Thali Reshoff is the only son of a wealthy merchant family. He aspired to become a wizard early in his life, much against the wishes of his parents who wanted him to continue the family business.
Unfortunately he was not able to become promoted to the rank of Wizard after three tries. The Council simply said Thali did not have enough magical ability. While going to visit his family, he met a mysterous man at a tavern along the way. The two talked and the man offered Thali magical powers for no cost. After some haggling, Thali got over his doubts and gave into his insecurities. He accepted the man's offer.
Thali was exposed to three small cubes produced from the man's pocket. At once he collapsed and blacked outed, later waking up in a room at the tavern with the the owner's daughter nursing him. No one remembered ever seeing the man who spoke to Thali. He later learned the man was a Death Wizard, one of the men who led the rogue Death Mages that tried to defect to the Old Order.
The Death Wizard had placed partial souls, trapped in the cubes, into Thali. Now Thali has the powers of three deceased Sight Mages, but at a terrible cost. He now suffers from multiple personalities, each evolving over time from the souls trapped inside him. Also, a year after the incident, Thali unexplainably lost his sight. This was also when the personalities began to surface.
Thali has since become a wizard and keeps the nature of his new powers to himself. If the Council were to ever learn what had happened, Thali may face considerable charges. Tampering with souls is forbidden, and punishable by horrible means....
With the aid of Xavdak, Thali has since been able to remove one of the trapped souls from his body. His name was Baki, and his power was to see into the past. The exact effects of this are still yet to be determined. But, so far, his sight has slowly begun to improve since the ceremony....
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Magic
Compared to other wizards, Sight Wizards tend to be much better with weapons. This is largely because their magic is less offensive in nature, and their "second sight" allows for what looks like rapid reaction time in a fight. In Thali's case, it allows him to even "see" at all.
Thali's specific powers vary depending on what personality he is at the time. He may "summon" a personality as needed, although he some times cannot control this and a personality might surface unexpectedly.
Thali specializes in split-second visions, seeing something a few seconds or a second before it happens. Being his "true" personality, this type of magic is the most often used.
Ressie is able to see an event in the present but in another place.
Lakif can see the future, although this power is often hard to control. The further in the future the vision is, the more likely it may be inaccurate. The future is, of course, always changing.
Baki could see into the past, but he has since been removed from Thali. It may take some time before it is known if Thali can regularly have such visions anymore. When he does have such a vision, it is usually after mediating over an object and often leaves him feeling dizzy and disorientated afterwards.
FULL NAME:
Thali Reshoff
CLASS:
Wizard (Sight)
SEX:
Male
AGE:
25
MARITAL STATUS:
Newlywed (Rami Gamelan-Reshoff)
HOME:
Yanille, Shoufessma
PERSONALITY:
Has multiple personalities . . .
Thali (normal): Shy, reserved; struggles to keep personalities in check
Ressie: Rational, analytical
Lakif: Aloof, hyper; a bit crazy
Baki (removed): Worries and thinks too much
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Legally blind; messy blond-brown hair; light skin; a little underweight
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ARMOR:
Leather body armor
Some steel plate armor (chest and joints)
WEAPONS:
Composite bow
Long sword
Long dagger
Various types of arrows . . .
Iron tipped (conventional design)
Steel tipped (conventional design)
Armor-piercing arrows (reduced range)
MAGICAL ITEMS:
Bags of Holding (3)
Various types of magic arrows . . .
Fire Arrow (sets fire)
Ice Arrow (freezes)
Light Arrow (burst of light)
Shade Arrow (smokescreen)
Shard Arrow (shrapnel)