Scholtz Van Ulrich

Scholtz is the blacksmith of Elonia. He only wished to love his simple life with his wife, but nothing went the way it was supposed to. Now he is the guardian of the young Maxwell Darius, and travels Samarat searching for the truth and perhaps himself.

### Plot Role

Protagonist. Scholtz is one of the core members of the Party. He is the protector of Max, friend of Roan, and potential love interest of Seyche.

### Appearance

Scholtz has a very serious demeanor and always looks about ready to give you a lecture. He has long dark brown hair. He generally has some facial hair, but tends to cut it. When he left Elonia, Scholtz was not fit at all, and had gained weight over the few years since his wife's death. During the training to attack the Throat, he lost a lot of weight from both the journey and training. Later, during his three years fighting in OuKonigreich, Scholtz would become even more well trained.

### Personality

He is a brooding man by nature, and very stubborn. He does things for others before himself, and he is very compassionate. He is wise with his years, and thus tends to want to lead the Party. Ultimately, his great love for Maxwell allows him to hand over that mantle to Max. Scholtz does enjoy singing songs his parents taught him, or joking with his closest friend, Iridem.

## Biography

#### Early Life

Scholtz's parents were from a small town in OuKoningreich, Ulrich. Before Scholtz was born the town was attacked by the Sylvian Empire. It was one of the first attacks on the Old Kingdom. This left many people stranded without help. Scholtz's father was the one who led many of the people to the Kitane Chain. There most of them settled on Elonia, including some nobles, who had two young children.

Scholtz's father was a blacksmith by trade, a master blacksmith at that. It was then without any doubt that Scholtz would follow in his father's footsteps. Hager van Ulrich taught his son as much as he could with the limited resources, in the end Scholtz became a fine blacksmith. The other Northerners kept to themselves, unlike Hager and Scholtz, and this lead to some mistrust between the islanders and their new citizens. When Scholtz was nineteen he married his love, Adalinda of Elonia, the daughter of the nobles who had come to Elonia. She was known for her beauty and compassion. Scholtz then also took over his father's smithy once he had become too old to work the forge.

Scholtz later hired a brother and sister, Pearl and Leeroy, who became his friends. Iridem, his wife, and Rosewell Darius were the closest friends he and Adalinda had.

#### Ten Years Prior

Before the beginning of the story, a young Scholtz and Adalinda were expecting their first child. It was also during this time that she, Rosewell, Iridem's wife, and Strom, Scholtz's brother-in-law, had begun what is now known as the Nine. In its early stages they fended off the Master, but it left serious repercussions on Elonia, including the death of Adalinda. This threw Scholtz into a depression that he struggled to get out of. His comfort was the young son of Rosewell, Maxwell, and his best friend Iridem.

#### Leaving Elonia

Once the truth had come out to Scholtz, that his wife had perhaps survived along with Rosewell, he decided to leave Elonia and find out the truth. At first, Scholtz was angry because he didn't understand why his wife would lie to him and why she would not come home. Later he wondered if his son had been born, a son he had never met.

During their initial encounter with Nivos, Scholtz sustained a great injury that placed him into a coma. The effects of this coma caused great psychological trauma, which triggered an event that Adalinda had placed inside of him. She had made a pact with a race of creatures called Oppertimids, which exist in the subconsciousness of other races. These mysterious creatures have the ability to transfer bits of consciousness. Adalinda had struck a deal to save them from the Master. In return for their salvation, they would be placed inside of Scholtz with both her and their son's consciousness. This awakening was thus triggered and allowed Adalinda to interact with Scholtz for sometime. Unknowingly, Scholtz had met his unborn son, Vernane.

With a new determination to find his family, Scholtz had the last task of helping Roan Landen. This brought them to a deadly mission, which took time to train for. They arrived at the island prison, the Throat, in an attempt to save Vasos. Scholtz was captured, and subsequently tortured by Sciben. This deepened the emotional scars that Scholtz had. It had finally become the time for him to learn the truth of what happened to his wife. He continued his journey with the Party, but only with the hopes of getting information.

At Goldwood towers, King Lyahus revealed the truth to Scholtz; Adlinda was dead. This near-crippling revelation hurt worse than the first time that he mourned for his wife. Seyche had come to his side and subdued his pain, and reminded him that he had to take care of Max.

Scholtz was later offered the chance to join the Nine, which he accepted only to learn about the cause his wife died for. When he had had enough of Rosewell and her rhetoric, he abandoned the Nine and decided to continue his journey with Maxwell.

With the Sylvian Empire defeated, OuKoningreich was attempting to return to its ways that it had not seen in generations. Scholtz planned to learn about his heritage, but is only given entry on the promise that he serve in the army for some time. He and Max have a feud, because Maxwell wishes to train with his mother, who abandoned him and Scholtz does not like the idea. Scholtz has also fallen in love with Seyche, who has feelings for Scholtz, but ultimately cannot leave her husband, Vasos.

Heartbroken in so many ways, Scholtz carries on to the Old Kingdom to learn about his home and heritage.

#### Going to OuKoningreich

During his three years in the Old Kingdom, Scholtz changes both physically and mentally. He is no longer the man he once was. He fights many battles and becomes a commander in the army. He is then tasked to create a new armour for the King, during which time he meets a dragon.

He learns that he has an ability that only the kings and nobility once had, he can speak to the winged beasts. The king has a spy follow Scholtz, and this is when the king believes Scholtz is trying to become the king of the Old Kingdom. Scholtz denies the accusation, but the cowardly king sends General Garan to kill Scholtz. Scholtz bests Garan in combat and the king's sisters assassinate him in his sleep. This leaves Scholtz as the 39th General 'Draaktaal' or 'Dragon Speech'. The new ruler must be decided but many look to Scholtz to become king. The many nobles and royals fight over the thrown.

Scholtz had started a new life during those three years. The woman who had been assigned to be his captain became his new love and wife. They were starting a new life together in the newly built town of Ulrich. She was pregnant with their second child when the Party came to the Old Kingdom looking for their old friend. Max, Roan, Seyche, Vasos, Saber, Grig, and Lium came to take Scholtz to end what they had all started.

Finally, they faced the Master. He was well prepared for them. He was about to absorb Maxwell into his ultimate power, but Scholtz saved him with a smile. This gave the Master the time to escape. After all the anger Max harbored over the years, Scholtz was still his protector and gave his own life to save Max.

## Magical Ability

* **Self-level ability:** Scholtz can redirect energy in his body to amplify his strength.
* **World-level ability:** Scholtz can transform the energy of others or the life around him to further amplify his strength.