Personal Information:
Name: Faye
Gender: Female
Archetype: Reversed Magician
Card from tarot. "The Magician" also know as "The Juggler" or "The Trickster-Wizard" is second card in Major Arcana. When upside down (that's why it's called reversed) it symbolizes black magic, mental distress and madness.
They offer magical services to willing people, especially those desperate enough to pay the price. Sometimes they receive what they want, a stroke of good luck, an unexpected happy ending or gentle passage though sea, but other times it brings misfortune, suffering, maybe even a curse.
How else can one explain shadows coming to life, monstrous fish people crawling out of the water to attack and rape the crew? Even Kraken itself might come up to the surface, drawn to the misery and suffering.
And it can be worse, so much worse. Dead wind, currents carrying cursed ship into deepest sea where crew eats itself as everyone slowly goes insane from desperation.
But it was so pleasant in the moment, calm voice, soothing words, sweet praise. Tongue so silver it might be borrowed from the devil itself. Burn incense on the beach in view of the moon, bury half of it and throw the rest into the sea. Walk nude into the sea and fuck the witch.
Upsides:
- Silver tongue, uncanny charm that is difficult to resist, learned when young and trained to perfection.
- +20 to charisma when trying to manipulate people
- -40 outside of these situations
- +1 to Witchcraft, this covers all the rituals as well as spells, along with all the knowledge about herbs and some minor medical knowledge.
Downsides:
- Hunted by church for being a witch and practicing black magic. It will only get worse as she draws attention to herself.
Nation of Birth: England
Appearance/Pic:
History:
Faye didn't have that name at first. She was named Elizabeth and she was a child of two poor peasants in England. She was abandoned when she was young, she's not sure if it happened because her parents died or if they couldn't support her.
By pure chance she stumbled into a hidden coven. As a naturally curious child, witches gladly took the orphan in, teaching her about their craft. Young Elizabeth's progress was promising, proving herself to be a capable and determined student.
When she became an adult, she changed her name to Faye, hoping to get away from her traumatic past. At the same time she started to date Matthew, a young man from a nearby village. It didn't last for long as he betrayed her when he learned that she's a witch and reported her to the inquisition. Other members of the coven exiled her once they learned what happened, for endangering them all.
To escape from inquisition, she snuck onto the ship heading towards Caribbean. During the journey the ship was attacked by pirates and the crew was wiped out. During the fighting Faye snuck onto pirates' ship to not get left behind on the wreck.
When she was eventually found, she threatened pirates she will curse them if they lay a hand on her. It worked mildly, with part of the crew unconvinced along with the captain. To prove her magic abilities, she filled a pot with sea water and set it ablaze into a pilar of blue fire, terrifying everyone on board.
Once they arrived at Tortuga, Faye made a living by doing various rituals for a fee. She learned about various superstitions that sailors had (with one of the most surprising for her being the fact that while women were considered unlucky to bring onboard, naked women brought luck. That explains all the figureheads in shape of nude women...) and capitalized on them by offering blessings to counter bad luck, selling charms that let sailors sail on unlucky days. Some of these were real, some of them were fake. Something she just didn't like the customer so she ended up cursing them instead.
One of the more notable things she did was cursing one of the captains into a woman. While it only lasted a couple of days, the amount of gossip and interest made her consider moving somewhere else, looking to flee from all the attention she was receiving.
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Ship: None. She tends to sneak onto the ships whenever she wants to move somewhere else.
Belongings: Heavily tattered dress, a little leather bag with many, many stitches holding it together.
Weapons: Small dagger for self defence.
Equipment: Deck of cards, dried herbs, piece of flint and some polished cabochons.
Gold doubloons: 10
Voodoo/Magick/Brujeria:
- Curse Artisanship - while not really a spell, this represents the act of making and casting a curse. It is very flexible since almost anything can be cursed in some way and curse is a bit misleading in this case since it doesn't exclude positive effects, meaning that it can also be used to bless people. The required ingredients vary but they are always related to the effect, strength and it's duration.
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Combat Skills:
- Ghost 2 - After avoiding capture for so long, Faye is able to seemingly disappear into thin air without a notice. It makes tracking her during a fight much harder and she can easily avoid detection.
- Swift 1 - If talking fails, running is not much of an issue. It's much easier to get out of danger, especially in cramped and complex environment like a dense forest or towns alleyways.
Non-Combat Skills:
- Navigation 1 - while it's not really her forte, Faye can make use of navigational tools, to better or worse degree.
- Seduction 2
- Emphatic 2 - Adept at reading body language, she is more capable of recognizing a lie
- Witchcraft 1 (+1 from archetype, total 2)
- Intimidation 1
Flaws:
- Aggressively lesbian: Doesn't have trouble shooting guys' advances down after being betrayed in the past. But when it comes to girls..... Let's just say she can't help herself.
- Bitter loneliness: After spending so much time alone, she can't handle genuine affection well, becoming flustered and helpless in response.
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Preferred Kinks: Even tho the character is leaning lesbian, don't be afraid to stick guys into a scene. BDSM, rough sex, blackmail are all fine but not required. I don't want to limit your creativity with my kinks ;P
Forbidden Kinks: death, inflation, scat
