Ebsix

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Apprentice to Arkadius Secondsight in Armakania. A major influence in the Clash of the Cabals. Ebsix was a very charismatic leader who was able to gather many wizards to her side and became the leader of the cabal Ebsix's Circle of Friends.

## Appearance

Ebsix was a slim woman with curved eyes and a heart shaped face. Her hair was soft and black and was described as luxuriant. She dressed simply but with stark colours that drew the eye and made her instantly recognisable.

## Reputation

Ebsix was known for being very good to those loyal to her. She was remarked as being ambitious and extremely confident. This led her to boldness and a rock solid belief that she would and should be victorious.

## History

383BE: Ebsix joined Arkadius' apprentices.

378BE: Ebsix started to identify her friends in a semi-official fashion. This group of friends were partially secret and certainly they were openly all just fellow apprentices of Arkadius.

371BE: Upon the death of Arkadius the apprentices all tried to seize his power. Ebsix gathered her friends and officially created a cooperative group. Rather than take a dictatorial role Ebsix encouraged the circle to pick a group of leaders. Yet this council chose her as the leader of that council. This allowed them increased safety in the disputed era but it also caused escalation as other apprentices grouped together as well. This was the beginning of the Clash of the Cabals.

Ebsix tried to use the Circle of Friends to take control of Armakania and replace Arkadius' system with the idea of the cabal led bu their council. Unfortunately the powerful mage Olquam had the same idea and had also gathered a considerable cabal of his own Cold Comfort. The battles fought between them significantly damaged both cabals and led to several mages breaking away either singly or to make smaller cabals of their own.

Eventually, a gathering was called in hopes of settling the dispute and to agree a new leader. Ebsix was hopeful that Olquam could be persuaded to join the Circle of Friends. With him and his strongest mages joining the leading council. The talks were ruined however when one of the delegates used magic to try and slay the other. It quickly became an all out spell battle of tremendous proportions. Dozens of mages were killed in the battle.

Named the 'Conflagration' this battle resulted in the surviving apprentices fleeing with their followers. Many left the city of Armakania and set up in surrounding towers, villages and forests. Others took to bases inside the city and engaged in spell skirmishes and recruitment. Ebsix and Olquam both attempted to seduce, bride, coerce and induct as many spell weavers as possible. The civilian population lived in constant fear beholden to one cabal or another.

Near the end of 371BE Cold Comfort assaulted the supposedly secret base of Ebsix's Circle. Ebsix herself was captured and Olquam mistakenly believed this meant he had won. He declared himself archmage of the city and called for all the cabals to unite under him. Yet this victory was not enough to destroy the rival cabal and Cold Comfort also lost many of their most potent wizards in the assault.

370BE: Glacius argued with Olquam that Ebsix should be imprisoned and not killed. As Olquam still wanted a return to a united city of mages under a single leader he agreed. Yet when Ebsix was not broken in captivity it was decided that she must be executed.

Three times her cabal attempt to rescue her. The first was an ill fated teleporting attempt. This resulted in several members of the cabal killing themselves teleporting inaccurately.

The second was turned back specifically by Glacius Olquam's friend and ally.

The third attempt was on the day of execution. The Circle's strike team were initially successful in releasing Ebsix and getting her a staff with stored magical energy so she could use her powers.

Olquam though was prepared and so his forces were present in large numbers. Ebsix and her rescuers were surrounded and cut off from retreat. Ebsix refused to back down and they attacked the Cold Comfort mages ferociously. In the end this proved to be in vain, Ebsix and her team started to fall one by one but they still managed to kill Olquam and several of his cabal in the process.