A good friend of Wirth and Clara.
Wirth and he met 5 years after wirth had begun apprenticeship. By then, Wirth had discovered the power of magic and was in his "book-frenzy" period. This is what helped two so different men to become friends.
He has recently bound a snake caller [[Frakir]] as a familiar.
Characteristics:
Int +4, Per 0, Pre +1, Com +3, Str -2, Sta 0, Dex 0, Qik 0
Size: -1
Age: 25 (25), Height: 115 cm, Weight: 35 kg, Gender: Male
Decrepitude: 0
Warping Score: 0 (0)
Confidence: 2 (5)
Virtues and Flaws:
- Affinity with Rego, The Gift, Good Teacher, Good Writer, Great Intelligence, Hermetic Magus, Improved Characteristics, Puissant Magic Theory, Self-Confident (Confidence: +1), Driven (Become a great hermetic author), Small Frame (usual size, but very light build), Twilight Prone, Unbearable to Divine Beings (Penalty: -3 to social interactions with Divine Beings)
Personnality Traits:
Pedant +2, Friendly +2
Reputations:
Hermetic Prestige (The Order) 3
Arts
Sylvain specialises in 4 arts: muto, rego, mentem and vim. He's very interested about the rôle of human spirit and will in the hermetic magic.
Equipment:
The Eye’s Mind
Intellego Tractatus; Quality 9
Author: Sylvain of Bonisagus (Com +3)
Features: Well Scribed and Flap Bound
The Eye of Agamotto
Mentem Summa; Level 7, Quality 12
Author: Tressa of Tremere (Com +3, Mentem 20)
Features: Well Bound, Well Scribed, Well Illustrated
It’s from the Andorra collection, and he figures such a high quality book is easily a worthy trade for the Sylph.
The other one is not for trade at any price. He invested quite a bit in making a copy of this humble tractatus, copied from the original at Andorra. It is a historically famous tractatus, and he is very proud to show it off to you.
The Trial of Apollo
Ignem & Oder of Hermes Lore/Code of Hermes Tractatus: Quality 12 & 6/6
Author: Joseph of Flambeau (Com +2, Good Teacher)
Gloss by Syl of Bonisagus (Com +3)
Features: Well Bound, Well Scribed, Well Illustrated, Gloss
History: A Masterpiece, in which Joseph uses a didactic dialectic to teach the Art of Ignem through the tale of a fictitious magus named Apollo Magnus. In the tale, Apollo is placed on trial at tribunal for his exceedingly war like ways. In the telling of his deeds, Apollo describes his use of the Art of Ignem. In the end, Apollo is found innocent of the most grievous accusations, and many of his other actions were either justified or petty. His is fined vis for the petty offenses, and comes away with a deep sense of contemplation and a resolve to be more prudent in the future.
This book constitutes the bulk of two tractati, and it takes two seasons to study it thoroughly for a total of 24 experience points; 12 in Ignem, and 6 each in Order of Hermes Lore and Code of Hermes. As a more precise breakdown (to apply specific Virtues and Flaws), treat the book as a Quality 12 tractati that can be studied twice. Each time it is studied, half of the experience points are applied to Ignem, and the other half are split evenly between the other two abilities (and I count half points, so keep track).