[size=150]Christophoros the Schoolmaster[/size] (see this thread for more details)
Age: 42 (apparent 41)
Decrepitude: 0 (1)
Characteristics: Int +2, Per 0, Str -1, Sta 0, Pre +2, Com +2, Dex 0 Qik -1
Virtues: Failed Apprentice, Magister in Artibus, Wealthy, Good Teacher, Social Contacts (academics), Unaging
Flaws: Proud (Major), Dark Secret (stole his wealth from Xilinites), Arthritis, Avaricious (Minor), Missing Hand (left arm at the elbow), Offensive to Animals
Personality Traits: Proud +3, Conflicted (about relationship with magi) +2, Brave (physical violence) -1, Headstrong +2
Abilities:
Area Lore: Corinth (slums) 2
Area Lore: Constantinople (legends) 3
Artes Liberales (astronomy) 6
Awareness (alertness) 2
Bargain (services) 3
Brawl (fist) 1
Civil & Canon Law (Constantinople) 2
Code of Hermes (mundane relations) 2
Concentration (reading) 1
Dominion Lore (saints) 2
Etiquette (nobility) 3
Faerie Lore (water faeries) 3
Folk Ken (nobles) 2
Guile (his past) 4
Infernal Lore (demons) 2
Language: Romaic Greek (slang) 5
Language: Classical Greek 6 (academic usage)
Language: Latin 5 (academic usage)
Language: Oghuz (Ottoman Turkish) 3
Leadership (apprentices) 3
Magic Lore (genii loci) 4
Magic Theory (Mentem) 4
Order of Hermes Lore (covenants) 4
Philosophiae (metaphysics) 5
Profession: Schoolmaster (logistics) 5
Profession: Scribe (elegant script) 2
Teaching (Artes Liberales) 5
Theology (history) 1
Background: Born in Corinth, had the Gentle Gift and became the apprentice of a Jerbiton magus of Thermakopolis (in Constantinople). A lab accident -- due to risky experimentation -- almost destroyed his Gift. His master was given a shard because of this, but was otherwise unpunished. The boy was still kept on and trained as a scribe and occasional lab assistant. Although he was resentful at being considered a "resource" by the covenant, for without the fool-hardiness of his master he could have become a magus himself. At one point he was "given" to the covenant of Xilinites, where he received additional training as a teacher. When Constantinople fell in 1204, he was greviously wounded (losing his left arm at the elbow) and was abandoned when the last Jerbiton magi of Xilinites fled into exile. He knew, however, of a secret hiding place where the covenant hid a cache of gold and gems. He stole these and fled to Italy, where he used this wealth to become a student at the University of Arezzo, becoming a Magister. He came back to Thebes a few years ago, under a new name, to bargain his services to the Order in exchange for a longevity ritual. Unknown to him, the magical accident that damaged his Gift made him immune to the more damaging effects of aging, although his apparent age kept progressing normally.
Personality: Christophoros is quite status-conscious and proud. He uses his wealth (what he doesn't simply accumulate) to further the appearance that he is of noble background. He is still slightly resentful of the fact that he never became a magus, and for being abandoned by the Jerbiton of Xilinites. But he realizes that he has come a long way from the son of a prostitute (something he also keeps secret) -- something that fuels his pride.