Character information
Arthur Kirkland. Englishman abroad; wizard of the 2nd order. (Wizardly ranking system: by power and, secondly, prestige; 1st order being the highest and 9th being the lowest.)
Appearance: He looks mostly like Arthur from Hetalia canon, but wears his black magic robes a lot more. The somewhat voluminous robes cloak how skinny he is; certainly not well fed in modern terms. He typically wears dark shirts and pressed pants under the robe/cloak, and has a sturdy leather belt about his waist. There are an array of curved and straight and carved sticks (wands) hanging from his belt, as well as several small, old leather bags (component pouches). He carries a cold iron dagger in one boot sheathe. Despite being a human, he still appears to be in his mid-twenties with the except of the stretched, wrinkled skin around his wrists and ankles, this being due to abusing the magic his first mentor taught him.
To anyone that can sense magic, he absolutely stinks of it, both inside and on him.
Personality: Arthur is a cynical, sharp-tongued man that has watched the centuries pass through both the eyes of a human and that of a wizard and is altogether too haughty about himself because of that. Some might call him fanciful still because of his interest in the fae as his "friends" that has spanned the centuries, and perhaps this is the case. On the other hand, perhaps it is merely that the fae are useful to developing magic, and he uses them. In any case, as with many things, he's not telling.
Proud, stubborn, blunt, huffy, crafty and opportunistic, Arthur is a gentleman/sorcerer/professor that loves to learn and is somewhat controlling of his fae, but they are his companions, and he generally treats them like that when he can.
It was not long after the Battle of Hastings that Arthur was out in the market to retrieve an item for his father. He noticed a creature unlike the fae he had been seeing for years, and slipped off to investigate and speak to it. The creature was a sprite, and this meeting changed Arthur's life forever. For they were being observed at the time by the wizard that owned the sprite, who was intrigued by this poor boy's ability to talk to the fae without training. He calls Arthur a "boy of potential" and offered to mentor him in the ways of these creatures and of magic - but for a price. He had to join the wizarding organization and give his mentor more prestige that way.
And so Arthur did. He learned magic over the years, noticing that his master had special documents from his organization involving continued health.
Arthur saw the conquest of the Normans over the British Isles and people dying forgotten on the streets, not many years later. This scared and enraged him - he resolved that he didn't want to let that happen to him. Between that and the observing of several organization members, he had an idea. By then a young man, Arthur stole the documents from his master and spent night after night up, altering the precarious lines that wove the spells together, taking it from a healthy increase to practically immortality.
Once he was discovered, the order tried to control him despite the protests of his master that what he had done was wrong and should be punished instead, but Arthur wanted neither of these. He fled, having to go undercover to escape the much more powerful wizards for the time being. He resurfaced and made his name as a powerful growing wizard and fighter on the Continent, solidifying himself there before the order could get across the news of what he had done.
Over the years, some others have done similar things and some have been rewarded by him with small increases of life, but unnaturally long-lived sorcerers are still looked upon with distrust and wariness.
Arthur does not care. Let them. It is better to be feared than to be loved, if you cannot be both. And that showed in his used of his "friends" as well, for though he still considers the fae his friends and companions, he is much more understanding than he used to be of the necessity and acceptability of certain methods to control them.
Notable figures he has met during his travels around the world are:
A flamboyant wizard from France, Francis, that has been Arthur's rival and grudging occasional drinking partner for several centuries.
The Oni named Kiku, whom Arthur met in a trip to the islands of Japan and struck up a deal with. He had been seeing that his magic was failing slightly at keeping him young (thus the stretched skin around his ankles and wrists) and observed that he needed another method or whatever was running this earth, if there was indeed anything at all, clearly wouldn't be letting him live too much longer. He could not have that. He is both unaccepting and absolutely terrified of death, for reasons that he refuses to explain... So he made a pact with the Oni: he would protect him from his brother, the dragon of China, and in return the Oni would eat half of his soul. Since Oni are immortal unless killed in battle, by binding himself to the creature in that way, he cannot die unless the Oni dies. Arthur is satisfied with this arrangement, but guards Kiku jealously because he is so important to him. Not to mention he likes Arthur's tea and is good for intellectual conversation.
The fire imp named Alfred, who is Arthur's most recent addition to his collection. The sorcerer tricked the boy into donning a pair of be-spelled glasses, which suppressed his powers and left him under Arthur's control. Nonetheless, the two get along as well as they can manage despite this, Alfred playing pranks and Arthur huffing at his childishness but secretly being intrigued by the light he holds.
Permissions: ??? To be added, maybe.
Appearance: He looks mostly like Arthur from Hetalia canon, but wears his black magic robes a lot more. The somewhat voluminous robes cloak how skinny he is; certainly not well fed in modern terms. He typically wears dark shirts and pressed pants under the robe/cloak, and has a sturdy leather belt about his waist. There are an array of curved and straight and carved sticks (wands) hanging from his belt, as well as several small, old leather bags (component pouches). He carries a cold iron dagger in one boot sheathe. Despite being a human, he still appears to be in his mid-twenties with the except of the stretched, wrinkled skin around his wrists and ankles, this being due to abusing the magic his first mentor taught him.
To anyone that can sense magic, he absolutely stinks of it, both inside and on him.
Personality: Arthur is a cynical, sharp-tongued man that has watched the centuries pass through both the eyes of a human and that of a wizard and is altogether too haughty about himself because of that. Some might call him fanciful still because of his interest in the fae as his "friends" that has spanned the centuries, and perhaps this is the case. On the other hand, perhaps it is merely that the fae are useful to developing magic, and he uses them. In any case, as with many things, he's not telling.
Proud, stubborn, blunt, huffy, crafty and opportunistic, Arthur is a gentleman/sorcerer/professor that loves to learn and is somewhat controlling of his fae, but they are his companions, and he generally treats them like that when he can.
Interests include: craftsmanship, literature, rock music, potions, creating new spells, collections of odd items or creatures, drinking ...and oddly enough, some kids.
It was not long after the Battle of Hastings that Arthur was out in the market to retrieve an item for his father. He noticed a creature unlike the fae he had been seeing for years, and slipped off to investigate and speak to it. The creature was a sprite, and this meeting changed Arthur's life forever. For they were being observed at the time by the wizard that owned the sprite, who was intrigued by this poor boy's ability to talk to the fae without training. He calls Arthur a "boy of potential" and offered to mentor him in the ways of these creatures and of magic - but for a price. He had to join the wizarding organization and give his mentor more prestige that way.
And so Arthur did. He learned magic over the years, noticing that his master had special documents from his organization involving continued health.
Arthur saw the conquest of the Normans over the British Isles and people dying forgotten on the streets, not many years later. This scared and enraged him - he resolved that he didn't want to let that happen to him. Between that and the observing of several organization members, he had an idea. By then a young man, Arthur stole the documents from his master and spent night after night up, altering the precarious lines that wove the spells together, taking it from a healthy increase to practically immortality.
Once he was discovered, the order tried to control him despite the protests of his master that what he had done was wrong and should be punished instead, but Arthur wanted neither of these. He fled, having to go undercover to escape the much more powerful wizards for the time being. He resurfaced and made his name as a powerful growing wizard and fighter on the Continent, solidifying himself there before the order could get across the news of what he had done.
Over the years, some others have done similar things and some have been rewarded by him with small increases of life, but unnaturally long-lived sorcerers are still looked upon with distrust and wariness.
Arthur does not care. Let them. It is better to be feared than to be loved, if you cannot be both. And that showed in his used of his "friends" as well, for though he still considers the fae his friends and companions, he is much more understanding than he used to be of the necessity and acceptability of certain methods to control them.
Notable figures he has met during his travels around the world are:
A flamboyant wizard from France, Francis, that has been Arthur's rival and grudging occasional drinking partner for several centuries.
The Oni named Kiku, whom Arthur met in a trip to the islands of Japan and struck up a deal with. He had been seeing that his magic was failing slightly at keeping him young (thus the stretched skin around his ankles and wrists) and observed that he needed another method or whatever was running this earth, if there was indeed anything at all, clearly wouldn't be letting him live too much longer. He could not have that. He is both unaccepting and absolutely terrified of death, for reasons that he refuses to explain... So he made a pact with the Oni: he would protect him from his brother, the dragon of China, and in return the Oni would eat half of his soul. Since Oni are immortal unless killed in battle, by binding himself to the creature in that way, he cannot die unless the Oni dies. Arthur is satisfied with this arrangement, but guards Kiku jealously because he is so important to him. Not to mention he likes Arthur's tea and is good for intellectual conversation.
The fire imp named Alfred, who is Arthur's most recent addition to his collection. The sorcerer tricked the boy into donning a pair of be-spelled glasses, which suppressed his powers and left him under Arthur's control. Nonetheless, the two get along as well as they can manage despite this, Alfred playing pranks and Arthur huffing at his childishness but secretly being intrigued by the light he holds.
Permissions: ??? To be added, maybe.