Emmett

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Concept Prodigal brother with prophetic dreams no one believes
Name Emmett
Brief Description Emmett ran away from his apprenticeship to go on a pilgrimage/adventure. When he began having prophetic dreams of impending danger after sleeping at a shrine, he returned home. Dismissed as an irresponsible attention-seeker, he couldn't get anyone to believe his dreams and then his farm was burned, his mother and sister killed, and his father kidnapped...

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B4

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B10

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PTGS

Su: B3

Li: B5

Mi: B7

Se: B8

Tr: B9

Mo: B10

Age 19
Lifepaths Village Born, Apprentice, Pilgrim
Skills Brawling B1, Doctrine B2, Mending B2, Potter B2, Read B2, Throwing B2, Alms-wise B2, Relic-wise B3, Religious Rumor-wise B3, Road-wise B3, Shrine-wise B2
Gear Clothes, shoes, traveling gear, book of religious stories (personal effect)
Affiliations
Reputations Eager audience (Local Shrines) +1D
Relationships Reginald the wandering friar (minor, cousin)

Weapon Type	I	M	S	Add	VA	WS	Strike Dist
Bare Fist	B2	B3	B4	2	-	3	Shortest
Branch	B3	B5	B7	2	-	2	-

Ranged	DoF	I	M	S	VA	Optimal	Extreme	Max Range
Rock (thrown)	1-3/4-5/6	B2	B3	B4	-	1D	1D	30 paces

Notes ¹ Two-handed, may not be used with a shield. ² May Great Strike.

Beliefs

1. I failed to understand my dreams correctly and my mother and sister are dead, therefore I will ask Father Bertram for help interpreting my dreams
2. Reith intimidates me because our father wishes he had been the oldest son instead of me, therefore I will impress Reith with my well-traveled experience.
3. I will earn Father's forgiveness for running away to follwo the gods by becoming a respected seeker of truth (or even a saint): The gods have shown me that I must protect the prince and lead him to safety.

Instincts

1. Always read from my religious stories book every night.
2. Whenever someone brings up dreams or omens, tell them about my dreams.
3. Always eavesdrop on interesting conversations.

Traits Char: Call of Aventure, Collector, Die: Broken In, Dreamer

Artha: Fate: 1, Persona: 0

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Named Contacts (from Circles tests)

• SessionOne
  • Bertram, river boat captain (Times Circled: 1)

Enemies (from enmity clauses)

• SessionOne
  • Old caretaker of shrine to St. Arwyn in Rothbury-on-Wrye (Times Circled: 1)
  • Drunk priest of local chapel in Rothbury-on-Wrye (Times Circled: 1)
• SessionTwo
  • Father Patrik - I confided to Father Patrik about my dreams on my pilgrimage, hoping for help. He believes they are messages from the Devil and that I'm secretly working in his service (Times Circled: 1)

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Current Advancement Log (R/D/C)

• Perception: (-/1/0) - Need -/2/1
• Power: (-/0/1) - Need -/2/1
• Speed: (-/2/0) - Need -/3/1
• Will: (-/1/3) - Need -/2/1

• Circles: (1/1/0) - Need 2/(1 or 1)
• Steel: (0/1/0) - Need 3/(2 or 1)

• Brawling: (0/0/2) - Need 1/(1 or 1)
• Doctrine: (0/1/1) - Need 2/(1 or 1)
• Read: (0/0/1) - Need 2/(1 or 1)
• Relic-wise: (1/0/0) - Need 3/(2 or 1)
• Religious Rumors-wise: (2/0/0) - Need 3/(2 or 1)
• Shrine-wise: (3/0/0) - Need 2/(1 or 1)

Skills being opened

• Falsehood: Tests - 1 (Apt - 7)
• Intimidation: Tests - 1 (Apt - 7)
• Persuasion: Tests - 1 (Apt - 7)
• Streetwise: Tests - 1 (Apt - 6)

Artha spent

• SessionOne
  • Doctrine: Spent 1 Persona and 1 Fate praying at the shrine of Saint Gnostus for Guidance (Faith miracle through a relic) to find a way into the city
• SessionTwo
  • Streetwise: Spent 1 Fate looking for guards
  • Falsehood: Spent 1 Fate lying to a guard to convince him to follow me alone
  • Doctrine: Spent 1 Persona praying at the shrine of Saint Cassian for Guidance (Faith miracle through a relic) to find our father

Tests Log (just for fun and later reference)

• SessionOne
  • Shrine-wise: 2D vs. Ob 1 (Routine) - Linked test to help Circle the shrine's caretaker (succeeded)
  • Circles: 2D vs. Ob 2 (Difficult) - Test to find the shrine's caretaker (failed - enmity clause)
  • Persuasion: 3D vs. Ob 10(!) (Challenging) - Beginner's Luck Persuasion test to get caretaker to help him anyway (failed)
  • Speed: 5D vs. Ob 2 (Routine) - Race to grab the bag of coins first (versus test vs. Reith). Since it's a stat, Routine tests don't count for advancement (won after a Power test to break a tie)
  • Circles: 1D vs. Ob 1 (Routine) - Looked for a river boat captain willing to take passengers (success--named the captain Bertram)
    • Advanced Circles to B2!
  • Will: 3D vs. Ob 2 (Willy rolled 4, but it was untrained) (Difficult) - Helped Reith in versus test against Willy over whether to use our cash dice to buy Willy a sword (lost)
  • Will: 3D vs. Ob 6 (Challenging) Helped Reith make a Beginner's Luck Lying roll to convince Captain Bertram that we were guards and to hire us (succeeded)
  • Religious Rumors-wise: 3D vs. Ob 2 (Routine) Declare that Father Bertram is a renowned interpreter of prophetic dreams and is in the region (a Linked Test for the following Circles test) (succeeded)
  • Circles: 3D vs. Ob 3 (Difficult) Looking for a priest in the local chapel who can give me an idea where to look for Father Bertram (failed - enmity clause)
  • Intimidation: 3D vs. Ob ??? (Challenging) - Beginner's Luck Intimidation test to get the priest to help him anyway (failed)
  • Steel: 3D vs. Ob 3 (Difficult) Situational test for advancement only for getting beat up badly.
  • Health: 5D vs. Ob 2 (Routine) Recovering from Light wound (failed--pain and penalty lasts 19 hours: 24 - Forte B5)
    • Health is B5 so routine tests don't count for advancement
  • Shrine-wise: 2D vs. Ob 1 (Routine) - Declared that there's a shrine to Saint Gnostus within a mile of the city and that the Highlanders won't harass the shrine or pilgrims heading to it, even in the middle of war, since that would be sacrilege (succeeded)
  • Will: 3D vs. Ob 5 (Challenging) - Helped Willy try to Persuade Highlander guards that he didn't kill a Highlander to get his sword (failed)
  • Doctrine: 5D (plus 1 Persona and 1 Fate) vs. Ob 5 (Difficult) - Prayed for Guidance (as Faith) at the shrine of Saint Gnostus - found a hidden tunnel leading towards the city (succeeded)

• SessionTwo
  • Streetwise: 4D vs. Ob 2 (Routine) - Beginner's Luck test as the first part of a Linked test to find city guards and lure one back to subdie and interrogate (Succeeded)
  • Falsehood: 4D vs. Ob Ob 4 (Ob 7 with BL) (Difficult) - Beginner's Luck test to convince a guard to follow me by himself to where Reith was waiting to ambush him. (Failed)
  • Brawling: 1D vs. Ob 3 (Challenging) - Help dice to Reith in Versus Brawling test to subdue a guard (failed)
  • Perception: 4D vs. Ob 4 (Difficult) - Help dice to Willy to tell which way leads from the castle to the city (succeeded)
  • Will: 3D vs. Ob 4 (Challenging) - Help dice to Willy to convince the major domo that we're servants (failed)
  • Will: 3D vs. Ob 4 (Challenging) - Help Reith wedge a dresser in the stairway so we can escape (failed)
  • Relic-wise: 4D vs. Ob 2 (Routine) - Wise test to say that a major shrine to Saint Cassian is in the fortress and has a relic inside of it (succeeded)
  • Shrine-wise: 4D vs. Ob 2 (Routine) - Wise test to declare that the shrine of Saint Cassian will be in the chapel in the middle of the top floor of the fortress (succeeded)
  • Read: 2D vs. Ob 3 (Challenging) - Read to the crown-prince to convince him trust us; Helping Reith lie (failed)
  • Brawling: 1D vs. Ob 2 (Challenging) - Read to the crown-prince to convince him trust us; Helping Reith lie (succeeded)
  • Doctrine: 4D +1D Persona vs. Ob 5 (Challenging) - Prayed at a relic for Guidance to find out father (failed)
  • Speed: 5D vs Ob 5 (Difficult) - Trying to escape the castle with the prince without getting caught by the Highlanders (Helped Willy - "loudest and slowest" rules) (succeeded)
  • Power: 3D vs Ob 4 (Challenging) - Climb down the wall of the keep without getting caught by the Highlanders (Helped Reith) (failed)
  • Speed: 5D vs Ob 4 (Difficult) - Help Willy in Versus test to run away from Highlanders (failed)
  • Religious Rumors-wise: 3D vs Ob 1 (Routine) - Linked test into a Circles test below (succeeded)
  • Circles: 4D vs. Ob 2 (Routine) - Recognize a fellow prisoner from my pilgrimage and chat about the latest religious rumors about Citivas, the Highlander attack, the prince, etc. (failed)
  • Doctrine: 2D vs. Ob ??? (???) - Push a crowd to riot and help Reith rescue the prince (???)