Salamandrus

(Last update: 26/09/96)

(this page written by Phil Tollinton)

Salamandrus has come from a somewhat shadowy background. His parents were Diabolists and his parens has been discredited. He now hates demons and is devoting his life to their destruction. He has had little dealing with the Divine and has severe problems with it.

Basic Stats

Name: Salamandrus
House: Tremere
Parens: (unknown)
Gender: Male
Current Year: 1240
Decrepitude: 0
Size: 0
Confidence: 3
Height: 5'10
Weight: 170lb

Appearance

Salamandrus' appearance is something to be seen, or not if you want to hold onto the contents of your stomach. Fortunately he wears a silver mask to hide his features. He normally wears a black robe with large hood and has recently gained pointed furry ears. With greying hair, he looks a little older than he is, probably due to his rather dark life.

Origins

Stonehenge Tribunal, but to escape his past, he has moved to Provencal.

Characteristics

Int: +4 (Creative)
Per: +2 (Sharp eyed)
Str: 0
Stm: +1 (Tireless legs)
Prs: N/A (Shifty eyes)
Com: 0
Dex: 0
Qik: +3 (Fast)

Personality Traits

Brave: +2/-2 (Demons/anything else)
Follower: -2
Devoted: +2
Insensitive: +2
Faithful: +2
Paranoid: +2
Bat-like: +2
Malicious: +2

Reputations

Diabolist (Quaesitores): 1 (Stonehenge)
Outlaw: 2 (Provence)
Demonic: 1 (Covenfolk)

Virtues and Flaws

Book Learner +1
Affinity (Demons) +2
Affinity (Vim) +3
Strong Willed +1
Inventive Genius +1
Second Sight +1
Knack (Certamen) +1
Diabolic Upbringing -2
Discredited Lineage -2
Disfigured -1
Enemy (Diabolic Magi) -1
Dark Secret -1
Deleterious Circumstances, uncommon and severe (Divine aura > 4) -3
Blatant Gift (from Twilight)
Taint of Evil (from Familiar)
Automatic Magic - things can just crumble when he touches them (from Twilight)

Abilities

Include:

Hermes History (Demonic plots) 2
Hermes Lore (Tremere) 3
Scribe Latin 3
Speak Latin 5
Occult Lore (Demons) 4

Magical Stats

Twilight Points: 14

Abilities

Certamen (Perdo) 5
Magic Theory (Creating spells) 5
Parma Magica (Rego) 4
Affinity (Demons) 11
Affinity (Vim) 9

Wizard's Sigil

Everyone near him feel slightly on edge.

Arts

Creo 3
Intellego 4
Muto 3
Perdo 19
Rego 17
Animal 11
Aquam 0
Auram 0
Corpus 2
Ignem 0
Imaginem 0
Mentem 0
Terram 0
Vim 18

Spells

Include:

Circular Ward vs Demons (ReVi Lv50)
Demon's Eternal Oblivion (PeVi Lv45)
Wind of Mundane Silence (PeVi Lv35)

Combat Stats

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

Magic Items

Talisman

Circular ward vs demons (ReVi 80)

Ring of Protection

Shield against the Magics of Hell (ReVi 70)

Notes

It was the final showdown between Malinbois and the Devourer and things were not going too well. Several of the grogs and companions were under the effects of spells cast by Dark Magi and both Salamandrus' DEO and the newly created Wand of Demonic Destruction (DEO Lv 39) were not having any effect. Thus Salamandrus decided that he had to do something. Fortunately he had foreseen such an occurance and had taken a few pawns of vis with him. He rummaged around in a few pouches and cast a spontaneous DEO with 26 pawns of vis! The 104th level spell sent the Devourer reeling back, but not back to Hell. Just before Salamandrus was going to cast the killing DEO, the demon struck back by immolating him. Fortunately Salamandrus proved remarkably resilient to this and received only medium wounds. It was at this point that Salamandrus (somewhat on fire) spotted the two other demons and one of the Watchers. Through Salamandrus' spell, he had reduced the Devourer to a Might level below that of a Greater demon, and thus these demons and the Watcher were here to demote the Devourer and take it back to Hell.

Having dispatched the Devourer back to Hell, Salamandrus was left on medium wounds from the immolation and was on medium wounds that were temporarily cured by CHT, which would put him in a rather bad position come sun up. He decided that the only course was to Wind of Mundane Silence the CHT's and then have Saeed cast a CHT with vis. However what with his heavily wounded state, this was not as easy as it seemed. After casting the Wind of Mundane Silence, the pain returned. Saeed cast the CHT but Salamandrus felt his life slipping away. It was at this point that he heard the recently deceased friar say "God has need of you yet, my son", and with that Salamandrus regained a grip on his life force and eventually returned to the living.

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