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[center][h2][color=olive] [u]Richard Montag [/u][/color][/h2][/center][center][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/95959a6d-f1f6-45bb-8f8a-c3abac1059d2.jpg[/img][/center][center][color=olive]Age - 38 | Height - 164cm | Weight - 186[/color][/center]


[b]Personality[/b]
[color=olive]Richard has always been a grounded man among the idealists of the moonlit world with their grand aspirations for the Root. He has the interest to pursue his magecraft, but it is not the all consuming desire the dictates the lives of his contemporaries. His interests are often more inclined towards the practical aspects of supporting a fourth generation magus household, often through making small, sensible loans to upstart businesses catering to the Magus community as well as enterprising students with little funds of their own, in exchange for compensation, monetary or academic, further down the line. 

This has earned Richard no love from his betters whose paranoia might lead one to believe he were laying the framework for a grand scheme to influence the young and prosperous of the moonlit world, but he doesn't mind the wild speculation and in fact takes no small measure of amusement from it. Bearing the visage of a modern businessman alongside the scars of a magus who has pushed against the borders of his favored craft once or twice, most who talk to him find Richard pleasant, but harmless to them or their interests. He converses with a welcoming air about him, sometimes revealing glimpses of a self depreciating sense of humor oft unseen in prideful magi. Believes that he has averted more attempts upon his own life, limb, and research through dialogue then any duel of mysteries. [/color]

[b]Abilities[/b]
Element:[color=olive][b]Wind[/b][/color]
Origin:[color=olive][b]Gas[/b][/color]
Number Of Magic Circuits:[color=olive][b] B[/b][/color]
Quality Of Magic Circuits:[color=olive][b] B[/b][/color]
Od:[color=olive][b]B[/b][/color]

Structural Grasping:[color=olive]Due to the nature of his magecraft as well as his employment, Richard has invested a great deal of time into the basic magecraft related to the understanding of materials compositions, Structural Grasping. Not to say he has wholly mastered the art and all its secrets, but is skilled enough to grasp the chemical composition of the air around him for twenty meters in all directions.[/color]

Alchemy: [color=olive]While the Clocktower is not as reknowned for its Alchemists as another prestigious institution is, there are more then enough magi who are proficient in the magical chemistry. Alchemy pertains to the re-arranging of substances and materials into different forms through means of combustion, distillation, prana infusion, etc.[/color]

Manipulation of Matter's Third State: [color=olive]By suffusing any sufficiently understood gas, smoke, or airborne particulates with his own prana, Richard can thus manipulate it to his will as though an impromptu familiar, though the gases have no will beyond what Montag makes of it. Note, this does not confer control after changing from a gas state to a liquid or a solid, even if Richard is capable of performing that transition. [/color]

Voice of Influence: [color=olive]By forcing prana through the vocal cords, Richard can use magecraft to add weight to his words and influence the perceptions of those around him if he so chooses. The effectiveness of this skill is greatly diminished when used against those who are aware of the power, though this can be surmounted under certain circumstances if Manipulation of Matter's Third State is used in conjunction with Voice of Influence. Richard has kept this magecraft a closely guarded secret and sparsely uses it in order to preserve its effectiveness. [/color]

[b]History[/b]
[color=olive]Born to a family of respectably moderate age and enough holdings not to be deemed destitute by their peers, Richard was expected to be the one who would provide his family with something to distinguish themselves among the moonlit world. To the families chagrin, he did nothing of the sort. Entering into the Clocktower at a reasonable age, unlike those child prodigies who had their first research grant at 10, he labored well enough to succeed in all his classes though never excelling enough to be singled out by instructors for special attention. There was a hope that he would find his spark of genius among the more cut throat departments of the Clocktower or seclude himself in isolation like the mad Magus' who concocted grand machinations away from prying eyes.

Then he joined the Archeology Department (Researching the levels of ambient prana found in the air through the ages), the department known for being so far removed from an Magus Association conflicts that they didn't even shoot their trespassers on sigh, and the family promptly abandoned all expectations for their heir to put them on the map. Richard was delighted by this news, and continued to work in relative peace and fostered connections among the very department noted for also producing Touka Aozaki, Souren Araya, and Cornelius Alba.

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[b]Other[/b]
[color=olive]For someone of his age and lineage, it is peculiar to find he is lacking in a spouse and heir, though Richard would answer any inquiry with a slight quirk of the lips and tell them it wasn't for lack of trying.[/color]
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