Maria Ventura

   
Nature: Benefactor- | -Demeanor: Director
Character Type: Mage- | -Concept: The Fixer
Player Name: Amanda- | -Tradition:Cult of Ectascy (Cult of Acceptance)

Attributes

PhysicalSocialMental
Strength2Charisma4Perception2
Dexterity2Manipulation4Intelligence4
Stamina2Appearance4Wits2

Specialties:

  • Manipulation: Charm
  • Intelligence: Bright
  • Charisma: Sophisticated
  • Appearance: Captivating

Abilities

TalentsSkillsKnowledges
Alertness3Crafts0Academics2
Art0Drive0Computer1
Athletics1Etiquette3Cosmology0
Awareness3Firearms0Enigmas0
Brawl0Martial Arts1Esoterica0
Empathy3Meditation0Investigation2
Expression3Melee0Law3
Intimidation0Technology1Medicine0
Leadership3Stealth0Occult1
Streetwise1Survival0Research0
Subterfuge3Performance2Science0
Other TalentsOther SkillsOther Knowledges
Diplomacy2Networking4Lore: Awakened2
Carousing2Fast-Talk1Lore (Gallain)1
Intrigue2Psychology2Lore (Undead)1
Seduction2Assessment Analysis2Politics3
Style2  Power-Brokering4
Negotiation2  Finance3
    Media2

Specialties:

  • Performance: Dance
  • Academics: Philosophy
  • Power-Brokering: Making Friends
  • Networking: Tickets

Martial Arts Moves

  • Counter Throw
  • Snake Step

Advantages

Spheres
Correspondence2 
Entropy2 
Forces1 
Life2 
Matter2 
Mind2Affinity
Prime2 
Spirit0 
Time2 
Backgrounds
Avatar3
Mentor3
Contacts4
Allies2
Node2
Resources2
Chantry (Junior Member)3
Influence
Justice3
Politics2
Civics1
Financial1
Misc
Arete2
Willpower6
Quintessence3
Paradox0
Merits
Common Sense1
Enchanting Voice2
Natural Leader2
Socially Networked2
Master of Red Tape4
Dynamic Personality5
Flaws
Sphere Inept (Spirit)6
Enemy (Frank Hoover)1
Health Levels
Bruised-0 
Hurt-1 
Injured-1 
Wounded-2 
Mauled-2 
Crippled-5 
Incapacitated- 

Focus

Paradigm: Everything is an Illusion
Practice: The Art of Desire / Dominion
Instruments:
1. Voice and Vocalizations
2. Eye Contact
3. Dances and Movement
4. Social Domination
5. Mass Media
6. Fashion
7. Money and Wealth
8. Music
9. Sex and Sensuality

Personalized instrument:

  • Mind: Black Gold Earrings

Notes

Contacts

  • 1) Lucas Bell - A Jacksonville Police officer whom Maria has worked with several times in her charity work and gets calls from about children who need representation and guidance.
  • 2) Bryan Mills - A Doctor at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital who Maria goes to when she needs a kid treated medically without too many questions. She's pulled him out of more than tricky situation with legal in order to get this relationship
  • 3) Jacksonville Courthouse - After a scene of proving Frank Hoover's conflict of interest Maria did masterful legal work and got the Jacksonville Courthouse's judges and prosecutors on her contacts list. Notably: Judge Alexander Gabranth, and Attorney Maurice Colacio
  • 4) Ron Burgundy - Director of Community for Startup Jax. Maria meet him during the Convergence event when she joined the Startup Jax Director board as the Director of Networking, after impressing everyone with her social abilities.

Allies

  • 1) Victoria "Vicky" House - A political aid in Tallahassee working for the State of Florida, Victoria and Maria went to college together and they stay in contact as Maria is a good political fixer, and lobbyist.
  • 2) Madison Cole - State Rep of 13th State House District of Florida. Maria earned her interest during the AlphaCo plotline, but won her over as an ally through time and dedication.

Mentor 3

  • Professor Edna Puckett: A Professor who was impressed by Maria's intelligence and willingness to accept things such as drugs and sex as okay things, and then stand up and defend those believes in a concise and precise manor. She lead to her awakening and has taken Maria on as a student.

Node

  • A Node inside a Coffee Shop where Maria spends a lot of her mornings. The business and social resonance are strong with it. The way Maria pulls the Tass from it is quite literally being social and talking to the Staff and Customers, learning about their lives and such. It then takes the form of gift cards or business cards. Cards. (Physically owned by her Mentor. She does book-keeping / legal work for it)

Avatar

  • Eunomia, a minor Greek goddess of law and legislation (her name can be translated as "good order", "governance according to good laws"). Avatar has a distinct feeling of order and a drive to correct wrongs it sees in the world. It does this by wanting to provide care for people who need it. Activist / Caregiver are its Nature / Demeanor. Which provides enough of a connection to Maria that they get along and have shared goals, but she's Benefactor / Director so while they get along they go about it different ways sometimes and it can lead to conflict between the two.

Chantry

Backstory

Maria was born in Jacksonville Florida to a family that wasn't exactly well off. Which had plenty of jokes given for her last name. This never truly detered Maria from succeeding, she pushed herself onward through High school. In high school Maria had one major friend, a man named Giovanni Green. THey were pretty good friends during their high school days and helpped each other develop a strong sense of morality and the idea behind using what they were gifted to help others. After high school Maria headed off to Tallahesse to get a law degree. While Giovanni stayed behind and had his own adventures, they stayed in contact however.

Maria spent a good portion of her college career balancing a party life and an educational life. She drank, she smoked weed, she slept around, as most college students do, but she was intelligent enough to balance it with her legal studies which were promising enough. She joined her Debate Club and eventually became Captain of it, which lead to her making a few friends and getting the ground work done for her legal career after college.

During her college experience however is when she would awaken. It was during her last year, directly after finals during everyone's final's parties. Maria went out to have an amazing time and fond herself at one paticular party. One of her faculty members was there, Professor Edna Puckett and though there were illegal substances, she didn't really care, she was always a big advocate for safe and consentual use of Weed and booze. She took careful eye on Maria however, having helpped her through her college career. Maria eventually found herself a bit on the tipsy side and from a few subtle pushes from Professor Pucket found herself transcending upward into a new level of existence. In a wild burst of sex, drugs, and rock and roll (Literally), Maria came to understand that everything was really an illusion, and she could see past that illusion, and twist the nobs of it. After she awoke, Professor Puckett revealed her connection to the Cult of Ectascy and the Cult of Acceptance and took Maria on as a student. Maria though was burning with desire to use her new gifts to help people, so she moved back to Jacksonville, to join Giovanni Green's Charity work, to help children in lesser developed areas of the city succeed. Providing legal work to both kids in need and the charity itself. She's still learning a lot of the ropes behind what it means to be a Mage and have Magick, but she's burning with passion to succeed.