For my own ease of reference, I'm consolidating all the stuff that I've come up with for my PC application.
[sblock=Character Sheet]
Real Name: Mitchell Ward
Shadow Name: Gabriel
Concept: Neophyte Spiritualist
Quote: "I'm here to help."
Virtue: Faith (Conviction)
Vice: Pride (Vanity)
Path: Obrimos
Order: Silver Ladder
Cabal: The Midnight Vigil
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 2, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Stamina 3
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 2, Composure 3
Mental Skills: Academics (Theology) 2, Investigation 2, Occult (Spirits) 2, Politics (Consilium) 1
Physical Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 1, Firearms 1
Social Skills: Empathy 2, Expression 2, Intimidation 2, Persuasion 2, Socialize 1, Subterfuge 2
Health: 8
Willpower: 6
Wisdom: 7
Size: 5
Speed: 9
Initiative: 5
Defense: 2
Armor: 2 (Ephemeral Shield, Spirit 2)
Gnosis: 2
Mana: 7 (max: 11, 2/turn)
Pattern: Restoration (1/day), Scouring (1/day)
Nimbus: "Angelic"
Ruling Arcana: Forces 1, Prime 2
Common Arcana: Space 1, Spirit 2
Inferior Arcanum: Death
Dedicated Magical Tool: Splinter of the True Cross (Pendant)
Rote Specialties: Expression, Persuasion, Subterfuge
Spirit Rotes: 1 dot: Coaxing the Spirits, Exorcist's Eye, Second Sight, Spirit Tongue; 2 dots: Ephemeral Shield
Oblation: Ritual Prayer
Mage Merits: High Speech, Unseen Sense (All)
Social Merits: Status (Consilium) 1, Status (Silver Ladder) 1, Striking Looks 2[/sblock][sblock=Character Extras]
Shadow Name: Gabriel
Concept: Neophyte Spiritualist
I'll be playing Mitchell Ward, a twenty-one year old seminary student working on his Masters degree in Theological Studies at the Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge. He had initially wanted to pursue a career in Law Enforcement, no doubt influenced by the fact that his father is a county sheriff back in their hometown, but plans took an unexpected turn academically when he Awakened a year ago. The days leading up to his Awakening were filled with visions full of religious symbolism - bleeding crucifixes, the reverberating sound of Gregorian chant when there was no one else around, Biblical passages written high in the night sky in fiery script, and more.
As these alien visions increased, things progressed to a point where Mitchell, while walking back to his apartment, stumbled into the closest public building - a church - and passed out in a pew at which time he truly Awakened. And in a moment of chance? or destiny?, he was found by the man who would become his mentor in all things arcane, Father Albert Evans, or, Melchior the Exorcist, as he was known to Boston's Consilium.
Now, faced with more questions than answers, Mitchell has enrolled at the school that Father Evans teaches at to begin his training as a Mage.
(My character is essentially an Obrimos, Silver Ladder Mage working towards joining The Scions of God Legacy.)
Description:
Age: 21
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Place of Birth: Carlisle, Massachusetts
Current Residence: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Occupation: Seminary Student (Harvard Divinity School)
Mentor: Melchior the Exorcist (Father Albert Evans, Obrimos/Silver Ladder/The Scions of God)
Relatives: Michael Ward (Father/Carlisle County Sheriff), Mary Ward (Mother/Concord-Carlisle High School Teacher), Margaret "Maggie/Mags" Ward (Younger Sister/Junior at Concord-Carlisle High School)
Marital Status: Linda "Linnie/Linz/Lin" Wentworth (Girlfriend)
Background: Mitchell had had his life all mapped out. He was going to go into Law Enforcement just like his father, but on a grander scale. After securing his undergraduate degree in psychology within the span of two years, he had planned on attending the FBI Academy at Quantico with the hopes of specializing in criminal profiling. But his unexpected Awakening a little over a year ago changed all of that.
It had first started with sporadic visions full of religious symbolism, such as fiery scripture burning in the night sky. But then the hallucinations began to grow in frequency and intensity until they became too overwhelming. Suffering from a headache so great that he needed to sit down, Mitchell stumbled into the first public building that he could find which happened to be a Church. He passed out in a pew and was later found by a kindly old priest.
You are Awake. Those were the first words spoken to him by Father Albert Evans when he had finally regained consciousness. However, it wasn't until much later that he came to realize their dramatic significance.
And now in the present day, with Melchior's continued help and guidance, he has begun to come to terms with his life as a Mage.
Motivation: Since Awakening, Mitchell has become acutely aware of just how dangerous the world can be. The Darkness is
real. And he seeks to increase his arcane knowledge so that he'll be equipped as best he can to defend against it.
Academic Goals: Complete Master of Theological Studies Degree
Awakened Goals: Continue Melchior's Work Protecting Sleepers from Malevolent Spirits/Join The Scions of God Legacy/Become a Sentinel
Personal Goals: Keep Family, Girlfriend, and Friends Safe[/sblock][sblock=Character Complications]
Mage-related Complications
Re: First Two Years at Harvard College
Although Mitchell did well in high school, he knows deep down that he's not exactly Harvard-level material. So it's always bugged him in the back of his mind: how he got accepted and how his parents can afford the tuition. However, he's never really broached the subject with them. Yet.
(As far as getting into Harvard Divinity, he assumes that that was Father Evans' doing. And in this case, he's correct.)
The Twist: Michael, Mitchell's father, actually knows the Dean of Admissions, Professor Dale Hamilton, and incidentally also knows Father Albert Evans. It was no coincidence that Father Evans was the one who found Mitchell when he Awakened. However, Mitchell doesn't realize that his father personally knows any of these people.
So how do they all know each other then?
Both Michael and Professor Hamilton are members of the Knights Templar (Magical Traditions, pp. 81-95). And they both believe Father Evans to be a member too, but in reality he's more like their Silver Ladder-appointed chaperone keeping an eye on the group for Awakenings.
Anyway, Mitchell has no inkling of his father's involvement with the Knights Templar. He simply believes that he sometimes goes to Mason lodge meetings, as a sort of social club function. And he figures that since his father's the sheriff, he's just trying to keep a public profile within the community and is using the meetings for exposure.
However, since Mitchell's Awakening, his father has been wanting to "induct" him into the Order but Father Evans has actually been keeping the Knights Templar at bay, for now. At least until he can train Mitchell and establish his foundation of Awakened knowledge before it gets muddled by the doctrines of a Sleeper tradition.
(Mitchell has also always wondered why his father never argued with his decision to drop Quantico in favor of Harvard Divinity. He still believes that he has disappointed him on some level in regards to that, when in actuality his father couldn't be happier with the change of situation.)
Mundane Complications
And just for fun...
Linda "Linnie" Wentworth
is Harvard-level material. She's smart, comes from a wealthy New York City (Manhattan) family, and her father is a Harvard Business School alumnus. He's also co-CEO of Wentworth, Prescott, and Montgomery Investment Counsel. And he dislikes Mitchell because he doesn't feel that the boy is good enough for his daughter. "Isn't he studying to become a priest for chrissakes? Why not marry an investment banker?" is something he's always fond of saying to Linda.
And in fact, he keeps trying to set Linda up with his business partner's twenty-five year old son, Kyle Prescott, who works for the company and is an elitist jackass. In other words, Mister Wentworth's ideal son-in-law.
So while Mitchell really isn't in any danger of ever losing Linda to Kyle, it certainly doesn't make visiting her parents any less stressful.[/sblock][sblock=Character Fiction]
Higher Calling
The light was on.
It was nearly three in the morning and Mitchell had hoped that he'd be able to sneak into bed unnoticed. But Linda, his girlfriend, never left the light on in their bedroom unless she was still awake. This is not going to be good, he grimaced. Steeling his resolve, he eased open the door and walked in.
There she was, sitting up in bed, the blankets pulled up to her waist, and a wad of crumpled tissues in her clenched fists. She looked up as he entered, her red-rimmed eyes staring at him accusingly. "Where have you been?" she rasped. Her voice was hoarse from all the crying she had done.
Mitchell instinctively raised his hands up in a placating gesture of innocence, "I was just hanging out with the guys. You know, our usual poker night get-together. I'm so sorry that I lost track of time. I meant to be home sooner than this." He really hated lying to her.
"You're lying," she said, knowing him all too well. "Bobby stopped by earlier looking for you. He said that you didn't show up for poker night. What's going on, Mitch? Are you seeing someone else?!"
"No! Of course not," he assured her. But what could he say to explain where he had really been? Certainly not the truth. Linnie, I was with my Theology Professor all evening. You know, Father Evans. Not only is he my teacher but he's also an honest-to-God Exorcist. Like in the movies but with better lighting. And at his request, which I couldn't say no to, I had to assist him with performing an actual exorcism ritual tonight. Because evil spirits are real and they really do possess people.
Yeah, he definitely couldn't tell her the truth. At least not that truth.
"Then where were you?" Linda persisted. She was still angry but her face had softened just a bit.
"I can't tell you," he answered honestly. "Not because I don't want to but because I'm trying to protect you. The less you know the safer you are. I know you only have my word for it, but I promise you that that is the truth." Trying to reconcile his mundane life with his Awakened one was quickly becoming a monumental task. One that Mitchell wasn't sure he was prepared to handle.
But sometimes, loved ones were capable of surprising you. "I believe you," she whispered. "But I want to protect you too. I don't want anything bad to ever happen to you. Promise me that you're not involved with anything illegal, like drugs, or something worse."
"No, Linnie. It's nothing like that at all. I swear. It's like," he fumbled for the right words, "...a higher calling. I'm just out there trying to help those people who aren't able to help themselves." He knew that it was a woefully inadequate explanation, but his girlfriend seemed to grudgingly accept it, for now.[/sblock][sblock=Important NPCs]
Real Name: Albert Evans
Nickname: Father Evans, Professor Evans
Shadow Name: Melchior
Concept: Wise Mentor (and Catholic Priest/Theology Professor/Spirit Exorcist)
Quote: "Knowledge talks, wisdom listens."
Path: Obrimos
Order: The Silver Ladder
Legacy: The Scions of God
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Real Name: Linda Wentworth
Nickname: Linnie, Linz, Lin
Concept: Concerned Girlfriend
Quote: "What's going on?"
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Real Name: Margaret Ward
Nickname: Maggie, Mags
Concept: Teenage Sister
Quote: "Ohmigod, can you pleeease take me shopping?!"
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Real Name: Michael Ward
Nickname: Dad, Sheriff Ward
Concept: County Sheriff (and Knight Templar)
Quote: "That's just great."
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Real Name: Mary Ward
Nickname: Mom, Misses Ward (by her students)
Concept: High School Teacher
Quote: "Yes, this is going to be on the test tomorrow."[/sblock]
