Bubonem ex Miscellanea
Hermetic Name: Bubonem ex Miscellanea
Roman and Thebes Tribunal
Reputation: Troublemaker Quaesitor 2 (Roman), Upstanding Quaesitor and Teacher 4(Thebes)
Preferred Topics: Magic Theory, Teaching, Intellego
Originally, Bubonem ex Miscellanea was a young magus in Rome, who was very active and keen in proving himself and solving problems. It did seem no matter how much he tried the Magi of the Tribunal did not accept his work - often his successes were attributed to his allies, and unrelated failures tied to him, a mere hedge wizard in civilized land. It was a reputation he was unable to shake for a long time, even after a traveling Guernicus began training him as a Quaesitor; a pity case, the peers called it.
Bubonem was an idealist, however, and finally given a modicum of power and self-guidance, he spoke with his superiors and moved his residence to the Theban Tribunal. There, his reputation was not at disadvantage from his mentor's history. Though he was a foreign magus, he learned the local language and customs, pleased by the stronger examples of Tribunal cohesiveness displayed. He took in foundling apprentices whose original masters were lost during training, and developed a record as a teacher as well as investigator. He would have been quite renowned, if he hadn't had a disadvantage of primarily speaking Latin, but he was content with no longer being disregarded.
Design Notes: This is actually a character from one of my players, used with his permission. Thanks, friend!
An Apprentice's Legacy by Bubonem ex Miscellanea, Teaching Summa in Latin, Level 4 Quality 11
Bubonem wrote this book while he was training his second apprentice. This second apprentice was adopted when another Ex Miscellanea died during the apprentice's training. While he could not fault the others' methods of teaching, Bubonem had more skill with such and found a lot of habits the apprentice had that he would not have accepted. This is a thoughtful work on how teaching leaves an impression on the student for a long, long time.
Gifted Children and Their Habits by Bubonem ex Miscellanea, Teaching tractatus in Latin, Quality 11
This carefully scribed opus is a work that Bubonem gave as a gift to his first filius when the magus heard the man had found an apprentice of his own. The younger magus thanked his parens, then turned around and sold a few copies of the book for extra funding.
Analysis and Examination of Popular Magic by Bubonem ex Miscellanea, Magic Theory tractatus in Latin, Quality 12
A commentary and review of one of the most popular Magic Theory primer books in the Roman tribunal [Level 4 Quality 8], it specifically called out parts of the book that have since been reviewed and disproven by researchers in House Bonisagus, but the work itself was still regularly copied and sold because of a lack of Cow and Calf oath on it. Bubonem released this book during his training as a Quaesitor, and allowed it to be freely copied to try and save young magi from critical errors in experimenting.
The Art of Information by Bubonem ex Miscellanea, Intellego Summa in Latin, Level 19 Quality 13
A work comissioned by the Tribunal to be shared by the younger Quaesitores when Bubonem began to feel Warping and age in his body. He paid an allied Jerbiton for a few ritual spells to increase his capabilities before penning this work. There is a version in Greek at Quality 11.