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Maergath, Magister of Soulshaping

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Name Maergath
Age Old
Sex Male
Species Human
Ethnicity Serenian
Height 5'10"
Occupation Magister of Soulshaping at Wyrdwood Academy of Arcane Science
Residence Wyrdwood Academy, Serendipity

Physical Description
Maergath is of average height with a solid frame, suggesting some athleticism for his age. The man's square jaw and gray eyes might have made him handsome in youth. Sadly, his skin is ashen and creased with scars and burns. He is bald. Judging from his limp, and perpetual grimace, more than a few aches and pains plague the wizard. Maergath garbs himself in a tattered, gray robe. Were it not for a blue and silver stole, signifying his position as magister, he would appear to be a vagabond.

Most notably, jagged shapes are inked into his forearms and chest in dark, ferrous pigments. Serenians and other fey beings near the wizard may feel discomfort.

An astute observer may notice Maergath's eyes are sometimes blue and sometimes gold.

Personality
Maergath is cruel, contrarian, and sardonic. He finds fault with everyone and everything in pursuit of impossible perfection. He expects nothing less from his pupils. Beneath his hatred and disappointment lies an endless well of tenacity and cunning.

Maergath is a fierce patriot, but despises the Serenian people for their whimsy and excess. Connlaoth will invade again, Adela will turn on them, and Arca's paunchy, limp-wristed nobles will beg for his golems.

If the wizard has a soft spot it is tall tales and fiction. He prefers the ramblings of sailors, drunks, and urchins to bards.

Magic/Abilities

Necromancy - Maergath is an expert on the soul, or more correctly, the spiritual animus which sustains life. He can bind soulstuff to living and non-living matter. This can create golems and undead monstrosities. He can also shape an existing soul, altering its personality and magic.

War Wizard - The wizard was a renown battle mage. He knows numerous wards and counterspells. At the very least he can twist hostile magic into a less dangerous form.

Ferrous Tattoos - Drip by drip Maergath has had ferrous pigments inked into his skin. These cause him immense pain. He is capable of using magic even in the presence of iron, but this comes at the cost of being joyless and insufferable.

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History
Maergath's history is murky. He is old and rumored to have extended his life through some necromancy. What is known is the wizard fought in the Three-Fold War as a mage-knight, where he was badly injured and scarred. It is said he threw himself into magical research after, and resorted to flesh-sculpting and other unseemly schools of magic. The wizard claims to have been the architect of madness inducing plagues, monstrous chimaeras, and other atrocities levied at the Connlaothian invaders. His name bares no titles, awards, or commendations for whatever part in the war (if any) he had. Most of his recorded life has been spent at the Wyrdword Academy of Arcane Science. His rise to magister was quick and quiet. Given his reputation for being unpleasant and disagreeable most are content to leave him to research.

At Wyrdword Maergath leads a secretive cabal known as the Broken Seal. Officially, they engineer magical arms and armor. Unofficially they create golems to guard against Connlaothian invasion; their methods bordering on necromancy.

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Guilds:
Wyrdwood Academy of Arcane Science

Events:
The Midnight Harvest
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Characters:
Ewan ap Rhys - once a great sorcerer, now a small boy
Anwen ferch Rhys - scholar of blood magic
Duke Blackthorn - Duke of Dawn and Dusk, Warden of Weal and Woe, and all-around evil faerie
"Kaliam" - magically conjoined apprentice wizards
Maergath - Magister of Soulshaping, necromancer, angry and hateful wizard
Narlis Thordane - Hero for hire, proud and unrepentant scumlord
Niamh Wayrest - trader in forbidden lore, purveyor of curiosities
OLIVER THE BARBARIAN - a very reluctant hero and monster-slayer
Sage Whitechalk - heir to the Whitechalk Family
Saoirse Nettlefield - Headmistress of Wyrdwood, conniving academic

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