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Avamande Val'Istar
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:40 am
by Avamande
Name: Avamande Val'Istar
Race: Hytori
Sex: Nonbinary
Age: 24
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 160 lbs
Birthdate: Glade 20, 97
Birthplace: Unknown, presumed the highlands of Karnor
Profession: Scrivener
Housing: Commons apartment
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Fluencies: Common, Mythrasi
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Ineptitudes:
The word that usually comes to mind when someone first speaks with Avamande is 'bookish'. Quiet and scholarly, they tend to keep to themselves and avoid making much of an impression of any sort. This is not however out of any sense of awkwardness or an attempt to not give offense while going about their day, but instead a fixation upon avoiding banal distractions. Beneath their studious exterior beats an intensely driven and ambitious heart that brooks nothing that could tear them away from achieving their goals.
As far as most are concerned, they appear diligent, polite, and with absolutely no time for anything but the bare necessities. However, their definition of what is and what is not necessary can often be surprising to those few who have come to know them on any level deeper than the surface, a meditation upon a flower or ambling down a hidden alleyway often taking precedence over meals or sleep. Painfully aware of their tendency to fall prey to impulse, they dutifully maintain their routines inasmuch as possible. Slightly more difficult to ascertain is the muted nature of their emotions, their smiles never reaching their eyes and their tears always brief. Though some might consider them to be flighty or hollow, they always have a reason for their actions, and one that most would even find reasonable if explained to them. But there are few that they would take the time to do that for.
Privately, within their heart of hearts, even this all consuming ambition occassionally gives them pause. Doubts creep in to their mind at the edge of sleep and when sitting beneath the stars, wondering if they are truly who they wish to be. If what their desire truly does come from their own heart.
Haughty faced and aquiline, the Hytori appears every inch a child of Sol'Valen. Though not particularly wealthy, they nonetheless take great pains to keep themselves well dressed and well groomed, though more out of habit than attempt at ostentation. Thin from years of light, or missed, meals their body is nonetheless toned from just as long a period of time spent actively walking through the streets of Kalzasi. Despite their active lifestyle, their skin has never managed to tan beyond a weak bronze, most often remaining pale. Soulful brown eyes are set deep within their head, while a mop of short kept curls crown their head, always maintained to reveal the points of their ears.
Avamande was never told with any degree of certainty about where they were born, their parents both mages who had dedicated their lives to pushing the limits of Traversion. The story went that they had attempted to enter the world while their mother was still in Slipspace, husband and wife having tarried too long on their return home. Forced to make an emergency exit from the Inbetween to the here and there, she gave birth beneath the shadows of foreign mountains. Determined to most likely be somewhere in the Northlands of Karnor, the region was deemed especially auspicious. Whether this was due to a natural confluence in Slipspace, or the inscrutable will of the gods, was hard to tell, and their parents did not bother to guess which.
Though nominally, and distantly, in the line of succession for one of the Inner Kingdoms of old Sol'Valen, they hold no memories of their ancestral homeland. Raised within the court of a Prince for the first years of their life, they and their parents moved to Kalzasi before they were able to talk in complete sentences. Deemed the safest place to raise a mage within sight of the mountains where they were birthed, the couple sought honor the omen that they had been given. At least, that was what was publicly stated. In truth, the pair sought first and foremost to remove their child from the strictures and expectations of Hytori life so that they might instead put their own upon them.
By the time Avamande was able to read, they were already being forced to absorb the collected knowledge their parents had acquired after decades of travel and research. The time honored cultural practice of letting children select their own path in life was not just ignored, but subverted, their offspring instilled with the certainty that they would continue - and perhaps even finish - the great work their parents had embarked upon. Seeking no less than the rediscovery of their race's ancient glory, the Hytori mages viewed their own offspring as the perfect template for their research. Teaching them Scrivening before they could write in Mythrasi or Common, they thought nothing untoward when their first Rune was placed upon them. Though not loving in any conventional sense, their parents did nonetheless care for their wellbeing, and granted them Negation in order to endure the dangers that lurked within Slipspace and the more mundane world. They were twelve years old.
Once a sprightly child, their first Threshold Sickness left them quiet and demure, an outcome that their parents considered an unexpected benefit. Focused now almost solely upon their studies, they were given the Rune of Traversion itself two years later. Despite the dangers inherent in such an Initation, they had not one but two seasoned Traversers ready and willing to guide their soul back to their body after being exposed to the light of Aetherium. Taught the basics of their trade and how to further advance their skills, they were deemed independent enough and at the age of eighteen, after having secured employment as a Scrivener, they watched their parents vanish into Slipspace to continue with their own research. Though the pair promised to return at regular intervals, by and large Avamande was left on their lonesome to do as they wished so long as they continued the path charted out for them.
Re: Avamande Val'Istar
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:40 am
by Avamande
Mastered Skills: n/a
Novice| Skill | Skill Level | Lores |
| Acrobatics | 15/100 | 1 |
| Kinetics | 58/100 | 0 |
| Negation | 75/100 | 2 |
| Research | 30/100 | 2 |
| Running | 15/100 | 1 |
| Traversion | 80/100 | 2 |
Apprentice| Skill | Skill Level | Lores |
| Scrivening | 91/100 | 3 |
| Thread | Points Awarded | Points Spent | Running Total | Points Left |
| Starting Package | +100 | - Acrobatics 10
- Negation 20
- Research 20
- Running 10
- Scrivening 25
- Traversion 15
- 8 lores | 100 xp/8 lores | 0 xp/0 lores |
| Character Creation Bonus | +15 | - Acrobatics 5
- Running 5
- Traversion 5
- 3 lores | 115 xp/11 lores | 0 xp/0 lores |
| Measure Twice, Scribe Once | +8 | - Scrivening 8
- 6 lores | 123 xp/17 lores | 0 xp/6 lores |
| A Steady Hand | +8 | - Scrivening 8
- 6 lores | 131 xp/23 lores | 0 xp/12 lores |
| Website Update 6/16/22 | +50 | - Kinetics 30
- Negation 15
- Traversion 5
- 10 lores | 181 xp/33 lores | 0 xp/22 lores |
| The Call | +15 | - Traversion 15
- 8 lores | 196 xp/41 lores | 0 xp/30 lores |
| The Trial of Wisdom | +15 | - Negation 15
- 8 lores | 211 xp/49 lores | 0 xp/38 lores |
| The Trial of Vitality | +10 | - Traversion 10
- 6 lores | 221 xp/55 lores | 0 xp/44 lores |
| An Uncut Nib | +10 | - Research 10
- 8 lores | 231 xp/63 lores | 0 xp/52 lores |
| Grist For the Mill I | +8 | - Scrivening 8
- 6 lores | 239 xp/69 lores | 0 xp/58 lores |
| Grist For the Mill II | +8 | - Scrivening 8
- 6 lores | 247 xp/75 lores | 0 xp/64 lores |
| Grist For the Mill III | +8 | - Scrivening 8
- 6 lores | 255 xp/81 lores | 0 xp/70 lores |
| Grist For the Mill IV | +8 | - Scrivening 8
- 6 lores | 263 xp/87 lores | 0 xp/76 lores |
| The Perfect Fit | +10 | - Negation 10
- 13 lores | 273 xp/100 lores | 0 xp/89 lores |
| Ransera Birthday 2022 | +60 | - Kinetics 20
- Negation 15
- Traversion 25
- 20 lores | 333 xp/120 lores | 0 xp/109 lores |
| An Unlikely Soldier | +8 | - Kinetics 8
- 6 lores | 341 xp/126 lores | 0 xp/115 lores |
| Grist For the Mill V | +8 | - Scrivening 8
- 6 lores | 349 xp/132 lores | 0 xp/121 lores |
| A Snake Without a Head | +5 | - Traversion 5
- 4 lores | 354 xp/136 lores | 0 xp/125 lores |
| Terms And Conditions May Apply | +10 | - Scrivening 10
- 14 lores | 364 xp/150 lores | 0 xp/139 lores |
starting package marked with *
Arcana
Negation: Basic Anchoring Techniques
Negation: Basic Shields*
Scrivening: Basic Pictographs*
Scrivening: Commercial Runes*
Scrivening: Negation Enhancing Runes
Traversion: Basic Techniques*
Traversion: Slipspace Threats*
Dexterity
Acrobatics: Landing On Your Feet*
Endurance
Running: Navigating Crowds*
Intelligence
Research: Developing Runes for Personal Magic
Research: Interpreting Magical Tomes*
Re: Avamande Val'Istar
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:41 am
by Avamande
Starting Package*
1 Set of Clothing (shirt, pants, cloak, shoes, undergarments)
1 Waterskin
1 Backpack which contains:
- 1 Set of Toiletries
- 10 days of rations
- 1 Set of Eating Utensils (i.e. tin plate, cup, fork, spoon, knife)
- Flint & Steel
Scrivening
1 inkwell of Spellwright's Ink
50 sheets of Parchment
Avamande lives alone in the apartment their parents had originally leased in the Commons of Kalzasi, a small space mostly filled with books.
| Income | Expenditure | Cause | Total |
| +500 | -- | Starting Package | 500.00 GP |
| -- | -102 | - Spellwright's Ink
- 50 sheets Parchment | 398.00 GP |
| +1000 | -- | Website Update 6/16/22 | 1398.00 GP |
| +780.5 | -- | Ash 121 Income | 2178.50 GP |
Re: Avamande Val'Istar
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:41 am
by Avamande
Ash 4 - The Perfect Fit [Charlie]
Ash 10 - Awake My Soul [Chronicle, Mino, Aurelio, Charlie]
Ash 14 - An Uncut Nib [Lyra]
Ash 20 - A Starlit Stroll [Mino]
Ash 32 - Measure Twice, Scribe Once
Ash 56 - A Steady Hand
Frost 35 - Grist For the Mill I
Frost 70 - Grist For the Mill II
Frost 88 - The Call [Rickter, Imogen, Tobias, Talon, Euripides, Florian]
Frost 88 - The Trial of Wisdom [Tobias]
Frost 88 - The Trial of Vitality [Rickter, Imogen, Tobias, Talon, Euripides, Florian]
Glade 1 - Grist For the Mill III
Glade 50 - A Snake Without a Head [Finn]
Glade 78 - Grist For the Mill IV
Searing 1 - An Unlikely Soldier
Searing 3 - Echo: Pirate Panic? [Rickter]
Searing 3 - Echo: Mainbrace Mayhem/Lockjaw's Locker [Rickter]
Searing 6 - Circle of Power [Open]
Searing 13 - Conflict at the Trenches [Open]
Searing 49 - Grist For the Mill V
Searing 55 - An Unexpected Meeting [Rickter]
Searing 84 - Terms And Conditions May Apply [Imogen]
Searing 90 - A New Road [Aegis]
Searing 91 - A Pack With Pride
Ash 1 - Wrae'Vexenari [Rickter, Imogen, Hector, Vanessa]
Ash 1 - All the Wrong Places [Charlie]
Ash 5 - Wallflower [Open]
Ash 25 - Welcome to the Jungle [Open]
Ash 25 - Ghost Stories [Open]
Ash 26 - He Who Walks the Ocean Floor [Open]
Ash 28 - Duck Expedition: Pot Luck [Open]
Ash 29 - The Art of Water [Kaiko]
Ash 33 - Slipspace And Glass [Aardwalden]
Ash 37 - Lines in the Sand [Imogen, Destyn]
Ash 70 - The Cycle Continues [Moon, Reika]
