Edited the formatting for custom traits and added a specific spell and expand on the cooking part, also added motivation and some stuff about his family in relations. [quote=@Expllo] I would also suggest, if you’re adding a skills section then also add a weakness section. This can be something mental, not just physical. Just to avoid your character coming across as only having positives and no negatives. [/quote] I'll just remove them for now, since it's not really intended to be something exceptional and also to make the sheet less cluttered, but just thing he has some training in, I included it since it's unorthodox for a mage, but he's just average at the crossbow thing and quarterstaff thing. But if you think it's better to include them, I'll add some weakness section too. [quote] 1. My problem starts at the second paragraph. While I have no problem with Laetans becoming a Magister, there are no canon characters as stated in the first line of the OP. Maevaris Tilani does not exist in this roleplay. I can provide you NPC Magisters you could have been an apprentice of. [/quote] Not a problem, we can use the magister you provided. I thought Tilani was a minor enough character that it falls more on 'background character' than 'canon npc' but I don't have specific attachment to Tilani. For more context since Dorian said that the magisterium seats are split between major families, chantry, and the circle of magi, Cadmus' seat is one of the seats from the Circle of Magi. [quote] 2. So, I admittedly had to read over the “arrested for blood magic” part to get a sense of where you were going with this. If I have it right, he wasn’t locked away for blood magic but it was instead a cover up to move him out of the way politically, correct? Blood magic is legally accepted within Tevinter, and often associated with power and status. As such, it isn’t using blood magic that will get you in trouble but how you perform it. The most common being, using an unwilling person. I implore you to dig deeper into this section and flesh it out, as I feel you’re on to something. Try to create a more in-depth plot where he was actually framed for something horrendous involving blood magic. [/quote] Yes, it's basically based on [url=https://youtu.be/iz-kkmX7pAA?t=524]that conversation with Dorian[/url] on how the Templars are basically just political tool, and how occasionally there'll be a magister that is all about reform and then it turns out that 'he's a maleficar all along' Cadmus is basically another example of such magister. It's meant that he's framed of using blood magic in that second manner, since as [url=https://youtu.be/iz-kkmX7pAA?t=461]Dorian said[/url], the Imperium don't even consider the 'ethical', so to speak, blood magic, blood magic. I'll add something to expand on that. [Hider=Cadmus Laenas][center][h1][color=0072bc]Cadmus Laenas[/color][/h1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/CW30PCj.png[/img] [indent][sub][color=0072bc]28[/color] - [color=0072bc]Male[/color] - [color=0072bc]Human[/color][/sub][/indent][/center] [table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][indent][sub][b][color=303030]Class + Specialization: Mage | Blood Mage[/color][/b] [b][color=00aeef]Custom Traits:[/color][/b] [b]Soulbound[/b] Part of a set of rings forged Archon Lovias to simultaneously command the physical realm and the Fade. The two rings were lost, but Soulbound was excavated from Ferelden and eventually made its way to Cadmu as a gift when he was a magister. Technically a form of gratification, but in politics, dabbling in such thing was unavoidable. Increased resistance against spirit damage and potency of spells causing spirit damage. [b]Arcane Lore[/b] - A Laetan who has managed to join the upper echelon of the Imperium partly due to his magical talents, Cadmus boasts an impressive resume of magical knowledge and research capability. [b]Diplomacy[/b] - If one-half of what allowed Cadmus to rise to high status was his magical ability, the other half was the ability to navigate the murky waters of Imperium political intrigue, making him an adept diplomat. [b]Cooking[/b] - Born to a family of Soporati that has a tavern business from his mother's side of the family, Cadmus learned to cook from a young age and still considers it a relaxing hobby to indulge in from time to time, one that he delved into even more through hiring professional chefs to tutor him once he has the money. Cadmus is an exceptional cook and is learned in various cuisines across Thedas and the historical traditions associated with them. [b]Sacrificial Prison[/b] A spell developed by Cadmus that utilises the Spirit and Entropy Schools, alongside his Blood Magic. Based on the crushing prison spell, the spell immobilised its target, then the target's mind is assaulted with the Mental Contamination discipline from the Entropy School, such as horror or nightmare spells, making the target more susceptible to blood magic. Finally, blood magic is then used to make the immobilised target a 'battery' as their blood is used to power Cadmus' spells. [b][color=39b54a]Story traits:[/color][/b] (Leave this empty for now. These are rewards granted via story progression) [b][color=39b54a]Stats:[/color][/b] Perseverance 10 Hard Hitter 5 Combat Sense 5 Reflexes 5 Rapid Blows 5 Perception 15 Power 20 Pattern Weaving 15 Mana Pool 10 Fortitude 10 [/sub][/indent][/cell][/row][/table] [hr] [table=bordered][row][/row][row][/row][row][cell=active][indent][sub][b][color=303030]Biography:[/color][/b] Cadmus was born in Minrathous, the heart of the Tevinter Imperium, to a family of Soporati—commoners with no magic—his father was a soldier in the Tevinter Military and his mother worked in a family-owned tavern business alongside his uncle and cousins. He was a second child, with an older sister five years older than he was. Though born a Soporati, when Cadmus was 7 years old, he manifested magical ability and was then sponsored into the Circle, unlike the Southern part of Thedas, in Tevinter what would typically be a cause for distress was instead a cause for celebration, magical ability being highly valued and the Circles in the Imperium more akin to prestigious learning institutions. Due to his work ethic and magical talent, he eventually found himself in the position of a minor official in the Imperium. He eventually became disillusioned with the way Imperium’s government was run and threw himself deeper into politics, hoping to rise to a higher station to enact a reformation. After being elevated as a Laetan from a Soporati, Cadmus eventually managed to ingratiate himself with the upper echelons of the Imperium, eventually managing to earn a seat in the magisterium as part of the seats held by the Circle. An inspirational figure as being a case of someone from humble origin rising to the ranks of magister, he gained momentum among the reformist faction and became the rising star in Magister [INSERT MAGISTER]’s faction. Through his newly attained influence and financial capability, he helped his family’s tavern expand and paid for his sister’s tuition at the University of Orlais in Val Royeaux, where she now stayed as a lecturer. By 9:56 Dragon, Cadmus was influential enough to be considered for an arranged marriage with one of Tevinter’s Great Houses, whose daughter was in line to be a Magister succeeding her father. It was more a marriage of convenience than actual love—though Cadmus did consider his fiancée a friend—that would cement Cadmus as a prominent figure in the Imperium’s politics. Unfortunately, he was outmanoeuvred, throughout his career, he had made many enemies, most of them people he deemed incompetent and replaced them with competent people, many of whom were deemed to be of lower ranks. The culmination of Cadmus’ political adversary’s plot saw him arrested by Imperial Templars for blood magic usage. While he was a blood mage, mages of the Imperium using blood magic were a public secret, and the only mages arrested by Imperial Templars were those targeted for political purposes, such as the case with Cadmus. In the Imperium, what was considered blood magic was only the 'unethical' form, such as summoning demons or from unwilling participants. And while publicly such practices were frowned upon, most of the magisterium participated in them in some form. It was inescapable for someone in Cadmus' position to have rubbed shoulders with magisters involved in such a thing, even if he, himself, did not partake directly. In this case, there was a case where Imperium's citizens suspected of being Viddathari spies had been forcefully interrogated until their minds broke by using blood magic. The culprits were some magisters who ran in Cadmus' circle in the Magisterium's politics, due to their adjacent political stance on the Qunari. Thus, due to Cadmus' hardline hawkish stance against the Qunari, he was set up as the mastermind of the ritual. Stripped of his title and awaiting execution, he was only spared after a Gray Warden who had been a war buddy of Cadmus’ father before he joined the Wardens invoked the rite of conscription to recruit Cadmus to the Grey Wardens instead. Though he was sullen and angry the first few months the joining, both due to still not accepting what had happened to him and that his life was now cut short due to the taint—exacerbated by his Father’s passing in Seheron on duty shortly after his conscription to the wardens—he eventually accepted his place within the wardens both to ‘repay’ their help in sparing him execution and his personal adage of ‘if one were to do something, then that something must be done to the best of their ability’. He was now a warden, whether he liked it or not, so why not make the most of it rather than sulking until he eventually dies either from darkspawns or the joining? [b][color=39b54a]Homeland:[/color][/b] Tevinter Imperium [b][color=39b54a]Motivation:[/color][/b] As a Gray Warden, his current main motivation above all is to stop the Blight, but if he could also do so by helping to push reform in Tevinter in some way, or making the Qunari less of a threat to the Imperium, he would. In the end, Cadmus is still a Tevinter patriot [s]and apologist.[/s] [b][color=39b54a]Relations:[/color][/b] Yes, he is open to relationship. Used to be engaged to a magister's daughter, but it was mostly political, though they were good friends (At least from his perspective). Aside from his sister and mother, whom he regularly exchange letters with, he's on good terms with the rest of his families, but not particularly close. [b][color=39b54a]Equipment List:[/color][/b] [b]Mage Staff[/b] - An ornate ebony staff with gold plating and purple gemstones. A decorative piece that is also sturdy enough to be used as a blunt instrument in an emergency. Imbued with lighting magic. [b]Courtier Outfit[/b] - An ornate mage robe with gold trim, styled in a classic style of the Imperium so as to still be fashionably acceptable with little regard to the fashion cycles. Used only for official functions. [b]Travelling outfit[/b] - A practical and comfortable plain black robe with a belt and various pockets to store things. [b]Dagger[/b] - A sharp dagger worn in the belt for easy access. While it can be used as a self-defence tool in an emergency, its primary use is to cut open skin for blood magic. [b]Crossbow[/b] - A light Crossbow kept as an alternative ranged weapon to conserve mana—and blood—it has no special properties but does its job decently enough. [b]Ritewine[/b] - A custom of the Grey Wardens, as a wine enjoyer, the bottle's content has become a mixture of wines from various origins and bottle ages. Rumour among his colleagues has it that the bottle has never been emptied to the last drop, and thus still contains traces of the Imperium's finest wine he bought just before being conscripted. The bottle is marked with "Vintage: Warden Cadmus. Last drop reserved for the Calling." 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