Wildeberg

"*I cannot begin to fathom why Wildeberg, that beast who plays with corpses and fairies like a mummer's farce, should be given Their attention before I.*"
―Lacrima, Witch of Tragedy
**Wildeberg** is a supporting character in the Spectre series as well as a recurring character in the Keeperverse.

## Appearance

Wildeberg most often manifests as an abnormally tall, corpulent man dressed in fine silks and wearing expensive jewelry. His expression is commonly difficult to decipher with most interpretations landing around the area of sadistic pleasure or, more optimistically, a playful fascination with his 'pieces'. His appearance is largely viewed as unattractive, which leads people into a more negative supposition of his motives and demeanor.

## Personality

Many people find it hard to read Wildeberg as a person. His motives, even to his peers, are seen as confusing at best. Perhaps the most generous interpretation of the Sorcerer Wildeberg would be that he is a man content in himself who enjoys his power in its simplest form of watching weaker creatures from above. Some might say that he forces hardships on those he spectates in an attempt to weave a better story for his own entertainment -- that he is cruel for uprooting the lives of real people to participate in some great game of stifling his immortal boredom. But Wildeberg himself would be the first to tell you that he loves nothing more than a happy ending.

## Biography

Only one thing is known about the early life of Wildeberg; that being that he was certainly not a trueborn Magician of Euphrates. Instead it is assumed that he was born in the sublunary world, learned the sublunary magick, and travelled to Euphrates by himself and began learning the great science of Euphratean magic.

It is also self-evident that, despite being a man, he succeeded in his studious endeavours and ascended to the level of Magician choosing Wildeberg as his new name, losing his sublunary name to the passage of time. Unlike almost all other Magicians he chose to return to the sublunary world, satisfied with his newfound power, to watch its humans for his own amusement. Rarely he will return to Euphrates, though only between stories or when he feels he absolutely must.

During one of his brief intermissions in Euphrates he earned the ire of Lacrima, the Witch who had been the only sublunary mage to cross the barrier in the last hundred years. She found his "affection" for the humans of the material world to be detestable and in her arrogance attempted to shame him for withdrawing from the world of Magicians. Hearing this accusal Wildeberg simply laughed at the young Witch's presumptuousness and waved her away. This complete dismissal and lack of respect, as she saw it, was the beginning of one of the most well-known feuds in Euphrates. Lacrima immediately set about travelling back across the barrier to create what she believed was the true way to have fun watching humans, attempting to provoke Wildeberg into a Fantasia exchange.

As of 2022 in the sublunary world, Wildeberg has neither accepted nor denied her request for an authorised battle.

## Trivia

* He first appeared in *Bloodhound*.
* Wildeberg himself would describe his magical prowess as "nothing more than average", though it is hard to know how much modesty comes with that description.