Tor

Tor was an Obrimos of the Mysterium. She held the rank of Sentinel within the Consilium by the Bay, was the sole female member of Long Meg's Men, and was the third killed by the Hallows Killer. She was a Tellurian.

History
Drawing her name from her tarot signifier, the Tower, Tor was a Mysterium mage fascinated with the flow of magical energy along ley lines, which she channeled into astonishing insight as to what might be found in various directions. This insight was harnessed by the mage then known as Will Scarlet, an Acquisitor within their home Consilium, the Consilium of the Lakes.

The two were sufficiently effective - and flew sufficiently close by the limits of an Acquisitor's legal rights - that Scarlet's mother, Aset, was twice forced to take steps to limit their effectiveness and punish them. The first - the creation of Long Meg's Men - backfired, and further questions were raised, leading to Aset devising a typically Silver Ladder solution.

Tor never spoke of how she felt when Matholwch, as he renamed himself, married Branwen. Rumours persist of their having had a relationship prior to, and possibly during, the marriage, but this has never been confirmed.

What is known is that Tor would often return to the family home from which she hailed in Ambleside, and that anyone visiting her flat in Morecambe would see, prominently displayed, pictures of her niece living with her parents - a niece with a curly dark fringe and a roguish grin; however, her sister was no work of fiction, and after her untimely death - a story about which Tor was, and Michael Scot remains, typically tight-lipped - the girl went to stay with the parents.

Another rumour persists, too, of a drunken fling with John Murphy of Blackpool. It has been suggested that the one is a cover for the other. It has also been said by Peredur that Tor had always enjoyed messing with people's heads, and that the source of both rumours may be Tor herself.

In any event, she was one of the Bay's higher-ranked Mysterium members by the end, surpassing Matholwch having been caught by less of the backlash to the activities of her Cabal. Her death at the hands of the Hallows Killer was most probably a bid to evade capture; Tor's interests made her the Sentinel most likely to understand his motivations and predict his next actions.