(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Prakkie/Mage.jpg)<br/><br/>Character name: Elizabeth ‘Ellie’ Brown<br/>Virtue: Fortitude<br/>Vice: Lust<br/>Path: Thyrsus<br/>Order: Mysterium<br/>Legacy: <none><br/><br/><strong>ATTRIBUTES</strong><br/>PHYSICAL: Strength 2 / Dexterity 2 / Stamina 2<br/>SOCIAL: Presence 4 / Manipulation 2 / Composure 3<br/>MENTAL: Intelligence 2 / Wits 2 / Resolve 3<br/><br/><strong>SKILLS</strong><br/>MENTAL: Academics 3 (libary science)/ Computer 1 / Craft 2 (knitting) / Investigation 2* / Medicine 1 / Occult 2*<br/><br/>PHYSICAL: Drive 1 / Stealth 1 / Survival 2 (foraging)*<br/><br/>SOCIAL: Animal Ken 1 / Empathy 2 / Persuasion 1 / Socialize 2 / Subterfuge 1<br/><br/>ARCANA: Life 2 / Spirit 3 / Space 1<br/><br/><strong>MERITS (10 pts)</strong><br/>Encyclopedic knowledge – from reading too many random books (4)<br/>Inspiring (3)<br/>Resources (1)<br/>High speech (Free with membership to the Mysterium)<br/>Contacts – knitting circle (1)<br/>Trained memory (1)<br/><br/><strong>FLAWS</strong><br/>Curiosity (2)<br/>Hard of hearing - and tends to abuse it when it suits her (1)<br/><br/><strong>PROTECTIVE SPELLS</strong><br/>Empheral Shield (Spirit 2)<br/><br/><strong>STATS &amp; THINGS</strong><br/>Health<br/>Maximum: 7<br/>Wounds [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ ][ ]<br/><br/>Willpower<br/>Permanent: 7<br/>Pool: [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] [ ][ ]<br/><br/>Gnosis: 1<br/>Mana Pool: 7/10<br/>Mana Per Turn: 1<br/><br/>Size: 5<br/>Acting Speed: 5<br/>Running speed: 9<br/>Wisdom: 7<br/>Initiative: 5<br/>Defense: 2<br/><br/><strong>ROTES</strong>(Rote speciality bonus [Mysterium] to Investigation, Occult & Survival)<br/>Second Sight (Spirit, 1): 8 [MtA: pp. 246]<br/>Sense Life (Life, 1): 5 [MtA: pp. 181]<br/>Spirit Tongue (Spirit, 1): 9 [MtA: pp. 246]<br/>Empheral Shield (Spirit, 2): 8 [MtA: pp. 246]<br/>Correspondence (Space, 1): 6 [MtA: pp. 232]<br/><br/><strong>COMBAT</strong><br/><not appropriate><br/><br/><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong><br/>Shadow Name: Áfriorda<br/>Age: 67<br/>Apparent Age: 60 to 70<br/>Date of Birth: January 18th 1939<br/>Age of Awakening: 64<br/>Hair: Dark grey with white strands, long and whispy and usually tied back in a practical knot<br/>Eyes: Green<br/>Race: Caucasian<br/>Nationality: American<br/>Height: 5”3’<br/>Weight: 120 pounds<br/>Sex: Female<br/><br/><strong>BACKGROUND</strong><br/>Ellie lived a very ordinary life on a big farmstead in Iowa with a lovely herb-garden, a family, a job as a librarian and a bunch of grandkids. But somehow it was all kind of… unfulfilling. Was this all? She often found herself wondering as she sat on the couch next to her sweet but boring husband, usually watching television while she buried herself in a book. Ah books… offering such a plethora of knowledge and allowing her to explore the world from her armchair. The books were what kept her sane, mostly. And so life sort of meandered on and she got older and all chances of a more adventurous life faded gently into the background.<br/><br/>Then the accident happened.<br/><br/>Harold, the poor dear, was driving the truck and doing so quite badly. He always did pay more attention to the things by the side of the road than to the road itself. He spotted the fallen branch too-late, drove over it too-fast; the car lunged, swerved, hit a tree… And then the tree came alive, all waving branches and crazy knotty eyes and so much<em>rage</em>. Ellie tried pulling Harold from the truck, succeeded, but he was just a dead weight and the forest was suddenly so terrible, so beautiful and something made her run off in there. That's when she had her Awakening.<br/><br/>When she returned home, several days later, she was just in time for the funeral and a huge row with the family. After that, it wasn't hard to break away. Now going by the shadow name of Áfrior, the woman has left her old life behind completely. Her life as a Mage is a new start and she plans to make the most of her new existence, attacking it with a passion that's almost indecent at her age.