Immanuel Belder

### Appearance

thin and tall, short wispy salt & pepper hair, narrow face, only looks in his low forties (transmuter stone)

### Classes and Professions

apothecary, arcanist, transmuter, herbalist

## Synopsis

Immanuel Belder is a wizard that lives in the small town of Hillenbrook, where he serves as the town's healer and apothecary. He was a mentor to Malkoth in his youth, teaching him the basic of conjuration magic. Unbeknownst to most, Belder is actually a very powerful mage, and previously served on the Weavers Conclave

## History

Immanuel Belder was born and raised in Hartwell, where he spent most of his young life. Born with a craving for adventure and the intrigue of the past, he spent his young adulthood as an adventurer, exploring the wilderness and uncovering lost secrets from the Age of Arcana along with a band of compatriots, including Natalie Shaw, Elrah Saevel, and Ruby Rainsong. Though he spent some time refining his magical prowess at the College of Mimrinoth, he was mostly self-taught. From a young age, he had an incredible intellect, and magic simply "clicked" for him in a way that takes decades of study for most.

After retiring from his adventuring life, Belder was invited to serve on the Weavers Conclave. He worked with the Conclave for about twenty years, before eventually retiring from the organization, believing that it was too political in nature, and didn't actually have the best interests of magic at heart.

In his old age, Belder wanted to escape the spotlight and live a simpler life, just trying to help the common folk in some meaningful way. He moved to the small farming town of Hillenbrook, and took up a simple life as an herbalist and town healer, using his magic to help out around town in whatever ways he could.

## Relationship with Lane Coronato

Lane came to Belder as a boy in his teens, asking Belder for information about his father, how their party had reached Sigil, and requesting help getting to Sigil himself. Belder refused, believing that it would be against the wishes of Lane’s mother, Natalie, to help him.

## Relationship with Malkoth

When Malkoth was born, Belder knew that he was Lane’s child. Feeling a sense of responsibility for the child as Natalie’s heir, he took Malkoth under his wing to try to help him acclimate to his innate magic and harness it using arcane means. He never told Malkoth what he knew about his heritage, hoping that Malkoth could avoid the worst implications of being born from infernal blood, and live a simple life.

Much like Belder himself, Malkoth exhibited an interest and aptitude in magic from a young age. Belder took Malkoth on as his personal apprentice, teaching him the fundamentals of magic theory and practice. He observed that Malkoth had a natural knack for conjuration magic in particular, and focused his studies in that direction. Belder always suspected that Malkoth's infernal heritage was a source of innate magic power for him, but he wasn't able to discern its exact nature.

When Malkoth fled Hillenbrook, Belder gave him his own spellcasting license, a map, and some travel gear. He holds a great sense of guilt for what happened, now believing that maybe if Malkoth understood the truth of who he was, maybe he could have controlled it better.

## Relationship with Elrah Saevel

Immanuel and Elrah have always had something of a tense relationship. Immanuel always felt that Elrah was too interested in ambition for his own personal sake, rather than for the good of the world. It was Immanuel’s council that prevented Elrah from ever finding a seat on the Weavers Conclave, for which Elrah holds a grudge against Immanuel.

Since the conclusion of their adventuring days together, the two have little to no relationship.