Elspeth Nametaker

Runs-with-Ghosts is an Uktena Homid Theurge Earth Guide.

Biography

Elspeth grew up in the town of Alice Springs. She was a bright woman determined to leave her small town background to become a brilliant scientist - instead of a second-class citizen like the rest of the aborigines. But during the traumatic claiming of her birthright, Elspeth's aspirations changed dramatically. Suddenly her eyes looked upon an enlarged world, and at last her mother's teachings of the Dreamtime and her heritage made sense.

Still obsessed with knowledge, Elspeth took the name of an ancient European witch she had read about and was determined to discover the secrets of the Wyrm. She pledged to use that powerful knowledge to destroy the Wyrm and its minions. She has made great progress for one so young and is respected by the sept, even receiving dreams about the Rainbow Serpent and how she slumbers waiting for more pure ones to awaken her. Elspeth believes the key to the mysteries is Uluru, and that somewhere underneath the monolith lies Imberombera herself.

Elspeth sometimes ranges far into the Deep Umbra in search of answers to her many questions, and she is adept at forcing spirits to do her bidding. She is currently concerned that Kooasca-ki is coming under the sway of the Great Bane he guards. Although she has begun to sanction rites involving greater danger in order to secure more knowledge and power, Elspeth has lulled herself into believing no Bane is capable of tainting her. Thus may prove to be her downfall.

As Master of the Rite, Elspeth is actively involved in every ritual performed at the caern itself. More so than even most other Uktena septs, the Sept of the Waking Dream is constantly attempting voyages into Dreamtime and attempting to harness the powers of spirits both benign and malevolent. Elspeth is willing to allow great risks to both herself and others of the sept if possible knowledge to be gained is great enough. However, she is adamant that her companion and sept leader Runs-with-Ghosts be protected at all times.

Appearance

A thin boned reddish-brown wolf with dark points, a dark face and particularly long fangs. In Homid form, Elspeth appears as a lanky, sharp featured, chocolate brown aborigine with short, spiky hair. She is in her mid-twenties and wears loose, shapeless red or brown gowns.

Stats

Position: Master of the Rite
Breed: Homid
Auspice: Theurge
Tribe: Uktena (Earth Guide)
Nature/Demeanor: Director/Director
Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 3, Stamina 5, Charisma 2, Manipulation 3, Appearance 2, Perception 5, Intelligence 5, Wits 4
Abilities: Brawl 2, Empathy 2, Streetwise 2, Subterfuge 3, Drive 1, Etiquette 3, Meditation 2, Survival 2, Herbalism 1, Enigmas 4, Occult 4, Politics 2, Rituals 4
Backgrounds: Contacts 1, Familiar Spirit 2, Past Life 2, Kinfolk 3
Gifts: Mother's Touch, Persuasion, Sense Magic, Sense Wyrm, Sight From Beyond, Command Spirit, Pulse of the Invisible
Rank: 3
Rites: Rite of Cleansing, Rite of Talisman Dedication, Rite of the Opened Caern, Moot Rite, Rite of Binding, Baptism of Fire, Rite of Becoming, Rite of Summoning, Stone of Scorn, Rite of the Totem, Rite of the Shrouded Glen
Fetishes: Phoebe's Veil, Star Beads (Level 4, Gnosis 7; this string of australite beads, or meteor fragments, is connected to the stars themselves. The bearer of the beads, when concentrating, can remover herself from a situation enough to discern the true intentions of others, as if she were a star in the Umbra witnessing the whole tapestry of interactions.)
Rage 5, Gnosis 9, Willpower 7

References

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