The Alabaster-Faced Moon Veiled in Violet Shadows and Crimson Blossoms

Basic Information

Name: Veil
Title: The Alabaster-Faced Moon Veiled in Violet Shadows and Crimson Blossoms
Player: Dan K
Apparent Age: 30
Actual Age: 35
Caste: Twilight Solar
Concept: Historian and Sorceror
Anima: The calculations of Existence float around her.
Likes: Esoteric Mysteries, Wine
Dislikes:
Veil Character Sheet

Languages: Riverspeak (N), Guild Cant, Old Realm, Forest-Tongue, High Realm

Virtues

Primary Virtue: Wonder
Veil is a naturally curious person who finds herself constantly asking why? She is constantly seeking answers on how and why everything works and is the way it is. This inherent desire to understand has shaped every aspect of her life from her time at school to her investments. She also participates in Nathir's natural history society, reads the latest academic articles, and enjoys philosophical debate.

Secondary Virtue: Ambition
Veil was raised by powerful parents who instilled in her a strong sense of self-worth and noblesse oblige. She believes in her own greatness and that it is her responsibility to do great things. Her current ambition is to return the Academy of Athena'Ra to its glory as a place for learning and free-thinking for all free-thinking exalts.

Intimacies

Major Principle: I must discover how and why the Solars fell. (Wonder)
Minor Tie: I want to make my parents proud. (Ambition)
Minor Principle: Hard work should be rewarded. (Ambition)
Minor Tie: Nathir is a center of intellectual curiosity. (Intellectual Appreciation) (Wonder)
Minor Tie: Sour Buckthorn is a hinderance. (Ambition)
Minor Tie: Simon may be a connection to the powers behind the scene. (Ambition)
Minor Tie: Maiden is still working to restore order to Creation despite being made Ages ago. (Wonder)
Minor Tie: Aanya Asadhi is a kindred soul and friend. (Wonder)

Merits

Hearthstone - Primary

• Manse - The Academy of Athena'Ra: The manse of dazzling white marble and glistening gold sits atop of a solid marble plateau that rises above the forest in the Hundred Kingdoms. Numerous buildings, parks, amphitheaters, and forums were carved into the marble, and a small palace sits at the very center of the complex. The buildings feature a classical architectural style with mixed indoor-outdoor spaces, large pillars, and statues of long forgotten heroes. The buildings contain a variety of libraries, studies, galleries, and workshops along with sleeping chambers, kitchens, and other areas that make life possible. The facilities provide a three die bonus to ventures involving intellectual pursuit and education. (Inspiration: Ancient Athens)
• Hearthstone - The Mind Stone: While in possession: The stone creates a perfect record of everything that the bearer perceives with their senses. These records can be either reviewed, or re-lived, at the bearer's pleasure.
  • Evocation - Mind Meld: The bearer can hold the gem against another's skin and give them access to one of these memories. The bearer decides which memories are available and can block certain times and senses. The bearer can not force these memories on a target.

Resources - Secondary

• Veil has substantial investments in a number of bookshops, schools, and scavenging operations in Nathir. She is a fairly active investor in her interests in Nathir. She maintains a small number of investments in Great Forks and Nexus in operations that have provided steady income for years. She is a passive investor in these ventures.
• Veil remains one estate and three apartments. Her primary residence is an estate between Nathir and her manse. It offers a level of opulence in the 100 kingdoms only surpassed by the royal palaces. A couple dozen servants are needed to maintain the grounds, run the kitchen, make repairs, clean, and see to the needs of the mistress and her guests. The grounds include a stable full of prize horses and a small pack of hunting dogs. She regularly hosts emissaries, business partners, and others dinners, parties, and hunts.
• Veil maintains an apartment in Nathir for when she is in the city and does not want to make the trip back to her estate. The apartment has a single servant to maintain it and provide services when the mistress is there. She has similar apartments in Great Forks and Nexus because her investments there require her irregular visits.
• Veil has two servants that travel with her. The first is her lady's maid who makes arrangements, handles minor financial transactions, helps with dressing, etc. The second is the coachman that handles her carriage and acts as a footman as well.
• When making a check involving money, such as bribing or haggling, add rating in extra dice.

Ally - Secondary - Aanya Asadhi

• Veil has a close friendship with the Royal Astronomer of Nod.

Backing - Tertiary - The Guild

• Veil is a member of the Guild in good standing. She has spent her whole life in the Guild but spends little time in Nexus, limiting her power in the organization.
• Add dice equal to rating to all rolls to deal with the organization.
• Once per story, loan equipment with a total Resource rating equal to the rating of the merit.

Contacts - Tertiary - Criminal Elements

• When gathering information on a subject, if that group could feasibly know, add dice equal to this Merit’s rating to your roll. The Storyteller can, and should, also have contacts come forth with information unprompted.