Character and World Creation

Welcome.

Feel free to submit a character sheet and I will 'approve' it, sight unseen. Make it visible and we can work on the character there when that is convenient.

Most of the character creation will happen in this thread, but having a sheet can help.

Welcome, Verrain! :)

Well let's get started with my intro questions I guess.

How old were you when your visions began?

Malachi's first vision was on his 14th birthday. He touched his first present and he not only knew that it contained the video game that he asked for but he felt his parent's worries about the money it cost and the furious argument they had over a boy his age still enjoying children's things at his age. They would be divorced within the year and he knew that too.

How long have you been in the city?

Malachi has lived in London for about 5 years now. He had led a more nomadic lifestyle before that but his visions and his benefactor led him to set up shop in London.

How did you originally convince your benefactor to trust you and your visions?

Ultimately by being truthful in my foretelling even when it was something she did want to hear. To many around her only shared flattery or echoed what she wished to be. My honesty was a slap in the face but one that spared her scars.

Who seeks to sway you from your service?

That is the one thing my powers refuse to show me and my investigations have failed to uncover. That someone is trying to interfere is obvious but it is always through minions and minor powers with no real knowledge of why they have been asked to meddle in my life. My best guess is enemies of my benefactor but that hardly narrows it down.

What signs hint your prophecy grows near?

It is perhaps no surprise that many of his visions of London occur in the rain but he knows the rain is not natural and that the persistent rain heralds a greater storm. Despite the wet, every roof top seems to have a raven or crow, gathering in anticipation of later feasting. Malachi can feel London is on edge in every stone his touch lingers on for too long.

How old are you now? Roughly? I.e.: Roughly how long ago was this?
Are you still in touch with your parents?
Where did you grow up? Another large city? A rural community? Does it matter?
How extensively have you traveled? Abroad?
Even before you came to London?

Does actually being out in the rain help? Or is it more about the mood?
Interesting...
Since when?

The persistent rain has only been a few weeks. Has this feeling of impending doom been bothering you for longer than that?
When you are ready we can talk about your Benefactor and iron out the details.
Maybe you knew Jacob? His shop dealt in old books and such. With him suddenly absent, maybe that creates a link to Benji who is 'looking after the shop while it is closed'? Or maybe we don't bother with that connection?

Whether you knew Jacob or not does not affect how you wish to introduce your character to the group. It could through that connection; or it could be because you had a vision about one (or both) of them; or it could be that they come to you, looking for your help. Whatever tickles our fancy can easily work to get you into play when the time comes.
Can I ask why you selected Dual Loyalty for your second Move? Having a second Circle association can be useful, but, just so you know, the City Move stuff is not going to come up very often. We can leverage that in the fiction as greater influence over what is happening to compensate, but that is mainly flavour text, so no promised you will get the full benefit from that Move.

I am always generous with allowing changes to these starting picks (Moves, Stat allocations, whatever), so long as they have not had a measurable impact in the story. So, if it does not work out, you may be able to swap this Move for another down the road.

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Remember that you add 1 to a Stat and Circle Rating as part of the Character Creation.

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Do you need anything from me or the other players? There is no rush and we don't want to nag you, but we also don't want you to feel like you are being left out in the cold. Let us know how much input and involvement you want, at each step of the process.