TEXT: Semita Errabunda
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  Characteristics: Int +1, Per +2, Pre +4, Com +3, Str
  –1, Sta –1, Dex –1, Qik –4 
  Size: 0
  Age: 23 (Apparent Age 23)
  Decrepitude: 0
  Warping Score: 0 (0)
  Confidence Score: 1 (3 points)
  True Faith: 1
  Virtues and Flaws: Gentlewoman; True Faith;
  Educated, Great Presence, Inspirational, Student of
  Faerie; Curse of Venus, Optimistic; Noncombatant,
  Poor Quickness
  Personality Traits: Accepting +3, Hopeful +3,
  Serene +2
  Reputations: None
  Combat: Fist: Init –4, Attack –1, Defense –4,
  Damage –1
  Soak: –1
  Fatigue levels: OK, 0, –1, –3, –5, Unconscious
  Wound Penalties: –1 (1–5), –3 (6–10), –5 (11–15),
  Incapacitated (16–20)
  Abilities: Animal Handling 2 (lap dogs), Artes
  Liberales 2 (grammar), Awareness 3 (rescuers),
  Champagne Lore 2 (noble landlords), Charm 3 (res-
  cuers), Craft: Weaving 2 (spinning), Etiquette 3 (for-
  mal dancing), Faerie Lore 4 (satyrs), Folk Ken 3
  (women), Latin 4 (reading missals), Profession:
  Scribe 1 (strong penmanship), Speak English 3
  (criminals), Speak French 5 (upper class jargon),
  Speak German 3 (common folk), Teach 1 (children),
  Swim 2 (bathing),
  Equipment: Gentlewoman’s clothes and distaff.
  Encumbrance: 0
  Appearance: Isabelle is a beautiful woman, as
  described in the text, but she is much more than
  just that. Her appearance reflects her inner peace,
  her poise and self-assurance.  She is tall, standing
  straight and true, with her head tipped slightly
  back. She dresses in simple clothing appropriate
  with her station, made from good material and
  cleaner others of her class but not ostentatious or
  lavish in any way.
  Isabelle is the most beautiful woman in the world.
  Her hair is as blonde as a copper basin. Her eyes are
  blue-gray, like a falcon's, and the space between
  them is wide. Her face is well proportioned and her
  nose is well-made and straight. Her mouth is small
  and a little dimple dots her chin. Her neck is straight
  and long, without pimples or sores; it is well propor-
  tioned, soft and smooth to the touch. Her bosom is
  as white as new-fallen snow upon a birch branch.
  Her body is well-made and svelte. From here to
  Jerusalem no woman is more beautiful than Dame
  Isabelle.
  Isabelle is the living embodiment of beauty. Her
  physical attractiveness, poise, and elegance reflect
  her true nature of inner peace, tranquility, and per-
  sonal religious devotion. She is gracious without a
  fault, virtuous without a blemish, and as pious as a
  monk. Conservatively dressed in a modest gown and
  whimple, Isabelle is charming and pleasant. While
  her beauty is certainly distracting, it is never over-
  bearing or pervasive.
  She is the archetypical damsel in distress, a ubiq-
  uitous role in many legends of the Middle Ages.
  Through the idle whims of fate and the dire
  machinations of fell powers, Isabelle has been
  unwillingly thrust into this role since young
  adulthood. She has weathered it surprisingly well,
  somehow never fearing that any of her abductors’
  wicked desires will manifest. Her faith in God is
  paramount, and past abductions have increased
  her personal devotion and belief in the loving and
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  protective powers of God. Despite the outward
  appearance of any situation, she faithfully
  believes that everything will turn out exactly
  right.
  Background
  Isabelle is the youngest daughter of a landed knight,
  a lesser noble and vassal to the barons of
  Champagne, cousins to the king of France. Her
  father’s kingdom is situated nearby the city of
  Troyes, whose annual fairs bring wealth and culture
  to the city. Isabelle enjoyed the fairs, strolling the
  twisting streets and crowded merchant stalls with her
  elder sisters. As she grew older, her natural beauty
  bloomed beyond compare.
  So thought Sir Florent, her first abductor, who
  snatched her from her father's castle with a clatter
  of iron-shod hooves and a rattle of shining chain-
  mail. Poor Isabelle, only eighteen years-of-age,
  was forced by this despicable knight to marry
  him. Luckily, the marriage ceremony was inter-
  rupted when the priest tripped on his vestments
  and fell against the altar, breaking his arm.
  Florent assigned the girl to his highest tower,
  locked behind an iron door, to await a new priest.
  While she was waiting, her second abductor
  appeared on the scene.
  Dafydd was a faerie prince. He had spotted Isabelle
  as she was led to the alter and immediately desired
  her. Using his faerie glamour to become invisible,
  Dafydd tripped the priest and interrupt the wedding.
  That night he mounted a large crow and flew to the
  top of Sir Florent's tower where he snatched the girl
  up in the thorny claws of the bird. Laughing, Dafydd
  flew away as Sir Florent futilely shook his mailed
  fists from far below.
  Dafydd's lascivious dreams were dashed upon the
  rocks of love unrequited when, as he flew his
  cacophonous mount over the realm of the knight
  Sir Dorigen, that bold and intrepid knight shot
  down the crow. Dropping his crossbow in time to
  catch the falling girl, Dorigen fell instantly in
  love with the damsel he had inadvertently saved.
  Dangling from a tree branch, Dafydd cursed the
  knight, who rode back to his feasting hall with
  the semi-conscious girl.
  Dorigen planned an elaborate wedding, but it was
  not to be, and through circumstance and the
  whims of Lady Fortune, Isabelle was taken from
  him. So went the next several years of the lady's
  life, stolen from one ill-willed abductor by the
  next, until finally, through no choice of her own,
  she was brought to Semita Errabunda. The com-
  panions and magi had destroyed her last abductor,
  a lusting demon. Now, with no where else to go -
  and resigned to the fact that she is most likely
  just waiting for her next abductor - Isabelle makes
  her home at the covenant.
  Role-Playing Isabelle
  Isabelle is much more than she seems, and she will
  contribute more to the covenant than just a pretty
  face. She is a stoic resource of calm, especially dur-
  ing the most turbulent times. God has created
  Isabelle for a purpose, and while Isabelle doesn’t
  know what that purpose is, she resolutely accepts her
  part in God’s ineffable plan. It is her faith that allows
  her to remain unflustered. 
  Her heavenly trust makes her more receptive to the
  lessons available in her past experiences. For exam-
  ple, she has been abducted by faeries so many times
  that she is well-versed in faerie lore, even though she
  never had a proper teacher. Her peacefulness is so
  inspiring that it can affect others, helping to calm
  them in tense situations. During times of strife
  Isabelle will provide a serene locus for frightened
  covenant folk. 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Ars Magica [multi]/5th edition/Semita Errabunda/Companion - Isabelle.pdf