Einar Crowin

## Appearance

**Hair:** White & Long

**Skin:** Extremely pale

**Eyes:** Amber

**Height:** 6’4”

**Weight:** 190lbs

**Body Type:** Slim Athletic

**Noticeable features:** Einear has various scars that lace his body, the most noticeable one being a mangled scar that covers a portion of the right side of his face, even pulling down the corner of his eye. As well, his eyes are a piercing amber colour. It’s unknown how his eyes are such an unusual colour, but his previous magical endeavours likely had something to do with it.

## Personality

Einar is often considered eccentric, chaotic, and just generally strange. Speaking without contractions and with a naturally loud, and almost dramatic-like, deep tone of voice. Often a passionate and driven individual when it comes to his own aspirations, who isn't particularly concerned about what people think of him or the way he does things. In fact, it seems he lacks any guilt or empathy. And although he prides himself as an intelligent individual, he is well known to have a terrible temper. On occasion, it can make him irrational and react without thinking, rather than using logic.

## Abilities & Proficiencies

#### **Magic**

At one point, Einar was a very powerful mage, mastered in Blood Magics and even fairly adept with Eldritch Magics. It was said he may have even at one point had some Restoration abilities.

However, now he is quite the powerful Mage-Breaker.

The radius of his anti-magic field reaches a fair distance. A radius that reaches up to 60 feet. However, it has different increments. At 60ft, there is only a 30% chance of failure of magic. At 45ft, there is a 50% chance of failure of magic. And within 20ft, there is a 100% chance magic will not work.

#### **Other Information**

Einar’s five senses are all enhanced, something that was done before he had cut his ties with magic. Therefore, he is able to see about ten feet further than most humans would in the dark, hear whispers, or smell and taste things that most may not. His sense of touch is even enhanced, which means he feels pain and temperatures at a more intense rate than others. Although there are a lot of advantages to his heightened senses, at times, it can also be overwhelming, making it hard for him to focus.

He is also a talented Physician and Alchemist. He can very well help and heal people but of course that's not Einar. No, instead, he took a strong interest in epidemiology and uses that as his most favoured weapon.

Swordsmanship - Naturally as a member of House Crowin, before he was completely disowned, he was a well trained swordsman. After he was completely removed from the family, Einar had stopped consistent training as a swordsman. So although he is still fairly skilled, he is not quite as talented in sword fighting as his younger brother.

Einar is also a very good singer, strangely enough. He is very skilled with a violin and other related instruments.

Although it is extremely rare for anyone to experience or know of this, Einar is actually very talented at cooking, despite it’s not often anyone will even see him eat, if at all.

## History

If any of the rumours of the Crowin house were true, Einar’s very existence would be proof of that. Though, still rumours, between his personality and appearance, it wouldn’t surprise people if they were to hear he was in fact a cannibal and dabbled in Blood Magic. The latter is certainly true, the former is still debated upon. At one point in time, Einar was a fairly powerful Blood Mage. Some even say due to it, he is actually older than what he appears. Although that could just be more speculation. With the rise of magiGoing to the beginning, Einar had a good start in life. Crowin was a wealthy house. His father, though strict to the point he was seen as almost tyrannical, still taught his children valuable lessons in life. Then there was their mother, caring and loving to the point she was overbearing. Einar himself was the eldest son and therefore, the heir to the house. Or, at least, he should have been.

No, instead, Einar was disinherited. Although growing up he was very intelligent and had a great affinity for magic, he was different. He seemed to lack empathy or guilt and was often seen as cruel. They weren’t wrong. As a child, he would often enact revenge on others, if they wronged him in any way. Or if he decided he was bored and thought them to be imbeciles. Of course, this escalated as he got older.

The event leading to his disinheritance was when he was with his younger brother, Seth Crowin. Einar was about fifteen years in age and his brother would have been 13. His mother insisted Einar take Seth out to skate on the frozen lake. It was dangerous for him to be out there alone… The usual jargon. And she was correct. What she didn’t take into consideration when Seth did hit a thin part of the ice and fell through it into the water, was that Einar didn’t do a thing to help. Instead, he sat at the side of the lake and watched almost curiously. He was unsure of how long Seth was under there but when Seth did eventually resurface, Einar didn’t go to make sure he was okay nor did he even look concerned. He didn’t dislike his brother or would go out of his way to specifically harm him but he also just didn’t really care.

To say their father was livid was an understatement. Once Seth had explained what happened, Einar didn’t try to defend himself. He knew it would have been pointless. His father didn't often believe him, rightfully so. His father lost his temper, grabbing the nearby fireplace poker and beating his son with it. The sharp hooked part of the poker at some point grabbed into the side of his head, cutting down his face which to this day is still scarred. His saving grace was his mother. Stopping his father from probably killing his son. He would have been completely disowned and thrown Einar out but somehow his mother convinced her husband not tc users, Einar had cut his ties completely to magic, becoming a mage-breaker.

Einar had little interest in being the head of the house to begin with so his disinheritance didn’t affect him. Quite frankly, he was thrilled. But to say he didn’t have some bitterness towards his father would be a lie. They never got along well before the incident but after that things worsened over time. The only reason they hadn’t killed each other was more than likely due to the matriarch of the house. As for Seth, Einar didn’t harness any ill will towards him. If anything, it would be the other way around.

Nevertheless, Einar had gone off to medical school and kept with his blood magic practices and took interest in eldritch magics. He had a doctorate and although he made a skilled physician, he took more interest in epidemiology as well as learning alchemy; more so for nefarious reasons rather than the good of the people. He became a fairly powerful blood mage and very skilled with eldritch magic.

After finishing his schooling, he went back home for a while. Things were still strange. His mother was happy to see her son again but Einar and his father were at odds. Civil but there was obvious tension. The final straw between the two was when Einar decided to break his ties to magic. It was something almost seen as sacred for their family. For generations blood magic had been apparent, filled with powerful mages and Einar was one of them. But, with the increase of magic-users, it had made Einar’s “extracurricular activities” more and more difficult, thus becoming a powerful mage-breaker instead. This was seen as an insult to the family heritage and so his father cut Einar off entirely.

Unofficially excommunicated from the family, once again, Einar didn’t seem to really be affected by this. From his time as physician, he had his own funds saved up and had no issue living off on his own. Most of his funds came from investments rather than having an actual job. Instead he had his own lab setup for his own projects and research.

Even though he was kicked out of the family, at least to his father’s standards, he still kept in contact with his mother. He would never admit or even outwardly show it but she was the one person he may care about. When his father had passed, somehow, she had convinced Einar to return to Steamhaven.

With his return and their father's all too mysterious death, Einar had gotten back in touch with his brother. Seth was planning something, and of course Einar was intrigued. They may not have been the closest of family but their views and ideals often lined up. The brother's are said to have created a shadowy organization, Eidolon. Not even the most powerful of politicians or citizens are aware of the organization's existence. And if they are, they may suddenly disappear or at the very least, are unsure of what it is or means.