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Billy Salt
Nature: Autocrat
Demeanour: Conniver
Essence: Dynamic
Tradition: Cult of Ecstasy (Barabbus)
Salt's primary motivation is control though he's not keen to show his hand, he prefers to convince others that his manipulations are their own ideas. His avatar drives him to create and innovate, and he interprets this by casting himself in the role of architect and conductor. He sees the world around him as clay to be shaped to his vision. His was initiated into his tradition through the Klubwerks faction; he was club kid who sought transcendence through music and drugs, caring little for the deeper philosophy. He achieved his awakening on the dance floor, shattering his mind and perceiving that which lies beneath the skin of reality.
Focus
Paradigm: A World of Gods and Monsters / Might Makes Right
Practices: Art of Desire, Dominion, and Maleficia.
Instruments: Art, Drugs and poisons, Eye contact, Sex, Symbols, Thought forms, and Voice.
He believes that reality is the outcome of a delicate balance of treaties and stalemates between cosmic powers that operate on scales vaster than humans can comprehend. Magick can be seen as uncovering details of who is responsible for a specific aspect of reality and then petitioning them. Since these powers are ruling by fiat, it stands to reason that the awakened can also direct reality to conform to their will. He speculates that the avatar is a fragment of these greater powers or perhaps a larval form.
Attributes
Strength 3, Dexterity 2, Stamina 3
Charisma 3, Manipulation 4, Appearance 3
Perception 2, Intelligence 2, Wits 2
He maintains a good degree of physical fitness, favouring power and endurance over flexibility (perhaps there's a metaphor there...). His looks and personality are appealing, and he uses them as cover for his machinations.
Talents
Alertness 3, Awareness 3, Intimidation 2, Streetwise 2, Subterfuge 3
He has cultivated a high degree of attention to both the mundane and magickal worlds. Threats and lies are tools that he wields with natiral ease.
Skills
Etiquette 1, Meditation 2, Stealth 2
He practices daily meditation as a form of discipline. He values being able to make a good impression and a discreet exit.
Knowledges
Cosmology 3, Investigation 3, Occult 3
Since his awakening he has obsessively studied to make up for his lack of formal magickal training.
Spheres
Desire 2, Dominance 2, Oaths 2
For Salt magick is about hierarchical power and the agreements that enforce it, both formal and instinctual.
Advantages
Arcane 2, Dream 1, Mentor 1, Resources 3
His capability of discretion extends into a psychic invisibility that covers his tracks. He also has limited psychic insights that he uses carefully to inform his plans. He has recently made a pact with an infernal entity which has offered him limited tuition and power.
Arete 2
Willpower 5