Rank: Tevinter Magister (Former) / Diplomat (Current)
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Age: 29
Class: Mage
-Subclass: Arcane Warrior
Description:
<>Your typical higher ranking Magister from Tevinter heâs the average noble sort with one of those faces commoners canât be born with and those eyeâs that make everyone both feel welcome and nervous, the typical pretty boy rich kid grown up. He has that dark hair that flows like water, those pearly whites, a physique chiseled for nobility. Yeah, been there, done that. The weird thing about him is his mannerisms and his attire. He doesnât wear the typical Tevinter Robes that most see Mages from the Imperium wearing, but rather he wears a set of light armor that is laid over a light robe. This is because heâs not a typical Mage, heâs an Arcane Warrior.
(Note that he doesn't always wear the Helm and that he has a complete set of boots, though he wears a smaller gauntlet on his right hand.)
Personality:
<>Heâs from Tevinter, but not a complete ass, itâs strange but he doesn't seem to look down on elves or on those who would be slaves in his homeland. This is why heâs not there, actually. He doesn't get along with the higher ups in his homeland because of this as those in his station are expected to keep the status quo and thus keep slaves. Simply put, he didn't and he was causing trouble because of that. He is a stern man who will defend himself and his beliefs as well as his friends. Despite his past he is supportive of the Imperium nad will defend it in speech should one challenge the Imperium as a whole. as he says "Most peopel in the Imperium are barely better off than the slaves, actually the slaves are probably better off than the general populace. They are the Imperium, not the Magisters. Don't speak of things you know nothing about."
History:
<>Born Gabriel Kindred into a mediocre ranking family of Magisters with moderate skills in magic he was a stand out from day one. When he was born he caused all kind of hell around him due to childish tantrums and his great amount of natural talent. Things would fly around, burst into flames, turn into snakes, the typical kid with too much magic throwing a fit kind of thing. He once went with his parents to the great Slave markets, now at the time he was not yet accustomed to the practice, and so when a young slave girl reached out to him in a plea for help and his mother pulled him away he went on another tantrum that destroyed every chain link on the platform. The resulting Riot was quite the scandal but no one knew what had caused it, thankfully.
But he grew out of that when he entered school. Expected to fly under the radar and end up as nothing more than a clerk in the courts of the better mages he was placed at the back of the class with the other lower ranking officialsâ kids where they would watch their betters excel and not cause any trouble. HoweverâŠ, apparentlyâŠ, Gabriel missed the memoâŠ
He was actually in the same class as several rather high ranking families kids, who all were supposed to be very skilled, but things got complex fast. The second day of class they were supposed to just try to light a candle⊠of course the more powerful kids tried to show off by lighting one of the fire places⊠they almost succeeded but in the end none could get it flames to remain. Gabriel stepped up and was told to use a very small amount of power to light the candle⊠and instead he ended up lighting the whole room up, the dozens of candles, and both the fireplaces.
At first he thought heâd be in trouble for letting his powers go⊠but instead he got reprimanded for having them in the first place! See, in Tevinter youâre not meant to do anything against the norm, and those that do not tow the line of the social ladder are adjusted. But school progressed and he continued to do much better than he should have. Eventually the teachers stopped trying to get him to accept the status quo and went for another approach. They moved him into the most advanced classes with the highest families and had him disowned by his parents⊠only to get him adopted by one of the most powerful families in the entire Imperium. Gabriel Kindred was dead, and now a newly born 10 year old Gabriel De La Massimo strode the streets of the Imperium. He forgot his old life, his old name, and became a Massimo is all but blood, losing his real parents and his real family in the process.
He gained some good perks in the process though, the right to use all his powers, a bigger house, a great lifestyle, new friends that wouldnât look down on him, oh yeah and one more thing⊠he gained the right to fight for the Title of Archon⊠Not a bad trade, an old boring life with unconditional love and prosperity for one where he was both loved and hated by everyone he saw and was turned into a tool for political squabbling over the vast power he might one day wield. Either way he was now in the same league as those who would one day inherit the throne of the Imperium.
But, he did make friends in this new life, even though everyone who he went to school with was fighting with him for the top spot, and that friend would one day become the thing they all desired⊠the Archon of the Imperium. So, he went on with his life as a simple high ranking Magister with endless power and wealth⊠things were good, until his past caught up with him. His origins couldnât be kept from the world for long and political rivals took that and his personality and stance toward the culture of the Imperium, which is to say slavery, and turned it against him. In short order, he was expunged from his place of power.
However, past friendships do go a long way, and instead of being imprisoned or killed he was simply exiled, though with perks. The leaders of the Imperium wanted him out of their hair and the Archon wanted him left alone, so the compromise was that he would be named an Ambassador to the rest of the world and sent out to travel it in the name of the Imperium⊠but heâd never again return home. He still hasnât decided if heâs better off but at least his life is his own now, for so long others have decided how he would live, who he would be, and how he would act⊠now they could all go find a nice shady place and **** themselves, he is his own man, and with his power he is going to stay that way.
