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[b]Name:[/b] Rialto ‘Alto’ Ganze

[b]Appearance:[/b]
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[b]Age:[/b] 53 chronologically, 20 - 23 Appearance-wise.

[b]Bio:[/b] Rialto ‘Alto’ Ganze was born in the nation of Edelweiss, now-conquered by the Hermannreich. He remembered a happy life there, with his father, a wandering inventor who had settled down to enjoy his extended lifespan, which he claimed was due to powerful but rare magic (it wasn’t, he was a son of Lynx). His mother, meanwhile, used the extra time made by her husband’s labor-saving devices to devote herself to running the local militia, which Alto also joined in time. Then, war came, and the Edelweiss armies were routed in the first crucial engagements, leaving mostly militia forces behind - It was then that Alto discovered his one Meta-Power, a power that wasn’t Magic and was more limited than Magic, but was strong anyway.

He had the power to slow down his subjective time so that he can calculate hits and plan new strategies and tactics more. This allowed him and his mother’s militia to hold back the invading Hermannreich forces long enough for much of the population to flee to Iliad City to the east, before tragedy struck - His mother was killed by a Hermannreich sniper, and he himself was captured, along with many of his militia folk. The Hermannreich was built on slavery and the latter was the most common punishment for resistance, and Alto had resisted longer than other folk.

And so he was sold and bought, but despite ending up as a possession, [i]nothing happened[/i]. He couldn’t understand it, but nothing happened.

In time, it emerged that he had been bought by a secret Iliad sympathizer who disagreed with the militaristic and self-destructive course his nation was taking. This person treated him kindly, making him realize that the Hermannreich weren’t all that bad, and then arranged for his ‘escape’ to Iliad, where in his late 20s’, he learned from both Marduk and Ishtar, back when the two schools were in harmony. He developed an interest in cosmology, and developed the Heretical-but-Permissible theory that The One was only omnipotent in his own Universe, and had limited power in others. Not just that, but other ‘Gods’ might also exist in other worlds.

Skip to the present day, and Alto wants to test out that theory, and so has sided with Nergal...
 
[b]Mundane Skills:[/b] Melee and Ranged Combat, History, Military Tactics and Strategy, and Magical Theory and Metaphysics/Cosmology. Oh, and Math.

[b]Magic:[/b] 

Metahuman Power:  Laurel of Victory - Being one-third Custodian, Alto has a power that isn’t Magic, or if it is, is more specialized. This power allows Alto to learn at a hyper-accelerated rate (able to learn new fighting styles in a matter of months and entire disciplines of academics in a year) and store huge amounts of memory. 

Magic Spell: Chosen Hero - Enhancement Magic which increases Alto’s strength, speed, and stamina by a factor of 5, but at a cost to his magical energies.

Magic Spell: Power over Light - Basically, Alto can conjure up light, whether to illuminate a place, create lasers, or serve as ‘Hard’ Light which can shield him from harm.

[b]Personality:[/b] Alto does not share Gilgamesha’s imperialistic views, and is a genuine believer in Professor Nergal’s ideal of taking Iliad City to another world, even if it is a world without Magic. He desperately wants to see what other worlds, especially with multiple Gods, are like, although he still prefers the monotheistic model. He also wants to see if Omnipotence is truly ‘Omnipotence’ and if Omnipotent beings can truly restrict themselves.

[b]Faction (Marduk, Ishtar, or Cassandra Club when it's founded):[/b] Ishtar.

[b]Are you a Descendant of the Illuminated Poet?:[/b] N