Okay, I think I'm pretty much finished.  Let me know what you all think.  :)<br/><br/>(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1265/charellie.jpg) (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/charellie.jpg/)<br/><br/>Elliot, or 'Ellie" as she prefers to go by, is a woman who's seen it all.  Or so she claims, anyway.  She appears to be an unremarkable professor of history at local Tulane University.  She stands 5'9", has a confident stride, and sharp speaking voice.  Although in her early 50's, she could pass for her 40's on a good day.  She tends to dress fashionably, although not overwhelmingly so.  She often wears a red silk scarf as an accessory, which is one of her magical tools.<br/><br/>Elliot's family immigrated to the states long ago from the Netherlands.  They were poor in the old world and remained pretty poor in the new world, up until today.  She'll be the first to admit her family is a bunch of rednecks-- which doesn't bother her.  In fact, she's almost proud of it.  She was the first person in her family to go to college, however.  She wanted something more in life than to sit on the front porch shooting squirrels.<br/><br/>She went to the University of Dallas on a scholarship in '73, and graduated in '74 with a degree in criminal justice.  She worked as a detective for a few years, and eventually hit a big case that landed her attention from the FBI.  For 15 years she worked as a case investigator.  Most of her job was desk work-- recognizing patterns in crime cases, or trying to predict where the next big deal might go down.  It was during this time that she 'awoke.'<br/><br/>Her awakening came while she was studying a particularly frustrating case.  A suspected serial killer was murdering victims in strange ways.  She spent days analyzing photos from each crime scene, mapping the locations of the murders and reviewing the cryptic message that he'd left at each scene.  None of it made sense, yet it all started falling into place.  Ellie began to see the pattern.  And after passing out on her desk one night, she had an astral journey to the tower or Obrimos.  And shortly after waking up, she knew where to find the killer.<br/><br/>An agent approached her not long after and introduced her to the Guardians of the Veil, the order to which he belonged, and which he thought the newly awakened mage would be drawn to.  Ellie joined, understanding the need for secrecy and cover in dangerous tasks.  But she didn't continue to work for the FBI.  She found the job was weighing on her heavily, and instead of fixing the veil, she decided she wanted to build it.  She enrolled in college again and got a doctorate in history.  Shortly thereafter she became a professor at Tulane university, where she still works today.<br/><br/>Her students seem to like her well enough; she makes class as much fun as she can, with snippets of information that college kids might find interesting or useful("Beer became popular in the middle ages because kings didn't want their troops hung over in the morning...")  However, at the same time she is building the veil, by ensuring that questions about peculiar times in history are answered with 'perfectly reasonable' explanations.  The occasional conspiracy theorist tends to get ridiculed fairly quickly.<br/><br/>She enjoys her job, and it pays fairly well, but she chooses to live in a rather small apartment, in an old brick condo.  Her heritage shines through in some ways-- she has a few stuffed hunting trophies on her walls, and occasionally she goes hunting with her father and brother.  Usually they hunt small game-- rabbits, pheasants, turkey, etc.  She owns a shotgun, chambered for 20 gauge (birdshot), displayed proudly on the mantelpiece.<br/><br/>Character Name:  Elliot Van Graaf<br/>Player Name/SN: Dizzied<br/>Chronicle: Bourbon Street<br/>Virtue:  Hope<br/>Vice: Pride<br/>Concept:  Professor<br/>Path:  Obrimos<br/>Order:  Guardians of the Veil<br/>Legacy:<br/><br/>ATTRIBUTES (5/4/3- All Attributes start a 1)<br/>Favored Resistance Attribute - Acanthus, Moros, Thyrsus: +1 Composure; Mastigos, Obrimos: +1 Resolve<br/><br/>Strength: 2<br/>Dexterity: 2<br/>Stamina: 2<br/><br/>Presence: 3<br/>Manipulation: 3<br/>Composure: 2<br/><br/>Intelligence: 3<br/>Wits: 2<br/>Resolve: 3<br/><br/>SKILLS (Please note Rote Skills with an *) [11/7/3]<br/><br/><em>MENTAL</em><br/>(-3 unskilled)<br/><br/>Academics: 4 (History)<br/>Computer:<br/>Crafts:<br/>*Investigation: 2<br/>Medicine:<br/>Occult:<br/>Politics: 1<br/>Science:<br/><br/><em>PHYSICAL</em><br/>(-1 unskilled)<br/><br/>Athletics: 1<br/>Brawl:<br/>Drive:<br/>Firearms: 1 (Shotguns)<br/>Larceny:<br/>*Stealth: 1<br/>Survival: 1<br/>Weaponry:<br/><br/><em>SOCIAL</em><br/>(-1 unskilled)<br/><br/>Animal Ken :<br/>Empathy: 2<br/>Expression<br/>Intimidation: 1<br/>Persuasion: 3<br/>Socialize: 1<br/>Streetwise: 1<br/>*Subterfuge: 3 (lying)<br/><br/>ARCANA<br/>— 2 dots in 1st Arcanum, 2 dots in 2nd, 1 dot in 3rd, (two of these must be the Path’s Ruling Arcana) +1 dot in any Arcanum<br/>Death:<br/>Fate:<br/>Forces: 2<br/>Life:<br/>Matter:<br/>Mind: 3<br/>Prime: 1<br/>Spirit:<br/>Space:<br/>Time:<br/><br/>MERITS (10 pts)<br/>Gnosis: 6<br/>Resources: 3<br/>Natural Immunity: 1<br/><br/>FLAWS<br/><br/>PROTECTIVE SPELLS<br/>Unseen Shield (forces 2)<br/>Misperception (mind 2)<br/><br/>HEALTH:7<br/>Wounds<br/><br/>WILLPOWER<br/>Permanent: 5<br/>Pool: 5/5<br/><br/>GNOSIS<br/>3/10<br/><br/>MANA POOL<br/>7/10<br/>Points Per Turn: 1<br/><br/>WISDOM (7 to start, unless altered during character creation)<br/><br/>[__]10<br/>[__]09<br/>[__]08<br/>[XX]07<br/>[__]06<br/>[__]05<br/>[__]04<br/>[__]03<br/>[__]02<br/>[__]01<br/><br/>Size: 5<br/>Speed: 9<br/>Defense: 2<br/>Armor: 0<br/>Initiative Mod: 4<br/><br/>ROTES<br/>Name         Arcana         Level      Dice Pool   (Book and Page)<br/>Impersonate:  Mind   3   9(Intelligence+Subterfuge+mind)  (M:TA, 211)<br/>Whispering Shield:  Mind   2   8(Manipulation+Subterfuge+Mind) (M:TA, 209)<br/>Night as Day:  Forces    1   6(Wits+Composure+Forces)  (M:TA, 163)<br/><br/><br/><br/>COMBAT<br/>Weapon      Dice Mod.      Size      Range      Clip<br/><br/><br/>DESCRIPTION<br/>Shadow Name:  Vulpes<br/>Age:  51<br/>Apparent Age: ~50<br/>Date of Birth:  May 21st, 1954<br/>Age of Awakening:  37<br/>Hair:  Blond<br/>Eyes:  Grey<br/>Race:  Caucasian<br/>Nationality:  American<br/>Height:  5'9"<br/>Weight:  115lbs<br/>Sex: Female