Eldwyn

**Eldwyn**, sometimes known as **Anwir** or **John**, is a renown human magician who is dubiously aligned with the forces of order. Later in his life, he became a magician that wandered Erdyn, taking part in many adventures and tragedies, along with a reputation for his trickery. He managed to attained immortality in the form of a curse after he had double-crossed the wrong spirit.

## Background

While his past is not well known, what has been revealed is that his mother was once a priestess in service to the regional goddess of magic Aroth, who was situated in the city-state Sitavom. It is unknown who his father was as Aroth requires all of her servants to be virgins and bound by a mystical contract to ensure it.

Eldwyn apprenticed underneath Atane the Magician who had brought him under his wing and care after discovering his exceptional powers and not wishing for someone else to manipulate him for their own purposes. Alongside his master, the two travelled from kingdom to kingdom and what laid in-between, learning all they could of magic by cataloguing it within the tomes they carried with them. They eventually found a way to traverse to several realms as patrons of Ordel, a minor god of passage.

Decades following the death of his master, Eldwyn entered into a compact with a spirit to attain their magical secrets in exchange for his mortal soul. While Eldwyn seemed to be keeping to his part, he eventually killed the spirit after they tried to collect on his debt. Although successful in escaping the spirit deal, Eldwyn was captured by the spirit's superior who cursed with his conditional immortality.

Eldwyn decided to take full advantage of his conditional immortality by travelling across the various worlds and realms to seek treasure, knowledge, adventure, and fun. He prominently made a name for himself by raising kings and their kingdoms up from nothing, helping refugees at times of need, or finding heroes and champions who are destined to defeat new evils. His most well known story involves his journey to confront the demon Kings when he had learnt about their planned invasion of Erdyn.

## Personality

He is a laid-back human who frequently cracks jokes at the most inopportune time, often to ease the tension in the room or to direct the ire of others towards himself, rather than another. While he appears aloof at times, he uses the perception of him others have to watch the situation at hand and to lower the guard of those around him. Going along with his seemingly peaceful nature, Eldwyn considers himself an opportunistic pacifist that only fights when necessary.

## Powers & Abilities

While he is a normal human (who is also immortal), Eldwyn is an extremely powerful magician who is capable of going against high-level demon kings and certain gods should he have time to prepare. His mastery of varying magical enchantments and styles has allowed him to overcome obstacles, often learning new techniques should his already available ones prove less than effective.

* **Superhuman Physiology**: Due to his long life, Eldwyn has conditioned his body through both exercise and magical enchantment to be considered to have superhuman physiology, granting him superior strength, stamina, and durability.

* **Magic**: Eldwyn has the capacity to perform any mortal spell or ritual, only requiring assistance for group-focused spells or higher. He can perform more common of spells without effort or incantations. More powerful spells can be performed by chanting in his mind rather than out loud.
	+ **Concealment**: He has a spell to hide his own presence from most forms of magic, only bypassed by divine magic itself.

* **Summoning**: He can bring forth the fragments of creatures he once killed in order to fight for him, or to teach him their secrets. Additionally, he can make contracts with spiritual beings that allows him to summon them, or do so by force if he hasn't.

* **Immortality**: Eldwyn has a conditional immortality that can only be lifted by the one who cursed him with it. His curse makes him an ageless being that heals from all wounds, at the cost of him feeling everything that happens to him.

* **Swordsmanship**: Eldwyn is an expert swordsmen who is just as deadly with a blade as with magic, even more so when using both during combat in unison. He uses unspoken magical incantations to slow down his enemy's movements, increase his own, and to analyse any possible weaknesses they may have. Even without magic to help himself, he is considered one of the most proficient warriors of Erdyn.

### Equipment

* **Sunflower**: Eldwyn's Sunflower is a mystical staff that was made from the wood of an ancient, sentient tree and dozens of enchantments carved across its surface and within its core. Inside the structure sits a hollow section that is used as a sheath to Eldwyn's sword, Ironthorn.