Zane Black

Zane Black is an orphan that was born in Dalverad and was raised by Damien Hawk. He is credited with being a child prodigy, and invented Curse Magic when he was only 16.
==History==
===Early Life===
Zane spent most of his early years learning Ankhseram's Might, but when he was 16 he began to research a new form of magic. However, his research into new magics did not bear fruit until he began to feel envious of his brother's promotion to one of the cities governors. Through trial and error, he was able to channel that envy, which resulted in his arms temporarily turning into sword blades. This marked the birth of Curse Magic. It wasn't long before Zane learned how to create different effects by channeling different emotions.
Within a year, Curse Magic was labeled as an official advanced dark magic, and Zane was given a seat as a governor of the city. He spent the next few decades working on honing his magic skills, but during that time he ended up adopting an orphan named Ignatius Tearsay.
===The Dalverad Outbreak===
In 61 AE, when the Varren arrived, Zane teamed up with his brother to lead groups of his followers out of the city to drive off the newcomers. His reasoning behind this action was that he feared the Varren would one day attempt to drive the city's inhabitants out, and he just wanted to protect his citizens. While his brother's group would kill or cause harm to any Varren they came across, Zane preferred to use his Curse of Nightmares to try and scare them away.
It wasn't long before several groups of Varren soldiers, as well as a few Dalverad citizens against the outbreak, were able to isolate and surround Zane. It was at this point that Zane cast his experimental final curse. After promptly screaming the name "Memento Mori," A massive purple column resembling human faces burst out of the ground around Zane and began to reach towards the sky. A few seconds later, the column vanished, with everyone and everything caught inside of the curse, Zane included, were simply gone.
Nobody, not even his closest followers, know what happened to Zane or the other victims caught up in the curse. While most agree that Zane is as good as dead, he is still being hunted to this day.
It was later confirmed by Calatan Morentius that Zane had died during the Dalverad Outbreak.
==Trivia==
*After his mysterious disappearance, Zane was given the #1 spot on the Varren Most Wanted list. This position was quickly usurped by his nephew, however.
**The spot was later lost when he was discovered to be dead.
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