Cadence

Enchanter of the Silver Ladder

Born: 07/04/1992

Age: 23

Rank: Adept of Fate

Titles/Memberships: Deacon of the Adelaide Silver Ladder caucus

Physical description: Cadence is somewhat small, at 161cm and 65kg, but not especially so. They are androgynous in appearance, with bright green eyes and short hair bleached white-blond, and a slight tendency to avoid people's gaze. Cadence looks their real age, 22, although some take their playful nature and short stature as indications of a slightly younger age.

Following the destruction of their beloved jacket, Cadence has instead taken to dressing in a "trickster magical girl" style, hiding their face with a masquerade mask and wearing youthful, feminine clothing. Cadence rarely travels without their wand, constructed of plastic, silver, glass and crystal and inscribed with identifying runes.

Nimbus: Cadence's Nimbus is a fractal pattern that blurs the edges of whatever is being enchanted. The seed formula changes moment by moment, moving the fractal through kaleidoscopic patterns.

Timeline

Awakened: August 2014

Initial Master: Dancer (NPC)

Recent events

2015

- Was part of a group that investigated a spontaneously appearing Atlantean temple, which disappeared after exploration.

- Was a founding member of The Orchard

- Has begun work on a Grimoire in Thread

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Quotes

Quotes by

"So what you're saying is... this... represents the sane population of mages in this city?"

"Is it just me, or are there rather too many explosions involved in all of this?"

Quotes about

"Lovely, helpful, and an excellent contact for maintaining relations between Canberra and Adelaide. Thanks for being available and I hope that should you reach out to me, I can be as useful to you as you have been to me"

- Vyra when asked about meeting Cadence at Conclave.

Inspirations and Soundtrack

Puck from Gargoyles

Thomas Raith of the Dresden Files

Pretty much any Fool that Shakespeare (or his copycats) have written

"Twelve songs of Christmas" soundtrack
Cadence's general attitude to their family life as a child (and ongoing): [Imagine Dragons: All Eyes]
Cadence falling in love: [Nightwish: Cadence Of Her Last Breath]
Running away from home; Cadence's philosophy toward the future at the time: [Anberlin: Haight St]
Cadence's relationship in the “honeymoon phase”: [The Offspring: We Are One]
The breakup and being kicked out onto the street: [The Offspring: Vultures]
Looking back on life pre-Awakening: [ABBA: The Day Before You Came]
Cadence's view of The Lie, as a homeless young mage: [Nightwish: Planet Hell]
Early idealism and fervour, new to the magical community: [Anberlin: Change The World]
Cadence's opinion of Awakening as they get to know other mages better: [Dessa: Matches To Paper Dolls]
Cadence's view of their role in the magical community as they find themselves having to build governments: [Dessa: The Seamstress]
Cadence's intense guilt at their doubt over the things that Silver Ladders are “supposed” to think and believe, and their secret desire for knowledge from heretical sources: [Nightwish: She Is My Sin]
Cadence's resolve to rebuild Adelaide and leave a more stable magical community than what they walked into, working towards a new Atlantis: [Nightwish: Wanderlust]