[quote=@Bazmund]
[@Chicken] I'm actually making a court mage myself. If you go with a mage character, maybe we can work out some degree of shared history? My guy is a pretty straight wizard at this point, who doesn't overlap with what you're describing.
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Certainly! Assuming my concept holds any water, and seeing as I don't necessarily want my character to be a part of the court, he could be a somewhat eccentric colleague of your character that has come to lend some assistance in a time of need? Perhaps he's someone else's court mage, a more adventurous sort, or he's a teacher of <something> in a remote province?