Farantis Blackwell

**Farantis Blackwell** was a wandering wizard of the Torisali folk during the late Glorious Age who faced the demon Nebros with a party of warriors and became the first Sage of Gulavault.

### Aliases

The First Sage
Sage of Gulavault

### Relatives

Ataris of Blackwell (Mother)Unnamed Father

Fydor Blackwell (Son)

Anders Alerium (Apprentice)

### Affiliation

Sages of Gulavault City of Torisal

Empire of Inlawswee

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Villige of Blackwell, Morgan river valley
Keyvaile

## Biography:

### Early life:

Farantis Blackwell was born in the small fishing village of Blackwell along the banks of the Morgan River to the sage Ataris and her unnamed husband. He was taught the elven faith and philosophies that his tribe had learned from elven missionaries of the Inlawswee Empire. At the age of 10, he went to learn magic at Milli's School of Magic, learning much from the teachers there. After graduation, he traveled his homeworld of Keyvaile looking for lost arcane lore.

### Darkness Beneath Torisal:

He would travel into the lands of Torisal to investigate strange happenings there, such as sickness and monster attacks on the local Torisali people. During his investigation he was captured while talking to the drunken survivor Hadien Reden after he cast a spell in an attempt to sober him up, freaking the man out and causing the local militia to believe he has put a hex on the poor man. He was dragged before the Torisali chieftain Argarsh Saialsa who questioned him but found him not to be the evil like he was believed, and depite the advise of his ally Cadian Kerdar, he took the young mage on his expedition into the Warrens of Guivault, though kept a distrusting eye on him. So he went with the Torisali to meet their elven allies lead by Elrinsir Nervas, commander of the Third Legion before heading down into the depths. He would follow the warriors closely, for he was not fighter as they faced the horrors of the Warrens mutants, mad cultists, and even lesser demonspawn. He would aid in the defeat of the blood witch Lhaereth and her Saldi bodyguards, saving the life of Elrinsir's squire Matias Rôlon though a few of his expedition died in the prosses.

They would follow the dark ones deeper into the tunnels as Torisali warriors and elven knights were taken out one by one by the demonic powers of these caves, and the tricks of the demon Calridul who clamed the lives of heroes such as Markus Nemasir. After the elven knight Solanik Penarsil slew the human warrior Bengen Sinard out of paranoia the party spit and met their fates with Farantis, commander Elriniser, his squire Matias Rôlon, the stressed warrior Ted Raimy, Bogan Dorvaer the half dwarf and the scoutmaster Tallasan Marza who survived the Kinstrife, crept deeper into the tunnuls until they found the sorce of the Darkness the elder demon Nebros.

After the demon told his dark history and boasted of his great power, he quickly dispatched Ted, Tallasan, and Bogan and wounded the rest, flinging them across the chamber every time they tried to strike him. Eventually in an act of self sacrifice, Elriniser caused the tunnel to collapse upon the demon, allowing Farantis and Matias to stike at the demon. The young wizard faced the demon in a battle of wills, seeing the Fall of Aldeare, the corruption of Onixana and the Dominion and the fates of many worlds. In the end, he defeated Nebros, imprisoning him under the caves of Torisal.

### First Sage:

He and Matias crawled their way back out of the tunnels, the only known survivors of the expedition and the armies of Emperor Fingon of Inlawswee drove away the last of the demons. They were made heroes of Torisal, their names forever making it into the histories of Keyvaile. Despite this success, Farantis did not celebrate long and soon made plans to ensure that the demon never broke free again, building a great door and commissioning the dwarves to forge a great key that he used to seal it, breaking it into seven shards which he had scattered. He would make a great effort to defend the people of the area still affected by the influence of Nebros with the aid of Matias. He slowly became a reclusive sage studying arcane lore in the Gulavault, giving the name to his order. In his old age, he took Anders Alerium, the grandson of one member of his fallen expedition, as an apprentice and stated the traditions of the Sages of Gulavault.

He died some time between the Fomorian Crisis and the beginning of Era of Sorrows.

## Personality:

He was a shy and calm man, who tended to avoid crowds and conflict when he could, but had a kind heart and great compassion.

After his encounter with Nebros, he was plagued with nightmares and had a stressed aura about him.

## Powers:

**Master Level Wizard:** This user mastered the art of spells.

**Sage of Gulavault:** This user is a member of the Sages of Gulavault, order dedicated to keeping an incredibly dangerous and powerful Elder Demon called Nebros under lock.

**Indomitable Will:** This user has a will of steel.

## Trivia:

* He took a apprentice from Keyvaile as the pattern of Master from Keyvaile and apprentice from off world and so on had not began yet.
* His image is shared with Percy Balragard of Onixana if anyone could draw an official art of him I would appreciate it