Demetrius Carver

Demetrius Carver served as Norley's Archmage for the past decade.
== History ==
His mother was an Ester-Nor woman who was killed in Tybalt's purge of the Ester-blooded in his Kingdom, his father claimed Demetrius was born of a different woman sparing the boy from death....he was a conscripted as a soldier later... when his magical talents were made evident he was trained in war magic, to his disgust, and forced to unleash it on Norley's enemies.
His skills proved valuable to Tybalt and eventually he received a Court Enchanter appointment and was to attend then Archmage Philomon Sinclair - he wasn't received well by his peers due to his magic being less theoretical and more focused on practical application and Philomon in particular found Demetrius lacking and made the man's life exceedingly difficult, particularly after learning Demetrius was Ester... using this to blackmail him into various shameful acts and taking credit for many of Demetrius' arcane discoveries, including the Storing Stone which Demetrius created as a study tool for himself and others, and tinkered into creating the first post-Star Elf Spell Storing Stone. Of course such a discovery would have made Demetrius famous and thus Philomon took credit for it
Serving primarily as a liaison between the Archmage and the soldiers in Gatharbar, he was in charge of Gatharbar's arcane supplies and work - for which he was given a very limited funds and supplies to work with, but he did surprisingly well. Though most of his work was criticized by Philomon and Tybalt for being focused less on martial aspect of war and more interested in feeding people and synthesizing objects. During this time he met Tzipporah di Fidelis and they began their relationship, both professional and romantic.
He was in the process of being court martialed for disobeying orders, actually, when Tybalt was assassinated... shortly thereafter newly crowned King Matthias pardoned Demetrius and promoted him to Archmage for... various reasons, not least of all for Demetrius' honesty about the vileness of Tybalt. Making him the first Archmage to come from the peasantry.
Demetrius' tenure as Archmage has seen a shift from martial-focused magic to industry-focused... to make life easier for everyone, and a surprising amount of vocal disgust for the institution of the monarchy. He has made it a point of pride to take apprentices that aren't from the nobility, his favored apprentice being Morning Dalavesta - whose family fled Paleah during the Terrors. 
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