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Xerces

(#30797085)

Level 2 Fae

Familiar

Spellbound Tome

Energy: 0/50

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Length

0.93 m

Wingspan

1.2 m

Weight

0.77 kg

Genetics

Slate
Ripple

Storm
Saturn

Midnight
Underbelly

Hatchday

Feb 12, 2017
(7 years)

Breed

Adult
Fae

Eye Type

Fire
Rare

Level 2 Fae

EXP: 410 / 641

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QCK

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none

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Biography

Xerces

The Headmaster In Chains

Imprisoned deep within the repurposed Clan Alys vaults, surrounded by magic-suppression runes, and under constant guard, Xerces is in one of the highest-security vaults this side of the Starfall Isles. Even with all this, Xerces still organizes and runs the Alys University and its resistance. Refusing to kill him, Melira keeps Xerces locked away as a mix between political prisoner and trophy.

The Headmaster in chains, as the University sometimes calls him, sends his messages through a teleportal technique he learned in Clan LunaeMaelstra. The only downside is, due to the magic suppression, the portals can only be opened long enough to send a written message, not receive one. Xerces overhears much from the idle chit-chat of bored guards, and forwards relevant information back to the resistance. Outside of these missives, however, Xerces is incredibly isolated. The only prisoner left from the University faction, he has few chances to interact with any being capable of conversation other than the guards (who are ordered to not speak with him). This has been taking its toll on the old fae, leading to several of his friends wondering what state he’ll be in when he can finally escape from Melira.

Under heavy wards to suppress the effects of his magic on the world and keep him imprisoned, Xerces can do little to escape. He sends messages to his fellows, and he trains. Unlike many dragons, shaping magic to affect the world around them, Xerces has turned his powers inward. He trains his magic to enhance himself, so that he may break free of his prison with or without the wards in place. And after that, he often thinks, will come revenge.

As headmaster of Alys University, Xerces oversees the university, manages most of the paperwork along with planning the course of the university. He no longer can teach any classes; however, he often sends long papers filled with things he’s learned over his life for others to teach in his stead. It is this, perhaps, that Xerces hates the most about his imprisonment. In addition to his university duties, Xerces is the commander of the resistance, guiding them from his cell.

Xerces and Gentian are life mates. They were incredibly close before Xerces’ imprisonment, and Xerces sends her letters via teleportal whenever he can. He longs for the day he will be free and can return to his two loves, teaching and Gentian.

QUOTE

"I'm surprised how well he's been coping down there." - Melira

L I F E M A T E

Gentian

What Lurks in Shadow

If there was one thing he had learned, it was the value of “almost”. It was almost always dark. But if he channeled enough magic through himself the runes would glow with an eldritch light, almost not enough to read by. He was almost alone in his cell, deep below the surface, but he had his familiar, brought to him from a friendly clan; he had his daughter’s visits, always pleasant despite her mother’s teachings; and he had her visits, even if they were always painful. He was trapped in the vaults of his own university, in an almost impenetrable cage. He would know, he built the thing.

When he first heard a voice emanating from the walls, he figured it was just about time he was almost insane. So, he ignored it. It wasn’t until his daughter heard them and spoke with them that he began to consider them real.

HEADMASTER IN CHAINS, FALLEN SO LOW. THE WHISPERS OF THE DARK SEE YOU.

“So they do. And what do the whispers of the dark wish with an old man like myself, past his prime?”

WEAK HEADMASTER, OLD HEADMASTER, MADE NEW IN DARKNESS, MADE STRONG IN DARKNESS.

“And the whispers of the dark wish to gift me power overwhelming, to break my foes and see them driven before me, with no price nor catch?”

THE DARKNESS SHALL REMAKE YOU HEADMASTER OF CHAINS, HEADMASTER OF A BROKEN SCHOOL, AND YOU SHALL BECOME ONE WITH THE WHISPERS, BECOME BETTER WITH THE DARK.

“I think not.”

THE WHISPERS ARE PATIENT, THE DARKNESS IS EVERLASTING, BROKEN HEADMASTER, FALLEN HEADMASTER. JOIN US, IN LIFE OR IN DEATH.

“To thine own self be true, Whispers of Dark. I shall stay my course.”

WE SHALL SEE.

It was almost tempting enough to accept.

Graphics, Formatting, and Emblem by the very talented LuminousNoble.

Art by Nanabbi

Mask by Rebbawskaced

Art by LuminousNoble

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