[center][h3]Severin Vaust[/h3][/center]
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Titles
[Monster], [Undead], [Monster - Mundane], [Monster - Evolved], [Necromancer] - [#2d7d38]
Noteworthy Perks: [Evolved] - gain the title evolved. Something about your physiology or aura identifies to others you are of a higher species than your peers. Gain a +1 to social exchanges with others of your racial tree.
[Menace] - An aura of fear emanates from the creature at all times that makes lower grade creatures take a -1 effectiveness on attacks against monster or monster allies.

Noteworthy Perks: Resilient C (28) [Aging/Fatigue and Exhaustion/Suffocation/Surprised]

Asset Goal: Duchy Nobility F

[color=#2d7d38]“Difficult?”[/color] Vaust repeated the words, a slight tilt of his head accompanying it, storing the handkerchief into his pocket once more. [color=#2d7d38]“I would say that, like in any other trade, it does require the time and effort. And, depending on how competent one plans to be in their chosen field, the degree of said effort varies.”[/color] A rather neutral, scholarly answer. Next he would step into the shack itself, stepping to the rack of the dolls, a singular hand reaching and grabbing one of them, which had gandered most of his attention. Gloves wrapped around its dense frame, around its torso, holding it to the side.

[color=#2d7d38]“Now, why study the arcane arts and religion…”[/color] He turned, the tip of his cane poking against the creaking floorboards of the wooden shack. [color=#2d7d38]“... have you ever wondered why everything has mana?”[/color] Posing the big fairy such a question, eyes gazing upon Esther, he let his own silence stretch dramatically, before continuing. [color=#2d7d38]“No matter what being study, you analyze: from the lowest of goblins to the ancient dragons which I was fortunate enough to glimpse, while accompanying a group in one of Ryke Guild’s Request, all of them have at least some capacity of it.”[/color]

Steps once more, this time towards the threshold of the shack, stopping near the entrance. He lifted the hefty doll towards the Fae, eyes pointing right at her. [color=#2d7d38]“No one is really incapable of conjuring mana, since either birth or conception. Now, that is not to say that improper channeling of it can’t cause every single organ or nervous thread sensitive to it to be destroyed, but that is a different topic.” [/color]Turning the doll over, he glanced at it, before walking back to the shelf, placing it neatly as to not disturb the order that Penny had created there.

[color=#2d7d38]“Still, how this mana is brought forth varies. Yours, for example.”[/color] Lifting his cane, he pointed the globular crown towards the fairy, the tip swirling in that dark, mossy green. [color=#2d7d38]“It is brought by playing on your harp, which, I might add, intrigues me and would like to know more about.”[/color] A faint smile appeared on his mustachioed lips. [color=#2d7d38]“It is as unique as the next one, so many different ways to bring forth this seemingly ‘essential force’ that [Construct], [Fae], [Monster], [Beastkin] and us have, waiting for something to unlock it.”[/color]

His hand retreated, finger now tapping against the glass crown on his cane. [color=#2d7d38]“Why the different races share this common connection, let’s say, despite their jarring differences? I have my own inklings of the possibility of a primordial god, one that preceded every single one that the different ‘sects’, both official and unofficial, claim to exist and interfere in our world. Or, at least, that is how every singular thread I’ve found during my investigation led me to believe. As much as experts in both fields may seem to despise one another, like Proctor Valeriana showed, or how the Church in the Grand Duchy would likely call our investigation here blasphemous or any name to keep the truth of the matter hidden behind the veil, I say that both sources of knowledge are dependent on one another, so that the truth can be glimpsed.”[/color]

CDs: C 2/2