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Victoir Faciane is a Velais man originally from Verdod, though he has travelled the northwestern side of Tachar. He is very knowledgeable in topics of magic, astronomy, mathematics, biology, and chemistry. He is aggressively self-reliant and shuns society, but is paradoxically preoccupied with appearances and manners.

## Social

### Relations

Darcie (Friend)
Ethan (Colleague)
Mahlah (Friend)
Saimun (Unrequited Interest?)
Shaya (Former Friend)
The Onlooker (Unknown)

## Appearance

Victoir is petite, with a slim frame and short stature. He has light skin, curly black hair, and a crooked nose due to a break that healed improperly. His eyes, previously stained light blue in Ethan's color, have returned to their natural light brown since losing the ability to use magic. He has a straight scar across his neck and both palms. He conceals these with high-collared clothes and gloves, which are made inconspicuous by the fact that he wears the formal Northern Velais style always, regardless of weather. He heavily prefers dark turquoise, grey, and white, and very rarely wears anything not in those colors.

Victoir speaks so infrequently that most people who know him believe that he does not speak at all.

## Personality

Victoir is a very poised and pretentious individual, and from the outside, models the quintessential Velais gentleman. From his dress to his gait, he is always perfectly polite, though he frequently breaks proper manner by drinking tea at inappropriate times of the day. He does not tend to interact with strangers, but when he does, he usually only listens to what they have to say, and is hesitant to respond with anything substantial. Inwardly, he has a deep disdain for people, society, and life in general, considering himself to be above it all.

Victoir unsurprisingly prefers to be alone. He is paranoid, secretive, and obsessed with the act of learning, and mostly spends his time studying or experimenting. He has little regard for his physical well-being, and will neglect his needs and pursue his curiosities to his detriment without hesitation. He is equally unconcerned by the endangerment of others; there are no laws or morals that compel Victoir more powerfully than his desire for understanding. All of these traits manifest a contradictory meticulousness: though he cares little what he does to himself or others, he makes great effort to never get caught or let his projects out of control.

## Abilities

Victoir is a complete impuissant, meaning that he has absolutely no innate connection to magic and cannot cast spells at all. However, he was temporarily given the ability to do so by Ethan, and during this time he had the same spellcasting potential as Ethan.

#### Enchanting

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Aside from magic, Victoir is quite skilled in surgery and has a strong understanding of mortal anatomy. He is also adept in repairing and embroidering clothes.

## History

Victoir Faciane was born an impuissant in Verdod under an unknown name. Nothing is known of his childhood other than he ran away from home and began to forge identities at a young age. In his adolescence, he joined the Society for Liberated Magics, residing wherever they made their base of operations. There, he became friends with Saimun, Ethan, and Shaya, and then later with Mahlah and Darcie. He moved into an apartment building owned by Ethan and trained as a doctor for several years.

Victoir and Ethan researched magic and alchemy together in Victoir's apartment, and Victoir would treat Ethan's corruption in secret. He additionally continued to work as a trauma surgeon until Saimun's murder in the winter of 1235. In the Society's subsequent collapse, he was arrested and sentenced to death for illegal practice of medicine, desecration of remains, and association with conspiracy of high treason. Ethan, with the assistance of the Onlooker, gave Victoir a piece of his soul while Victoir was awaiting execution, enabling him to use magic. The Onlooker directed him in his escape, but instead of returning to Verdod proper, Victoir fled the city altogether.

Victoir travelled southward and built a home for himself in the grass field outside of Llu, Saimun's birthplace. There, he practiced magic and developed a complex runic cipher with the assistance of restricted books stolen from the Llu Mages' College. He created a new identity, Ivelt Lortus, for any business he had in the city, and investigated Saimun's past with little success.

## Relationships

#### Ethan

In 1234, Ethan offered Victoir a place to stay in return for his assistance in various illegal activities, including research and medically treating Ethan's corruption. He agreed despite his distrust of Ethan, which never fully dissipated. The two developed a stable relationship over the course of several months; however, in following years, it slowly declined as Victoir remained oblivious toward Ethan's repressed feelings towards him, and he grew fearful of Ethan's abilities and increasing discontent.

#### The Onlooker

The Onlooker aided Victoir in escaping his imprisonment by appearing to him in dreams and instructing him exactly what to do. Though Victoir obeyed, he deeply fears the Onlooker and their abilities.

## Trivia

* Victoir is left-handed.
* Though he otherwise has good control over his expression, Victoir is excessively prudish and withers at the slightest suggestion of intimacy.
* Victoir has admitted that he is a compulsive liar.