Foster

Foster is a Thyrsus mage of the Free Council. She was a Fellow of The Consilium By The Bay, in the cabal The Rose, later becoming the first Thyrsus Provost in The Consilium of the Stone Circle - a role she maintained after elections. Foster is not part of a legacy.

Biography
Foster was originally from London, studying Ecology and Conservation at Lancaster University. She Awakened on the day of her graduation, and was found soon after by Protean. She was introduced to some mages, and joined the Free Council, but was scheduled to leave for Peru for four years, to obtain a PhD. She stayed in contact with Download, and remained a legal member of the Consilium, but otherwise had little interactions with Lancaster mages.

Foster was not able to interact with much of Peru's mage society, as the local mages lived some way away from the rainforest in which she was based. The few times when she was able to contact them they were mostly mistrustful of her as a foreigner and an outsider. Only one mage, a young woman by the shadow name of Eloro, would really talk to her her, and despite their age difference (Eloro was only sixteen, while Foster was in her early twenties) Eloro became something of a tutor for Foster in the ways of Spirit magic, even providing her with a familiar. Charlie the cat was a going-away gift from her old (Sleeper) supervisor, and Eloro taught her how to bind his spirit in such a way that they now share a mental and spiritual link. Charlie can be a very helpful cat to have around, but mostly sleeps. On her return from Peru, Foster found the Free Council in something of a disarray. Their membership was decimated, and Protean was being tried for murder. After a whirlwind reintroduction via the Thurnham Convocation, and joining The Rose, she decided that she would do what she could to help strengthen the place of the Free Council in the Consilium.