Cylus Baultery

**Nation**
 **Born**
 **Titles**
* Director of the Magical Enforcement Bureau
 **Signature**
 **House**
 **Relatives**
* Sarah Baultery (Mother)
 **Coat of Arms**

The Lord and Wizard, **Cylus Baultery**, is a Duskwood native and pure-blooded wizard who currently presides over Baultery Manor and the village of Woodshire deep within the Duskwood's darkened forests and shadowy glades. He is an Archmage by proficiency, contributing his magical expertise to both the Kingdom of Stormwind, through the Stormwind Circle of Magi, and the independent nation of Dalaran, through his service to the Kirin Tor. Currently, he is Dalaran's Minister of Academics as well as a valued member of Stormwind's Ministry of Magical Affairs, serving as the Director of the Magical Enforcement Bureau.

Cylus holds the title of 'Baron' over the ancestral lands of his family in Duskwood, though rarely will he ever respond to such titles, favoring titles of merit over heridtary titles. The Wizard looks down upon the political theater, believing it often to be a waste of his time and potential as a spellcaster. However, he is known to make a presence at such times where one is traditionally expected to do so.

## Personality & Beliefs

Cylus Baultery is a very cold, austere individual driven by scholastic and scientific exploration of the fields of alchemy and the arcane arts and sciences. He believes that those who wield the awesome power of the arcane are obligated to devote their lives to its mastery for the betterment of mankind. He believes that magic - all magic - is dangerous and must be regulated by those who know how best to wield it in order to avoid catastrophe such as that which the world suffered during the Great Sundering or subsequent demonic invasions. His views on law and order are rigid and unmoving, believing that all law exists to maintain order and that any spellcaster who attempts to violate such laws are a danger to the Kingdom and, furthermore, the world.

Cylus is rarely described as welcoming, friendly, or easy to interact with. Instead, he is stern, direct, and short to strangers and colleagues alike. He is not known for a silver tongue or his diplomatic talents, often causing those unfamiliar with him to think him rude or arrogant as a consequence of social handicaps.

For Cylus, ones time is best spent on ones work. Any time not spent in pursuit of greater achievement is time wasted. The Wizard finds himself most comfortable when surrounded by his work or standing in the shadows of towering bookshelves, sifting through the knowledge contained within.

## Description

A proud symbol of Alliance patriotism, Cylus Baultery has grown up beneath the banner of the war-torn kingdom of Stormwind. His physical traits resemble those of a human born to the southern lands of the Kingdoms reach; most likely the land of what is now Duskwood. By human standards, Cylus may be considered moderately handsome! Obsidian-colored hair is often kept neat and relatively short and said lockes are rarely out of place. His face is narrow and his features are distinguished, with medium-set cheekbones and sharp jawline. In contrast to such sharp and defined features as these, his eyes are something of a softer nature; a frosty blue with speckles of grey. Rested upon the bridge of his nose, a pair of glasses. His most common expressions are neutral, steely, and stern.

The man's physical form is best described as unimposing. Standing at 5'9 and weighing approximately 140 lbs, much of his gaunt physique is often obscured behind lofty robes. Crippled at birth, he walks with the a slight, subtle, though noticable limp thanks to the use of twin leg braces, buckles and strapped to shin and thigh beneath his robes. On occasion, his steps can be heard to faintly creek from the joints of the brace shifting.

## Biography

Cylus was born to two Stormwind Magi in the darkened lands of Duskwood. His infancy was spent in the tender care of two unprepared parents, who knew far better how to cast a spell than how to raise a child. Regardless, their love was known by the infant Cylus.

Eager to see their son follow in the legacy they were intent to shape for him, Cylus was enrolled in the Academy of Arcane Arts and Sciences in Stormwind City. It was there, from the age of 9 upwards, that Cylus spent the majority of his life. Surrounded by books, lecture halls, professors, and spells, Cylus grew to be a very serious, academically-motivated young man.

Tragedy struck, as it did for so many, during the second coming of the Scourge, which drove the young Apprentice Mage to pursue the policing and annihilation of dark magic with a fervor not before possessed. When the rising of the Void Cult swept through Stormwind City, in recent years, the Apprentice was taken by a sect of Magi intent on hunting, and ultimately stopping, the rising Cult. The group of Magi withered, but Cylus continued to pursue the threat, often alone, until he was taken by the Royal Arcanum. It was under the tutelage of Archmage Aetyleus that Cylus was finally capable of assisting in the obliteration of the Void Cult. This, however, in no way sated the young Sorcerer's unwavering desire to wipe practitioners of dark crafts from the free world.

He now engages in greater academic pursuits, within the bounds of the law, to further his knowledge of the Arcane arts and expand his ability as a sorcerer, bearing the formal rank of Archmage. Furthermore, he serves in the capacity of Dalaran's Minister of Academics, directing the Magocracy's prestigious academic institutions and supervising the education of the next generation of Dalarani magi.

## Titles

### Baron of Woodshire

Cylus Baultery is the Baron of the settlement of Woodshire, located deep within the darkened forests of Duskwood. It is on the edge of the settlement where Baultery Manor stands upon a foundation of stone; the Wizard Tower of his forefathers stretching high into the trees. Woodshire is a settlement known for its export of lumber from the region.

### Director of the Magical Enforcement Bureau

Cylus Baultery is the Director of the Magical Enforcement Bureau (M.E.B.), an organization belonging to the Ministry of Magical Affairs which is responsible for the enforcement of magical law and regulation as well as the termination of magical threats to the Kingdom of Stormwind.

### Minister of Academics

Cylus is the Minister of Academics for the Magocracy of Dalaran. As a member of the magocratic government, he is responsible for managing the independent nation's academic institutes, teaching and training the next generation of Dalaran Magi for the Kirin Tor.

### Archmage of the Kirin Tor

Cylus is officially recognized as an Archmage of the Kirin Tor and a Master of Spells.

## Publications and Academic Contributions

Over the years in which Cylus has pursued spellcraft, he has contributed many things to the magical community. Among them include works of published literature. The aforementioned works are recorded below:

* "Transmutation: The Key Within the Stone"
* "Arcane Mediums: A Study of the Spell Foci"
* "The Violet Grimoire: An Encyclopedia of Arcane Magic"
* "The Manual for Spellcraft"
* "A Disquisition of the Dark Arts"

An additional work is included among his publications records, however it resides in the Restricted Sections of both Dalaran and Stormwind's libraries. Access to this book is difficult without authorization and requires a Heliotrope Oculus to read. The aforementioned work is recorded below:

* "The Black Grimoire: An Encyclopedia of the Dark Arts"

## House

Cylus is the reluctant ruling patriarch of the House of Baultery. House Baultery is an old Stormwind house, founded during the first ages of Stormwind nobility during such times as the rise of Stormwind's first king. Historically, House Baultery was never known for its size, political power, or martial strength but rather for its tendency to produce natural-born sorcerers and its unique talents as wandmakers. Since its earliest recorded history, every generation born to the Baultery family has contained at least one arcane sorcerer. Furthermore, every generation has contributed at least one sorcerer to service of Stormwind's Crown through the Stormwind Circle of Magi. It is legend within the family that the Baultery bloodline can be traced back as far as the First Hundred of mankinds wizard, though this can not be confirmed or denied. Family records do indicate that at some point in the families history, elven heritage entered into the bloodline. This is what is often believed to be the reason for such a high rate of natural-born sorcerers to the House.

## Gallery

Cylus Baultery and his Master, Aetyleus ArdalanCylus Baultery's SignatureHouse Baultery Coat of Arms