"Just as physical power must be controlled and directed with skill, knowledge without wisdom is useless."

"There's no such thing as dark magic. Only dark magic users."

Name: Ciaran Xanderson

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Alignment: Neutral Good.

Appearance: Ciaran is taller than most wizards at 6ft 2, as well as more handsome with short dark brown hair and sky blue eyes. He is not muscular, yet has no outward stomach to speak of either. His choice of clothing is a dark grey tunic with black and white vertically striped pants that make him look taller than he is with simple travelling boots.

Personality: Ciaran is sarcastic, snarky and a complete dick sometimes. But that's a front for the philosophical protector of the innocent that Ciaran is in his heart. He can't see someone drop something without picking it up for them. He is also quick to anger if the right buttons are pushed; the best way to do that is to attempt to rape someone. He is unable to get physically close with people he doesn't already know as well, so he treasures his friends.

Backstory: Ciaran grew up in a family of wealthy human nobles away from Asmana. Rather than grow into a pompous noble like his parents and brother, Ciaran wanted to do more for the commoners. He found his answer in magic: he spent the early years of his teens practicing spells and using them to benefit the lower classes (such as lighting campfires for the homeless). His talent for magic was recognized by the royal court's sorceress, and she trained him in manipulating and calling upon the arcane. However, during one sparring run shortly after he turned 20, something awoke in Ciaran, and revealed him to be a wizard. (The difference between mages and wizards is that mages have natural limits in terms of casting spells. Wizards are born with no such limit, and are much more powerful as a result.) Seeing this as a sign that Ciaran was destined for something more, the sorceress encouraged him to go out into the world and explore it, and to never stop seeking knowledge. Her one request was for him to destroy "dark magic" users, and any tomes that contained it. He arrived in Asmana a year or two ago, and there's no shortage of dark mages to kill. Not that he's complaining.

Lives: Asmana, but he stays on the move.

Talent: Wizards are lightning rods for arcane magic, and Ciaran is no exception: able to cast anything from Fire Stream and Beam of Frost to high level spells like Call of Thunder or Time Stop. His real strength lies in his adaptability-he's able to change his tactics and spells on the fly, even in the middle of a fight.

Ambition: To kill every dark sorcerer and necromancer he comes across, and destroy all knowledge of dark magic he finds.

Likes: Studying the arcane, practicing spells, helping out commoners, chicken, omelettes, reading fiction.

Dislikes: Dark mages, necromancers, higher-class people who abuse power.