Airyaman

Airyaman is a Acanthus Mysterium from Chicago, Illinois.

Overview

Quote: "Yes, I know where you can get powdered mummy. It's going to cost you, though. If you want me to get it for you it'll be more. What'd you say you needed it for again?"

Having lived through Prohibition as a teenager, Leeland Price is likely the oldest mage in Chicago. He was born in 1911, and Awakened at the tender age of 16, during the height of Chicago's mob activity. Fortunately, an enigmatic cabal of Mysterium mages took him in. They fronted as a Golden Dawn lodge during an era in which interest in the occult was trendy, keeping their eyes and ears open for rumors of real magical activity and collecting archives of information.

Leeland realized early on that it isn't whom you are that makes a difference; it's whom (and what) you know. Still something of an impetuous youth, he broke away from the cabal that trained him after only two years, joining a group of younger mages that was just forming.

At the time, the Hip Flask took in almost anyone who was interested, and one of its main goals was to procure peculiar odds and ends for those who hadn't the means to find them. Airyaman was just the mage the cabal needed. He seemed to have a knack for being in the right place at the right time, and everyone who met him liked him instantly, a perfect fit for a cabal that networked in the speakeasy scene to learn everything they could about the powerful people who ran Chicago. Soon, he moved up in the ranks of the Flask, and when the original leader was killed in a magical duel, the other mages begged him to lead them, not wanting to disband a cabal that had the potential to grow into very influential player in the city's politics.

Airyaman is the only surviving founding member of his cabal, having seen mages come and go now for over 70 years. He believes in training younger mages to learn as much as they can, and takes on the role of Mentor to all the mages of the Flask.

He knows that, at 93, he doesn't have much longer to live. He certainly looks younger than he really is, and he doesn't make it a habit to reveal his actual age, but, over the last decade, he has collected as much data as he can about the Celestial Flange, and he wants to pass that torch on to someone he knows will be able to handle it.

When the Mage War of 1987 rattled the foundation of the city and the Hierarch was killed, Airyaman was the obvious choice to replace her. Never wanting a role with that much responsibility, he filled it only temporarily. When Theodore Walsh showed an interest, with the support of several of the city's mages, Airyaman gladly stepped down (though he occasionally reminds Walsh of the real reason he's Chicago's Hierarch). Airyaman is still a Councilor, though, and does his best to make sure that the search for the Flange never reaches the feverish pitch it did in the '80s.

Description

Leeland still has a full head of hair, white though it is, and wears tiny, round architect's spectacles. He tends to wear loose-fitting suits made of comfortable, breathable fabrics and frequently dons a derby, betraying tastes from an earlier time. He certainly doesn't look his age, keeping in step with the younger members of his cabal with an unexpected resilience.

His Nimbus is a vague aura of dark amber, like sunlight passing through a glass of ale.

Stats

Dedicated Magical Tool: Silver flask
Real Name: Leeland Price
Path: Acanthus
Order: Mysterium
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 3, Wits 4, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength 1, Dexterity 2, Stamina 2
Social Attributes: Presence 3, Manipulation 3, Composure 5
Mental Skills: Academics 2, *Investigation 3, *Occults (Artifacts) 4, Politics 2
Physical Skills: Firearms (Pistol) 3, Larceny 2
Social Skills: Empathy 2, Persuasion (Deal-Making) 4, Socialize 3, Streetwise 5, Subterfuge 3
Merits: Contacts (Chicago Underworld, Chicago Nightlife), High Speech, Resources 3, Sanctum: Size (Shared) 5, Status: Concilium 3
Willpower: 8
Wisdom: 9
Virtue: Charity
Vice: Greed
Initiative: 7
Defense: 2
Speed: 8
Health: 7
Gnosis: 4
Arcana: Fate 5, Time 4, Mind 3, Space 2
Rotes: Fate - Reading the Outmost Eddies, Sharpshooter's Eye, Fortune's Protection, Swearing an Oath, Alter Oaths, Lucky Coin, Sanctify Oaths, Forge Destiny, Time - Perfect Timing, Flip of the Coin, Acceleration, Temporal Pocket, Mind - Aura Perception, Mental Shield, Universal Language, Space - Finder, Ward
Manna/per turn: 13/4
Armor: 5 ("Fortune's Protection," Fate **)

References

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