Age: late 40's
Gender: Male
Race: Mostly human, though he does have unknown traces of blood within him from an unknown race.
Alliance: Undecided. He can be convinced to join either cause, but has a greater likelihood of helping Ankarig.
Appearance:
Rubius is tall. He towers over most mortals, standing 7'2. It is an odd stature for a human, but he isn't completely human, mind you. He's fit, he isn't your typical middle-aged man, he stays in very good shape. Which is good, because he does a lot of hand to hand combat. He knows many ancient martial arts, and they require a certain level of fitness to master. Mind you, he HAS mastered them. Rubius has snow white hair, not from aging, but from birth. He keeps it neatly cut and shaven. His skin is Caucasian, not pale, not tanned. He has no notable blemishes. No scars, only one tattoo. The tattoo is one he had administered himself, with the use of a needle, and ink, says this: "By the light unspoken, this language of brutality, enraptured I have become unholy, nights arms welcome me."
His attire consists mainly of overly stereotypical wizard clothing. The pointy hat, the baggy robes, even the look of the robes themselves. He likes the clothing, he believes one should take pride, not shame in magic, and make it obvious to society that you could master its arts.
Weapon(s): Mainly, Rubius chooses to fight with his magics. His mastery over the elements of fire, and water, and his influences on the feeble minded. If all else fails, he will not, however, hesitate to inflict serious damage with his stave skills. His stave is caked with extremely sharp metal spikes which can easily penetrate any hide or flesh. To be specific, he can conjure spheres of fire, force streams of fire out of his palms, and create walls of fire, the same goes with water, but he can also make it rain. As for his influences on the feeble minded, anybody who is not intelligent, per-se, is susceptible to have their mind corrupted by him. Either rotted, or just influenced. You might compare this to mind control, but they are two different concepts.
Likes:
-The turning weather, namely before it's about to rain. The greyness of the skies, the stillness of the air, the tranquility. He claims his magic is at it's strongest then.
-Fires. Some surmise that he is, suppositionally, an arsonist in denial. Many blazes have arisen in villages he has visited, although he denies every one of them.
-Knowledge. He's a bookworm, he would rather spend a week reading books than a day in a tavern getting drunk.
-Tranquility. Nothing is a more perfect end to a rough day than tranquility.
Dislikes:
-Magic. The reason being unbeknownst to him, when he utilizes his magics, he ages faster. The aging process isn't noticeable, and he won't die quickly, but for every second he uses his magic, he ages two. He's only forty, but he appears to be in his fifties, because of this.
-Laziness. He strongly believes you should never waste time.
-Ogres, trolls, any races of the likes. In his mind, they are barbarians.
-Illiterates. He believes strongly that illiterates are a sub-race that should not be allowed the joys of magics and the fine arts of combat.
Fears:
-Dragons.
-Situations in which he has no control.
-Not knowing what to do.
-Forsakenment.
Secrets: Not many know this but him, but he knows many dead or ancient tongues that are not around anymore. Some of which that are banished, or illegal to speak in, such as demon tongue. His stave depicts the phrase "his spires are growing taller still their shadows stretching throughout the land, freeing the evils that sleep within the weaker minds of man" in a dead language that not even he knows the name of, although he does know how to speak it.
Personality: Rubius is a mysterious man. He speaks mainly in poetry, metaphors, or in old stories when he's trying to convey a meaning. This is due to his intelligence, he knows many languages and an even greater number of stories by the ancient races that contrived them. He's somewhat of a loner, although he does not mind taking a stroll with somebody, he isn't antisocial. Rubius usually doesn't act out of place, nor is he a violent person at heart, although there are doubts among society about this. He is not mentally stable, as you might say. Certain things can set him off into an outburst. This usually leads to an uncontrollable mixture of fire and death, he believes this urge comes from a relation to demons. What these things are, he does not specifically know. One is false accusition, however. Rubius is loyal to his friends, and their causes, and gives them his undivided attention. He is always there to help, and is not afraid to accept death before dishonour for a noble cause. He will not disown you. He will not abandon you. He will not fail you. He would prove to be a worthy ally.
History: Rubius grew up on his own. He had no mother, no father, no relatives to take him in, not even foster parents. His earliest memory was him alone, running through forest on a full moon, being chased by some unknown entity. It chased him, malevolently, with the desire to kill or maim, why he did not know, he believes he was four when it happened. Somehow, somewhy, he managed to conjure up a firestorm to destroy the entity..but burn down the entire forest he was in, too. He remembers nothing of the following five years of his life, but since then he has lived in Ankarig. He bought a house with [stolen] money. He bought books, researched ancient civilizations, ancient languages, ancient practices and beliefs, ancient magics. He researched ancient fighting arts. Everything ancient. He loved it. He hoped that, somehow, he would find a link to his unknown blood within his veins. He knew he wasn't purely a human, he knew that there was some sort of foreign blood within him. No present day races have the aging effects his magics have, he believes he's a descendant of an ancient race. This has yet to be proven. But anyway. Later, he bought his own "wizards tower" so you might say, just outside of Ankarig. This time, it wasn't with stolen money, it was on sales from books he had written. His profession was that of an author, he wrote many books on ancient civilizations and their practical modern teachings, such as martial arts, many of which he trained himself in. This how he lived until present day.
Other: He has a certain aura that children absolutely love. The kind of aura that would make a flock of children run up to him and ask for him to tell a story. Maybe that's just his hat, though.