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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 613193" data-attributes="member: 8530">RavensgateThe Chameleons Two of the most interesting individuals in the city of Ravensgate are a pair of partners known by the nickname of the Chameleons.  These are a female human Ravensgate wizardess named Muriel and her raven.  Muriel was originally an orphan, who was adopted by a hippie commune.  These were a group of ten pacifist bards and druids of various races and genders who lived together in the forests far from all other people.  One day a raven communicated to one of the druids, telling him of a family traveling on a road ten miles from their commune that had been attacked by orcs.  The only survivor was a baby girl named Muriel, who would not last long in the wild.  The bards and druids quickly organized, found the baby, and raised her as their own.  Seventeen years later the raven returned, telling the commune that the time had come for Muriel to move on to her destiny, as a student at the Ravensgate School of Wizardry.   Muriel was a prodigy at the school, shining in all that she did.  The raven that had saved her life as a baby was the one to bond with her, and their relationship during the 25 years since then have been very interesting.   She and the raven have a much stronger bond than others do.  With most, the raven is the superior partner, whereas with Muriel it is symbiotic and equal relationship.   Whereas most of the students of Ravensgate School are Wizards, Muriel is a Sorcerer, as that lifestyle is more fitting to her commune upbringing.  She is a master of the Disguise, Hide and Search skills.  Her feats are Mobility and Silent Spell.   Her key spells are 1st Level: Change Self, Enlarge & Reduce; 2nd Level: Invisibility, Alter Self & Cat's Grace; 3rd Level: Non-detection, Tongues, and Major Image; 4th Level: Improved Invisibility, Polymorph Other & Polymorph Self.   She also has for a magic item an inter-dimensional trunk, in which she keeps a variety of clothes, wigs and props used for disguises.   While she always has her Raven Cloak with her, hers has the ability to either magically change its outer color or become invisible.  She and her raven are known as the chameleons do to their ability to blend into any situation and adopt new identities as necessary.   The raven has no qualms to polymorphed into whatever form would be helpful to the situation, and is one of the few ravens that is willing to actually employ human speech rather than telepathy if necessary.   Unlike the other ravens, he has also learned the magic of this world, matching Muriel in level and ability.   Despite her magical proficiency and considerable talents, Muriel is currently only at 9th level.  This is due to her care-free attitude towards life, and long-term perspective acquired from her raven.   Despite her relatively low level, her skills are in very high demand from both the Raven King and the King of Ravensgate.  Following graduation she worked a decade for the Raven King, traveling the world on various assignments, many of them scouting for new students for the school.   She then had a disagreement with the Raven King and left the School, becoming the Royal Court Mage for the King of Ravensgate.   Eight years later the Raven King had dire need of her skills again, and called upon her loyalty to the school.  She resigned from her position, which greatly upset the King.   In the seven years since then she had chosen to not be the direct employee of either man, trying to keep a balance between the two by alternating assignments for them.   She and her raven live within a large and elaborate mansion in the middle of the city, equidistant to both castles. While on assignment away from the city Muriel always uses a first name that is one of the three syllables of her name (Merr, Rhee, or Elle).  She has never had a last name, and will use a last name comprised of combining the names of her 'parents' from the commune (Amber, Barlow, Birch, Copper, Patch, Smith, Storm, Stream, Wick and Wood).  She never bothers to keep track of which alias is associated with which disguise, as the raven always remembers for her.   The raven always takes a new name with each identity that it assumes, and has never used the exact same disguise twice.</blockquote>

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