--MEGA EDIT-- Changed character a fair amount now. Now a Hedge Witch. I'll now need to re-write chunks of backstory.

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Name: James Swift
Appearance: A messy blonde haired male. About 6ft tall, and usually found in slightly baggy trousers, a loose fitting t-shirt (with some “humorous” content on the front), and shirt slung over the top. Depending on how well his studies are going depend on how recently these have been changed/washed.
Age: 27
Concept: 
Virtue: Hope -
Vice: Sloth - 

Mental Attributes
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Intelligence:III
Wits: II
Resolve: II

Physical Attributes
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Strength: II 
Dexterity: II
Stamina: II 

Social Attributes
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Presence: II 
Manipulation: III
Composure: III 

Mental Skills
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Academics: III
Computer (Artificial Intelligence) : III 
Craft: I
Investigation: I
Medicine: I
Occult (Pagan Lore) : II
Politics: 
Science:

Physical Skills
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Athletics: I
Brawl : I
Drive: I
Firearms: 
Larceny: 
Stealth : I
Survival:
Weaponry :

Social Skills
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Animal Ken: 
Empathy: (Emotionally Opening Up) II
Expression : I
Intimidation : 
Persuasion: II 
Socialize: II
Streetwise: 
Subterfuge: 

Merits: Familiar (4), Eidetic Memory (2), Barfly (1), Enchantment (4 - Free)

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Size: 5
Speed: 9
Initiative Mod: 5
Defense: 2
Armor: 

Health: 7
Willpower: 5

Morality: 7
Derangements:

Thaumaturge Tradition: Hedge Witch
--Defining Merit: Enchantment (4)
--Weakness: Although warlocks excel at improvisation, they are affected strongly by their environment. They suffer a –1 to ritual rolls in any location that is antithetical to the purpose of the rite. For example, they have difficulty casting a ritual to create love in a prison, or a ritual to inspire peace in a violent or crime-ridden slum.
--Strength:Hedge witches are adept at using mundane tools in their rituals, so reduce all penalties for lacking proper materials or preparations by one.
-- Path Merits: Curse of Ill-Fortune, Dream Travel, Familiar (Embodied Familiars only), Healing, Invocation (Spirits only) (•• or ••••), Luck Magic (••), Scrying, See Auras, See Spirits, Visionary Trances (••), Weather Control

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Backstory;

Raised an only child in England, James has had a surprisingly normal upbringing considering his parents (Annabel & Graham Swift). Much through his childhood he knew his parents occasionally went out to do weird stuff every so often, and around the age of 14 he was invited to come along. That was his first introduction to the coven & pagan magic. For the next few years he studied and learnt the magics of his parents and their friends, though mostly stayed away from the social gatherings. Not for any particular reason, they just didn't interest him as much. 
	
At 18 he moved from London to Sheffield to study Computer Science at University and lost most of his contacts with pagan roots. Study didn't allow him the time, and if he was honest, it was a bit weird and boring. Though that didn't stop him using the couple of spells he had learnt to make life easier. Between this and his gifted memory, he was able to swing through university relatively well. 

Unfortunately, during his Master’s degree his Father died from a heart attack. He had been complaining about a chest pain for some time but was too stubborn to get it checked. After hearing this the doctors sighed and said there wasn't anything that could be done, it was just an unfortunate event. Since then James has helped his mother to get through, and in the last 5 years she's emotionally recovered and he thinks she's seeing someone else. 

Why did he move to America though? This was probably the strangest thing. Whilst he was thinking about doing a PhD (about 2 years ago), he noticed a strange bird seemed to be following him. A dirty white Raven, with what looked like a streak of blood across one of its wings. After going slightly crazy, he shouted at the bird, and it seemed to respond by flying closer to him. And the speaking to him. James then proceeded to freak out slightly, until he was persuaded by a slightly weird talking Raven to calm down. It then explained the situation to him. Its name was BloodWhite, and was James' familiar. He had been his late Father's familiar, but after talking it over with him (after his death) & his mother, it was decided he would be passed onto James. Something big was going to happen in Malibu in a few years, and he wanted James to be part of it. 

After much discussion, and a few months for James to ensure he wasn't going crazy, he decided to follow BloodWhite's advice, and is now starting a doctorate in computer science (Focusing on Artificial Intelligence) in Pepperdine University, Malibu. He has been living there for about 6 months.