Atréides se déplaçait en même temps que le soldat maudit, le Dragon optant pour la poursuite de la cible plus lente et plus dure des deux. La foudre le long de son bras gauche, il a soufflé des coups supplémentaires contre la peau de la bête, coupant des écailles maintenant loin des attaques répétées et commençant à vraiment se mettre sous la peau de la chose, pas de jeu de mots prévu. Bien sûr, comme prévu, Sable était déjà debout et en mouvement, et le dragon a commencé à viser le ciel. Non, Atreides a décidé, pas si facile. En changeant sa magie, il a commencé à lober des pierres instables à la vue du sol, qui ont brisé avant l'impact, déchiquetant le tissu de l'aile d'un côté pendant que Sable allait enlever l'autre aile. Pas grand-chose d'autre qu'il allait faire de cette gamme en ce moment, pas qu'il ne voulait pas frapper Sable. Elle était à la portée des éclaboussures, pour ainsi dire.
Mais la bête est descendue, Sable la conduisant dans la terre d'en haut. Il a estimé qu'elle allait bien, toutes choses considérées, et il a en effet vérifié brièvement pour s'assurer qu'après l'atterrissage, elle allait bien, il s'est tourné vers la chose la plus importante à l'esprit en ce moment. Le soldat maudit, l'homme mort toujours en mouvement sous son propre pouvoir. Eh bien, que ce soit le sien ou non n'était pas nécessairement le point en ce moment. Mais il s'approcha de l'homme, faute de meilleures conditions, se reposant la main sur son épée juste au cas où et a parlé à nouveau au mort, bien que vu le silence précédent, il n'était pas sûr à quoi s'attendre de l'homme. Il est resté franc et jusqu'à présent, il ne pouvait pas savoir comment ce soldat allait agir.
"Bon travail, pour avoir travaillé sous une malédiction pareille. Donc, la plus grande question que j'ai de toutes celles que je pourrais poser est celle-ci. Vous allez rester amis, ou allons-nous devoir être en désaccord après avoir fait tomber cette chose?"
Name: Alexander Atreides
Age: 37
Personality: Taskmage Atreides might be described as sarcastic, disrespectful to anyone who attempts to assert superiority over him, bitter and jaded to the world as a whole. They would not be wrong, but they would not know the whole picture of the Taskmage either. Wandering the lands of the Imperium, doing work for whomever needed his services hardens a man to the suffering and pain the world has. The first to reply to an insult or taunt with a sardonic and often times venomous reply, one would be surprised to note that when the Taskmage takes someone under his protection and tutelage, nothing short of complete obliteration stays his hand when it comes to bettering said person. Such unshakeable loyalty made him a popular hired hand, since once he took the money, he didn't betray his employer until the job, as listed per contract, was complete and someone paid him more to form a new contract. So despite his sardonic comments, his often times unlikeable statements and displeasing aura he seems to have, Atreides is not one to abandon the few that earn his loyalty rather then buy it, regardless the cost to himself.
Weapons:
+Luna (Detailed in main image): A blade forged with equal parts magic and forge work, this weapon is his primary means of fighting in hand to hand, and his only means of armed combat outside his magic. Due to its unique forging process, it acts as a natural focus and can channel both his ritual magics and actual combat spells when in a bind.
+Khopesh Blade: An enigma of a weapon, Atreides refuses to explain the weapon or why he carries it when it serves no purpose that Luna, his main sword, could not possibly do better. It is completely immune to any spells he has ever attempted to cast on it, some far more powerful effect deflecting any overriding enchantments from his rituals, but it never seems to leave his person. Even when lost, its back in his pack within a few hours when no one is looking.
Abilities (Magic):
Taskmage: Rather then specialize in any one specific arcane art, Taskmages are expected to be able to act as the jack of all trades, when referenced against the arcane practitioners of the realm. This comes as a twin edged blade, some seeing an advantage, others, a grave disadvantage. Taskmages will rarely best enemy wizards in the field the hostile mage has dedicated him or herself to, however, Taskmages can command a far greater, and wider, variety of spells without any more training than most normal mages, and generally have a knack for quickly copying spells for their own use, albeit taking time to bring them up to a well trained enough level to be dangerous. Generally, only one to three spells from any one school of magic might be known at any one time, although legends of the predecessors to modern Taskmages make stories of men and women capable of utilizing advanced magic from many different schools, after many years of application and training.
Current Schools Utilized: Electromancy, Geomancy, Pyromancy
Ritualistic Magic: As many times as a Taskmage might be hired to join a Mercenary band to provide a versatile hidden weapon, they are as often hired to prepare and enact various rituals that more dedicated archmages are too busy, or ask too high a price, to do. Protective wards, weapon enchanting, tracking spells, Ritual Magic is generally not seen as a in combat viability for the most part, instead used to prepare for combat before hand, runes and phrases prepared to trigger the effects stored by the rituals. Usually, even with prior preparation, a lengthy phrase must be recited to trigger a rituals effect.
Current Known Rituals:
Weapon Empowerment: (Atreides can currently only activate these on his own specially prepared blade)
+Ignis (Engulfs the Weapon in flames, Atreides most preferred and his go to enchantment)
+Umbra (Cloaks the weapon in shadow, creating an afterimage which reduces enemies ability to defend against following attacks)
+Sol (Encases the weapon in holy Light, highly effective against unholy and daemonic beings. Can also act as an impromptu torch)
Raise Barrier: Arcane (Made of pure energy, vice terraforming or utilizing surrounding natural elements)
Track Object: Living (Supplied with a piece of the target's body, such as hair or fingers, he can glean a general direction in which the target fled. The fresher the sample, the more effective and accurate the tracking is. Only works on targets alive at the time of casting.)
Other: Taskmage Atreides appears to be blind in his right eye, even without the eyepatch covering it, and refuses to discuss the circumstances leading to this happening to anyone besides one specific person.