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About Little Aurelie

Amelie Saint-Serene
Race: Human (Furgen Ethnicity)
Archetype: Socialite
Profession: Envoy
Tier: Basic
Fate Points: 2
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ATTRIBUTES
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Combat: 41 [5]
Brawn: 44 [4]
Agility: 47 [3]
Perception: 41 [5]
Intelligence: 49 [5]
Willpower: 41 [4]
Fellowship: 42 [4]
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SKILLS
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Education: Apprentice (+10)
--Focuses: Politics, Theology
Folklore: Apprentice (+10)
--Focus: Local Lore
Interrogation: Apprentice (+10)
Resolve: Apprentice (+10)
Simple Melee: Apprentice (+10)
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TALENTS, TRAITS, AND DRAWBACKS
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Debt-Ridden: Amelie must flip the results to fail all Skill Tests that rely on her ability to barter, bargain, or strike monetary deals in her favor.
Don't Kill the Messenger: When using Fellowship-based Skill Tests, Amelie does not suffer any additional penalties due to differences in Social Class.
Manifest Destiny: When using a Skill she does not possess Skill Ranks in, Amelie adds a +5 Base Chance.
Meeting of the Minds: When attempting to bring compromise between two extreme positions, Amelie gains a +10 Base Chance to Skill Tests.
Multilingual: Amelie can communicate simple thoughts through words and hand signals with other races whom she does not share a language with.
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TRAPPINGS
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Coin purse (17 bp)
Dirk
Fancy shoes, fashionable clothing, foppish hat, mantle, and neck ruff
Garotte
Holy symbol
Knuckleduster
Mandrake root (3)
Religious scripture, The Temperances of Saint Serene
Shoulder bag
Stiletto
Writing kit

Encumbrance: 4/7
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BACKGROUND AND CHARACTER INFORMATION
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Alignment: Zeal/Fanaticism
Social Class: Lowborn
Upbringing: Reverent

Aurelie was practically born an orphan: her mother was a serf woman in a baron's holdings, and she died in childbirth. Her father had already died as a conscript in one of the senseless conflicts of the idle rich. Aurelie herself would likely not have survived any great length of time, were it not for one spark of fortune in her life: the presence of the Monastery of Saint Serene just a half-day's ride from her birthplace. Saint Serene, one of the Hundred Saints of the God-Emperor Dagda's Great Church, was a warrior-poet in life, a champion of peace who would shed blood to see it won. Today she serves as a patron of diplomats, those who live and serve through intelligence and policy, particularly women. Her Monastery is well-known for producing capable and fearsome women, who are able to serve as competent envoys with the knowledge and skill to defend themselves and see their work through to the (sometimes bitter) end.

Aurelie is one of these, a graduate of the monastery as denoted by her given surname. (The name Aurelie was given to her in honor of Serene's younger sister, herself a lesser but still celebrated figure of the church.) For over a dozen years she's served as an envoy, mainly among the lesser nobility: barons, local princes, the occasional duke. The Sisterhood of Serene are known for their skill as diplomats and deal-brokers, as well as their willingness to delve deep, and uncover information that other emissaries might shy away from. Aurelie was invested in her duties, as the Sisterhood gave her life; when she took a job, she did whatever necessary to meet her required duties, even if it meant turning kind words to a steely glare, or further.

But recently, Aurelie has become somewhat too devoted, in some ways. And when her last job required greater and greater expenditures of wealth, she was forced to draw further and further on favors from past patrons, as well as less scrupulous sources. And when all her efforts were in vain, and negotiations for trade agreements fell into bloody conflict... Although Aurelie escaped unscathed, it was a great blow to her ego and her reputation. A Sister of Serene failed in her duty, and with a spectacular debt upon her shoulders.

So now, she must search for other work, perhaps another way to regain some standing or pay back her debts. A religious mission suits her fine, and she has many skills that might be of use on such a journey. So this tiny woman, thin and ashen yet remarkably beautiful, takes up with a ragged bunch of misfits and miscreants. Her clothing more befits a courtier than an adventurer, but the determined gleam in her eye--and the worn sword at her hip--do not lie. For Aurelie, this is but the newest duty, and she will see it done with all her zeal--or die trying.
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