Adeline
Personal scribe to Quintus Clusius
Age: 17 (end of Winter 1204)
Stats
Characteristics
Int +2, Per +1, Str -1, Sta 0, Pre +1, Com +2, Dex 0, Qik 0
Virtues & Flaws
Custos, Educated, Book Learner
Noncombatant, Lame, Afflicted Tongue
Personality Traits
Devoted (Clusius) +3, Brave 0, Shy +1
Abilities
Area Lore: Ay (merchants) 2
Area Lore: Triamore (library) 2
Artes Liberales (arithmetic) 1
Awareness (searching) 1
Bargain (scribing supplies) 2
Charm (first impressions) 2
Concentration (reading) 2
Faerie Lore (faerie forests) 1
Folk Ken (townsfolk) 1
Guile (hiding emotions) 2
Language: French (Picard) 5
Language: High German (Swiss) 1
Language: Latin (Hermetic usage) 4
Magic Lore (creatures) 2
Magic Theory (lab texts) 2
Profession: Scribe (copying) 4
Profession: Gardener (herbs) 2
Ride (staying in the saddle) 2
Background
Adeline was born in the town of Ay, along the river Marne south of Reims. Her father was a clerk there, keeping the account books for a number of tanning and weaving businesses. The girl was born with a weak right leg, which made moving around difficult for her and reduced her prospects for marriage, so her father taught her her letters so that she could eventually earn a living.
Unfortunately, while the family was travelling to Reims with a group of merchants, they were attacked by a band of brigands and her parents killed. She spent several weeks in captivity, forced to cook and clean for the brigands, but was rescued when two magi along with their grogs dispatched her captors and their leader. Bereft of any close family, she pledged herself her savior, Quintus Clusius of House Jerbiton. (This happened in Fall 1199)
Adeline spent a bit over a year at Confluensis, and followed Quintus Clusius when he moved to Triamore and stayed there four more years. During that time, she received additional training from Triamore's librarian, learning Latin as well as the basics of Magic Theory and some arcane lores. This allowed her to help gather and make copies for the new covenant.
She arrived at Tugurium in Winter 1204, after a season on the road.
Appearance
A rather pretty slender woman of with wide hips and dark brown hair, Adeline tends to stay in the shadow of Clusius, to whom she is utterly devoted. Despite rumors that she was the magus' bed warmer when they lived at Triamore, she has never worked up enough courage to approach him in that way. She suffers from a persistent stutter and her shyness usually means she keeps her brown eyes down when adressing most people.
Advancement Log
1205: (to be determined)
Notes and details
(To be added)