Isaac Blackstone

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**Isaac Blackstone** is a soulforged wizard and member of the Victims of Circumstance. During the first few years of his constructed existence, he went by the name of "X-2" and knew only that he was some sort of magical experiment. Eventually, however, he learned that his soul had once belonged to a living person — a dwarvish boy named Isaac — and that the nature of his creation was far more sinister than he had once believed.

## Biography

### Backstory

The beginning of "X-2's" memory starts within the walls of the S.O.U.L. Foundation's mansion. There he was studied and observed by his creators — an elf named Prandalt, a warforged named Boltsman, and a dwarf named Reynold — alongside two other constructs referred to as X-1 and X-3. X-1 proved to be gifted with sorcerous magic, while X-3 showed an affinity for divine magic. X-2, meanwhile, focused on wizarding magic and developed a penchant for divination.

Eventually, after some years had passed in much the same way, X-2 overhead a heated conversation between Prandalt and a hooded figure wearing the Harker family crest. Later that night, there was a massive explosion that destroyed the mansion and killed many of the researchers inside. X-2 survived, but in his panic he fled the scene before he could determine who else had escaped.

Eventually, X-2 ended up in the town of Birchwood and became the apprentice of an old gnome named O'Finnerstein. There he studied, worked, and processed his past until receiving a strange letter marked with the seal of the Harker family. Inside was a ticket to the recently arrived Witchlight Carnival.

## Description

### Appearance

Isaac is made entirely of metal and wood, with a copper and blueish exterior covering most of his body. Joints, muscles, and organs that would otherwise be made of flesh on a regular body are replaced with wood and flexed using a combination of mechanics and magic. His eyes regularly glow yellow, but occasionally shift to blue when using certain magics or abilities. The symbols of each school of magic are carved into the metal below his neck, glowing brightly when a spell from its corresponding school is cast.

When Isaac uses his Metamagic or Overclock abilities, blue flames sometimes erupt from between the joints in his chassis. This amplifies his magic and increases his damage, but leaves him drained shortly afterwards.

Isaac mostly refuses to wear a shirt, but often drapes loose cloth over his shoulders and around his waist. Only after attending school at Annovius College did he finally start wearing robes in the school's colors: black, white, and maroon.

### Personality

Isaac is both a mechanical genius and a mischievous gremlin. He is skilled in the wizarding arts and possesses a vast knowledge of arcane information, but simultaneously has the attention span and playful attitude of a teenager. Before discovering and accepting his true identity, he was fairly impulsive and reactionary. The world was big and frightening, and for all intents and purposes he was still an infant.

After accepting himself as Isaac, however, his playful side emerged. Memories of his past life helped his personality develop, and he began laughing more, playing more, and relaxing more. He is loyal to his friends and eager to help in whatever way he can, although the nuances of emotions still sometimes escape him even now.

## Abilities

Isaac is a Soulforged (Warforged) School of Divination Wizard. He has a particular love of fire spells — like Scorching Ray and Fire Wall — but his spellbook is filled with various kinds of magics. Isaac often uses a feather wand — a gift from Featherine — to cast his spells, but also wields a metallic staff adorned with whirring gears and clockwork cogs.

Isaac is classified as an entity called a Soulforged. Soulforged are a type of Warforged that are created using the souls of living creatures, rather than born with their own unique soul and identity. He is technically a humanoid but possesses many of the same traits as constructs, such as not needing sleep, air, food, or water. Many effects that would otherwise harm or affect a living person have no impact on Isaac, although the nature of his existence brings its own set of unique challenges.