Shaman Wina

## Wina

Art by Robyn (Thunderscape7)

**Shaman Wina** is one of the elders of the circle of Kinheim. She is an NPC played by Robyn.

## Mechanics

### Stats

* Shadow: 3
* Wits:

### Assets

* Ritualist (path)
* Scry (ritual)
	+ Roll +shadow and add 2
* Bind (ritual)
* Talisman (ritual)
* Divination (ritual)

## Notable Character Information

* Wina is prim and promper, she has a high sense of self and status and knows exactly where she falls within the community
* Tends to come off as aloof and cold
* She has been said to be 375 years old (episode 18)

## Episode 4 - Transcript of Amala and Wina's Conversation

> **Wina** : "What do you think you were doing?"
> **Amala:***takes a deep breath*, "I thought I was . . . I thought I was feeling around the area of effect. We'd come upon a place where some unnatural mushrooms were and I wanted to see how widely effected the forest was."
> **Wina:** "You were meddling with things beyond your ken. You were experimenting with things. I *told* you how dangerous that is. And yet you did it anyway and you delved into the shadow, where you're not supposed to go. How many times have I told you? You're not ready for it."
> **Amala**: "Yes, Wina."
> **Wina:** "You're not supposed to use your rituals that way. That's *not* how this works. It's *dangerous*. Do you know what could have happened, do you *know* what you could have done?"
> **Amala:** "I've got a pretty good idea. Yes."
> **Wina:**"Mind telling me what you believe could have happened?"
> **Amala:**"I . . . um, we, we faced a . . . a creature of shadow that was drawn to some iron and um, I, um . . . very nearly allowed the shadow to dominate and . . . cause me to lash out in vengence and anger that was not my own."
> **Wina:** "You see the danger that poses, correct?"
> **Amala:** "Yes, Wina."
> **Wina:** "I've told you before that you don't do things unless it is how it is done. You follow the rites of the rituals. You follow how things should be done."
> **Amala**: *glances to StrongCaw*
> **Wina:** "There are reasons for this and that is one of them. If you don't follow the rules dangerous things happen. Things you can't control nor predict. Things *I* can't help save you from."
> **Amala:**"Yes, Wina. And I understand that."
> **Wina:** "You say there was something of shadow there. You should not have tried to face it. You are not ready. You are an apprentice. And by doing so you could have gotten many people hurt."
> **Amala:** *hesitates*, "We were already in danger though. It, it attacked. It attacked Gihr."
> **StrongCaw:** *squacks and shuffles*
> **Amala:**"Yes, Wina."
> **Wina:**"Regardless of what was happening, you should not have tried to meddle with things, to try and twist your rituals into unnatural shapes. There's no telling what could have happened, what could have erupted from your meddling with those things. You *know* that you're not supposed to do that."
> **Amala:** "Is . . . is there any telling what would have happened if I hadn't?"
> **Wina:**"If you hadn't meddled? . . .  Or if you hadn't stopped? If you hadn't stopped the shadow from taking you?"
> **Amala:** "I . . . I gues either. How . . . how do we know when we've done the right thing? How do we know what would have been?"
> **Wina:** "We only know by doing things the correct way. The way of things are meant to follow order. If you mess with things you mess with nature. You mess with the way the earth cycles. You mess with the shadow, you mess with the light. It's about balance. And by messing with one you mess with the other. So no, there's no way to say what would or would not have happened. But there is a way to say that messing with that balance can cause ripples. Through many different things. And it was irresponsible for you to try to craft something you have not learned yet.
> **Amala:** "Yes, Wina. I see that."
> **Wina:** "So what do you have to say for yourself?"
> **Amala:**"I am . . . grateful that disaster did not befall, despite my misstep. And, I am sorry it took that for me to learn the lesson."
> **Wina:** "Your recklessness is dangerous. You need to keep control of discipline and knowledge.Mistakes like that cannot be undone easily if something goes wrong."
> **Amala:** "Yes, but . . ." *looks to StrongCaw*
> **Wina:**"But?"
> **Amala:***continues to look to StrongCaw for a long time,* "But that's not how the crows told me to do it."
> **Wina:** "What do you mean? We use the crows for augury, for guidance."
> **Amala**: "Well yes. And they give guidance and . . . they are always right when they give guidance. But . . . but they tell me . . . they tell me it can work." (*to StrongCaw*) "Well you do!"
> **Wina:**"That *what* can work?"
> **Amala:**"That . . . i-it's all the same. That it's all the same. And when, when I try to say 'No. This is this and this is that' and they tell me that I'm missing the point and that it's all the same."
> **Wina:** "You're not speaking clearly. Are you saying the crows encourage your experimentation?"
> **Amala:**"Within limits, yes." *long pause* "She's here with me right now!"
> **Wina:** *looks to StrongCaw and back to Amala*, "They give guidance, not orders. It is for you to use your best judgement on what is and is not the best way to do things. I've told you that you treat the crows too informally. That your conversations with them are unorthodox. Perhaps you have . . . started misinterpreting things."
> *-- long long pause between both Amala and Wina --*
> **Amala:**"So what . . . the spirit that we faced. We did chase it away but it was not conquered and . . . comparing notes between Ceridwen and Gihr . . . as a group we feel that we should . . . follow up on some of the information to seek out and destroy these spirits that have been poisoning the forests and the water."
> **Wina:** "I will reach out. If it's a creature of shadow as you say, I should be able to see if I can ascertain anything deeper. *They* are free to go about their search but you stay within Kinheim ."
> **Amala:** "But you stay here. And they're thinking they need to travel far . . . you say that . . . you've said over and over that the people in our circle, that they need the regular help of the shamans. That they need the regular blessings on the fields and observing the rituals ind ay-to-day life and keeping the order of life going but . . . what do travelers do? Don't they also need someone reading the auguries for them and . . . and doing those things and tending to those htings for them even though they are not in one place?"
> **Wina:**"Some don't believe in auguries and shamans. Some grow up in places where they don't even have them. And yes, they grow up differently. But it is not for us to intervene in that. If they did not require a shaman to get here, they do not require one to leave."
> **Amala:** *hesitates*, *Amala tests her bond*, "Yes, Wina."
> **Wina:**"Good.Now I would suggest we let our travelers go on their way if they wish."
> **Amala:** "They do have news for the headman that they should report."
> **Wina:** "Of course. But I think you and I should get back to our duties."
> **Amala:**"Should I not be with them for the report?"
> **Wina:**"If you have pertinent information to share with the headman, then you may go. But come right back here."
> **Amala:**"Yes, Wina."
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