Abu Yusuf, the Hermit
Basic Stats[edit]
Characteristics: Int +3, Per +2, Pre +3, Com +1, Str -2, Sta 0, Dex 0, Qik -3
Size: 0
Age: Claims to be more than 100 years old. Apparent age 45-50
Decrepitude: Unknown
House: Jerbiton
Flaws: Unknown
Virtues: The Gentle Gift
Personality Traits: Reputation (Wise) +3
Appearance: Abu Yusuf is a graying, thick-bodied moor of middling height with short-cropped hair and a neatly-trimmed salt-and-pepper beard. He wears simple clothes of high quality and is never seen without his manservant Xavier, toward whom he shows great respect and deference in interaction. Abu Yusuf prefers tan, beige or sandy-colored clothing as he claims it reminds him of his native Algeria, and rarely wears adornments other than a thick golden ring on his middle left finger and a brightly-colored amulet of exotic design inlaid with elaborate islamic script. Abu Yusuf is highly-educated and is considered a scholar of great repute in his native land, coming to magic somewhat late and never quite giving up the trappings of his former life. He is a devout Musselman and often acts as a representative of the various enclaves of muslims in the region around Perpignan when not pursuing his supernatural interests.
He is slow to action and careful with his words, soft-spoken but commanding and well-liked by most who meet him.
Known Abilities (filled in as discovered)[edit]
Arabic 5
Area Lore (Catalan) 5
Animal Ken 3
Artes Liberales 7
Awareness 5
Canon Law (Islam) 5
Catalan 4
Dominion Lore 4
Etiquette 4
Faerie Lore 2
French (Langue d'Oc) 4
Hermes Lore 5
Latin 5
Magic Lore 5
Medicine 3
Philosophiae 4
Theology (Sufism) 5
Arts[edit]
Abu Yusuf is known to be a reasonably powerful magus in the techniques of Rego and Muto, also specializing in the Mentem and Imaginem forms. From his outward appearance and claims of age, is it also presumed that his abilities with the arts of Creo and Corporem are not insignificant.
Notes[edit]
When asked about his Hermetic name, Abu Yusuf replies: "In my culture, Abu Yusuf is a common name for wise men. But--it is only half a name. True wise men have another name as well. With this name, a man who speaks of me with scorn may say, 'Look at his arrogance--he gives himself the name of all wise men, because he considers himself chief among them'. In this way, he gives me power. A man who views me with favor might say, rather, 'Abu Yusuf knows that a man's wisdom is never complete--therefore he shows himself with this name still standing before the doors that lead to wisdom, unsure if he has entered.' And so he reminds me to be humble. Either of these is acceptable to me."
