Sofia Lex

Sofia Lex is a Obrimos Seer of the Throne from Chicago, Illinois.

Overview

Quote: "There is nothing that is, ultimately, unknowable or untouchable. Knowledge must first be gathered, then assessed, then weighed in the balance of the will of the Exarchs."

As a young girl growing in Chicago's Lakeshore area, Sofia was considered brilliant by any standard, and her family hoped for a bright future for her. At first, it seemed everything was coming her way, a full scholarship to one of that state's top college-prep schools, a National Merit Scholarship to the college of her choice, Phi Beta Kappa - and an active social life as well. Bright and cheerful with her friends, reserved and polite to those who disliked her for her intellect or her family's wealth, Sofi basked in the warmth of family, friends and the security of her own prodigious accomplishments. Her parents hoped she would enter the legal or medical professions, but Sofia held out for library school, drawn to it because of its eclectic promise and its ability to categorize and catalogue knowledge, something that appealed greatly to her orderly mind.

She graduated near the head of her class at the University of Chicago and was accepted at Columbia University's school of library science. Then the accident happened that changed her life. Always a careful driver, Sofia had never been involved in a highway accident. Nothing prepared her for the freak lightning strike that surged through her Saturn's engine, sending her car spinning out of control during Chicago's rush hour. Miraculously, or so it seemed, Sofia's car careened into the highway's shoulder, flipping over out of the way of traffic. Only Sofia was injured. She spent the next three weeks in a coma in intensive care.

When she awoke, after 21 days of unconsciousness to the world around her, she found that her body was paralyzed from the waist down, but that her mind was suddenly and terribly opened to a new world. In her coma, her spirit had come before the Throne of the Exarchs and she Awoke a member of the Seers of the Throne.

Thanks to the influence of the Seer network, doors were opened for her, and she landed a job as special collections librarian at the Harold Washington Library Center. Working under orders, so she claimed, from the Exarchs, she formed the Bibliotech pylon for the express purpose of collecting all the occult or Arcane information she could, and either harnessing it for the greater food of the Sleeping world or suppressing or destroying the information of it could not be used for that purpose.

Her long rehabilitation period and her stay in New York to attend library school had a twofold effect on her relationship with Chicago's Awakened population. Her absence meant that she had not formed entanglements or personal relationships with any other mages; her familiarity to the city, however, as her birthplace and primary home "turf" meant that she was not a newcomer as far as knowing the layout of the land. In addition, she was free from preconceived notions about her fellow Seers.

She was in the ideal position to form a group, so she formed Bibliotech pylon. Sofia, as founder and leader of this Seer pylon, has managed to handpick the members of the group from the various academic and intellectual organizations throughout the city. With the cooperation of the leader of Executive Suite, she has been able to take her choice of the most promising new Seers whose minds lead them toward the search for knowledge. To all appearances, the Suite and the Bibliotech are a matched pair of complementary pylons, supporting the Seer presence in Chicago.

Description

Sofia Lex is a non-descript, middle-aged woman who exudes an aura of power despite her physical debilitation. She wears her dark auburn hair, which shows no hint of gray, in a short, salon-styled power cut. Her gray-green eyes sparkle with alertness, though they also become steely and impenetrable when she is determined on a course of action or crossed in the performance of her duty. She wears just enough make-up to cover up the small tracery of scars along her jaw line, where surgery to repair her crushed lower jaw was performed immediately after her accident. Immaculately groomed, she prefers to wear comfortable suits, usually with pants to conceal her damaged and atrophied legs. he is confined to an electrically powered mobility device (so much more than just a wheelchair), but the excellent system of disabled-friendly ramps, elevators and walkways in the library and in much of downtown Chicago does little to impede her mobility.

Sofia is all business, though she does manage to find some humor in her work. The accident and subsequent recovery period has managed to distill all her desires into one pure draught - to do the will of the outside or work or her Seer connections and no outside interests. The will of the Exarchs has streamlined her life for their service.

Sofia's Nimbus looks like reams of paper circling her body. Vulgar magic adds the sound of paper crackling.

Stats

Dedicated Magical Tool: Small, gold compact mirror
Real Name: Roberta Denise Sangrate
Path: Obrimos
Order: Seers of the Throne
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 5, Wits 3, Resolve 3
Physical Attributes: Strength (Upper Arms) 2, Dexterity (Manual Only) 3, Stamina 3
Social Attributes: Presence 4, Manipulation 4, Composure 3
Mental Skills: Academics (Library Science) 5, Computer 2, *Investigation (Academic Research) 4, *Occult 3
Physical Skills: Drive 2 (Sofia's Drive Skill depends on use of a car specially equipped with hand pedals and other special customizations), Firearms 3, Weaponry (Knives) 3
Social Skills: Expression 3, Intimidation 4, *Persuasion (Motivational Speeches) 4
Merits: Encyclopedic Knowledge 3, Languages (German, French) 3, Hallow 4, Library (Shared) (Arcane Lore, Atlantean History, Combat Magic, Elemental Forces, Metaphysical Energy) 5, Resources 3, Sanctum: Size (Shared) 3
Willpower: 8
Wisdom: 5
Virtue: Prudence
Vice: Envy
Initiative: 5
Defense: 3
Speed: 10 (7 if movement other than hands or arms is involved)
Health: 8
Gnosis: 4
Arcana: Death 2, Forces 4, Mind 4, Prime 4, Space 3, Time 2
Rotes: Death - Grim Sight, Entropic Guard; Forces - Receiver, Invisible Object, Personal Invisibility, Friction Knife; Mind - Third Eye, Mental Shield, Multitasking, Psychic Sword; Prime - Analyze Enchanted Item, Counterspell, Channel Mana, Suppress Hallow; Space - Omnivision, Scrying, Multispatial Perception; Time - Temporal Wrinkles, Postcognition
Manna/per turn: 14/5
Armor: 2 ("Entropic Guard," Death **)
Magic Shield: 2 (Prime **)
Flaw: Lame

References

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