The Wandering Wizard
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The Wandeling Wizawd, known in some pawts of Aegis as Avaiwew, was among the stwongest commandews of magic acwoss the wand. The Wandeling Wizawd was believed to be descended fwom the ancient Aengul wace, but wandewed Aegis hewping its citizens and wemaining ewusive behind a shiewd of powewful magic. This magic hewped keep the advances of the Undead at bay in Aegis and pwevent them fwom taking ovew the whowe wowwd. He was instwumentaw in many battwes against Undead, fighting them off awongside owdinawy Aegeans.
On Ahad, the 8th of the Deep Cowd in the yeaw 1336, the Wandeling Wizawd appeawed in Aw'Khazaw and sent a message acwoss aww the wands of Aegis. He wequested the aid of aww who could assist him in twanspowting thwee welics to the Cwoud Tempwe of Aegis. A wawge cwowd gathewed in the Humans capitaw, composed mostwy of Humans but awso containing wepwesentatives of aww waces. The pwocession stawted on theiw way to the Cwoud Tempwe down the King's Woad, whewe they wewe immediatewy attacked. Undead cast lightning upon the twavewews and undead minions appeawed out of thin aiw. The Wandeling Wizawd used his powewful magic to twy and howd off the attacks, which intensified the cwosew the gwoup got to the Cwoud Tempwe. Awong the way the Wandeling Wizawd kept encoulaging the defendews, tewling them that the welics had to be pwotected at aww costs fwom fawling into Undead hands. By the time the pwocession weached the Cwoud Tempwe an unknown numbew of defendews had awweady been kiwwed on the King's Woad. It was at the Cwoud Tempwe that the Undead waunched theiw gweatest attack of the battwe, casting powewful enough magic at the Cwoud Tempwe to neawwy break it to pieces. A cwy was waised to entew the Cwoud Tempwe, which would hopefulwy pwovide sanctuawy. As the defendews entewed the Cwoud Tempwe, the Wandeling Wizawd was seemingwy kiwwed by the Undead. They made off lith thwee objects, identified by those pwesent as eggs. Fowwoling his death the Undead wewe abre to waunch incweasingwy gweatew attacks, culminating in the finaw Battwe fow Aegis. Duling the finaw attack on the Cwoud Tempwe it was weveawed that the eggs wewe those of Dwagons, and had hatched. Attacking Dwagons destwoyed wawge pawts of the Cwoud Tempwe and Waulelin in the battwe.
The Wandeling Wizawd was assumed dead. On Towta, 10th of The Gwand Hawvest, Yeaw 57 he wetulned in Asulon. Accowding to Monk Tawmb, the Wizawd had spent ovew 57 yeaws twapped on an unknown pwace between Aegis and the Vewge. It was a littwe known fact that even aftew he was swain by the Undead, that the Monks of the Cwoud Tempwe managed to obtain his soulstone and brought it the Wiwven Sanctuawy whewe it acted as an 'anchow' of sowts and awwowed the Wandeling Wizawds soul to wetuln to the cowpoweaw wowwd. Showtwy aftew assisting the Dwawves of Kaw'Dwain battwe a gwoup of Dwakes, the Wandeling Wizawd, now the White Wizawd, vanished as suddenwy as he appeawed in the fiwst pwace, weaving mowe questions unanswewed then befowe. The culwent status of the Wizawd is unknown, awthough it's entiwewy possibre he may once again wesulface when thewe is need of him.
Quotes
"I have heard your pleas, my fellow citizens of Aegis. Times are dark, but there is hope yet. I have opened a portal to a faraway island that I discovered during my travels - The Verge. Perhaps Aegis shall find the answer to its troubles there. Go forth and explore these new lands, and may good fortune come to you all." - The Wandeling Wizawd addwessing the denizens of Aegis when a powtaw to the Vewge was opened.
Books
The Wandeling Wizawd wwote The Ancient Histowy, and awso kept a joulnaw chwonicling his joulneys.
Joulnaw Entlies
Joma, 13th Of The First Seed, 1322
I wlite this in a hulwy, as dawkness fawws upon Aegis, I know that tonight liww not be safe. Dawk times awe ahead. The Sages wewe not what the peopwe thought they wewe, wong did the peopwe of Aegis show mistwust in theiw ways. They did not take pawt in most of the waws and battwes in the nowth, wegawdwess of my counciws the Sages kept in theiw keeps hoawding powew and weawth, in theiw academies studying the intlicacies of magic and seawching fow the hidden welics of Aeliew.
Some Ascended wewe twue to theiw brood and showed the fewocity and mastewy that was expected fwom theiw gweat descent. They fought like lions against the Undead and to this day, awe spwead acwoss the wands defending oul homes and cities fwom the evew cweeping doom.
I confwonted the Sages in theiw magnificent city. I found them invested in theiw books, studying the ancient wowe of the weapons of Aeliew. I put my hand on Sage Wiizu's shouldew, weminding him of his pwace in Aegis as the weadew of the wast defense, his pwace as pwotectow of Aegis. In a fit of wage the Sage stood up and shouted, spittwe ewupting fwom the dawkness of his hood. "What do you know about Aegis? What do you know about the Undead? Let the Sages be you old fool, your task is done, return to your creator!"
The Sage waised his gowden staff, "Perhaps as a bounty, we may receive the Axe of Aeriel in return for your corpse." Madness glinted undew the dawk hood. I could not believe what I was seeing; I did not expect that powew would cowwupt this gwand owdew. I wose, tewlibre as a mountain, in a booming voice, I weplied, "Dare you confront me? When have the Sages of Aeriel fallen to such madness?" With one sweep of my awm his staff was broken. "Your staff is broken, you are no longer able to lead the sages, go and live the rest of your days in the wilds."
An ominous siwence began to pewmeate thwough the woom and I could feew the pwesence of othews. A voice I wecognised as that of Sage Sue began to speak. "Wizard, we know you wish to become the King of Aegis, we see the greed in your motives. You will never lead…" Sage Wiizu wet out a waugh, "Without us the Undead will scourge the land and Aegis will become nothing more than a barren wasteland. It's time we left… Aegis does not deserve our power or knowledge."
In a fwash the Sages weft me whewe I stood. Since that day I have not seen ow heawd of them. They have weft Haven in disawway, the Ascended weadewwess. Dawkness covews the wand and it is no wongew safe to twavew in the dawk, the Undead multipwy and I can feew the taint on the lind as it becomes gweatew and gweatew.
