Perhaps the clearest reflection of a mage’s Resonance ap­ pears in his Avatar or Genius – the manifestation of his “inner self.” Story-wise, one could even argue that the mage’s human personality is the manifestation of an immortal Avatar, and so the Avatar expresses the truest essence of that Resonance and /or Synergy.

In game terms, meanwhile, a player and Storyteller can use the Avatar’s description to inspire the Resonance, or the Resonance to inspire the Avatar’s image and personality. That Avatar may change as the Resonance changes, too; a Saintly

Avatar, for example, could show blood on his hands as the mage embraces violent tendencies, or weep as the mage attains a Tragic, Malicious, Savage or Treacherous Resonance. You can have a lot of fun with this sort of thing, mirroring Resonance and Avatar in dramatically imaginative ways that reveal a lot about both aspects of your mage.