Exempli Ignota

## Iacomo "Exempli Ignota" Dellasandro, Father of the Vigilant

* Current
* Human

## **Personal Information**

### Alias(es)

Iacomo Dellasandro; GIacomo D'allesandro; Iggy (by The Betrayer); "The Maestro" (among Vigilant and Lux Lunaris staff)

### Place of Birth

Lightreach, Kingdom of Myandra, Mythgate (assumed)Florence, Italian Republic, Earth (real)

### Dislikes

Luddites, undead, supremacists of every make and model

## **Miscellaneous Information**

### Theme Song

fripSide - only my railgun (cover by Yoru)

**Exempli Ignota**, known in his human life as **Iacomo Franco "Ignota" Dellasandro** and typically referred to simply as **Ignota**, was one of the Companions during the War of the Betrayer. During the war, Ignota co-developed the **Vigilant** alongside other members of the Companions, and afterwards transplanted his consciousness and memories into a Vigilant shell.

## History

Little history has remained of Ignota's days as a human. It is known that even in those days, Ignota was eccentric, paranoid, reclusive, and more than a little scatterbrained. Nevertheless, his talent with magic and technical ingenuity earned him a storied spot among the Companions during the conflict with the Betrayer. He was responsible for inventing the first Vigilant, and overseeing their manufacture alongside Telmar and **Zha'danell**.

Unbeknownst to most historians of previous ages, Ignota was suffering from an advanced form of cancer near the end of the War of the Betrayer. Unable to assist in the Companions' final battle against The Betrayer, Ignota transferred his soul into one of his original Vigilant prototypes. The Vigilant, ultimately, were never activated during the Age of Ancients. Ignota and his creations remained locked beneath the city of Lightreach, dormant, but ready to be awakened when they were needed.

Ignota's presence in the Age of Dynasties was extremely brief, but eventful; with the wakening of the Vigilants, so too did he, the First Vigilant, awake. He briefly provided support to the Heroes Sixteen, forming friendships with several of them. The second conflict against The Betrayer ended with Ignota leading a joint Catanian/Myandran strike force in gathering some of his research from the Greyhold, During this incursion, he was trapped in stasis, and was held there for over 2,000 years, finally being reawakened by modern-day adventurers in 4 AM.

In 6 AM, Ignota helped found the **Marches of Higashi-ku.**

A revelation about The Betrayer in 11 AM would cause Ignota to retreat inwardly for several months.

Upon the announcement of the lunar settlement on Lux Lunaris, Ignota would join the expedition, having always dreamed of traveling through space.

## Appearance

Unlike the Vigilants that would come after him, Ignota is of slender and delicate frame. His inner workings are comprised of more delicate clockwork construction, as opposed to later models' solid metal, stone, and wood. Ignota's 'face' is a visor, displaying a mood-sensitive, context-reactive eldritch vapor inside his head. A large arcane focus crystal has been installed into his chassis, directly into his chest. Since his reawakening in the Age of Might, Ignota has made some alterations to his original chassis. These include using his focus crystal as a power source for an experimental electric field that increases his personal alacrity and allows him to administer electric shocks. He also has grappling hooks installed on his arms for heightened mobility. His personal sniper rifle has been modified for more reliable use, can store steam for high-pressure shots, and interfaces with the closed electrical current in his focus crystal for increased accuracy at long range and underwater utility. Finally, and most noticeably, Ignota possesses four arms, each capable of independent movement.

## Personality

Ignota is a being that values his autonomy and privacy. He knows more about science, especially engineering, than most in Mythgate could ever hope to know, and he is well aware of this fact. But too much knowledge can be dangerous; indeed, many of the technological marvels to which he is privy would be exceedingly dangerous in the wrong hands (or, in his opinion, any hands). It is for this reason that Ignota developed what he considered a 'healthy paranoia' concerning his knowledge. That said, with his Comapnions gone, Ignota knows that if he wants to protect what he knows, eventually he's going to have to share... the question is, "how much?"

Now that the denizens of Mythgate have gone to the moon, the answer Ignota came to was "as much as they're ready to have".

## Friends

* RULE ONE: trust a couple people
* **Ayume Mayaku**
* **Oakley Browning**
* **Tehrin Celia**
* **Santa Claus**
* **Ulysses Brokenrock-Hawall**
* **Prospero Ad Astra**
* **Niko Barden**

## Foes

* ~~The Betrayer~~ He's not so sure anymore.
* Anyone who thinks the Betrayer is "a real cool chick with some good ideas, actually". (Even if he's not sure if The Betrayer was actually the monster she was made out to be, the people who say this sort of things *think* she was, so they still count)
* ~~The **Kingdom of the Black Sea**, for, from his perspective, betraying the memory of fellow Companion Faelar Norlath by siding with the Betrayer's minions~~ Defeated.
* Dogs who like to chew on his 'robe' slats
* Krampus

## Goals

* Discover the truth behind what happened 2,500 years ago
* ~~Escape to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by evil - space~~ Success!
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