Rebecca Baines

Rebecca Baines

Logos: Governess
Mythos: Morgan Le Fay

Bookish Governess | Routine

"Knowledge is power. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."

• Teach and Care (A)
• Convincing Others (G)
• Eidetic Memory (H)
• Weakness: Only The Governess
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Standing On Her Own | Personality

"Being someone's wife shouldn't be anyone's only goal."

• Self-Reliant (A)
• Good Judge of Character (C)
• Free Thinker (F)
• Weakness: Barely Self-Contained
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The Enchantress of Avalon | Bastion

"Where does this power end, does it have limits?"

• Avalonian Magic (A)
• Under the Open Sky (D)
• Endless Curiosity (G)
• Weakness: Elaborate Gestures
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Opportune Advisor | Subversion

"What Thrones are already under the control of Advisors?"

• 1000 Faces (A)
• Let Me Whisper in Your Ear(D)
• Your Mind is an Open Book (F)
• Weakness: Class Barriers
• [Flipside: Training - Investigative Spy]

As a Gentleman Advocate, Evelard solves problems for his Exclusive Friends. He's a Fixer, someone with connections and the ability to organize operations and wheel and deal. When worst comes to worst, he can rely on his training with Sword and Pistol, and his sanctuary is the Ancestral Library he inherited. He can be overcome by the Barriers of Class, though those specific barriers will vary as he varies the class that he appears to belong to.

The High Druid, Evelard searches for his lost Circle, as he needs allies for his cause. They are sleeping somewhere in Britain, resting beneath the souls of the men and women of the isles. He confers unto his allies the Traits of Beasts, and his Druidic Magic is most potent Under the Open Sky, but his undoing is his Inscrutability; when his schemes and devices are too convoluted and opaque, he loses the trust of his allies and his powers work against him.

Tormented with the Blood of Demons, Evelard's Immortality makes less relevant many wounds. A Drop of his Blood can empower many of his abilities, but shed too freely, his Anger will be Unleashed, and his nightmares are filled with terrors of unleashed moments past. While Evelard prefers negotiation and influence, revealing his Unholy Demeanor will hasten the compliance of a reluctant foe.

The Merlin is ever and always an Opportune Advisor. What Evelard understands is that there are hidden Thrones, people of power, and Advisors not unlike himself are positioning themselves in a Great Game to control them. In his quest to ensure the Game progresses in the manner best for England, Evelard Whispers in Ears while wearing one of 1000 Faces, through which he can reach any subject in need of his advice. No secret or piece of knowledge can hide from him long; to him Your Mind is an Open Book. He has to exercise caution, however, as he falls in Love with Humanity too easily, and can quickly turn from benevolent predator to stricken prey.

A Day in the Life

A boy of no more than 8 stands on the top of a metal railing, balancing himself as best as he can. A girl, likely 10, is not paying attention to the boy, instead focused intently on a book in front of her. From the next room, Rebecca takes a step into view of the boy and raises her voice over towards the boy.

"Nathaniel! Get off of there!"

The surprise on Nathaniel's face, the sudden turn by the girl and Rebecca knew something would happen. It always does. She was already setting down her books as Nathaniel began to wave his arms, losing his balance and flailing to try to regain it. Without thinking, Rebecca's hands both move to the right as a gentle force pushes Nathaniel to the side of the girl, and unfortunately for the boy, a sturdy wooden table.

"She told you before not to do that."

"Not now, Elizabeth. Is he alright?" Nathaniel's eyes begin to well up in tears as the pain from the fall kicks into him. Rebecca is already there, trying to comfort the boy. As much as he shouldn't be climbing up there, has no one else been there, it could have been much worse. Nathaniel's forehead shows the sign of a gash, one that hasn't been noticed yet by either of the children.

"Don't worry yourself, Nathaniel. It will be okay. It's just a scratch." Before either child could think about it too much, Rebecca's hands are on the wound, which quickly heals under the light of her hand and the sun. "Now, I did tell you not to do that. If you want to practice your balance, find a place closer to the ground. Now, we have to get back to arithmetic, unless you want to talk to your parents?"

Elizabeth sighs in the background as Nathaniel shakes his head. Elizabeth speaks up as she looks at Rebecca. "Why arithmetic? Father says it isn't important.."

"And what does Father say about that book on Greek Mythology that you were just reading?" Elizabeth and Rebecca share a playful moment before the lesson begins in earnest, the three of them surrounding the table.