Ciprian Teister

Ciprian Teister is a powerful sorcerer and pirate who is currently in a tenuous alliance with Sudra Major

## Sorcery

Ciprian is a specialized sorcerer with a highly unique, bizarre structure to his sorcery. His only capabilities as a sorcerer are that of the most divergent divergence ability, namely the creation Specters (highly autonomous Servitors), and on the other hand he can achieve full Convergence if all his servitors are retracted. He doesn't know a single technique in-between those, and so he is incapable of casting spells, divergence or conjuration. However, Ciprian makes full use of his Specters and Convergence, supplemented with weapons such as his trusty saber and 3 pistols.

### Convergence

Ciprian is already rare for being able to reach Convergence, and even rarer for being able to do it while also having servitors. He is only able to enter Convergence when he retracts all his servitors, however, which makes it a strategic consideration. Ciprian calls his state of convergence ''Flow'', and he says he can only get into his 'Flow' by dancing or fighting, which he sees are pretty similar. When he gets into flow, Ciprian closes his eyes and simply goes with the rythm of the song or fight, surprisingly becoming even more skilled with his saber because of it.

### Specters

Ciprian has four distinct, powerful specters who usually dwell within him, but can be quickly brought out and made to materialize when needed. When they materialize, a dense blast of carbon soot is created and promptly collapsed and transmuted into the specter's physical body. All of them are made entire out of carbon compounds.

#### Aethon

Besides there four specters alone, Ciprian can temporarily combine two of them to create a more powerful specter with aspects of both. Most often, Ciprian uses this to create Phoenix, a combination of Erlking and Aethon, creating a fast-running raptor with flame techniques while retaining the small size and explosive strength of Erlking, being about 1 ton in weight and 7 m long. Another example is Fenrir, a combination of the Manticore and Amarok, creating a monstrous wolf as large as the Manticore and combined techniques.

### Combined specters

**Vritra**: The combination of Aethon and Manticore, creating a monstrous dragon-like creature as large as Manticore and Aethon combined at 9.1 tonnes. It is a powerful flier but nowhere near as fast and maneuverable as Aethon, it can breathe enormous flames from its jaws, has curved horns, and posesses the same toxins as Manticore. It has launch its sharpened feathers as swarms of guided missiles packed with toxins and explosives. Its tail stinger is replaced by a huge sharp blade, also covered in toxins.

**Furaribi:** The combination of Erlking and Aethon, creating a raptor-like specter about 6 m long and a bit over 1 t heavy. The power of Aethon is focused into this smaller creature, allowing it to have extreme explosive power and speed in a smaller size, making it by far the fastest summon in Ciprian's arsenal, capable of breaching the sound barrier. It is also able to cast flames like Aethon, though on a smaller scale.

**Hyperion**: The combination of Manticore and Erlking, creating an ogre-like creature that has Manticore's size and Erlking's posture. It does not have Manticore's prehensile tail or ranged projectiles, but it does have strong arms with venomous claws, making it a dangerous specter. While its top speed is lower than Manticore's, it is more maneuverable and versatile in its movement due to Erlking's body structure. Weighs about 3550 kg.

**Warg**: The combination of Amarok and Manticore, creating a monstrous wolf weighing 4.04 t. It does not have the stinger or ranged projectiles of Manticore, but does retain the toxic bite. Amarok's technique that generates clouds of carbonmonoxide is altered to produce large quantities of toxic gas similar to the toxic fluid Manticore produces, making it a more lethal option than Amarok.

**Rugaru**: The combination of Amarok and Erlking, creating a werewolf-like creature a bit larger than Amarok. It is clearly wolf-like yet has a posture more like Erlking. Rugaru on its own is a powerful specter, with more strength than Erlking though slightly slower, but its real use lies in its ability to form around Ciprian himself while retaining full function. This allows Ciprian to use Rugaru as a powered armor suit in the shape of a werewolf.

**Chamrosh**: The combination of Amarok and Aethon, creating a raven-like bird intermediate in size between the two, at 1.6 tonnes. Chamrosh is a slower flier than Aethon, but far more maneuverable and versatile. The carbonmonoxide clouds generated by Amarok are transformed into dark clouds of flammable carbohydrate particles, allowing it to amass enormous black clouds that can then ignite afterwards. This gives Chamrosh a higher destructive potential for a single blast than Aethon if given time to accumulate somewhere. Chamrosh has a high degree of control over the pitch-black flammable clouds, able to finely manipulate its flow into specific shapes.