Norman Edsel

Norman at the start of Scourge

## Appearance

Norman is a 5,8 Human with short fluffy black hair and blueish gray eyes. He has a constant exhausted demeanor, like he has had very little sleep (even though that is usually not true). He wears fine clothes, a big blue coat, and a leather satchel full of books and papers from his research.

## Weapons

**The Genesis** - The Genesis is a Powerful Ancient Relic that takes the form of a robotic hand. It is unknown to what it is capable of, but we know it has the potential to end a civilization, or even worse. It wields the power of Dunamancy to create intense forceful attacks.

## Abilities and Powers

**Spellcasting** - His fascination and studies of magic has led to him being a wizard and being able to cast spells.

**Dunamancy** - Norman's field of study was centered around an ancient forgotten type of magic called Dunamancy. It allows the user to warp and shape gravity to their will.

## Backstory

Norman was born in a noble family in the center of Aithyr, the Capitol city of Ausittil. Both of his parents were active high ranking members of the mages guild. Norman acquired an interest in magic as early as 8 years old, due to his parents influence. He was a prodigy, he learned and picked up magic extremely quickly. When he turned 18, He joined the mages guild as a novice wizard. He then Began his independant studies of Dunamancy, leading him to discover [REDACTED BY THE KRAINIEN EMPIRE]. This is when his unquenchable thirst for magical secrets began, and so he pursued his research on [REDACTED BY THE KRAINIEN EMPIRE]. His research led him to dangerous conclusion, so he reported his findings the The Krainien Empire. He was then Hired as a Field Researcher working under the [REDACTED BY THE KRAINIEN EMPIRE] project.

## Scourge of the Empire

Norman woke up on the cold floor of a temple he had forgotten he had ever been to with his right hand replaced by a robotic one. A group of rookie mercenaries looking for fame were sent to rescue him by The Empire. During the rescue, they discovered why Norman had been in the temple, there was a mysterious waforged corpse that had supposedly had ties with his research, but he had completely forgotten how or why he got there. While carrying the the corpse back to the airship sent to pick them up, the Warforged had reawakened and attacked the Airship. He declared his name was Eclipse, and then destroyed the ship, killing everyone on board only keeping Norman alive. Norman was then taken to a prison a cell at the top of a random nearby mountain, where he discovered that his robotic hand was a powerful magical weapon called the Genesis. Inside the Gensis was the soul of a once powerful Terrorist named Ethel. Ethel's mind was linked with Norman's in this moment, they both shared memories of their past. Ethel was a victim of the Genesis, one of many. He revealed that eclipse wanted The genesis for his own use, and it was up to Norman to keep him from taking it.

A day later, Norman was taken to the throne room of the Krainien Empire with Eclipse so he could watch the Emperor die in front of him. After the Emperors death by Eclipse's hands, he escaped with the help of the royal guard (what was left of it). He then decided to accompany the royal guard on their journey to Rainyhand.

In Rainyhand, He took down a gang called the Thorns in exchange for information of Nicolas's (the court wizard) location. He also found an old friend from his previous work researching project [REDACTED BY THE KRAINIEN EMPIRE], his name was Alcoro. He revealed that the Genesis on his hand was a small part of the full thing. It will consume him (take over his body and soul) if does not collect the rest of the parts. Nicolas was in a quarry east of Rainyhand. In the quarry they fought Warforged similar to the ones controlled by Eclipse. There he witnessed the death of Neryn, one of the members of the royal guard that accompanied him, "A foolish way to die". He then found and Rescued Nicolas, who was found in a cave beneath the quarry.

## Trivia

* In all of Mapiel, Norman is one of the only ones to have ever studied Dunamancy.
* Norman has read almost every book about magic in father's library.