#metafictional

Background

I entered the Faeverse and became retroactively Fae-blooded through one of two avenues: dropping in a la Kamen Rider Decade and changing to accommodate the world, or being pulled into the world through a Fae ritual to summon a champion and infuse them with Fae’s magic to create an artificially Fae-blooded being. Either way, I encountered a roc Fae named Agrippa shortly after my arrival, and established a Fae-Bond with her to protect us both from the Deharmonized, becoming the newest Mage in Rainvale – Kamen Rider Scribe.

Blessed with the Talent of knowledge inherent to the roc species, I acclimated quickly to my magic and fought off the Deharmonized before contacting Nicky and Gaius. After explaining my situation and showing them my new abilities, I offered to aid them in purifying the corrupted Fae and preventing Ajura and Angelo from finding the Ultima Potentiae, and things went from there.

Visuals

Kamen Rider Scribe, unlike Mystic, has access to only one form: Roc-Talent, accessed through inserting the Roc Charm Coin of Agrippa into the Mythic Driver. Its armor is predominantly dark gray with amber highlights to match Agrippa’s feathers, with golden boots and yellow eyes, and a beak on its mask. It has a silver mantle, not unlike that of Kamen Rider Beast, attached to its left shoulder.

Scribe’s wand is similar in design to Mystic’s, with an amber gem inset into the end. The Laimargia (see under Powers) has a silver cover with a bas-relief of a bird skull on the front, with topazes for eyes; this cover design plays a role in some of Scribe’s spells. Scribe typically holds the wand in his right hand (his dominant hand), while keeping the grimoire in his left.

Powers

Kamen Rider Scribe wields a magical grimoire known as the Laimargia, which acts as his Rider weapon. The Laimargia is the focus of Scribe’s magical ability, and the vast majority of his spells involve it in some way. The jacket of the book is indestructible (allowing for use as a barrier), but the pages inside are regular paper and can be damaged or torn out (they will regenerate within a short time). There is a finite number of pages in the grimoire, and the contents of the pages will remain until Scribe dismisses them or the pages are removed or badly damaged. Lastly, the grimoire can be thrown, and will follow a determined flight path and then return to Scribe’s hands.

Scribe’s fighting style mainly involves using his grimoire to replicate objects in his environment and enemy attacks, turning the enemy’s abilities against them. However, he lacks much magical firepower without the Laimargia, and must rely solely on his physical prowess and fighting ability if he is deprived of the grimoire.

Spell List (under construction):

Kesem Haketz: Conjures the Mythic Driver around Scribe’s waist, identical to Mystic’s version of the spell.

Qiuro Grimas: Conjures the Laimargia in Scribe’s hand, if he does not already have it in hand. Can return the grimoire to Scribe if he has lost it.

Parolda: Allows Scribe to write a Word physically upon an inanimate object using his wand, bestowing the Word upon the object and modifying the object according to the Word bestowed. These Words are predominantly adjectives, and alter the properties of the object according to Scribe’s intentions when bestowing the Word (he decides its exact meaning in context). For example, bestowing the Word “red” will turn an object red, and the Word “seeking” can turn a thrown object into a homing projectile, make an object lead Scribe toward a related thing, and so on. These Words remain until dismissed, either by Scribe’s will or other sufficiently powerful magic.

Vea Klevran: The eyes of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover flash, recording any inanimate object(s) within its sight at that moment and displaying them within its pages. The objects in the grimoire’s pages can be altered through Parolda.

Exsar Ta Usymas: The mouth of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover opens; upon making contact with an object or living creature while in this state, the grimoire will pass through the object or person, which will then fade and be sucked physically into the grimoire, and be displayed within its pages (living creatures of sufficient power can break out of the grimoire while inside it). Objects can be altered through Parolda, while living creatures have relevant information displayed underneath their image. Things stored in the Laimargia do not affect its weight, and any number of things can be stored in the Laimargia at once, but each use of this spell can only capture one thing.

Gemella: Creates a non-permanent magical copy of an object recorded or stored in the Laimargia’s pages, modified by the Words bestowed upon it. These objects fade over time, disappearing in about ten minutes.

Vea Connalua: The eyes of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover flash, displaying any text within its sight upon its pages. Text within the grimoire can be displayed in any language Scribe chooses.

Vea Visal: The eyes of the bird skull on the Laimargia’s cover glow, recording events within its sight like a video camera. These recordings can be replayed upon the pages of the grimoire at any time.

Notable talents: My Elvhen is passable, and I can also speak in the tongues of several dead civilisations. I can play music on the harp'iste as well, and the ly'aria, as well as the Tali'burr.

Roles I could tackle: I can play anything from the mysterious guardian of arcane and forbidden knowledge, to a protagonist's charmingly clumsy childhood friend. I can play human, if given a suitable hat, but would be best suited as a background character in that case. Dark Elves and other Drow are also well within my wheelhouse, and with suitable prothesises I can even portray a kobold or vampire.

I am schooled in the traditional Elvhen style.of stage fighting, including some arcane mastery. Spells can be customised to fit setting and mood as desired. All magicks are visual-only, so hedge wizardry would be required for any additional effects.

You may know me from; Tales of Erebor VII-IX, where I portrayed Gal'binor, Cleric of Summer. His journey from mysterious outsider to trusted companion was called "one of many memorable NPCs" by Push Start Magazine, and Jason Simons, writing for Multicursal Monthly, said, "[his] final shock turn to Dark Lord Xenath's side was the kind of standout twist that makes the Tales series so compelling."

You may also remember me as Plucky Mab in Court of The Fae: I oversaw a tile-matching minigame that contributed to "hours and hours of fun", in the words of the Game Reviews section of the Daily Telegraph.