Cinder of the Scorching Flame

"The funniest thing about having foxes in my chicken coop, is that they forget I'm not a chicken. I'm a *f\*\*ing* wolf" - Cinder to Rylik after learning of the existence of Brideveinese Spies in the Mage's Guild Ranks.

## Cinder of the Scorching Flame

Cinder, born Cinderella Gyldorn, is a young human sorceress who rapidly rose through the ranks of her local Mage's Guild to Guild Master. Though a few members can often be heard whispering that she just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

## Background Story

> Cinder originally hails from the Sunese Sultanate, and is the daughter of two wealthy, influential merchants. Her magical abilities manifested at a young age, and her parents sent her off to the Kingdom of Shavenia to hone her abilities. From there, she joined a Mage's Guild and spent most of her time studying, or running small errands for the other guild members. After several years of seemingly mundane work she was eventually moved to the Stilde Branch to apprentice under a Wizard. At this new location, she studied, and did simple field tasks for about a year before finally getting an important job- together with her fellow apprentice Mirriam, she was put in charge of erecting and maintaining a magical barrier at the Winter Star Festival.
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> At the Winter Star Festival, she met several members from the Adventurer's Guild, and made fast friends with them. During this festival however, her master betrayed them, and made an attempt on the local lord's life. Shortly after, he kidnapped her fellow apprentice and fled to the Ethereal Plane, where he was followed and hunted down by the Adventurer's Guild members along with Cinder. For her assistance in this matter, Mirriam was to be promoted to her master's position on the Council of Mages. However, this incident filled Mirriam with distrust, and she left the Guild shortly after. With Mirriam's departure, Cinder was promoted to her master's position on the Council of Mages instead.
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> From here, Cinder gained more access to magical secrets and knowledge, as well as gained influence in the Guild. This all came to a head when the Council of Mages gathered to open a portal to the Astral Sea in the Stilde Mage's Guild. Something went wrong with this ritual, and many of the Council ended up missing, and anybody who witnessed this event lost their memory of it, the memory of anything they cherished, and a random sense. Cinder had lost her sight and her memories of the incident.
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> She made her way to the Adventurer's Guild to let them know what had happened, and they made their way through the portal, and were successful in recovering her memories, but failed to save the Council. This massive vacuum in leadership caused Cinder to be promoted to Guild Master to keep things in check at the Guild.
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## Personality

Cinder is a party girl at heart and loves to jump into things head first, however she has tempered her personality since becoming the Guild Master to appear more professional in public. Her accent is bit different than the locals of Stilde, which can cause some of her sarcastic jokes to come off more harsh than intended.

She loves to drink, and find excuses to get out of doing her Guild Master duties. She isn't overly fond of people who aren't up front with her, having some trust issues after her Master's betrayal.

While Cinder doesn't get to see her parents anymore, she still keeps in contact by sending the occasional letter. Despite her more flamboyant nature, her letters are always proper and have a sense of obedience in their words that she doesn't display in person.

## Appearance

Cinder stands roughly at 5'8" tall has an average frame and carries herself confidently. While her normal outfits don't show much of her skin, what does show is a pale white that is common amongst the academics at the Mage's Guild. She doesn't have any tattoo's that are visible and only her left ear has any piercings, but is adorned in several bright gold pieces of jewelry.

The most notable thing about Cinder is her fiery red hair, contrasted by her emerald green eyes. She is always seen wearing a robe, and every so often can be seen wearing a cloak that seems to slowly change shades during conversations.

## Trivia

* At age 27, Cinder is one of the youngest Mage's Guild members to be promoted to Guild Master.
* While most of Cinder's magic is natural, she has studied the ways of Evocation to make her magic more flexible.
* It is rumored that Cinder is dating a guild member at the Adventurer's Guild. This was recently confirmed via an off-handed remark to a journalist by Rylik.
* Several people at the Winter Star Festival claim they saw her making hand gestures shortly before Rylik won the tournament, though it's not confirmed if she was influencing the tournament with magic.