The Witch's Apprentice

"I know you are a great wizard," Akakios says, the unblinking glow of his lantern staring at the magi. It is unclear which he is talking to. "As such, you must have performed great feats of magic, with which to better the world. An associate of mine has need of such a tale." From the floor of his creaking boat he picks up a large sack that twitches. "I know your legend is grand, and I will need to offer you something grand in return for it. If you give a grand tale of your adventures to me, I shall give to you in return this human child, cast out by a witch as a failure."

Akakios has a witch's apprentice who was sold away. He does not often deal with such things, but sometimes the sales are put in his hands anyway. He is asking for an adventure from the maga who takes the child. Agreeing to this trade, the maga must recite their great adventure deeds to Akakios, who will capture the words in a bag for later. Doing this will take the memory of the adventure out of the maga's mind - no loss of experience gained, but they will be unable to recall what happened, and may forget they went on that adventure at all. He would also reluctantly accept a sum of 25 vis for the child, stating that he does not approve of putting such mundane value on a child's life.

The Witch's Apprentice: This is a young Sicillian girl named Orsola, who was bought by a witch and then sold again. She has the Virtues Frightful Presence (from ROP:F) and Unaging, and the flaw Magical Air. She also can act as a lab assistant, as per Failed Apprentice, but works she assists with tend to have a risk of Warping, since her glamour leaks out of her (If using the Covenants lab rules, she adds warping to the lab). Alternatively, if appropriate for your group, Orsola could be a Gifted child to take as an apprentice.

Akakios has a wealth of extra stocks today: Six scales from a snow wyrm, each worth a pawn of ignem, and cold enough to freeze water with a touch; four wings from a faerie, which still flutter when touched, each worth a pawn of vim; A bisected braid of dwarven beard worth 2 pawns of terram vis; and a hangman's noose worth a pawn of perdo.