Bennar Witt

[Bennar Witt]

Bennar Renzo Witt

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The Essentials

 

Visage

Though of a scholarly mind, Bennar is in somewhat of a respectable physique. Muscles are subtly visible under the pale skin. He is suitably comely with hawkish features and a grave gaze. Easy laugh lines mark his blue eyes with the humor he is capable of. A thick head of brown hair is kept short and well groomed despite the vicious scar running along his forehead and into his hairline.

Clad in simple clothes, Bennar treats his wardrobe with self-respect. But he goes for simplicity and functionality rather than trendiness. The young mage prefers earth or dark hues to vibrant ones. Wearing a pale, earthy green linen shirt open at the chest and a dark blue hued cloak with a high stiff collar he looks the part of the middle class citizen. But his youthful vigor and confidence attest to his somewhat privileged upbringing, no matter if he no longer has that privilege.

 

Concept

Bennar Witt sees his own self discovery through the arts of manipulating djed. He is good hearted and an easy friend, but ambitious in his goals. He yearns for a greater understanding and influence. His rank as a third son, a man of little consequence, has made him fiercely independent and in need of validation.

With such a respectable upbringing his manners are impeccable when applied, but he is also prone to a certain wildness that came with neglect as a child. His dauntless loyalty spawns from a need for a place, a people, a friend to reciprocate and validate his worth. He was brought up to hate things evil and advocate for goodness, though his own ability to discern the two is untested.

His driving force, the thing that makes him stay up at night (or during the day in Lhavit) is magic. The destructive force of it shattered his family. It invaded his own person and caused pain that could never be forgotten. But it was tantalizing in its possibilities. Bennar found that the only way to protect against it would be to understand it. So he strives to do so.

 

Housing

Location: Lhavit

House: 1 basic 20x20 single room apartment (400 sq feet) with a hearth, bunk, chest, chair, and small table.

 

Injuries

Scars:

• Scar on forehead: Acquired in childhood.
• Scars on palms from Reimancy initiation.
• Seven circular, rough scars on his right forearm. (Spring 67 515A.V. onward)

Injuries:

• 32-67 Spring 515: Stitches in multiple wounds on right forearm, arm is in a sling.
• 68-80 Spring 515: Rough scabs on right forearm, weak but functioning.

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GENERAL

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Alternative Name	Benji Witt, Ben
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Age	25
Birth date	56, Winter, 490 A.V.
Birth Place	Alvadas
Height	5 ft 10 in.
Weight	150 lbs.
Profession	Server at The Obsidian Club
Location	Lhavit
Beliefs	Casual
Likes	History, Companionship
Dislikes	Undead, Zith, Criminals
Aspirations	Mage, Politics

Fluent Language	Common
Basic Language	Nader-canoch
Poor Language	None

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ON PERSON

• Simple Shirt
• Simple Pants
• Simple Undergarments
• Simple Coat
• Simple Boots
• Book, Blank (sometimes)

Theme

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Credit for CS Template to Fallon!

[Bennar Witt]

HISTORY

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The Past…

 

Childhood

Bennar Witt was born to a merchant in Alvadas. Their family was both rich and successful in trading both Alvadan art pieces and goods from other continents. Being the third son of a merchant, however, left much to be desired. While his eldest brother was being brought up to take over the family business, the middle son rebelled frequently enough to guide his youngest brother to the nefarious things boys did when neglected. Bennar found other ways to occupy his mind, exterior from his parents aspirations.

With an insatiable curiosity and a yearning to find a place in life, Bennar turned to exploring the city. For months he made his way through the City of Illusions, secreting back to his family when it got dark and dangerous. But he had never really explored the city alone, and he was able to see it in a totally different light. The most important discovery was that of a woman named Lorainne. She was a wiry, fiery thing from Ravok who had traversed the world and happened to stop in Alvadas.

 

Lorainne

She was fierce and independent. She was young, though older than he, and passionate. Bennar was enchanted by her story. Lorainne was what he wanted to be. She had escaped her old life and family and made the world work in her favor, or so he though of it at first. They spent much time together and when he asked her how it was that she made it so far from home she revealed to him her palms. At first, by the Cubacious’ (it had become their regular hang out) limited light, he though she was simply refusing to tell him. They had known each other about a year by now and he was hurt to think she would not trust him.

Then he noticed the scars. Two vicious star shaped wounds, one on each palm. When he leaned in to stare Lorainne made them fists and shoved them under the tabletop that was between them. Bennar’s curiosity was, of course, ignited. He spent the next three weeks begging her to explain it. At first she said it had been a mistake to show him, and told him sternly to stop asking. But when that failed, she began to whisper the truth to him. And thus his fascination with magic was born.

Lorainne did not, at first, tell him of Reimancy. When they were hidden away in some forgotten alley or safe in his father’s warehouse she would teach him of her other abilities. How to weave djed into a shield like so much ethereal cloth, or how to change the color of one’s hair at will. She taught him an old language, one she said she had learned from the man who had taught her all of these magics, though she never mentioned his name. Their lessons were enticing and stimulated his curious mind. But he was always drawn back to those scars, and what they meant.

One night, while they sat on the edge of a low wall, staring up at the stars, he asked her once again about them. Lorainne did not bother to hide her intense discomfort when she answered. The small woman told him of Reimancy and how it commanded the elements, and Bennar demanded to see a showing of it. Lorainne held out a hand and Bennar watched as she created a ball of flame above her palm. They both stared at it for a moment, and then it was gone.

The youth found the prospect of elemental control enticing in a much more flashy way than the shielding or morphing she had already taught him. He wanted it, and he told her that at length. But Lorainne knew the process, knew the ritual. She did not want to put her friend through it. She refused him, remembering her own pain. Bennar, naive and young as he was, kept pushing for her to teach him. He told her that it would bring them closer, and that no matter the pain he knew that she did not do it purposefully.

Eventually his words whittled her willpower down and she hesitantly agreed. That was where his life was tumbled upside-down. The ritual, of course, put him through a pain he had never felt before, something he could barely comprehend. Bennar lost consciousness during the process, the last thing he remembered before it all went black was Lorainne’s sobs. That was the last he saw of her.

 

Post-Lorainne

When he woke it was to rain falling on his face. He was in an alley behind his parent’s house, hair stuck to his forehead with dampness. He quickly struggled to his hands and knees, looking around for Lorainne. Bennar could only find a small wooden amulet, one he had had made for his friend. The simple oaken disk was carved with his name ‘Benji’ on one side, and her name ‘Lori’ on the other. It lay across a crate against the opposite wall, clearly arranged and left there for him to find. As he picked it up greedily and examined it, he knew that she was gone. The side bearing her name was unblemished in his hands as he stared down at it, but the blood from his wounds seeped into the wood that bore his own name. Ben carefully stowed the locket in his pocket before struggling to his feet.

His brother found him in the alley, apparently both of his siblings had been out looking for him all night. He was brought to his room and laid down on the bed there, struggling to get up and find his friend. Both older brothers had to hold him down while his mother fetched his father.

What transpired afterwards was severe disappointment from both parents. His father forbid him from looking for the ‘street tramp’ ever again. The merchant struggled to find an alternate hobby for his third son, but Ben only wanted to find Lorainne. Bennar grew farther and farther from his family in his search. After a few weeks he began to lose hope completely, depression settling in. His place at home began to feel cramped and forced, as if he no longer fit there.

Tragedy struck in Alvadas, and in the Witt home. During the Djed storm of 512 A.V. his father's warehouse was destroyed, along with almost everything they had. Almost instantly his father moved from shipping exotic art and foreign furs to peddling common wares in the markets. Bennar found his precarious place amongst his family even more stressful after the storm. They did not have enough money to support all three sons.

So he left and found himself in Lhavit.

 

Flashbacks

Fatherly Devotion: An exploration of Benji's relationship with his father.

• Part I

Lorainne: Memories of Lori

• Making Faces

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The Present…

 

The Club

The first few seasons in Lhavit were a struggle. Bennar managed to secure a job working as a server in the Obsidian Club, a bar of mixed repute. He largely ignored the study of magic for this period in favor of laying roots in the city and struggling to earn enough Kina to eat. This period was characterized by some high points, like meeting one of the Councillors of Radiance. But it was also stained with a few low points, mainly the harsh maiming of his arm and the residual emotional and psychological effects of his overgiving. Eventually the struggle to survive in a new city become the need to succeed in a new home. Benji set his sights upward...

 

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[Bennar Witt]

STATISTICS

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SKILLS

 

Magic

Image	Skill	Total	EXP	Rank
	Reimancy	37	14SP, 15RB, 1 T1, 3 T6, 4 T13	Competent
	Shielding	36	30SP, 3 T5, 2 T6, 1 T14	Competent
	Morphing	9	6SP,3 T9	Novice
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Reimancy elements: Earth | Fire | Lava (not IC yet)

 

Physical

Image	Skill	Total	EXP	Rank
#	Weapon: Dagger	3	1 T10, 1 T13, 1 T14	Novice
#	Acting	4	2 T3, 1 T14, 1 T7	Novice
#	Investigation	8	2 T13,4 T11,2 T9	Novice
#	Geology	2	2 T13	Novice
#	Endurance	2	2 T13	Novice
#	Mixology	1	1 T3	Novice
#	Running	2	1 T10,1 T9	Novice
#	Housekeeping	1	1 T14	Novice
#	Bodybuilding	1	1 T14	Novice
#	Cooking	1	1 T7	Novice
#	Acrobatics	1	1 T9	Novice
#	Stealth	1	1 T9	Novice

 

Mental

Image	Skill	Total	EXP	Rank
#	Observation	32	3 T3, 2 T1, 2 T5, 3 T6, 2 T10, 5 T13, 3 T14, 4 T7, 5 T11,3 T9	Competent
#	Philosophy	5	1 T3, 1 T5, 1 T6, 1 T7,1 T9	Novice
#	Meditation	4	1 T6, 2 T13,1 T9	Novice
#	Medicine	1	1 T13	Novice
#	Logic	1	1 T14	Novice
#	Organization	1	1 T7	Novice
#	Subterfuge	1	1 T14	Novice
#	Research	1	1 T9	Novice

 

Social

Image	Skill	Total	EXP	Rank
#	Socialization	18	3 T3, 1 T1, 1 T10, 1 T13, 2 T14, 4 T7, 3 T11,3 T9	Novice
#	Rhetoric	7	3 T11,4 T9	Novice
#	Storytelling	2	1 T7,2 T11	Novice
#	Negotiation	1	1 T14	Novice
#	Persuasion	2	1 T11,1 T9	Novice

LORES (60)

 

Mundane

•Drink Mix: Mystic Blast
•Drink Mix: Lava Peach
•Lore of Lhavitian Culture
•Lore of Streetplan of Lhavit
•Lhavit: The Obsidian Club
•Lhavit: the Trail of Waterfalls
•Lhavit: Touch of Fire
•Lhavit: Rather isolated
•Comparing Lhavit to Alvadas
•Sailing with the Svefra
•Acting: mimicking the customer's mood
•Mixology: Summer Solstice Cocktail
•Philosophy: Business or romance?
•Daggers to ease the mind and to scare off potential attackers
•An armed incident at the Obsidian Club
•Medicine: Cutting stones out of your arm
•Medicine: Bandaging wounds
•Meditation: clearing the mind
•Geology: Effects of a river on a rock
•Geology: The differences between normal Lhavitian dirt and transmuted dirt
•Housekeeping: Mopping the floor
•Acting: fake smile
•Negotiating with the "drunk complainer'' archetype
•The rude patron
•Sundial Circle: Beautiful in the Summer
•Race: Ethaefal, Horned Beauties
•Ethaefal Horns: Cannot be chipped or shattered
•Ethaefal founded Lhavit
•Interchangeable Yhavaos
•Dawn Tower: Damaged in Djed Storm
•Lhavit: Tower Wizards
•House Dusk
•Lhavit: Institutional Opinions on Magic
•Zith Are Rarely a Problem in Lhavit
•The Three Towers

 

Magical

•Reimancy: manipulating res
•Reimancy: Conjuring an Earth Spear
•Reimancy: My Res mimics natural substances when coming in contact with them.
•Res is a finite source after transmutation
•Magic: Care and Protection Required
•Magic: The Sweet Whispers
•Magic: The telltale signs of going into overgiving
•Magic: The effects of Overgiving with Reimancy
•Morphing: The Relevance of Models
•Morphing: Feeling Over Forcing
•Shielding: Applying a shield on your body
•Shielding: spread the task evenly through the shield!
•Shielding: the troubles of trying to stop a leak with shielding
•Tasking the Shield: Block Djed
•Tasking the shield: Absorb Djed
•Tasking a Shield: Don't let water through
•Shielding: Making a coat and boots rainproof
•Shielding: Creating a uniform layered shield
•Personal Magic: Uses your soul as fuel

 

Social

•Lisana: Multi-colored eyes
•Alses, Dancing in the Rain
•Alses, Councillor of Lhavit
•Alses is very Keen-Eyed
•Alses is an Aurist
•Alses, Lady Magesmith

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POSSESSIONS

 

Equipment

• Book, Blank
• 2 Quills
• Ink Vial (Black)
• 1 Waterskin
• 1 Backpack
• Comb
• Brush
• Soap
• Razor
• Balance Rations (1 week)
• 1 Eating Knife
• Flint & Steel

 

Clothing

• Simple Shirt (Linen)
• Simple Pants (Wool)
• Simple Undergarments
• Simple Coat
• Simple Boots

 

Heirloom

A wooden disk shaped amulet on a leather thong. One side says Lori, the other says Benji. The 'Benji' side is red with soaked blood.

 

Ledger

Bennar makes 2 Kina/Day as a server.
Ki= Kina (Gold Miza)
TK= Topaz Kina (Silver Miza)
JK=Jade Kina (Copper Miza)

Purchase	Cost	Total
Starting	+100 Kina	100 Ki
Book, Blank	-3 Ki	97 Ki
Quill, x2	-6 JK	96 Ki 4 JK
Ink, Black	-1 Ki	96 Ki 4 JK
Tips T3	+3 Ki	99 Ki 4 JK
Living Expenses, Winter 514	-45 Ki	54 Ki 4 JK
Dagger	-2 Ki	97 Ki 4 JK
Scabbard x4	-8 Ki	89 Ki 4 JK
Throwing Knife x3	-3 Ki	86 Ki 4 JK
Cup, Hot Tea	-2 TK	85 Ki 8 TK 4 JK
Job Wages, Spring 515	+182 Ki	267 Ki 8 TK 4 JK
Living Expense (Common) Spring 515	-135 Ki	132 Ki 8 TK 4 JK

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[Bennar Witt]

THREADS

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Winter 514

Thread#	Title	Date	Status
T3	Dice and Kina	4th	Graded
T1	At Farpoint	28th	Graded
T2	Drunken Memories	39th	Not-Active

 

Spring 515

Thread#	Title	Date	Status
T4	Between the Bottle and Bar	4th	Active
T5	Heart Rain	7th	Graded
T7	Night Lifers	12th	Graded
T10	A Blade Disrupting	14th	Graded
T14	Mop Man	17th	Graded
T6	Of Fire...	18th	Graded
T11	Sunlight and Shadows	20th	Graded
T13	Dirt	32nd	Graded
T12	Stars Above	35th	Active*
T15	Take a Stand	87th	DROP

 

Fall 515

Thread#	Title	Date	Status
T16	Money Problems	1st	Active
T23	Preventative Measures	7th	Active
T17	Dress Code	15th	Active*
T21	The Merlin's Visit	20th	Active*
T19	Fist Full of Fire	42nd	Active*
T25	A True Lhavitian Welcome	50th	Active
T18	Rumble and Roll!	69th	Active
T20	Hot Rocks	86th	Active
T22	Written Reflections	87th	Active*
T24	Cooking for the Soul II	89th	Active

 

Flashbacks

Thread#	Title	Date	Status
T8	Fatherly Devotion P1	33/Summer/497	Active
T9	Making Faces	19/Fall/511	Graded

 

Dreams

Thread#	Title	Date	Status
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[Bennar Witt]

NPCs...

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Erasmo

Erasmo Nazario Witt
Location	Alvadas, Witt House
NPC Type	Stationary
Relationship	Father
Age	53
Birthday	7 Summer 462 A.V.
Skills	Negotiation 30, Philosophy 10, Torture 10
Description	Erasmo Witt is always thinking about the honor and pride of his family. Though a very open minded man when it comes to cultures and races, Erasmo has some rather strict views on the roles of family members that have caused him to but heads with his wife and children on occasion. He is possessive of a wide range of passion, including fiery anger and deep empathy. The family is always before the self in his eyes.

 

Lorita

Lorita Sofia Witt
Location	Alvadas, Witt House
NPC Type	Stationary
Relationship	Mother
Age	49
Birthday	77 Fall 466 A.V.
Skills	Acting 25, Singing 20, Disguise 5
Description	Lorita was swept up by the dashing son of a merchant at a young age and hurried to marry, that merchant’s son being Erasmo. She has a very creative nature and a very strong sense of empathy, especially for her children. She suffers from a harsh husband and despression because she can not protect her children from Erasmo. Though it is much more a psychological harm now rather than a physical one, since they are all grown. She uses music and performance as forms of self-expression, taking part in local, humble performances in their Alvadas neighborhood.

 

Ennio

Ennio Tacito Witt
Location	Alvadas, Witt House
NPC Type	Stationary
Relationship	Brother
Age	29
Birthday	9 Spring 486 A.V.
Skills	Negotiation 20, Brawling 15, Philosophy 15
Description	Ennio out of the three Witt brothers takes the most after his father, and he hates himself for it. To assuage the guilt he has turned to alcohol. Though the roughest and meanest of the brothers, Ennio is capable of a cynical sort of realism that has nonetheless shaped much of Bennar’s own worldview.

 

Salvatore

Salvatore Tacito Witt
Location	Alvadas, Witt House
NPC Type	Stationary
Relationship	Brother
Age	28
Birthday	15 Winter 487 A.V.
Skills	Brawling 15, Philosophy 20, Anthropology 15
Description	Sal is the most amiable brother. With wisdom beyond his years he seems to have gotten the best of both his parents while not being subjected to the worst. He has served as an anchor for Bennar in emotionally hard times. He is quite possibly the person Bennar respects most in his life and wants to emulate.

 

Lorainne

Lorainne
Location	Alvadas, Streets
NPC Type	Stationary
Relationship	Best-Friend
Age	26
Birthday	12 Summer 488 A.V.
Skills	Flirting 10, Reimancy 15, Shielding 15, Morphing 10
Description	Lorainne was Ben’s strongest exposure to the outside world. She represents possibility, independence, and prestige to the merchant’s son. Her passion taught him how to be bold, her humor taught him to be self-confident, and her experience taught him that he needed to get out of Alvadas. She ended up teaching him about magic as well. Those practices were the most profound of his pursuits to date, and she holds a special place in his heart as the one who unlocked that door for him. But he has not seen her since 50th Fall 511 A.V.

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