Enitan Teleayo

Adapted From **Old Mage Jatembe**

**Enitan Teleayo** was a great wizard and folk-hero to the people of Mifob. Through his deeds and magical teaching, Enitan brought the people of Eastern Mifob out of the barbarism of the Age of Anguish and on the path back to civilization. His followers continued spreading this knowledge long after he was gone, greatly influencing the magical traditions of countless cultures throughout Mifob and Saskhaj.

## History

Even though much of the life of Enitan Teleayo is now considered myth, there are a few facts that have survived the passage of time. During the Age of Anguish, Mifob was a place of violence and barbarism. Teleayo was the first human to rekindle the art of wizardry, of written magic, after the fall of Mariana, in an effort to help bring civilization back to his people. He is said to have regained this lost knowledge from many sources, including his dealings with angels, demons, and other inhabitants of the Great Beyond. Some claim that he stole his knowledge from the severed head of The Father of Serpents, the god of the Zyss, after which he sewed its mouth shut.

In -8177 ZR, Enitan defeated the King of Biting Ants, who claimed to possess a weapon that could eat the sun. The King of Biting Ants was driven to Aresak through his stronghold, the Doorway to the Red Star.

In -8176 AR, Teleayo gathered a group of followers who became known as the Ten Magic Warriors. To show their dedication, the warriors obscured their identities behind golden animal masks. Together, Teleayo and the Ten Magic Warriors explored the ruins of the ancient pre-Titanfall cities of Mifob, uncovering many forgotten magical secrets.

In -8174 AR, after reclaiming the lost art of magic during the last years of the Age of Anguish, Teleayo founded the Irhurman College, a center of magical learning in the largest settlement in Vrur in the Khababari Heartlands. Amazingly, the College still exists today and continues Enitan's legacy of preserving and passing on magical and cultural knowledge to those who will use it for the betterment of others, while respecting the power of diplomacy.

Even in the first tales told about him, Enitan is already depicted as an old man, leading some to speculate that he was one of the immortal masters of the lost city of Ird. Others dismiss this claim, since Teleayo and the Ten Magic Warriors are known to have destroyed those debased and cruel masters as punishment for their wickedness. Repeating the former theory in the Magic College is not recommended, as any association of Entain Teleayo with Ird is seen as being incredibly disrespectful. There is some speculation that Enitain learned from the druidic traditions, or was a druid himself before turning to wizardry. This is supported by the fact that the College still teaches druid spells to this day. Still others claim that he gained his mythic powers from ancient artifacts, and that he left this world after the power within them faded.

Enitain himself, however, vanished from history, and there are no known tombs for him or his Ten Magic Warriors. Some claim that he was carried off by a great spell, others that he left Gradus in order to repay his debt to the beings that had granted him mythical power. Still others claim that Teleayo was actually the mortal incarnation of the Arcanist, but no one has ever discovered the definitive truth. Before departing, Enitan ordered the Ten Magic Warriors to remain behind and became advisors and protectors (but never kings) of the people; their images are still represented in mosaic on the ten towers of the College.

## Magical legacies

Teleayo is the creator of the major artifact called the *Ring of Nine Facets*, which he passed on to the Ten Magic Warriors so that they might protect their people after he left. The *Watcher's Stone of Enitan*, a magical scrying device believed to have been used by Teleayo itself, still lies in Irhurma. Legends also tell of the *Utunzaji Hekima*, a set of 111 magical scrolls penned by Enitain that are filled with spells, insights, research, and transcripts of his conversations with various outsiders. While a few of them can be found at the Magic College, most have been lost to time. One of them, called *Usafi*, was recently recovered from a demon-infested ruin in the Hvara Taurid. Being a prolific writer, Enitain is also believed to have penned, or at least compiled, the spellbook called the *Book of the Serpent's Path*, most likely the result of his research with the *Skull of Ydersius*. The only magical item Teleayo took with him was the *beacon of true faith*, given to him by one of his patrons.

### Wisdom of Enitain Teleayo

Teleayo left behind his spellbooks for his students at the Irhurman College. These were collated, collected, and annotated over the following millennia, eventually becoming known as the *Wisdom of Enitain Teleayo*. They exist in countless volumes, and each contains not only the spells he created and cast, but also the ancient mage's teachings and wisdom, many of which deal with the similarities between arcane and divine magic. The spells *celestial healing*, *cyclic reincarnation*, *Enitain's ire*, *mask from divination*, and *planar inquiry* are associated with Teleayo and the College in particular. They reflect the philosophy of Old-Man Teleayo, and most Mifobi spellcasters immediately recognize their provenance and might become offended if used in a manner that goes against Teleayo's teachings.

## Cultural legacies

Among the Umel people of Mifob, Old-Mage Teleayo is a significant, founding cultural figure, analogous to Aroden among the inhabitants of Kanmar, or the first pharaoh among the Berberan.