Post by Decimus Livius on Jun 3, 2012 2:55:40 GMT -5
Livius
BASICS.
Name: Decimus Livius Antoninus
Nickname / Alias: Goes by Livius
Age: 27
Gender: Male
PERSONALITY.
General Personality: Livius is a very practical wizard, having spent most of his youth and young adulthood living on a Roman farm where present day Madrid lies. His father, a retired legionnaire, shaped much of Livius' mindset towards life, inspiring in him a very militaristic mindset. His magic, to Livius, is a gift, though a very confusing one. Due to a lack of proper training for wizards in 4th Century Hispania, Livius always considered himself a vessel for the magic and not a ruler over it. Because of this vulnerability, Livius took it upon himself to always be the master of his own life. He is strong willed and independent and very inquisitive.
APPEARANCE.
Hair Color / Style: His hair is cut short and made of tight black ringlets.
Eye Color: His eyes are piercing and black, clear as the deepest lake and just as dark as it's furthest depth.
Ethnicity: His father was related to Roman aristocracy (though not very closely) and his mother was a nomadic native.
Prominent Features: His jaw is very strongly cut.
Other: His right hand is scarred from an incident with a wild boar when he was younger. The scar tissue extends from the webbing between his thumb and forefinger across the back of his hand until it reaches the other side. He also has a tattoo in blue ink across his chest of a native symbol meaning similar to "Seer" given to him by his mother when he was 12 and kept secret from his father.
DETAILS.
Occupation: He made his living as an Augur for much of Hispania, travelling often from city to town to farm and back, selling his magic to those that believed in its authenticity.
Former House: N/A
Wand: Livius' development as a Wizard began before the popular usage of wands. He has with him a walking stick perhaps three and a half feet tall that is capable of focusing and directing magic. There is a dragon's tooth crafted into the top of the stick, polished into the wood like a gem would be inset into metal.
Companion / Pet: None.
HISTORY.
General:
Decimus Livius Antoninus was born to a former Legionnaire and his conquered nomadic wife at the end of the 3rd Century CE in Hispania. He was raised on the family farm from birth until the age of 16, living doubly as a Roman citizen and a tertiary member of his mother's now defunct nomad tribe. He was trained in both the customs of Rome and the mysticism of his mother's tribe, worshiping both the Emperor and the spirits of the earth. His magic began to appear in very subdued fashion starting at the age of 8. His skills in divination were put to good use by his mother, who often was in charge of the day to day business of the farm while his father handled trading of the crops.
His life proceeded without incident, aside from the encounter with the wild boar that left his hand scarred, until he left the farm in search of furthering his own understanding of the world and to find others that had the gift of magic. He was led to a small coven of mystics that opened up the world to him, including teaching him of the existence of fantastical beasts, powerful magics, and hidden lands only accessible to those that shared the gift. He used his skills to earn the coin he needed to provide for himself while studying and training.
He took part in a dragon wrangling in northern Hispania when he was 24. The walking stick he uses even now was a gift from the Elder of the coven as a token of gratitude for his assistance. When he was 27 he was travelling to return to his father's farm to attend the funeral of his mother that he had predicted would occur soon when he was assaulted by barbarians. He was running through trees attempting to escape when he was nearly caught. In his terror, he felt his whole body pulled upward and when he fell back to the ground he was in modern day Spain, in the middle of a field outside of Firefox.
Place of Birth: Hispania, Roman Empire.
Prior Education: Self taught.