A  run through of an example  character creation with the NPC Garnst the Chaos Tracker, as he is both interesting and powered at not a dissimilar level to starting character.

• His demeanour is that of loner, his nature is that of caregiver.
• His stats are easily grouped as physical primary, mental secondary and social tertiary.
• His physical stats are evenly split with 3 dots in strength and stamina, and the extra dot used to bring dexterity up or 4
• His mental stats are average apart from perception which is moved up to 4 dots
• Social is clear Garnst is a social misfit and all stats go into appearance leaving him as a pretty boy but as awkward as hell, with 4 dots in appearance and none in manipulation and charisma.

• Abilities take a little time to work out as I want more than I have points for , however I opt for skills as primary, talents as secondary and knowledge as tertiary.
• Knowledge’s are easiest to place with culture 1, Investigation 3, medicine 1(which is light), spirit lord 1, and myth 2( to reflect his chaos law).
• Traits are straight forward as alertness 3, athletics 2, brawl 2, and dodge 2 is the best I can do and I think those abilities need to be higher, buts that is what freebie points are for.
• Skills are limited because I want to put more than 3 points in some that I can’t at this point. But it means I get a good spread. We end up with Archery 3, Crafts 1, Melee 3, Stealth 3, Survival 3.
• We have to leave things there right now, but I have 5 dots I want to add to my skills later.
• Like all starting characters his essence is to which means we cannot assign runes scores above 2 at this point.
• He has been raised a member of Foundchild and the death rune suits him well, but his life experiences have shattered any association with the harmony rune. This elemental rune would be air, and I think mobility is very suitable for him as a character. He ends up with death2, mobility 2, air 1. I’m happy for that for him as character and as he isn’t magical probably won’t spend any freebie points on runes .
• His spirit magic spells I choose spells which will work well with his runes and cover the areas of attack, defence and movement. I would like to cover healing and missile weapons as well but don’t want to spread the magic too thin, and it to areas where the runes won’t support. So I opt for bladesharp 2, shimmer 2. mobility 3, and look to develop healing and speedart going forward.
• His cult is Foundchild due to culture and lack of local option, his status is initiate or whatever it becomes once I sort spirit magic out.

• Backgrounds which can be chosen are limited due to Garnst’s Separation from his clan. Allies 1 is a must with Cela. Blueface however i’m going to save for a merit.
• This leaves artefacts, past lives, destiny and contacts as possibilities I opt for Contacts 1, Artefacts 2 and past Life 3.
• Virtues for a balazaring male are vigor, trust and generosity.
• We apply the points to them to reflect his mental imbalance and get vigor 5, trust 2 and generosity 3
• Flaws and merits I have gone overboard on this NPC in a way I would not let players do on a PC , but I think its suits the character and its balanced.
• Looking at merits we have Guardian Angel – Blueface(5pt), I have allowed it because Blueface is powerful but not always present, Acute senses (1pt merit), and Fleet of foot 2pt merit. 8pts total
• Flaws could be numerous, Hatred Chaos – 2pt , Driving Goal – Protect all Balazarings from chaos – 3pt, Separated – 1pt, Black and White – 1pt and Derangement sociopath – 3pts. 10pts total.
• That leaves 18 freebie points to be spent, 12 points go straight in extra dots in athletics, Brawl, Dodge, Melee, Stealth and Survival. Leaving 8.
• This not really enough for more rune levels or essence, so battle magic and skill seem the best places. Myth and medicine are the two skills to boost. Leaving 2 point for battle magic which are added to Mobility and shimmer.

• Willpower is now calculated at 5 and quintessence 7