Spring of Hubris Eulalia

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Anna

Description

Eulàlia is a traveling merchant who specializes in supplying the Order of Hermes, especially with the rare materials and ingredients magi so often need. She travels with a dog, Anna, who happens to be magical (though you wouldn't know it to look at her). She usually crossdresses as a man under the name 'Laius', not so much because female merchants are illegal the way a female knight might be - they are rare but not unheard of in this time period - but because they are still discriminated against. Women are taken less seriously, harassed more often, and so on - its just easier to pretend to be a man. Also, Eulàlia is stunningly attractive, as a man or woman, and it's a lot easier to deal with the attention a handsome man gets than that which a beautiful woman traveling alone gets. Eulàlia has found, however, that magi are refreshingly uncaring about that sort of thing.

Eulàlia wants to be a successful and even legendary merchant, but she does not define success purely in terms of wealth. Elena will never do anything that is unprofitable, but she regards improving her reputation, making connections, gaining knowledge, or even to some degree making friends, as "profit". She is well aware that there are many things that cannot be bought with money. Longevity Rituals, for instance. And friendship and love and stuff, I guess.

She is highly confident in herself and her abilities, but would honestly probably have died by now if she didn't have a magical dog guarding her.

Vital Statistics

• Size: 0
• Age: 26 (26)
• Decrepitude: 0
• Warping Score: 0
• Confidence: 1 (3)

Characteristics	Score
Int	+2
Per	+2
Pre	+4
Com	+4
Str	-3
Sta	-3
Dex	+1
Qik	-2

Personality		Reputation
Ambitious*	+3
Confident*	+3
Merchant's Honor	+3

Virtues and Flaws

Virtues

Affinity with Bargain (Minor, General), Animal Ken (Minor, Supernatural, Great Communication (Minor, General), Great Presence (Minor, General), Independent Study 1 (Minor, General), Merchant (Free, Social Status), Privileged Upbringing (Minor, General), Puissant Bargain (Minor, General), Social Contacts (merchants) (Minor, General), Unaging (Minor, Supernatural), Venus' Blessing (Minor, General)

Flaws

Ambitious' (Major, Personality), Curse of Venus (Free, Story) 2, Enfeebled (Major, General), Magical Animal Companion (Minor, Story), Overconfident (Minor, Personality), Poor Student (Minor, General), Weak Characteristics (Minor, General)

Combat Stats

Weapons: Gauntlet Init -4, Atk +5, Def +1, Dam +3
Soak: +3 (+1 vs animals and human unarmed attacks, +2 vs wooden or metal weapons, heat, and cold)
Fatigue Levels: OK, 0, -1, -3, -5, Unconscious
Wound Penalties: -1 (1-5), -3 (6-10), -5 (11-15), Incapacitated (16-20), Dead (21+)
Equipment: Wizardly Robes, Gauntlet, Crafting Tools
Encumbrance: 1 (1)

Abilities

Name	Speciality	Score	XP
Artes Liberales	Ritual Casting	1	5
Athletics	endurance	2	15
Awareness	flaws in crafting	2	15
Brawl	gauntlet	2	15
Catalan 5	crafting shop talk	5	N
Concentration	crafting	2	15
Craft: Blacksmith	armor	4+2	50
Craft: Jeweler	rings	1	5
Craft: Leatherworker	armor	2	15
Craft: Woodcarver	wands and staves	2	15
Finesse	precision	3+2	30
Latin	Hermetic usage	4	50
Magic Theory	enchanting items	4+2	33/50
Parma Magica	Mentem	1	5
Philosophiae	Verditius Runes	1	5

Notes

1: Independent Study (Minor, General)
The character develops new skills extremely quickly on his own. When he is studying through Practice, add two to the Source Quality, and add three to the Source Quality of his Adventure experience.

2: The Curse of Venus Story Flaw is being taken for 0 points. It is meant as an indication that the GM is free to introduce complications of that sort if desired, but should not feel obligated to do so.