FEF: BW: Edgar Paerlum

Name: Edgar Paerlum
Age: 48
Class: Mage
Special: Levitation, Mark of Magic
Character Skill: Discipline
Affinity: Wind
Personal Fault: Oath to Crown and Church - Edgar only deals half final damage and doesn't apply his Specials to Monks/Nuns, Bishops and Inquisitors.
Personal Skill: Strapping, for a Scribe - As long as Edgar is over 40% of his Max HP, he gains +15 Evasion.
Personal Skill: Willful, for a Wordsmith - After Edgar applied Mark of Magic to a target, he gains +2 DMG against that target until the end of his next turn.
/Personal Skill:

Preferred Stats: Skill, Magic
Weapon Skill: Fire (C), Anima (D)

Level: 5
Total Level: 5

Base Stats:
HP: 18 (55%)
STR: 0 (0%)
MAG: 5 (70%) (+2)
SKL: 7 (60%) (+1)
LUK: 3 (30%) (+1)
DEF: 0 (30%)
RES: 5 (50%)
SPD: 5 (40%)
MOV: 5
CON: 6
AID: 5
LED: 0

Levels Gained:
Level 2: +1HP, +1MAG, +1SKL, +1DEF
Level 3: +1MAG, +1SKL, +1LUK, +1DEF, +1SPD
Level 4: +1HP, +1MAG, +1SKL, +1LUK, +1RES
Level 5: +1MAG, +1LUK, +1DEF

Current Stats:
HP: 20 (55%)
STR: 0 (0%)
MAG: 11 (70%)
SKL: 11 (60%)
LUK: 7 (30%)
DEF: 3 (30%)
RES: 6 (50%)
SPD: 6 (40%)
MOV: 5
CON: 6
AID: 5
LED: 0

Supports:


Inventory:
Name         | Type  ( ) | Rng | Wt | Mt | Hit | Cr | QL
Fire         | Anima (E) | 1-2 |  4 |  4 |  75 |  0 | 32/40
Vulnerary (2/3)


Battle Stats:
Fire:
Rng: 1-2
AT: 15
Hit: 100+2.5
Crit: 5
AS: 6
Eva: 19
DG: 7

Bio: Fascinated by what might have been during the ages before Humans, Edgar Paerlum was eager to learn of all the legends spoken by the people from a young age. Such was his passion for the past that, in a time where historical records have been destroyed by Ryuushin and there were greater worries under a dragon's rule, Edgar managed to attain literacy and began making his first attempts at recording the myths that has been mostly upkept by oral tradition at this point. Obviously, those first attempts were crude and amateurish, for he was still a child at that time that needed to participate in work on the farm of his family.
When word was spreading of a man named Arya raising an army to free humanity, the 15-years old teenager got imbued by the fire of rebellion too and hastily said goodbye to his parents as he went on an ambition-fueled journey to follow Arya's army as closely as possible (which, in all honesty, wasn't really close) while talking to all kinds of people he came across to take notes. His dream: The creation of a Chronicles of Arya, a document for future generations that, even if Arya would fail in his quest, would inspire new ursurpers to lead the charge against the Dragon King Ryuushin.

To his pleasant surprise, Ryuushin fell a few years later, and the Age of Humans has begun. At first, Edgar was overjoyed, of course. He did as most people did at the time, hurrying to the next tavern as the word spread of this monumental victory and having a drunken celebration as legendary as Arya's accomplishment itself. But the very next morning, as he was fighting a painful hangover, he realized that this transition into a new age would also mean new challenges for humanity as a whole. Now, in a world where power was no longer absolute, he realized that what formerly binds villages together will now bind whole realms together, and people will most likely follow the example of the territories of Dulobun and Faheem across the whole continent. After recovering from his hangover, Edgar made a bold plan:

He will create a storehouse of written knowledge at the heart of wherever Arya will settle, for he is sure he would become the ruler of his own territory.

Continuing his journey, following the distant echoes of where Arya was, he eventually reached Fonal after a few weeks, seeing the future capital of a yet-young Fonzia when it was little more than huts and wooden walls surrounding the ruins of the Dragon King's castle. Over the next decade, Edgar bore witness of the capital's rapid growth and wrote down everything he would hear from both locals and travellers. Keeping himself afloat by doing several oddjobs, he was keeping for himself in his own hut, spending most of his avaible money in parchments, writing tools and candles. His works became more and more professional and the living space in his hut became smaller and smaller. Such was his focus and passion on recording everything that he occasionally quaffed Sniper's Friend just to be able to write in fine letters (as well as a few instances of consuming Red Eye on his more depressed nights of writing, a fact he is not proud about).

Shortly after the First Dubrian War, Edgar hit a low point in his career and grew frustrated at his lack of recognition as a recorder of history. Spewing profanity, he threw a few of his records out of the window. To his shock, said records landed directly at the feet of a member of one of the minor noble families of Fonal. Expecting harsh punishment, he immediately went out of his hut to apologize and prostrate. But the noblewoman instead picked up the records, flipping through them before asking Edgar why he would allow such gracefully-written text to become destroyed and lost. At her request, he presented her more of his works. With that, only a few days later, Edgar was moving into a more spacious room within the servant's house belonging to the noble family, now tasked with recording everything about the family while making copies of a part of what he had already written, like his records of the Kraemian War of Secession or a collection of myths and legends from the Age of Dragons.

More time passed, with Edgar being allowed to visit his birthplace after such a long time, where he was seeing his mother again after more than a decade. His father, sadly, has passed away in that time, so he could only say his goodbyes at his grave. He convinced his mother to travel with him back to Fonal, where it was agreed that she could do minor housework and help in the kitchen to stay in the servant's house. After only a few years, during the middle of the Second Dubrian War, Edgar's mother passed away, her remains being returned to the homeplace so she could be buried next to her husband.
It was also around that time that the copies of his works became more widespread and known to more people, including reaching King Arya. Impressed by the quality of the scriptures, Edgar got invited into the throne room, where he was offered to become the Royal Librarian. He accepted on the spot.

More years passed, and now a nobleman himself, Edgar had all the time in the world studying books from faraway lands while continuing to produce works of written art, even organizing occasional gatherings to teach children in and around Fonal basic literacy without demanding tuition costs. Of course, that didn't exclude him getting paid for giving in-depth personal teachings to the offsprings of noble families. It was also that time period where he picked up a new interest, that of learning to wield Anima magic. Life was finally good for the scribe in his 40ies.

After the death of King Arya and Jung Arya climbing the throne, he pledged allegiance to him and also declared that he would support him wherever he can, even if it means risking his life at the front. He felt like he owed the Hero King a life debt for enabling his dreams, and that debt got transferred to the second king in his eyes. He already had a young but promising young man as an apprentice that was capable of managing the library whenever he was away on his educational missions. That young man was ready to inherit the role of Royal Librarian in case something would happen to him.
It is rather unusual for a librarian to join combat, but he had faith in his ability to cast fire-based magic for the good of the kingdom. He desired to fulfill his life debt that Jung Arya inherited from his father, and he managed to convince the second king to join his campaign based on these factors, with having memorized decades of history being an additional perk, for knowledge is quintessential to have in his eyes. Plus, writing a first-hand battle report is something he had yet to do...