and he started on the path of Forest Lore even before he was found by Deidre.

Deidre is a mature maga two generations descended from a young Diedne survivor in the Schism. Raised in Merinita, she has tried to consolidate the heritage of Diedne with the Cult of Merinita. All the inner mysteries of Diedne were lost in the Schism, and Deidre and her parens have tried to discover new mysteries within the nature traditions of House Merinita. Faerie magic became but a cover, and their heart was always in the nature mysteries. When Agnes introduced the True Merinitæ in 1158, Deidre embraced her teaching and joined her line.

Deidre took Sylvain to the covenant to train him in her tradition. He embraced the teaching with great enthusiasm, as the mysteries seem to bring him closer to the forest which is his home. He is particularly curious about lost heritage of Diedne.
It may be a delusion, but he believes that his ancestors could do great things, when they lived in peace with the forest, before the encrouching of the dominion and the so-called civilisation of the Order. It would be great to recover these secrets.

At the moment he is drawn to adventure more than to politics, but he realises that much of the battle for the forest will be in debates at tribunal and negotiation with mundane powers. It is not where he want to be, but he might have to.

He is pagan, devout to the nature cult promoted by Deidre.
It may or may not be true to ancient traditions of the druids or of Diedne, but Sylvain like his mater is convinced. The Gift and other mystery powers are earned through the deep devotion to the forest and compassion for everything living.

Concept and Notes

  1. Primary: Forest Lore (effective 6).
  2. Secondary: Herbam
  3. Tertiary: Intellego Vim