Rhodes Tarheel

**Rhodes Tarheel** also known as **Overlord Rho** is a human sorcerer and Planeswalker. He was once the apprentice of Baccob the Sorcerer before the Master Magi's cold nature drove him to villainy. He took the name Rho and began to grow his influence, becoming a dangerous mage that even the Council feared until he was defeated by the Champions of Magic.

## Rhodes Tarheel

### Relatives

Eri Howaitorozu (lover)Pinku Rose (Daughter)

Baccob the Sorcerer (Mentor)

### Affiliation

Hypri (Leader and liberator, formerly)
Guild of Sorceries (Journeyman, formerly)

## Bio:

### Early Life:

Rhodes was born on an unknown world lost to time. We know he attended the Guild of Sorceries in his youth, and became the apprentice of Master Magi Baccob. He learned much about magic under the mysterious sorcerer, and traveled with him on many adventures. He would learn from his mentor about the Children of Mana, five celestials from Aldeare made out of pure mana of various colors.

He continued in following Baccob even after his graduation.

### Rho:

Yet he grew more and more angry with his mentor's demeanor and was said to be driven mad. He attacked the mind-carvers of Hypri, slaughtering them all and taking the long suffering world for himself. Though the Hyprians were originally grateful for their liberation, he was soon started to be hated as a tyrant.

At some point during this time, he joined a group of dark wizards in stealing powers from the God-Emperor Zero, greatly weakening him and gaining divine power in return.

He then focused his attention on his former master, and in time even the Council of Magic grew worried about his dangerously quick rise to power, naming him one of the Hateful Eight, the most dangerous of dark mages.

He resurfaced years later to recruit Ren "Omega" Pendragon, rescuing the young man from his fate. With his new allies, he pushed his plans forward.

During the aftermath of the Battle of the Eclipse while the world was distracted and Paul Miller's Champions of Magic who his hated mentor helped form were weakened by losses, with one wounded and another unaccounted for and presumed dead, he struck. He invaded the Temple dedicated to the Children of Mana and drew power from it. This would of course draw in the remaining Champions into conflict with him and a battle ensued. Rho lost the battle mainly through the betrayal of Ren "Omega" and was forced to flee, but not before he got a part of his plan complete.

He ambushed the Champions again years later on the world of Mustul, where dragons once ruled. Here it was revealed that Pinku Rose, one of the Champions, was in fact his daughter.

### Downfall:

But fate had to spite him even more, as he was trapped in the volcanic wasteland. By the time he returned to Hypri, he found Zero, now merged with Ren Pendragon, waiting for him, having hunted him down for revenge and to get a part of his power back.

The Lunar Knight took Rho's domain from him and imprisoned Rho, bringing him back to the Lunar Capitol where he was tortured, and had the powers he originally took from Zero removed. During his long years in prison he thought of his life, his failures and his crimes, he thought of his love Eri Howaitorozu who died soon after Pinku was born and started to deeply regret his past deeds. It was some time later when the Champions attacked the capital world of the Lunar Empire, he escaped using the chaos brought on by Jay Herah and the Moonfall Resistance to slip out of the world and swore to make amends for his foul deeds.

### Seeking Redemption:

He aided the Champions of Magic in hunting down an escaped Colress.

## Powers:

**Expert Level Sorcerer:** He is skilled in the arcane arts.

**Stolen Powers (Moon):** Along with few other dark mages, he stole power from the Lunar God Zero, gaining incredible power.

**Planeswalker:** He can travel between worlds at will without need for portals.

**Silver-tongued**: He is very charismatic.

## Relationships:

Romantic:

Eri Howaitorozu: The love of his life.

Family:

Pinku Rose: His estranged daughter.

## Trivia:

* He was a major villain (turned hero) of Paul Miller's Champions of Magic.
* His surname Tarheel is not one by Paul Miller's work, infact, in the beta setting, his surname is Dreemurr taken from Undertale.