Zeevrouw Background

From Arsmagica

Zeevrouw of Ex Miscellania began life as Luk Van der Meer in the town of Groningen. His parents, alarmed by his supernatural aura, gave him up at an early age to a passing stranger. The stranger was very insistent that Luk should be protected and taught by him, and Luk's parents made no arguement. Thus Luk grew up in the covenant of Fengheld under the demanding tutelage of Xeren of Tremere. As he grew, Luk became increasingly resentful of his parens. He had little memory of his natural parents and longed for the power needed to defeat Xeren and escape his tortuos ministrations. One fateful day, Luk was assisting in Xeren's lab, when Xeren was unexpectedly called to a council meeting. Luk used the opportunity to pocket a Vampire's fang containing Mentum Vis. When Xeren returned, he challenged Xeren to Certamen for his freedom. Amused by his apprentice's audacity, Xeren accepted the challenge. In the fabled arena of Fengheld, Xeren allowed Luk to choose whichever Form he would. Knowing that he had Vis in his pocket, Luk chose Mentum. Xeren chose the Technique of Rego and the Certamen began. The battle went badly at first for Luk, and his Concentration began to slip. Desperately, Luk fumbled in his pockets for the Mentum Vis and, upon discovery, invoked the fang's entire store of magical energy. Unfortunately, Luk was unprepared for the Queen of Vis that had been gathered into the fang and lost control. He was knocked unconscious and remained comatose for nearly an entire season. When he awoke, Luk's mind had been bent even further into independence and ambition. Xeren became increasingly impatient with his apprentice's growing excentricity and went before the council at Fengheld to renounce his affiliation with the boy. A visiting Ex Miscellania , drawn to Luk's vulnerability, took him as his apprentice and moved Luk to his Covenant on an island in Denmark. The island was populated entirely by pirates who, like the magi, valued the secrecy and safety provide by the covenant's obscure location. Luk spent much of his free time socializing and observing the pirates. He became more and more convinced that these wild, undisciplined pirates could become a mighty force, if only they had a king to unify and direct them. He listened carefully to stories of nobility and intrigue and began to ruminate on the possibilities before him. Luk noted how kings have lots of gold and finery, and how they used speeches and intimidation to keep order. Upon completion of his gauntlet, Luk chose the name Zeevrouw combining the colloquial names that some of the Dutch pirates used for Sea (Zee) and King (vrouw). Shortly after his ascension, his second parens died leaving the Covenant to Zeevrouw and his common law wife, the maga Caelus of ExMiscellenia. Unwilling to leave there home and followers, Zeewvrow and Caela went to Tribunal to obtain permission to remain at their Covenant and remake it in their image as the covenant Waddenzee.