Thesmosian Scholar

You were found early in life with magical skill and potential. Maybe your parents noticed it, or a friend of the family, maybe you were found by a recruiter for the academy. It matters little how you were found; You were found. Quickly you were sent or taken to the Thesmos Arcane University and enrolled in the school of magic.
Since that time you have seldom if ever see your biological family, instead you were raised in the trappings of a magical environment. You were educated in this school from some of the greatest wizards and mages around. Now with the fundamentals of the magic in place you must make your way into the world at large and use these skills and expand them. It is the way, to balance your education with practical skills. All students at this point go out and apply their skills in the real world before coming back to complete there training.

Personality Trait (d8)

1. I often times forget that people in the world are so clueless about basic arcane topics.
2. I once was dressed down for forgetting a spell component, I now make sure to carry all things and advance focuses with me.
3. The ignorant mundane masses can not keep up with my intellect, it drains me to speak with them
4. I boast about my school often, and excesivly, my pride in the university keeps me from seeing others do not care
5. Others rush into trouble without a plan, that is not wise, I make sure to be ready for the unknown, as I am wise.
6. I get lost in my books and scrolls, the work of a mage is unlocking secrets and expanding the worlds knowledge
7. I want to break down magical items and see what makes them tick.
8. I believe I will discover a lost or unknown magical truth

Ideal (d6)

1. Tradition I will uphold the standards of Magic that were taught to me by Thesmos University (Lawful)
2. Greater Good. The knowledge of the arcane will allow me to protect and better the lives of the nation I live in. (Good)
3. Arcanum. I seek to study and understand magic, for the betterment of future mages. (Neutral)
4. Power. Knowledge is the path to power, and power to rule over the people for there betterment and safety. (Evil)
5. Independence. I have what is needed, now I will seek my own path in Arcanum. (Chaotic)
6. Higher Purpose. I was given these skills to protect the world from its destruction. (Any)

Bonds (d6)

1. I had to give up a lot to become a mage, I sometimes wonder about finding them.
2. I feel in love with a teacher at the school, I go out to prove my love to them.
3. I suffer dreams and portents of a horrible fait that may befall the world, and strive to prevent it.
4. I’ll never forget the crushing defeat at my biggest rival at school, I will best them someday.
5. I quote a teacher of mine every chance I get, they had an answer to everything, and I memorized there every saying.
6. I am an extension of the University of Thesmos, I known that my actions reflect good or bad on the school.

Flaw (d6)

1. An enigma is my undoing, I’ve never met a puzzle that I could walk away from.
2. I look down on hedge wizards and dabblers in magic, they are playing with fire and it will hurt the ones around them.
3. Someone died at school, it was because of me, and I hid the fact from the faculty. I can not go back for fear of them finding out.
4. I believe Magic users should be in charge, the world would be safer if they were in control.
5. I am a student of life, every challenge is a new way to use my arcane skills, I can find a better way to do anything through magic.
6. I will drop anything I am doing if the Thesmosian Society calls on me to aid them.

Skill proficiencies:
Arcane, and History or Insight
Tool proficiencies:
Alchemist, Herbalism Kit or Poisons
Languages:
One of your choice, including Exotic or Rare Languages.
Equipment:
A bottle of rare ink, a quill, 1d6 blank scrolls, the respective tool kit to match your skill, a letter of scholastic achievement from a teacher, robes of a student of Thesmos, 15 gold pieces.
Feature:
The Thesmosian Society You have been formally trained in magic, and the University of Thesmos has weight and respect behind it. You can gain admittance to magic users by dropping the name of your school. Further more most scholars and mages are willing to put you up and talk to you about matters of arcanum. Your pedigree will get you into libraries (mundane and arcane) acrost most of the known world.
Suggested Characteristics
As a student of arcane arts, you have been defined by some of the best and brightest arcane minds in the known world. You have spent most of your life so far in the presence of very experienced wizards, sorceress and mages. Magic and the arcane is central to your life, whether it is to master the artform, or it be the means to gain some other end through its use.