Yesterday I posted the first part of my conversion of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe to Blue Rose. Today I want to post the second part. In this post, I'll look at Blue Rose versions of my two favorite witches,
Willow & Tara.
I had posted some conversions for these two using the
Blue Rose/True 20 system, but those were modern versions of what I call the "Dragon and the Phoenix" timeline. They were not Aldean versions of the characters. Honestly
given their treatment in the main continuity, they will be more respected in Aldea than in Sunnydale.
Like with
Bethan I am starting with what is the essence of the characters and adapting that to a Aldean/Blue Rose background. So I am pleased to introduce Helyg (Willow) and Brynn (Tara).
Helyg & Brynn, Rose Adepts
In my games, and in much popular fan fic, Willow and Tara have been reincarnated many times and in each life they have been lovers.
Helyg, Adept of the White Rose
Helyg was born to a not-very-rich merchant and his University schooled wife. She had expected she would join the service of the Church of Pure Light in Jarzon like so many other intelligent, but not wealthy, girls living in Jarzon. Helyg knew though she was different. Very different.
She knew the thoughts of others, even when she didn't try. She could "see" when things were about to happen and avoid them. As her magical power grew so did her realization that she also was
caria daunen and preferred other girls. She had been in a relationship with boy who was a childhood friend because this was expected of her. When she was with him she could avoid the questions her mother had, but only voiced in her mind. Helyg planned to escape to Aldis where she could, at least, be away from a country that did not approve of her love or her magic. Somehow she managed to convince her parents, and to this day she believes she used Arcana to do this, to allow her to attend University in Aldis.
Here she met the Darkfiend Slayer, Bethan and learned of her battles.
She also met Brynn.
When she met Brynn she felt a deep connection to her from the start. She thought at first it was because she had met another young adept and a potential "study buddy" and friend. It was not till they touched, physically and mentally, that she learned the truth. Helyg and Brynn had been part of each other's Eternal Dance since the dawn of time. Always together, always finding each other. Thousands of lives and names. Names like Bodhmal and Liath, Sallie and Teamhair, Will and Tamara, Willow and Tara, flooded their minds. Sometimes the love was romantic, other times familial, but always in love. They knew they were Anamchara.
They have had no time to reflect on this though. They have encountered a new Shadowgate and more Darkfiends pour out. Helyg and Brynn have also learned that they might be the first Rose Adepts in nearly one-hundred years.
Name:
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Helyg |
Race:
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Human
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Background:
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Jarzoni (living in Aldis)
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ABILITY
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Score |
Focus |
ACCURACY
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3 2 |
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COMMUNICATION
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2 |
Psychic |
CONSTITUTION
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2 |
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DEXTERITY
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2 |
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FIGHTING
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2 |
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INTELLIGENCE
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5 4 |
Historical Lore, Arcane Lore |
PERCEPTION
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2 |
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STRENGTH
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1 |
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WILLPOWER
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4 3 |
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Combat
AR 0
Defense 12
Health 32
Weapon Groups: Brawling, Staves
Staff, Attack 3, Damage 1d6+1
Athame, Attack 1, Damage 1d6
POWERS, TALENTS, AND SPECIALIZATIONS
Armor Training: None
Talents: Arcane Training: Shaping (J), Psychic (N)
Mundane Talents: Lore (N), Linguistics (N)
ARCANA
Psychic: Psychic Contact*, Psychic Shield, Second Sight
Shaping: Move Object, Arcane Weapon, Wind Shaping, Wind Walking
Persona
Calling: The Adept, Mastery of the Arcane
Destiny/Fate: Seven of Chalices, Practical/Deluded
Goals: Keep Brynn safe, help Bethan, Learn the secrets of the Rose Adepts.
Corruption: None, but she thinks she might have unduly influenced her parents with Psychic Arcana. This is something she has only shared with Brynn.
Relationships
Brynn (4). She is the love of my life. My soulmate, my anamchara. I see a better version of myself in her eyes and she makes me want to be that person. I will always find her.
Bethan (2). She is my best friend. To everyone else, she is the indestructible Slayer but we have shared fears, sorrow, and happiness. I know the true Bethan.
Gwawr (2). She is my best friend's sister. I sense power from her, but she doesn't know it yet herself. She loves Brynn so much I can't help but be protective of her.
Brynn, Adept of the White Rose
Living in the great forests of the Pavin Weald is not an easy life. Living under the shadow of sorcery makes it much tougher. Brynn grew up in such an environment. Her father and brother were both stern military men that took the point of view that women need to remain at home. He wanted to rais his daughter the same way, her mother, Meghan, would have nothing to do with that. While many girls in this part of the Pavin Weald did not bother to learn to read, Brynn was taught by her mother. She also learned that she, her mother and grandmother, were all part of a great legacy of Reznan Witches. Her father, Riobard, had rescued Meghan from a Darkfiend attack many years ago. Riobard always felt it was the trace of Vata blood in Meghan, her mother and now in Brynn that had attracted the Darkfiends. After Meghan had died Brynn learned that a sizable sum of money had been saved for her to attend University in Aldis.
She left her home and entered the wide world for the first time.
She also met Helyg.
When she met Helyg she felt a deep connection to her from the start. She knew Helyg had power, she had felt the same around her mother and grandmother. It was not till they touched, physically and mentally, that she learned the truth. Helyg and Brynn had been part of each other's Eternal Dance since the dawn of time. Always together, always finding each other. Thousands of lives and names. Names like Bodhmal and Liath, Sallie and Teamhair, Will and Tamara, Willow and Tara, flooded their minds. Sometimes the love was romantic, other times familial, but always in love. They knew they were Anamchara.
They have had no time to reflect on this though. They have encountered a new Shadowgate and more Darkfiends pour out. Helyg and Brynn have also learned that they might be the first Rose Adepts in nearly one-hundred years.
Name:
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Brynn |
Race:
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Human (some Vata heritage)
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Background:
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Forrest Folk (living in Aldis)
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ABILITY
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Score |
Focus |
ACCURACY
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3 2 |
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COMMUNICATION
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2 |
Psychic |
CONSTITUTION
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3 2 |
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DEXTERITY
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2 |
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FIGHTING
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1 |
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INTELLIGENCE
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4 3 |
Natural Lore, Arcane Lore |
PERCEPTION
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2 |
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STRENGTH
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2 |
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WILLPOWER
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5 4 |
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Combat
AR 0
Defense 12
Health 35
Weapon Groups: Brawling, Staves
Staff, Attack 3, Damage 1d6+1
Athame, Attack 1, Damage 1d6
POWERS, TALENTS, AND SPECIALIZATIONS
Armor Training: None
Talents: Arcane Training: Psychic (J), Healing (N)
Mundane Talents: Animal Training (Horses) (N), Medicine (N)
ARCANA
Psychic: Psychic Contact*, Psychic Shield, Second Sight, Calm, Sense Minds
Healing: Cure, Sleep
Persona
Calling: The Moon, Discovery of Secrets
Destiny/Fate: Six of Rods, Confident/Apprehensive
Goals: Protect Helyg from Corruption, help Bethan and Gwawr, Learn the secrets of the Rose Adepts.
Corruption: None.
Relationships
Helyg (4). She is the love of my life. My soulmate, my anamchara. I see a better version of myself in her eyes and she makes me want to be that person. I will always find her.
Bethan (1). She is Helyg's best friend and she treats me like I am family. If I can help her in anything I will.
Gwawr (2). She is my best friend, even though she is younger. She also has powerful psychic potential, but it is untested. I will protect her as my mother protected me.
*When using Psychic Contact between each other, neither Helyg nor Brynn suffer fatigue. Contact is made at +5 to their rolls.
WOW. I am so, so pleased with these stats. I can't wait to play these two!
Anamchara
“The only thing more frightening than meeting a Celt in battle is meeting a Celt in battle with his wife at his side.”
- Attributed to Pliny the Elder, 1st Century CE
Anamchara (“on-um-kor-ah”), or soul-mate, is the Gaelic term used to describe a deep and powerful bound shared between two people. This goes beyond mere companionship and even beyond love; the souls of the two people are connected at a deep and fundamental level. Some occult scholars even speculate anamchara share one soul between two physical people.
The anamchara (singular and plural) are often aware of each other on a preternatural level. While this not a full blown telepathy or even empathy it is beyond what the normal senses would allow. This manifests itself in mundane ways as two lovers humming the same song at the same time with no outside influence, husband and wife completing each others sentences, separated twins living parallel lives, or even one sibling knowing her other sibling is about to walk into a room before the event happens.
Anamchara can be, and often are, lovers, but they are not limited to that alone. Some anamchara can also be very close siblings or very deeply devoted friends. Sometimes the connection can be forged in battle, giving rise to a “brothers-in-arms” effect. The Anamchara can also have a deep connection resulting from life times of being together, often both having been in the Eternal Dance together for centuries.
The only prerequisites for this are the two characters must love each other, as represented by a relationship intensity of 3 or greater.
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ANAMCHARA STUNTS |
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Stunt |
| 5 |
I Will Always Find You. This acts like a mild form of Empathy or Awareness that extends only to their anamchara. This grants +2 to locate their anamchara via mundane, magic or psychic means. This also gives each anamchara a broad sense of the other’s health and well being. |
| 5 |
I’ll Stand By You. When anamchara are together even dire situations do not seem as grim. With a soothing word or even a knowing look a character can grant her anamchara +5 on any one test. Best of all, she can do it after the player has already made this test. The granting character spends her Action explaining she is doing this to aid her beloved. This can only be done once per game session per character. |
