Character Creation for Egon

[Arthur]

I'll remind you of the saga's House Rules that affect character creation:

@House Rules

Character Creation

• Sourcebooks: Starting characters must be built using only the 5th Edition core rules. That includes spells selection, although a few (1-2) spells may come from other sourcebooks, or custom-designed based on guidelines from the core book, may be allowed at the storyguide's discretion. The material presented in the Houses of Hermes trio of books (True Lineages, Societates and Mystery Cults) can be used as an inspiration for background, but the more mechanical aspects (virtues, flaws, spells, etc.) will not be used unless specifically allowed.
• Area Lore: Every character must start play with at a score of 1 in an Area Lore, representing the environment in which he lived. This may be from childhood experience, linked to the covenant where he was apprenticed, the place where he worked, etc.

Abilities

• Area Lore Mutability: The knowledge of a specific area where a character lives can be slowly transformed into knowledge of a new area when he moves. For every year that a character spends in a new environment, he can transfer 5 xp from an Area Lore that he already had into another Area Lore. This has no impact on the amount of experience the character earns during the year. This is optional and at the choice of the player, but is subject to troupe approval.

So, as both Automata and Figurine Magic are from sourcebooks other than the core ArM5 book, they would not be available at character creation.

Note that this doesn't mean that virtues like these cannot be initiated during play. But that will require stories, bargaining, compromises, and such. Senior magi control knowledge in this saga and they hold it tightly. See the saga's description here, it says it all!