Lorek Ra'dari | Human | Wizard | 15 | Magical Crafter

About:

The eldest child of a struggling merchant family in Rook, Lorek's prestigious intellect and analytic nature led him to a scholarly life at the university. He originally studied purely mundane pursuits, but certain aspects of his courses led him to view the universe in odd ways. He believes that the entire universe is an equation, and by solving parts of this equation he was able to discover magic with a little help from a curious tome that turned up in his families store. After discovering his talents, he became estranged from most of his family. Upon the completion of his education, he became a professor at Rook university where he continued magical research in secret for many years. More recently, after discovering the rather lucrative problem solving aspect of his magical talents, he has used a considerable portion of his funds to open a secluded magical school in Rook, the Ra'dari Institute of Higher Mysteries. The insitute teaches "mundane" knowledge as well as magical, as Lorek believes that it's only through knowledge of everything that magic reaches it's prime.

Lorek toils night and day over arcane lore, believing magical abilities are the logical extension of having unraveled the science of reality. The more he pours over his research, the more he realizes that there is much more than could be learned in a single human lifetime, but he refuses to quit in his relentless pursuit of all knowledge. To give up would make him like his father, a coward who took his life after a bad business deal.

Lorek's personality some would describe as cold, although he is generally polite. He prefers to maintain strictly business relationships with people, a trait he inherited from his late father. Lorek's estranged younger sister took over the family business after their mother passed, and Lorek's personality and odd interests have caused him to have a poor relationship with her; they rarely speak.

Some would describe Lorek as an old man, which is a mostly accurate assessment. His appearance is scholarly, clearly not the type to engage in bar fights or wrestle monsters. However, he recently has favored heavier clothing, robes reinforced with metal bands or leather, and cloaks cut from bear pelts, hinting at his recent forays into more dangerous areas. His clothing is still typically styled with various arcane patterns and sigils, and he usually dons similarly inscribed gloves.