Jorias

Name:	Jorias Ferris
Gender:	Male
Birthdate:	27 Resplendent Wood 737
Height:	182 cm
Weight:	93 kg
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Red
Skin Color:	Light
Caste:	Twilight
Nature:	Martyr
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Languages:	Riverspeak, Old Realm
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Charms Graceful Crane Stance Monkey Leap Technique Reed in the Wind Reflex Sidestep Technique Shadow Over Water Seven Shadow Evasion Flow Like Blood Ox-Body Technique Essence-Gathering Temper Essence-Lending Method Will-Bolstering Method Wound-Accepting Technique Body-Mending Meditation Grievous Injury Recovery Method Touch of Blissful Release Wound-Mending Care Technique Flawless Diagnosis Technique Ailment-Rectifying Method Contagion-Curing Touch Bodily Regeneration Prana Annointment of Miraculous Health Air Dragon's Sight Wind Dragon's Speed Breath-Seizing Technique Shrouding the Body and Mind Air Dragon Form Terrestrial Circle Sorcery Celestial Circle Sorcery Cascade of Cutting Terror Triple-Distance Attack Technique Fiery Solar Chakram Precision of the Striking Raptor Joint-Wounding Attack Crippling Firefly Infestation
Spells Death of Obsidian Butterflies Emerald Countermagic Flight of the Brilliant Raptor The Horse that Travels Earth and Water Infallible Messenger Mists of Eventide Theft of Memory Sapphire Countermagic

Jorias is a solar exalt of the Twilight caste in the Forgotten Suns campaign, played by Wordman.

Personality

Aggressive and loud in combat, calm and contemplative everywhere else. Jorias gives the impression of being an statesmen or teacher.

Appearance

Looks like Fiddler's Green from Sandman, but younger and with red hair and beard.

History

Jorias Ferris grew up in the chaos of Nexus. The son of a prostitute, Jorias was abandoned at age six, dropped off in one of the city's few orphanages. The matron of the orphanage, Ceilia West, was a kind, generous soul, and instilled much of her virtue into Jorias. Being in orphan in Nexus is not easy, but Ceilia made it bearable, even pleasant.

On his sixteenth birthday, Jorias left the orphanage. Always a large man, he found work as a bodyguard within the city. He tended to guard merchants, and tried to learn from them as much as he could about business.

By the time he reached twenty-three, he had put enough money together to open his own business, a small antiques and rare books shop. The only available space he could afford was near the Nexus Harlotry. Jorias managed to turn this to an advantage, though only accidentally. One of the harlots working next store came into the shop one day seeking to trade a trinket her customer had given her as payment. Jorias agreed to broker the item for her, taking a smaller percentage than usual. Soon, he found himself providing this service to most of the harlots in the area. He also arranged a deal with most of the brothels that his customers be given discounts, which increased business for both Jorias and the brothels.

As his business began to succeed, he met and married Fran Anglis and they bore two children. While never a rich man, Jorias was comfortable and happy. He spent his spare time studying the books brought into his store. One in particular obsessed his thoughts, a book detailing how a First Age anathema had been killed, but the body lost down a deep ravine and never recovered. The book contained a riddle of where this was, and Jorias spent years trying to figure it out.

At age 28, the answer came upon him suddenly, while walking down the middle of a crowded street. Seconds later, he exalted. Most of the crowd fled in terror, but some started shooting arrows at him. Wounded, he gathered his family and ran to the only place he could think might help him: the orphanage.

Ceilia West greeted him with a smile, hid them in the basement, gave them food, then instructed one of the orphans to run to the nearest Immaculate Temple and tell them she had a vile anathema in her basement. The excited child did as he was told, but also yelled out the news to anyone he saw on the street. Jorias heard these yells in the basement, and made to leave, but a mob had already gathered. Thinking himself a threat to his family, he left them there and ran.

The mob thought he was still in the orphanage, however, and put the building to the torch, killing everyone inside, including Jorias' family, Ceilia and all the orphans.

Distraught, angry and confused, Jorias did the only thing he could think of: track down the riddle in the book, which now seemed more important than ever. After a journey that nearly killed him, he found the ravine and eventually uncovered the anathema's spear and armor, though the body had long since decayed. As he left the ravine, he began to feel the pull of the manse. As he made is way to it, he stumbled across a band of bored Dragon-Blooded, who pursued him all the way into the jungle, where the circle rescued him.

Psyche

Though the calm voice of authority on the outside, after his exaltation, Jorias was internally something of an emotional basketcase, grasping around at whatever he could find to make sense of it all. His initiation into sorcery has since grounded him in many respects, accepting that he is no longer mortal.

Jorias rarely speaks of his family and never talks about the journey where he recovered his armor and spear.

Goals

Jorias really doesn't know what to do, so he is falling back on just trying to learn everything. Learning sorcery opened his eyes to a much wider world, which he now seeks to understant.

Experience

Improvement	Cost	Spent	Time	Instructor	Location
Dodge to 2	2	2	48 hours	Adrios	Manse
Dodge to 3	4	6	96 hours	Adrios	Manse
Dodge to 4	6	12	144 hours	Adrios	Manse
Triple-Distance Attack Technique	8	20	32 hours	self	Manse
Thrown to 4	5	25	0 hours	self	Grey River
Thrown to 5	7	32	0 hours	self	Grey River
Fiery Solar Shakram	8	40	80 hours	self	Grey River
Touch of Blissful Release	8	48	32 hours	self	Nexus
Wound-Mending Care Technique	8	56	48 hours	self	Nexus
Occult to 2	1	57	0 hours	self	Sijan
Occult to 3	3	60	0 hours	self	Sijan
Terrestrial Circle Sorcery	8	68	24 hours	Jagun	Sijan
Emerald Countermagic	0	68	0 hours	Jagun	Sijan
Mists of Eventide	8	76	48 hours	Jagun	Sijan
The Horse the Travels Earth and Water	8	84	48 hours	Jagun	Sijan
Endurance to 2	2	86	48 hours	Adrios	Manse
Dodge to 5	8	94	192 hours	Adrios	Manse
Reed in the Wind	10	104	48 hours	self	Harborhead
Reflex Sidestep Technique	10	114	64 hours	self	Harborhead
Shadow Over Water	10	124	96 hours	self	Harborhead
Seven Shadow Evasion	10	134	128 hours	self	Harborhead
Flow Like Blood	10	144	64 hours	self	Harborhead
Flawless Diagnosis Technique	8	152	16 hours	self	Harborhead
Ailment-Rectifying Method	8	160	32 hours	self	Harborhead
Contagion-Curing Touch	8	168	48 hours	self	Harborhead
Theft of Memory	8	176	48 hours	Jagun
Annointment of Miraculous Health	8	184	64 hours	self	Harborhead
Crippling Firefly Infestation	11	195	336 hours	self	Harborhead
Martial Arts to 1	3	198	144 hours	Tepet Surla	Kether Rock
Martial Arts to 2	2	200	48 hours	Tepet Surla	Kether Rock
Martial Arts to 3	4	204	96 hours	Adrios	Kether Rock
Air Dragon's Sight	10	214	24 hours	Tepet Surla	Kether Rock
Wind Dragon's Speed	10	224	32 hours	Tepet Surla	Kether Rock
Breath-Seizing Technique	10	234	32 hours	Tepet Surla	Kether Rock
Shrouding the Body and Mind	10	244	40 hours	Tepet Surla	Kether Rock
Air Dragon Form	10	254	40 hours	Tepet Surla	Kether Rock
Martial Arts to 4	6	260	144 hours	Tepet Surla	Kether Rock
Bodily Regeneration Prana	8	268	80 hours	self
Investigation to 3	3	271	0 hours	self	Kinaniz
Investigation to 4	5	276	0 hours	self	Kinaniz
Occult to 4	5	281	0 hours	self
Occult to 5	7	288	0 hours	self
Conviction to 2	3	291	0 hours	self
Essence to 4	24	315	576 hours	self	Black Crag Mountains
Martial Arts to 5	8	323	192 hours	Mortal sifu	Black Crag Mountains
Conviction to 3	6	329	0 hours	self	Black Crag Mountains
Death of Obsidian Butterflies	8	337	48 hours	Wyr'palja's Spellbook	Black Crag Mountains
Awareness to 1	3	340	144 hours	Mortal sifu	Black Crag Mountains
Flight of the Brilliant Raptor	8	348	48 hours	Wyr'palja's Spellbook	Black Crag Mountains
Infallible Messenger	8	356	48 hours	Wyr'palja's Spellbook	Black Crag Mountains
Celestial Circle Sorcery	8	364	32 hours	Wyr'palja's Spellbook	Black Crag Mountains
Sapphire Countermagic	0	364	0 hours	Wyr'palja's Spellbook	"Alone"

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