Olquam

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Apprentice to Arkadius Secondsight in Armakania. A major influence in the Clash of the Cabals. Olquam was a very powerful wizard and the leader of the cabal Cold Comfort.

## Appearance

Olquam was described as slight and often liked to have his hood up. He did not like showing his damaged teeth and so rarly smiled.

## Reputation

Olquam was known as ambitious but also cautious.

## History

402BE: Olquam joined Arkadius' apprentices.

371BE: Upon the death of Arkadius the apprentices all tried to seize his power. Glacius and Olquam saved four other apprentices. The six then started working together and created a cooperative. This allowed them increased safety in the disputed era but it also caused escalation as other apprentices grouped together as well. This was the beginning of the Clash of the Cabals.

**Olquam** tried to use the larger group of mages to try to take Arkadius' position but another ambitious apprentice Ebsix had the same idea and had also gathered a considerable following. Olquam named his cabal Cold Comfort. The battles fought between them and Ebsix's Circle of Friends significantly damaged both cabals and led to several mages breaking away either singly or to make smaller cabals of their own.

Olquam was certain that if all the mages would unite behind one leader, himself, that he could fill Arkadius' role. Eventually, a gathering was called in hopes of settling the dispute and to agree a new leader. The talks were ruined however when one of the delegates used magic to try and slay the other. It quickly became an all out spell battle of tremendous proportions. Olquam killed several mages in the battle.

Named the 'Conflagration' this battle resulted in the surviving apprentices fleeing with their followers. Many left the city of Armakania and set up in surrounding towers, villages and forests. Others took to bases inside the city and engaged in spell skirmishes and recruitment. Each of the pretenders attempted to seduce, bride, coerce and induct as many spell weavers as possible. The civilian population lived in constant fear beholden to one cabal or another.

Near the end of 371BE Olquam masterminded his cabal's assault on the supposedly secret base of Ebsix's Circle. Ebsix herself was captured and Olquam mistaken believed this meant he had won. He declared himself archmage of the city and called for all the cabals to unite under him. Yet this victory was not enough to destroy the rival cabal and Cold Comfort also lost many of their most potent wizards in the assault.

370BE: Glacius argued with Olquam that Ebsix should be imprisoned and not killed. As Olquam still wanted a return to a united city of mages under a single leader he agreed. Yet when Ebsix was not broken in captivity it was decided by Olquam that she must be executed.

Three times her cabal attempt to rescue her. The first was an ill fated teleporting attempt. This resulted in several members of the cabal killing themselves teleporting inaccurately.

The second was turned back specifically by Glacius Olquam's friend and ally.

The third attempt was on the day of execution. The Circle's strike team were initially successful in releasing Ebsix and getting her a staff with stored magical energy so she could use her powers.

Olquam though was prepared and so his forces were present in large numbers. Ebsix and her rescuers were surrounded and cut off from retreat. Ebsix refused to back down and they attacked the Cold Comfort mages ferociously. In the end this proved to be in vain, Ebsix and her team started to fall one by one but they still managed to kill Olquam and several of his cabal in the process.

Glacius then took control of the cabal in a brief internal power struggle and he withdrew Cold Comfort from the dispute claiming the deaths of the two rival leaders to have ended the conflict and made it clear that he was content to rule his cabal and not make a bid to control the country.