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Elder Member
Name: Augur (surname redacted)
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Race: Human
Class: Spellcaster (Support)
Appearance:
Personality:
best described as pushy and vexing than anything else.
Equipment:
Abilities:
Weaknesses:
Biography: The New Hyvenna Republic was a substantially-sized party brought together by a vision of democracy which endeavoured to liberate itself from the autocratic Empire. It existed and operated in the background; dismissed by the Empire as harmless idealists for years who created the representative political system ere amassing sufficient following to liberate itself by fleeing from the Empire and establishing a settlement in neighbouring lands. All was well for a while and the Republic officialised their sovereignty by signing a treaty with the Empire. Despite initially not giving a flying fuck about some group of hippy runaways, they began to question their own wisdom upon learning of the traction the Republic's ideology has gained as well as the groundbreaking socioeconomic progress they have made in two mere decades thanks to the wealth and power possessed by many of the council members. Realising the jeaprody they may find themselves in many decades from then, paranoia and concern stirred in the hearts of the royal council, and a fully-fledged takeover of warfarin, political and economic nature commenced. Within mere days, the Empire has succeeded in fully conquering the Republic and abolished its political system as per conventional imperialism. The execution of most of the Republic's council members were injusticely covered up by false pretexts of corruption and unfaithfulness to the Light and other bullshit propagandas. Of the very few to have successfully escaped certain death was Augur, son of Auden, a high-rank council member. With his great wealth, power and political standing to thank, Auden pulled in every last favour he had in efforts of protecting and hiding his only son from unrightful death. Augur was ten by the time of his father's assassination, and he ended up in the foster care of his father's good friend; Dellian, an Imperial general for another ten years until he too was assassinated (obviously by the other Imperial scums). From there, Augur's alcoholism only exacerbated and he ended up wasting most of his inheritance on a year's worth of exotic booze and decadent lifestyle. Alas, Augur found himself dry of wealth and teetering on the brink of soberness by the end of his 21st birthday. He had by then deteriorated into a festering, complicated mess of a character; a wandering drunkard who occasionally utilises his unrivalled knowledge of the arcane for street performances and winning bar fights. It was then that he received his summon.
Augur lived a very isolated childhood as he was kept hidden most of his life for his own protection. He discovered his penchant for reading very early on and obtained most of his lore knowledge before his father's death. His mild obsession with the arcane manifested after he was transferred into the care of Dellian, his godfather, and much of his arcane knowledge has the Imperial Library to thank, as the former regularly dropped him off there every morning ere heading to work. Unbeknownst to anybody, he also attempted to dabble in magic, though he failed to realise his highly unusual affinity for the arcane as he practised exclusively in private. Despite being able to execute most less complex spells and rituals with effectively no difficulty or former training, he never was able to successfully execute higher-tiered spells without collapsing and losing consciousness halfway through.
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Race: Human
Class: Spellcaster (Support)
Appearance:
- Body Height: 175 cm
- Body Mass: 49 kg
- Eye Colour: Violet
- Hair Colour: Dark grey, tapers to lighter grey
Personality:
- Introverted
- High uncertainty avoidance, self-doubt, low self-esteem (internal)
- Curious, inquisitive, cynical
- Asperger's syndrome (egocentric, socially impaired, stubborn, a few irrational compulsions)
- Alcoholic (only exotic booze drown one's sorrows)
best described as pushy and vexing than anything else.
Equipment:
- Enchanted Cane-Rapier: Of the many trinkets and artefacts Augur semi-drunkenly blew his inheritance on is a gorgeously ornamented, enchanted, self-swinging cane-rapier which fights for its wielder. Its power output is configurable, though it is normally set at moderate as high outputs are excruciating amd cause skeleto-muscular damages. Also serves as a dashing walking aid.
- Pocket Dimension: A small, closet-sized pocket dimension sustained by one of the five rings Augur keeps on at all times. It is used primarily as a storage compartment for arcane ingredients like metal powders, herbs, potions and exotic animal parts. It can be summoned as a portal-like temporary gaping tear in the fabric of reality, a small opening fitted for an arm's reach, or anywhere in between.
- Arcane Focus: Augur's four other permanent rings are arcane focuses which serve as Light-channelling mana gems, reducing the physical strains of spellcasting.
Abilities:
- Photographic Memory: Augur's photographic memory and penchant for reading has turned him into a walking compendium. He is incredibly well-versed in lore and arcane knowledge and is highly proficient in all common languages as well as a few esoteric ones. He may also prove helpful in memorising map layouts and completing minotaur labyrinths.
- Arcane Prodigy: Augur's physical deficits are compensated by not only knowing a lot of shit, but also by being something of an arcane prodigy, boasting the uncanny ability to perfectly learn any spell by merely reading all there is to know about it. Thanks to his photographic memory, Augur has no real need for a spellbook or notebook.
Weaknesses:
- Weak Immune System: As if being weak and scrawny is not bad enough. Augur's physical endurance, recovery and stamina are equally abysmal.
- Poor Conductor: Ironically enough, Augur's physical impairment renders his vessel an unoptimal medium of Light magic. Consequently, casting complex spells as instant actions place severe physiological and psychological stress on him. This could be mitigated by casting them as rituals,, which require long preparations.
- Poor Arcane Edurance: Contrary to most sorcerers and mages who spend years or decades mastering a set of spells and very specific arcane skillset, Augur is, albeit capable of perfectly casting far more spells than most spellcasters, incapable of casting any more than a certain amount of spells until a long rest (kind of like wizards in D&D).
- Never Fully Sober: Since his 20th birthday, Augur has not felt true soberness and has made it a need to maintain a specific level of intoxication. Naturally, his body has developed a tolerance for alcohol and he is able to operate at substantial cognitive and motor capacity unless exceptionally drunk. Failure to maintain this optimal degree of intoxication is likely to result in a mental breakdown.
Biography: The New Hyvenna Republic was a substantially-sized party brought together by a vision of democracy which endeavoured to liberate itself from the autocratic Empire. It existed and operated in the background; dismissed by the Empire as harmless idealists for years who created the representative political system ere amassing sufficient following to liberate itself by fleeing from the Empire and establishing a settlement in neighbouring lands. All was well for a while and the Republic officialised their sovereignty by signing a treaty with the Empire. Despite initially not giving a flying fuck about some group of hippy runaways, they began to question their own wisdom upon learning of the traction the Republic's ideology has gained as well as the groundbreaking socioeconomic progress they have made in two mere decades thanks to the wealth and power possessed by many of the council members. Realising the jeaprody they may find themselves in many decades from then, paranoia and concern stirred in the hearts of the royal council, and a fully-fledged takeover of warfarin, political and economic nature commenced. Within mere days, the Empire has succeeded in fully conquering the Republic and abolished its political system as per conventional imperialism. The execution of most of the Republic's council members were injusticely covered up by false pretexts of corruption and unfaithfulness to the Light and other bullshit propagandas. Of the very few to have successfully escaped certain death was Augur, son of Auden, a high-rank council member. With his great wealth, power and political standing to thank, Auden pulled in every last favour he had in efforts of protecting and hiding his only son from unrightful death. Augur was ten by the time of his father's assassination, and he ended up in the foster care of his father's good friend; Dellian, an Imperial general for another ten years until he too was assassinated (obviously by the other Imperial scums). From there, Augur's alcoholism only exacerbated and he ended up wasting most of his inheritance on a year's worth of exotic booze and decadent lifestyle. Alas, Augur found himself dry of wealth and teetering on the brink of soberness by the end of his 21st birthday. He had by then deteriorated into a festering, complicated mess of a character; a wandering drunkard who occasionally utilises his unrivalled knowledge of the arcane for street performances and winning bar fights. It was then that he received his summon.
Augur lived a very isolated childhood as he was kept hidden most of his life for his own protection. He discovered his penchant for reading very early on and obtained most of his lore knowledge before his father's death. His mild obsession with the arcane manifested after he was transferred into the care of Dellian, his godfather, and much of his arcane knowledge has the Imperial Library to thank, as the former regularly dropped him off there every morning ere heading to work. Unbeknownst to anybody, he also attempted to dabble in magic, though he failed to realise his highly unusual affinity for the arcane as he practised exclusively in private. Despite being able to execute most less complex spells and rituals with effectively no difficulty or former training, he never was able to successfully execute higher-tiered spells without collapsing and losing consciousness halfway through.
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