Athena Alpina

Athena Alpina scholae Guernicus (in 1212)

Athena is the senior ranking Quaesitor in the Greater Alps and is known for her even-handed treatment ('blatant favoritism') of House Tremere. She is an Intellego specialist interested in trading contracts and Hermetic economics, resides at the Icy North motherhouse, and is briefly described in Sanctuary of Ice (p.45).

Athena has taught two apprentices in her long life and has performed her duty as Quaesitor with distinction. She focuses on settling disputes between magi privately and out of Tribunal, but has increasingly used her powerful Intellego magics to get to the root of criminal accusations. She is not a fighter, and leaves that to potent Hoplites like Hugh of Flambeau. Her familiar is an Owl of Virtue named Sophia.

After the rise of Grigori and his Shadow Magi, Athena spent some time building up defenses against demons and then acquired an arsenal of spells designed for Wizard's War. In addition to Opening the Intangible Tunnel and its Diameter-duration cousin Minute of Reckoning, she can detect tunnel spells used against her (Flesh Crawls at the Intangible Touch), close them (Break the Siege) and attack through the Tunnel with Breaking the Shield, Searing Touch, and Slap of Absent Magic. She uses Maintain the Demanding Spell to keep an Intangible Tunnel open, and spontaneously casts non-fatiguing Intellego magic to see her target when she wants to spy on them.

She has the arcane connections to all three of the apprentices in Grigori's camp: Ilsa, Martin, and Akakios. She uses these connections to spy on Grigori's activities using Summoning the Distant Image.

Age 117 (68)

Confidence 1 (3)

Warping 6 (16)

Virtues & Flaws (+7) Hermetic Magus; The Gift; Affinity for Intellego (+1), Clear Thinker (+1), Flawless Magic (+3), Hermetic Prestige (0), Improved Characteristics (+1), Puissant Intellego (+1); Ability Block: Martial (-1), Judged Unfairly (-1), Temperate (-1), Unimaginative Learner (-1), Waster of Vis (-3)

Int +3, Per +2, Pre +1, Com 0, Str -1, Sta +1, Dex 0, Qik 0

Abilities Alps Lore 2, Artes Liberales 5 (mathematics), Awareness 5 (Scrying), Bargain 5 (vis), Civil and Canon Law 5 (contracts), Code of Hermes 7 (contracts), Concentration 5 (spells), Finesse 5 (Intellego), Folk Ken 5, Hermes Lore 5, Intrigue 3, Infernal Lore 3, Italian 5, Latin 5, Magic Theory 7 (4) (Intellego), Parma Magica 6 (Intellego), Penetration 5 (3) (Intellego), Philosophiae 5 (moral), Roman Lore 5, Teaching 5 (apprentice)

Arts Cr 10, In 32+3, Mu 10, Pe 12, Re 12; An 11, Aq 11, Au 10, Co 12, He 10, Ig 10, Im 14, Me 11, Te 11, Vi 15

Lab Total Form + Tech + 34 (Int 3 + Magic Theory 7 + Aura 6 + Lab Quality 4 + Familiar 8 + Apprentice 6)

Spell Mastery Athena's Flawless Magic gives her Mastery 1 with every spell she knows. Unless noted otherwise, assume she has the Acute Sense Mastery Ability, described in HoH:TL p.71, for all InV spells and Penetration for all other Intellego spells.

Spells

Opening the Tome of the Animal's Mind (InAn 25)

Eyes of the Bat (InAu 25)

Voice of the Lake (InAq 25)

Enchantment of the Scrying Pool (InAq 30)

True Sight of the Air (InAu 15)

Whispering Wind (InAu 15)

Revealed Flaws of the Mortal Flesh (InCo 10)

Whispers Through the Black Gate (InCo 15)

The Inexorable Search (InCo 20)

Sight of the Molting Magus (InCo 25)

Eye of the Sage (InCo 30)

Sight of the True Form (InCo 30)

Leap of the Homecoming +26 (ReCo 35) Mastery 1: Fast-Cast

Shriek of the Impending Shafts (InHe 15)

Converse with Plant and Tree (InHe 25)

Searing Touch (CrIg 5) Mastery 1: Multiple Casting

Pilum of Fire +22 (CrIg 20) Mastery 1: Magic Resistance

Words of Flickering Flame (InIg 35)

Eyes of the Eagle (InIm 25)

The Ear for Distant Voices (InIm 20)

Summoning the Distant Image (InIm 25)

The Discerning Eye (InIm 45)

Wizard's Sidestep +28 (ReIm 10) Mastery 1: Fast-Cast

Perception of the Conflicting Motives (InMe 15)

Posing the Silent Question (InMe 20)

The Whole from the Part (InMe 20)

Liar's Chime (InMe 25)

Thoughts Within Babble (InMe 25)

Ear of Truth (InMe 30)

Slap of Absent Magic (PeMe 10) Mastery 1: Penetration

Eyes of the Treacherous Terrain (InTe 15)

Peering into the Mortal Mind (InMe 30)

Tracks of the Faerie Glow (InTe 25)

Sense the Feet that Tread the Earth (InTe 30)

Tell of the Forged (InTe 45)

Bitter Taste of Betrayal (InVi 15)

Piercing the Magic Veil (InVi 20)

Flesh Crawls at the Intangible Touch (InVi 30) Mastery 1: Fast-Cast

Impression of the Faded Sigil (InVi 30)

The Invisible Eye Revealed (InVi 30)

Sight of the Active Magics (InVi 40)

Odor of Lingering Magic (InVi 50)

Sight of the Sigil (InVi 50)

Demon's Eternal Oblivion (PeVi 15) (Mastery 2: Multiple Casting, Penetration)

Break the Shield (PeVi 15) Mastery 1: Penetration

Wind of Mundane Silence (PeVi 30) Mastery 1: Penetration

The Master's Message (ReVi 10)

Minute of Reckoning (ReVi 15) Mastery 1: Penetration

Opening the Intangible Tunnel (ReVi 15) Mastery 2: Magic Resistance, Penetration

Break the Siege (ReVi 20) Mastery 1: Fast-Cast

Personal Ward Against Demons (ReVi 25) Mastery 1: Fast-Cast

Maintaining the Demanding Spell (ReVi 30) Mastery 1: Concentration