Alistair Finch

A mage who survived the Purge

Character Profile: The Survivor Name: Alistair Finch Title:The Ghost-Scribe Physical Features: · Age: 32 · Gender: Male · Height: 5'11" (180 cm) · Build: Lean and bookish, with the slight stoop of someone who has spent a lifetime hunched over tomes. His hands are long-fingered and often stained with ink or soot. · Hair: Dark brown, perpetually unruly, with premature streaks of silver-grey at the temples—a legacy of the Purge's terror. · Eyes: Pale, intelligent grey, like winter fog. They hold a deep, weary sorrow, but can sharpen with a hawk-like focus when he's working or observing. · Distinguishing Marks: A faint, silvery scar across the back of his right hand—not from a spell, but from a shard of his exploding front door during the Purge. He often unconsciously traces it when thinking. Personality: Alistair is a man defined by loss and quiet,simmering resolve. Once a scholar of theoretical thaumaturgy, he is cautious, meticulous, and deeply observant. He is not a warrior-mage; his strength lies in preparation, knowledge, and subtlety. The trauma of the Purge has made him paranoid and taciturn, but beneath his weary exterior burns a cold, unwavering hatred for the new King and his inner circle. He is driven by two powerful motives: survival, and the need to make their stolen power the instrument of their downfall. He is not inherently violent, but believes in the surgical application of force—a scalpel, not a sword. Background: Alistair was a mid-level researcher at the Royal Arcane College,specializing in foundational magic theory and the stabilization of complex enchantments. He was a quiet man, more comfortable with equations than people, and was far from the political circles of high court magi. This obscurity likely saved his life. His salvation came in the form of his younger cousin, Fiona, who worked as a junior maid in the castle's eastern wing. On the night the King was murdered and the decree was issued, Fiona overheard the shouted orders in a service corridor. Driven by terror and love, she fled the castle, risking everything to reach Alistair's small flat in the scholar's quarter. She arrived breathless, her message a frantic whisper: "They're killing all mages. The King is dead. The Heroes are doing it. Run." Alistair acted with the speed of a man who understood catastrophe. With only minutes to spare, he grabbed his core research journal, a few pre-prepared emergency talismans, and a handful of coins. He fled into the night as the red-cloaked enforcers began their grim work. He watched from a rain-soaked rooftop as his college was set ablaze, his colleagues dragged into the streets. The magical "signature" of the purge—a cold, nullifying pulse designed by Leo to sniff out arcane talent—missed him by mere blocks. Connection to the Main Plot: Before the purge, Alistair, like many, was fascinated by the heroes, he had a secret hobby of Alistair studying the summoning ritual that brought them, he read everything about and even had secret note, now he is using that very knowledge to create a reverse ritual it to banish the heroes he once admired back to their home world, he call it "the banishment ritual" however, his ritual needs refinement from the elves and he need Hana as the main key for the ritual to work and finally, he needs the heroes to be in one place while performing the ritual

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