Did anyone order a mage? No? Surely someone did.

[overharrowed]

PLAYER
Name: Ammmy
Contact + Notes: prettiestwhistles, prettiestwhistles#5125 @ Discord, DM
Anything We Should Know: I also play Cosima Niehaus, and I used to play Romain de Coucy
Favorite GIF:



CHARACTER
Name: Julius
Info Page/App: Click (It's under construction)
Who They Are: Julius was an Enchanter at the Lake Calenhad Circle until there wasn't one anymore. He's been, uh, traveling since then. But he's totally here to help now, let's focus on that.
Where They've Been: Pretty exclusively Ferelden, and mostly Kinloch Hold, until a couple years ago. Since then, he's passed through the Free Marches and ended up in Antiva for a while.
What They Want: A lot of people he cared about are dead now, and many of them died because of the Breach. He'd like that closed. Secondarily, he'd like some form of realistically maintainable status quo for mages. (Spoiler: He does not think "let all mages just do whatever they want" fits that description, sorry.)
Plot & CR Desires: I'm not specifically HUNTING for negative CR (nor is Julius!) but I realize his views are going piss some people off. That's OK with me ooc, but if you want to interact with him but avoid topics that'll cause a fight, I'm also game for that within reason! Just let me know. I'd also love him to build some real relationships with people he comes to trust, and maybe he can rebuild a sense of self eventually? Early days.
Anything Else: Libby made me do it.

Comments

[elegiaque]

Obedience is its own reward

[circleprodigy]

Inessa's too young to have been his peer, but the child prodigy/teacher's pet could definitely have been taught by him if you think it'd be feasible? She bore witness to Uldred's rebellion as a child and when the Circle fell, she left to find the Grey Wardens rather than fight mages or templars. (For what it's worth, before doing so she was an Aequitarian.)

[overharrowed]

Yes, that's very plausible! He'd have been fairly junior then, but he'd passed his harrowing by that time, so assuming there's a Circle Mage equivalent to "TA," it'd definitely work. She'd know in that case that he was away for the rebellion itself -- he was with a group sent to Denerim in the aftermath of Ostagar -- but he'd have been in the thick of mopping up the aftermath.

[circleprodigy]

That works well, then! I don't envy him returning to a trashed tower and a bunch of traumatized mages.

[overharrowed]

I basically picture it like that gif from Community, except with way more blood.

[faithlikeaseed]

[comes for the nerd mage adventures] 8)

[justice_is_blond]

Soooooooooooooooo Anders could have easily been his peer, and he could know all the Circle stuff that went down with Anders if you'd be interested? And they can talk about Ideas Anders has for a sustainable mage future?

[overharrowed]

Yes, I am totally down for them to have as much shared history as you'd like. I feel like their personalities are such that they'd have gotten along well ... except for their diametrically opposing ideas about mage freedom.

[paladingus]

I have a templar here who's totally up for bro-ing down with loyalist mages, and a very pro-freedom mage who on principle would not want to be bros at all--but Vandelin is also very invested in the future for mages and how to compromise to get the best possible outcome for everyone, so he'd be super up for a debate!

[overharrowed]

Belatedly: I am very up for either/both! Julius has the best of intentions regarding "let's put our differences aside while we have rifts to close," but it wouldn't be especially hard to draw him on his other opinions.