Professor James Warver

Total XP: 277
XP Left:

• 6 (Forging the Starmetal Chain)

Scholar 5
Merchant 5
Warrior 3
Chain 1

Income: 120 + 5 per potion manufactured and sold
Hexa Cash: 3

• Initiate of the Thousand Arts
• Purged of Ash - will not die of old age
• Drone of the Swarm in his left eye
• Uncomfortably Energetic - Twice per adventure, of which one by GM fiat, all Parries become Dodges and gain a Disengage.
• Enemy of the Empire - Agents of Duke Sangiovese are watching Warver’s movements and looking for an opportunity “Teach him about a gentleman’s agreements”. GMs may decide to brief “Civilian” NPCs that they are out to murder him if they get the opportunity.
• Addicted to healing potions
• Addicted to strength potions

• Mastercrafted Single-handed Sword (made by Beornwulf)
• (Superior Quality Single-handed Sword)
• (Standard Quality Single-handed Sword)
• (Substandard Quality Single-handed Sword {made of Toffee})
• Standard Dagger
• Superior Quality Medium Shield
• (Standard Quality Medium Shield)
• (Standard Quality Medium Shield)
• Mastercrafted Light Armour (made by himself)
• (Standard Quality Light Armour)
• (Standard Quality Heavy Armour)
• (Substandard Quality Heavy Armour {made from Ice})
• The Starmetal Chain (38-point magic item. Is inextricably bound up with the concept of weakening and shattering Chain. Exact abilities TBD.)
• Potions:
  • 14 Healing
  • 2 Anti-Ash/Blood/Chain
  • 1 Anti-Glass/Dream/Name
  • 1 Purification
  • 2 Strength
• A favour owed by the Princess of Stories Called in.
• An “Eastern Hairless Mongoose” called Sir Falcon the Brave now owned by the Faculty of Anomalous Zoology
• Chain from the Walker In Hollow Places Forged into the Starmetal Chain
• Some Starmetal (??pt Magic Item component) Forged into the Starmetal Chain
• A weasel named Jonathan
• Alembics, athanors and general alchemy-related laboratory equipment
• The badge of the Northern Defence League (polished steel with black inlaid sword)
• A few vials of Angel's Tear, which have lost their potency
• A quarter of a vitrified star, locked in the Vaults underneath the College
• The heart of a Rosemary Maid, now preserved as a teaching aid in the College
• A room in the College, one wall covered in flowers grown from Adi and Michael's blood.
• Various papers, books and notes on the research, creation and development of anti-magic potions
• Private copy of paper co-written with Professor Maximilian Grant concerning the creation and development of a shrinking potion
• The papers and private notes of the late Stephano Wray concerning Rosemary Maids
• Some scanty notes on the testing of an unknown liquid now possessed by Leonardo Velasquez
• Copy of a paper published with Michael (and the names of Professor Grant and other notables) on a potion to wake those caught in enchanted sleep
• Large bundles of two of the three ingredients required to make said potion (the third missing ingredient being Eastern Firecap mushrooms)
• Notes of the analysis of Angel's Tear, with input from Michael, and copies of the instructions as to its creation
• Notes in ancient tongues relating to the aligning of the five cities
• Death threats from a large number of Whistful City gangs
• Copies of papers and notes relating to Anti-Black Flame potions following their discovery
• The village of Goldhill and surrounding lands; includes casino, fighting pit, whorehouse, and the enmity of the Low Guard
• Detailed accounts of and notes on the experimentation upon and vivisection of Stephanie the Rosemary Maid
• Detailed notes on the nature of the Sleepers, some made from a conversation with the Grey Abbess (Sleeper no. 9)
• Copies of a book titled “On Dream and the Nature of the Sleepers”, written by Warver himself based on information given by the Grey Abbess
• Copies of a revised version of “On Dream and the Nature of the Sleepers”, with an additional chapter on the Queen of Stars (Sleeper no. 12)
• A paper on Dream, with special reference to Candy Mountain
• Maps to the Abbey of Broken Dreams
• Notes on the creation of the axe Dreamcleaver
• Maps to the Glacier Prison
• Maps, notes, and other paperwork taken from the Hakardi. All completely blank, with no words on them
• Hastily scribbled versions of patterns for chain magic chains
• Copies of academic papers
  • See here.
• “On Dream and the Nature of the Sleepers”, 3rd Edition (With further notes on the The Fifth Sleeper)
• “Despair, the Black Flame (This Is How The World Ends)”, a book detailing various narratively-inspired metaphysical theories.
• “The Origin Of Glass: The Namers And Contentment”, a book detailing the lost story that covers the origins of glass magic (personal copy).
• “A Guide To The Flora & Fauna Of The Western Forest”, by S. D'Rowley & C. Hefton-Clemser-Ramber-Ramber-Quaff
  • Adds one dodge when in the Western Forest (whilst not aided by a ranger with survival skills)
  • After spending an hour to read it, this grants Herbalism within the Western Forest for the rest of the adventure.
• A diary of important memories, just in case.
• A reasonably complete copy of all the above academic papers and notes, secured in a locked box hidden deep in the college's basements