Gabriel

Gabriel was abandoned in the woods as a child both because of his shapechanging and his Gift. He was raised by a golden lynx of virtue named Aurix that took pity on him, living mostly in his animal forms. But when he was eleven or twelve, the lynx decided that he needed the company of his own. So he sent the boy to a monastery where the monks took in the poor orphan boy. Since then, he’s lived in their stable taking care of their donkeys and horse. This is where he would be found by a magus searching for an apprentice.

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Gabriel Advancement

Aurix, a lynx of virtue and Gabriel's magical animal companion

Current Season: Winter 1244
Age: 16
Size: -1

CHARACTERISTICS

Int +2
Per +1
Str 0
Sta +2
Pre +1
Com +1
Dex -1
Qik -1

VIRTUES

Animal Ken (Supernatural, minor)
Apt Student (General, minor)
Inherited: Flawless Magic (Hermetic, major)
Inoffensive to Animals (General/Hermetic, minor)
Puissant in Shapeshifter (General, minor)
Shapeshifter (Supernatural, major)

FLAWS

Ability Block: Martial (General, minor)
Apprentice (Social Status, free)
The Gift (Hermetic, free)
Magical Animal Companion (Story, minor)
Mistaken Identity (Story, major)
Optimistic (Personality, major)
Sheltered Upbringing (Personality, minor)
Uncertain Faith (General, minor)
(Note: I didn’t give him Feral Upbringing because he was raised by the lynx of virtue, who partially civilized him)

ABILITIES

Ability Specialty Value XP Animal Handling horses 2 15 Animal Ken charm 3 30 Area Lore: Andorra legends 2 15 Area Lore: Catalonia places 2 0 (+15)1 Artes Liberales rituals 2 17 Athletics running 2 15 Awareness alertness 2 15 Brawl dodge 2 15 Code of Hermes apprentices 3 36 Dead Language: Latin hermetic usage 4 45 (+5)2 Etiquette magi 2 17 Hunt small game 2 15 Living Language: French DEFAULT 3 0 (+30)2 Living Language: Occitan extensive vocabulary 5 0 (+75)1 Living Language: Spanish DEFAULT 3 0 (+30)2 Magic Lore creatures 2 17 Magic Theory assisting in the lab 2 21 Order of Hermes Lore House Guernicus 2 17 Philosophiae rituals 2 17 Profession: Scribe copying books 2 17 Shapeshifting lynx 4+2 50 Stealth sneaking 2 15 Survival woodlands 2 15 Swim underwater maneuvering 1 5

¹ - Free at start
² - From language similarities

ARTS

Technique/Form Score Experience Creo 0 0 Intellego 0 0 Muto 0 0 Perdo 0 0 Rego 0 0 Animal 0 0 Aquam 0 0 Auram 0 0 Corpus 0 0 Herbam 0 0 Ignem 0 0 Imaginem 0 0 Mentem 0 0 Terram 0 0 Vim 8 37

SHAPESHIFTING

Shapeshifter Ability
You may change your shape into that of a mundane animal from the size of a robin (–5) to that of a bear (+2). This requires a few seconds’ (one round’s) concentration, and a roll of Stamina + Shapeshift (8) against an Ease Factor of 9. Changing back to human form requires the same concentration, and the same roll. You have a limited repertoire of shapes, one for every point you have in the Shapeshift ability. Every time you raise the Ability by one point, you may choose a new shape. Specialties: One of your shapes, particular conditions for the change. (Supernatural)

Shapeshifting Forms:

• Lynx
• Red squirrel
• Merlin
• Wall Lizard
• Horse
• Dolphin

PERSONALITY TRAITS

Innocent +1
Optimistic +3
Curious +2