Name: Tavel Augerthon
Race: human
Age: 60
Appearance: average height, with hair that has grown out from a close military crop and the short beginnings of a beard. Hair is silver-gray. Has blue-gray eyes
Profession: upper-class wizard, scholar, part-time teacher, author. Retired firefighter, still does consultations for the fire department.
Native Land: Earth, but is a Terran decedent.
Current Location: Earth
Special Skills: reading people. Magic. Has extensive knowledge of Terra due to research. Can be a good strategist. Can help bring out the best in people. Listening.
Brief Bio:Tavel was born into a “normal” American family in the 50's. His father was a Terran descendent, but unaware of the fact. Tavel was a family name, the name of his father's grandfather. Tavel was born in 1953, a time when American families kept their problems to themselves. His family didn't have many problems, except for the accidents that became increasingly frequent as Tavel aged. They kept everything as hushed as they could, until 1971. Tavel was 18, and he chose to become a fire-fighter.
Several months after successfully becoming a firefighter, an enormous fire in the forest outside the city was threatening to destroy the whole area. Tavel and all other fire-fighters fought valiantly, but the fire was too well fed. The situation was absolutely hopless. All of them would have surely died that day. The frenzy of the fire and certain death caused Tavel's magical talents to erupt out, and a blast of raw magic pushed back the flames from Tavel's team, saving their lives. It gave them the edge they needed to beat the flames. The other fighters thought they had all gone crazy, and vowed never to speak of it again. However, there was one other fire-fighter who knew what he had witnessed. The other fire-fighter was another Terran descendant named Vincent, and he had elven blood. He could also use magic, having elf blood, but did not have near enough talent to become a full-fledged wizard. He confronted Tavel later, and this was how Tavel learned of Terra and the whole society of stranded descendants.
Vincent started to train Tavel in basic magic to help him gain control of his powers, since he recognized the potential for a wizard or mage. They had a successful career in firefighting, partially in thanks to magic. Both Vincent and Tavel remained fire-fighters for a few years, but Tavel needed more extensive magical training, so in 1980, they quit the force. Vincent introduced Tavel to other Terran descendants and helped hi get a magic teacher. Tavel thrived in this new community, and here he met his future wife, Rina, who worked in the child foster care system to help find abandoned Terran kids and get them with families who knew how to deal with them. They married in 1982, and in 1989 they had their son, Cal. During this time Tavel became a full-fledged wizard of considerable power and spent a good deal of free time with Rina researching their Terran heritage.
Then in 2006, Rina found Ellyon in child services. It was strange because all of the full-blooded elves left on Earth were ancient and had no children, and yet here was a very young pure elf. Tavel disguised Ellyon for her protection and he and Rina raised her as their own. Rina died in a car crash 3 years ago.
Psychology: Tavel is a crafty and slightly cryptic individual. He likes fire spells the most after being a firefighter. Ever since he found out about his heritage, he has devoted his life to studying Terran history and longs to see it someday. His sense of humor is somewhat dry and he can be rather blunt. Ever since his wife died, he's been more subdued than his past spunkier self. Once something peaks his interest, it becomes impossible to deter him.