Name:Bevis Halberstram Tradition:Order of Hermes (bani Bonisagus)

Skills:Herbalism(2) High Ritual(4) Meditation(2) Speed reading(4)

Knowledge: Academics(4) Accounting(2) Anthropology(2) Archaeology(3) Church History(3) Culture(3) History(4) Linguistics(5) Literature(3) Mathematics(3) Medicine(2) Paleography(4) Alchemy(2) Cosmology(3) Enigmas(3) Gematria(3) Mythology(2) Sacred Scripture(3) Sacred geometry (2) Stone Lore (2) Theology(3) Angelic Lore(3) Church Lore(2) Kindred Lore(3) Infernal Lore (4) Garou lore(1) Mummy Lore(2) Spirit Lore(4) Underworld Lore(2) Wyrm Lore(2)

Backgrounds: Allies,(2)Arcane,(2) Avatar(3)Library(3-5) Node(3) Resources(3)

Adversarial Backgrounds: Apprentice,(2)

Merits:Years of Wisdom, Natural Linguist,Holdings(1) Friendly face, Celestial Affinity,

Flaws:Lifesaver,Technophobic,Bad sight(2) Rotten Liar, Chronic Pain,

Equipment:carries a small satchel with his athame, stoppered glass tubes and a piece of chalk. He carries a small black notebook which is written entirely in Sumerian

Other Notes:Reads and could possibly speak a whole host of dead languages

Appearance: An older man of caucasian persuasion, bald with a fringe of white hair around his slightly oversized head. Is somewhat stooped and crooked and he walks with a cane His left hand is palsied and bears a large cyst betwenn the ring and middle finger. It aches him in cold weather. Bevis appears to be in his late 70's allthough he has days when he looks to a hale and hearty man of 60.

Clothing Tendencies:Dresses like a gentleman every day of his life. Even his waistcoats are somewhat conservative and dull. the cuffs of his shirts are constantly inkstained. He is constantly looking for the spectacles perched on his forehead.

Known to:Considered a fine pedagouge among Bonisagi but is considered a coward among more martially minded Hermetics. Has made a friend or two from a few different supernatural races and factions.

Ongoing Projects:expanding his library and working on experiments. Exchanging tutelage for favors 

Circle and Influence:Among former students he can do no wrong, Many Bonisagi have studied with him and he is considered a treasure by them (for what that's worth)

House:Lives in the spacious apartments above his bookshop (Gauntlet 4)

Library:Deep and wide in scope. (his collection is the literal definition of "Eclectic")

Chantry:Doissetep

Quintessence source:Owns a very large and ornate italian water clock designed by Milo Rambaldi.

Magickal style :verbally oriented magick, much of his magick can be done as long he can speak and gesture.

 Story:

Some who have come to know and love this old man are worried for his health. They keep trying to get him to learn more Life magick or Time in order to preserve his life. To which he snorts and says that he'll get around to it when he gets around to it. Bevis inherited the bookstore from his father and has spent much of his life in the bookseller trade. That he came to magick in his late 50's is tragic, One wonder what he could have learned if he'd awakened in his teens or young adulthood.

Bevis's true gift is that he has a positive genius for teaching the principles of Magick to others. His knowledge of esoteric lore is encyclopedic and what he doesn't know off the top of his head, he knows where to find in the stacks.

On the down side, he is not a combatant and knows it. He's eschewed the ascencion war as much as he able and has even cut himself off from the political cut and thrust of his own tradition. He is perfectly content to tend his own garden and teach the odd student when he can manage. Someday he might get around to resetting his metabolic clock but things have a way of eluding him in that way. There never seems to be enough time.

Bevis is a likeable old man. former students like him. Bookshoppers like him. Even spirits like him. He's a good man to know.