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Another Merinita. This one is a lot more about bargaining and manipulating different groups of fae rather than a close alliance with a single group.

Characteristics: Int +1, Per 0, Pre +2, Com +4, Str -2, Sta 0, Dex 0, Qik 0
Size: 0
Age: 25
Decrepitude: 0
Warping Score: 0 (1)
Confidence Score: 1 (3)
Virtues and Flaws: The Gift; Hermetic Magus; Gentle Gift; Enchanting Music, Faerie Magic*, Great Communication, Harnessed Magic, Inspirational, Well Travelled; Curse of Venus, Necessary Condition (all spells must be sung); Optimistic, Weak Enchanter
Personality Traits: Assumes it will all work out fine this time +3, Loves music +2, Unable to resist a pretty face +1
Reputations: None
Combat:
Dodging: Init 0, Atk n/a, Dfn +2, Dam n/a
Soak: 0
Fatigue Penalties: OK, 0, -1, -3, -5, Unconscious
Wound Penalties: -1 (1-5), -3 (6-10), -5 (11-15), Incapacitated (16-20)
Abilities: Artes Liberales 1 (music), Athletics 1 (running), Awareness 1 (fae), Bargain 3 (fae), Brawl 1 (dodging), Carouse 1 (drinking songs), Charm 3 (fae), Code of Hermes 1 (molesting the fae), Enchanting Music 4 (fae), Faerie Lore 3 (courtly fae), Folk Ken 2 (audiences), Guile 1 (trying to explain their way out of trouble), Latin 4 (Hermetic terms), Magic Theory 3 (Imaginem), Music 4 (singing), Native Language 5 (artistic composition), Order of Hermes Lore 1 (Merinita), Parma Magica 1 (Herbam), Penetration 1 (Imaginem)
Arts: Cr 3, In 5, Mu 0, Pe 5, Re 1, An 0, Aq 0, Au 0, Co 0, He 5, Ig 0, Im 7, Me 0, Te 0, Vi 0
Twilight scars: None
Equipment: Wizardly robes
Encumbrance: 0 (0)
Spells known:
Eyes of the Cat (MuCo(An) 5) +0
Trap of the Entwining Vines (CrHe 15) +8
Shriek of the Impending Shafts (InHe 15) +10
Piercing Shaft of Wood (ReHe 10) +6
The Ear for Distant Voices (InIm 20) +12
Aura of Enobled Presence (MuIm 10) +7
Notes of a Delightful Sound (MuIm 10) +7
Disguise of the Transformed Image (MuIm 15) +7
Veil of Invisibility (PeIm 20) +12

Character Notes
This character uses their song to charm the fae they visit, and as leverage in the deals they make - many faeries like nothing better than having tales of them and their realms sung amongst the local populace.

Unfortunately the good looking young musician also has a tendency to attract the attentions of the opposite sex, and despite the character's confidence that this time will be different, and things will go smoothly, somehow they never do.

Customisation Notes
The character can take another two points of flaws and an equivalent number of virtues. At the moment the character is fairly magically weak, so Skilled Parens could allow them to improve their Arts, perhaps at the cost of a Weakness for a pretty face? Alternatively, maybe they have actual fae blood rather than merely a useful talent for dealing with them.

Other Notes
If playing using rules outside the core 5e book, Performance Magic (music) could be useful to this character. The Folk Mysteries of the House may also be of interest to them.

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