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title: Artal ex Bjornaer
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[Artal Character Sheet](Artal_ex_Bjornaer.pdf)
# Covenant Upbringing.
Artal's native language puts this in the Catalonia region of NE Spain.
*you were raised in a large, old covenant that has little contact with the outside world.*
- What was his covenant like?
- What was especially strange compared to the normal world?
- What does he find especially confusing about the outside world as a result of his sheltered upbringing?
Born in Catalonia, he was picked up at a young age by a Bjornaer named Philippa, a horse-heartbeast Herbam Maga, who took him in to Crinthera, to teach him, when he was a child of 6 yo, where he stayed 3 years before formal apprenticeship, so he could get acclimated.
<b>Born in Catalonia, he was picked up at a young age by a Bjornaer named Philippa, a horse-heartbeast Herbam Maga, who took him in to Crinthera, to teach him, when he was a child of 6 yo, where he stayed 3 years before formal apprenticeship, so he could get acclimated.
It was a strange place, where one encountered many animals, as Magi there changed into their heartbeasts with nary a thought, and nudity wasn't considered that strange, at least till one could get one's clothes in order, though nobody seemed to take a great haste to do it. And where magi usually stayed in Animal forms, if they didn't have to teach or scold an apprentice.
This need to always cover one's body is especially perplexing, as already evidenced.
This need to always cover one's body is especially perplexing, as already evidenced.</b>
# Apprenticeship
## Apprenticed 1205, age 9.
The *Sleeping Years*. It is usual for a *catulus* to be trained by a sept. But sometimes the master is not part of a sept. This period of apprenticeship ends with the Ritual of Twelve Years.
I haven't thought about a sept.
<b>I haven't thought about a sept.</b>
## Gathering of Twelve Years 1215, age 19.
Artal's Heartbeast is awoken. He is fully inducted into the house and clan.
But the Code requires him to be given 15 years of training, so although he has a full voice within the House, he is still considered an apprentice by the Order.
## Apprenticeship complete 1220, age 24.
Artal has finished the 15 years of apprenticeship. He must now present himself to his chosen Tribunal to be acknowledged.
As the Rhine Tribunal is the only one he knows, as since Crinthera is the main location of the Ilfetu, and where many rituals are conducted, he opted to stay there.
<b>As the Rhine Tribunal is the only one he knows, as since Crinthera is the main location of the Ilfetu, and where many rituals are conducted, he opted to stay there. It's also why a part of him is scared of being thrown out of Occulus.</b>
# Infamous Master
Who?
Was he(?) the only Bjornaer at the Covenant, or was he part of a sept?
Why is he infamous?
Is the infamy justified?
Phillipa also has a destructive side, and was infamous about it, and some Magi joked, never within her hearshot, that she should have had a mule as a heartbeats instead of a horse.
<b>Phillipa also has a destructive side, and was infamous about it, and some Magi joked, never within her hearshot, that she should have had a mule as a heartbeats instead of a horse.</b>
# Fire!
Is Artal's affinity with fire learned from his master?
Or has it come from somewhere else?
He was fascinated by fire from the moment he learned about magic. Philippa didn't encourage it, but she wasn't gonna stomp on his affinity as it manifested (pun intended).
<b>He was fascinated by fire from the moment he learned about magic. Philippa didn't encourage it, but she wasn't gonna stomp on his affinity as it manifested (pun intended).</b>
# Iltefu
Of all the Bjornaer magi, there were only 6 members of Clan Iltefu - now there are 7.
Clan initiation must come after the Ritual of Twelve Years, so it is likely that his facility with Bjornaer Lore was learned from his Infamous Master.
But it could also be that this was a natural talent and once this facility with House Lore was noticed, he was reassigned away from his Infamous Master to a respected member of Clan Iltefu, for the later part of his apprenticeship.
Philippa isn't an Ilfetu, but yes, once his natural talent for House lore manifested, he was inducted, and the one who inducted him regrets it, due to his volatile nature. But then again, there were omens about him, though it's unclear whether he'd cause more harm than good.
[Clan Ilfetu's initiations give the Divination, Second Sight and Visions Virtues/Flaw]
<b>Philippa isn't an Ilfetu, but yes, once his natural talent for House lore manifested, he was inducted, and the one who inducted him regrets it, due to his volatile nature. But then again, there were omens about him, though it's unclear whether he'd cause more harm than good.
[Clan Ilfetu's initiations give the Divination, Second Sight and Visions Virtues/Flaw]</b>
