Raniq

Ranik Fairhair

Background

Ranik Fairhair is the third and youngest son of Lord Alvar Aiglos, a diplomat descended from ancient Eldanar royalty, and Ce'Ilara Spellweaver, a half-Llyranesi wizard. While his older brothers took more after their father, Ranik followed in his mother's path, taking up wizardry and the faith of Eluna.

Ranik is an accomplished scribe and calligrapher, and an avid student of languages. Family lore has it that his father is directly descended from an angel some centuries ago, and this has contributed to Ranik's fascination with angels.

Having been raised at court with a diplomat for a father, Ranik has a generally open mind regarding other races, cultures, and faiths, but is loyal to the family, to Alexandros, and to Eluna. For example, he abhors the betrayal of the Mul'niessa as a culture, but reserves judgment on individuals until they show him an indication of their world view.

Description

Ranik Fairhair is an 18-year-old Eldanar (human) male, standing just under 6 feet tall with a slender, well-toned build. He has naturally wavy platinum blonde hair which he keeps somewhat short. His eyes are a pale sky blue, but looking at them can seem at times like gazing into the depths of a frozen lake. The angularity of his features indicates close Llyranesi ancestry. His soft hands and milky white complexion suggest an upper class scholar more than someone who has had to eke out a living by physical labor under the sun. He carries himself with natural poise and evident confidence and almost constantly seems really cheerful, with the innocence of a happy childhood lingering in his soul.

His clothing is all snowy white, with tastefully simple accents in silver thread. He wears a soft velvet cotehardie with silver buttons, and tippets of braided silver cording. A dagged liripipe hood of thick linen rests on his shoulders, usually worn with the hood down and liripipe allowed to hang free. Around his waist is a belt of interlocking silver filigree links. His lower body is clad in white satin hose with a matching codpiece, and white leather garters at each knee. His white leather shoes are ankle high with long pointy toes that curl slightly upward.

Usually, an ermine sits nestled across Ranik's shoulders or climbs around his body, looking around with frequent jerky movements. Ranik also wears a white canvas bag on a strap slung across his upper body, and carries a beautiful white quarterstaff embellished with silver inlay.

Miscellaneous Class Information

Ranik is a wizard, specializing in the school of Evocation, with Illusion and Necromancy for his opposition schools. He is usually quite glad to exchange a spell scroll for another in order to add to his repertoire. He has an ermine for a familiar. Its name is Herman.

Spellbook

Cantrips (0-level)

• Acid Splash (conj)
• Arcane Mark (univ)
• Bleed (necr)
• Dancing Lights (evoc)
• Daze (ench)
• Detect Magic (div)
• Detect Poison (div)
• Disrupt Undead (necr)
• Flare (evoc)
• Ghost Sound (illu)
• Light (evoc)
• Mage Hand (transm)
• Mending (transm)
• Message (transm)
• Open-Close (transm)
• Prestidigitation (univ)
• Ray of Frost (evoc)
• Read Magic (div)
• Resistance (abj)
• Spark (evoc)
• Touch of Fatigue (necr)

1st Level

• Burning Hands (evoc)
• Ear-piercing Scream (evoc)
• Endure Elements (abj)
• Feather Fall (transm)
• Flare Burst (evoc)
• Floating Disk (evoc)
• Grease (conj)
• Hydraulic Push (evoc)
• Identify (div)
• Mage Armor (conj)
• Magic Missile (evoc)
• Shield (abj)
• Shocking Grasp (evoc)
• Sleep (ench)
• True Strike (div)
• Unseen Servant (conj)

2nd Level

• Acid Arrow (conj)
• Burning Gaze (evoc)
• Continual Flame (evoc)
• Darkness (evoc)
• Defensive Shock (evoc)
• Fire Breath (evoc)
• Flaming Sphere (evoc)
• Frigid Touch (evoc)
• Glitterdust (conj)
• Gust of Wind (evoc)
• Protective Penumbra (evoc)
• Pyrotechnics (transm)
• Scorching Ray (evoc)
• See Invisibility (div)
• Shatter (evoc)
• Spider Climb (transm)
• Web (conj)

3rd Level

• Daylight (evoc)
• Dispel Magic (abj)
• Fireball (evoc)
• Fly (transm)
• Haste (transm)
• Lighting Bolt (evoc)
• Twilight Knife (evoc)
• Wind Wall (evoc)

Roleplay Hooks

• He is fascinated with angels, and would love the chance to interact with them.
• He has ranks in Craft/Calligraphy, Linguistics, Profession/Scribe, and Knowledge/various. Thus, a non-combat plot that deals with mundane scribal tasks including forgery or detection of it, creation of official documents, etc. would be a natural activity for Ranik.

Faith PC Badge Faith: Eluna Temple: Eluna's temple in Alexandria Role: lay worshipper Landmarks:

Human PC Badge Ancestry: Eldanar Associated With: House Aiglos, Alexandros

Homeland PC Badge Homeland: The City of Alexandria Tier: 2 Established Local - Urban landscape Family History: House Aiglos has held lands in the region for centuries, was royalty of the ancient kingdom Politics: Generally accepts what father says, but doesn't personally get too involved in politics.

Other Alts

• Ga'Elian Faravanilas - Sylvanori Ranger, male, Eluna