Ferris

Ferris of the Black Robes was a Human Wizard during the Age of Heroes who discovered the secret to living beyond his natural lifespan. Ferris seems to be directly involved in forming alliances and empires throughout human history at the change of various The Epochs.
==History==
===Age of Mist===
In Legends of Arcadia: Genesis: Episode 13 the party met Ferris, Dean of Enchantment, at a college in Ancient Bravo. The exact timing on the timeline is unknown. Ferris here appeared in a man in his early 40s, clean shaven, wearing spectacles. Ferris implies he was recently created along with the rest of humanity on the island.
===Age of Heroes===
During the Age of Heroes Ferris met the undead Dwarf, Balrog Blacksteel, who had lost his soul, but was healed by the Negative Material Plane. Ferris then had the process repeated for his slaves. During this time period, Ferris's Tower was located near Black Mist Lake and had pet manticores.
In the land of Bravo Ferris was said to have arrived in Bravo in Nekkraut and helped them in their time of need in a winter. He gifted the people of Nekkraut his spell book, in the form of copper tablets. These books are known as "The Ferrin Spellbooks". Helped unity the Eastern Empire of Bravo together.
In Solum, the alliance of city-states that united together against the Ogres formed the Ferrin Empire, ending the Age of Heroes and beginning the Age of Might, with Ferris himself as the ruler of the Empire.
===Age of Might===
Ferris established the Ferrin Empire at the start of the Age of Might. He kept control of the empire with the Floating Fortress. He established the Great Towers of Wizardry across the lands.
When the Floating Fortress was no longer needed, Ferris hid it in the middle of Ferrodia near the village of Aknara where he had a keep. He assigned his knights to guard the fortress.
During this age Ferris ended up shipwrecked on Flotsam Island in the Dardens. Ferris and his crew started a settlement upon the island to assist Ferris and his secret laboratory upon the island. Ferris left his apprentice Leamond in charge of the island when he left. Leamond eventually grew the settlement into the town of Port Ferris. Reports varey on when this occurred. Some reports have it 2000 years ago, some have it being 2500 years ago (from year 1513 Arcadian Age of Iron). (Tides of Death: Episode 01)
During the age, Ferris had an elven lover named Selia, who ended up exiled from the elven homelands for loving a human of the black robes, and they live in Valesburg. However, in the town of Jaderun, Ferris was seen wearing Red Robes. (Rollplay Solum: Episode 43). In Jaderun, Ferris travelled with a party of adventurers to a magic circle north of the town. At the magic circle Ferris meets with Balrog the Dwarf, who tells him that "the Guardians of the Vale have been asking for Ferris". Ferris teleports away with Balrog to a "Tower of Wizardry", presumably the one in Valesburg. Later Selia meets with the same party and takes them with recruiting an elf from the Crown Sands desert named Raszagal.
After the fall of the Ferrin Empire, the kingdoms that rose from its ruins fought one-another in endless wars. Ferris appeared in each of the great kingdoms all at once and brokered the peace, the treaty put an end to the fires of destruction.
===Age of Iron===
During the Age of Iron, Ferris visited the land of Arcadia and took the Staff of the Magi from the crypt of the wizard Mohamda in Akuba. (Hardcore Heroes: Episode 47).
One day assassins attacked Ferris, Selia, and his apprentice Dalamar. The 3 survived the assassins, but Dalamar was wounded. The badly wounded Dalamar, jealous of Selia's strong bond with Ferris, tricked Selia into being polymorphed into a Silver Dragon with a command of "kill everyone". Ferris was able to undo the spell before she unmade him, but it left her mind in tatters. Selia fled from Ferris and Dalamar.
According to Selia, herself and an unnamed black-robed wizard put an end to Ferris. Selia at the time believed she was really a silver dragon and that Ferris had cursed her into the shape of an elf.
==Theories==
Ferris in the histories could be at multiple locations at the same time. As such other powerful wizards are suspected to also be him as well.
===The Elven Wizard Pharis===
The elven wizard Pharis (NPC) from Caldonia's history could be the wizard Ferris. No evidence however exists to support this theory as fact.
===Voraci General Ferrus===
Lord Ferrus is another powerful wizard with a name similar to Ferris. Again there is no evidence beyond the coincidence of name & profession to connect Ferris with Ferrus.
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