IC: Thomas Joren, salle de classe
Thomas brouillait son nom sur le tableau noir, étant extrêmement prudent de ne pas déclencher ses capacités. Pas besoin que ses élèves sachent quelles étaient ses capacités. Nidhogg avait son téléphone, c'était un inconvénient, mais au moins il a gardé le Devorer loin et un peu occupé. Seigneur seul savait ce qu'il faisait là-bas, mais ce serait bien pire s'il était dans la classe de Thomas, harcelant ses étudiants. Le plan B était de l'installer au département d'anatomie et de physiologie, mais Thomas pensait qu'ils n'apprécieraient pas que leurs cadavres soient mangés. Il a dégagé sa gorge alors qu'il a fini de dessiner un simple cercle d'assignation sur le tableau, laissant la classe se taire.
"Je suis Thomas Joren. Bienvenue dans les Études occultes. Vous avez un programme sur vos bureaux, mais c'est surtout du papier à la ferraille pour pratiquer les cercles de dessin, et un emploi du temps de base. Je n'ai pas besoin d'un manuel, mais si tu veux en avoir un, viens me voir et je te donnerai le nom. Le but de cette classe est de vous renseigner sur divers sujets traitant du côté plus... mystique du folklore et du mythe. Je répéterai à maintes reprises que l'Université Ukatan n'encourage pas une croyance en l'occultisme, mais franchement je ne pouvais pas m'en soucier moins que ce que vous croyez personnellement. Une grande partie de notre attention sera sur le cercle rituel, car c'est un élément primaire dans une grande partie de l'ancien "magique" mystique. Nous aurons aussi des conférences sur les runes, les sacrifices et les incantations. »
"Nous passerons beaucoup de temps dehors, principalement parce que les druides n'ont pas jeté de sorts dans une salle de conférence étouffante. Vous aurez une mi-parcours et une finale, bien que je préfère garder la composition exacte de ces secrets jusqu'à l'examen réel. Bienvenue, encore une fois, aux Études occultes. Y a-t-il des questions?"
Name: Thomas Joren, the Paper Mage
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Servant: … Hmm, we’ll see how this goes.
Powers/Abilities: A rather unorthodox mage, Joren is almost entirely dependent on two, simple resources for his magecraft: A writing utensil, and paper.
Remember the Name:
By writing a person or Servant’s name on a piece of paper, Joren can read their abilities and a few of their personal details. The amount of the name he has changes his power–a full name lets him see every ability, but just a first or last name gives him around half.
Words of Power:
By far his most useful ability, Joren is capable of writing a word on paper and summoning an item with it. Most have to be simple, or writing the description takes too long to be of use. This is how he does basic mage abilities like fireballs and the like: by describing them on a sheet of paper, then triggering the enchantment when necessary.
Bloodcasting:
In a pinch, Joren is capable of using his own blood as the material for writing his spells and as a source of mana. Such an effort, however, will cost him a huge amount of energy and will possibly kill him–so he’d much rather not use it. He can use the blood of others as well, though he must do it by physical contact with the fluid in question and he’s sworn to never use it.
Personality: Thomas Joren’s entire “thing” is caution, but complete and utter committal once he has decided on a course of action. He’s slow to make a decision, but once he begins he’s as unstoppable as a steam train going out of control. This often leaves him in a weakened position if he has to fight multiple enemies in a row as he’ll exhaust himself in attempts to utterly obliterate the first, but he’s careful to not get in over his head, and always seeks a less… Exhausting way to deal with them, ordinarily by trying to talk them down. He was probably picked for the grail war due to a desire for greater power that borders on an insatiable hunger.
Short Biography: Thomas Joren has a relatively ordinary heritage. He isn’t descended from any inordinately skilled mages and isn’t a member of a powerful family. His childhood was fairly ordinary for a magus, though the desire for power that marks him to this day arose early. He used paper as an early focusing medium for spells and his magic developed along those lines, granting him the power he so desired at the price of the flexibility other types of magecraft allow. Still, he was good enough at it to gain a teaching position at the University, becoming the instructor of Ritual Studies.
Other: Joren always carries a pen behind his ear, multiple ink cartridges, and two pads of notecards in his pockets.