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So Fedsy's whole vampirism thing is just him not processing magic properly, blood is an easy way to get it pre-filtered, pretty much guaranteed to have less nasties as opposed to chowing down on mysterious artefacts (though, he likes chilling out in ley line hubs. the concentration of 'pure' magic there is simply SO HIGH that I imagine he can draw a lil somethin from that and it calms him down, lol). That has been established for ages, as has the fact that this is due to a dodgy connection with the dream due to a run-in with the nightmare court. (I hc that some sylvari kind of 'draw' magic from their connection to the dream if otherwise lacking). These issues improve near insantly when he's under Mordremoth's influence due to the connection with and power of the dragon, buuut unfortunately that's also why he's so susceptible in the first place. It's only getting his hands on Glint's egg that breaks this influence - something that is also of ridiculously concentrated magical power.

yes he was taking the egg straight to mordremoth

it is up for debate if Aurene choosing Fedsy as her champion was an act of desperation, as I am fairly certain he would have succeeded.

yes this is confusing as hell for him, with being a ridiculously fast change from "yay vinetooth faolain my fellow mordrem who is big and large and can protect me whilst i am smaller and faster and ten times more annoying" to "yay vinetooth faolain m- oh shit. oh SHIT. FUCK"

Anyway. He's a mesmer. How is this thing casting spells with such a limited intake of magic. This is the bit I neglected. SO! I almost made him as a thief, and consider this to be his starting class. This is fine, because less magic involved (at least for daredevil style combat). So now I'm going backwards in time and rambling about sapling Fedsy I guess.

He ends up at the priory with Larry after his run in with the court, partially because "this sapling is unhinged, but capable, can we PLEASE redirect his curiosity somewhere productive. He has taken out a chunk of the court by contaminating their water supply, and whilst this is useful, it is A Bit Scary. We also think he might have killed someone. Jail would be a waste and he's also going nuts in there."

So when he's got the time, Larry is trying to teach him a few basic bits of magic. He's terrible at it. Nobody really gets why he's terrible. Whatever. Later he ends up in the whispers, tries to learn mesmerism to try gain a sense of control over something given how he feels his life is spiralling. And also to avoid the priory a little bit because he keeps chewing on people and may have sampled an artefact or two, which they Did Not Appreciate.

He fits in well with the whispers, happily provides them with some lovely hallucinogenic poisons and finally has some success with certain aspects of mesmerism. Notably aspects involving more manipulation of the mind (I hc that this takes far less 'magical energy' than conjuring illusions, as it's twisting something which already exists in a way). So, great. He's using that in combat now, alongside hallucinogens to bump up the effectiveness of said magic to account for his shortcomings there. If he's gonna try conjure something, he absolutely can, but it will take him out and he might need to kill someone about it later :/

Anyway this whole magic issue only really starts to fix itself gradually through his connection with Aurene. She enabled him to be a scary scary mesmer. He does not necessarily need to chew on people anymore. But whilst you do not need to eat delicious cakes or season your food, it improves your wellbeing if you do.

It also stands to reason that in my other AU where he isn't aurene's champion, and is more of a creature, he'd most likely still be considered a thief who dabbles in mesmerism.