Francisco Di Lapazzi

Francisco is an adventurer and divination wizard formerly allied with and engaging in nefarious activities in cooperation with the Maloney gang of Blackbog.

## Francisco Aúminir Di Lapazzi

### Relatives

Írimiel Aúminir (Mother),Dario Di Lapazzi (Father)

## Abilities

### Level

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Born into a household from an unloving relationship between man and elf, Francisco's high-elf mother Írimiel was an oracle and mage, whilst his human father Dario was a wealthy nobleman. In early youth, Francisco discovered the occult and mystic, no doubt thanks to the multitude of books and scrolls carefully laid out in his mothers study, despite being ordered to never step foot inside. And so at the age of eleven, while his mother advised the higher-ups of Redwain, while his father spent their time and money on the various slum whores, he snuck off in secret to his room with various papers and relics regarding magica and it's uses, always put perfectly back in place just before either guardian returned home. Through these fonts of knowledge, Francisco would learn his very first cantrips by the age of twelve, and casting his very first spell by age thirteen, whilst also learning much of his maternal people's ancient history.

Find Familiar; a spell used to conjure up fantastic spirits that took animal form, a fine first choice for a boy to learn and it was indeed a fine first choice for a young Francisco. And so, after various attempts, the boy finally cast the spell with the correct components and materials. Hyped up by stories of spirits taking the form of cats, wolves and owls, it was quite a shock to the young boy when a rather dainty penguin seemingly materialised in front of his very eyes. He would name the spirit "Frank" and accepted him as family. Years of studying and a disintegrating marriage between his mother and father, finally culminated in his acceptance letter to the Academy of Greifenbach under the dual major of "Archaeology and the Arcane" at the age of eighteen.

During his stay at Greifenbach, Francisco would learn that his father, Dario, would run for governor of Chaleur, however due to his declining popularity after rumours of infidelity, he would lose the election race. Enraged that his wife would not warn him of his incoming loss as a candidate as was her job as an oracle of Ouros, Dario would strike Írimiel down in a drunken fit of rage after realising that his election had gone down the drain, killing her instantly. Dario Di Lapazzi in regret and guilt, blamed his son, stating that he had tried to save her from an insane Francisco but it was too late. Francisco was driven out of Redwain and his tuition was cut from Greifenbach, while Dario's newfound support for the next election skyrocketed, painting him a widower and a hero. He would win the next election, a new home and would remarry to a woman from Vernone, whilst Francisco lived in a shack off the coast of Vurbrannt for a year and a half, before relocating to a village near to Wissenfurt. He was taken in by an elderly couple there, eventually finishing his degree some years after the smoke from Redwain had settled.

Through the course of his stay at the academy he would encounter individuals such as Bellas Heithan, Hammock Gretelmark, Thrave Odibrand, Faelyn Quimoira, Tarathiel Aramoira, Kodrar Axejaw, Iflyn Alius, Lucian Ciro, and on occasion bumping into a man by the name of Hueron Magnaris, though this was extremely few and far between. Francisco would meet a human woman by the name of Aanya through academia, eventually developing a relationship with one another. Despite being actively studying the ancient elves, she was however forbidden to be seen a man of elven-lineage, being called back to her homeland soon afterwards to answer for the great shame she had now brought upon her family.

## Sparrow's Creek and the Crypt

Frustrated, Francisco would then continue both of their work that was left to finish, which included detailed drawings of abandoned temples and crypts, one of which was located just off of the town of Sparrow's Creek. Intrigued by its peculiar positioning, he set off to Sparrow's Creek to investigate the mark left there on the map by Aanya.

Francisco set off to the town by horse along with bodyguard Gareth Longclaw and fellow scholar Fenris Gádulach, they camped in the nearby town of Brakenswake for a day to acquire some supplies for the coming days. Reaching Sparrow's Creek, a nearly desolate town with one or two working taverns, they discussed the plan over a meal before setting off into the ancient crypt.

The three men entered at nightfall, descending from the top entrance. Analysis of the structures inside revealed that the crypt had been built eons before their approximations and had only been abandoned around the time they both assumed it was constructed! Gareth made the grunting noises and general disregard for a place like this that hired muscle typically would, instead on guard for traps or the likes. Through the crypt they found a multitude of libraries and fonts of knowledge expanding beyond even the most vast collections of the surface world.

Fenris read tomes about the wonders of his people; the dwarves, before their horrific sins committed under Erokan's name. Francisco found a room filled with the different elven lineages, including a rather interesting one; the Miramenorians, led by the Great Íthronel Miramenor after the fall of the prime-elves and their kingdoms. Descended from the High King of All Elves, the Miramenorian people were gifted the king's vision, his kingsight. The tomes foretold the gift bestowed upon the Miramenorians and in particular, those chosen by their now drowned king. A gift to foretell fate and in some rare individuals even possibly alter it.

The two scholars took as much as they could and put it into their backpacks, in awe at the sheer amount of lore contained beneath the earth above. Truly prized possessions, gems, petrified animals, spells that have not been spoken of since ancient times, among others. Gareth however gave up attempting to read ancient elvish scripture fairly quickly, not that it was much of a surprise, Gareth has difficulty reading the scripture of the language already he speaks.

In his boredom however, he leaned too hard on a pillar, with its already damaged frame causing it to begin fragmenting. As the men began to run out of the crypt for their lives, Francisco would get the very first taste of the kingsight bestowed to his people. A ginormous boulder almost crushed him and in fact should have turned the young wizard into red paste, however with a whisper and bell chime, the rock landed metres away from him. Intrigued but with no time to wait he along with the others, rushed out of the collapsing crypt.

## Lineage of Miramenor

Gareth collected his check, left the two scholars and went on his merry way back to Thunderview as quickly as possible, cursing the two under his breath in Morwyrean slurs. Fenris and Francisco, despite having to rush out of the crumbling crypt which had now completely caved itself in, had gathered quite alot of rare minerals and tomes. They exchanged goodbyes and went their seperate ways agreeing to individually keep their work in the shadows through fears that it might become plagiarised, one back to Dír Driocht, Dír Dahnum and the other back to Chaleur, Redwain.

Francisco thought about the boulder and his own fate that night. Reading more of the work he collected, he realised that it must be the gift that was mentioned in the tales of the Miramenorians and that his mother must actually be of Miramenorian lineage rather than Loramaerian he was told since birth. Reading more of the history of the elves he it came to his attention that in fact Loramaer wasn't even a successor lineage to begin with. The widow of the Great Íthronel Miramenor was also a powerful being, blessed with unaging beauty and unwavering hold on the race of men and elves, arguably surpassing her late husband in vigour and capability as she ruled in his name later in life. His death in the Battle of Aequinal marked a defining moment for his people as they marched north through what is now Thel'darrion, past even Alarion to a land unknown, prophesied to rule an eternity in peace and prosperity. Some lineages were ordered to stay behind and watch over the races of Moro, in the name of Widow-Matriarch Loramaer, wife of the late Íthronel and ruler of the Miramenorians. Some went north-west, settling towards what is now Redwain and Warrendeep, near the land in which Francisco's mother hailed from.

Despite several attempts to reach Aanya, she stopped responding to his letters roughly 5 months after leaving Redwain, however in her most recent letters, she wrote to him that the ruins by Sparrow's Creek were only some of the handful ever actually surveyed viable to transverse as 95% of the other ruins had either collapsed or had been infested by various creatures and were deemed too dangerous to explore. Desperate to find the handful of remaining structures Francisco knew that the council in Redwain would never bother investigating potentially hazardous ruins as it would be a waste of their resources coupled with their distain for elvish society in general. In the meantime, Francisco would attempt to harness this gift given to him through his bloodline, and so began his visions of fate not long after mastering it. The dreaming initially gave him vague pictures of lands unknown, leading to him travelling the planes, though he was eventually guided to Blackbog, and in particular a gang of nefarious individuals called "The Maloneys". He would offer to divine where the authorities might be, so that they could avoid drug busts, in exchange for funding his arcane and archaeological studies.

## Blackbog...

And so after some time adventuring with the gang of Maloneys, he disappeared, with the knowledge that his people were the rightful heirs of Moro and that he was chosen by the will of the Drowned King to lead them there.

Never to be seen again...