Helena Vitalis

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One of the Covenant's newer members, Helena is a studious Bonisagus, specialising in Corpus, with an interest in necromancy (and creating life in general). She joined at the beginning of 1232.

Basic Stats

Name: Helena Vitalis
House: Bonisagus
Parens: Felix Necronimus
Gender: Female
Current Year: 1241
Age: 35
Year Born: 1206
Decrepitude: 0
Size: 0
Confidence: 3
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 125 lbs

Appearance

She has shoulder length light brown hair and green eyes. She wears a serious expression on a face which is usually furrowed in thought. She typically wears a heavy red cloak over a plain brown dress.

Origins

She was trained by Felix Necronimus at Mistridge. He was an unpleasant master, and Helena kept her head down amongst his books whenever possible.

Characteristics

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Virtues and Flaws

Abilities

Magical Stats

Twilight Points: 2
Longevity Potion: -8* (preserves fertility at the solstices / equinoxes)
Casting Speed: Slow Caster, +1
Targeting: +4

Abilities

Wizard's Sigil

All of her spells have a minor side effect to do with bodily preservation, such as the smell of embalming fluid.

Arts

Spells

Combat Stats

Soak: -1
Fatigue: -1
Dodge: 0
Load: 0
Encumbrance: 0
Body Levels: OK 0 -1 -3 -5 I
Fatigue Levels: OK 0 -1 -3 -5 I

Notes

Due to Helena's Cyclic Magic, her magic is strongest during summer, and weakest in winter. Correspondingly, Creo is her primary Technique, but she finds Perdo very hard. She does not take after her master in that respect. Some of Felix's interest in necromancy has rubbed off on her, but she is also interested in other areas, such as healing. Ultimately, she hopes to be able to create independent life. The first stage in this process was the invention of her first spell, The Immaculate Conception. She hopes this will cause her to become pregnant, creating a child without a father. Creating a child without a mother could be a lot more difficult, however...

On her return trip from the Tribunal at Doissetep, she spent a couple of weeks talking to the old Criamon Lucas, who began to teach her about the Enigma. She has been out on a couple of expeditions not far from the covenant, but mostly prefers to stay in her lab.

After being paid to create a Longevity potion for Id, and persuading Salamandrus to swap some of the covenant's vis (at a very unfavourable rate) Helena has finally managed to scrape together 3 pawns of Creo and 3 pawns of Corpus vis to test out her new spell. The ritual was cast at midday on the summer solstice in 1236, that being the time when her magic is strongest. It appears to have made her pregnant, and the birth is expected in the spring...

Sure enough, Helena the Younger was born, exactly on time, at the spring equinox. Most strangely, the child did not cry at birth. The baby seems to be perfect in every respect, but is still rather unusual. It doesn't seem to think like other babies - it doesn't dream - and it follows a rigid, predictable pattern of behaviour each day. As it grows older, it looks more and more like its mother. The child seems to be stongly Gifted, but Helena is waiting to see how she will turn out.

Helena has recently been filling in her background knowledge of the Arts - necessary if she is to train her daughter as her own apprentice. She has also made several longevity potions, including one for herself.

Helena is currently away somewhere in the Tribunal of the Levant, seeking out Madeleine so that she can learn about the Scarlet Cord.

Unbeknowst to Helena, her daughter Helena the Younger is actually a DEMON!!!

See also Helena's Essay on Techniques and Requisites, which she wrote as part of her Gauntlet at Mistridge.

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