#agur

Appearance: Brown hair marked with grey, rather tall, bearded.  Appears to be an older man, but maintains the energy of a much younger looking man. 

Back Story: An Elder wizard.  He is the oldest known wizard being one of the only people remaining who knew Abner.  He was born on Vale, one of the first children born there.  He married once, before discovering he was an elder.  They had three children, a son and two daughters.  After his wife and children passed, he lost contact with most of his descendants.  He also lost track of his age. 

Interests: Magic.  He has made countless discoveries in the magics over his life span and is capable of very nuanced spells because of the vast knowledge he has gathered. 

Other: While Agur is a somewhat enthusiastic person, he is introspective and thoughtful a lot of the time.  He keeps his plans and experiments to himself. 

Carries deep regret for putting Samael over Abner’s army. 

Loves his people. It is widely believed by the people of Vale that Agur’s abnormal near immortal life span is fueled by his love for his people and his sense of duty toward them. 

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             The air was comfortably warm inside the room. There was a large fireplace to the left which seemed responsible for this.  In front of him, the king looked up, a smile on his face.  He rose quickly and came unceremoniously around the table. He seemed ready to take Zuriel in an embrace, but stopped short, looking over him with marked interest.  “Zuriel, welcome! I am Agur, as I am sure Chiron mentioned.”

             Uncertain now to respond Zuriel began to bow.  “It’s an honor.”

             Agur waved his hand with a soft laugh, “No need for that.  Well, you have the look of a sorcerer-naim.  I hadn’t expected a physical change with the unlocking.  I don’t quite see the correlation.” He looked at Zuriel with a slight frown then shook his head, seeming to recall the table, “Come, sit, you must be hungry.”

             “Thank you.” Zuriel said as he followed Agur to the table and took the seat opposite the king.  The food looked and smelled good.  It appeared to be a sort of casserole.  

             “Ezar told me it was you who closed Halvar’s wound.” Agur said as Zuriel began to eat.  

             Zuriel nodded.  

             “How did you do it?” Agur looked at him with marked interest.  

             “I think through the naim magic.  Ray, I mean, Halvar told me to will it with my mind, so I put my hands over the wound and, I don’t know, willed it I guess.” Zuriel shrugged.  Speaking of how he did magic he didn’t understand felt very strange.  

             Agur smiled, “But you couldn’t have done that with naim magic. Well, perhaps you could access it through the naim magic, but binding flesh to flesh and closing a wound, that is wizard magic.” His eyes shone as he looked across at Zuriel.  

             “I don’t understand, are you saying I have a third set of magic?”

             Eyes still sparkling with mirth, he nodded.  “I believe you do.”

             “How is that possible?”

             With the same sort of excitement, he shook his head, “I am not quite sure.  Its been a very long time since I have not known something.”

             “I don’t think I even came across a wizard before reaching Halcyon.”

             “Of that I am sure.” Agur set aside his fork and leaned forward, “My theory is the magic came through the sorceress.  You see, Samael did something after becoming an elder which is not commonly done, he began to dabble in wizard magic. Sorcerer magic is comparatively easy. You can only advance so far before the power of elemental magic is beyond what is useful.  Having mastered his own magic, he began to meddle in mine.  He has taught others to do the same.  The sorceress he sent to entrap you was likely one of his closest followers.  She would have dabbled in some wizard magic as well.  It must have touched on that framework in you.”

             Zuriel stared dumbly at Agur a moment.  He seemed to be saying that Samael was a dueling as well as his closest followers.  “I thought no one could have two magics? Well, besides me.”

             “The wizard magic of most of his followers is very minimal, but given enough time, one can build the pathways and knowledge needed to practice a wizards magic.  It is less innate than the other magics of Vale.  Samael, however, has had centuries.” At this Agur grew somber.  “More time than even I know.  He has attained high levels in wizard magic.  He has even made dragons.  The biggest dragon, in fact.”

             Zuriel thought over it a moment, choosing to skip past the mention of making dragons.  “Then, how can you be sure I have wizard magic?  If it can be learned?”

you know what? you’re right

in fact, since it’s a difficult time for all of us, they’re gonna hug everyone too! (imps only for now, because my hand hurts a lot;; )

"I used to blame Zilnos for abandoning her call for help.