Vilmeid Olsson
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A Red Dwarf from Northern Europe, Vilmeid has a remarkable natural talent for changing form, though he was trained by an illusionist.
Basic Stats
Name: Vilmeid Olsson
House: Bjornaer
Parens: Svartholfi
Gender: Male
Current Year: 1232AD
Age: 32
Year Born: 1200AD
Decrepitude: 0
Size: -2
Confidence: 3
Height: 3' 11"
Weight: 90 lb
Appearance
Vilmeid has trouble meeting most children eye-to-eye. His diminutive body is covered in fine black hair, although this is not readily obvious except on his face (where it can be mistaken for a beard) and hands. His eyes are also striking, taking on the form of those of the last form he assumed, usually brilliant green with vertically-slitted pupils like the eyes of a cat.
He habitually dresses in a soft leather jerkin and boots of thick fur, avoiding the colour red due to superstitions of his kind. He rarely carries any equipment of note because of his frequent changing of form.
Origins
Vilmeid originates from Scandinavia, a land held in contest between the Rhine and Novgorod Tribunals.
Characteristics
- Int: 0
- Per: +2 (Intuitive)
- Str: -2 (Puny)
- Stm: +1 (Tenacious)
- Prs: -1 (Timid)
- Com: 0
- Dex: -2 (Can't Dance)
- Qik: -1 (Slow Reflexes)
Personality Traits
- Cat: +2
- Brave: +0
- Independent: +2
- Curious: +3
- Intolerant to Jests: +2
Reputations
None yet.
Virtues and Flaws
- Heart Beast (Cat) +1
- Ways of the Woods +3
- Knack (Shapechanging) +2
- Rebel Passion +2
- Tough +1
- Mimicry +1
- Dwarf -4
- Weak Writer -1
- Disfigured (Beast eyes and soft fur) -1
- Major Magical Deficiency (Ignem) -3
- Uncommon Fear (being trapped) -1
Abilities
- Speak Nordic (Common speak) 4
- Speak Latin (Hermetic terms) 5
- Speak German (Northern dialects) 3
- Hermes History (House Bjornaer) 1
- Hermes Lore (House Bjornaer) 2
- Scribe Latin (Illumination) 2
- Meditation (In wilderness) 4
- Concentration (In combat) 1
- Mimicry (Animal sounds) 2
- Alertness (Ambushes) 2
- Scan (Forests) 1
- Metalworking (Intricacy) 1
- Survival (Woods) 1
- Rebel Passion (Peers) 2
- Brawl (Defence) 2
- Charm (Women) -3
- Folk Ken (Frenchmen) -3
- Oratory (Tongue-tied) -3
Magical Stats
Twilight Points: 0
Longevity Potion: none
Casting Speed: +2
Targeting: +5
Shapefinding: +16
Abilities
- Certamen (Imaginem) 2
- Finesse (Imaginem) 3
- Magic Theory (Inventing spells) 5
- Parma Magica (Corpus) 3
- Penetration (Muto) 1
- Will Over Form (To feline forms) 5
Wizard's Sigil
An illusionary mouse, which persists for a minute or so.
Effects of Twilight
None yet.
Arts
- Creo 4
- Intellego 0
- Muto 10
- Perdo 0
- Rego 3
- Animal 5
- Aquam 0
- Auram 0
- Corpus 7
- Herbam 0
- Ignem 0
- Imaginem 10
- Mentem 0
- Terram 0
- Vim 1
Spells
- Preternatural Growth and Shrinking (MuCo/An 20)
- Phantasmal Animal (CrAn 20)
- Voice for the Bjornaer (MuCo/An 15)
- Disguise of the Transformed Image (MuIm 15)
- Image of the Inaminate Thing (CrIm 10)
Forms
Nota Bene: Instead of learning spells during his Apprenticeship, Vilmeid spent a lot of time Shapefinding. As a result, he has the following forms:
- A black cat with a white left fore-paw (Heartshape)
- A wild 4-horned goat, with long shaggy hair and a twisted left upper horn (EF 9)
- A scruffy crow, with a white feather in its left wing (EF 10)
- A rat with a torn left ear (EF 7)
- A fierce mountain lynx with a white star below its left eye (EF 11)
Combat Stats
Soak: +4
Fatigue: +1
Dodge: -2
Load: 0
Encumbrance: 0
Body Levels: OK -1 -5 I
Fatigue Levels: OK -1 -5 I
Weapons
None.
Armour
None.
Notes
Vilmeid is descended from the Red Dwarfs, a race of diminutive craftsmen that dwell in the frozen North. The Red Dwarfs are forest dwellers, and craft wood, leather and cloth in the main, unlike their Black cousins, who are primarily metalworkers. It is not clear whether the Dwarfs are fay in nature, or born of the Magical Realm, but they show few "typical" faerie features, if such there is such a thing as a typical faerie.
His mater was a powerful witch by the name of Svartholfi, who entered the Order late in life. Specializing in illusions, Svartholfi nonetheless gained entrance to House Bjornaer by nature of her shapechanging - her tradition (now extinct) also valued the raising of a Heart Beast as part of their training. Red Dwarfs are naturally adept at illusions, and so Svartholfi went to them when it became time for her to raise an apprentice. Vilmeid proved to be more of a typical Bjornaer than his parens - his Heart Beast surfaced before his Gauntlet, and he took many lessons from an aged Bjornaer by the name of Bolth, who walked as a bear when in his other skin. From Bolth's tuition came Vilmeid's remarkable aptitude at shapechanging.
With his Gauntlet passed at Fengheld, Vilmeid went off in search for another magus who hailed from there whom he had heard of - possibly the biggest magus in the Order. With himself being what he was sure must be the smallest, Id filius Praxis intrigued him. Thus he came to Malinbois...
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