Webber Wormwood

Webber Wormwood is a Moros Mysterium from Chicago, Illinois.

Overview

Quote: "Demons of the Lower Orders? I know I have a copy of that in the back. Honestly, though, it's mostly drivel. What you really want is Faruk's Lexicon of Fiends and Incorporeal Entities, but for that, I must make a few phone calls."

Webber Wormwood has lived in Chicago for 12 years, and runs a tiny occult bookshop in Hyde Park, near the University of Chicago, called Pentagram. He caters mostly to Sleepers with an interest in what he calls "paperback magic." A small slice of his customers are Kindred (or ghouls running errands on their behalf) - he's almost sure of it - but he's not ready to say whom. Nothing he has in the front of his store is really magical, but he does have a well-protected storage of more useful texts for other Awakened individuals he feels are trustworthy.

His bookish store-clerk personality is contrasted by the fact that most nights he paints the town red, working his way from one nightclub to the next, leading the other members of his cabal to wonder when he ever sleeps.

When he does need solace, and he isn't staying at the Hip Flask's sanctum, he's got a small apartment above his store where he listens to music, drinks whiskey (and when he can get it, absinthe) and reads. Webber owns a television, but it's covered in a layer of dust and is only turned on when he has guest who want to watch something.

He also writes, mostly poetry and personal accounts in thick, hardbound journals he keeps locked up in a chest at the foot of his bed. He'd like to make a contribution to the bodies of Arcane knowledge one day, and has been working on a treatise about his advancement in the Death Arcanum. He realizes that he's no master of the art, but figures an account of how one progresses through the stages of magical development might be helpful to future Necromancers.

Webber is fascinated with Michael Walsh, and they've become something of an item. Webber seems more interested in intellectual stimulation than carnal pleasures, but he's not above satisfying his libido. He has yet to fully trust anyone with his emotions, though, and he secretly believes that Michael is only pursuing companionship to upset his father.

Description

Webber is a very tall, skinny man with pointed features and a mop of stark-white hair. During the day, he wears a simple tweed suit, but when he's clubbing, he dons form-fitting outfits made of latex or leather with strange green-tinted sunglasses and jewelry that looks like was intended more for machine parts than to be worn.

His Nimbus is a whiff of musty paper and faint sounds like the clinking of glasses or the flipping of pages.

Stats

Dedicated Magical Tool: Silver-rimmed architect's glasses with light green lenses
Real Name: Stephen Glaebenstien
Path: Moros
Order: Mysterium
Mental Attributes: Intelligence 4, Wits 3, Resolve 2
Physical Attributes: Strength 2, Dexterity 3, Stamina 1
Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 3, Composure 3
Mental Skills: Academics (Bibliophile) 4, Computer 2, *Investigation 2, *Occults (Ancient Texts) 4
Physical Skills: Firearms 2, Stealth 2, *Survival 1
Social Skills: Expression (Writing) 2, Socialize (Carousing) 2, Streetwise (Gay Nightclub Scene) 3, Subterfuge 2
Merits: High Speech, Languages (Latin, Hebrew) 2, Library 3, Sanctum: Size (Shared) 5
Willpower: 6
Wisdom: 6
Virtue: Prudence
Vice: Lust
Initiative: 6
Defense: 3
Speed: 10
Health: 6
Gnosis: 3
Arcana: Death 3, Matter 2, Mind 1, Prime 1
Rotes: Death - Grim Sight, Entropic Guard, Suppress Aura, Summon Shadows; Matter - Craftsman's Eye, Steel Windows; Mind - 'One Mine, Two Thoughts'; Prime - Inscribe Grimoire
Manna/per turn: 12/3
Armor: 3 ("Entropic Guard," Death **)

References

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