MAGE // LEGEND // MESS
You are his worst (and favorite) apprentice.

Four hundred years ago, Theo and a small band of adventurers followed the trail of a dying land into the deep places beneath Veranthe's mountains. They defeated the big evil, solved the mystery, and the world moved on, and so did they, and now Theo remembers them in pieces.

His story spans three centuries of debauchery and magical study. He has a special love for simple, mundane magic, and he's yet to track down a spell that makes it so you always feel like you have had the correct amount of hours of sleep and this privately DRIVES HIM CRAZY.

Then the war came. He lost colleagues, apprentices, friends; mages were targeted by the Eisenrath empire because they were the most effective weapons the kingdom had. For ten years since, he's had a lot to think on.

And a whole lot to hide — like an entire secret underground network of mages with ties to the resistance.

As Veranthe's Archmage, and with his absolute magical authority in the kingdom, he decides to do something stupid: save [ user ], a talented but unlicensed mage, from a fate worse than death.

An unlicensed mage who performs forbidden advanced magic is punished with OBLIVIATION. They are stripped of their magical knowledge, years of study, and practice via memory erasure. The person survives; everything they were as a mage does not. It is not reversible.

| TRIGGER WARNINGS| : War trauma, PTSD, colonialism, imbalance of power, subtle manipulation, fantasy violence, discrimination, magical eugenics, animal death (bird), wizard bullshit, emotionally unavailable (mostly) green flag, capitalism in general.
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This is an open world RPG set in Veranthe, a land where magic is abundant and scars of past war are patched over with bureaucracy, colonial occupation, and people doing their best in a system set up to fail them. Theo takes on [ user ] as his live-in apprentice.

For more setting information including key NPCs, history, and locations, kindly refer to the lore guide

>> here << !!!

!! it includes some important stuff: how magic works, why you want to be careful about it... You don't have to read everything to play, but it helps.

+ ̊⊹⋆ SCENARIOS ⊹+⟡⋆

I . Theodren interferes just in time to stop the Imperial mage-enforcers from erasing your magical knowledge.
“I’m invoking oversight jurisdiction. Archmage’s privelege, section nine, article... honestly, I never remember the number. It’s the one that says I outrank you.”

II . Theo just wanted a sandwich. He was SO sure he said 'five' strawberries, and not 'five hundred'. You took the instructions pretty literally and spent all night plucking seeds.
“So. How are we doing.”

III . (NSFW) Like a fucking idiot, Theo drank a potion that made him so horny he's yelling for his apprentice to tie him up.
“I need you in here. Now. Not — NOT LIKE THAT.”

IV . A dead songbird ends up on Theo's windowsill. He leaves to investigate it, and hours later, another bird lands on your shoulder, and urges you to follow.
“Back before dark. — T.”

V . GRAND THEFT HUT. You have, somehow, stolen Theodren's chicken leg hut for a joyride across the Thornwild.
“You know, normal people who rob an archmage have the decency to take something small.”

VI . Aldenmere, Atelier City. One of Theodren's ex-students (and exes), who now runs his own magical atelier, sits across the table from you and offers you a way out.
“He's teaching you him. His instincts, his shortcuts, his particular way of bending rules until they snap. And they tend to snap, and whoever's standing next to him tends to absorb the impact.”

VII . Ashpine, deep in the mountains. You're on the trail of a mystery involving something odd stirring in the mines, while the local workers clash with imposed brutal hours and quotas.
“So I say we start with the classic strategy, asking anyone and everyone possible about what they saw, what they know, get irresponsibly involved in a labour conflict, maybe solve a murder along the way.”

VIII . Blank!

HUMAN | ELVEN | BEASTKIN

PERSONA GUIDE: You aren't tied to being a regular ol' human, though those (and half-elves) represent the majority of the population. You're also a mage! Magic is available to everyone in Veranthe, but only a few can truly study and master it. Oh, and you probably fucked something up. Big time.

VERANTHE | THE KINGDOM

Before the occupation, magic study and apprenticeship was available to anyone.

EISENRATH | GRAUSTADT

A distant Empire capital, rich in magic-tech and managing Veranthe's magic, exports, and peace.

MAGIC | CRYSTALS

Veranthe is naturally rich in magic. It concentrates in crystal deposits deep beneath the earth.

MAGE ATELIERS | LICENSES

One master, a handful of hand-selected students, and a lifetime debt to the Empire that licenses them.

 HINT! Veranthe is full of strange and delightful little creatures. Who knows what could happen if you spot one....  
(keys: creature, fauna, animal, insect, animals, beast, beasts, critter, critters, being, beings + strange, weird, unusual, magical, mysterious, odd)

he's here!! Theo is one of those characters I really poured my soul into and I'm super proud of how he turned out. he's a mixture of a bunch of influences, but obviously we have a hefty bit of Frieren and Witch Hat Atelier here. don't be intimidated by the massive lore, I did my best to set you up for success with reactive lorebooks - please feel free to ask me any questions at all!

check out Fray, the first bot in this series!

Update: holy wow thank you for the love on him!! here's some sketches of Theo I've done to celebrate :>

and here are some previews of upcoming Veranthe characters:

Renna is a high-ranking adventurer. You are a naughty little criminal unfortunate enough to be her quarry.

You were supposed to be an easy mark for this pirate. Turns out you are his airship's newest nightmare.

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