FIRST!  (OK here's my summary) I haven't quite finished the full length character sheet yet.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Viorica Iuliana Petran</span><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Race/Culture:</strong> Sarista</td><td><strong>Paths:</strong> Initiate Witch, Con-Artist, Witch</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Gender:</strong> Female</td><td><strong>Age:</strong> 28 yrs</td><td><strong>Height:</strong> 5'4"</td><td><strong>Weight:</strong> 95lbs</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Hair:</strong> Black</td><td><strong>Eyes:</strong> Brown/Olive</td><td><strong>Skin:</strong> Topaz</td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Appearance:</strong><br/>(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a243/twilightcrescent/Elliquiy/Viorica.jpg)<br/>Viorica has long hair, a slender body which might generally be thought of as attractively tan, though her skin tends more toward a honeyed-hue.  She has elaborate tattoos down her back but none on her face.  She frequently wears Sarista style jewelry but her clothing may vary.<br/><strong>Background:</strong><br/>Viorica was raised in a very traditional fashion among her people.  Her family was split in two parts.  Her mother's side of the family tended to be greatly involved in witchcraft while her father's side of the family was enamored with life on the road and making a living through trade, craft and music.<br/><br/>Her grandmother chose her at a young age to begin studying the art of Witchcraft which she did, leaving her father's caravan to pursue several years in her grandmother's care.  Her grandmother was somewhat elderly, but her advice and healing remedies were greatly sought after by a great many Sarista who knew of her.  Viorica learned to respect and admire her grandmother's trade.<br/><br/>The time came that Viorica became homesick for her father's caravan though and so when they had returned to Silvanus her grandmother opted to join them in traveling east along the trade roads.  Despite her years the old grandmother still enjoyed the company of her daughter and granddaughter.  With the family all together they celebrated and laughed into the evenings.<br/><br/>Unfortunately their journey took them across Zandu and into the path of a witch hunter.  The man trailed after their caravan for several weeks keeping the men on edge.  It was commonplace when anywhere near Aaman to lie about Viorica's grandmother or anything to do with her trade and they did not allow for anyone to sell fortunes.<br/><br/>The witch hunter that followed them though had been studying the Sarista and he was quite corrupt, having allowed his sadistic desire to destroy witches to overrun his pious observation of his homeland's concept of spiritual purity. He managed to sneak into their camp late at night and murdered Viorica's grandmother in her sleep.<br/><br/>Viorica shared her grandmother's wagon and so she woke in alarm to see a man in the wagon.  Before she could cry out the man silenced her and told her that she would have to repent her wicked ways or he would kill her too.  She was but a novice witch then and was very fearful for her life.  Seeing that Death would surely have her if she were to refuse, she agreed since sooner or later Fortuna would be on her side.<br/><br/>What followed was far from ideal in Viorica's mind.  The witch hunter kidnapped her and brought her into the belly of Aaman.  He made her dress in the fashion of his people and used her as an example of a good repented heathen.  She thought he was a madman and played the role she was expected to follow, mostly through deception.  She had to hide everything she knew of witchcraft.  Her efforts to deceive worked far better than she could have hoped and within a year the man had decided to make her his wife.<br/><br/>His family was displeased with the choice, especially his younger brother.  She was not of Aaman.  She did not even belong there.  The union took place however and Viorica endured the unhappy marriage long enough to learn the man's habits and to get close enough to him to take his life.<br/><br/>She had never murdered another person in her life but it was far easier to lay a hex on the man after she had lain in his bed.  The hard part was not in the killing so much as in escaping from Aaman after the deed was done.  She disguised herself quickly after the fact, took his money and supplies and made for the road once again praising Fortuna all the way.<br/><br/>It was over a year before she was able to reconnect with her family's caravan.  They were in tears to see her alive and well after so long.  They had believed that Death had taken her after they had discovered what had become of her grandmother.<br/><br/><br/>Unfortunately, after all that had happened, she had seen too much of the world.  She had killed a man, and she knew that her husband's younger  brother, who had also been learning the ways of the witch hunter, was likely to come after her.  If she remained in her father's caravan, then she was likely to be discovered.  So instead she returned to Silvanus to meditate and learn ways to stay ahead of Death's dark intents.<br/><br/><strong>Order/Magical Modes</strong>: Witchcraft/Conjuration +1, Divination +4, Enchantment +1, Influence +1, Move +1, Transmutation +5, Ward +6<br/><br/><strong>Weapon Skills</strong>: Short Blade +1<br/><br/><strong>Additional Notes</strong>:<br/>I haven't finished the long character sheet here (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/Private:Drift%27s_Character_Profiles#Viorica_Petran)  I need to finish sorting out what spells she knows and figure out if I want to buy anything more with the starting money she gets from her racial background and paths.  Currently her weapon skill was purchased with 2 skillpoints since I assumed short blade was not a preferred skill for her paths.  (Seemed like some kind of blade should be for sarista with Tantara being a freebie but oh well).  I think I've gotten most of this sorted out.