Marcus Gaius Servillius Ex Bonisagus

== Character Sheet for Marcus Gaius ==
Name 	Caius Marcus Servillius ex Bonisagus
Player 	Andrew Hawkins
Covenant	Iberus Flumen
Concept 	Sheltered Bookworm
Saga 	
Magus	⚫ 	Companion	⚪ 	Grog	⚪
Character quote: “It will take a few seasons of work, but I think you will agree a golem could make all our lives easier.
Gender	Male	Age	20	Apprenticed	1200	Born	1195	Date	1215
Characteristic	Speciality 	Score
Intelligence 	Prodigy 	
Perception 	Attentive 	
Strength 	Scrawny 	
Stamina 	 	0
Presence 	 	0
Communication 	Communication	
Dexterity 	Careful 	
Quickness 	 	0
Score 	
Virtue or Flaw
Charmed Life 	
Great Intelligence 	
Hermetic Prestige 	
Inventive Genius 	
Strong Writer 	
Knack (Magical Theory) 	
Book Learner 	
Sheltered Upbringing 	
Cursed (See below) 	
Small Frame 	
Curse of Venus 	
Compulsion (Always seeks magical solutions first)	
Ability 	Speciality 	Score
Magic Theory 	Experimentation 	5
Organisation Lore: Order of Hermes	History 	3
Parma Magica 	Rego 	2
Scribe Latin 	Copying 	3
Speak Latin 	Hermetic Usage 	5
Speak Catalan 	Expansive Vocabulary	4
Finesse 	Precision 	2
Penetration 	Rego 	2
Concentration 	Spell Conc. 	2
Artes Liberales 	Logic 	2
Hermetic Law 	Apprentices 	1
Disputio 	Teaching 	1
Lectio 	Magic texts 	1
Philosopiae 	Metaphysics 	1
Stealth 	Speed 	1
Awareness 	Alertness 	1
Charm 	Order of Hermes 	1
Guile 	Order of Hermes 	1
= Background/History =
Born in the Jaferiya Coven to Relegare ex Flambeau and an unknown father (It was a scandal at the time and the father remains unknown with speculation that it was one of the coven Grogs, a dispossessed noble, a supernatural being or even an attempt at creating life. Stories got increasingly unlikely with each retelling.)
He lived in the coven until he was about 5 when he chased a local cat through the Coven and into one of the arch-mages sanctums, disrupting a powerful ritual in progress. The ritual went awry and left Caius with an unusual curse. The magus performing the ritual was immediately sent into Twilight and Marcus was hurriedly sent off to begin his apprenticeship early with Venrie Bonisagus of the Duasitep Coven before news spread about the accident.
Of course news did get out and Venrie was furious, but it was too late. Having lived all his life within one Coven or another, he was actually a fairly good student when he got down to it.
The curse began to manifest itself once he had arrived in Duasitep, Marcus would go missing sometimes following an accident or trip and was nowhere to be found even to skilled divinations by his Parens. The mages completely overlooked the appearance of a new grog servant girl at the same time. Marcus had hazy memories of his time as Maienca and it appeared that she did likewise. She was something of an enigma and he worked hard to hide the fact, replacing all his glassware and crockery with wood or metal if possible and being extremely careful if not. He suspects the others knew, but don’t want to talk about the issue, so he keeps it as secret as possible. Twilight in somebody so young is a poor omen. 
His master employed him primarily as a scribe and was diligent in ensuring that he gave the requisite one season in four for tuition (in part to maintain his own reputation, but also not wanting to anger Jaferiya by mistreating one of their children). He was quite strict with the lad and refused to let him use laboratory equipment unsupervised. Marcus was a prodigy with his life-long exposure to the magical world and was good at experimentation, but his Parens disliked his apparently slap-dash intuitive approach to work and instead forced him into research work.