When Nathaniel was born, Gironel showed little interest in him, and soon left Brennard's covenant for pastures new, leaving Brennard to take care of the baby. Brennard learnt a lot about childcare in a very short time, prefering not to trust the result of his experiment to the hands of a wet-nurse. Despite his attempted objectivity, Brennard could not help but come to love Nathaniel, and doubt the whole premise of his experiment. Nevertheless, when Nathaniel started to talk, he was taught Latin from books on Hermetic Theory, and by the age of 6 was already casting minor spells. Nathaniel was by no means a normal child, however. Being born to two magi and being exposed to a magical aura since before his birth has had a profound effect on him. He has little knowledge outside of the walls of a covenant, and he has little faith in his own abilities beyond his magic. Most importantly, he is what the Twentieth Century will call autistic, though only to a mild degree (this is simulated using the Simple Minded and Reclusive flaws, and the Poor Memory component of the Magical Memory Virtue). Note that Nathaniel has 13 point of virtues and the same number of points of flaws to simulate his special circumstances. He was once attacked by a pack of wild dogs on the one occasion he went beyond the covenant walls without an escort, and he has a mortal fear of them. Nearly all of the spells listed below were invented by him when he had a need for them. His father encouraged him to "write up" the results of Spontaneous spells that he cast as Formulaic spells, so his magics are very utilitarian. His current project is to develop his Imaginem magics so he can create a scrying spell, enabling him to explore without leaving the safety of his covenant.
Nathaniel passed the Gauntlet of House Bonsagus earlier this year, at an age younger than any magus since the founding of the Order of Hermes. He is brilliant, and prone to flashes of insight, but in the main he is withdrawn, introspective and more than a little eccentric. He has just discovered that he has an older half-sister who is also a magus, Catherine von Helberran
Nathaniel (he prefers to be called Nathan because it makes him sound more ordinary...) is a young man of 16. He always looks at the ground, head bowed, and is usually lost in thought. He dresses simply and scruffily.
Name: Nathaniel
Parens: Brennard
House: Bonisagus
Age: 16 (apparent 16)
Size: 0
Int | +5 | genius | Str | -2 | under-developed | Prs | 0 | Dex | 0 | ||
Per | +1 | intuitive | Sta | -1 | puny | Com | -2 | introvert | Qik | 0 |
Creo | 4 | Animal | 4 | Ignem | 2 |
Intellego | 7 | Aquam | 3 | Imaginem | 3 |
Muto | 4 | Auram | 2 | Mentem | 6 |
Perdo | 3 | Corpus | 5 | Terram | 3 |
Rego | 3 | Herbam | 4 | Vim | 4 |