A doctor by day, a magical drug dealer by night.
Esmerelda is very unusual for an adept in that she’s a stable-ish person with a good job. She’s both an anesthesiologist at a local hospital and a mainstay in the local occult community.
Esmerelda’s family is poor and superstitious. She was the first person in it to attend university, but she never gave up her superstitions. She always believed there was a magical truth beyond what her textbooks said, and she never stopped searching for it. That didn’t stop her from becoming a doctor, though.
Once she was employed, Esmerelda took advantage of her ready supply of narcotics and sold what she could spare to the local addicts. This led her to meet a Narco-Alchemist who was willing to show her the magic she’d always sought…in exchange for drugs, of course.
She went a bit crazy during her training, as you might expect, but came out of it quite stable. Now she’s a fixture in the local occult community, always willing to patch someone up or supply some (sometimes magical) chemicals for a reasonable fee.
Esmerelda’s dream is to unify standard medicine and Narco-Alchemy. She’s got stacks of notebooks full of half-scientific half-occult notes. And she thinks she’s making progress, but she’s got a long way to go.
Personality: Cheerful and a bit spacey. Tends to overestimate the intelligence and kindness of others.
Obsession: (Magick: Narco-Alchemy)
Wound Points: 60
Rage Stimulus: Personal insults. It’s actually pretty easy to get under her skin if you’re willing to get mean.
Fear Stimulus: (Violence) Needles that she doesn’t know the contents of.
Noble Stimulus: She really thinks that everyone could get along if they tried.
Body 60 (Stout)
Struggle 20%, General Athletics 20%, Do Without Sleep 25%, Withstand Mind-Altering Substances 25%
Speed 45 (Methodical)
Drive Safely Even While High 45%, Dodge 15%, Initiative 22%, Move Carefully 15%
Mind 70 (Well educated)
Medicine 60%, Notice 15%, Conceal 25%, Chemistry 35%
Soul 65 (Somewhat otherworldly)
Magick: Narco-Alchemy 55%, Charm 30%, Lie 30%, Good Reputation 30%
Violence 0H 1F
Unnatural 1H 1F
Helplessness 0H 0F
Isolation 0H 0F
Self 1H 0F
Note: Esmerelda was built according to the rules for a Global-level starting character.