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Ce buffet est génial. Whirlwind pensait, alors qu'il gai glissa son chemin à travers sa deuxième assiette de nourriture, ne s'arrêtant à quaff de sa troisième tasse de café. Essayer de reconstruire un clan mage à partir de presque la terre était une entreprise difficile et coûteuse. Beaucoup d'argent était un luxe qui n'était qu'un petit souvenir pour Whirlwind ; il subventionnait les repas de Ramen et de micro-ondes depuis bien trop longtemps. Qui laisserait passer un repas gratuit? La seule déception était le café. C'était méchant, des trucs instantanés, pré-planché et acheté dans une boîte, puis scoopé et jeté en masse dans un pot d'eau tiède. Pas d'amour, pas de passion, juste une boue impersonnelle d'eau et de terrain. C'est du sang-froid.
Mais, c'était du café, et Whirlwind était heureux de drainer sa tasse avec un soupir satisfait. Entre son apparence brouillée et ses vêtements usés, on pourrait lui pardonner de le voir comme un clochard, ou comme un sans-abri. En fait, plus tôt, les gardes l'ont pris pour une telle personne, et ont essayé de lui refuser l'entrée. Il a fallu beaucoup de persuasion, et même quelques démonstrations de magie pour qu'ils le laissent passer. Il regardait le buffet, se demandant s'il fallait aller prendre un autre café quand la Voix du changement a commencé son discours.
La pêche était courte et jolie, mais semblait vide, sans signification. Whirlwind secoua la tête. C'est un peu difficile d'être un gagnant quand vous êtes mort. Il pensait à lui-même. Puis la Voix appela une grande magie, et avec elle, vint des éclats de sentiments, et une douleur aiguë. À l'extérieur, Whirlwind avait encore son sourire, et s'éloignait, mais les paroles réveillaient son vieux mal, sa solitude et son chagrin pour ce qu'il avait perdu. Alors c'était fini. Il s'est ramassé rapidement, mais il s'est senti un peu secoué. Qu'est-ce que c'était? Il s'est demandé, alors qu'il inspectait l'anneau brillant qui était apparu sur sa main. La Voix a poursuivi son explication, se terminant sur une note assez cryptique sur le fait de rendre le pouvoir "plus personnel" quel que soit ce fait. Whirlwind a décidé de la suivre, et de découvrir ce qu'elle était. Il prenait tout ce qu'il pouvait, et il voulait au moins savoir ce qui était, donc il ne serait pas surpris, plus tard.
Il a fait un rond-point dans les coulisses, avec sa quatrième tasse de café dans la main, ramassé sur le chemin. Il a finalement convergé avec quelques autres, qui semblaient aussi être curieux de ce que la Voix avait dit.
"Bonsoir." Il les a salués, avec un clin d'œil, et son sourire de marque.
Name: Whirlwind
"Hey, I'm not that old, you know."
Age: 35
Height: 6'4"
"Haha, I am who I am, I guess."
Personality:
Whirlwind is a laid-back, and well mannered man. He treats other well and respectfully. He is not intimidated by titles or social standing. He wears an almost ever-present smile, and it comes with unfailing good humor. But, beneath the good-natured exterior, lies a calculating, driven mind. He won't hesitate to do whatever he needs to to accomplish his goals.
"My past? Nothing special, really. Everyone has run into heartache and pain. That is part of living. It is how we grow and learn, and it is what makes us appreciate what we have."
Brief History:
Whirlwind was born to a then powerful, wealthy, and influential family of mages, under the name Marcus Alexander Solidor. He was the eldest of many siblings, his father remarried three times but each wife died of various causes. Growing up...his life was surprisingly normal, aside from the magic and the supernatural. He went to school, made mistakes, had a few crushes, ect. It was a happy life, and some of the best years of his life.
His nickname "Whirlwind" is both a misnomer and perfectly accurate. When he was a kid, he would love to run everywhere, and he would often make a mess doing so, causing his father to declare that he would come through like a tornado. That comment gave rise to the nickname. As he grew up, he became much more mild, and laidback, making the name ironic, and something of a joke.
It was in his late teens that everything fell apart. For several years, the once great House Solidor had slowly slid into decline. They were nearly bankrupt, their allies had abandoned them, and they were out of options. During this time, Whirlwind's father had gone deeper and deeper into his research, soon becoming obsessed. He began to rave about "the answer", and mutter dark things to himself. He was convinced that their loss in fortune was the god's doing, and that they were using other mage clans as tools. He started delving into forbidden research, breaking nearly every rule set in place by mages, lusting after power for revenge. To that end, he started sacrificing his children in black rituals, and even forced Whirlwind to consume a Yggdrasil seed.
Eventually, Whirlwind couldn't take it anymore, and he used certain contacts to inform the mage's autorities what his father was up to. His father found out, and confronted him, they argued. The argument grew more and more heated, then
his father tried to kill him. Hurtmand afraid, the the young Whirlwind flead, discarding his name and severing his his ties.
His father was soon catured, and executed. The but then name of House Solidor had been blighted forever.
Since then, Whirlwind became an independent, making work where and how he can. Since them, he has done well for himself, in magical rearch and financially. He even married, and had a daughter of his own.
Sadly, both his wife and daughter died. The circumstances around their deaths are as mysterious, as they are suspicious. However, Whirlwind refuses to talk about them to anyone.
As the time for Ragnarok came around, Whirlwind heard about it, and devised a plan. Over several years, he built up the ruins his mage clans, and entered Ragnarok, representing House Solidor.
His objective remain a mystery, but it is one he is willing to kill to acheve...
Magic:
Whirlwind has achieved great proficiency with runes, his innate talent refined over a lifetime of practice and learning. He is able to carve and activate many kinds of powerful runes.
The main way he eploys them is on small, square tiles, like Scrabble pieces, he keeps. The tiles are of widely diffent materials and each have a magic Rune carved on them. Their effects very greatly, from blasts of fire, to opening locks, or even healing. A simple force of will from Whirlwind is enough to active one, but they have one use only. After that, the tile shatters, and is rendered useless. Given time, he can make more.
Yggdrasil Seed:
Will of Creation: The seed's power allow Whirlwind to create solid constructs out of mana. What he creates is limited only by his imagination. The constructs can be animate, having a limited intelligence and able to follow simple commands, or inanimate. However, there are a few rules, the more mass of a construct the more mana and time it will take to make. Similarly, the more complex it is, the more mana and time it will take to create it. The constructs he makes are temporary, how long they last depends on how much mana he infused them with. Until they expire, the constructs have the normal properties of whatever they are made out of, and can be broken or shattered like normal. Animate constructs fuction similarly to living things, hit something vital, or do enough damage, and it will die.
"I want to create a ideal world, a world where our children, and grandchildren can live in peace, and prosperity. A world where tears are not shead, and people need not die.
At least, that was what I wished.
I know now that such a world is an impossibility. Time has seen to teaching me that lesson, over and over again.
But even so, I will, with my own two hands, create a better world. Even if perfection is a dream, improvement is not.
While that is my ultimate goal, it is not my current one.
To know the proper course, one must have the proper knowledge and most important of all, time..."
Other:
He runs on coffee.
His hobbies include running and playing guitar.
He carries a handgun on him, because who expects a mage to carry around a gun?!
He has trained in self-defence martial arts from a young age.
He recently has had training in marksmanship, and swordsmanship.
Unlike most mages, he embraces modern technology.