SECTION I.
Operational Information.
| TAG # | 7771766642 | ||
| GROUP OF INTEREST | Global Occult Coalition | SECTION | Nexus Command |
| RANK | Nexus Member | SUB-SECTION | N/A |
| SPECIALIZATION | Tangential Technology Tactics, Thaumaturgy | ||
| ALIGNMENT | Neutral | IMMEDIATE ORDERS | Do Not Engage |
| PREVIOUS RANKS | SUPERVISORS | ||
| Hermetic Sage | Undersecretary-General | ||
| PTOLEMY Thaumaturge | UN Secretary-General | ||
OUTLOOK
A useful tool. They exist to serve the purposes of their order, however they feel about it, and they must act out that goal. Stern, calculating, and endlessly tired of her tasks.
Their soul must be buried for the sake of the Coalition, and the Order.
SECTION II.
Demographic & Physical Information.
| FULL NAME | Jackie Hermogenes Pratchett | DATE OF BIRTH | 07/01/1971 |
| SEX | N/A | ALIASES | "Pensieroso" (Code Name), Roso or Peni (Informal) |
| WEIGHT | 85 lbs | HEIGHT | 5'0" |
| HAIR COLOR | Brown | EYE COLOR | Brown |
| NATIONALITY | British |  |
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DESCRIPTION
Thin, scrawny, and small are not usually terms for a former Strike Team operative, but they are the most applicable. Hermogenes is mostly androgynous with an athletic but faded build, and from that you would assume they were unimposing. Of course, this is far from the truth.
Deep billowing robes, silver ornamentation, and concentrated mystique surround the commander. Their features constantly bathed in shadow1 and their mannerisms reserved, or perhaps even regal. While occasionally seen in more traditional formal wear, even then she hides behind excessive jewellery or other ways of distracting from her face.
Hidden under it all is long brown hair, deep tan skin, and toned muscle. Everything else changes, everything else fades, but that stays the same.
SECTION III.
Psychological Information.
| VIRTUES | VICES |
| Distant | Conflicted |
| Dutiful | Apathetic |
| Tenacious | Insincere |
| LIKES | DISLIKES |
| Thaumaturgy | Dissent |
| Art and Music | Chauvinism |
| Indulgence | Stubbornness |
PERSONALITY
Reserved, cold, and professional. She takes her roles with utmost determination but also a level of resignation. She shows little emotion, is inflexible to disobedience, and demands respect. In every manner, she hold herself at arms length as a figured to be revered but rarely known.
Oddly earlier reports and reports from her close friends show a different side. Playful, prone to swings of emotion, and incredibly forward. Pressed under it all is the heart of a trickster, but few are lucky enough to see it.
PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
Shows possible sings of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and anxiety conditions, however many traits are deliberately or subconsciously obscured as part of their "role".
PSYCHIATRIST’S ORDERS
Make available social spaces away from work and attempt to improve constant masking behaviours.
SECTION IV.
Medical & Security Information.
| PRESCRIPTIONS | Methylphenidate, Mild Painkillers |
| BLOOD TYPE | B+ |
| CONDITIONS | None |
| AUGMENTS | None |
| INJURIES DURING SERVICE | |
| Multiple major fractures, all sections of the body (Healed) | |
FOUNDATION ENCOUNTERS
Minimal. Strike Team 0021 has rarely worked against or with Foundation forces, and thus Hermogenes has only recently come into a position with contact with the Foundation. In her time as Nexus Member, Hermogenes has maintained some contact with the SCP Foundation for conversations regarding matters of thaumaturgical important.
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ORDERS
Observe at extreme distance, under extreme stealth to avoid detection by GOC operatives. Hermogenes is considered of little threat, and no additional reconnaissance should be taken to avoid a diplomatic incident with the Global Occult Coalition.
SECTION V.
Biographical Information.
| RELATIVES | Olivia Pratchett (Cousin) | ||
| CRIMINAL RECORD | N/A | RELATIONS | N/A |
| EXPERIENCE | EDUCATION | ||
| Trained Hermetic Scholar | Masters of Applied Thaumatology (ICSUT), Internal Global Occult Coalition PHYSICS Training | ||
| FORMER JOBS | Hermetic Sage | ||
BIOGRAPHY
Jackie Hermogenes Pratt was born a ████ in London, England to a pair of English occultists enmeshed in a member of the Global Occult Coalition's Council of 108. As they were raised, they were taught the values and lessons of the Hermetic Order of Golden Dawn, home-schooled in mathematics and astrology as one. They would be shown secret lodges, and inducted a neophyte early in life. Despite the odd upbringing, Hermogenes knew nothing else and so they took to it. Their parents, given the time and freedom to be present with their child, indentured a true love for academia and thaumatology in their child.
Hermogenes grew more and more, tying themselves further into the order. At just the age of 16 they were approaching the intermediate ranks of the groups, challenging others and memorising rituals with passion and zeal. Every odd teaching and strange occult mystery was a holy truth to them, only compounded when they so often worked.
Eventually, Hermogenes grew beyond the Order's ability to mould them. Despite great reticence from them and their family, the Pratchett child would eventually attend the International Centre for the Study of Unified Thaumatology. It wasn't that they disliked the classes however, they loved nothing more to learn from the professors, but Hermogenes feared the strange culture of colleges and academic institution.
However, they quickly found that fear was not so well-founded as they thought. As they attended more and more classes, they started to see the patterns. People who would jump up when guest speakers from the Coalition came, those who would defend controversial history, those who understood the correct place of the world. Hermes found those who wanted to join the Coalition, and found their own calling along the way.
One day, training and studying with the other GOC aspirants, they discussed where they would go. PTOLEMY appealed to some of the more careful members, PHYSICS to the more hard-headed, and a rare few to PSYCHE.
"But how would being a Thaumaturge help you become a diplomat, isn't that a bit silly?" Jackie chuckled to one of the other classmates.
"I'm sure there's a way!" He would snap back.
The banter continued back and forth for a while, before a guest lecturer passed by the bickering lot.
He'd ask, with a raised eyebrow and a slight smirk, "What are you fellows talking about?" and they would tell him what they had spoken of. He would smile, and nod, and speak to them of all the different ways the Coalition used Thaumaturges. But something irked Hermogenes, who'd never quite answered the question themselves.
"What about the battlemages?"
The older man chuckled at him, perhaps in admiration or in pity. "Oh, if you want to be a battlemage, then you need to join the Arcana. Strike Team to end all Strike Teams, but they only take the best."
With that final word of wisdom, he left smiling and Hermogenes had a goal.
They worked day and night, estranging themselves from friends and family to work and train. What used to be amazing test results became perfect once, as Hermes trained in every physical use of Thaumaturgy they could find. By the end of the year, they were top of their class by a mile and had one of the most impressive final projects - a stable and functional incendiary spell.
It wasn't a question of if or when the Coalition would hire them, it was where and how. It turned out it would be their home lodge in England, and a hand delivered letter. But it wasn't to be a Strike Team Operative, not yet.
Hermogenes was assigned to a brutal training course in the local Central Command Hub, working tirelessly to train their body for the purpose of combat where their mind already was. But still, they didn't give up. Even as physical disadvantage reared it's head they passed their physical exams with good marks, even if they weren't flying colours.
Assignment to an Assesment Team was hardly a formality. Despite the skill, loyalty was essential. Hermogenes would help location Thaumaturges, Reality Benders, and Psionics for well over a year, training their discipline and auramancy to a knifes edge. And finally the day arrived.
Not support personnel, not apportation team, but a full-fledged member of the Strike Team "Major Arcana". They were assigned the High Priestess, as the lookout and the careful guide, alongside bonus firepower when needed. They busted the doors of traitors and whole businesses of parathreats day in and day out. Their very thesis had been incorporated into the styles of many of the Strike Team operatives, hurling sparks and melting flesh at every opportunity.
Hermogenes often even took a tactical role, even at such a young age. With Auramancy and their Familiar, they were an excellent scout and would almost always guide the Strike Team Leader on the findings as well. First they were effectively the deputy, but it wasn't long before they became one of the youngest Strike Team Captains in GOC history.
But all things must come to an end.
Fighting a tartarean entity, even trying to do everything right, Hermogenes was injured. A claw struck out the wrong direction suddenly, and they were hurled into a wall, bruising nearly every part of their body. For months they were hospitalised, and authority over the Strike Team deferred to another.
And Hermogenes lost themselves. Forced to stay on the side-lines, forced to learn who they are when they aren't fighting for something, made to take a break even when the injury healed for "psychological health". They didn't know who they were anymore, and the weight of their actions weighed on them.
Was this who they wanted to be? Just fighting and fighting because it was what they were told to want, told to learn?
They wandered, and wandered. And one day wondered if they were who they said they were. Sometimes it felt right, sometime it didn't, and so they spoke with old friends at the ICSUT. More tests, more studies, more experiments, and they were https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/goc-tale-comeintomyparlor, or at least could become who they wanted to be. It felt better, more right, but it didn't answer the question.
Then, when their leave ended, a messenger came from High Command. They would not be returning as Strike Team Leader, they were no longer considered physically fit for the role. A meak, skinny thing like them not matter the work they put it was a liability of the same happening again.
They would instead become a member of Nexus Command. Everything was hollow. There was no going back, they were a tool of the Coalition and the scion of the Order. They had responsibilities, and one of them was that they must accept. For the Order, to represent them.
No matter as they no longer knew why that was true.
SECTION VI.
Extra Information.
| WEAPONRY | A small pistol and knife. | GADGETS | N/A |
| PARATECH | Various kinds of Mk V Standard Field Dress, or Black Suits, disguised as formal and decorative clothing. As Hermogenes cannot safely wear a Bronze Suit in public, she instead opts to use many individual pieces of enchanted jewellery to create low-level protection against weak thaumaturgy.. | ||
ANOMALY
Hermogenes is a highly talented thaumaturge. Reared by a Hermetic Order, trained under ICSUT, and tested in the Major Arcana, she is one of the more formidable thaumaturges of her generation. Talent and rapid training cannot entirely make up for decades of experience, but that does not change that her abilities are well-tested in the time she has had. Her personal style leans heavily into Lietmotif, Mudra, and even Wish magic, rather than utilising implements.
A list of her primary spells are listed below, but are not the end of her capabilities.
| SPELL | Apportation |
| SOURCE | Natural - Massive amounts of EVE, either massive acts of creation and destruction converted to the right pitch or in most cases a fully charged Everhart Resonator |
| SHAPER | Ritual - A combination of Mudra and Lietmotif performance over the course of a few minutes. Takes the forms of an elegant dance and chanting, which is often performed with other practioners. Includes Runic salt circle elements to create the Sink. |
| TARGET | A group of up to half a dozen individuals per practioner within a circle of salt. |
| BACKLASH | A wave of force around the area which knocks any individuals in the surroundings to the ground and disturbs the salt circle itself. Backlash primarily manifests as a minor anomalous event somewhere random on the globe, like a spontaneous transmutation or explosion. |
| PURPOSE | Teleport individuals at the speed of light to another location using quantum tunnelling, in a similar wat |
| LIMITS | Must be able to perceive a satellite map of the area or be familiar with it's appearance in-person. Can only transport individuals to areas of free air or liquid, not into solid objects. |
| SPELL | Auramancy |
| SOURCE | Natural - Passive EVE is sufficient. |
| SHAPER | Wish - Purely utilises mental training and focus to refine existing capabilities. |
| TARGET | Hermogenes Eyesight. |
| BACKLASH | Migraine headaches if overused. |
| PURPOSE | Allows Hermogenes to determine the Aspect Radiation, EVE Colour, and vague emotion or intent of auras they can see. Can also detect entities behind thin walls without lead or smaller than 6 inches. |
| LIMITS | Cannot be used while casting another working due to focus required. Must be consciously used due to backlash, rather than passively active. Must be able to see details of the target through direct light, not cameras, but may use binoculars. Emotions or intent are vague, getting only a level of strength and vague categories of feelings. |
| SPELL | Artificial Polymorphism |
| SOURCE | Natural - Primary working is already completed with EVE provided, with regular upkeep drawing from Hermogenes passive EVE and regular small amounts of Theurgy. |
| SHAPER | Ritual - Daily management ritual includes the use of symbolic silver Stave objects and Mudra movements, Wish - Transformation is initiated at will by Hermogenes thoughts. |
| TARGET | Hermogenes, and only Hermogenes. |
| BACKLASH | Slight pain across body at all times. |
| PURPOSE | Leaves Hermogenes body in a state of ontological uncertainty regarding gender elements. Hermogenes can choose the extent and type of their sexual characteristics, able to freely switch between male, female, and in-between forms at will or even unconsciously. |
| LIMITS | Hermogenes does not change height or muscle mass significantly, and is always recognisable as themselves. Requires regular refreshing every week, ideally every day, before backlash worsens to chronic pain and eventually Hermogenes violently reverts to their base form. |
| SPELL | Fireball |
| SOURCE | Flat - Fresh blood or murder, quantity determines strength. |
| SHAPER | Mudra - Hermogenes manipulates blood with hands, pooling it into a ball shaped space within them. |
| TARGET | An object or person within reach of a traditional firearm. |
| BACKLASH | Frost forms and coats the tips of Hermogenes fingers, limiting mobility or even beginning to freeze flesh. |
| PURPOSE | Hurls a ball of spitting fire towards a target, similar to burning magnesium or phosphorous. Ranges from a small bullet sized projectile with a drop of blood, to large artillery sized blast by using a fresh murder. |
| LIMITS | Extent of backlash is always half the destructive power of the output, meaning performances on a large scale entirely immobilise the use or cause immediate frostbite if performed alone. |
| SPELL | Animal Conjuration |
| SOURCE | Sharp - Fresh blood or religious artifacts, ideally of a Hermetic or Hellenistic religion. |
| SHAPER | Mudra - A complex dance with hand motions reflecting the animal summoned. |
| TARGET | A small region in front of Hermogenes, and a single task for it to perform. |
| BACKLASH | Lacerations on Roso's body, scaling in size to the animal created. |
| PURPOSE | Creates a single mundane animal to perform a basic task, like retrieving an item or attacking a target. Animals are formed from pure thaumaturgy or nearby inanimate matter. |
| LIMITS | Cannot create an animal larger than a large snake or a wolf without wounds long and deep enough to require immediate medical attention. Animals do not last longer than a minute before dissolving or being recreated by another working. |
TALARIA
Hermogenes has a small Hawk-like familiar named Talaria. Talaria has higher than animal intelligence, takes commands from Hermogenes, and is a thaumaturgical lifeform. It does not possess anomalous properties or special assistance for Hermogenes beyond menial tasks like drawing ritual circles. Through a basic mental link, Roso understands Talaria's calls as if spoken in very rudimentary english.
THEURGY
Hermogenes as an internal Akiva rating of 142cAk, relating to their position the the Golden Order of Hermetic Dawn. Despite this, Hermogenes does not show any particular affinity for independent miraculous phenomena like healing. However, potentially due to the highly mystic of their religion, Hermogenes has shown the ability to power small-scale Natural, Sharp, or Double-Sharp workings by involving highly extended periods of prayer and ritual. Additionally, their thaumaturgic workings are considered "holy" or "blessed", due to worshipping a religion that venerates occult acts.
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