To Gauntlet:
Young Ifan was a curious child, prone to staring at things that weren't there...only to him, they were. His father, who owned a shop in Bangor, hoped that the boy's keen eye for the goods being offered might help him run the shop one day, even if he was a strange child. One day, a man and a woman entered the shop. The man stayed silent, but his robes and big jewellery marked him out as wealthy. The old woman with him promptly set about
buying supplies for a long journey they were making. Ifan asked the woman where the old man had bought jewellery that glowed like that. She looked at him strangely, like so many had, but the old man was interested. He introduced himself as the Sorcerer Jenkins, and asked Ifan which of his items glowed the strongest. Ifan pointed at the man's talisman straight away. At this point, Jenkins entered negotiations himself, asking how much to pay the family so that he could hire the boy as an apprentice.
Ifan ended up being trained in the Hermetic Arts, and spent some time in Cad Gaddu. Towards the end of his apprenticeship, his Parens (the mighty Pendragon) took him on a trip to the Scottish highlands in an attempt to bring some Hedge Wizards into the Order of Hermes. Things were going well, when Ifan did his best to arrange a love match between a Gruagachan's son and a hedge witches' daughter. This met with both families' disapproval, but one of them turned violently against Ifan and swore they'd kill him if he came near their lands again.
After his apprenticeship, he took a name from a book he liked by Petronius. He diversified his arts slightly, took a hedgehog as familiar and took up the usual pursuit (for a follower of Pralix) to find hedge magi and study their magic. He was at a loss where to go when his covenant received a letter offering the chance to move to the highlands. Yes, there were plenty of Hedge Magi there, surely the enmity couldn't last this long?
Name: Trimalchio Filius Howell, follower of pralix (Ex Miscellanea)
Characteristics: Int +2 Per +5 Pre +0 Com +1
Str -1 Sta +1 Dex +0 Qik +0
Size: 0
Age: 34
Decrepitude: 0 (0)
Warping Score: 0 (2)
Confidence: 1 (3)
Virtues:
The Gift(Free)
Hermetic Magus(Free)
Comprehend Magic - ex misc
Minor magical focus(exotic magic) - ex misc
Flawless Magic (Major)
Independent Study (Minor, from HoH:Mysteries)
Affinity for Perdo (Minor)
Improved Characteristics(Minor)
Great Perception x 2 (Minor x 2)
Second Sight(Minor)
Inventive Genius(Minor)
Flaws
Weak Magic Resistance (against non-hermetic magi who I haven't studied using Comprehend Magic) - ex misc
Ambitious(Minor)
Magic Addiction(Major)
Meddler (Major)
Enemies (Major)
Personality Traits: Brave +1, Trusting +1, Meddling +6
Combat:
Dodge: Init 0, Attack N/A, Defense 3, Damage N/A
Punch: Init 0, Attack 2, Defense 2, Damage -1
Kick: Init -1, Attack 2, Defense 1, Damage 2
Soak: +1
Fatigue levels: OK, 0, -1, -3, -5, Unconscious
Wound Penalties: -1 (1-5), -3 (6-10), -5 (11-15), Incapacitated (16-20)
Abilities:
Welsh 5 (poetry)
Comprehend Magic 1 (magical beings)
Artes Liberales 1 (Astronomy)
Athletics 1 (jumping)
Awareness 2 (magic)
Bargain 2 (haggle)
Brawl 2 (Dodge)
Code of Hermes 1 (being an upright citizen)
Concentration 1 (Resisting Addiction)
Folk Ken 2 (farmers)
Guile 2 (elaborate lies)
Intrigue 1 (rumour mongering)
Magic Theory 3 (Perdo)
Latin 4 (Hermetic language)
Order of Hermes 1 Lore (Ex Miscellanea)
Parma Magica 1 ((Mentem)
Penetration 1 (ignem)
Second Sight 2 (invisible things)
Equipment: Plain brown robes (and a magnificent Houppeland packed away for emergencies), large jewellery.
Encumbrance: 0
Sigil: smell of damp wool
Twilight Scars: None
Arts:
Cr 0 In 0 Mu 0 Pe 12 Re 0
An 0 Aq 0 Au 0 Co 0 He 0
Ig 9 Im 1 Me 0 Te 0 Vi 9
Familiar: will be a hedgehog after apprenticeship (taken from list of Perdo animals in realms of power:magic, as Britain only has one species of venomous snake, and I think a basilisk or salamander would be aiming too high)
Spells Known:
Wizard's Icy Grip (PeIg 30),spell mastery multicasting CT 23
Veil of Invisibility (PeIm 20), spell mastery fastcasting CT 15
The Heathen Witch Reborn (PeVi25), spell mastery unravelling CT 23 (spell and spell mastery both from Lineage of Pralix section in Societates)
Quiet the Cursing Tongue (PeVi30), spell mastery and CT as above
Demons Eternal Oblivion (PeVi15), spell mastery multicasting, CT 23