Romi Estefania

Romi Estefania is a Kepian historian and leading figure of the Kepian Archaeological Society. He is most well known for his work in researching the magical arts of the Mah'tatski and Teh'vah hidden villages, which are believed to be the origin of all modern branches of Kepian magic.

## History

Romi was born in the Swallowing Isles to a family of fisherman. Lacking magical and physical talent, he originally intended to take on his family's trade in the business.

Many parts of the Swallowing Isles are subject to flooding in certain times of the year, and this happened to Romi and his childhood friend while playing around the area as children. Although Romi himself was fine, his friend ended up getting wedged in between two rocks, and could not get out on his own.

Romi ended up being to afraid of drowning to risk trying to save his friend, thus leaving him for death, but the resultant trauma of this left him with motivation to get stronger and become a better person. However, he lacked both physical and magical talent, and instead resorted to consuming raw Minstrite ore to forcibly increase his reserves, a process that is extremely painful.

In the process of increasing his magical reserves, he also unintentionally turned his own body into a magical conduit, thus making his one of a very few number who possessed a talent at wielding the more traditional forms of Elemental Magic without the need for a wand or staff.

This newly made talent made him stand out enough to obtain a position as a student of The Shard, which he readily agreed to. His childhood spent in a Mah'tatski village also made him favor Kepian magical arts, which he chose to specialize in research after leaving The Shard. He now resides in Kepia as a member of the KUI who researches Kepian magic.

## Personality

### Confident

Having graduated from The Shard, Romi is a highly competent wizard that can be considered proficient in most aspects of magic, including battle arts. In fact, prior to his occupation as historian, he was a professional sport duelist, and even now is relatively well known in Kepia's various dueling circles. Compared to the stereotypical soft spoken scholar, he could be considered the exact opposite, being loud, confident, and confrontational.

### Scholar

Despite his somewhat rough nature and body language making Romi appear to be a part of the lower class, his level of education and intelligence can easily be seen from the way he speaks. Eloquent and clear in the way he expresses himself, Romi's speech is almost contradictory to the way he acts, which can often cause others to be caught up in his momentum, making him seem almost overbearing at times.

### Insecure

Although initial impressions make him appear to be strong and powerful, deep down Romi is a coward, which he both recognizes and hates. The reason why he became a duelist in the first place was to try and better himself, but despite his competence in battle arts he has never been able to conquer this inner demon of his.

### Materialistic

Years of working with the Kepian Archaeological Society has secured Romi a relatively comfortable position as a head historian at Pandeli Museum. While he wouldn't admit it, he has grown rather attached to his new, comfier lifestyle, and has become somewhat materialistic over time. wishing for more yet at the same time fearing the loss of what he's gained.

## Kepia-Fikiri Conflict

Romi has a neutral viewpoint regarding the Kepia-Fikiri Conflict, for the primary reason that he doesn't wish to get himself involved with the controversy. However, as the Teh'vah and Mah'tatski tribes all reside on Kepian land, he will tend to favor Kepia over Fikiri. Due to his cowardly nature, should the conflict shift in favor of Fikiri, he could very easily be convinced to join the other side.