Ruby Winchester
Books are lighthouses erected in the sea of time.
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Height: 5'11”
Weight: 139lbs
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour: Red
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Intelligence Quota: 108
History: Five hundred and forty years ago, in the Catacombs beneath Scara, an old enemy awoke. Hidden beneath the idyllic city for centuries, the Forgotten One Oblivion arose to a world much changed since the War of the Tap. Branded a coward by Apotheosis, Pode, Xem’Zund, and Denebriel, the Memorymancer put a scheme into motion.
He approached a troupe of actors and bohemians that lived in the Novello Slums of Old Scara Brae. The five principle members worshipped a lesser Thayne called Tantalus, God of Bards, and avatar of Scara Brae’s people. To ensure his survival, scared of his sibling’s hatred, he shattered his own soul into five shards and embedded them into the troupe.
As the troupe forgot who they were, they forgot Tantalus as well. The Thayne easily overwhelmed by Oblivion. He sealed away his final essence in the Tap itself, and reshaped it into a dimension known as The Aria in centuries to come. Oblivion used this imagery to enslave the troupe, binding them in a spell of forgetting that would ensure his life was everlasting.
Three hundred years passed. Each death the troupe suffered brought them a new life, reincarnated into a new character dreamed by Oblivion. He was too proud to realise that Tantalus was reforming in The Aria. After centuries of suffering and wasting away to nothing, the god of Bards stole his first victory. He made the bard Duffy Bracken remember who he was.
Lillith, Arden, and Ruby followed soon after. Soon, the troupe remembered fully, and began a campaign of attrition against the Forgotten Ones in search of Oblivion’s true resting place, and for a solution to their enslavement. The events of those years are too numerable to recall, and the troupe have vowed to find new lives to live now they are free at last.
They have been many people. A wife, a widow, a warrior, a high bard, a spell singer, and a debutante. Fighting against Oblivion has rekindled the true nature of the Red Headed Matriarch, and in recent months, she finally found a way to break free from Oblivion’s curse and carve out a history of her own.
Whilst Oblivion successfully wrote the lives of the troupe in stone, he did not write their deaths. He dared to think that he was undefeatable. What he did not count on was the strength of the bond shared between five unlikely heroes. Though the Tantalum troupe may well be dead, the survivors that inspired revolutions and riots are only just beginning their journeys.
Skills:
Maître De: Ruby is acquainted with most domestic chores and skills. She is undeterred by the demands domestic life places on her.
Diplomat: Ruby’s grasp of courtly etiquette is legendary. She is an embodiment of tact and grace, able to adapt her behaviour for any social situation.
Thespian: Ruby has developed an extensive range of dramaturgical skills. She can dance; play instruments, and method act.
Swordsman: Ruby has adept skill with her sword. She can defend herself against equal opponents, and perform basic duellist thrusts, steps, and forms.Abilities:
The Aria: Ruby’s spell song is vocal. She has mastered the art, but few truly control the craft. Even a flawless performance can have unexpected consequences.
• Twilight Theme: Ruby can snuff out candles, fires, and torches. The effects are temporary and light returns when the song ends.
• Defensive Duet: Ruby can conjure an impervious shield against all except X5 strength blows as long as she maintains the spell song.
• Frigid Fandango: Ruby can alter temperatures between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius in a 50 ft. radius as long as she maintains the spell song.
• Conjuring Cantor: Ruby can conjure small objects thrice per thread. She cannot summon living, magical, or items owned by another.
• Scintillating Song: Ruby can conjure illusory lights, fireworks, and flame. This requires a semantic element. The lights produce sound.
• Rampant Requiem: Ruby can summon flurries of concussive blows at X4 strength. They are wildly unpredictable and can hurt Ruby too.
• Last Song: Ruby can sing a song that brings consenting painless death to another. The troupe must be present and sing in unison.
• First Song: Ruby can sing a song that rewinds time. One object is aged or made newer but there are often unseen consequences.Inventory:
Delilah: A master crafted violin covered with ivy and roses. A silver chain around her waist carries tuning forks and tools. Once each per thread, Ruby can:
• Col Legno: Ruby can prolong a note by striking the string with the bow’s wood. This allows a spell to carry on into swordplay for one minute.
• Da Capo: Ruby can repeat up to eight bars of a song as though she were not playing, allowing her to layer a more complicated rhythm.
• Con Presto: By increasing tempo, aggression, and heel notes, Ruby can boost one song to new heights of efficiency.
Lucrezia: A lightweight mithril sword. A strand of unicorn hair runs through it and it conducts magic and song like dehlar. The sword has its own conscience.
Celia: An enchanted dragon skin dress. It has a mithril underlay and resists rain and mud, wear & tear, and 25% of natural fire.
Wainwright: An indestructible necklace that allows Ruby to polymorph her hair and eye colour, and resist 25% resistance to spells that affect will.
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