Toymaker

The Toymaker

Athena's answer to the problem posed by Akakios is to get him mentored by a reputable necromancer. The Toymaker is that necromancer.

The Toymaker was a humble craftsman in Toulouse when, in the early 12th century, he received two visions from Saint Gertrude of Nivelles. The first granted him supernatural abilities and his Gift; the second sent him into Normandy, where he cooperated with other chosen individuals to defeat a plague of corporeal and spiritual undead. These heroic magi banded together to become the Donatores Requietas Aeterna, the "Bringers of Eternal Rest," a brotherhood of magi who ended up joining House Ex Miscellanea soon after.

As one of the surviving founders of the Donatores, the Toymaker is highly respected by his own brethren and by his House, but the Donatores are generally held in great suspicion by Quaesitores, who consider them to be spies working on behalf of the Pope. The Donatores are dominated by Christians and many are clergy; they continue to recruit actively from among the religious class.

The Toymaker was never a clergyman, but he is a devout lay Christian. He is quiet by nature and soft-spoken, but authoritative when it comes to his field of expertise. Portly of build and gray-haired, he has a full beard and walks with the help of a cane.

Over the years, the Toymaker has become obsessive about his many protections against evil spirits, which he insists are raised and sent against him by "the Cult of the Dead," a mysterious conspiracy about which he reveals little. The Cult of the Dead is something of a bogeyman, held responsible for every outbreak of the walking dead or ghosts which occurs anywhere in Normandy or Stonehenge.

The arrangement brokered by Athena places the Toymaker in charge of a chapter house of Icy North, housed in the Tower of Solomon, a Jewish archmagus now deceased. Akakios is the only other member of this covenant, but all decision making power is vested in the Toymaker. For one season each year, the Toymaker is obliged to teach Akakios Arts or spells, a duty for which he is fairly compensated with vis.

Age 135 (Born 1080)

Size 0

Confidence 1 (3)

Warping 8 (20)

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

Virtues (+6) Gentle Gift (+3); Hermetic Magus (+0); Banishing (+0), Minor Magical Focus: Spirits and Ghosts (+0), Puissant Banishing (+1), Second Sight (+1), Sense Holiness/Unholiness (+1)

Flaws (-6): Compulsion -- Protecting himself against the restless dead (-1), Nocturnal (-1), Offensive to Animals (-1), Plagued by Supernatural Entity -- Ghosts (-3), Restriction -- Cannot cast spells on Holy Ground (-0)

Abilities (1,015) Artes Liberales 1, Awareness 4, Banishing 5+2, Bargain 3, Carouse 2, Charm 3, Concentration 2, Church Lore 2, Craft: Toymaker 5, Dominion Lore 3, Faerie Lore 3, Folk Ken 4, Infernal Lore 4, Latin 4, Leadership 2, Magic Lore 3, Magic Theory 6, Normandy Lore 1, Parma Magica 4, Penetration 4, Provencal 5, Provencal Lore 3, Second Sight 5, Sense Holiness/Unholiness 4, Teaching 4

Arts (1,469) Cr 10, In 15, Mu 10, Pe 15, Re 20; An 6, Aq 6, Au 6, Co 11, He 6, Ig 6, Im 6, Me 35 (630), Te 6, Vi 11

Lab Total Tech + Form + 12 (Int 2 + Magic Theory 6 + Aura 4)

Spells (got no free spells, 1,050)

Bind Wounds +22 (CrCo 10)

Charm Against Putrefaction +22 (CrCo 10)

Purification of the Festering Wounds +22 (CrCo 20)

Revealed Flaws of the Mortal Flesh +26 (InCo 10)

Whispers Through the Black Gate +26 (InCo 15)

The Inexorable Search +26 (InCo 20)

Eyes of the Cat +17 (MuCo[An] 5)

Dust to Dust +29 (PeCo 15), Mastery 2: Fast-Cast, Multiple Casting

Lifting the Dangling Puppet +32 (ReCo 15)

Ward Against the Magical Dead +32 (ReCo 20)

Ward Against the Faerie Dead +32 (ReCo 20)

Ward Against the Divine Dead +32 (ReCo 20)

Ward Against the Magical Dead +32 (ReCo 30)

Ward Against the Faerie Dead +32 (ReCo 30)

Ward Against the Divine Dead +32 (ReCo 30)

Ward Against Mundane Flesh +32 (ReCo 30)

Sight of the Transparent Motive +51 (InMe 10)

Posing the Silent Question +51 (InMe 20)

Thoughts Within Babble +51 (InMe 25)

Peering into the Mortal Mind +51 (InMe 30)

Vision of the Haunting Spirits +46 (MuMe 40)

Lay to Rest the Haunting Spirit +53 (PeMe 15), Mastery 2: Multiple Casting, Penetration

Ring of Warding Against Spirits +56 (ReMe 20)

Ring of Warding Faerie Spirits +56 (ReMe 20)

Ring of Warding Divine Spirits +56 (ReMe 20)

Aura of Rightful Authority +56 (ReMe 20)

Coerce the Spirits of the Night +56 (ReMe 25)

Incantation of Summoning the Dead +56 (ReMe 40)

Ring of Warding Against Spirits +56 (ReMe 40)

Ring of Warding Faerie Spirits +56 (ReMe 40)

Ring of Warding Divine Spirits +56 (ReMe 40)

Sense the Nature of Vis +27 (InVi 5)

The Invisible Eye Revealed +27 (InVi 20)

Piercing the Faerie Veil +27 (InVi 20)

Piercing the Infernal Veil +27 (InVi 20)

Piercing the Divine Veil +27 (InVi 20)

Piercing the Magical Veil +27 (InVi 20)

Demon's Eternal Oblivion +29 (PeVi 15), Mastery 2: Multiple-Casting, Penetration

Unraveling the Fabric of Mentem +27 (PeVi 30)

Unraveling the Fabric of Corpus +27 (PeVi 30)

Gather the Essence of the Beast +32 (ReVi 15)

Circular Ward Against Demons +32 (ReVi 20)

Aegis of the Hearth +32 (ReVi 20)

Circular Ward Against Demons +32 (ReVi 30)

Aegis of the Hearth +32 (ReVi 35)

XP 125 + 450 + 3,000 = 3,575

The Toymaker's Spells

Ward Against Mundane Flesh

This spell creates a Circle ward against human beings without Might. This includes many animated corpses whose motive power comes from Hermetic magic or other spells.

(Base 15, +1 Touch, +2 Ring)