Adara Zahabu bani Shaea
Wealth of Man
Order of Hermes
Disciple of the House of Spirits
Description
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 139 lb.
Ethnicity: Black
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Long simple black
Clothing: White business casual
Comportment/Cadence: Reserved
Distinctions: Gorgeous woman with high noble cheekbones, a confident expression, and intelligent eyes
Supernatural Qualities: Tends not to stand out
Accoutrements: Moderate jewelry
Traits: Appearance 5 (stunning); Style 2; Arcane 1
"I will research that for you but I cannot promise you a magic bullet. That's the speciality of an entirely different House."
History
Date of Birth: December 5th, 1983
Home: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Family: Negasi Zahabu Yared and Selassie Zemichael Aman (parents), Mihret Negasi Zahabu (older brother)
The Awakening: External Supernatural Trigger (family not too poor, as father had a decent labor job he never lost; she was a bright student and won scholarships to the University of Addis Ababa, where her studies took a turn for the weird when a Shaea Hermetic, Ra-thos Nassori, held a seminar where he presented archaeological finds deliberately designed to trigger Avatars in any potential mages, and she reported her dawning realization and confusion to him, who drew her into further study at the Axiom Chantry), 2000
Mentor: Ra-thos Nassori
The Test: Trial by Knowledge (it felt as if she were simply continuing her university education but she knew she was learning truly esoteric and beyond-the-pale facts about reality; her brilliant mind only grew sharper with the challenges of Hermetic lore, and she excelled at the tests presented)
Comrades: Alim Markata, Hakim Henoke Dessalegne, Anthony Porter, Inarus Shaw, Anat Shaw
Key Event #1: Awe & Wonder (always a reclusive bookworm, she took to the Hermetic chantry's extensive libraries, which included a few ancient tomes rescued from the Library of Alexandria ages ago; she felt drawn to protecting such a trove and knowledge in general, and her love of it all became clear; she earned her way into House Shaea without difficulty)
Key Event #2: Personal Tragedy (Ra-thos Nassori passed away from old age, and she felt compelled to fulfill his dying wish: to travel abroad and gather more knowledge for the library at Axiom)
Transition: Shift of Purpose (realigned to her geta's dying wish, she submitted herself to the Hermetic Council in Athens and accepted the assignment far south towards the Cape of Africa, to the outskirts of the city of Durban)
Yene Afi (Sanctum)
Location: Metha House, Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Structure: Apartment
Stock: An auxiliary library attached to a generously-sized Hermetic-shared manor: lots of bookshelves full of books; a reading circle with cozy chairs and cushions; gentle lighting and soft incense; a small alcove for personal space; Hermetic warding symbols carved and traced everywhere
Traits: Arcane 4
Significant Other
Name: Anthony Porter; 2008
Nature: Companionship
Tony
Weakness
It Is Written
Adara is so focused on books and the acquisition of knowledge that she lets the real world just slip on by.
Likelihood of Corruption
Low.
She'd have to, you know, go out once in a while to expose and endanger herself very much!
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