Varus Adelric Rosenthal
 Varus Adelric Rosenthal
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| Gender | Male |
| Race | Hyur |
| Clan | Midlander |
| Citizenship | Ul'dah |
| Guardian | Althyk, the Keeper |
| Trades | Magical scholar, alchemist, and jeweler |
| Alignment | Neutral Evil |
| Server | Balmung |
General
Given name: Varus Adelric Rosenthal
Nicknames/Aliases:
None
Age: 32
Current residence: Ul'dah, Quicksand Inn, top floor.
Starting City: Ul'dah.
Grand Company Allegiance: None
Employment: Gemcutter
Marital Status: Single
Mannerisms: In order to create the illusion of normalcy, a Magus often adopts an “outward” persona akin to a split-personality. In Varus' case, he chose the persona of an aristocratic scholar. He is forthcoming with his minor discoveries and even opts to exchange information and knowledge instead of hording it for his own personal gain.
Philosophy: In public, Varus often keeps to himself and his research - the facade of an anti-social scholar helps to maintain his secret passions. Like many magi, Varus strives to achieve True Wisdom - it is the open pursuit of the universe's greater truths, not for the sake of any tangible objective, but simply to understand how the universe functions. In order to reach that goal, most magi do not value nor possess the common sense of society, and believe that their progression and advancement are paramount. Varus is no exception and will go to great and atrocious lengths to qualify and quantify the universe's greatest mysteries.
He is a magus that strives to reach the greatest of heights, thus he acts within no moral boundary and does not possess a code of conduct or honor. Since he researches and experiments without restraint, he is capable of gaining great power in a stunningly short amount of time, but at the cost of victimizing a large number of innocent people.
Laterality: Ambidextrous, writes with the right hand.
Abilities
- Alchemy –
- Elemental Magic –
- Flow and Transference of Power –
- Healing and Restoration –
- Mental Interference –
- Pole-arm Proficiency –
- Summoning –
- The Echo –
History
The Rosenthal are a lineage of magi with a history of over 1,000 years. Despite the age of their lineage, they have not attained any great fame among their peers, although the family has been known to produce first-rate magi with no extraordinary skills. Their primary focus lies in internal alchemy, that is, the transmutation of the self into a more perfect form and Varus' predecessors focused on creating the perfect human body. But the culmination of this millennia-long research experiment merely resulted in the creation a Frankenstein monster. Faced with his family's decline and tarnished reputation, Varus turned to more esoteric roots of alchemy. Specifically, finding the River of Living Water, a well-spring that all souls are said to come from and return to. By following this metaphysical river to its source, Varus believes he can reach the Swirl of the Root, a metaphysical place which serves as the source of all events and phenomena in the universe.
