Valp Anemone

**Valquiorra "Valp" Anemone** is one of the main player characters in Band of Fools. Valp is a fledgling albeit prodigal alchemist mage who studied in Tuatha Dé, but never finished due to financial struggles. After her brothers were killed in a freak alchemical accident, Valp is determined to find a way to bring them back someday using whatever means necessary.

She was first introduced in Wellington School for Gifted Children, where she was hired by Victoria Malebranche in the titular school as a basic alchemy teacher to teach the students of class 1-A.

## Personality

Valp's VIRTUE is justice, while her VICE is wrath. Additionally, Valp is quite mischievous, going out of her way to try and steal things from other people.

## Story

### Early Life

When she was younger, Valp's two brothers perished in a freak accident. Since then, Valp started studying alchemy in the hopes that one day, she'll find a way to bring them both back. She enrolled in the alchemy course in Tuatha Dé Academy of Mystical Arts, but couldn't finish her studies due to the lack of financial support.

## Powers and Abilities

The following data is accurate as of Day 7 of the Wellington arc.

### Stats

* Health: 7
* Willpower: 4
* Size: 5
* Speed: 11
* Defense: 4
* Initiative Mod: 5
* Gnosis: 2
* Maximum Mana: 11

### Attributes

* Intelligence **•••**
* Wits **•••**
* Resolve **••**
* Strength **•••**
* Dexterity **•••**
* Stamina **••**
* Presence **•**
* Manipulation **•••**
* Composure **••**

### Skills

* Academics **•••**
* Crafts - **Potion Brewing** **•••**
* Investigation - **Resources** **••**
* Medicine **••**
* Science **•**
* Athletics **•**
* Stealth **•••**
* Survival **•**
* Weaponry - **Knives** **••••**
* Intimidation **•**
* Persuasion **•**
* Subterfuge **•••**

### Merits

* **Danger Sense** **[••]**
* **Eidetic Memory** **[••]**
* **Mentor** **[•]**: She currently has no known mentor, apart from her past mentor who recruited her in TDAMA.
* **Weaponry Dodge** **[•]**
* **Resources** **[•]**
* **Spirit Ear** **[••]**
* **Crafter Sense** **[•••]**: Though she hasn't finished her studies, Valp shows exceptional talent in potion brewery, but sometimes also refers to compendiums.
* **Unseen Sense** **[••••]**: She gained this ability after willingly ingesting a bottle of ectoplasm, resulting in being exposed to the supernatural. While at first she struggled to make use of it properly, Tomoe helped her hone her sense.
* **Spetsnaz Knife Fighting** **[•••]**
* **Shadow Name [•••]:** Valp's alter-ego or pseudonym as a mage is "Dryden Anemone".

### Arcana and Spells

* **Death** **•••**
	+ **Shadow Crafting:** Valp can shape and harden shadows into solid, three-dimensional forms. The object gains a Durability of 2. If it is a weapon it gains a weapon rating of 2; if it is armor it gains an armor rating of 2; otherwise the object gains a +2 equipment bonus. Objects made of shadow retain a shadowy appearance and cast no shadow of their own. Its practice is weaving, primary factor is duration, and rote skill is Academics.
* **Life ••**
	+ **Body Control:** With this spell, Valp can control her subject’s bodily functions. For the spell’s Duration, each level of Potency gives one rank in each of the following: breathing (reducing oxygen consumption), heartbeat (slowing down heartbeat), metabolism (increased stamina and less sustenance requirements), reflexes, and scent. Its rote skill is Medicine.
* **Matter •**

### Nimbus

* **Long-Term:** Valp's eyes turn white, and objects start to rust around her presence.
* **Immediate:** Her own shadow dissipates around her into smoke, and a very audible finger-snap sound is heard.
* **Signature:** A symbol from her childhood - a sigil made of a horizontal line, a circle, and a triangle all overlapping each other.

## Equipment

* **Trench Knife**: A knife with a brass knuckle handle that excels in close-quarters combat. Using the blade will deal 1 point of Lethal damage, while using the knuckles will deal 1 point of Bashing damage to the enemy. It also acts as one of Valp's magical tools, a symbol of thought made action as any spell that takes direct, decisive action on the world or person can benefit from it.
* **Scrying Mirror:** Valp's dedicated magical tool. It represents sight, soul, and the self, and is the tool most commonly used when she would work a spell upon herself.
* **Bling Necklace:** A symbol of material wealth which represents construction, repair, and inanimate or intangible things that last beyond mere human lifespans. It is Valp's tool that is closest to the Fallen World, and so is often used to manipulate it directly for money or other resources. It unusually features a peso sign rather than a dollar sign.
* **Leather Pouch:** Can invoke healing, intuition, perceptual magic, and gathering together. Drinking from a shared drinking vessel is a common way to spread a spell among a group. It's often see as a symbol of female sexuality.
* **Cherry Blossom Twig:** A symbol of control - the ability to point and have a thing happen. Pointing the twig is a way of singling out a specific target, while holding one is a symbol of rulership and command. It's also used as a symbol of male sexuality.
* **Deluge, Compendium of Infinite Trials:** An almanac of alchemical knowledge that she found in an abandoned building that used to belong to a now-dead student of TDAMA. She used it to learn and practice magic by her lonesome, but fears and avoids the idea of using it again due to its involvement in the freak accident that took her brothers.