Role

Chapter 1

Antharde was a favoured child of a rich Voralian family. Everything came
easy to him and he was beloved, charming his way from the early age to
his early teens. His father was a rich merchant and his mother was a
socialite, raising funds for charities and good social causes. Quick
of mind, Antharde was tutored by the best that Voralian had to offer,
though he understood the tutelage as more of a game, rather than anything
serious. The only person that didn't fit in the mold of the life of easy
leisure was his grandfather. A figure of mystery, it was gossiped that he
was a retired Maran shaman. It certainly seemed plausible, what with his
daily prayers and devotions, his phoenix-decorate altar and his hard,
unyielding view of life. "Antharde, you play easy, but would you be
able to face hardships?" the grandfather would say. Antharde discarded
those questions. Why worry about hard things when life was easy? And
year strung after a year, until suddenly, his grandfather passed. The
passing of grandfather shocked Antharde. It was the first real loss he
experienced in his enchhanted life. Was there any truth to gossips that
the old man was a terror on the battlefield, fighting for the Light? Some
said he was able to assume the Aspect of the Angel and strike fear in
hearts of Light's enemies. Antharde was uncertain... until the very day
of the grandfather's funeral. The procession started from the Voralian
cathedral and, as his grandfather's body was laid to rest, several angels
materialized from the Azure plain to pay hommage to the great mortal. At
that point, Antharde realized that his life was lived in vain and that
there was more to it than endless rich banquets. Under no circumstances
could Antharde qualify as a holy man. The aspect of the Angel was beyond
him. But, with newly found sense of duty, perhaps he could entreat
Angels from the Azure fields to come fight alongside him and make his
grandfather, and the ancestral line proud? With these thoughts, Antharde
enrolled to the Conjurer's guild and set off to make his mark upon Thera.