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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lichtenhart" data-source="post: 3045801" data-attributes="member: 761">Shayuri, I'd have a slightly different proposal.Alison's grammy was a Sleepwalker, probably a Proxima too, and a friend of several mages in the area. Her bookstore gave her and the mages that were interested the occasion to scrutinize promising people and, if the order of the Wyvern wasn't watching, nudging them on the way to Awakening, giving them a subtle hint, or advising just the right book. Maybe it worked, explaining why James Cove's Awakened/Sleepers ratio is slightly higher than other cities.It sure worked for Daniel (my char's Shadow Name). She saw potential in him before the other mages, and she offered him a work and a place to stay. She also protected him by always calling him a nickname in front of mages, and by encouraging him to publish his stories under an alias. When eventually he reached Awakening, she introduced him to Martin, that tutored him as a more experienced Obrimos, and taught him the High Speech and the traditions of Awakened society. Whenever he got home though, Allie's grammy gave him a different insight. When his basic training was complete, though, both Martin and Daniel knew that he wasn't yet suited to join the Mysterium and Project Eclipse, and they parted ways in rather friendly terms. Dedicating himself to personal researches rather than joining a cabal, Daniel remained with Allie's grandmother. She told him that she taught her granddaughter could have inherited the family's talents, unlike her mother, and she made Daniel promise to look after her and guide her towards Awakening in case something happened to her.Sadly, something happened to her all too soon. But when Allison inherited the bookshop and the house, Daniel remembered his promise and tried to guide her to the great questions that could have opened her eyes to the Invisible Truth. Maybe her grandma's blood ran true in her veins, maybe her soul already was on the verge of realization, maybe her recent tragedy shook her preconceptions, anyway Allison after only few months took her most daring voyage to the Watchtower of the Stone Book.Now Daniel could only teach and explain her what he only recently learned, but he couldn't help her master Arcana so different from his own. Then he introduced her to the members of the consilium that followed the Path of Thyrsus (*), and they saw in her a great potential, especially those that had known her grammy, so they tried to convince her to join their order rather than the others.(*) This could be a cue in for Angel, Committed Hero. Maybe she went to James cove to investigate about some secret, and Allie's grandma's books notes or diaries could offer her some clues. So she could have joined, at least temporarily, Daniel and Allison, and offered Allison's lesson on on Path in exchange for the use of their resources.This way our characters are linked and we have nearly formed our cabal. Something must happen to turn three outsiders into a strongly united group. Any idea what? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />(I still hope we find someone else to join us. Of all those people that posted at the beginning of the thread no one is interested anymore?)</blockquote>

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