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About Annika Valarius

Female Half-Elf (Spireborn) Magus (Kensai) 2
CG Humanoid (Elf and Human)
Init: +4 Senses: Low-Light Vision, Perception +8

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AC: 18, touch 16, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor, +4 Dex, +2 Int)
HP: 17 (2d8+4)
Fort: +6 Reflex: +5 Will: +7
Defense: Canny Defense, Elven Immunities (Immune to Sleep; +2 vs. Enchantment)

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Speed: 30 feet
Melee: Elven Warblade +7 (1d8+5/18-20) or Spiked Gauntlet +7 (1d4+4)
Ranged: Dagger +5 (1d4+4)
Special: Arcane Pool (+1), Spell Combat (-4/+4), Spellstrike
Magus Spells Prepared (CL 2nd, Concentration +4)
1st-Level (DC 15) - Color Spray, Shocking Grasp
0-Level (DC 14) - Dancing Lights, Detect Magic, Read Magic

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Str: 10 0
Dex: 18 +4
Con: 14 +2
Int: 18 +4
Wis: 10 0
Cha: 12 +1
BAB: +1 CMB: +1 CMD: 15

Feats: Combat Stamina*, Weapon Focus (Elven Warblade)*, Weapon Focus (Spiked Gauntlet)
Skills: Acrobatics +9 (2 ranks), Disable Device +10 (2 ranks, +1 trait), Knowledge (Arcana) +9 (2 ranks), Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +9 (2 ranks), Knowledge (Local) +6 (2 ranks), Knowledge (Planes) +9 (2 ranks), Perception +8 (2 ranks, +2 racial, +1 trait), Stealth +9 (2 ranks), Spellcraft +9 (2 ranks)
Background Skills: Linguistics +6 (2 ranks), Lore (Azlant) +9 (2 ranks)
Languages: Azlanti, Common, Draconic, Elven, Giant, Orc, Sylvan, Varisian
Traits: Seeker, Trap Finder
Advancement: Armor Attunement +1 (Silken Ceremonial Armor), Resistance +1, Weapon Attunement +1 (Elven Warblade)
Special: Arcane Pool (5), Dual Minded, Fey Thoughts (Acrobatics, Stealth), Keen Senses
Gear: Masterwork Elven Warblade, Masterwork Spiked Gauntlet, Dagger (5), Silken Ceremonial Armor, Backpack, Belt Pouch, Grappling Hook, Rope (Hemp) 50 ft., Scroll Case, Spellbook, Spell Component Pouch, Tent (Small), Thieves’ Tools, Waterskin, 3 gp

Thresholds
Healthy: 17
Grazed: 12
Wounded: 8
Critical: 4

Character Art

Elven Warblade

Annika was born to a human woman, a whore working out of a small brothel on the docks of Riddleport. While her mother saw many clients, particularly sailors and pirates stopping in the near lawless port, Annika was always told that her father was one of the mysterious Mordant Spire elves who had passed through town to trade in magical relics and to study the Cypher Arch. Through some twist of fate, her mother’s maiden tea failed that evening and she was conceived in the backroom of the brothel. By the time her mother realized she was pregnant, her father was long gone back to his homeland. Annika grew up in the back rooms of the brothel and nearby taverns, always just underfoot enough that she was not forgotten, but always dodging out of trouble before she became enough of a bother to earn a cuff from the matrons and bartenders. Most gave her a wide berth. As she grew older she also grew... stranger. Her mind became distant and her thoughts didn't seem to quite make sense to most people, making her a very strange child to talk to.

When Annika was twelve, she began to receive strange gifts once a year, a few days before her birthday. First they were finely woven clothes in an archaic style, then they were fine daggers and even swords along with scrolls detailing the strange, flowing combat style of the Mordant elves. Annika wasn't sure how her father knew her, or why he was only sending things now, but she wasn't about to pass up such incredible gifts. She hid her treasures away, certain that someone would try to steal the valuable pieces from her. Growing up in one of the roughest parts of a pirate port had given her plenty of exposure to the thugs, thieves, and vagabonds that passed through the docks and she had picked up more than a few thieving skills of her own by the time her father's gifts began to appear on her doorstep.

As she moved into her teen years, books of arcane knowledge and how to mix magic with swordplay were added to the yearly gifts. Annika found herself seeking aid from the Cypher Lodge in translating the strange writings and found that the arcane scholars studying the local ruins were better conversation than the pirates at the docks. She quickly found herself under foot in the homes and workplaces of the wizards more than she did in the thieves' dens at the docks. However, she learned well and by the time she was almost twenty, she was skilled in both sword and spell and one of the only locals who could actually answer questions about Azlant. Word traveled through several of her scholarly friends and Annika found herself with an invitation to act as a guide and translator on an expedition to colonize the lost continent.