Ancilla the Steward aka Sheila
Court: Unseelie Legacies:Saint/Fatalist Kith:Boggan
Sex: Female Age: 35 Seeming:Grump
Steward to Count Math ap Eiluned, Count of Essex
Physical Strength 3, Dexterity 4 (moving fast), Stamina 4 (alcohol).
Social Charisma 2, Manipulation 2, Appearance 2.
Mental Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 3.
Talents: Alertness 3, Brawl 1, Dodge 2, Intimidation 1, Kenning 1, Persuasion 3, Streetwise 1.
Skills:Crafts 4 (publican), Drive 2, Etiquette 1, Melee 2, Security 2, Stealth 1, Survival 1.
Knowledges: Enigmas 1, Gremayre 1, Medicine 2, Science 1.
Arts: Primal 3 Realms Fae 2, Actor 1, Prop 2.
Glamour:5 Willpower:6 Banality:7
Merits and Flaws: None known to characters.
Backgrounds:Resources 3, Title (Steward) 1, Chimera 2.
Notes: Apart from Epiphany, the best cook the motley ever encountered, Ancilla runs a pub in Mistley which manages to serve both the Tourist trade and locals happily. She knows the village better than anyone, and has long awaited the arrival of the Eleventh True Count, ever since the sidhe's rearrival back in '69 when she was fresh from the chrysalis. She never doubted he would come as prophesied and finally rid Mistley of the Chimera of Matthew Hopkins.
She has not taken the change to Unseelie ways well however, and know in her grumpdom is becoming
pessimistic and fatalistic. The fire and passion which kept her alive (in a Changeling sense) for all these years is burning dim, and she may forget soon: her banality is already higher than both her willpower and her glamour.
The gossip at Court is that she was never the same after she rode to war and fought alongside Mortilla at the Battle of Wandlebury; perhaps anger at Mortilla's death is what has disturbed her so deeply. She is of course mistress of Court gossip, and it is clear that she believes that Lady Cybele was the assasin who used the foul cold iron dagger - she tolerates the girl but little more, and since turning Unseelie makes no attempt to hide her dislike.
She was ecstatic when Math was invested with the title, but is possibly displeased at his choice of appointing Diana as Consort and Regent, a feeling shared by several of the other Kithain. Noone really knows what is wrong with Ancilla...
One thing is for sure; she has long had a crush on Pluto, though he seems oblivious to the fact in his Trollish way.
Last updated:
19th May, 2000