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 dancer's build. He has thick, wavy, platinum blonde hair which he keeps fairly short. His eyes are a pastel indigo, and 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 one who has had to eke out a living by hard labor. He carries himself with 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 silver accents. He wears a fitted tunic of diaphanous white linen, snug to his torso, with a V-neck and looser long sleeves. His white leather belt has an ornate silver buckle, and holds a scabbarded dagger at his right side. His pants are of white cashmere. In addition, when the weather is cold, he adds a luxurious cloak of soft, white fur clasped with silver, and a matching fur hat.

Usually, an ermine sits nestled across Ranik's shoulders or climbs around his body, looking around with frequent jerky movements. Ranik usually carries a white messenger bag slung across his upper body, and 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)
• Thunderstomp (evoc)
• Touch of Combustion (evoc)
• 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)

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 Active Alts

• Ga'Elian "Ettin-slayer" Faravanilas - Sylvanori Ranger, male, Eluna
• Heinrich "Hank the Tank" Stürmlanze - Arvek Nar Fighter, male, Serriel