Diamon the Little, Magus of House Bonisagus
One question - Can I create stats for Bill- his Grog servant that acts as his porter (ok, mule
)?
Diamon the Small Bonisagus Age 29 Male
Twilight Points 1 Size -2
Personality Traits: Loyal (+2), Sensitive (+2), Shy (+3), Coward (+2)
Str 0 Sta +2 ( Persistent)
Com +1 (Tantalising) Pre -3(Ugly)
Dex -2 (Blunted) Qik 0
Int +4 (Connectivity) Per +3 (Details)
Virtues and flaws
Hermetic Prestige (+1)
Magic Affinity (+3) Corpus
Secret Vis source (+1) (Corpus – scrapings from hunch)
Strong Writer (+1)
Great Intelligence (+2)
Alchemy (+1)
Herbalism (+1)
Blatant Gift (-1)
Dwarf (-5)
Oversensitive (Freak shows/teasing) (-1)
Dependent (-1) – an infant dwarf he found that he decided to take in.
Major Magic deficiency (-2) (Mentem)
Abilities
Magic Theory 5
Organisation Lore (Order of Hermes) 3
Parma Magica 2
Scribe latin 3
Speak latin 5
Speak own language (French) 4
Affinity (Corpus) 4
Certamen 2
Finesse 2
Penetration 3
Lectio 2
Knowledge (Alchemy) 2
Knowledge (Herbalism) 1
Concentration 2
Arts
Techniques
Creo 5 Inteligo 2 Muto 8 Perdo 5 Rego 0
Forms
Animal 1 Aquam 0 Auram 0 Corpus 10 Herbam 4 Ignem 0 Imaginem 0
Mentem 0 Terram 0 Vim 5
Spells
Disguise of the new visage (MuCo 15)
Arm of the infant (MuCo 20)
Preternatural growth and shrinking (MuCo 20)
Gentle Touch of the purified body (CrCo 15)
The Chirugeon’s healing touch (CrCo20)
Dust to Dust (PeCo 15)
Grip of the Choking hand (PeCo 15)
The wound that weeps (PeCo 15)
Gather the essence of the beast (MuVi 15)
Wizards sigil: The smell of blood.
Description: Diamon is short, a dwarf, and an exceedingly ugly one. His nose is too large, his eyes bulbous and his thick and full- a caricature rather than a real person. For this reason he tends to dress in black clothing, voluminous, his slight frame getting lost in the folds. It also hides the fact that he has a slight hunch, not enough to qualify him as a hunchback, but he is self conscious about it. When he speaks, his high pitched voice can be oddly compelling and he can be an effective speaker if he can somehow hide the effect his misshapen body has on others.
Goal: To help establish a covenant that becomes a center of excellence, renowned for its research and contribution to the Order. He is particularly interested in Muto Corpus magic and many days casts Preternatural Growth and Shrinking to change his size.
History: “Come One, Come All, see the child that never grows, the ugliest, strangest child ever produced in nature! Come see Diamon, found abandoned in a field, too ugly for even a mother to love! Some say he was sired by a demon and ate his way from his mother's womb, others that his father was a goblin, a thing of the fay that raped his mother who committed suicide at the site of the hideous monstrosity she had birthed. Come one and all- never again will you see such a sight!”
Diamon- a name given to a freak, as a thing of darkness, used to frighten the marks and draw in the crowds. He wasn’t found abandoned, but his mother sold him to the freak show for money to feed the rest of the family. Better to feed the healthy, strong children than worry about the strange misshapen little one. His early life was hard. He had no love, no real caring. The owner of the freak show taking his wandering menagerie across Europe, often being mistaken for Gypsies or tinker folk, calling his pitch, showing off his bearded lady, fat man, two headed cow, performing mice the world’s strongest man and Diamon, the shrunken, hideous child that caused people to feel at unease in his company.
Soon after his eight birthday, the freak show arrived at a covenant. The show, open to all, drew in the curious stares of the covenfolk and even of the magi. And lucky for Diamon it was. One of the Magi, Simon of House Bonisagus was looking for an apprentice. He recognized why people felt so uneasy around the child, and in conversation with him, came to realize that a fine intellect was hidden behind the ugliness and deformed body. So Diamon left the freak show for a better life as an apprentice to Simon.
Life as an apprentice is hard for most, but through all the tough times, it was better than being an attraction in a freak show. He stated taking frequent trips into the nearby village, often carried on the back of Bill, a grog of immense stature (and intellect proportionally reduced in relation to his body.
It was on one of these trips he met Niko, a minor noble being fostered in a nearby villa. They maintained a tight friendship for years, the giant and the dwarf. An incongruous pair indeed! His apprenticeship finished and he was offered the chance at going to help through to an old, fading covenant and help bring it out of its decreptitude, surprisingly close to Niko’s homeland. Since Niko would have to return home soon and start his adult duties, it seemed an opportune time for him to leave. So, together with Niko and Bill, Diamon has gone to Gormenghast the Novgorod tribunal; his dream – to make it the unsurpassed center of study in Corpus and Muto magic.
He has also adopted Francois. Rescued from a traveling group, much like the one he had been in. Francois is only three and has not been traumatized by the events at the start of his life. If Diamon has anything to say, he won’t be traumatized at all! He shows no sign of the gift, but he will probably still have a better life amongst covenfolk used to the strange and unusual.
