Vincent Mallory

NAME: Vincent Mallory

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It should be considered that his affinity for curses is reflected very well in his nature. Intrinsically, "cursing" is an act best done by those that are otherwise powerless.

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• Unusual beginnings-    It was in the outskirts of a peaceful town that Frank Mallory and his charming wife Cecilia decided to anchor down and like many other before them start a family. The Victorian manor they had bought possessed a certain glow to it, and it served perfectly over the years as a playground for the two children the couple raised. 
  
  
  
  
  The young boy and his older sister lived happily with their parents until a mixture of psychosis and alcohol drove their once kind and caring father to commence an incestuous relationship with his 16 year old daughter. The affair was quickly discovered and the father committed suicide before ever facing trial, leaving his dear wife to take care of the two children with the addition of a baby boy that had resulted from his immoral actions. 
  
  
  
  
  This child had been born on the 13th of January, a Friday, and named Vincent by his grandmother Cecilia. The stress of taking care of the whole family took its toll and eventually led the woman to attempt murder-suicide killing both her children but leaving poor 3 year old Vincent alive.
  
  
  
  
  
• Life as an Orphan-   After that, the boy was passed around foster homes giving birth to legends of a demon child that brought misfortune to whoever took him in. When he was 7, a strange well-dressed man visited the home where he was staying requesting to see him. Bypassing all adoption protocols, he took Vincent to London, where he was studied by several magus. Apparently, the man who had brought him there worked for the magus association, and believed the many misfortunes that had befallen people close to the boy were the result of a mystical ability of sorts. They theorized that he possessed an incredibly rare and unknown trait, the noticeable effect of it being that it applied a powerful pernicious influence to those around him, while also making him remarkably resistant to curses himself. It was also discovered that he possessed some magic circuits of low quality, which allowed him to be taught basic thaumaturgy.
  
  

• Official Magus-    He was mentored on the workings of magecraft, and later started working for the Departments of Studies on Curses at the age of 16 the very same department where he was once subject of study. This was extremely fortunate for Vincent because experiments on his condition were starting to become increasingly risky to himself. Several biopsies were performed, and plans of a vivisection weren't far off.  He was drawn to classes on magecraft, in the same building as he was being researched, and ended up attempting to join in secret, a fact that made him a proper magus in the eyes of the association and not just a guinea pig.  His guardian and researcher was frustrated, but he was too much of minor player in Clocktower and lacked the political power to override this decision.  
  
  He spent the last 3 years collaborating with the Archaeology Department, the most dedicated nerds in clocktower, going in and out of what can be called a warehouse for mystical objects.
  
  Although his interest is the true nature of curses, the subject is undervalued in clocktower, with Vincent being possibly one of the most knowledgeable members of department (even more impressive considering that his tutoring on magecraft began far later than the average magus).
  
  His tasks are usually the identification, retrieval and study of artifacts that may possess interesting magical properties, and he is in charge of actually retrieving these relics from wherever they are kept. Although suffering a complete lack of ability as a magus, he is incredibly proficient at formal craft and curse spells, a talent that was augmented by coming into contact with powerful artifacts embedded with malignant abilities.
  
  
  He never had any significant relationship with anyone, actually believing he has no need for anything but material possessions. The collection of artefacts in his apartment grows each time he is sent on a mission because of his ability to discern the valuable from the trash, and bring home more than he was asked to retrieve.