The Book of Knots - Jags

She is rather appalled by even
the most mild breaches of
social etiquette and in her own
domain spends considerable
time ensuring that visitors
obey the rules (especially her
check-out, return, and neverabove-a-whisper
policies).
When things are in order and
the project is under control,
she can be helpful and
charming. She’s ambitious—
her post gives her considerable
visibility and a chance to rub
elbows with the top echelons
of Caretaker society. Any
Name: Bookworm Minion
PHY 13 STR 23 BLD 50 CON 13
REF 10 COR 12 REA 10 AGI 10
INT 11 RES 11 MEM 18 WIL 11
DP 60 Minor Major Critical
Wounds 20 60 120
potential to insert herself into the dramas of a powerful Caretaker (in a
way that might reflect well on her) would be of great interest to her.
After making sure the rules are obeyed and seeing to the project, she has
a few minutes every night to reflect on social life; she is lonely running
a House, and wonders what will become of her—success and glory,
or failure and ignominy? She believes herself to be a caterpillar – a
creature that was destined to enclose itself in a chrysalis, and emerge as
something radically different. Her chosen career path prevents that, and
in her quiet moments, this fills her with regret.
She is far too busy with the key dramas of her life, however, to spend
much of her waking life revisiting decisions already made.
Book Worms
While the Liebrarian can bi-locate (and then some) to handle many
affairs of her collection, she has many helpers, all of them a bit fanatic.
The Bookworms are large, friendly worms with luminous tails that crawl
about the Liebrary reshelving and mending books (with self-spun silk).
They can also be helpful to visitors since they know the maze of books
better than almost anyone but the Liebrarian herself.
Disposition Towards Man
She is intrigued and utterly convinced of the Red Queen’s “Human
Condition” project (one of the reasons she was chosen for the job was
her honest appreciation of the Red Queen’s approach). She believes that
mankind should be properly converted into book format and filed under
the appropriate setting.
Encounter Threat
Medium. Out of her domain, she’s reasonably inoffensive (although
very often irritating —she’s prone to scolding). In the Library, she can
be quite dangerous unless one is either very careful or protected by a
To Hit 13-
To Be Hit +2/+3
Armor None
Damage 24 IMP
Description: A large brown worm with a friendly looking human face, the bookworm’s
tail has an amber, incandescence that is good light to read by. They are friendly and helpful
(although they cannot distinguish the truth in the library from the lies, they can locate many
items or at least get a person close to what they are looking for.
Shock: The bookworm can throw an amber bolt from its tail (ROF 1, -1/5 yards) hitting for
up to 24 IMP damage (they usually just fire a 1-2pt warning bolt, however). This is nonflamable:
that could damage the books!
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Book of Knots - The Caretakers