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'''Character Name:''' Michelle Rosemary Agnes Hanrahan
 
'''Character Name:''' Michelle Rosemary Agnes Hanrahan
 
 
'''Player''':  Squidheadjax
 
'''Player''':  Squidheadjax
 
 
'''Template''': Wizard
 
'''Template''': Wizard
 
 
'''Musts''': Thaumaturgy, Evocation, Sight, Wizard Constitution, Soulgaze
 
'''Musts''': Thaumaturgy, Evocation, Sight, Wizard Constitution, Soulgaze
  
 
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'''High Concept''': Wizard Apprentice from the New Milennium
'''High Concept''': Witch from the New Milennium
 
 
 
 
''Invoke'': To scandalize ‘old-fashioned’ types without a second thought, to ‘fit in’ in worldly social settings where an older, crustier wizard would stick out, to navigate modern social media concepts (from a distance), and to generally do (apprentice) wizardy things and support Wayne
 
''Invoke'': To scandalize ‘old-fashioned’ types without a second thought, to ‘fit in’ in worldly social settings where an older, crustier wizard would stick out, to navigate modern social media concepts (from a distance), and to generally do (apprentice) wizardy things and support Wayne
 
 
''Compel'': To disregard good advice from tradition, to make incorrect assumptions about ancient entities based on modern values, and to scandalize ‘old-fashioned’ types without a second thought
 
''Compel'': To disregard good advice from tradition, to make incorrect assumptions about ancient entities based on modern values, and to scandalize ‘old-fashioned’ types without a second thought
  
 
'''Trouble Aspect''': Magical Heroine Complex
 
'''Trouble Aspect''': Magical Heroine Complex
 
 
''Compel'': to leap to the aid of those who seem to be in need (regardless of the reality), to grasp at straws to ‘find the good’ in various villains, to avoid realizing her limits
 
''Compel'': to leap to the aid of those who seem to be in need (regardless of the reality), to grasp at straws to ‘find the good’ in various villains, to avoid realizing her limits
 
 
''Invoke'': In the rare cases when there’s actually good to bring out in a defeated or overwhelming foe, to avoid realizing her limits
 
''Invoke'': In the rare cases when there’s actually good to bring out in a defeated or overwhelming foe, to avoid realizing her limits
  
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'''Background''':  
 
'''Background''':  
 
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The middle child of a large family, Michelle found her voice in becoming ‘the techie’ rather than some of the more classical forms of acting out.  She loved the imaginitive worlds out in the internet and in computer games, and took advantage of e-publishing to remain a voracious reader.  When tech around her started breaking down, she was devastated, but she remembered that one of her favorite authors had a similar problem.  Four demo computers at a local Best Buy gave their lives so she could track down his literary agent (and got her banned from all the Best Buys in Chester County for life).
The middle child of a large family, Michelle found her voice in becoming ‘the techie’ rather than some of the more classical forms of acting out.  She loved the imaginitive worlds out in the emerging World Wide Web and in computer games, and took advantage of brand new online libraries to read voraciously.  When tech around her started breaking down, she was devastated, but she remembered that one of her favorite authors had a similar problem.  Four demo computers at a local Best Buy gave their lives so she could track down his literary agent (and got her banned from all the Best Buys in Chester County for life).
 
  
 
'''Phase Aspect''': Unrequited Technophile
 
'''Phase Aspect''': Unrequited Technophile
 
 
''Invoke'': To understand modern and advancing technology (and how to break it), to push the envelope of technology she can safely work with, to work on simpler tech (like the Winnebago)
 
''Invoke'': To understand modern and advancing technology (and how to break it), to push the envelope of technology she can safely work with, to work on simpler tech (like the Winnebago)
 
 
''Compel'': To make her normal Murphyonic field extra-inconvenient; to unintentionally jinx something that would normally be safe from her (“I don’t know how but I think I broke the cellphone I was calling…”)
 
''Compel'': To make her normal Murphyonic field extra-inconvenient; to unintentionally jinx something that would normally be safe from her (“I don’t know how but I think I broke the cellphone I was calling…”)
  
 
'''Rising Conflict:  
 
'''Rising Conflict:  
 
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'''And so she managed to convince his agent to pass a letter to Mr. Morrison, in which he recognized the emergence of a magical talent - and realized that he’d probably end up getting dragged into apprenticing her anyway, if she didn’t go bad from self-teaching before that.  So he eventually agreed to meet with her.
'''And so she managed to convince his agent to pass a letter to Mr. Morrison,''' in which he recognized the emergence of a magical talent - and realized that he’d probably end up getting dragged into apprenticing her anyway, if she didn’t go bad from self-teaching before that.  So he eventually agreed to meet with her.
 
 
Increasing frictions at school caused her parents to send her to a Catholic school for high school, thinking it might also help her deal with the magical ‘fantasies’ she was having around her bad luck with technology.  And they weren’t entirely confident that her repeated meetings with Wayne were a good idea, even though the opportunity to get tutored by such a figure is a big deal.  Out of a desire to stay connected to machines, she enrolled in the county vo-tech program as well (Brandywine Area Technical School,  or BATS), and to her relief found more solid mechanics to be resistant to her Murphyonic Field (a term she derived independently, of course).
 
Increasing frictions at school caused her parents to send her to a Catholic school for high school, thinking it might also help her deal with the magical ‘fantasies’ she was having around her bad luck with technology.  And they weren’t entirely confident that her repeated meetings with Wayne were a good idea, even though the opportunity to get tutored by such a figure is a big deal.  Out of a desire to stay connected to machines, she enrolled in the county vo-tech program as well (Brandywine Area Technical School,  or BATS), and to her relief found more solid mechanics to be resistant to her Murphyonic Field (a term she derived independently, of course).
She did well at Shanahan and BATS but didn’t participate in much besides the core academics.  Her circle of friends was mostly people on the fringes of school society, even though she was pretty thoroughly straitedge herself - she had an outsider’s perspective for a whole different reason.
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She did well at Shanahan and BATS (which got a much less interesting name when it moved buildings in her junior year) but didn’t participate in much besides the core academics.  Her circle of friends was mostly people on the fringes of school society, even though she was pretty thoroughly straitedge herself - she had an outsider’s perspective for a whole different reason.
  
 
'''Phase Aspect''': Proper Catholic Schoolwitch
 
'''Phase Aspect''': Proper Catholic Schoolwitch
 
 
'''Invoke''': to have a little faith, to deal calmly with authority, to disarmingly conform to expectations, to fit magical actions into mundane expectations
 
'''Invoke''': to have a little faith, to deal calmly with authority, to disarmingly conform to expectations, to fit magical actions into mundane expectations
 
 
'''Compel''': to concede to authority when she should push her point, to get an incorrectly positive impression of a religious figure, to fail at social interaction with people outside her white-middleclass-Christian mileu, to have leftover teenage angst
 
'''Compel''': to concede to authority when she should push her point, to get an incorrectly positive impression of a religious figure, to fail at social interaction with people outside her white-middleclass-Christian mileu, to have leftover teenage angst
  
 
Story: Attack of the Jersey Devil
 
Story: Attack of the Jersey Devil
Guest Starring: ?
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Guest Starring: Wayne T. Morrison
And then a Peryton tried to eat her.  Shortly after her graduation to full wizard, the incident involved her whole family actually seeing Michelle face off against the creature to protect them - alone, without her mysteriously-disappeared teacherThough she was inexperienced, and didn't have much specific knowledge of the creature, her power and burning desire to protect her family allowed her to hold out until --------------.  When she had taken her final tests, she had asked Wayne who the dour people in grey cloaks were - and Wayne explained that the Wardens were police most of the time, but sometimes had to stand against other creatures.  From her fight against the Peryton forward, That became her goal.  Even once the war started.
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And then a Peryton tried to eat her.  This incident, at least, involved her whole family actually seeing Michelle face off against the creature to protect them.  Her own barely-developed magic and lack of knowledge about the creature didn’t leave her much chance of success, but her mentor arrived in time to show off what an angry storm wizard could do.  When she asked if there were wizards who protected people like that all the time, Wayne explained that the Wardens were police most of the time, but sometimes had to stand against other creatures - and from that point forward, he couldn’t talk her out of following that goal.
 
Phase Aspect: Aspire to the Grey Cloak
 
Phase Aspect: Aspire to the Grey Cloak
 
 
Invoke: To stay firm in following the Laws of Magic (in contrast to her tendency to constantly push her boundaries otherwise), to focus her heroic leanings in a useful direction, to put herself in harm’s way for the good of others
 
Invoke: To stay firm in following the Laws of Magic (in contrast to her tendency to constantly push her boundaries otherwise), to focus her heroic leanings in a useful direction, to put herself in harm’s way for the good of others
 
 
Compel: To exhibit a human-centric attitude toward the supernatural world, to be overly suspicious toward non-Wizard practitioners, to rush to judgement of someone
 
Compel: To exhibit a human-centric attitude toward the supernatural world, to be overly suspicious toward non-Wizard practitioners, to rush to judgement of someone
  
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'''Phase Aspect''': Hungry to Learn
 
'''Phase Aspect''': Hungry to Learn
 
 
''Invoke'': Enhance rolls made to acquire knowledge or find particular resources, to perservere in the face of obstacles when seeking information.
 
''Invoke'': Enhance rolls made to acquire knowledge or find particular resources, to perservere in the face of obstacles when seeking information.
 
 
''Compel'': To make poor decisions based on curiosity, to ignore the genuine perils of forbidden knowledge
 
''Compel'': To make poor decisions based on curiosity, to ignore the genuine perils of forbidden knowledge
  
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SKILLS
 
SKILLS
  
'''Superb +5
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'''Great +4
 
'''Conviction
 
'''Conviction
 
'''Great +4
 
'''Discipline
 
  
 
'''Good +3
 
'''Good +3
'''Lore, Craftsmanship, Investigation
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'''Alertness, Lore, Athletics, Craftsmanship, Investigation
  
 
'''Fair +2
 
'''Fair +2
'''Rapport, Unarmed, Scholarship, Deceit, Athletics
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'''Rapport, Discipline, Unarmed, Scholarship, Deceit
  
 
'''Average +1
 
'''Average +1
'''Endurance, Survival, Weapon, Stealth, Presence, Driving, Alertness
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'''Endurance, Survival, Weapon, Stealth, Presence, Driving
  
 
Languages:  
 
Languages:  
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0 Soulgaze
 
0 Soulgaze
 
0 Wizard Constitution
 
0 Wizard Constitution
-1 Refinement
 
  
 
10
 
10
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3
 
Refresh
 
Refresh
  
 
Magic
 
Magic
 
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Evocation Elements
Evocation Elements:
 
 
 
 
Spirit, Earth, Water
 
Spirit, Earth, Water
 
 
Evocation Specialties
 
Evocation Specialties
 
 
Water Control +1
 
Water Control +1
 
 
Evocation Foci
 
Evocation Foci
Minutely-inscribed River-pebble Rosary (Water Block +1, Earth Attack +1) - Usually worn as a bracelet
 
 
Driftwood wand (Water maneuver +1, Spirit Block +1) - carved out of driftwood from Key West (her last family vacation before air travel became a Bad Idea)
 
  
 
Evocation Rotes
 
Evocation Rotes
"Doronuma" ("Quagmire") - Water Maneuver, requires wand, 6 shifts (2 spent on being persistent for 2 exchanges) - Weakens all the surfaces in an area like an eggshell half-dissolved in vinegar, making movement difficult.
 
 
"Deiryou" ("Mudslide") - Earth Attack, requires rosary, 5 shifts (2 spent on AoE) - Attacks by disrupting the flow of gravity in an area, causing peoples' centers of balance to shift wildly, fall, and hopefully hurt themselves.  Designed to be enhanced by the Aspect from Doronuma, but doesn't require it.
 
 
"Mizu no Kabe" ("Wall of Water") - Water Block, requires rosary, 6 shifts (1 spent on extra duration) - straghtforward rising wall of water
 
  
 
Thaumaturgy Specialties
 
Thaumaturgy Specialties
 
 
Warding +1
 
Warding +1
 
 
Thaumaturgi Foci
 
Thaumaturgi Foci
 
 
4 enchantment slots
 
4 enchantment slots
 
 
Thaumaturgy Enchanted Items
 
Thaumaturgy Enchanted Items
 
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Undetermined
TBD
 
  
 
Current Fate Points  --  Stress
 
Current Fate Points  --  Stress
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Mild any -2
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any
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-4
  
Mild mental -2
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Severe
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any
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-6
  
Moderate any -4
 
  
Severe any -6
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Extreme
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any
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-8
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City Locations
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The Face: Name and Concept
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The Face: Name and Concept
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Extreme any -8
 
  
  
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Name: Michelle Rosemary Agnes Hanrahan
 
Name: Michelle Rosemary Agnes Hanrahan
 
 
Alias: Michelle
 
Alias: Michelle
 
 
Born: February 29, 1996
 
Born: February 29, 1996
 
 
Apparent Age: 18
 
Apparent Age: 18
 
 
Height: 5’4”
 
Height: 5’4”
 
 
Nationality: United States of America
 
Nationality: United States of America
 
 
Marital Status: Single
 
Marital Status: Single
 
 
Parents: Marshall Hanrahan (father), a building contractor; Jennifer Reese-Hanrahan (mother), an accountant
 
Parents: Marshall Hanrahan (father), a building contractor; Jennifer Reese-Hanrahan (mother), an accountant
 
 
Known Relatives: Older sister Gillian, Older brother Matthew, younger sisters Karen & Mary, various cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents...  
 
Known Relatives: Older sister Gillian, Older brother Matthew, younger sisters Karen & Mary, various cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents...  
 
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Income: Allowance
Income: Part-time Mechanic
 
 
 
 
Religious Affliliation: Liberal Catholic  
 
Religious Affliliation: Liberal Catholic  
 
 
Children: no
 
Children: no
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Education: High School Diploma, Bishop Shanahan Diocesan High School (With Certificate of Completion in Automotive Services Technology, TCHS Brandywine)
  
Education: High School Diploma, Bishop Shanahan Diocesan High School (With Certificate of Completion in Automotive Services Technology, Brandywine Area Technical School)
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APPEARANCE
 
 
  
APPEARANCE
 
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7rGeRLX99CqR3MyaHJBUjE1TTg/edit?usp=sharing]
 
  
Michelle is a young woman, not particularly tall, with the red hair and green eyes so often associated with witchcraft.  Usually, her shoulder-length red hair frames her round face, though she'll often have all but the front few locks pulled back in a ponytail, particularly when working.  She can usually be found in casual sweaters and knee-length skirts, or overalls when she's trying to coax something mechanical back to life.  While she'll quickly deny it, she does keep a classical witch's pointy hat on hand (and, of course, a proper black robe) for when something particularly magical is afoot and she needs to get in the right mindset.
 
 
 
  
 
SOULGAZE
 
SOULGAZE
 
How she sees herself:
 
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7rGeRLX99CqVTRtb1pGai1saWM/edit?usp=sharing]
 
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7rGeRLX99CqQV9nTkNCSjJWbXc/edit?usp=sharing]
 

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