Pregenerated Characters

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This section contains the six pregenerated characters for The Victorian Garden. It is quite possible to run the adventure with less than six players, as most of the pregens have their own reasons for being in Grange City. However, if less than six characters are used, the Storyteller needs to ensure that some background information is redistributed;

Someone needs to know that Allways Trucking may be a Technocratic front ("Bubba" Roper, the Dreamspeaker).
Someone needs to have worked with the Hermetic mage Elliston (Linda Cornway, the Hermetic).
Someone needs to know that there is an anomalous Mind effect happening in Grange City (Brothers Ramirez and Sutter, the Akashic Brother and the Celestial Chorus member).
Someone needs to remember that Dr. Lester Thornfiddle once lived in Grange City (Chichineya Jones, the Virtual Adept).

Foci for each characters' spheres are listed along with the spheres themselves. In cases where the character's Arete has become high enough where some focus requirements can be ignored, the focus is noted as "optional". In these cases, if the character elects to use the focus anyway the target number for the effect is at -1. All characters are presumed to have examples of each of their foci on their person, even if they are not explicitly listed under "gear".

Brother Hector Ramirez         Contemplative Monk (Akashic Brother)
Brother Joseph Sutter          Argumentative Monk (Celestial Chorus)
Nancy Cornway                  Occultist Librarian (Order of Hermes)
Sam "Bubba" Roper              Redneck Spiritualist (Dreamspeaker)
Pietro Alacan de la Mendara    Mexican Engineer (Euthanatos)
Chichineya "Flat Broke" Jones  Inner-City Hacker (Virtual Adept)

Brother Hector Ramirez, The Contemplative Monk

Nature     Director         Arete        3
Essence    Pattern          Willpower    5
Demeanor   Conformist       Quintessence 2
Tradition  Akashic Brother  Paradox      0

Attributes

Strength  3   Charisma     1   Perception    4
Dexterity 2   Manipulation 1   Intelligence  4
Stamina   3   Appearance   4   Wits          2

Abilities

Talents: Alertness 2, Athletics 2, Awareness 1, Dodge 4, Intuition 1

Skills: Do 4, Meditation 3, Research 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2

Knowledges: Cosmology 2, Culture 2, Church Lore 1

Spheres

Correspondence 2 (sash; optional), Mind 3 (Do; optional), Prime 2 (incense), Spirit 1 (water)

Backgrounds

Arcane 5, Avatar 2, Library 1

Gear

Typical clothing, $200 in cash

Backstory

Brother Ramirez is one of the Akashic members of the St. Dominic's monastery. He normally spends much of his time in his cell, attempting to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos. However, his Mind and Correspondence skills have been warning him of the situation in Grange City for some time, so he asked the Abbot to let him investigate.

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Brother Joseph Sutter, The Argumentative Monk

Nature     Bravo            Arete        3
Essence    Dynamic          Willpower    5
Demeanor   Curmudgeon       Quintessence 4
Tradition  Celestial Chorus Paradox      0

Attributes

Strength  5   Charisma     2   Perception    3
Dexterity 3   Manipulation 2   Intelligence  2
Stamina   2   Appearance   2   Wits          3

Abilities

Talents: Athletics 1, Brawl 2, Dodge 2, Expression 2, Intimidation 3

Skills: Drive 1, Meditation 1, Melee 1, Research 2

Knowledges: Church Lore 2, Cosmology 3, Enigmas 3, Investigation 3, Medicine 2

Spheres

Correspondence 1 (fire), Life 3 (song), Matter 2 (prayer beads; optional), Mind 2 (cross), Prime 2 (cross; optional)

Backgrounds

Avatar 4, Dream 2, Library 1

Gear

Typical clothing, $200 in cash, long knife (STR+1, Target 4)

Backstory

Brother Sutter is of the Celestial Chorus, based out of the St. Dominic's monastery. He has never been satisfied with the common folk, and regards their misfortunes as largely their own fault. After all, they're the ones defining reality. The Abbot asked him to accompany Brother Ramirez to Grange City, trusting him to keep a lid on the Akashic Brother's more liberal tendencies.

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Nancy Cornway, The Occultist Librarian

Nature     Architect       Arete        3
Essence    Questing        Willpower    7
Demeanor   Avant-Garde     Quintessence 1
Tradition  Order of Hermes Paradox      0

Attributes

Strength  2   Charisma     3   Perception   2
Dexterity 3   Manipulation 4   Intelligence 3
Stamina   2   Appearance   3   Wits         3

Abilities

Talents: Awareness 2, Dodge , Subterfuge 1

Skills: Drive 1, Etiquette 2, Firearms 2, Research 3, Stealth 1

Knowledges: Computer 2, Enigmas 3, Occult 3, Law 1, Linguistics 2 (Latin, Aramaic), Tradition Lore 2

Spheres

Forces 3 (Solomon's Eye sigil; optional), Matter 1 (Latin), Prime 2 (candle; optional), Time 2 (hourglass)

Backgrounds

Avatar 1, Influence 2, Node 3, Resources 2

Gear

Stylish clothing, automatic pistol (Damage 4, Target 7, Range 20, Rate 4, Shots 15), late-model sedan, $100 in cash, $3000 in bank.

Backstory

Nancy Cornway is a librarian at the Culverton Public Library. Before that, she was apprenticed to a Hermetic mage named Elliston. A mage she knows in LA has asked her to meet with "Bubba" Roper and investigate Technocratic dealings in Grange City.

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Sam "Bubba" Roper, The Redneck Spiritualist

Nature     Deviant      Arete        4
Essence    Pattern      Willpower    5
Demeanor   Judge        Quintessence 1
Tradition  Dreamspeaker Paradox      0

Attributes

Strength  3   Charisma     4   Perception   1
Dexterity 3   Manipulation 3   Intelligence 3
Stamina   5   Appearance   1   Wits         1

Abilities

Talents: Alertness 2, Brawl 2, Dodge 2, Expression 3

Skills: Drive 5, Firearms 2, Melee 2, Survival 2, Technology 3

Knowledges: Cosmology 2, Enigmas 3

Spheres

Life 3 (flute; optional), Spirit 4 (incense; optional)

Backgrounds

Allies 3, Arcane 4, Avatar 1, Resources 1

Gear

Greyhound uniform, shotgun (Damage 8, Target 6, Range 20, Rate 1, Shots 5), Greyhound bus, $150 in cash, set of hand drums, pointing-bone

Backstory

"Bubba" Roper is a West Texas native, born and bred. In spite of that, he's also a pretty spiritual guy. He thinks of himself as a roving troubleshooter, taking his bus from place to place, wherever trouble may beckon. For some reason, nobody seems to mind that he doesn't keep to a normal bus schedule. He's quite suspicious about the folks running Allways Trucking.

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Pietro Alacan de la Mendara, The Mexican Engineer

Nature    Fanatic     Arete        3
Essence   Pattern     Willpower    5
Demeanor  Architect   Quintessence 0
Tradition Euthanatos  Paradox      0

Attributes

Strength  2   Charisma     1   Perception   5
Dexterity 2   Manipulation 3   Intelligence 2
Stamina   2   Appearance   4   Wits         3

Abilities

Talents: Athletics 1, Awareness 1, Dodge 3, Streetwise 1

Skills: Drive 1, Melee 3, Stealth 2, Technology 3

Knowledges: Computer 2, Engineering 3, Enigmas 2, Linguistics 1 (English), Medicine 3, Science 3

Spheres

Correspondence 2 (playing cards; optional), Entropy 3 (unique knife; optional), Matter 2 (sand), Prime 2 (obsidian)

Backgrounds

Influence 2, Resources 3

Gear

Business suit, Rented compact car, Wickedly long knife (STR+2, Target 5), $500 in cash

Backstory

Pietro Alacan is a Euthanatos mage from Mexico City. He works as a Waste Systems Engineer there, as the sewer systems are perfect for disposing of the remains of his experiments. He met "Bubba" Roper some years ago, and has arranged to be sent up to LA on a training trip so he can help him.

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Chichineya "Flat Broke" Jones, The Inner-City Hacker

Nature    Rebel          Arete        4
Essence   Dynamic        Willpower    5
Demeanor  Survivor       Quintessence 6
Tradition Virtual Adept  Paradox      0

Attributes

Strength  1   Charisma     2   Perception   2
Dexterity 3   Manipulation 3   Intelligence 5
Stamina   2   Appearance   3   Wits         3

Abilities

Talents: Alertness 2, Brawl 1, Dodge 1, Intuition 3, Streetwise 2, Subterfuge 1

Skills: Drive 2, Firearms 2, Stealth 1, Survival 1

Knowledges: Computer 5, Investigation 3, Science 2, Technocracy Lore 3

Spheres

Correspondence 4 (computer), Entropy 3 (computer), Matter 1 (electricity)

Backgrounds

Arcane 1, Avatar 2, Destiny 2

Gear

Tattered clothing, Laptop Computer, Revolver (Damage 5, Target 7, Range 25, Rate 1, Shots 6), $300 in cash.

Backstory

Chichineya Jones is a Virtual Adept from the depths of East LA. She dropped out of high school when she found her true calling, and hasn't looked back since. She heard that the Hermetic, Cornway, was going to Grange City. She invited herself along because she remembers that a friend of hers, Dr. Lester Thornfiddle, used to live around there. She'd like to get back in touch with him, and she's willing to put up with a whitebread Hermetic's babble to do it

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