Celio Quasalus of House Quasalus

Celio in her court garb

## Celio Quasalus

A relatively silent girl growing up, no one questioned it much till it was revealed she was borderline mute, barely able to raise her voice above a whisper in the best of circumstances. Quickly learning sign language, her voice finally became heard and she began her studies proper at the Arcanamirium, where she avidly pursued the study of her own forms of magic.

In a family of protection and divination mages, Celio chose a different path, long range manipulation of magical forces for destructive purposes. While less than accepting of this, her mother and father both chose to accept it because of her more... apparent features of their families bloodline. She kept out of sight in most family gatherings, occasionally making out of sight services with her families court meetings as a sort of bodyguard.

She did this from time to time, learning her families ways as retained mages, but never being fully given any true responsibilities. As the third daughter in line, and including both her physical and vocal difficulties, she was set to gain nothing from her family in true inheritance. So at age 18 she requested to be allowed to leave the family manor freely, and a small apartment within the Foreign district was given to her as part of this deal. Anything she can gather now on will be by her own hand, her only restrictions being to not besmirch the family name, and to one day raise the families status in some way, shape, or form.

### The House Quasalus

Not the oldest house, but one that has ingratiated itself to many other greater noble houses. It is a house of court mages, retained mages, and other ways of saying mages for hire by those of noble class, a skill that has gained them lesser nobility themselves. Generally specializing in either protective magics or divination magics, one can many times find one of this larger families members in the presence of a nobles court or company, there to erect barriers when needed, or use their divination prowess to attempt and spy on rivals. The family has a secret though, one that they thankfully are able to hide relatively well for the most part. They are all Tieflings, but with such a small amount of the blood in their veins the worst that normally happens is eyes that seem to be strange colors, sharper teeth, or other minor effects. When one that is more obvious is born, they are normally kept in relative secret, given jobs that are less within the public eye or simply around the family manor.

The family has sometimes strenuous ties with the Arcanamirium at times, primarily stemming from their use of less traditional magics, and the practice of whichever traditions of casting that may be more preferred for each individual child born into the family. But, since money can bridge all gaps, younger children of the family are commonly sent to the place of learning to study various forms of magic so that they may choose a path of their own, although following family tradition is always \*heavily\* implied to be the more prudent path.

The Quasalus's family's services are available to any who offer proper payment, but there are some middle tier nobles and lower tier nobles who have long term contracts set out, and one of the members is on standby at these locations at all times, with the exception that every Saturday it is expected for all family members to attend a breakfast so that their bonds do not weaken too much, but also for the sake of keeping an eye on any of the more troublesome of the family. As well as the trade of information, these meetings are an important source of knowledge for the family and it is not uncommon for written notes to be traded, messages to be passed, and other things more below the table in nature to be shared.