Galantha Nival

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What is reasonable public knowledge

She is certainly a female halfing who is 2ft 11 and a half inches tall with nut brown hair, green eyes and tanned skin. She is certainly a ice mage. This much is true. Her name, Snowdrop, is elven for Galantha Nival which was the name she used to register with the Guild. Galantha is the name she uses on formal documents and among elves but usually she uses Snowdrop. She claims to have come from way up north, more specifically Ivinia except that she seems a bit less knowledgeable on the Inuit lifestyle, which, if she grew up there, she should know. That and given her skill set means this may not be true. She claims to have seen the Northern Lights on Alusia and gone swimming under ice, which may be true as she has vivid memories of doing this, but maybe this wasn't on Alusia.

She speaks and writes elven very well, which seems to suggest she was raised by elves and elven is her native language. She also knows Pasifikan and Common but stumbles over Halfling. She is a skilled swimmer and freediver, and uses her ice magic to make ice treats such as snow cones, flavoured fruit ice blocks, ice cream, gelatos and sorbets, She is also familiar with the uses of chocolate and will often coat her frozen confections in it. Unlike other halflings, she is not that fond of cream buns, preferring fruits, especially berries, either fresh or frozen. Porridge, cheeses, various teas, and preserved meats are also favourites, although recently, she has gone off the thought of 'sausages'. She refuses to say why but blushes a lot.

Besides freediving, her other hobbies are stargazing and music. She actually has 'perfect pitch' and hearing her sing in elven is a treat, even though she is a bit shy of singing in public.

She will admit, when pressed, that, yes, she spent some time in Pasifika, training under Veor. For some reason, her background records are sealed by Guild Security but she is not pacted nor under the influence of any deity like entity. Could she had come through one of the portals on Palaeolithica and on to Pasifika? Or could she have been raised by the short elves in the southern regions of Zeyland or even further south. Either is a possibility but neither her or Guild Security are saying.

Usually she goes by the name 'Snowdrop' as that is the common translation of her elven name.

Adventures

Abilities

  • Nimble-Casting: Snowdrop may move 1tmr on a cast Pulse when casting a direct line of sight dependant spells (Ice Bolt, Ray of Cold, etc). This movement happens before the cast check is made.
  • Jungle Ranger: Snowdrop may reduce the learning time for the ranger skill by three weeks of training but must choose the environment: Jungle. If they are already a Ranger they may change their environment to Jungle at no Cost.

Major Items

  • Amulets: - Bloodstone, Elderflower, Luck, Diamonds, Amethyts, Beryl
  • Books: - Fanny Ogg's Cookbook; Common/Halfling Dictionary
  • Brigadine Armour - AP5, -1AG, +0 Stealth
  • Somewhat Magical Shortsword - +5SC +1D
  • Somewhat Magical Maingauche - +5SC +1D
  • Brownie Favour - This small, carved piece of wood contains brownie script naming the holder as a friend to brownies. Other brownies will recognise this as written by a brownie and may find favour with the holder (GM discretion)
  • Ring of Water Creation - This silver magical ring must be worn for an hour to attune to it and use its magic. If removed the attunement is lost and must be work for another hour to reattune. An attuned wearer may use the ring, at the cost of 2 ft, to trigger a R9 Water Creation (G-12) with a BC of 70%. If a roll of 00% is ever made a single Geyser appears in the wearers hex (see Geyser (S4) at R10 effect for the effect of the single Geyser), and the ring is destroyed.
  • Masterwork Dagger - This silvered dagger has been created on a magical forge, but is not way magical itself. The pommel of the weapon has the runes of its maker Bardun Stormbranch. It has been crafted to add 10% to strike chance and +2 damage. Carrying this will reduce spell base chances by 10%
  • Quarterstaff of the Shaman - This is a beautifully ornamented quarterstaff with black-Ironwood shod with intricately carved Ivory. It appears to be rather old, but still in pristine condition. This quarterstaff is 5 ft long and weighs 5lb. This quarterstaff has been expertly crafted by a rank 10 tribal weapon-carver to add 2 points of damage. Furthermore, the wood has been specially blessed to help aid the wielder with casting. This ancient blessing provides a 1% bonus to casting spells for each rank the wielder has in quarterstaff (including rank 0). Attacks with this quarterstaff are considered magical. The user may cast while this weapon is prepared as if the wielder had a free hand available. This weapon has a fumble chance of 97, has no damage penalties for being made of wood and can accept weapon enhancement spells in addition to the blessing. Stats: 55 SC; DM 4.
  • Seal Leather Armoured Wetsuit - This suit of leather armour suit is made from dark tanned tropical seal leather and has been armour-smithed for +1 Armour. Sized to fit a female halfling, weight: 7.5lb. This suit of armour provides 5 points of protection, with a -1 agility penalty. There is no penalty to casting while wearing this armour. This leather suit has been specifically designed to be usable in water and is enhanced by its base material. It is suitable for the "Wearing no or Little Clothing" buff to swimming rolls (+10). This armour can only be repaired by someone who has Rank 5 Armorer: Leather. It will break into unrepairable pieces if its armour value is reduced below 0 ((Destroyed on adventure - Winter 823))
  • Luxurious Multipurpose Jaguar Fur Bedroll - This bedroll is made from specially treated Jaguar Pelt, with one side warm soft jaguar fur, and the other side being a Super comfortable skin lining. It can be turned inside out with ease to gain one of the following benefits. Fur Side in: capable of keeping a naked sleeper adequately warm in temperatures as low as -10*c, this stacks appropriately with other winter gear for even lower temperatures. Skin Side in: The luxurious comfort makes sleeping in medium armours relatively restful. while sleeping in medium armour you recover 2ft points per hour (instead of the normal 3ft), modified by amethyst amulets [every 5 full hours, +1 additional FT recovered] and does not suffer max fatigue penalties so long at least 6 hours of sleep is still achieved. The bedrolls can easily be combined with other sleeping arrangements such as beds or hammocks to maintain the benefits of a chosen effect. Weight: 4lbs.
  • Illuminating Vision Crystal Necklace - This Necklace is made of a clear crystal with a bronze counterweight connected to the necklace string. The wear of this Necklace can channel ft into the amulet to make it glow with deep blue light, in a similar yet stronger manner to the star celestial illumination spell. (Effective ranks 1-5: Candle Effective ranks 6-10: Torch/Lantern Effective Ranks 11-15: Small Campfire Effective Ranks: 16-20 Large Campfire). The effective rank of the glow may be changed (up or down) is 1 fatigue per 10 (or fraction) consecutive effective ranks changed. The effective rank will rise at a rate of 1 rank per pulse to a max of effective rank 20. The light will naturally decay at a rate of 1 effective rank every 30 minutes. Changing the effective spell rank of the necklace requires concentrating on the crystal. Moreover, this light will reveal invisible entities, walking unseen entities and reveal invisible inks, similarly to the witch-sight spell/talent at an effectiveness of 1/3 (rounding up) the current glow rank. However, invisibilities more powerful than this will not give off a blue shimmering outline or otherwise have their presence been noticed. Sentient Invisible entities will most likely be aware that they have been revealed from this light. (magical invisibility is the rank of the spell) (invisible ink is based on the effective alchemy rank it was made with). This is considered magical light and will not give positive bonuses to celestial casting but may reduce negatives. Value: 3000sp

Active Curses

After killing a Greater Spriggan Snowdrop has a Greater Curse. If she smells alcohol she will feel queasy, if she tastes alcohol she will gag and if she drinks alcohol she will vomit. This curse is 100 MA. It was inflicted in Summer, 17th Meadow, 822, and will reduce by 1 per week until it reaches 0. At the start of Spring 823 it is down to 17 MA

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