Ottilie Kestermark

EULA foundation 1.01 · Level 47 Silver

Ottilie Kestermark is a 42-year-old human woman and municipal detective. She has close-cropped dark curls silvering at the temples, a long charcoal coat, and a pencil worn short enough to hide in her palm. She wants cases to withstand scrutiny without spending vulnerable witnesses as disposable evidence.
Institutional contact: Government, Silver authority for investigations within her jurisdiction. Adventurer: Level 47, Silver; use the recorded kit below.
She lets people finish, repeats their precise claim, then asks the one question they hoped to avoid. Pressure makes her quieter. She will accept useful help but refuses invented certainty or an unlawful shortcut merely because it would close her case. She knows local procedure and her actual files, not another person's private Eula readouts.
Off duty she restores battered umbrellas and dislikes being called sentimental for returning them. Voice: patient, plain, dry. Hook: two witnesses have honest but incompatible copies of the same notice; she needs the discrepancy explained, not a preselected culprit.
Chronological age 42; apparent adult age about 34. Sustained path development supports this appearance; neither age grants an extra ability.

HISTORY

Ottilie learned municipal work at desks before she was trusted with difficult interviews. Notices, dates and signatures taught her how a perfectly orderly record could conceal an unanswered question. Field investigations added the harder lesson: an accurate statement is still given by a person who must live with what follows it. She became known for returning to check a detail after a more dramatic explanation had already satisfied everyone else.

Her advancement brought responsibility for getting people safely to a hearing, not simply obtaining their words. Witness escorts shaped the Witness-Line Investigator path: watch the angle, establish the route, and leave someone room to move. The umbrella became a working defense as well as shelter. Silver development refined that protection without turning perception into access to another person’s mind.

At forty-two, she has enough experience to recognize institutional delay and enough experience with frightened witnesses to distrust easy demands for immediate disclosure. She is not neutral about harm; she is exact about what can be established. A case that survives review matters because a fragile accusation can leave its witness more exposed than silence did.

Restoring an umbrella is work with an unusually clear finish. A rib can be straightened, a seam replaced, an object returned to use. She keeps that hobby separate from investigation, although friends sometimes hear the same patient questions when she asks where a handle went missing. Her private difficulty is allowing a conversation to remain unresolved without treating the other person as an unfinished interview.

Early in her municipal career, Ottilie returned a statement because one apparently harmless sentence combined what its author had seen with what a neighbor had told them. The correction made the account less impressive and more useful. She began keeping two columns in her own working notes: observation and explanation. The habit survived promotions, although she no longer expects the people she interviews to speak in columns.

Her escort work also changed what she counted as a successful interview. She remembers walking a frightened witness past a crowded entrance and discovering that a clear official route was not a route the person could bear to take. Waiting under her umbrella cost an appointment slot. It also made a later, voluntary account possible. The lesson was practical before it was philosophical: a defended opening is useful only if the person beside her can choose to use it.

With an adult confidant, the same habits were harder to set aside. She once answered a simple question about a bad day by giving a flawless summary of everyone else's conduct. The confidant waited, then asked how she herself had been. Learning to answer without assembling a case became a quiet counterweight to work. Some evenings end with a repaired umbrella and an unfinished conversation; she has learned that neither must be evidence of failure.

PERSONAL LIFE

Ottilie can listen so carefully that she forgets a companion did not come to give testimony. Her personal growth is asking whether a question is welcome, not abandoning judgment. She trusts someone who admits uncertainty and keeps a small promise more than a polished heroic claim. After work she offers a battered umbrella to hold while she threads a rib, giving her hands a task while she risks an ordinary admission. Dry jokes become less guarded with familiarity. She may initiate a walk unrelated to a case. Attraction does not grant access to files; disagreement or a declined invitation can coexist with warmth. Apologies name the intrusive question and stop it.

WANTS / FEARS

Build cases that withstand scrutiny while keeping witnesses safe.

Securing a convincing account at the expense of the person who trusted her.

PATH

Witness-Line Investigator

Observe real evidence, preserve its condition and compare its details without pretending inference is certainty. In danger, visible-angle movement, ordinary aimed shots, baton engagement and the shared umbrella ward protect an investigation or controlled withdrawal. Her Gifts widen escort coverage rather than supplying hidden evidence.

Commitment 45%. Future automatic growth: Agility 30%, Perception 50%, Will 20%; free points remain a separate allocation.

RESONANCE

Resonance Embodiment: Trusting an adult confidant with uncertainty let her separate protecting a witness from controlling every word they said.

CONNECTIONS

Gideon Huxborough: Gideon trusts Ottilie to distinguish a bad contract from a criminal one; she trusts him to preserve the version actually signed. His instinct to settle matters quietly clashes with her need to leave an evidentiary trail. Their respect depends on neither turning the other into a shortcut around procedure. Introduction: A documented contract enquiry or witness appointment; no sealed files or guaranteed ruling.

Cosima Trelawny: Ottilie and Cosima trust each other’s insistence on sound evidence and quarrel over when it may be published. Cosima worries that waiting protects institutions; Ottilie worries that an identifiable witness will pay for a fine headline. They can share tea after arguing, provided neither treats private confidence as permission to act. Introduction: A public lead or requested interview; confidential testimony is never part of the introduction.

STAT COMPONENTS

Might: Base 151 | Class ×1 | Resonance ×1 | Core 151 | Gear +0 | Temporary ×1 | Effective 151

Endurance: Base 292 | Class ×1.2 | Resonance ×1 | Core 350 | Gear +43 | Temporary ×1 | Effective 393

Agility: Base 624 | Class ×1.3 | Resonance ×1.04 | Core 843 | Gear +74 | Temporary ×1 | Effective 917

Intelligence: Base 398 | Class ×1.15 | Resonance ×1 | Core 457 | Gear +0 | Temporary ×1 | Effective 457

Perception: Base 899 | Class ×1.5 | Resonance ×1.08 | Core 1456 | Gear +161 | Temporary ×1 | Effective 1617

Will: Base 513 | Class ×1.3 | Resonance ×1.05 | Core 700 | Gear +51 | Temporary ×1 | Effective 751

Vitality: Base 345 | Class ×1.15 | Resonance ×1 | Core 396 | Gear +41 | Temporary ×1 | Effective 437

Presence: Base 98 | Class ×1 | Resonance ×1 | Core 98 | Gear +0 | Temporary ×1 | Effective 98

MAX HP/MANA/STAMINA/AURA

1993 / 3167 / 2288 / 2167

Recorded flat crossing bonuses (HP / Mana / Stamina / Aura), already included: 0/0/93/16

EQUIPMENT

Warded witness umbrella: P+161, W+51; unaided Core P≥728, E≥175; force/channel 212/1052.
Charcoal ward coat: E+43, V+41; unaided Core E≥175, W≥350; force/channel 212/1052.
Pursuit boots: A+74; unaided Core A≥421, E≥175; force/channel 212/1052.
Bonuses apply only while equipped, intact and qualified; no resource or regeneration bonus. Hand use and old charge limits still apply.
This revised authored starting loadout replaces the old fixed-value items; bonuses do not auto-scale during play. Total additive bonuses stay within floor(20% of each Base Stat). Core and maximum resources exclude Gear and Temporary modifiers. Apply actual buffed operating load to the fixed force/channel ratings; exceeding a rating can damage or destroy the item under the shared equipment rule.

ABILITIES

Service Kit | Cost: carried ammunition or ordinary exertion | Range: weapon’s practical reach/sightline | Six-shot service revolver, restraint baton and directional umbrella ward. Silver timing does not strengthen mundane bullets. The umbrella stops three comparable Silver heavy impacts; stronger force can break it sooner. Ten calm minutes recharge intact fabric; physical damage needs repair. All umbrella defenses share one three-impact budget: an intercepted comparable Silver heavy impact spends one charge; stronger impacts may exhaust or break it sooner. Ten calm minutes restore charges only if the fabric is intact; damage requires repair. Activating a Gift does not reset the pool. | Targets: observed weapon target or umbrella’s defended face | Duration: weapon or ward action | Recovery: finite revolver ammunition; umbrella three impacts, ten calm minutes | Earned:  | Earlier form:

Short Angle Step (Level 2) | Cost: spend 20 Stamina | Range: 2 m visible walkable route | Move to a better angle while keeping one observed attacker in view. Targets: self while observing one attacker. Duration: one action. Recovery: ten seconds. Scaling: Agility governs the step; Perception governs continued observation. Limits: No teleportation, unseen-threat detection or guaranteed dodge; blocked routes stop movement. Pay all separately used supporting abilities.  Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: self while observing one attacker | Duration: one action | Recovery: ten seconds | Earned: 2 | Earlier form:

Scene Reading (Level 5) | Cost: spend 6 Mana | Range: 3 m visible scene | Focus on physical traces such as disturbed dust, recent scuffing or mismatched wear. Perception Temporary ×1.2 applies only to examining that scene. Targets: one observed surface or object. Duration: twenty seconds of examination. Recovery: ten seconds. Scaling: Modified Perception detects real evidence; Intelligence interprets it. Limits: No replay of the past or automatic culprit/intent; planted traces can mislead and absent evidence remains absent. Pay all separately used supporting abilities.  Temporary modifiers affect only the specified use, never Core or resource maxima; same-Stat modifiers from this kit use the strongest applicable value rather than multiplying together. Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: one observed surface or object | Duration: twenty seconds of examination | Recovery: ten seconds | Earned: 5 | Earlier form:

Baton Catch (Level 8) | Cost: spend 14 Stamina | Range: baton reach | Catch and lever a committed limb or weapon with the restraint baton to spoil the action or create a disarming opportunity. Targets: one limb or held weapon she physically engages. Duration: one maneuver; hold up to three seconds. Recovery: five seconds. Scaling: Might, Agility and leverage oppose the target’s actual force and timing. Limits: Requires successful physical engagement; stronger force can break it; no automatic disarm or paralysis; one hand holds the baton. Pay all separately used supporting abilities.  Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: one limb or held weapon she physically engages | Duration: one maneuver; hold up to three seconds | Recovery: five seconds | Earned: 8 | Earlier form:

Witness Seal (Level 11) | Cost: spend 10 Mana + reserve 10 Aura | Range: touch to mark; inspect within 2 m | Place a visible seal across a chosen seam. While active, opening that seam visibly breaks the seal; she can distinguish her intact mark from a crude visual imitation through close inspection. Targets: one nonliving item up to 30 cm across. Duration: ten minutes. Recovery: ten seconds. Scaling: Intelligence defines the marked seam; Will sustains the signature against tampering. Limits: Does not stop opening, reveal who touched it, track the item remotely or certify its contents; superior concealment can require a contest; lost focus or range ends the magical mark. Pay all separately used supporting abilities.  Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: one nonliving item up to 30 cm across | Duration: ten minutes | Recovery: ten seconds | Earned: 11 | Earlier form:

Guarded Angle (Level 14) | Cost: spend 18 Stamina | Range: umbrella face and one adjacent person within 1 m | Turn the open umbrella into the line of an observed attack. The ward spends one of its shared three impact charges on contact; her movement and perception decide whether she covers the angle. Targets: self or one selected willing adjacent person. Duration: one incoming observed attack. Recovery: five seconds. Scaling: Perception and Agility place the ward; Will and the umbrella’s remaining condition oppose force. Limits: Requires one hand and open intact umbrella; unobserved or uncovered attacks bypass it; superior force can exhaust or break it immediately. Pay all separately used supporting abilities.  All umbrella defenses share one three-impact budget: an intercepted comparable Silver heavy impact spends one charge; stronger impacts may exhaust or break it sooner. Ten calm minutes restore charges only if the fabric is intact; damage requires repair. Activating a Gift does not reset the pool. Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: self or one selected willing adjacent person | Duration: one incoming observed attack | Recovery: five seconds | Earned: 14 | Earlier form:

Measured Shot (Level 17) | Cost: spend 12 Stamina | Range: 30 m clear revolver sightline | Steady one deliberately aimed revolver shot: Perception Temporary ×1.2 applies to aiming that shot. It still consumes one ordinary service round. Targets: one visible target. Duration: one breath aiming, then one shot. Recovery: three seconds. Scaling: Perception and training place the shot; the actual cartridge and barrel determine projectile force. Limits: No magical bullet strengthening, homing shot or automatic hit; needs a loaded held revolver and uninterrupted sight during the aim. Pay all separately used supporting abilities.  Temporary modifiers affect only the specified use, never Core or resource maxima; same-Stat modifiers from this kit use the strongest applicable value rather than multiplying together. Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: one visible target | Duration: one breath aiming, then one shot | Recovery: three seconds | Earned: 17 | Earlier form:

Preserve the Scene (Level 20 signature) | Cost: spend 35 Mana + reserve 25 Aura | Range: touch three markers enclosing up to 2 m diameter; remain within 3 m | Hold loose nonliving traces in their observed positions against ordinary drafts, dripping water and incidental vibration while examination proceeds. Living people can still enter and disturb the scene. Targets: one inspected evidence patch. Duration: two minutes after three breaths of setup. Recovery: thirty seconds. Scaling: Intelligence preserves the observed arrangement; Will contests minor environmental force. Limits: No restoration of already lost evidence, stasis of people or strong-force barrier; deliberate disturbance, flooding, lost focus or leaving range can break preservation. Pay all separately used supporting abilities.  Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: one inspected evidence patch | Duration: two minutes after three breaths of setup | Recovery: thirty seconds | Earned: 20 | Earlier form:

Comparative Reading (Level 25 evolution) | Cost: spend 60 Mana | Range: two visible subjects within 6 m | Compare observed physical details side by side with Perception Temporary ×1.35 for the examination, identifying detectable differences in wear, ink, fit or construction. Targets: two objects, surfaces or written records. Duration: one minute of examination. Recovery: thirty seconds. Scaling: Modified Perception finds differences; Intelligence interprets their possible causes. Limits: No certainty of forgery, author, guilt or chronology from appearance alone; needs both actual subjects and adequate access/light. Earlier forms are retained; Pay all separately used supporting abilities. Same-family recovery is shared. Temporary modifiers affect only the specified use, never Core or resource maxima; same-Stat modifiers from this kit use the strongest applicable value rather than multiplying together. Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: two objects, surfaces or written records | Duration: one minute of examination | Recovery: thirty seconds | Earned: 25 | Earlier form: scene-reading

Baton Restraint (Level 30 evolution) | Cost: spend 65 Stamina + reserve 40 Aura | Range: baton reach and continuous physical contact | Reinforce a baton hold with a close force brace, sustaining a levered restraint while she or an ally applies ordinary restraints. Targets: one successfully engaged limb or held weapon. Duration: up to ten seconds. Recovery: fifteen seconds. Scaling: Might and Agility establish the hold; Will braces it against the target’s actual force. Limits: Requires contact, intact baton and a viable position; no remote restraint; stronger force, lost grip or focus ends it; ordinary restraints must be actually available. Earlier forms are retained; Pay all separately used supporting abilities. Same-family recovery is shared. Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: one successfully engaged limb or held weapon | Duration: up to ten seconds | Recovery: fifteen seconds | Earned: 30 | Earlier form: baton-catch

Chain of Witness (Level 35 evolution) | Cost: spend 90 Mana + reserve 75 Aura | Range: touch each item during thirty-second setup; remain within 30 m; inspect within 2 m | Place distinct linked seals across selected evidence seams. During close inspection, she can tell which active seal has broken and distinguish the marks’ identities. Targets: up to six nonliving items, each up to 1 m across. Duration: thirty minutes. Recovery: one minute. Scaling: Intelligence records the six observed marks; Will sustains their tamper evidence. Limits: No remote alarm, location tracking, owner identification or truth certification; leaving maintenance range ends that mark; items cannot be replaced during an activation. Earlier forms are retained; Pay all separately used supporting abilities. Same-family recovery is shared. Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: up to six nonliving items, each up to 1 m across | Duration: thirty minutes | Recovery: one minute | Earned: 35 | Earlier form: witness-seal

Cross-Examined Angle (Level 40 signature) | Cost: spend 120 Stamina + reserve 90 Aura | Range: one visible opponent within 12 m | Build a working read of one opponent’s observed attack patterns: Perception Temporary ×1.4 and Agility Temporary ×1.2 apply when observing or physically reacting to that opponent. Targets: self observing that opponent. Duration: twenty seconds after watching two of their actual attack movements. Recovery: thirty seconds. Scaling: Her modified Stats oppose the opponent’s actual feints and speed; this is an evolving interpretation of observed behavior. Limits: No mind reading or future sight; a genuinely new tactic can defeat the read; losing sight for more than one breath or changing opponent ends it. Pay all separately used supporting abilities.  Temporary modifiers affect only the specified use, never Core or resource maxima; same-Stat modifiers from this kit use the strongest applicable value rather than multiplying together. Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: self observing that opponent | Duration: twenty seconds after watching two of their actual attack movements | Recovery: thirty seconds | Earned: 40 | Earlier form:

Angle Step (Level 46 evolution) | Cost: spend 60 Stamina | Range: 6 m visible walkable route | Move over a visible walkable route to cover while keeping one observed attacker in view. The shorter two-metre form remains usable for its own twenty-Stamina cost. Targets: self while observing one attacker. Duration: one action. Recovery: ten seconds. Scaling: Actual Agility moves her; Perception maintains observation. Limits: No teleportation, unseen-threat detection or automatic dodge; blocked movement remains blocked. Earlier forms are retained; Pay all separately used supporting abilities. Same-family recovery is shared. Only one form of this family can be active; ending it starts its full shared recovery before another form can activate. | Targets: self while observing one attacker | Duration: one action | Recovery: ten seconds | Earned: 46 | Earlier form: short-angle-step

Measured Entry (Bronze Gift 21) | Cost: 20 Aura spent + 30 Stamina | Range: 10 m | Survey a visible route for one breath, then screen one willing ally through one move up to ten metres over three seconds. Umbrella, positioning and perception contest the watched angle. Blockage or unforeseen attackers can intercept. One use per ten consecutive quiet minutes without casting/combat. All umbrella defenses share one three-impact budget: an intercepted comparable Silver heavy impact spends one charge; stronger impacts may exhaust or break it sooner. Ten calm minutes restore charges only if the fabric is intact; damage requires repair. Activating a Gift does not reset the pool. Targets: one willing ally. Duration: one move over three seconds after one breath survey. Recovery: ten consecutive quiet minutes without combat/casting. Only one activation of this Gift may be active; ending early does not reset its recovery. | Targets: one willing ally | Duration: one move over three seconds after one breath survey | Recovery: ten consecutive quiet minutes without combat/casting | Earned: 21 | Earlier form:

Witness Line (Silver Gift 41) | Cost: 175 Mana spent + 350 Aura reserved | Range: visible corridor 30 m × 3 m | Direct her practiced umbrella ward to cover up to four willing people for thirty seconds. Her earlier one-person escort, Measured Entry, remains separately available at its own stated cost, range, duration and recovery. Repeated impacts resolve against ward skill, Perception, Will and existing damage. Closing/breaking the umbrella, losing sight/focus or releasing ends the field and frees reserved Aura only. One use per ten consecutive quiet minutes without casting/combat. Choosing only one person still pays the full Witness Line cost. No missing evidence or unseen knowledge is supplied. All umbrella defenses share one three-impact budget: an intercepted comparable Silver heavy impact spends one charge; stronger impacts may exhaust or break it sooner. Ten calm minutes restore charges only if the fabric is intact; damage requires repair. Activating a Gift does not reset the pool. Targets: up to four willing people in the visible corridor. Duration: thirty seconds. Recovery: ten consecutive quiet minutes without combat/casting. Only one activation of this Gift may be active; ending early does not reset its recovery. | Targets: up to four willing people in the visible corridor | Duration: thirty seconds | Recovery: ten consecutive quiet minutes without combat/casting | Earned: 41 | Earlier form:

SHARED RULES

https://amancallednemo.com/worlds/esscarra/rules/

CLASS CONSTRAINTS

commitment percent: 45
summary: Her signature investigative advantages depend on actual observation and her escort defenses protect a watched angle with a finite umbrella budget. She must gather the evidence or attack pattern before exploiting it.
restrictions: title: An observed pattern, not foresight
benefit: Cross-Examined Angle
trigger: She has not watched two actual attack movements from the selected opponent, loses sight for more than one breath, or changes opponents.
severity: The signature cannot activate before that observation, or ends when the established observation fails. New tactics can defeat her interpretation even while it remains active.
duration: Until she establishes the required observation again and the previous activation has recovered.
recovery: The paid signature costs 120 Stamina and reserves 90 Aura, lasts at most twenty seconds and recovers thirty seconds after ending. Released Aura is capacity, not refunded spending.
workaround: An ally can hold the attacker in view while she studies them. She can use ordinary perception, Short Angle Step, baton defense or other paid methods before the read is ready.
scene: A second assailant emerges from behind a shutter: the read of the first attacker gives her no automatic answer to the newcomer.

title: Prepared evidence and a finite defended face
benefit: Preserve the Scene; Measured Entry and Witness Line
trigger: Evidence was already lost or cannot be inspected; scene markers cannot be placed; the umbrella is closed, broken, unavailable to a hand or its shared impact budget is exhausted.
severity: Preservation cannot reconstruct absent evidence. Umbrella-dependent escort protection cannot operate without its actual defended face and remaining capacity.
duration: Until a valid inspected patch is prepared or the intact umbrella’s budget is restored; physical damage requires real repair.
recovery: Preserve the Scene needs three breaths setup and thirty-second recovery. All umbrella defenses share three impact charges; ten calm minutes restore intact fabric’s charges. Gift recovery remains ten quiet minutes without combat/casting, not an extra pool.
workaround: Sketch, collect or shield accessible evidence by ordinary means; ask a willing ally to hold a perimeter. Reposition behind solid cover, repair the umbrella or choose baton/revolver methods when the ward cannot be used.
retraining: These terms restrict the named path benefits, never earned Base/Core Stats, ordinary movement or personal choice. Retraining requires consequential practice and a disclosed revised path at the next full Rank transition; it governs future automatic growth, retains earned Stats/history, and does not retroactively erase abilities. Within-grade practice does not silently change the locked automatic profile.

PATH RESTRICTIONS

An observed pattern, not foresight: She has not watched two actual attack movements from the selected opponent, loses sight for more than one breath, or changes opponents. The signature cannot activate before that observation, or ends when the established observation fails. New tactics can defeat her interpretation even while it remains active.

Prepared evidence and a finite defended face: Evidence was already lost or cannot be inspected; scene markers cannot be placed; the umbrella is closed, broken, unavailable to a hand or its shared impact budget is exhausted. Preservation cannot reconstruct absent evidence. Umbrella-dependent escort protection cannot operate without its actual defended face and remaining capacity.

PATH ABILITY RULES

Costs are paid when activated, even if interrupted. Aura marked reserved occupies capacity until the effect ends; ending releases only that reservation. Cooldowns begin when an effect ends. Forms of the same family share a cooldown equal to the form just used, so changing forms cannot bypass recovery. Earlier forms remain available at their own costs and scope using current actual Stats. Buffs apply as Temporary multipliers, never to Core or resource maxima; use only the strongest active multiplier for the same Stat from this character’s kit, not their product. Each maintained working is paid separately. Actual injury, spent ammunition, broken material and completed physical changes persist. Range is a delivery ceiling, not permission to ignore sight, touch, weapon reach or support. Actual force and opposing Stats determine resistance; rank supplies no hidden equalization. Only one active form of each family may be maintained at a time; dismissing one starts its cooldown before another can be activated. An early dismissal still starts full recovery.

EXACT GROWTH LEDGER

Stat order: Might / Endurance / Agility / Intelligence / Perception / Will / Vitality / Presence

Starting Base: 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 30 / 10 / 10 / 10

Level 2 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 1/1/1/1/0/1/1/0 | Resulting Base 11/11/12/11/33/12/11/10

Level 3 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/0/2/1/0/1/1 | Resulting Base 11/12/14/13/36/13/12/11

Level 4 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 1/1/1/1/0/1/1/0 | Resulting Base 12/13/16/14/39/15/13/11

Level 5 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/0/1/1/1/2/0 | Resulting Base 12/14/18/15/42/17/15/11

Level 6 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/1/2/0/0/1/1 | Resulting Base 12/15/20/17/45/18/16/12

Level 7 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 1/1/0/1/1/1/1/0 | Resulting Base 13/16/22/18/48/20/17/12

Level 8 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 1/1/1/1/0/1/1/0 | Resulting Base 14/17/24/19/51/22/18/12

Level 9 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/1/1/1/1/1/0 | Resulting Base 14/18/27/20/54/24/19/12

Level 10 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/0/2/0/1/1/1 | Resulting Base 14/19/28/22/57/26/20/13

Level 11 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 1/1/1/1/1/0/1/0 | Resulting Base 15/20/31/23/60/27/21/13

Level 12 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/1/1/0/1/2/0 | Resulting Base 15/21/33/24/63/29/23/13

Level 13 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 1/0/0/2/1/0/1/1 | Resulting Base 16/21/35/26/66/30/24/14

Level 14 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 0/2/1/1/0/1/1/0 | Resulting Base 16/23/37/27/69/32/25/14

Level 15 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 1/0/0/2/1/1/1/0 | Resulting Base 17/23/39/29/72/34/26/14

Level 16 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/1/1/0/1/1/1 | Resulting Base 17/24/41/30/75/36/27/15

Level 17 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 1/1/1/1/1/0/1/0 | Resulting Base 18/25/44/31/78/37/28/15

Level 18 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/0/2/0/1/2/0 | Resulting Base 18/26/45/33/81/39/30/15

Level 19 | Automatic 0/0/2/0/2/1/0/0 | Free 1/1/1/1/1/1/0/0 | Resulting Base 19/27/48/34/84/41/30/15

Level 20 | Automatic 0/0/1/0/3/1/0/0 | Free 0/1/0/1/0/1/2/1 | Resulting Base 19/28/49/35/87/43/32/16

Level 21 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 3/5/3/7/3/3/5/1 | Resulting Base 22/33/60/42/102/51/37/17

Level 22 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/6/2/4/6/2 | Resulting Base 24/38/70/48/117/60/43/19

Level 23 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/7/2/4/6/1 | Resulting Base 26/43/81/55/131/69/49/20

Level 24 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 3/4/3/7/3/3/5/2 | Resulting Base 29/47/91/62/147/77/54/22

Level 25 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/4/6/2/4/6/1 | Resulting Base 31/52/103/68/161/86/60/23

Level 26 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 3/5/2/7/2/3/6/2 | Resulting Base 34/57/112/75/176/94/66/25

Level 27 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/6/3/4/6/1 | Resulting Base 36/62/123/81/191/103/72/26

Level 28 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/7/2/4/5/2 | Resulting Base 38/67/133/88/206/112/77/28

Level 29 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 3/4/3/7/3/3/6/1 | Resulting Base 41/71/144/95/221/120/83/29

Level 30 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/6/2/4/6/2 | Resulting Base 43/76/154/101/236/129/89/31

Level 31 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 3/5/3/7/3/3/5/1 | Resulting Base 46/81/165/108/251/137/94/32

Level 32 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/6/2/4/6/2 | Resulting Base 48/86/175/114/266/146/100/34

Level 33 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/7/2/4/6/1 | Resulting Base 50/91/186/121/280/155/106/35

Level 34 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 3/4/3/7/3/3/5/2 | Resulting Base 53/95/196/128/296/163/111/37

Level 35 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/4/6/2/4/6/1 | Resulting Base 55/100/208/134/310/172/117/38

Level 36 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 3/5/2/7/2/3/6/2 | Resulting Base 58/105/217/141/325/180/123/40

Level 37 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/6/3/4/6/1 | Resulting Base 60/110/228/147/340/189/129/41

Level 38 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/7/2/4/5/2 | Resulting Base 62/115/238/154/355/198/134/43

Level 39 | Automatic 0/0/8/0/12/5/0/0 | Free 3/4/3/7/3/3/6/1 | Resulting Base 65/119/249/161/370/206/140/44

Level 40 | Automatic 0/0/7/0/13/5/0/0 | Free 2/5/3/6/2/4/6/2 | Resulting Base 67/124/259/167/385/215/146/46

Level 41 | Automatic 0/0/37/0/61/25/0/0 | Free 12/24/16/33/12/18/28/7 | Resulting Base 79/148/312/200/458/258/174/53

Level 42 | Automatic 0/0/37/0/62/24/0/0 | Free 12/24/14/33/12/18/29/8 | Resulting Base 91/172/363/233/532/300/203/61

Level 43 | Automatic 0/0/37/0/61/25/0/0 | Free 12/24/16/33/12/18/28/7 | Resulting Base 103/196/416/266/605/343/231/68

Level 44 | Automatic 0/0/37/0/62/24/0/0 | Free 12/24/14/33/12/18/29/8 | Resulting Base 115/220/467/299/679/385/260/76

Level 45 | Automatic 0/0/37/0/61/25/0/0 | Free 12/24/16/33/12/18/28/7 | Resulting Base 127/244/520/332/752/428/288/83

Level 46 | Automatic 0/0/37/0/61/25/0/0 | Free 12/24/14/33/12/18/29/8 | Resulting Base 139/268/571/365/825/471/317/91

Level 47 | Automatic 0/0/37/0/62/24/0/0 | Free 12/24/16/33/12/18/28/7 | Resulting Base 151/292/624/398/899/513/345/98

INDIVIDUAL ALLOCATION

45% commitment. Automatic growth follows the practiced path; free points support this character’s individual capabilities. Her automatic growth supplies observation and pursuit. Free practice develops rapid interpretation, bodily resilience and the endurance needed to move a witness under pressure. Free-point priorities: Might 8%, Endurance 16%, Agility 10%, Intelligence 22%, Perception 8%, Will 12%, Vitality 19%, Presence 5%. These are individually authored priorities, not an equal-share rule. Automatic growth remains separate.

TRAINING MILESTONES

Level 2: Short Angle Step (Level 2)

Level 5: Scene Reading (Level 5)

Level 8: Baton Catch (Level 8)

Level 11: Witness Seal (Level 11)

Level 14: Guarded Angle (Level 14)

Level 17: Measured Shot (Level 17)

Level 20: Preserve the Scene (Level 20 signature)

Level 25: Comparative Reading (Level 25 evolution)

Level 30: Baton Restraint (Level 30 evolution)

Level 35: Chain of Witness (Level 35 evolution)

Level 40: Cross-Examined Angle (Level 40 signature)

Level 46: Angle Step (Level 46 evolution)

PATH HISTORY

Records and interviews: Municipal desk work trained her to separate observation, attribution and inference. Repeated field interviews made Perception her strongest practiced faculty, supported by the Intelligence needed to keep a record coherent and the Will to leave an attractive explanation unproved.

Witness escort practice: Escorts joined close observation to usable movement. Agility developed through choosing footing and keeping a protected angle, while Endurance and Vitality came from maintaining that attention through long waits and difficult journeys. The umbrella offered a specific defended face; it never made every direction safe.

Established Silver specialization: Measured Entry and Witness Line express the same practiced aim at different scales: get a willing person through a watched opening, then sustain a larger protected corridor. At Level 46 she extended Angle Step to a six-metre repositioning while retaining the shorter two-metre use. She remains an investigator who must see the danger she is keeping in view.

RESONANCE HISTORY

Communion: The adult confidence was meaningful because she could admit uncertainty without immediately repairing her authority. A companion could listen to an inconclusive account, disagree with her interpretation and still want her company.

Discovery: She began distinguishing responsibility for another person's safety from responsibility for every word they chose. In private this meant asking whether a question was welcome; in work it made room for a witness to set the pace without requiring her to abandon judgment.

Integration: The change now appears in small choices: she can let a silence stand, ask whether a question is welcome and keep her attention steady when the answer is incomplete. Protecting someone no longer requires her to arrange every word they might say. In company she trusts, an unanswered question can wait until another day.

SHARED HISTORY

Gideon Huxborough — A record neither can conveniently simplify
They once spent the end of a workday comparing a signed agreement with the courteous summary that had accompanied it. Neither document was secretly false; the summary simply made one difficult condition sound settled. Gideon wanted a practical correction everyone could accept. Ottilie wanted the correction to remain visible in the record. They found a way to keep both, after each had stopped treating the other's concern as an obstacle.
Their familiar friction is over sequence: he wants to ask what settlement is still possible, and she wants to establish what already happened. Trust grows when he preserves an inconvenient version and she acknowledges that an accurate record can still leave people needing a workable next step. Neither offers the other's authority as part of a bargain.

Cosima Trelawny — The cup beside the closed notebook
Their tea sometimes begins with a story neither is ready to tell in full. On one such evening Cosima described the public shape of a lead and left its source unnamed. Ottilie could say which part needed corroboration without asking for the confidence behind it. Both left mildly dissatisfied, which became a joke between them: useful company is not required to produce an immediate answer.
When they argue about publication, the repair is specific. Cosima can acknowledge a cost to a witness without abandoning a public-interest question; Ottilie can acknowledge that delay has beneficiaries without disclosing a sealed file. Their friendship survives because neither must pretend the disagreement has disappeared before sharing another cup.

CARRIED EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

Warded witness umbrella | Warded witness umbrella: P+161, W+51; unaided Core P≥728, E≥175; force/channel 212/1052. | Quantity: 1

Charcoal ward coat | Charcoal ward coat: E+43, V+41; unaided Core E≥175, W≥350; force/channel 212/1052. | Quantity: 1

Pursuit boots | Pursuit boots: A+74; unaided Core A≥421, E≥175; force/channel 212/1052. | Quantity: 1

Six-shot service revolver | weapon | Quantity: 1

Restraint baton | weapon | Quantity: 1

Service ammunition | consumable | Quantity: varies with supplies

Short pencil | ordinary kit | Quantity: 1

SHARED CAPACITIES & RECOVERY

umbrella ward impacts: 3 | Ten calm minutes restore intact fabric; physical damage needs repair; stronger impacts may exhaust/break sooner.