[hider=Cleo Forsberg] Name: Cleo Forsberg Title(s): Weaver of Fate Appearance: [img]https://i-h2.pinimg.com/564x/e2/b0/91/e2b091c5f407bf7fac27641a186cc534.jpg[/img] Gender: Female Age: 25 Alignment: Lawful Neutral Rank: Objective for the Grail: To use the power of Paris the Grail to become strong enough to guide fate. Command Seal: Three crossed staves Personality: A quiet and taciturn individual, Cleo often comes across as cold during personal interactions due to the fact that she treats most people she meets with a kind of indifference. The Forsberg heir always seems like she is preoccupied with something else, like there is somewhere else she would rather be or rather be doing, like her mind is elsewhere; a side effect of having the ability to see the future, having knowledge of things yet to come to pass and feeling an obligation to make sure they play out as intended. There are times when Cleo’s gaze sharpens however, moments where she seems laser focused on what is happening around her; she becomes serious and takes on a more forceful and commanding personality while her actions become urgent. This usually happens when she is at a crossroads of events, a place and time where things are happening that have the chance to decide the course of things to come. Bio: The Forsberg’s are an old family from Scandinavia which can trace their lineage back to the days when Vikings still ruled that part of the world with members hailing from Most of Northern Europe and now based in Sweden. They have a long standing reputation among practitioners of magecraft of Nordic origin for being some of the premier experts in Seidr, a style of magecraft that is less common or even tolerated compared to the more well-known runic style. They are known to the Association but are not a part of it or even on particularly good terms with them; the Forsberg’s proficiency with and occasional usage of curses to meet there goals mean that the Association has a somewhat low opinion of them. Seidr magecraft seeks communion with the spirits and, in the past, the gods themselves. The Forsberg’s use it to view the course of fate, viewing multiple intertwining futures, before holding council between their higher ranking members to determine what to do with this information; whether it would be beneficial or prudent to intervene, or leave events to play out as they will. If they decide the latter then a member, often the heir or even the current head in some situation, will be selected to take care of such things. Such interventions are usually only made in scenarios that directly affect the family or local matters, as fate is not something to be idly toyed with even if you have the power to do so. Over time the declining state of magecraft in the world has caused the Forsberg’s ability to change fate to wane even as continuing improvements to their crest have increased their proficiency to view the future. When news of the upcoming Holy Grail War reached them, it was decided that the current Heiress would be sent to Paris to participate, and that if she won then Cleo was to use the Grail’s wish and the staging ground of Paris to once again give their family the ability to weave the threads of fate. --- Magic Circuit Switch: The sensation of falling Number of Magic Circuits: C Quality of Magic Circuits: B --- Elemental Affinity: Water and Earth Origin: Fate Magecraft: General Magecraft – Although not a student of the Clocktower she knows the basics of general magecraft as taught to her by her family and buried in her crest. Seidr Magecraft – The core of her family’s magecraft, built up over centuries and passed down through their crest. A form of Norse shamanism and divination used to discern and even guide the course of fate, working within its structure to bring about change. Using various rituals, practitioners of Seidr can enter an ecstatic trance and interact with the world of spirits in order to carry out a variety of tasks. It is a powerful form of magecraft, with one huge weakness; the user is completely and totally defenceless while in the trance state. • Divination and clairvoyance – See the future, see the present. Search for answers and find what you are looking for both inside the mind of others and in the physical world. • Blessing – Heal the sick, bring good luck, and even control the weather to an extent. • Cursing and Hexing – Induce illness, bring bad luck, injure, maim and even kill. Shamanism – As Seidr magecraft primarily deals with spirits, as well as the rituals and divinations that are their specialty, the Forsbergs are also skilled at more general shamanistic practices such as contracting, binding, modifying, and processing spirits. Crest: Her families crest can be traced all the way back to the days of the Viking kings, i.e. over 900 years. Weapon: Ceremonial Distaff – A distaff is a tool used for spinning fibres, a short staff around which fibres are wrapped to keep them separate, which also has a connection to Seidr magic and its usage in “spinning” the threads of fate. The distaff Cleo has in a mystic code passed down in her family for generations, even centuries, which has the effect of easing her passage into the world of spirits and strengthening her connection with it, thereby allowing her to enter a trance quicker as well as making the effects of her magecraft stronger. It is a three feet long staff made of wood with a rounded knob at the tip; it is decorated in brass and the wood shows signs of once having been painted, but any colour it once had has faded with time. Necklace of Protection – A charm necklace holding a number of pendants each carved with a different rune, the combined effects of which grant Cleo protection from bewitchment and curses of rank D or lower. Exceptional Benefit: Finality [/hider]