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PirateJack:
I wouldn't mind seeing Gaius Sextus and Araris Valarian done. I have a liking for metalcrafters when it comes to Alera.

Sanctaphrax:
It's been a long time since I read those books. Jog my memory.

PirateJack:
Gaius Sextus is the eighty year old First Lord of Alera during the first five books. If there's an element he isn't a master of, nobody mentions it. He's also one of the two furycrafters to be able to manifest metal furies, which take the form of living armour that covers him from head to foot. He's also an astute politician, cunning and manipulative as Johnny Marcone, and married to Gaius Caria (daughter of High Lord Atticus Quentin) who has been poisoning for the best part of six years.

Araris Valarian is the best swordsman in Alera. He's also the second metalcrafter able to manifest a metal fury. He was a Singulare of Gaius Septimus, brother of Sir Miles Valarian (whom he pushed in front of a cart to stop him from fighting Aldrick ex Gladius) and (late in the series) husband of Isana. After Septimus died he branded himself with a slave's mark so he could protect Isana and Tavi without anyone recognising him, taking on the name Fade when he did so.

Sanctaphrax:
(click to show/hide)Gaius Sextus (Deep One)

Most furycrafting stuff can be handled with Evocation, Thaumaturgy, physical building blocks, and Supernatural Senses. So that's what I used here. The Senses use Lore.

Sponsored Magic (Furies) lets you use Evocation specializations for Thaumaturgy. Power counts as complexity. It doesn't allow foci, but it does let you trade in free focus item slots for evocation elements or specializations.

Dunno how balanced it is, but it doesn't matter much. Especially since this guy's splitting his specializations in a dreadfully suboptimal way anyway.

High Concept: First Lord Of Alera
Trouble Aspect: I don't remember nearly enough about this guy to write Aspects for him
Other Aspects:
Skills:
Epic: Discipline, Conviction
Fantastic: Presence, Contacts
Superb: Resources, Lore
Great: Athletics, Deceit
Good: Endurance, Empathy, Rapport
Fair: Alertness, Scholarship, Intimidation, Might
Average: Stealth, Fists, Survival, Investigation
Stunts:
First Lord (Contacts): +2 to Contacts among Aleran officials and lords.
Armies At My Disposal (Contacts): May use Contacts to have minions.
Master Politician (Contacts): May use Contacts as a general "politics" skill.
Master Metalcrafter (Discipline): May use Discipline to wield metallic weapons.
The Weight Of Reputation (Presence): May use Presence for Intimidation against people who know who he is.
Powers:
Marked By Power [-1]
Evocation [-3]
Sponsored Magic (Furies) [-3]
Refinement [-10]
Supernatural Senses (elements, emotions) [-3]
Wings [-1]
Supernatural Speed [-4]
Limitation (must be touching ground) [+2]
  Supernatural Strength [-4]
  Inhuman Toughness [-2]
Limitation (must manifest metal fury first) [+1]
  Supernatural Toughness [-4]
Magic:
Evocation (Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Metal, Wood): +1 air power, +1 air control, +2 earth power, +1 earth control, +2 water power, +1 water control, +2 fire power, +2 fire control
Total Refresh Cost:
-37
Refresh Total:
1
(click to show/hide)Araris Valerian (Submerged)

Can you use metalcrafting to physically manipulate metal objects?

Hope not. No space left on his character sheet for that.

High Concept: Alera's Greatest Swordsman
Trouble Aspect: Again, I dunno. Something about Isana, Tavi, and Septimus? Something about being a slave?
Other Aspects:
Skills:
Superb: Weapons
Great: Discipline, Deceit, Craftsmanship
Good: Endurance, Conviction, Lore
Fair: Athletics, Might, Alertness
Average: Presence, Fists, Intimidation
Stunts:
Pain Tolerance (Endurance): Consequence tags only give +1 or a three-die reroll against Araris.
Sense Metal (Weapons): +2 to defend against attacks with metal weapons.
Powers:
Supernatural Sense (Metal) [-1]
Limitation (metal weapons only) [+1]
  Supernatural Skill [-4]
Limitation (must manifest metal fury) [+1]
  Supernatural Toughness [-4]
Total Refresh Cost:
-9
Refresh Total:
1

PirateJack:
You can, but the only characters known to do that have been the First Lord and High Lady Antillus Dorotea. External metalcrafting is incredibly rare, apparently.

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