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Chiatracles of Urcadia

Great (+4): Lore
Good (+3): Empathy, Investigate
Fair (+2): Notice, Will, Rapport
Average (+1): Contacts, Crafts, Resources, Stealth

High Concept: The Wisest Man in Urcadia. Chiatracles is a natural
philosopher who has spent his long life studying the world and reading the
works of all the great thinkers who came before him. As a result, he has a
great store of knowledge that sometimes seems to verge on the magical.

Trouble: An Age of Fear and Superstition. Chiatracles was driven from
Urcadia by his enemies, who accused him of trafficking in matters that
belonged to the gods and leading the city-state's youth astray. To his
sorrow, he has found that other places are much the same - everyone fears a
man who seems to know more than he should, and are quick to blame him for
any stroke of ill fortune.

Aspect: Honesty Is Its Own Reward. On his wanderings, Chiatracles came
to a village where all the children of a certain family were always ill and
nothing seemed to help them. Performing a thorough investigation, Chiatracles
discovered that the children's mother had been poisoning their food for
years. Though the woman begged, bribed and threatened him to keep her secret,
he announced it to the villagers. However, the villagers refused to believe
that any mother could do something so terrible and instead chose to believe
that Chiatracles was a wicked sorcerer who was himself the cause of the
children's illness, and they drove him off in a hail of rocks and curses.

Aspect: A Sympathetic Ear. During the early days of her courtship with
Anemia, Katerina sought the advice of wise Chiatracles on whether she should
truly pursue an affair with someone so much lower than herself in station.
Chiatracles councilled her to follow her heart. This meddling in the royal
family matters might later have played a role in his banishment.

Aspect: Master of Potions. When Sophia decided to deal with the
gluttonous father, she went to  Chiatracles for help. He provided her with
herbs that would make the wine and  meat even more intoxicating, making it
easier to extract his confession.

Stunt: A Lifetime of Study. Chiatracles has spent his life reading,
experimenting and learning. You can spend a fate point to use Lore in place
of any other skill for one roll or exchange, provided you can justify having
once made an academic study of the action attempted.

Stunt: Wise Councillor. Chiatracles' sagely advice can set a troubled
soul at ease. Once per session you can reduce someone else’s consequence by
one level of severity (severe to moderate, moderate to mild, mild to nothing
at all) by succeeding on an Empathy roll with a difficulty of Fair (+2) for
a mild consequence, Good (+3) for moderate, or Great (+4) for severe. You
need to talk with the person you’re treating for at least half an hour in
order for them to receive the benefits of this stunt, and you can’t use it on
yourself. (Normally, this roll would only start the recovery process, instead
of changing the consequence level.)

Stunt: See the Truth of Things. Chiatracles' insights into a situation
can border on the uncanny. Once per scene you can spend a fate point (and a few
minutes of observation) to make a special Investigate roll representing your
potent deductive faculties. For each shift you make on this roll you discover
or create an aspect, on either the scene or the target of your observations,
though you may only invoke one of them for free.