Tolides of Flambeau

Concept: The apprentice of a marched Infernalist, he is obsessed with darkness and cold as a result of the influence of demons that still surround him, waiting for him to fall.

Born a Silesian bond-slave, Tolides of Flambeau served his tormenting master in the performance of all kinds of malicious deeds in service to the Infernal powers, spreading fear and terror in eastern Europe. As he served, the darkness took hold in his soul, until he truly was as evil as his victims believed him. With his conscience dead and his fear of his master fading, he seized the opportunity to aid the Quaesitores of the Order when his powerful mentor was Marched. This momentous decision made Tolides a sinister husk of a young magus, unable to cope with his ownerless freedom, or to fit into a Hermetic or mundane environment. Cursed by his heritage to only exist in places where the sun never shines, he now lives at the fringe of society, clinging to his studies in the hope of finding oblivion some day. Tolides is formally a member of House Flambeau, but maintains no ties to the politics of the Order. His Housemates are not keen to claim him as one of them.

Having never known love, but only the foul and heinous whisperings of the Infernal, Tolides' mind resembles a wild beast's. He is a predator well trained in the art of destruction, but a cornered animal nonetheless. From his earliest youth he was raised to regard the Church as his greatest enemy, and the idea of seeking salvation does not occur to him. Unable to depart from his nightmarish course, Tolides, just like his master before him, is likely to be Marched. Tolides' fate is tragic insofar as he, being a feral hunter rather than a sly plotter, has no real desire for power beyond what is necessary to secure his meager existence. He seeks peace and tranquility through the perfection of his art, but is unlikely to obtain either.

Characteristics: Int +2, Per +1, Pre 0, Com –2, Str +1, Sta +2, Dex +1, Qik +1

Size: 0

Age: 21 (21)

Decrepitude: 0

Warping Score: 1 (0)

Confidence Score: 1 (3)

Virtues and Flaws: The Gift; Hermetic Magus; Affinity with Perdo, See in Darkness, Lesser Immunity: Cold, Life Boost, Lightning Reflexes, Minor Magical Focus: darkness, Puissant Art: Perdo*, Quiet Magic 2x, Rapid Convalescence, Skilled Parens; Dark Secret: Diabolism, Deficient Technique: Creo; Infamous Master, Nocturnal, Lesser Malediction (Susceptibility to Sunlight), Warped Magic (darkness unfolds)

* House Virtue

Personality Traits: Sinister +2, Temperate +2, Depressed +1, Emotional –1

Reputations: none

Combat:

Dagger: Init +1, Attack +5, Defense +3, Dam-

age +4

Fist: Init +1, Attack +3, Defense +3, Damage +1

Soak: +2

Fatigue Levels: OK, 0, –1, –3, –5, Unconscious