Reviewing my notes it appears I only counted the seasons of actual training (1 per year) and was actually a year short in that- so it should be 45 xp from training, she would also have 2 seasons/yr of exposure while working and 1 season free (the exposure does not need to be in weapon smithing) per the standard apprenticeship in city & guild. The first year she only has one season working as she was recruited in spring rather than winter.
Epona's son: revised version:
Mayhew age:5 (in 1442)
Int 0 Per 2
Pre 1 Com 2
Str 0 Sta 0
Dex 0 Quick 0
Virtues:
voice of the sky(minor +1)
Master of air creatures(minor +1)
mild aging(minor +1)
Flaws:
magical fascination(minor -1)
bastard(minor -1)
dependance(minor -1)
Abilities:
Occitan 5
Area lore:Mallorca 2
magic lore 1
Spanish-Aragonese 3
swim 2
carouse 1
Silvia was an apprentice to one of the former magi who called Andorra home. Alone in her Pater’s tower when the covenant was attacked in 1229, the 14 year old apprentice feared for her life. When the attacker’s attempted to gain access to the tower, Silvia attempted to spontaneously cast a powerful Rego spell she had no ability to control. When she eventually returned from Twilight, she found that her Gift had been lost and the Rego magic had backfired, binding her forever to the tower, ensuring she could never step foot outside again.
The powerful Rego magic that she attempted to channel seems to have attached itself to her. She seems to weakly nullify magic directly around her, causing such minor inconveniences as magical candles flickering as she walks by. However it’s most devastating effect is that anything requiring very precise magical conditions, such as laboratory work, is completely impossible when she is around. Thus her years of studying Magic Theory seem to be wasted. Alas, the one benefit of this lingering Rego effect is that it seems to also nullify the negative effects of the Gift directed towards her.
When Solomon took over the tower in which Silvia resides, he found a scared, broken little girl. She has since grown into a more confident woman, aiding Solomon as his lab servant (making sure to exit the lab before he begins any activities within it) and in general ensuring the tower is well-kept.
Silvia
Characteristics: Int +2, Per +0, Pre +1, Com +2, Str -1, Sta +1, Dex +0, Qui +0
Size: 0
Age: 23 (as of Winter 1241)
Height: 5’5
Weight: 95#
Decrepitude: 0
Warping Score: 4
Virtues:
Failed Apprentice (minor)
Hermetic Experience (minor) [Grogs, pg 75]
Unaffected by the Gift (minor) [RoP:M, pg 47]
Flaws:
Bound to Solomon’s Tower (minor) [Grogs pg 78]
Lesser Malediction: Lingering Rego effect (minor)
Generous (minor)
Personality Traits:
Generous +3
Forlorn +1
Kind +2
Abilities:
Area Lore: Andorra (legends) 2
Artes Liberales (ritual magic) 3
Awareness (alertness) 2
Charm (first impressions) 3
Code of Hermes (apprentices) 3
Concentration (lab work) 2
Dead Language: Latin (Hermetic usage) 4
Etiquette (nobility) 3
Finesse (rego) 1
Folk Ken (magi) 3
Guile (lying to authority) 2
Intrigue (gossip) 2
Living Language: Occitan (Catalan) 5
Magic Lore (magical traditions) 3
Magic Theory (rego) 3
Order of Hermes Lore (history) 2
Penetration (rego) 1
Philosophiae (ritual magic) 3
Profession: Scribe (copying) 4
Stealth (hide) 1
Teaching (Latin) 2 (21)
[size=150]Eva, a disfigured orphan from the streets[/size]
Age: 8
Year: 1239
Int +2
Per +2
Str +1
Sta +1
Pre +1
Com 0
Dex +1
Qui 0
Virtues
Clear Thinker
Improves Characteristics
Strong-Willed
Flaws
Disfigured (port wine stain across her face and neck)
Raised in the Gutter (orphaned and grew up on the streets)
Soft-Hearted (she knows what it is to be looked down upon)
Abilities
Area Lore: Valencia 2 (places to hide) 0 (+15)
Athletics 2 (running) 15
Awareness 2 (alertness) 15
Bargain 1 (food) 5
Brawl 1 (dodge) 5
Charm 2 (first impressions) 15
Concentration 1 (sitting still) 5
Etiquette 1 (townsfolk) 5
Folk Ken 1 (townsfolk) 5
Guile 1 (about her condition) 5
Living Language: Spanish 5 (street slang) 0 (+75)
Legerdemain 1 (palming coins) 5
Profession: Beggar 1 (looking pitiful) 5
Stealth 2 (hiding) 15
Survival 1 (urban) 5
Background
Life was never going to be easy for Eva. She was born with a large port wine birthmark that covered half of her face and neck, which marked her as different, and to some, cursed by God. Her parents were kind, however, and for the first several years of her life things were good. They were not well-off by any stretch of the imagination. But they were never hungry, and that was something. Her father was a laborer in Valencia, and her mother was a seamstress. Unfortunately, in the course of just a few months when she was but six years old, Eva's father died in an accident at work, and her mother died of the flux. Eva was orphaned with no family nearby to care for her. She was sent to a fosterage to be raised by the Church. But the fosterage was a terrible place, and Eva ran away.
Most six year olds in this situation would have died of starvation or the elements. But Eva was clever. She learned that on the street, her birthmark could be an advantage. The worse someone looked, the better the alms they got. And small as she was, there were places she could sleep, and hide, where others couldn't fit. It would be wrong to say that she thrived. But she did survive. Though that can't last forever. As a child, she escapes the notice of most of the people on the street. But she won't remain a child forever. Eventually she'll grow up, and then she'll find that there are few places for her to go, especially with her disfiguring birthmark - that is, if she survives the streets for that long.
This is Patxi, one of the children trained as part of the first recruitmrnt, and the one who remained as a teacher in the covenant
As he arrived at age 9 (1236):
attributes:
Int 2 Per 2
Pre 3 Com 1
Str 0 Sta 0
Dex 0 Quick -5
Flaws
poor quickness(minor -1)
poor quickness(minor -1)
lame(minor -1)
Virtues:
good teacher(minor +1)
unaffected by gift(minor +1)
mild aging(minor +1)
Abilities:
Occitain 5 (wit)
area Lore-Arans 2 (smooth paths)
charm 5 (eliciting sympathy)
guile 3 (feigning helpless)
ride 2 (speed)
folk ken 1 (detecting hostility)
and after training in winter 1241 abilities grow to:
Occitain 5 (wit)
area Lore-Arans 2 (smooth paths)
charm 5 (eliciting sympathy)
guile 3 (feigning helplessness)
ride 2 (speed)
folk ken 1 (detecting hostility)
Latin 5 (hermetic usage)
Blood Legacy organization lore 2 (5) (developing traditions)
artes liberales 1 (writing)
magic theory 1 (7) (recognizing hermetic forms)
teaching 7 (14)(teaching gifted students)
during his training he has spent his free time developing the initiatory path he has heard of from rumors which both Fleur and donna attempted to create but lacked the time or presence to move forward with effectively. He began in hopes it might cure his crippled leg, but has since moved to see its true potential and hopes to develop it into a fuller mystery path.
Lucia and Epona have been updated. Trying to decide if I should do Guy and Vidal, too, or wait until they make an appearance.
Wow! I forgot we had this thread!
I've been doing some deep thread-diving, with the mining had and the ropes and the spikes and everything. (Among other things, I wanted to double-check which of Vibria's fingers is smaller than it should be and exactly when that happened.)