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Wylie Wyndham, Warlock and Lord of Caelshire

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Name Wylie Wyndham
Age 27
Sex Male
Species Human
Ethnicity Connlaothian
Height 5'8"
Orientation: Heterosexual
Occupation Lord, Warlock
Residence Caelshire, a small fiefdom in Ahjfeld

Physical Description
Wylie is a handsome young man of average height with a lithe build. He's clean-shaven and meticulously groomed, with wavy black hair. His skin is fair, perhaps too fair, as someone whose spent much time indoors.

His garb is conservative and utilitarian; furs and a breastplate rather than finery. The Wyndham sigil is a white, bare tree on a green field.

Personality
Wylie is thoughtful and bookish, with a bitter sense of humor. Having assumed the mantle of lordship at such a young age he's quite unsure of himself. The lengths he's gone to ensure his family's survival have turned him broody and withdrawn. Though a reliable ally, his reputation for cruelty has won him few friends.

He's a stickler when it comes to tradition and a firm believer in noblesse oblige. Bred to rule, Wylie is fiercely protective of his family and subjects. Just the same, it is his right to decide who lives, and who dies, for the survival of the many.

Magic/Abilities
Wylie can summon and command faeries and daemons, bound to his service through strange and terrible bargains. This is immortal magic and cannot be suppressed by Mordecai or Adhara. Such summoning is chaotic, imprecise, and dangerous; liable to turn on Wylie's friends or inflict large-scale destruction. He can summon only one spirit, reflecting a specific aspect of nature, at a time.

Wylie is thoughtful and well-educated, especially on matters of history. He has taken a keen interest in Fell, the progenitor of both Connlaoth and Serendipity.

He is a 'passable' swordsman and hunter, as any lord had ought to be.

Relationships
Wylie has a younger sister, Winnifed, and two nephews by her who possess sorcerous talent.

Oswin, a gawky boy of 17, serves as his squire.

History
Wylie is the heir to House Wyndham. His family rules Caelshire, a small farming village nestled in a remote valley in Kilanthro. By all accounts their reign is quiet and prosperous - and a good source of crops in the rugged mountains. Just, so their subjects are close-knit and tight-lipped. The shadow of Fell looms over the village, and as long as anyone can remember there have been spirits in the forest, daemons much more real than Angsar, who provide lush crops, healthy children, and warm winters. Strangers might see them put on a show at the village chapel; but their faith lies with spirits they petition on moonless nights.

For centuries the Wyndhams have born the heavy onus of concealing Caelshire's practices, and their own sorcerous blood.

Wylie grew up a sickly and bookish boy, and in the shadow of a father who could hunt boar, command soldiers, and deliver swift justice to poachers. He was considered too gentle for such things. When his father passed he had no choice but to take command of the household. With the outbreak of the civil war he has taken a keen interest in recovery dangerous artifacts and forbidden knowledge from the ruins of Fell.


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