Things went downhill from there. Richenda proved intractable to learning the Art of Ignem. Despite her instinctual powers with fire, she could not conjure even the simplest candle flame. Her childhood abilities dwindled as she learnt Hermetic magic, and soon the pleasure that she derived from flames left her as well. Louis nearly gave up in disgust, but felt that this would cause him a great loss of face, as he would be accused of ruining a prodigy. Instead, he tried to give her a firm grounding in all of the arts that he thought were important. Richenda developed a theoretical knowledge of fire magics, but to Louis's disgust, it was Herbam that she proved to be most proficient in. Richenda studied long and hard, spending every spare moment she could trying to overcome her mental block with fire magic, but to no avail. She proved to be a superlative apprentice, being bright and proficient in other arts, but Louis didn't give her the attention she merited.
Richenda is a dark-haired woman with a permanent look of disdain on her face. Recently, her face and manner have softened somewhat, but she has a long way to go. Though she has a reputation as being a failure in her House, they respect her tenacity, and step back when her fury hits. She has managed to put her affinity with plants to inventive use. Her epithet of "Spiny" is very appropriate - she can be as prickly as a thornbush, or display hidden venom. She has a dark, Polish beauty that some men find alluring. She customarily dresses in sultry reds and greens, preferring velvet and fur over wool and linen.
Name: Richenda Spinosa
Parens: Louis de Brabert
House: Flambeau
Age: 26 (apparent 26)
Size: 0
Int | +3 | crafty | Str | 0 | Prs | +1 | enchanting | Dex | +1 | graceful | |
Per | 0 | Sta | 0 | Com | -1 | sarcastic | Qik | +1 | reflexes |
Creo | 10 | Animal | 0 | Ignem | 3 |
Intellego | 2 | Aquam | 0 | Imaginem | 0 |
Muto | 4 | Auram | 2 | Mentem | 0 |
Perdo | 2 | Corpus | 2 | Terram | 2 |
Rego | 8 | Herbam | 8 | Vim | 4 |
Thamaturgical Transformation of Iron to Wood (MuTe/He15) +10. Identical to Thamaturgical Transformation of Plants to Iron except that it works the other way. Richenda created this spell after she discovered her faerie heritage.
The Envenomed Thorn (Cr/PeHe15) +14; R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind. This spell causes any wooden object touched to exude a layer of a vegetable poison. The poison is harmless unless it gets into the bloodstream, so is best applied to a sharp object. It will inflict a body level of damage in addition to any damage caused by the object, unless a Stamina roll of 9+ is made
Vengeance of the Rose (CrHe15) +23; R: Near, D: Spec, T: Spec.
This spell causes branches of brambles to spring from the soil,
like Trap of the Entwining Vines, except that the vines thrash
about instead of entrapping the subject. They attack all that
they can reach (each is six foot long, and they sprout from a
circle 2 paces in diameter) with a weapon skill equal to the caster's
Dexterity + Finesse +6, inflicting +5 damage.