Tristain Lyonesse

   
Nature: Loner- | -Demeanor: Trickster
Character Type: Mage- | -Concept: Mathemagician
Player Name: Tappioka- | -Clan/Tribe/Dynasty/Ect:' Disparate Alliance

Attributes

PhysicalSocialMental
Strength2Charisma2Perception2
Dexterity3Manipulation1Intelligence5
Stamina3Appearance3Wits3

Abilities

TalentsSkillsKnowledges
Alertness2Animal Ken0Academics1
Athletics1Crafts0Computers1
Awareness1Drive0Cosmology1
Brawl0Etiquette1Finance2
Empathy0Firearms2Investigation0
Expression0Melee0Law0
Intimidation0Performance0Medicine0
Leadership0Stealth2Occult0
Streetwise0Survival0Politics0
Subterfuge0Technology1Science3
Other TalentsOther SkillsOther Knowledges
Lucid Dreaming1Meditation0Enigmas2
 0 0Research2
 0 0Cryptography1
 0 0Lore: Awakened1

Advantages

Backgrounds


Avatar: 5
Blessing: 3
Certification: 1
Resources: 4
Node: 3

SPHERES

Correspondence: 2
Entropy: 3
Forces: 0
Life: 0
Matter: 0
Mind: 0
Prime: 0
Spirit: 0
Time: 2

Focus

Paradigm: A Mechanistic Cosmos
Practice: Reality Hacking
Instruments:
1. Advanced Mathematics
2. Numerology
3. Hand Gestures
4. Cards
5. Sacred Geometry
6. Weapons
7. Thought Forms
8. Meditation

Resources

Arete: 3
Quintessence: 5
Willpower: 7

Merits and Flaws

Merits:
Acute Senses (3)

Flaws:Chronic Depression (3)
Echoes (1)
Whimsy (1)
Phobia (2)

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Background and History


Character Bio: A young man who studied mathematics and statistics in college. He made some seemingly lucky investments and quickly amassed a large sum of money, leading him to drop out and buy some property in the "middle of nowhere". Since then, he's kept out of the public eye, not doing anything of note besides managing his basket of investments.

Description: An somewhat good-looking man with shoulder-length, messy dark brown hair which he usually keeps pulled back with a headband. He tends to wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothes, which somewhat mask his athletic build. He has deep-set, piercing blue eyes which seem to be constantly watching and observing everyone in the room, and he seems quite jumpy, his feet constantly drumming or tapping the floor.

HISTORY


Tristan was born in the late spring season of 1999 to his two parents, a financial analyst and an ex-SEAL turned engineer. For a few years, everything was great. Pre-9/11 America was something that he at least had an experience with, and his economic security was above middle class. He was identified as being well above-average in intelligence, and as such was sent to a special school for gifted children. As time progressed, it looked like everything was going to turn out for the best. When he was 6, his mother suffered a brain injury which crippled her and sent her to the hospital. According to the doctors, she had about a 90% chance of death, and even if she survived she would have been crippled for life. Tristain was old enough to understand what was going on and, through prayer or sheer force of will, insisted to the universe that this was something that simply should not be. And strangely enough, the injury healed overnight with no adverse side effects. His mother attributed it to a miracle, while the doctors were puzzled and kept her in the hospital for a few days after the initial event. Tristain's awakening was, therefore, much more mild than most other mages, but its subtlety also hid his abilities from him for quite some time. It wasn't til he was in high school that he realized things often just "worked out" for him. He got run over by a car and suffered no broken bones. He fell 20 feet out of a tree and just had the wind knocked out of him. If his shoelaces ever did come untied, he never tripped on them. These circumstances added up more and more, until finally he believed something was out of the ordinary. At first, he thought he might have powers that made him immortal, which was proven wrong when he cut his arm open to test his hypothesis. Finally, he started experimenting with trying to force his will onto probability. Things like shooting baskets, or trying to make things happen by just willing them to succeed. These efforts proved relatively fruitless, though he had begun to grasp the basic fundamentals of how probability and chance controlled the entire world around him, and led him to the study of statistics in college. It was in his third advanced mathematics class that all of the gears started to turn in his head and he reached a new level of understanding. He couldn't exactly force his will onto probability, rather some actions and planning were necessary in order to make the universe be put into motion. He decided to try and use the stock market as his guinea pig, turning $2 of investments into $2.50, and then reinvesting in order to make more and more money until finally he'd learned the basics. He combined his newly earned knowledge of the financial system with his skills in probability manipulation and dumped all of his money into a few shrewdly chosen companies, purchasing numerous shares in them for dirt cheap, and then watching their value climb over a few days as they suddenly entered the media. He decided that he'd learned enough from his college experience and felt that his time was being wasted, as he'd already mastered the concepts he felt were of importance to him. He dropped out, perhaps at the nagging call of Enigma, the universal equation that he felt could control and define all aspects of the universe if only someone as smart as him could put the effort in to wrapping their brain around it. He began to travel the world, financially secure in his investments and able to easily go from place to place. In observing nature in its finest, he began to witness connections between every place he visited. He had begun to solve this universal formula, though he'd only identified 3 key variables; time, probability, and a physical location. His explorations into the roles of these 3 components have formed the basis for his magickal studies, and shape his view of the world. Recently, he moved from a large apartment in Miami to a large piece of land out in "the boonies", as his friends refer to it. He'd managed to find a node which he felt would help him focus and concentrate on the Enigma even further. He built himself a house, and decided to go off the grid, powering the whole thing with renewable energy. He typically goes into town only to stock up on essential groceries, especially since he's detected the traces of others like him mucking around in reality.

Notes

Affiliated Sphere - Entropy

Avatar - Tristain's avatar refers to itself as "Enigma", an esoteric entity that constantly goads and pushes him to seek out cryptic "clues" scattered all around the globe. Typically these "clues" are strange, disassociated ideas that an ordinary person couldn't possibly find a connection to. These have challenged his brain and fueled much of his innovations in his spheres.

Blessing - As an infant, Tristain was taken to the woods by his mother to expose him to "healthy country air". During their hike, his mother came across a young woman who struck up conversation with her, and eventually asked to hold the infant boy. Unbeknownst to them, this was a powerful fae queen, who left her mark on him. Ever since, things tended to go well around him. Whenever he would get milk from the fridge, it was never spoiled. He usually makes a profit on slot machines and other games of chance. Accidents and falls that would normally cause broken limbs typically would just leave him bruised and scraped. While he takes these things for granted, he has begun to see the unusual pattern for himself.

Certification - Tristain has a handful of permits and memberships outside of the norm for most people. He has a gun license and a concealed-carry permit, as well as a membership to MENSA.

Resources - In college, Tristain invested in a series of startups which would later become highly valued. He sold off his shares and re-invested into a series of larger, more stable companies, as he felt that the Silicon Valley upstarts would most likely fail in a few years (and they did). These initial investments seemed to be an incredible lucky break to those around him, whereas Tristain knew that the investments were a calculated effort produced after several days worth of calculations and data gathering. In other words, he used probability manipulation to cause a few lesser known companies to skyrocket in value shortly after he invested in them. Now, he holds several stakes in large companies as well as a few rental properties in Miami and Orlando.

Node - Tristain built his home on a large plot of previously undeveloped land for the sole purpose of protecting and gaining control of a small node. He identified the location as the crossing of several important lines between sacred spaces across the globe. This particular node is one shaped by natural phenomena rather than an event; being a location where the Milky Way is always visible at night. While it may be cloudy during the day, or raining, after nightfall the stars are always visible.

Acute Senses - Tristan grew up in and around the woods, often times camping and wandering around on his own without supervision or protection. This experience allowed him to hone his more primal senses and maintain them throughout his adolescence and into his adult life. As a result, all of his senses are more acute and perceptive than most other people he encounters.

Chronic Depression - As long as Tristain can remember, he's always had some cloud over his mind that made it damn near impossible to function on a daily basis. This has impacted his life, affecting his school grades and reducing the number of universities he had any hope of entering. He's clung to magick with such fervour because it was the first thing that challenged his mind enough to make him want to actually do something with his life.

Whimsy - Tristain often tries to use humor to dispel a tense or otherwise stressful situation. Which is fine if you're stuck in traffic, but listening to him try and crack jokes while the two of you frantically search for your missing passport can make you wish you had a roll of duct tape to close his mouth.

Echoes - Tristain usually radiates an odd aura that either repels some people or attracts them to him. He doesn't seem to really "fit" any particular mould, having somewhat androgynous facial features, wearing mismatched clothing, and having an eclectic taste in music and popular culture. While this often isn't enough to outright freak people out, it's a perceptible difference from the norm that people sensitive to such things can often pick up on.

Phobia - Tristain is downright terrified of insects. Anything more than 4 legs makes him tense up and freeze, making it difficult for him to function and often times forcing him to remove himself from an area entirely if he encounters a creepy-crawlie. This reaction usually only occurs if the creature is within a few feet (i.e. striking distance), as he won't panic entirely if he spots an ant or something 10 feet away.

Equipment:

Semi-Automatic Pistol, Hvy
Kevlar Vest
4-Year Old Smartphone
Deck of Old Tarot Cards
Refurbished '68 Corvette Stingray

Node

Node rating: 3
Quintessence per week: 6
Stored tass: 6/24\\