Cirice

 Please don't treat me like a child.. 

Both the filia and biological child of her Parens, Katerine-Gwen. Cirice knew of the order from childhood and there was delight on both sides as her gift manifested. This cheer soured after it was realised that the opening of her gift had triggered a forgotten ancestral curse that said no 'True Child of Ceridwen' could grow to continue the legacy. The realization she could never age was distressing for both mother and daughter and continues to trouble them until this day. Cirice hates being treated as a child and while she has come to accept that mundanes will forever do so it frustrates her whenever covenfolk or other Magi do so. Those that do treat her like an adult are ones she'll go out of her way to keep safe. She enjoys stories a lot, just as she likes talking about Ceridwen and her hopes for the Cauldron's power.

She is a talented mage specialising in Auram wind magic with an interest in widening her knowledge to other elemental forms. Her most powerful spells are still draining for her to use but her shapeshifting ability is almost second nature now with her able to adopt the forms of an otter, fox, peregrine falcon and bear. More uniquely Cirice has developed a way to adopt a non-animal form that matches her hermetic focus. As a maga Cirice is notably outgoing but not especially social (at least in part because of the way people see and treat her). While she was never lax in her studies she much preferred to be out and learning things from experience.

Characteristics
Intelligence +3, Perception +0, Strength -2, Stamina +3, Presence -2, Communication +1, Dexterity +0, Quickness +0

Virtues
Arcane Lore, Dust Devil, Elemental MagicM, Independent Study, Mastered Spells, Minor Magical Focus (Wind), ShapeshifterM, Free, Skilled Parens, Subtle MagicFree, Unbound Tongue

Flaws
Ability Block (Martial), Dark Secret (Ceridwen was Diedne)M, Driven (to find Ceridwen's Cauldron), Greater Malediction (Can't physically grow older)M, Judged Unfairly (Girl Child), Small Frame, Restriction (Must drink Herbal Elixir)M, Free

Personality Traits
Cautious +2, Free Spirited +3, Mercurial +2

Wizarding Sigil
The Smell of Daffodils.

Her voting Sigil is a miniature cauldron with daffodil etchings around the outside.

Arts
Creo 5, Intellego 5, Muto 10, Perdo 0, Rego 5 ~ Animal 0, Aquam 4, Auram 11, Corpus 0, Herbam 0, Ignem 4, Imaginem 0, Mentem 0, Terram 6, Vim 0

Spells Known
Air's Ghostly Form ~ CrAu5, Charge of the Angry Winds ~ CrAu15, Pull of the Skybound Winds ~ CrAu30, Whispering Winds ~ InAu15, Conjure (Briefly) from the Mist ~ MuAu(Te)30, The Unruffled Traveller (Improved) ~ ReAu15, The Wizard's Parry ~ ReTe5, The Unseen Arm (Improved) ~ ReTe10, (Circle) of Summer Breezes ~ CrAu(Ig)10, (Circular Ward) Against Rain ~ ReAu15

Items and Belongings
Simple necklace of twisted glass, Childs satchel containing herbal ingrediants, a wooden cup etc.

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Opinions on Others
Mages Arianwen - Edric - Essel - First Sagehollow magi I spoke to. Friendly, informative and accepting. She seems trustworthy. Evelyn - The world is so unfair.. She's beautiful, able to live her life in her prime and liked by almost everyone, while I'm cursed to look like this and shadowed by troubles. Rian - Quiet but honest. Companions Tancred - The order was pretty different back then.. Iris - Robin of Loxley - Lady Tessora of Artois - Right out of a story, how can I not like her? She even trusted my miscast spell. Will Scarlet - Can't say I like the idea of travelling with a wolf.. or a degenerate Grogs

Books Read
"The Mystery's of Atlantis" (Aquam Summae, Quality 10, Level 10)

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The Children of Ceridwen
Ceridwen was a white witch and one of the most powerful sorceresses in Celtic legend and certainly the most powerful from Wales. She possessed a cauldron of immense power which is mainly told of in one legend where she attempts to empower and beautify her son, only to have a servant boy gain the magic instead. In his attempt to escape the servant used his new power to shift into numerous forms only to have Ceridwen counter with a form of her own until he became a seed in an attempt to hide and was eaten. The potions magic was greater than any knew however as upon eaten the seed Ceridwen became pregnant with her third child, the reborn apprentice who was later named Taliesin who became a bard of myth.

The Children of Ceridwen are a small tradition of mages within House Ex Miscellanea that is said to have been passed on from Ceridwen's first child and only daughter, Creirwy. While their Hermetic talents vary mage to mage the key element to their powers is shapeshifting with certain forms like that of an otter and hawk always being amongst those shapes capable of being taken. A side effect of this is that all their magic is performed vocally with no need for the gestures hermetic magi are required to use. The tradition could be considered a mystery cult though many of the former mysteries known to Ceridwen herself (such as shapeshifting into forms besides that of animals) has been lost. What keeps the Children from becoming well known (besides their limited numbers) is that their way of practising magic does in truth seem to weaken the gift forcing them to drink a herbal elixir to be able to use their spells. This is one of the reasons the tradition is so driven to find Ceridwen's Cauldron since one of its many life-altering powers is believed to change this by greatly strengthening ones magical power.

Other powers the cauldron is purported to possess include the quick creation of potions, the abillity to imbue people with great wisdom, knowledge and artistic expression, the power to grant the gift to the ungifted and the secrets of immortality.