Cambridge, Guilds & Learning
Oriana Dace
"Pin", Apprentice Automaton Weaver
Oriana learns the calibrated assembly of automaton frames, the arcane binding protocols required by her master, and the careful mixing and neutralisation of alchemical treatments. An employer orders her to conceal a hairline crack in an automaton’s treated joint before an important demonstration.
Oriana learns the calibrated assembly of automaton frames, the arcane binding protocols required by her master, and the careful mixing and neutralisation of alchemical treatments. She is an apprentice rather than an independent creator; certified materials, guarded recipes and supervisory sign-off constrain what she may attempt. Her instinct is to ask how a mechanism fails before asking why it moves.
Oriana is curious, quick with tools, impatient with ceremony but meticulous around reagents. An employer orders her to conceal a hairline crack in an automaton’s treated joint before an important demonstration.
Oriana can identify an altered automaton component and trace the workshop batch, but revealing the truth may end her apprenticeship.
Connections: Jory Flint (repair checks), Miriam Halewick (ward interfaces), Seraphine Aster (reagent supplier).
In person
19. Young adult with tawny skin, dark tightly braided hair with a copper wire threaded through one braid, bright amber eyes, square chin and a small alchemical acid mark on the back of one hand.
