Charlotte Sabotieren

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The bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame

Born in violence, raised in violence, awoken in violence. A consummate killer at a young age, Charlotte was trapped in a series of senseless civil conflicts, developing a reputation as the 'White Devil' - a pale eyed murderer who could cut down a whole patrol with a single knife. When human conflict intersected supernatural conflict, a man came looking for the child soldier behind the rumour, and took her away and introduced her to a new kind of violence. She was honed by the Order of Hermes into a weapon: cool, loyal, and precise. For years she was a favoured tool of House Janissary, aimed at the heart of many of the Order's enemies, be they mage or demon or massassa.

When tensions with the Tremere boiled over into outright warfare, Charlotte was one of many Janissaries on the front lines: in her case, disguised as a maid and serving as bodyguard for a prominent South American family, strategically vital Acolytes of the Order. The conflict was bloody and confused: vampire puppets seemed to be everywhere, in the government, the revolutionary forces, in other cartels. Maintaining her cover as a demure foreign maid became increasingly difficult as the conflict escalated. Past a certain point she didn't know if she was fighting vampires or just killing random people. Though she survived, Charlotte failed in her mission. The family - and many more Sleepers besides - were subject to brutal slaughter, leaving a whole town as an abattoir. The experience damaged Charlotte, and House Janissary had suffered severe losses and were in no position to fix her. This since lead to Charlotte being sent to Idol House on swotting vaction, in an attempt to exorcise her demons and make her useful to the Order once more.

Vital Statistics

Craft Name// Charlotte Sabotieren

Shadow Name// Charlotte Camille Raiserklinge Sabotieren bani Janissary; the White Devil, the Silver Lion, the Knight of Broken Glass, the Aeon of Blood.

Concept// Elite Hermetic attack dog.

Image Song// Heavens Divide, Donna Burke

Nature// Perfectionist

Demeanor// Machine

Essence// Pattern

Chantry// Idol House

Arete// ●●●●

Quintessence//

Attributes

Strength//●●●

Dexterity//●●●●● (Like Lightning)

Stamina//●●

Perception//●●

Intelligence//●●●

Wits//●●●

Charisma//●

Manipulation//●

Appearance//●●●● (Like Ice)

Abilities

TALENTS/ 13 + 6

Athletics//●●●● (Knife Throwing)

Alertness//●●●

Dodge//●●●

Awareness//●

Intuition//●

Intimidation//●●

Subterfuge//●●

SKILLS/ 9 + 4

Melee//●●●● (Knives For A Pro)

Martial Arts//●●

Etiquette//●●●

Stealth//●

Survival//●

KNOWLEDGES/ 5 + 4

Enochian//●●●

Linguistics//●●● (French, German, Spanish, Hebrew)

Culture//●

Enigmas//●●

Paradigm

Charlotte's magic mostly serves to enhance her skills as an assassin, which sets her apart from traditional Hermetics. She is a more subtle tool, a knife that slips through the ribs. Other Janissaries start wildfires and bring storms down upon their enemies, but Charlotte instead flits from space to space, creating intersecting, seemingly endless geometries of flickering knives. As though her enemies are trapped in spaces full of broken glass. But though her methods appear different, Charlotte is still a Hermetic at heart. She relies on carefully codified knowledge and ritualism which she seeks to perfect through practice. Specifically, she practices a House Janissary school derived from Kabbalah, majoring in Notarikon and Gematriya, lending her magic a geometric air based upon linguistic puzzle solving. It relies somewhat less on rote understanding of large amounts of texts, and rather on a complex, ultra-fine understanding of a more limited body of work. Though it is a minor school within the Order, Kabbalah has influence modern Hermetic philosophy, and it is likely that the modern system of Spheres derives from the Sefirot.

Charlotte's preferred medium is the Sephirotic circle: geometrical representations of a Sephirot constructed from assertions of words-being-other-words and words-being-numbers and numbers-being-words-which-are-other-words-which-are-also-numbers. By changing the actual content under the rules of Notarikon and Gematriya, by creating arrays or nesting circles within other circles (or creating arrays of nested circles) according to the broader rules of Kabbalah it is possible to create different effects. It is Charlotte's preference to print circles on her body, particularly her hands and feet, using henna, but in principle an etching on one of her knives or chalked onto the ground would work as well. The time expense is high: in addition to the geometric precision expect in any good magic circle, there may be thousands or tens of thousands of individual characters.

Sefirot and Foci

• Chesed// Time 3 - Sephirotic circles, her nine-faced pocket watch
• Yesod// Forces 2 - Sephirotic circles, ???
• Tiferet// Correspondence 2 - Sephirotic circles, ???

Backgrounds

Legend// ●● - The White Devil

Avatar// ●●●●

Library// ●

Merits and Flaws

MERITS/

Ambidextrous (1)

FLAWS/

Nightmares (1) - It is not so easy to forget the past when you are asleep.

Computer Illiterate (2) - Even by Hermetic standards Charlotte is out of the loop when it comes to modern technology and once broke an iPhone in an uncharacteristic outburst of total frustration. Electra once made a well-minded attempt to teach Chalotte to use a computer. That was a bad time.

Addiction - Painkillers (2) Sources: Poppy fields, Olivia and Electra, extra work. - During the conflict in South America, Charlotte forced herself through a number of injuries with bottles of codeine pills. The developed tolerance and belief that it numbs her emotional pain (and thus helps maintain her professional demeanour) has left her with a severe addiction.

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