Lysander Tharr

The Royal Art

The Born Alchemist

Scholasticism with its subtle argumentation,
Theology with its ambiguous phraseology,
Astrology, so vast and so complex,
are all children's games when compared with alchemy.

- Albert Poisson

Vital Statistics

Craft Name: Lysander Anthony Tharr bani Solificati
Age: 17
Concept: User of the 'Royal Art', Alchemy. FMA/BR inspired.
Paradigm: Solificati, shades of alchemy- the whole purification and refining of things to a higher level through the self.
Foci: Magic circles drawn in chalk, on gloves, tattooed magic circles, runes, censers
Casting Type: Spontaneous
House: Solificati
Essence: Pattern
Nature: Architect
Demeanor: Explorer

XP: 0/94
Willpower: 8
Arete: 4

Book of Alchemy: Finding the Center

Attributes

Physical 3

Strength: 1

Dexterity: 3

Stamina: 2

Social 5

Charisma: 4 [Commanding]

Appearance: 3

Manipulation: 1

Mental 7

Perception: 3

Intelligence: 4 [Well Read]

Wits: 2

Abilities

Talents 5

Athletics: 1

Awareness: 1

Pursuation: 3

Skills 9

Crafts: 2

Etiquette: 2

Lip Reading: 2

Meditation: 1

Research: 2

Technology: 2

Knowledges 13

Alchemy: 5

Chemistry: 5

Cosmology: 2

Cryptography: 2

Enochian: 1

Engineering: 2

Spheres

Arete: 3 (8 fp) +1 (24 xp) Willpower: 8 (3 fp)

Correspondence 0 Life 0 Mind 3 Matter 3 Forces 3 Spirit 0 Prime 3 Time 0 Entropy 0

Other

Backgrounds

Avatar: 2

Influence: 2

Library: 2

Sanctum: 1

Merits

Enchanting Gaze (2) (Purple eyes, edging into red) (sustained eye contact reduces social difficulty by 2)
Innocent (1)
Soothing Voice (3) (+2 dice on rolls involving using your voice)

Flaws

Self-Taught (1) ('Spirit Trained' flaw, but for 'read a bunch of books and learned magic' Different fluff, same restrictions)
Strangeness (1)

Biography

Lysander Tharr, Alchemist, Leader, Child. These things and more. A proud student of the Solificati Tradition, Lysander's life had humble beginings. Born to a mother on the run, Lysander spent the first four years of his life in an orphanage, before being adopted by a spotty 'uncle' who saw the potential for something greater in the young boy. Under the tutilege of his uncle, Lysander learned how to fit in with proper society, and when he was old enough was sent off to one of the great academies of hermetic thought.

School was... defining. Lysander learned many things, good and bad. He learned how to lead, indeed, he acceled at it. He also learned that the school had secrets. Everyone had secrets- indeed, they thrived on them. It was with the discovery of one of these secrets- that hermetic thought was not just a philosophy, but the key to true power, that Lysander discovered the greater world behind the facade. Studying ancient texts and forgotten lore, Lysander began the study of the most ancient and royal art: Alchemy.

Alchemy is not just a science, it is a philosophy hidden behind the facade of science. The true royal art speaks of the refinement of the spirit, the soul. Of perfecting the body and mind in a unity that transcends the world and achieves a true multidimensional being. It is at once terrifying and idealistic, especially to a young man in search of something to believe in. For Lysander, it became his dearest secret. While the Academy tested him and his students, pitted them against each other in mock combat and structured their learning so they would form the close bonds needed to develop their skills, Lysander balanced his time between leading a combat unit of three other students, and teaching himself alchemy.

As he lead his squad to victory on the academic battlefield, Lysander learned many valuable lessons. But he learned more lessons from the ancient libraries, and books of forgotten lore. Teasing the information out from behind layers and layers of obfuscation, before eventually arriving at the absolute truth: Magick is Real.

Lysander's awakening was... quiet. A subtle transition from ignorance to awareness within his private sanctum. A successful alchemical ritual, refining the body to the state of greater awareness. From that day forward, Lysander saw nothing the same- but he also told no one of what he had learned. The legend lore of the alchemic masters of the past had been clear- those who do not seek the truth in all things, who do not strive to see through the chaos that seeks to erode all things- they are not ready to learn the secrets of the royal art. While the masses are certainly able to benefit from the profits of the alchemist, they are not so able to master its teachings. Alchemy is a long persecuted art, even to this day. The technocracy would see it buried under lies and falsifications- but such barriers are nothing it has not overcome before.

Today, Lysander is an aspiring disciple of House Solificati, under the Hermetic Tradition. A seeker of lost legend lore, Lysander desires to build a future free from the strife and persecution of the past.