Lunette
Name: Lunette de Arbora
Race: Human
Sex:
Female
Age:
23
Background: Lunette de Arbora, as her name might
suggest, was found by the light of the full moon in a forested glade
near an Alvares enclave. Magical tests were conducted to determine how
she got there, and why she was apparently completely alone... these
tests turned up absolutely no results, which was in itself VERY
unusual, which helped the clan make the decision to raise her as a
foundling. She showed exceptional alchemical traits at an early
age, and even passed one of the infamous 'backfire' assignments
by working out in her head how the two complicated solutions would
interact when combined. She has infuriated many of her teachers
by not paying attention, and even conducting completely different
experiments than those that were assigned to her, and still managing to
pass all of her exams. 'Mysteriously gifted' students are not entirely
uncommon in the world of mages, and in fact there's a few in her
classes, but the lack of explanation for her skills intrigues her
superiors, and frustrates her to no end.
Skills: Lunette is very alchemically
inclined. It can often be likened to simple conventional
chemistry, but the added dimensions of unstable bonds, temporal bonds
(bonding to other components in a different timeline) and unreal
bonds (alchemical configurations which don't technically exist on
the same plane of existence as the rest) usually mean that the really
successful alchemists are also the sorts of people who mumble to
themselves and count toothpicks. Lunette can visualize all of these
aspects, and more, while giving the impression of a slightly flighty
mid-20's emo hipster. Her interest in the fundamental building blocks
of the unreal universe also spills over into the world of artificery,
and she dabbles as a hobbyist. Her first (and favorite) permanent
artifact is her notebook, which looks like a simple leather tome with copper bindings and buckles,
maybe two inches thick. It actually contains more than seven
thousand pages of notes, and there's always going to be more when
she needs them (though she is considering making a second tome simply
to be an index guide to the first one, since right now Page 1 is
covered with Post-It Note reminders). Another spillover trait,
Lunette has also shown exceptional skill with cooking, and works as a
sous-chef to pay the bills now that she's out on her own. She is not very skilled with weapons,
preferring to use her assorted vials, wits and looks to get out of
trouble, but she is considering hiring a burly protector.
Possessions:
The Notebook - Artifact. Sort
of a Book of Holding.
The Suitcase - Artifact. Sort
of a ... suitcase of holding. Pretty much just contains all of
her equipment, and clothing. She is still just a beginner,
though, and the suitcase weighs exactly as much as it's contents would
indicate, so she often has to imbibe a Potion Of Temporary Lesser
Strength just to move it around when it's full. Right now it's in
the little storage space behind the seats of her truck (approx weight,
700 lbs).
Potions of: Temporary Lesser
Strength, Temporary Greater Strength, Healing, Rejuvenation,
Restoration, Wakefulness, Truth, Lies, Explosion, Explosion (Illusory
Flames), Explosion (Extra Smoke), Explosion (Knockback), Armor,
Passages, Flying, Floating, Clairvoyance, Farsight, Hindsight, and
three bottles of Universal Solvent stolen from the Royal Pantry when
she left the enclave. She can make quite a few more if she has some
time and a goal in mind, but this is all she has on hand int he
suitcase, and she usually carries half a dozen on her person at any
time, particularly Explosion and Armor, just in case.
A reliable old F-150 which currently
runs on water, and combination of Potions of Everlasting Flame and,
strangely enough, Potions of Virility, giving her about 90 miles per
gallon with a component cost of merely twenty bucks a tank.
A truly terrifying quantity of
clothing. Since getting out on her own, she's become a little bit
of a fashion nut, and spends all of her extra money on clothing.
She will not admit how much of the weight of The Suitcase is clothing.
Laptop computer, with a
lithium-ion-balthazate-oxypheromalkahyde battery. She is popular
on several chatrooms, both for her webcam pictures of herself with
various chemical formulas (which have become a minor
chemical/alchemical internet sensation and even a calendar), and uses
it to quickly run calculations for her, mostly for ratios and
quantities.
Due to the relative simplicity of
transmuting various items into gold, or more accurately Transitive
Gold, where the material slowly turns back into it's original form over
a period of several days yet manages to retain it's golden color, she
has quite a lot of wealth stashed away thanks to pleasant pawn shop
owners. She continues to work as a sous-chef because she finds
the atmosphere relaxing, and she does her best thinking when her hands
are distracted, but when she finally gets the whiff of adventure she
plans to sink all of her cash into travel arrangements and an
escort. Currently prowling the message boards, both esoteric and
mundane, looking for just the right guy.
Additional Information: Lunette is slowly being driven crazy by
the dreams and possibilities of a theoretical particle, one that is
both Real, Natural, Unreal and Temporally stable. Two of those at the
same time are very possible, three at the same time is extremely rare
and difficult to acquire, but also possible. All four at the same
time is unthinkable, except to a few dedicated and mostly-crazy
alchemists, many of whom spend their entire lives looking for it.
Lunette can see it in her head, and her pages are full of little
doodles of it in the margins, although to an outsider each one looks a
little bit different. Such a particle would allow for the combining of
components that react volatilely to eachother, explosively to
eachother, even annhilate eachother, and would open up entirely new
fields of alchemy. Rare and temporary potions could be rendered
permanent, healing potions could cure the incurable, and it's rumored
death itself could be staved off (though to what extent, and with what
side effects, none can say). Right now, she is planning a quest to
learn more about it, which unfortunately means she needs to interact
with the other clans, as well as groups openly hostile to her and her
kind, in order to learn all she can. Every little clue, even
seemingly unrelated stuff, goes into her Notebook.