Orvand Gedras

**Orvand Gedras** is the Right Hand of Azar Crest, and the younger brother of Beem Gedras. He is also known as **The Underhand** and is considered the second strongest in the guild.

## Appearance

Orvand is a tall man with light brown hair with slight streaks of greying, a beard of similar color to his hair, and deep, dark green eyes which have several eyebags and wrinkles on his face. Despite only being in his late thirties, Orvand appears much older.

For clothing, Orvand often wears beige blazer pants with a black belt buckle, with a cream covered sweater. On top of his clothing, he often wears a baggy robe that reaches down to his ankles, with long sleeves that cover his hands, which he hides in order to use his augur.

## Personality

Being the more undercover side of leadership, Orvand is a secretive man who often works privately and with questionable methods. Despite his method of action, Orvand is kind, gentle, and incredibly patient to the members of Azar Crest, especially the younger members. Compared to his sister, Beem Gedras, Orvand is much more quiet, preferring to use action to demonstrate himself and his authority in the guild, although he prefers methods of teaching rather than punishment when trying to educate an unruly individual.

Due to actions in his past, Orvand also possesses a somewhat nihilistic view of himself, viewing himself as a burden and refusing to let anyone new in his life, believing he does not deserve the trust and love of others due to his own actions whilst as a member of the Covey of Sofic. He is also terrified of falling in love, and feels guilt when he realizes that he possesses romantic attraction to one of his members: Jewel Mikoto.

In his younger years, Orvand still possessed a more wise and calculated view on life, but he was more willing to take risks and sacrifice things, compared to his more reserved, safety oriented older self. However, when one of his members are threatened, he is much more brash and willing to throw himself in danger for their safety, showing a protective side.

## History

Born 37 years ago to a Pitar native mother, and Etar native father, Orvand lived on an isolated farm, alongside his older sister, Beem Gedras on Etar. He was raised to work on the farm alongside his sister, although he also gained a fascination with the archaic, especially the ruins on the roads of where he lived. At some point in his upbringing, it was revealed that he had magic, and a special ability known as "Ars Memoriae" (Which he affectionately named "Speak and Obey").

After reaching 20 years of age, he followed his sister to Ertho, and eventually the two settled in the country of Ascaria. After an unknown amount of time, the two founded the Covey of Sofic. Before that, Orvand also met and fell in love with a woman from Ishgita named Riaala. The two married, although the nature of their relationship is relatively unknown. Eventually, alongside other members of the covey, Orvand was forced to make a choice for power to be able to defeat the etheriolor, and he chose love for power, thinking it would result in his wife simply falling out of love with him. When he realized that his choice had resulted in the death of his wife, his entire demeanor changed and he refused to fight, causing the covey to disband due to disharmony between it's founders and leaders.

At around the age of 30, Orvand and Beem made their way to Esmery Village, where Azar Crest was located. When they joined, only after two years was Beem made the new Old Hand, and she chose Orvand as her Right Hand.

## Powers and Abilities

**Ars Memoriae/Speak and Obey** - Speak and Obey, it's original name being *"Ars Memoriae"* which translates to *"The Art of Memory"*, is a yielding augur of the Ars Class which allows the user to manipulate the thoughts and memories of their target. Using their fingers, the user speaks an order, which causes the target to either obey, or a memory is altered in some capacity, depending on what the user wishes.

The major drawbacks of this augur is that when crossing their fingers, the fingers must be out of sight of the target, and the target cannot know what the augur is or that it is being used in the first place before potentially being affected, meaning those who know that Orvand or any user who possesses the augur is unaffected by it's power. Being a very rare augur, very little people possess the power, even to the strong degree that Orvand does.

**Augur Potency**- As a result of genetic mutation and luck, at birth Orvand was endowed with strong potency of augur, meaning his potential children are incredibly likely to be mages as well. He is also gifted with a larger wellspring of augur than others naturally.