Reinier/Lore

== Profile ==
=== Early Life ===
Not much is known about Reinier's early life, although he was well-known for his irrational obsession with symmetry and balance.
=== Current Life ===
Much like in his past, Reinier traverses Esperia seeking to "correct" flaws in the world that he deems to be ugly and asymmetrical.
== Story Quest ==
=== The Uninvited Guest ===
After being summoned by Valen, Magister Merlin arrives in Holistone to find out the source of the commotion. They immediately notice the disappearance of the statue of Dura located at the town’s centre. Talene, a strange woman suffering from amnesia, senses ominous magic at the site of the disappearance, which Merlin confirms to be the magic of a Hypogean.
Just then, an acolyte from the Sun Temple arrives bearing a clue regarding the statue. When Merlin and Talene arrive at the temple, the ‘clue’ becomes evident - there are two statues of Dura placed symmetrically on the Sun Temple. The acolyte instantly recognizes Talene as a Celestial, and suggests using her purification abilities to determine which of the two statues is real. After the purification magic works, the real statue is revealed and taken back to Holistone.
Right as Hogan, Merlin, and Valen arrive at the Travelers’ Light to celebrate with a feast, Merlin suddenly receives a wind message from Bryon, who informs them that the Deer Spirit had manifested in Ivoryshade once more.
When Merlin and Talene arrive at the Spirit Mound, they are both surprised to see the strange statue duplication magic manifesting once more - only this time, the Hypogean behind these acts has used it on the statue of the Deer Spirit. However, after some discussion with Lyca and Bryon, they choose not to purify the statue immediately, but rather to gather information in Ivoryshade first. 
After approaching different villagers, Merlin comes up short on information regarding the Hypogean’s whereabouts. They instead get even more conflicting pieces of information - reports of Talene flying off to two different directions: some say in the north, while others say the south. After heading to the south and encountering Talene, Merlin suspects that the Hypogean used his duplication powers on the Celestial as well. As Merlin begins to inform Lyca and Bryon of this discovery, another version of Talene arrives at the Spirit Mound. Both versions of Talene are extremely identical, having the same appearance and beliefs. The two duplicates come to the conclusion that the only way to distinguish the real Talene from the fake is for both duplicates to step into Talene’s cleansing fire. Despite hesitation from Merlin and Lyca, both Talenes step into the fire, with only one remaining in the end.
When the real Talene is revealed, she begins to regain her memories. She states that the powers of the Hypogean behind these acts are more akin to divine symmetry rather than duplication, and that she remembers being hit with his spell prior to losing her memories. Lyca makes the decision to cleanse the Deer Spirit’s statue with Talene’s fire, and so they return to the Spirit Mound.
However, Talene does not immediately cleanse the statue, remarking that the Hypogean would only continue to use his divine symmetry magic on other targets. She mentions the Hypogean’s obsession with symmetry, and the team devises a plan to lure out the Hypogean using an asymmetrical arrangement of leaves, branches, and fruit. Once the arrangement is complete, Talene purifies the statue, successfully luring the perpetrator to the Spirit Mound.
The perpetrator is revealed to be the Hypogean named Reinier, who is enraged at what he believes to be a grotesque, aesthetically inferior arrangement of foreign objects. Even after being called a lunatic by both Merlin and Talene, Reinier insists that they simply cannot understand true beauty, and that sacrifices - even those that place defenceless mortals in harm’s way - are necessary in the pursuit of beauty. Baffled by his obsessions, Merlin proceeds to battle and defeat him. After some final words of disdain, Reinier vanishes from the scene using spatial magic.
==Personality==
Reinier is a Hypogean obsessed with symmetry, balance, perfection and order in all things. As such, he finds anything else that is flawed, asymmetrical, disarrayed and chaotic to be disgusting and hideous. Since he views himself as a being with such high standards, he can come across as rather narcissistic and egocentric with an obnoxiously high self-confidence. He is also a stickler for rules and will follow them with such compulsive dedication from start to finish without fail.
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