Gwydion Kelly

🧙‍♂️ Gwydion Kelly – The Relic Hunter

Tradition: Order of Hermes (House Miscellanea)

Cabal: House of Miscellanea

Faction: Moderates

Arete: 6

Essence: Questing

Nature/Demeanor: Prophet / Meddler

Apparent Age: Late 40s (actual: 101)

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📜 Character History

🌑 Born into the Veil (1884–1904)

• Born in Madison in 1884 to Thomas and Emma Kelly, Hermetic mages who studied under Jay Dee.
• Awakened at age 11 after accidentally casting a quest for forbidden knowledge from one of his father’s tomes.
• Became obsessed with lost truths and relics of the pre-Consensus worldCharacters Draft.

🔥 1904 – The Capitol Fire & Gahara Pact

• At age 20, Gwydion participated in a ritual that accidentally tore a rift, unleashing a powerful Wraith and destabilizing the Capitol Node.
• This failure led to the formation of the Gahara Pact, a truce among Mages, Garou, Kindred, and Wraiths to prevent future collapsesMadtown World of Darkne….

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⚔️ 1910–1947 – Arcane Warfront

• Served in World War I as a covert Hermetic field operative under Project Chapel Red Line, tracking Nephandi and battlefield resonance zones.
• In 1916, stabilized a Weaver-corrupted Verdun spirit using a glyph from Jay Dee’s dream.
• During WWII, led occult retrieval teams to outmaneuver Nazi artifact hunters. Several relics were hidden in Horizon Realms for safekeepingMadtown World of Darkne….

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🧘 1948–1960 – The Shaolin Years

• After decades of war and obsession, Gwydion retreated to China, training at the Shaolin Temple to balance his spiritual and magickal center.
• Returned more focused, but still burdened by the dark bargains he'd made to protect the Tapestry.

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🛰️ 1960s–1984 – Cold War, Cold Truths

• Spent the Cold War infiltrating Technocratic vaults and Vatican archives.
• Made a secret deal with a Nephandus to acquire a relic necessary to shield the Capitol Node—then betrayed them. The guilt lingers.
• Discovered a theoretical method to permanently banish the Nameless, but it would require sacrificing part of Madison’s realityCharacters Draft.

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🧨 1985 – The Countdown Begins

• Gwydion returns to Madison, fully aware that reality is collapsing.
• His former student suspects his true motives.
• He believes only forbidden knowledge and decisive action can stop the Nameless—no matter the cost.

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🔮 Paradigm: "Bring Back the Golden Age"

Core Belief:

Magick is a forgotten birthright, diluted by the lie of science and weakened by cowardice. The past held true power—and it can be restored by recovering lost Hermetic wisdom, regardless of what must be sacrificed.

Gwydion views modern consensus as a degradation of what once was a glorious age of ritual, divine geometry, and resonant truth.

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🛠️ Practice: High Ritual Magick

Every effect Gwydion casts is layered, complex, and ceremonial.

• Incantations in Enochian and Latin
• Geometric ritual circles
• Planetary alignments & Hermetic correspondences
• Quintessence-infused ink etched into parchment or flesh

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🧰 Instruments:

• Hermetic Ritual Codex (bound with dragon-hide, blood-inked)
• Wand of Eleazar, tipped with orichalcum
• Relic Pouches from various cultures
• Sapphire Lens used for astral scrying
• Battlefield cane that doubles as a wand and ritual rod

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✨ Spheres & Capabilities

• Prime 5 – Total control over Quintessence. Can awaken or collapse Nodes.
• Forces 4 – Harnesses kinetic, light, heat, and weather for offensive or ritual purposes.
• Mind 3 – Defense, memory cloaking, limited telepathic insight.
• Correspondence 3 – Track relics, create localized portals or warding.

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🧠 Attributes & Talents

• Perception 5, Intelligence 6, Wits 4
• Academics 5, Cosmology 5, Occult 5, Investigation 4, Rituals 6
• Leadership 4, Alertness 4, Melee 4

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🗝️ Secrets

• A Deal with the Nephandi: Made and broke a bargain to gain an artifact. The price was not his alone.
• The Exile Theory: He suspects Jay Dee engineered his parents’ deaths for unknown Hermetic reasons.
• The Final Seal: Gwydion knows how to destroy the Nameless—but it may unravel the Capitol Node and erase a piece of Madison's soul.

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🎯 Story Hooks

• Will he sacrifice Madison to save reality?
• Will his past Nephandic dealings be exposed?
• Can players trust the man who would trade a city for a spellbook if it meant saving the Dream?