All the talk of Antoine's beloved Isobelle being in danger and not having stats made me think that I really needed to make up Lucas's wife. She's a Redcap with ten years under her belt. (She's Lucas's age.) Here goes.
Cecilia ex Mercere
Cecilia was born near the Cunfin covenant during its early days as a House Mercere covenant, and it was evident from her early days that she would be an excellent Redcap. She was smart, athletic, and personable, and a direct descendant of Belin. As many children of House Mercere did, Cecilia received training in the skills it would take to become a Redcap. In this, she was an excellent student, and focused intently on her studies. That is, she did until the day she ran into the Mercere apprentice that Celeres of Bonisagus was training – literally. Lucas was not paying attention to where he was walking, and walked into Cecilia, sending his writing kit and the scrolls he was carrying flying in all directions.
Despite this inauspicious beginning, the two found that themselves attracted to each other. Soon they began spending every stolen moment they could find together. And by the time they reached the age of nineteen, they got permission from House Mercere to marry, despite the fact that they were both still in training. Such permission was uncommon for those training to be a Redcap, but not so for Gifted apprentices. The House wanted to do everything it could to increase the chance of more Gifted magi for the House. And if that meant letting apprentices marry, so be it.
Six years later, the two were gauntleted, him as a magus, her as a Redcap. By then, they had two children, with two more coming in the years ahead - all non-Gifted, alas. They settled down just within the aura at Cunfin, and began to raise their family. Cecilia had her duties, but she spent every other season on the road and every other at home. Lucas and the children got used to missing their wife and mother during spring and autumn, but enjoying her company all the more during winter and summer.
Cecilia is a devoted Redcap, following in the tradition of being a messenger and herald. She has joined the Followers of Belin. She finds great enjoyment is traveling across Europa and visiting covenants month after month.
CHARACTERISTICS
Characteristic[/left][/th] [th]Value[/th] [th]Cost[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Int[/td] [td][center]+1[/center][/td][td][center]1[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Per[/td][td][center]+1[/center][/td][td][center]1[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Pre[/td][td][center]+3[/center][/td][td][center]3*[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Com[/td] [td][center]+1[/center][/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Str[/td][td][center]0[/center][/td][td][center]0[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sta[/td][td][center]+1[/center][/td][td][center]1[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dex[/td] [td][center]0[/center][/td][td][center]0[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Qui[/td] [td][center]0[/center][/td][td][center]0[/center][/td][/tr][/table]
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- Cecilia gets a +1 Per for her Faerie blood.
VIRTUES & FLAWS
[table][tr][th][left]Virtue[/left][/th][th]Points[/th] [th]Level[/th][th]Type[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Personal Vis Source (Herbam - a magic flower whose petals can sometimes be harvested)[/td] [td][center]0[/center][/td] [td][center]free[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Redcap[/td] [td][center]+3[/center][/td] [td][center]major[/center][/td] [td][center]status[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Faerie Blood: Sidhe[/td] [td][center]+1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td] [td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Linguist[/td] [td][center]+1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Second Sight[/td][td][center]+1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Social Contacts (magi)[/td] [td][center]+1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]True Love (PC - Lucas)[/td] [td][center]+1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Venus' Blessing[/td] [td][center]+1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][/tr]
[tr][th][left]Flaw[/left][/th][th]Points[/th] [th]Level[/th][th]Type[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Dependent - four children[/td] [td][center]-3[/center][/td] [td][center]major[/center][/td][td][center]story[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Optimistic[/td] [td][center]-3[/center][/td] [td][center]major[/center][/td][td][center]personality[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ability Block: Martial[/td][td][center]-1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Higher Purpose - maintaining peace in the Order[/td] [td][center]-1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]personality[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Small Frame[/td] [td][center]-1[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Craving for Travel[sup]1[/sup][/td] [td][center]-[/center][/td] [td][center]minor[/center][/td][td][center]general[/center][/td][/tr][/table]
[sup]1[/sup] - Gained from Warping
PERSONALITY
[table][tr][td]Optimistic[/td] [td]+3[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Indefatigable[/td] [td]+2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Friendly[/td] [td][right]+1[/right][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]In Love with Lucas[/td] [td][right]+3[/right][/td][/tr][/table]
Abilities at gauntlet (or whatever Redcaps have):
ABILITIES
[table][tr][th][left]Ability[/left][/th][th][left]Focus[/left][/th][th]Score[/th] [th]Cost[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Animal Handling[/td] [td]horses[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Mythic Europe[/td] [td]geography[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Normandy Tribunal[/td] [td]geography[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]0[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Artes Liberales – Latin alphabet[/td] [td]music[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Athletics[/td] [td]running[/td][td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Awareness[/td] [td]alertness[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Bargain[/td] [td]vis[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Brawl[/td] [td]dodging[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Carouse[/td][td]drinking songs[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Charm[/td] [td]being witty[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Chirurgery[/td] [td]binding wounds[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Civil and Canon Law[/td] [td]rules of hospitality[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Code of Hermes[/td] [td]Redcaps[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]English[/td][td]conversational[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]24 (30)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Etiquette[/td] [td]townsfolk[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Faerie Lore[/td] [td]faerie places[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Folk Ken[/td] [td]townsfolk[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]10[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]French (Bourguignon)[/td] [td]extensive vocabulary[/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td] [td][center]0[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Guile[/td] [td]fast talk[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Hunt[/td] [td]hawking[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Intrigue[/td] [td]gossip[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Latin[/td] [td]conversational[/td] [td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]40(50)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Leadership[/td] [td]Redcaps[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Low German[/td][td]Saxon[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]24 (30)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Magic Lore[/td] [td]magical traditions[/td][td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Magic Theory[/td] [td]understanding magi's monologues[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Music[/td] [td]singing[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Order of Hermes Lore[/td] [td]House Mercere[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td][td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Philosophiae[/td] [td]natural philosophy[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ride[/td] [td]long distances[/td][td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Scribe[/td] [td]copying books[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Second Sight[/td] [td]seeing through illusions[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]25+5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Spanish[/td][td]conversational[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]12 (15)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Stealth[/td] [td]sneaking[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Swim[/td] [td]staying afloat[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Theology[/td] [td]bible knowledge[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr][/table]
Current Abilities:
ABILITIES
[table][tr][th][left]Ability[/left][/th][th][left]Focus[/left][/th][th]Score[/th] [th]Cost[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Animal Handling[/td] [td]horses[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Mythic Europe[/td] [td]geography[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Iberian Tribunal[/td] [td]geography[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]25[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Normandy Tribunal[/td] [td]geography[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Provencal Tribunal[/td] [td]geography[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Rhine Tribunal[/td] [td]geography[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Area Lore: Stonehenge Tribunal[/td] [td]geography[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Artes Liberales – Latin alphabet[/td] [td]music[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Athletics[/td] [td]running[/td][td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]50[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Awareness[/td] [td]alertness[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Bargain[/td] [td]vis[/td] [td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]50[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Brawl[/td] [td]dodging[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Carouse[/td][td]drinking songs[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Charm[/td] [td]being witty[/td] [td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]50[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Chirurgery[/td] [td]binding wounds[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Civil and Canon Law[/td] [td]rules of hospitality[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Code of Hermes[/td] [td]Redcaps[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dominion Lore[/td] [td]saints[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]English[/td][td]conversational[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]24 (30)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Etiquette[/td] [td]townsfolk[/td] [td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]50[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Faerie Lore[/td] [td]faerie places[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Folk Ken[/td] [td]townsfolk[/td] [td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]50[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]French (native)[/td] [td]Bourguignon[/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td] [td][center]0[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Guile[/td] [td]fast talk[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Hunt[/td] [td]hawking[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Intrigue[/td] [td]gossip[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
tr][td]Italian[/td] [td]conversational[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]24(30)[/center][/td][/tr]
[[tr][td]Latin[/td] [td]conversational[/td] [td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]40(50)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Leadership[/td] [td]Redcaps[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Low German (Saxon)[/td][td]conversational[/td] [td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]24 (30)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Magic Lore[/td] [td]magical traditions[/td][td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Magic Theory[/td] [td]understanding magi's monologues[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Music[/td] [td]singing[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Occitan (Catalan)*[/td][td]conversational[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]10(13+15)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Order of Hermes Lore[/td] [td]House Mercere[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td][td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Philosophiae[/td] [td]natural philosophy[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Profession: Cook[/td] [td]trail food[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]10[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ride[/td] [td]long distances[/td][td][center]3[/center][/td] [td][center]30[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Scribe[/td] [td]copying books[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Second Sight[/td] [td]seeing through illusions[/td] [td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]45+5[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Spanish (Castillian)[/td][td]conversational[/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td] [td][center]62 (78)[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Stealth[/td] [td]sneaking[/td] [td][center]4[/center][/td] [td][center]50[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Swim[/td] [td]staying afloat[/td] [td][center]2[/center][/td] [td][center]15[/center][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Theology[/td] [td]bible knowledge[/td] [td][center]1[/center][/td] [td][center]5[/center][/td][/tr][/table]
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- Derived from Castillian Spanish.
Redcap Items: 192 q.p.v. (180 q.p.v spent)
Vis: 15 He