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title: Claas, the Failed Apprentice
categories: grog 
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Age
: 24

Game Start
: 1221 (age 24)

Personality Traits
: Meddler +3, Seeker +2, Loyal -2

Virtues
: Failed Apprentice (minor, social status), Enchanting Music (minor, supernatural), Good teacher (minor, general)

Flaws
: Tainted with Evil (minor, general), Meddler (minor, personality),  Infamous 

Reputation
: Sorcerer, local, Lübeck, 4

Background
: Claas was in training with one of the magi in Lübeck, when a lab experiment blew up in his face.  This destroyed his gift, and a dark spirit clung onto him, tainting him with evil.

Characteristics
: Int +1, Per +2, Pre +1, Com +3, Str -1, Sta -1, Dex -1, Qik -1

| Ability           | Spec.           | XP | Score | xp | Remark |
|-------------------|-----------------|----|----|----|----|
| Low German        | Lübeck          | native | 5 | | |
| Latin             | Hermetic        | 75 | 5 | |  |
| Classical Greek   |                 | 30 | 3 | |  |
| East Norse        | Swedish         | 34 | 3 | 4 |  |
| Artes Liberales   | Poetry          | 15 | 2 | |  |
| Philosophia       | Moral phil      | 15 | 2 | |  |
| Medicine          | Physician       | 15 | 2 | |  |
| Magic Theory      | Lab design      | 38 | 3 | |  |
| Magic Lore        | Magical beasts  | 15 | 2 | |  |
| Faerie Lore       | Sea Faeries     |  5 | 1 | |  |
| Teaching          | Latin           | 19 | 2 | 4 | |
| Area Lore: Lübeck | Taverns         | 15 | 2 | |  EC |
| Area Lore: Stockholm | Taverns         |  7 | 1 | |  EC |
| Area Lore: Baltic Sea | Trade routes | 35 | 3 | |   |
| Awareness         | Searching       | 15 | 2 | |  EC |
| Code of Hermes    | Mundane Interf. | 19 | 2 | |  |
| Finesse           | Aiming          |  5 | 1 | |  |
| Concentration     | Reading         |  5 | 1 | | |
| Etiquette         | Getting info.   |  5 | 1 | |  Spring 1230 |
| Folk Ken          | Dishonesty      |  5 | 1 | |  EC |
| Guile             | Fast talk       |  5 | 1 | |  EC |
| Stealth           | Sneak           |  5 | 1 | |  EC |
| Org. Lore: Oo Hermes |              | 15 | 2 | |  |
| Craft: painting   | bright colours  | 20 | 2 | 5 |  |
| Music             | Song            | 40 | 3 | 10 | |
| Enchanting Music  | Sadness and Despair | 25 | 3 | | |
| Prof: Scribe      | Hermetic Books  |  35 | 3 | 1 | |
| Single Weapon     | Short Sword     |  54 | 4 | | Spring 1223 |
| Thrown Weapon     | Sling           |  11 | 1 | | Spring 1223 |


# Advancement 1221

+ Spring 1221: Read DL: Classical Greek  15xp
+ Summer 1221: Read Area Lore: Baltic Sea L3Q15 15xp
+ Autumn 1221: Copy Finesse Q10 + Exposure 2xp in Scribe
+ Winter 1221: Copy Magic Lore Q9 + Exposure 2xp in Scribe
+ Spring 1222: Code of Hermes L3Q14 14xp (-> 2(4) )
+ Summer 1222: Learn Single Weapon from Angelheart 13xp
+ Autumn 1222: Copy Summa + Exposure 2xp in Scribe (8pts)
+ Winter 1222: Copy Summa + Exposure 2xp in Scribe (8pts)
+ Spring 1223: Taught by Angelhart 13xp single weapon
+ Summer 1223: Read DL: Classical Greek  15xp
+ Autumn 1223: Copy Summa + Exposure 2xp in Scribe (8pts) Completes Rego 17pts
+ Winter 1223: Copy Summa + Exposure 2xp in Scribe (9pts)
+ Spring 1224: Read Baltic Sea Lore 15xp
+ Summer 1224: Copy Summa + Exposure 2xp (-> 2(4)) in Scribe (9pts) Completes Corpus 18pts + Auram Root 6pts
+ Autumn 1224: Install lab for Jenicho 2xp Magic Theory
+ Winter 1224: Install lab for Andreas 2xp Magic Theory
+ Spring 1225: Taught by Angelhart 14xp single weapon 
+ Summer 1225: Practice Swedish 8xp
+ Autumn 1225: (Work) Write *The Ethics of Magic* Philosophia SQ12-2  Exposure Scribe +2xp
+ Winter 1225: Practice Swedish -> 3
+ Spring 1226: Taught by Angelhart 14xp single weapon 
+ Summer 1226: (Work) Write *Beasts of Legend* Magic Lore SQ12-2  Exposure Scribe +2xp
+ Autumn 1226: Practice Area Lore: Stockholm 7xp
+ Winter 1226: (Work) Write *Beautiful Letters* Profession: Scribe SQ12-2  Exposure Scribe +2xp 
+ Spring 1227: Story 10xp (Faerie Lore (5), Baltic Sea Lore (5)
+ Summer 1227: Artal's lab Exposure 2xp Magic Theory
+ Autumn 1227: Practice painting 4xp
+ Winter 1227: Artal's lab Exposure 2xp Magic Theory
+ Spring 1228: Practice painting 4xp
+ Summer 1228: (Work) Write *Trade Posts and Trade Routes in the Baltic Sea* (Baltic Sea Lore Q12-3)
  Exposure Scribe 2xp
+ Autumn 1228: (Work) Write *Lab Designs* (Magic Theory Q12-3) Exposure 2xp scribe
+ Winter 1228: Taught music by Claas 10xp
+ Spring 1229: Copy own book on magic theory.  Exposure 2xp Scribe
+ Summer 1229: Author book on Code of Hermes. Exposure 2xp Scribe
+ Autumn 1229: Practice Painting 4xp
+ Winter 1229: Practice Painting 4xp
+ Spring 1230: accompany Artal to find Bastion.  
    + 8xp in Etiquette (5) and Swedish (3)
+ Summer 1230: teach Latin to Bastion.  SQ 20.  Exposure 2xp Teaching
+ Autumn 1230: Write *German Rhyme* (Tractatus on Artes Liberales Q12-3)
    - Exposure 2xp Scribe
+ Winter 1230: Taught Thrown Weapon by Angelhart Q11.
+ Spring 1231: teach Latin to Bastion.  SQ 20.  Exposure 2xp Teaching (recorded)
+ Summer 1231: Practice Painting 4xp (recorded)