A wizard of some renown, Luxuriol is known in a number of circles, mainly scholarly and magical. Friend to nature, he maintains strong relations with the elves. He is known for having single-handedly contributed perhaps the most of anyone in history to conservation of the soothing and magically-inclined dodo. Luxuriol always travels with a dodo named Pepe, whom he refers to as his partner.
Personality
Luxuriol is a caring person who has a special fondness for nature, and most especially dodos. He is well-known for his work in conservation of nature and various living things, and it shows in his actions that even if he looks at a larger picture, the individual struggles and hardships are most important to him as the elements that make up that image. Luxuriol is a generally very agreeable person, but if challenged, he can show remarkable resolve and, at times, stoicism in the face of adversity. While he is very approachable and warm, he is nonetheless very old and has certain idiosyncrasies that can make him seem difficult to understand or even incomprehensible, or inscrutable, to some.
Background
Luxuriol largely kept to himself in his early days, traveling around the land in his quest for knowledge and enrichment. On one of his journeys, he encountered a small dodo who had got himself into mischief. After rescuing this dodo, Luxuriol found that a bond had been formed. He named the dodo Pepe and began to travel with him, even giving him the enchanted hat Luxuriol had previously worn all the time.
Luxuriol was already an able and respected wizard by the time hostilities around the land reached their peak and the Great War began. During the mounting conflicts, Luxuriol worked very hard, allying with the Elves wherever he could to preserve the natural lands and the animals. One such endeavor brought him at odds with a particularly corrupt noble house of Lyne. Despite attempts to resolve it peacefully, the head noble of the house devised and then sprang a trap on the wizard, intending to either imprison him or kill him. Luxuriol summoned a storm as a warning and, when the noble tried to attack him physically, the man was struck sixteen times with lightning.
With the conflict and unrest of Lyne at the time, the noble's actions ultimately never brought consequences upon Luxuriol; none of those present were willing to oppose him, understandably, and the rest of the kingdom had more urgent priorities with the war. It was a remarkable success for dodo conservation, however: the incident spread a deathly fear that anyone who threatened a dodo would be struck by lightning.
During the war itself, Luxuriol quickly allied himself with the Elven Alliance and was instrumental in developing a strategy to answer the massive threat of the Euternos. Time and again, Luxuriol's desire to spare lives and minimize risk on all sides contributed to the eventual sidelining of the Euternos altogether. Exhausted after the abandon of Omenaru amid the fighting, Luxuriol retreated with Pepe to the innermost of Sylvania for several years.
After the Great War ended, Luxuriol resumed his travels and became known for rendering assistance to struggling outposts, towns trying to rebuild, and eventually, the spread of the Brilliant Cosmenia from Altur. Luxuriol and Pepe continued their adventures and ventured forth to discover secret treasures, faced legendary dangers, and journeyed to lands the world over to enrich their wisdom. They retreated somewhat from prominence as peace settled in the world and new generations stepped forward as stewards of the places that changed so much over the centuries.
But they travel even today and have allied with the heroic guilds of Altur...for adventure!
SKILLS
ALCHEMY - Competent: Luxuriol is highly-skilled in the art of alchemy and potion-making, but it is not his strongest focus. He is best at making utilitarian potions and draughts for relatively common purposes, although he is proficient enough to follow any recipe for almost certain success.
ARMED COMBAT - Competent: Though more reliant on magic to resolve any engagement, Luxuriol also understands the usefulness of edged weapons. Daggers are often used in rituals and spellcasting, and his treasured rod can transform into a sword. Naturally, he is able as well with rods and staves and the like, and he has some ability with whips and flails, though he does not prefer to use them in a serious combat situation.
EXPRESSION - Competent: Although he is no bard or artisan, he is able to play a number of instruments and sing, as well as dance, sketch, and paint decoratively. He is also able to appreciate creative expression in an intelligent and knowledgeable way.
HISTORY - Expert: Luxuriol is highly knowledgeable about a large number of things that have happened throughout history, and he has lived through a number of significant events himself.
LORE - Expert: Luxuriol knows a great deal about many things. His expertise is profound in his fields of study, which generally relate to magic and the supernatural. If he does not know something, he is likely to know how to find it out. He is superb at research and study, as well as investigation related to the discovery of information.
SPELLS - Expert: Having studied magic for many years, Luxuriol is one of the foremost authorities in spellcasting. He is not restricted to the compositions of others, and given time and opportunity may create his own spells and incantations of great effectiveness. It is possible for Luxuriol to recognize many spells by their effects alone and, again with adequate opportunity, develop countermeasures or otherwise interact with the magic and its intent.
POWERS
MAGIC - Supreme: Luxuriol is a being of magic, one who is attuned to magic in all its forms. He is able to channel power to make his will reality in a number of ways, such as common offensive and defensive spells, the summoning and banishment of various spirits and creatures, permutation of matter and energy to one form or another, travel between different locations and planes, and so forth. Limited by his physical form and the availability of magical energies, Luxuriol can sense and recognize the ebb and flow of such power, wherever he might be. As such a being, he is also especially susceptible to forces that especially affect magic and the magically-attuned. His power and focus limits the application of this ability, and his success depends on the number and potency of effects required by whatever feat he may attempt. Naturally, some elements are entirely limited by consent.
MENTALISM - Basic: Luxuriol is able to engage in fundamental telepathy and mental links. He is particularly proficient at communication with animals. He does not generally attempt to manipulate the minds of others, but he can sometimes engage in using his mental abilities to encourage a sense of calm when needed, for example.
SIGHT - Basic: Luxuriol possesses some ability for prophecy and divination. He is no oracle, but with the right preparation and tools, he can forecast what is likely to happen based on the current state of things. Occasionally, he may receive a vision of the future or some portent, either to encourage him to avert the event, or to encourage him on his present course.
ADVANTAGES
ALLIES Over his long lifespan, Luxuriol has made a number of friends and allies all across the land. He affiliates with some guilds, as well as the Temple of the Brilliant Cosmenia, though he is not bound to any particular organization. As such, he does not enjoy all the benefits membership may confer, but he can generally count on support if he needs it.
NATURE-BELOVED Luxuriol is beloved by nature itself, and most animals and living things that exist naturally will typically bear him no ill will. His resonance with nature is such that he can withstand extreme temperatures and climates without suffering injury, such as mountaintops and deserts, wearing the scantest of attire.
PEPE Luxuriol's partner Pepe is a highly intelligent and capable dodo who is especially good with recovery and healing magics. Pepe is protected from any harm by a powerful spell Luxuriol cast on him, and this protection is enhanced by the wide-brimmed hat he usually wears. Pepe and Luxuriol can understand each other, and Luxuriol's abilities are enhanced by Pepe being close by. Pepe's soft song will always soothe and comfort Luxuriol, or any wizard who can appreciate it.
RESOURCES Luxuriol keeps a handful of dwellings all across the world, some of which are rooms set aside for him by those dear to him. He has collected many treasures, both items and knowledge, over the years, and they are scattered between the places he stays. He has a small castle that is his primary dwelling, located within the realm of Sylvania, and a more secondary home near the Bay of Omens.
WEAKNESSES
ANATHEMA Luxuriol cannot use unnatural magics, which include magics that corrupt and twist things against nature. These same forces hold great antipathy towards him and oppose nature itself, and they are simply incompatible with his system. He may be able to understand what their intent is and analyze spells as with any magic, but he is unable to employ such magics for himself. Necromancy and other magical disciplines seen as "dark" and controversial to some nonetheless still act within nature, unless the individual practitioner deviates from that; despite this, Luxuriol does not generally tend to engage in necromancy and much of the similar spheres.
ARMOR Luxuriol cannot wear anything but very light armor. His approach to magic is that he must be as exposed as possible to the energy that flows through all things, and armor only interferes with that.
LYNE Due to actions taken to preserve the dodo and protect other magical species in the wake of the Great War, Luxuriol clashed with certain people of power and influence in Lyne. While those who maintain those grudges cannot overtly act, Luxuriol is certainly not safe within the kingdom's bounds.
UNNATURAL The unnatural things, such as Owrgs and Euternos, have a special hatred for Luxuriol. Some corrupted humans may even find him inexplicably intolerable and be tempted to interfere with him, or even to attack him.
