Makari Mikhailov

Makari Mikhailov unmasked

**Makari Mikhailov** is a Scourge Aasimar Forge Domain Cleric/Noble Warlord. He is played by Austin.

## Description

### Appearance

Makari is of average height, but always seems to be just a little bit taller than whoever he is standing next to. He has tanned skin tinged with gold and appears to be in his late 20s or early 30s. He has bright blonde hair swept to either side of his face. His eyes are bright gold and flicker like firelight.

He almost always wears a featureless steel mask. When in battle, he wears an elaborate set of heavy armor that he made himself. He constantly works to improve it and add sacred seals and other symbols to it. Attached to his belt at all times is his holy symbol, a hammer made of rock taken from the sacred mountain Vrodelask.

When not in armor he wears quality Novirese clothing in the noble style, although he is known to change into more common clothes if the situation demands it.

Makari wears a metal brace on his lower right leg, and limps without it. When wounded, his blood is gold.

### Personality

Makari is a force of nature, single-minded and headstrong to a fault. When he has a goal, he pursues it at the expense of everything else around him, including himself. While this can make him seem callous, he holds a deep respect for those that can hold their own and have confidence in their abilities.

Commonly the instigator, he is dangerously curious, often putting himself in harm's way just to see the truth.

## Biography

### Prior to The Unseen

Makari was born into the Mikhailov household, a family of minor nobility in Novir. Their estate is located next to the Ashweld. He was born with a foot deformity, which the doctors tried to mend but were unable to completely repair.

Right after his birth, a bright white light streaked across the night sky, making the night as bright as the day.

From a young age, Makari felt compelled toward the hammer. There was something divine in the act of striking metal with a hammer, something that allowed him to focus and expand his consciousness. It was through this meditation that he first received signs. The sparks flying off the hammer as it struck metal formed patterns, symbols that Makari began to decipher.

It wasn’t until his pilgrimage to the sacred mountain of Vrodelask that he made the connection. The spirits of the world were whispering to him, telling him the secrets of the fundamental forces of creation and destruction; he just needed to listen.

But the signs were also guiding him to specific places and actions. After a while, they led him to an ancient tome of genealogy in the family library, within which were letters pressed between pages. As he read through the correspondence, Makari discovered that the letters were orders sent from one of his ancestors to an advisor, a royal advisor. And they were signed with the seal of the royal family itself. The documents even referred to Makar’s relatives as heirs to the throne, siblings to the original ruling bloodline of Novir. Makari began to develop a fairly validated suspicion that his family are descendants of the original ruling family.

After discovering the book, his signs became violent and foreboding. He realized that something bad was going to happen. He went to his tutor and caretaker about his unsettling visions. Shortly after, the estate was attacked. Soldiers in unmarked uniforms broke into the estate and started burning the building down, killing servants and family members alike. Makari and a few of his caretakers managed to escape with the book of genealogy and he swore to return and take the throne of Novir, his birthright.

As far as he knows, his entire family is dead. He is the only remaining person that is a direct descendent of the original ruling family.

## Religion

Makari believes that there are spirits, or "little gods", in all aspects of life. Battlefields have spirits, individual baths have spirits. The stronger the force of nature, the more powerful the individual spirit is. He prepares spells by calling upon certain spirits such as the spirit of protection or the spirit of revealing to gift him power.

He prays by using his hammer made of a piece of stone from a sacred mountain far to the north. Taps another piece of metal and enters a trance through the rhythmic motion and sparks.

He believes that the spirits all serve a purpose and there needs to be balance in all things. Peace for war, life for death, etc. Priests of his faith act as mediators between the material plane and spirit world, which both exist in parallel, although Makari does not view himself as a priest, but more of an emissary of the spirits. He views his crusade against the current tsar of Novir as restoring the balance of power and his family’s honor.