Rolina Bollingen

Vital Statistics

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Name// Rolina Bollingen

Tradition// Chorister - Independent (Time)

Concept// Jungian Valentianian Paladin

Image Song// Yoko Kanno - The Tower of Babel

Nature// Visionary (Imagination/Pride)

Demeanor// Rebel (Individuality/Lack of Direction)

Essence// Questing

Chantry// N/A

Things to Track

Willpower// 9

Temporary Willpower// 9

Health Levels// -0 x 1, -1 x 2, -2 x 2, -5 x 1, Incapacitated

Current Damage// 0

Arete// 3

Quintessence// 3/3

Paradox// 0

Attributes

Strength 4// Athletic

Dexterity 5// Willowy

Stamina 3//

Perception 3//

Intelligence 3//

Wits 4// Tender

Charisma 4// Gentle

Manipulation 2//

Appearance 2//

Abilities

TALENTS/

Awareness 1//

Alertness 2//

Athletics 3//

Brawl 2//

Dodge 3//

Expression 3//

Streetwise 1//

Style 1//

SKILLS/

Craft (Cooking) 2//

Craft (Luthier) 1//

Craft (Metalworking) 2//

Melee 4// Swordsmanship

Meditation 2//

Performance (Singing) 2//

Performance (Dance) 1//

Performance (Guitar) 4// Solos

Stealth 2//

KNOWLEDGES/

Academics (Psychology) 3//

Academics (Literature) 1//

Academics (Theology) 3//

Linguistics 4// German (Schwyzerdütsch), French, English, Italian, Latin

Lore (Technocracy) 1//

Lore (Traditions) 2//

Lore (Umbral Spirits) 1//

Occult 3//

Paradigm

Rolina is a rare mix among the Choristers: a Valentinian Gnostic deeply influenced by the analytical psychology of Carl Jung. Her conception of the Monad is as something akin to a sea of the mind, an immortal and transcendent collective unconscious which predates humanity. Ideas and things emerge from it through individuation and self-identification, the Aeons first creating the constants or metaphysical archetypes that are defined as Spheres, and the Aeon known as the Sophia giving metaphysical birth to the spiritual being Demiurge, who drew these constants together to know itself and achieve Gnosis. In doing so, it created the tenth sphere on which is sat like a throne, only to realize that the other nine now surrounded it like a cage.

The Demiurge became isolated from the Pleroma and forgot itself, giving into neurosis and forging a world as it attempted to recreate the Monad's first creation without memory. This being is is not Satan (nor does such a being exist) or a malefactor, but a warning sign: that Gnosis and Ascension is fraught with perils and chances at false enlightenment that cannot be unlearned without great effort. The social nature of humanity is the wellspring of their awakening, as their collective dreaming became a reflection for the Pleroma that allowed them to self-define collectively away from the base state of nature, and then form their own egos as individuals.

In his desire to curb their growing awareness of the world and maintain his Creation, the Demiurge threw many curses down upon humans: to make man and woman separate, to give man many languages and many gods to worship and bringing about great disasters to destroy their wonder and make them fear power. This failed, the images of fire and floods and powerful gods became elements of the human psyche. In making humans more different from one another, he made their dreams more vivid and willworking more powerful than ever.

In his final act as their ruler, the Demiurge imposed strict laws of what humans could and could not do, creating the thing known as Paradox in the process. These strict laws bound all humans to the physical and made them fated to die, but it also removed his hold over them as they were forbidden from approaching what he perceived as the divine (ergo, himself), relegating him to a mere Shadow sitting within tangles of the unconscious.

The Technocracy are the archetypal Demiurge made manifest, cut off from true knowledge and indulging in imperfect creation, calcifying the world and suppressing Gnosis. Through the Marauders are rendered his neurosis, creating disordered worlds in a flawed attempt to recreate the endless possibilities contained within the Monadic unconscious. The Nephandus have become consumed by their own whispering shadows, collapsing into the same prison of nihilistic self-loathing that has become the creator's last and greatest of prisons.

Foci and Spheres

Time 3// Meditation and self-discipline; music and other rich sensory experiences.

Mind 3// Music; symbolism and psychological analysis, often coupled with counseling or debate.

Backgrounds

Arcane 3// Sits within the cusp of the unconscious, so easily forgotten.

Avatar 3// Drinks modestly from the sea of the mind.

Blessing 4// Permanent, heal 1 bashing or lethal HL per round and always understand own physical and mental condition.

Legend 2// La Chanson de Roland

Dream 1// Draws from the memories of the world.

Resources 1// Works as a vagrant musician. Probably homeless.

Talisman 5// Durendal, the Sword of Roland

Equipment

Outfits

Street Clothes//

Look unusually good for how much money Rolina has. Might be stolen or from a time when she was in better financial sorts.

Arming Doublet//

Soak: 2, Penalty: -1

Kind of looks like a fashionable modern coat, but it's quite heavy.

Weapons

Durendal// Arete 5, 25/25 Quintessence

Damage: Strength +3L, Conceal: O

-3 dif to Attack, Parry, Damage, +3 dif to enemy Soak.

Adds average of Temporary and Permanent Willpower in damage to Strength for the purposes of inflicting melee damage, although this bonus damage drops to 0 at 0 Temporary Willpower.

1WP: Switch Strength bonus to Stamina to soak attacks.

1Q: Enhance damage via Forces, Arete at dif 5.

1Q: Enhance soak via Matter, Arete at dif 5.

Merits and Flaws

Flaws

Discordant 3// Needs to spend 1 WP to engage in cooperative magic, has negative social effects for a Chorister.

Bard's Tongue 1// Has to bite tongue and take 1 bashing HL to not tell an uncomfortable truth at the wrong moment.

Primal Marks 2// Looks a bit too much like a knight when the light shines wrong and it's possible to mistake her for something else.

Echoes 1// Compulsively cries when exposed to things of pure beauty or consecrated places.

Chargen

Attributes

Attribute Points 64/54/24

Dexterity 4 (24)

Strength 4 (24)

Stamina 3 (12)

Wits 4 (24)

Perception 3 (12)

Intelligence 3 (12)

Charisma 4 (24)

Manipulation 2 (4)

Appearance 2 (4)

Abilities

Ability Points 81/80 +2

5 Ability 3 (45)

2 Ability 1 (3)

1 Field 4 (8)

4 Field 3 (12)

5 Field 2 (10)

1 Field 1 (1)

Backgrounds

Background Points 21/21

Resources 1 (3)

Arcane 3 (9)

Avatar 3 (9)

Spheres

Sphere Points 65/65

Mind 3 (31)

Time 3 (34)

Freebie Points

Freebie Points 129/126 +3

Discordant (+9)

Bard's Tongue (+3)

Primal Marks (+6)

Echoes 1 (+3)

Linguistics 4 (6)

Melee 4 (6)

Dexterity 5 (16)

Athletics 3 (9)

Style 1 (3)

Awareness 1 (3)

Alertness 2 (5)

Brawl 2 (5)

Streetwise 1 (3)

Stealth 2 (5)

Legend 2 (6)

Dream 1 (3)

Talisman 5 (15)

Willpower 9 (26)

Blessing 4 (12)

XP

Experience Gains

Experience Total/Spent/Unspent (0/0/0)

Experience Spending

Experience Total/Spent/Unspent (0/0/0)