Peppepery Sparkspell

> *"Eccentricity is merely the assurance that you think differently from everyone else. O-ho-ho!"*
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## Arch Magister Sparkspell

### Relatives

MotherFather

Three Brothers

Three Sisters

## Biographical Information

### Likes

Reading, Stargazing, Learning, Botany, Milk, Cakes, Scones, Weasels, magic

### Dislikes

Uncouth people, rules, the establishment, book burners, vegetables, threats

## Physical Description

### Hair

Blonde, changes colour and style frequently

## Gameplay

### Class and Level

Wizard 20, Warlock 20, Sorcerer 20, Artificer 16

### Feats

Alert, Lucky, Observant, Skilled, Spell Sniper, War Caster, Fade Away, StudiousElemental Adept (Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder),

Magic Initiate (Druid, Warlock),

Resilient (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma),

Ritual Caster (Warlock)

Greater Dragonmark (Scribing)

### Proficiencies

History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion

### Languages

Aarakocra, Abyssal, Aquan, Auran, Blink Dog, Bothii, Bullywug, Celestial, Common, Deep Speech, Draconic, Druidic, Dwarvish, Elvish, Giant, Giant Eagle, Giant Elk, Giant Owl, Gith, Gnoll, Gnomish, Goblin, Grell, Grung, Halfling, Hook Horror, Ice Toad, Ignan, Infernal, Ixitxachitl, Kraul, Loxodon, Minotaur, Modron, Netherese, Olman, Orc, Otyugh, Primordial, Quori, Sahuagin, Slaad, Sphinx, Sylvan, Terran, Thayan, Thieves' Cant, Thri-kreen, Tlincalli, Troglodyte, Umber Hulk, Undercommon, Vedalken, Vegepygmy, Winter Wolf, Worg, Yeti, Yikaria

### Tools

Alchemist's Supplies, Calligrapher's Supplies, Dragonchess Set, Forgery Kit, Jeweler's Tools, Playing Card Set, Three-Dragon Ante Set, Tinker's Tools

## Possessions

### Magical Items

Sparkspell's Staff, Identification Scope, Eyeglasses of Detection

## Personality

Egotistical and self-reliant, and more than a little bit narcissistic, Peppepery has dealt with prejudice against her due to her species for a longer time than most beings have been alive. Her experiences have left her with an urge to prove herself and a refusal to bend the knee to anyone.

While she still looks young due to magical experimentation, her incredibly advanced old age has caused her brain to become, as she would put it in a weaker moment, "Cluttered." She frequently forgets what she was working on midway through and gets distracted by other ideas and things that strike her curiousity.

She has a fiery temper if pressed, but despite this rarely actually inflicts any injury on people, as she does not tend to see them as a threat and would prefer to be actually working on something to getting into wizard duels. She's a bit insecure at times, and has many regrets related to abandoning and never talking to her family. In more lucid moments she questions the point of living so long.

She is bashful about the more intimate side of life, and the rare times she is embarrassed it is often because of this.

She is a modestly devout follower of Kurise, Goddess of Science.

## Known History

Born a very long time ago to a tinkerer family, she soon found the work of artificers beneath her- while she was adept at it, she yearned to learn more about the theoretical basis of magic and the Arcane, and her natural gifts led to her eventually being taken in by a Guildhall of the Mage's Guild, located in the Elven Domain.

She packed her things up and left without telling her family, going to the guildhall. After her magic began awakening, she suffered with Magical Incontinence through her early years, often needing to be secured in a dungeon study during particularly violent attacks. As she mastered her skills she became even more powerful, eventually being accepted into an elite class of mages.

### Life in the Mage's Guild

Qualifying very young as a fully-fledged magister, she first took an Experimental post before switching to Research. She would alternate between the two often, to the point where sometimes her local Archmagister would have three seperate requests from her in a pile on their desk, requesting a transfer to one, then the other, then back again. Her erratic behaviour made her moving into your guild's area to become something of an ill omen among Arch Magisters.

### Adventuring

At some point during this time, Peppepery started questing to practice her magic, eventually joining up with one or two parties and questing with them. During this time, she constructed her unique variant of the Magnificent Mansion, which served as her party's base of operations.

She also fell in love with a man of around her age during this time, although sadly it was not to be. She decided to put her research first, as she feared that she would lose sight of her work if she were to settle down and have children.

### Working on the Orrery

As a young magister, she was part of a team that discovered and later refurbished a mostly intact Orrery.

Although her expertise lie more in the spellwork and potion making areas, she started to study the craftsmanship of the dwarves brought in to forge new parts, becoming enamoured of their artistic styles. Later, she would incorporate many of these designs into her own magical staff, including runes and other such important features.

Although proud of her work, she soon grew bored of working on the Orrery and set off to explore further into the untamed world, uncovering secrets and points of interest as she went.

### As an Archmagister

She discovered a secret to suspended eternal youth, which would allow her to live over a millenia, impressing many elves who at the time considered this sort of discovery to be Elven only- and as yet she has not begun aging. This has taken it's toll on her mind, as the brain of a gnome is not fully capable of remembering more than a few centuries of personal information.

Among other things, she developed the Fundamental Triad theory (And decades later proved it's basis as a fact), spent a half-century observing frogs by sitting very still in a pond (Coming to the conclusion that frogs are "Rather dull.") and unlocked a great many secrets of magic. She made a number of demonic deals which granted her increased power still, and managed to win out against the dealer before the time was up, maintaining possession of her soul.

### Wandering Scholar

As an Arch Magister, she was argumentative over the limitations placed on magical research by the politics of governments, viewing them as not deserving to interfere with the work of Mages. She occasionally took and tutored students while travelling place to place.

## Personal Life

Sparkspell maintains a multi-story variant of the Magnificent Mansion spell that she tends to call into being when on the road, seeing the days of camping as in her far past. Despite this, she prefers to make studies in real locations, as she can watch the stars.

She dotes upon her students, and keeps a painting of every one of them along with a list of their personal achievements and a first edition copy of every book they ever publish. Many of her students have gone on to write seminal theses or spellbooks that are cornerstones of the craft.

## Relationships

### Family

Although she was infuriated by their simple lives and too distracted by her work to ever really visit them, she does now regret not spending more timne with them before they died. She's forgotten all of their faces now, except her oldest brother. And she's worried she'll forget him next, too.

She was the youngest of her family, but the birghtest of them all. She learned botany and developed a love of flowers at a young age thanks to her big sister.

### Eidelweiss, Her Familiar

Peppepery has a strong bond with her familiar of many centuries. Her familiar takes the form of a female weasel with a snowy white fur that she affectionately calls "Eidelweiss", after her sister's favourite flower.

Her familiar is playful and friendly with most people, and tends to do it's own thing- and she lets it, rarely controlling it or ordering her around.

When she's reading, her familiar will sit on her lap and watch the pages as they turn with interest, getting absent-minded tickles and scratches as she does so.

### Students

Personally selected from the créme de la créme of mages in the guild, Peppepery's students are dear to her, but that doesn't mean she won't mercilessly test them. Being selected for her private tuition is a double-edged sword and some have been known to break under the mental pressure of the exhaustive working weeks. She may have at most two or three students at a time, but rarely more than one.

### Guild of Mages and Enchanters

Those who do not enter into her tutelage tend to view her with a mixture of awe, fear, and on the part of the leaders, dislike and distrust. They give her a wide berth accordingly, which she rarely notices and doesn't mind.