Rowena Livett

Rowena Livett

Crownsmaid

Age: 28 • Virtue: Dedication • Vice: Ambition Goals: x

Abilities

Agility: 3 Animal Handling: 2 Athletics: 2 Awareness: 4, Notice 1B, Empathy 1B Cunning: 4 Deception: 4 Bluff 1B Endurance: 2 Fighting: 4 Short Blade 1B Healing: 2 Languages: 3 Knowledge: 3 Streetwise 1B Marksmanship: 2 Persuasion: 3 Status: 2 Stealth: 4 Blend In 1B Survival: 2 Thievery: 3 Sleight of Hand 1B Warfare: 1 Will: 3 Dedication 1B

Intrigue

Intrigue Defense: 10 • Composure: 9

Combat

Combat Defense: 9 • Health: 6 Armor Type: x • Armor Rating: x • Armor Penalty: x Weapons: x

Sorcery

Sorcery Points: x • Sorcery Defense: 9 Arts & Works: x

Qualities

Destiny Points: 2

Benefits

Crownsmaid, Treacherous, Face in the Crowd, Pious, Connections, Short Blade Fighter 1

Drawbacks

Cursed, Poor Health

Rumors & Tendencies

There are a variety of local rumors about Rowena:

• Rowena is overly protective of Idoren and Vaenya. She is easily angered if anyone slights Vaenya because of the circumstances of her Birth.
• She is an active correspondent with her siblings, and is always eager to send out letters with travelers.
• Rowena spends much of her spare time near the Gatewatch Academy. She is certainly taking lovers there.

History

Overview

• Rowena is the youngest daughter of Sir Markos Livett, a Landed Knight on the far west side of the Three Rivers.
• Sybil, Rowena mother died of a pox when Rowen was just 4.
• Sir Markos insisted that all of his children would know how to fight, and gave all of them at least the rudiments of training.
• Having few other prospects, Rowena trained as a Crownmaid.
• When Vaenda was pregnant with Idoren, she sought out the hiring of a Crownsmaid. Rowena ended up being chosen.
• Rowena was the one to discover Vaenda's collapse. She rushed to get Sir Nyle desperately hoping that he could save her Lady.
• Feeling responsible for not protecting Vaenda better, Rowena is very careful to watch over Idoren and Vaenya.

Notes

• Crownsmaids: he first Ylrath Crown established the Crownsmaids: young promising noblewomen of particularly low birth with few options. They were taken in and trained to serve at the highest of tables, given genteel instruction, sufficient to grant them a spot in even the most exalted of Households. The Crown established a small academy for the training of these handmaidens, and placed them with worthy and deserving nobles. It has become very fashionable to have a Crownsmaid in one's service. This works out for everyone: the Crownsmaid gets opportunities she might never have before, and the noble gains an exceptionally trained, loyal, and discreet servant.
• Rowena maintains active correspondence with her Father and her siblings.

Benefits

Connections

Streetwise 1B
You have a number of spies and informants in a particular area. Choose one region in the chronicle’s setting. You have connections in this place, and you can tap them to gather information about them. You gain +1D on all Knowledge tests made while in your chosen location. You may select this quality multiple times. Each time, it applies to a new location.

• Connections: Three Rivers

Crownsmaid

Requires Fighting 2, Status 2
You are a young noblewoman trained as a Crownsmaid in the Bower, the informal royal academy for training those worthy handmaidens. You are taught the height of etiquette, comportment, and noble graces. You are often called upon to serve a House in a variety of ways, including as an etiquette instructor for children, as a chaperone, and above all, a boon companion for a noblewoman of high standing.

• When engaging in an Intrigue and speaking on behalf of your lady, you may substitute her Status for your own for all aspects of that Intrigue. When using the Shield of Reputation action, you may always use your lady's Status instead of your own.
• Additionally, when you are on-hand during an Intrigue or a Combat, you may always take a Lesser Action to grant your lady a +1D to any Intrigue or Combat action.
• Finally, being a Crownsmaid comes with a degree of defensive training in the maidensblade, a dirk hidden among a Crownsmaid's garb. This may be treated as a knife or dagger, with a +1 Defensive rating to the weapon while you are wielding it.

Treacherous

You use your cunning and duplicity to outmaneuver your enemies. During an intrigue, you may add a number equal to your Cunning ranks to all of your Deception test results.

Face in the Crowd

Requires Stealth 3, Blend in 1B
Even in strange places, you are adept at making it seem like you belong. Add a number equal to your Cunning ranks to Stealth tests made to Blend In. Using Stealth to Blend In is always a Free Action for you.

Pious

Requires Will 3, Dedication 1B
Choose a religion, philosophy, or ideal to which you are dedicated. Once per day, before making a test, you can call on your faith to gain +1D for that test.

Short Blade Fighter 1

Requires Fighting 4, Short Blade 1B
You know how to slip your blade through the gaps in even the strongest armor. Short blade weapons in your hands gain the Piercing 1 quality. If the weapon already has this quality, increase it by 1.

Drawbacks

Cursed

You live under a dreadful curse, a streak of bad luck that colors all that you do. Whenever you would spend a Destiny Point, roll 1d6. On a roll of a 1, the Destiny Point has no effect and is wasted.

Poor Health

Either from excess or poor constitution, you are never quite healthy. Reduce Endurance test results made to remove injuries or wounds by 3.