Zaden Levine
The Orientalist
Dionysan Dancers
Description
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 277 lb.
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Bald
Clothing: Multi-colored casual
Comportment/Cadence: Welcoming
Distinctions: A pretty heavy guy
Supernatural Qualities: Difficult to notice
Accoutrements: Light jewelry; occasionally wears glasses
Traits: Appearance 2; Arcane 2
"There is soooooooooo much here..."
History
Date of Birth: April 21st, 1983
Home: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Family: Mo and Opal Levine (parents), Jezzie (younger sister), Billy (younger brother)
The Discovery: External Supernatural Trigger (stumbled across a genuine spellbook in occult shop while nerdy teen; spellbook had an arcane notification trigger that drew his future mentor), 2000
Mentor: Adam Oxley
The Test: Trial by Knowledge ("Ox" groomed and prepared him to become the talented arcanist he would become through an arduous and unforgiving mystical education that overlapped and replaced normal schooling, complete with tests that could kill if failed)
Comrades: Brogan Sellers, Ellis Goodman, Kingsley Chambers, Damionn Cooke
Key Event #1: Awe & Wonder (as part of his extended training, Ox brought Zaden over to Europe to gallivant around the continent, learning and practicing mystical secrets and spells)
Key Event #2: War (Ox formed he and his cabalmates into a potent arcane fighting force to help defend his goals abroad, and together the sorcerers battled the Technocracy in Paris and later back in New York to protect magical sanctuaries and artifacts)
Key Event #3: Awe & Wonder (Zaden investigated more exotic relics and tracts of lore in Europe and New York, improving his understanding of East Asian folk magic, which he would study almost exclusively and excel at)
Transition: Victory (Ox's interests defended in Europe, the cabal was dispersed across the New World with the Scepters of the King and a scheme to form a mystical juncture that could reshape the world, and Zaden in Hawaii to match his relaxed attitude, while Ox remained in Europe)
Paradigm/Style
Overall: Cosmopolitan (an emphasis on Old World magical traditions, especially folk magic, combines with an East Asian wu folk magic approach)
Magical Artifacts
Scepter of the Eastern King
Appearance: An electrum rod engraved with arcane sigils, capped with a translucent crystal of amethyst quartz with carnelian veins
Origin: Gift
Effects: Create an emotional impulse or evoke mental dominance
Activation: The rod must be waved over the target or targets while the command word in Latin is uttered
Significant Others
His reign as the Dionysian Dancer of the East also grants him influence over many Awakened beings, particularly the mages he runs across, in the Hawaii area.
His Continuum
Weakness
Eastern Pentacle
His role in the Dionysian Dancers is both his strength and weakness, for the cabal ultimately serves a dark purpose (though not Infernal) of Zaden and his associates' shared mentor, Adam "Ox" Oxley, one of the most powerful and mysterious hedge mages to have ever lived.
Likelihood of Corruption
Average.
He's a smart guy but he also meddles with all sorts of unusual critters.
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