Welcome to The Pilgrimage.
>Who are we?
You are an acolyte of the Reitian Temple. After demonstration of your magical aptitude, the temple took you in, training you in doctrinal and magical lore before you had been deemed competent to undergo a pilgrimage.
>We’re doing what now?
Reitian Acolytes travel the world as mendicant pilgrims, teaching people about the Goddess and giving counsel and advice in bringing couples together. Somehow this is tied in with the acolyte’s magical ability. An acolyte who successfully completes a pilgrimage is considered to be a magical adept and is revered amongst the worshippers of Reitia similar to how a Paladin is seen by Tyrisians.
>Our poor pelvises, we are so raped.
Reitian Acolytes are ascetics. You have taken a vow of poverty and of chastity for the duration of the pilgrimage. Think of it as keeping yourself pure for a waifu you haven’t met yet.
>So we can have a waifu?
Yep, but that’s a game over. You can’t finish a religious pilgrimage when you’re settling down and having a family now, can you?
>So… What’s the point?
Explore the Post-Twilight world, and give good ends to good people?
>Ok let’s talk magic. What can we do?
You start with three spells.
<Arcane bolt - Offensive spell, pewpewpew, probably got about three or four uses in a day without replenishing your mana. Probably not enough to kill someone but you can significantly ruin their day.
<Restore - Channelled heal. As an acolyte you can probably heal a broken leg in about three days.
<Sense Aura - Gives you a rough idea of a person’s mood and motivation, think ‘know alignment’
You’ll have the opportunity to get more spells or better versions of the ones you have as you help more people.
>That makes no fucking sense.
That’s what the Enochian Circle of Magi said too, but the Reitians do seem to be learning magic somehow…
>Anything else?
You’re halfway decent with the iron-shod traveller’s staff you carry… You’re not completely defenceless when caught out of mana. And, just to reiterate, you’re a mendicant pilgrim. You have no moneys, and beg for food like a filthy gypsy. People may react unkindly.
>What do you need from us?
How about some basic stuff? I didn’t give you guys a lot of input on Adam in Child of the Australs, and I think the story suffered for that.
What is your name? I’m gonna ignore stuff like “Nigger McNiggerNigger”
Who are your parents? Are they both human, or a human-mamono pairing? If the latter, are you natural or abbey-born? Or are you a holdsward? An orphan unacknowledged by house or family?
What do you look like? You’re reasonably young, thinking late teens to early twenties, but are you fat, skinny, ottermode, bearmode? Hair/Eyes/Skin? These will impact the story. Fatties may cop shit but will be able to stave off hunger for longer… of course starving yourself will rapidly make you not-fat. Likewise a Suudenlander (blackfella) in the Nordenlandsreich may get a few funny looks.
Do you have any overt personality traits? Are you loud, shy, aggressive, cynical?
Lastly, do you need me to explain anything any further?