Bryce Grimm
Bryce Grimm is a Rogue mage who has joined and left more than one Tradition.
Overview
Grimm has connections with all the Traditions and has developed a reputation for acquiring unique items for those who know where to find him. He spends most of his time running his occult specialty shop, dealing in New Age books and Tarot decks, while handling the sale of Talismans and items of power in his back room. He seldom stays in any area for long, more often moving to another city after only a few months. Some say he has several permanent shops established, so well-defended magically that the only way to encounter them is by accident.
He is a Rogue, one who has willingly quit not one but several Traditions after trying to follow their ways. None has yet proved satisfactory to his needs. He is constantly looking for something he cannot seem to find and others who agree with his own unique philosophies of life and Ascension. Even the Traditions that have trained him have accepted that Grimm is not a man capable of finding peace but no one is certain what drives him away from teacher after teacher, constantly frustrated by his inability to find whatever indefinable thing he's searching for.
He is helpful to all mages, save those of the Technocratic Union. He claims to have had several run-ins with the Conventions but has always escaped with his life and always with a stronger hatred for them. His lifestyle has left him bitter. While Grimm may or may not be his true name, all agree it suits him.
He was recently in San Francisco but has apparently moved on. His shop is still there, run by someone else, and the backroom is now empty. April, the woman who runs the shop, has denied any knowledge of where he might be. Her paychecks come in the mail with postal marks from London, Berlin, Paris, New York, and Tokyo. She has hinted to a few that he is once more on the run, but to others she has simply said he is preparing another of his well-attended auctions.