Sebastien Delecambre, fils de feu Antonio

COUNTRY: 
  Castille

TRAITS:
  Brawn   2               [0 + 10xp]
  Finesse 4               [16]
  Wits    4               [16 + 20xp]
  Resolve 3               [8 + 15xp]
  Panache 3               [16]

ARCANA:
  Hierophant (Creative)      [10]   (switched from Adaptable)
  Chariot    (Overconfident) [-10]  

REPUTATION: +26/+0 (+3/-1, +8/0, +16/-2, 3 points of neg bought off)

ADVANTAGES:
  Linguist         [2]
  Castillian (r/w) [0]
  Montaigne  (r/w) [1]
  Thean      (r/w) [2]
  Ussuran    (r/w) [2 + 3xp]
  University       [2]  
  Membership: Swordsman's Guild [free]

SWORDSMAN SCHOOL:
  Gallegos Apprentice [25]
    - +5 to Active Defense when parrying with fencing sword
    - Held actions increase to the next phase (increasing initiative total)
  Gallegos Journeyman
    - +1 to Riposte knack (went 4->5); max of 6 for Riposte knack (costs 25xp)

SKILLS:
  Fencing: Attack 5, Parry 4                        [4 (skill for free) + 26xp]
  Athlete: Climbing 1, Footwork 3, Sprinting 1, Throwing 1, Leaping 1,
           [0 + 2xp (skill for free)]
  Pugilism: Attack (Pugilism) 1, Footwork 3, Jab 1  [2]

  Acrobat: Footwork 3, Balance 1 [1]
  Performer: Acting 1, Dancing 2, Oratory 2, Singing 1           [1]
  Courtier: Dancing 2, Etiquette 2, Fashion 2, Oratory 2, Diplomacy 1 [1 + 2xp]
  Scholar: History 1, Mathematics 1, Philosophy 1, Research 1 [1]
  Servant: Etiquette 2, Fashion 2, Menial Tasks 1, Unobtrusive 1 [1] 
  Criminal: Gambling 1, Shadowing 2, Stealth 2 [1]
  Spy: Shadowing 2, Stealth 2 [1]

  Feint (Fencing)             1   [0]
  Riposte (Fencing)           5   [0 + 18xp] [4->5 from Gallegos journeyman]
  Tagging (Fencing)           4   [0 + 18xp]
  Exploit Weakness (Gallegos) 1   [0]
  Sidestep                    4   [0 + 20xp; from Athlete]
  Exploit Weakness (Finnegan) 2   [0 + 6xp]

UNUSED POINTS: [0 + 6xp (totalled through episode 24)]

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Sebastien Delacambre had problems fitting in at school in Paix when he
was young. He was tall and ungainly, his parents were poor, and, worst
of all, he was Castillian. At the age of eight he went to his father
Anthoine and declared that he was going to run away and become a
farm-hand. Anthoine sighed, consulted with his wife Marie, and sat
Sebastien down for a little chat.

"Sebastien, my son," he said, "To be Castillian is not a shame, but an
honor. We moved here because when Queen Rosa, Theus keep her soul,
married King Leon, we realized that the future of the world would grow
from Montaigne. We moved here and enrolled you in school to learn and
study and become a diplomat so that you would rise to power in the
courts as Montaigne blossomed in the world. But -- and never forget
this -- you are not Montaigne. You cry because you are not Montaigne
enough for your classmates to accept you, and yet I tell you this: you
will never gain acceptance from others until you accept yourself. You
have a Castillian soul, and though we adopt their customs and dress as
their dress, inside we are not them. From now on, at home we will speak
Castillian. I will be Antonio again, your mother will be Maria, and
you will be Sabastian Brasa."

And so it was. At home, Anthoine taught Sebastien his Castillian
heritage, including his family's traditional sword-fighting
techniques. At school and then at university, Sebastien was the
perfect Montaigne gentleman, learning the ways of the court and the
ways of the world. 

When he graduated Sebastien spent a year or two in a series of small
positions before moving to Charouse, where an unexpected tavern brawl
led to a fast friendship with fellow diplomat Alixandre Leuridan. The
two of them served together at a post in a Vodacce town, and were
especially pleased with themselves when, on the very night they
returned, they were just in time to heroically foil a kidnapping and
save a young and beautiful noblewoman. 

Unfortunately, it turned out the kidnapping had been arranged by a lord
of the court in an attempt to set up a heroic rescue opportunity for
himself. Annoyed about the interference, and having some influence
with the king, he arranged to have Sebastien and Alixandre posted far,
far away in Ussura -- where, his sources told him, relations with
Montaigne were about to break down very shortly.

A month later, Sebastien and Alixandre arrived in Ussura blissfully
unaware of the new political situation, and ready to take over embassy
duties.