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"What worth is knowledge without the price for which it is paid?"

Name:
Nicomedes Solomon Boreas

Nicknames/Titles:
Watcher, Demon Professor, Wiseman

Age:
26

Gender:
Male

Race:
Human

Sexuality:
Heterosexual


Magic:
Falsefyre: 
	Nicomedes flames do not burn, nor do they have any heat - instead, he has perverted the concept of flame so that it freezes instead. Everything the flame touches is coated in deep frost. When a living creature is subjected to the flame, it causes a supernatural frostbite that cannot be healed easily - even with magic. Also, those that can use magic will find they cannot channel magic through the frostbitten limb, even with a catalyst. Frostbitten objects become fragile and easily broken. Also, Falsefyre can corrupt already existing flames, creating more Falsefyre in the process. It is the bane of all fire users.

Miasmic Wind:
	Nicomedes taints the wind he controls, making it toxic to the touch. The more miasma the victim has been subjected to, the less control over the body they have, until eventually, they are totally paralyzed. Additionally, those that inhale the wind are driven into a frenzy, where they can no longer tell between friend and foe. The more concentrated the air, the quicker the effect take place.


Trauma Bared:
	Everyone has experiences some sort of trauma, from minor to major ones. Nicomedes can bring these traumas to the forefront of their mind, and they are forced to relive it at random moments once the spell is cast. 

Many Faces:
	Prevents people from being able to see or recognize the faces of other people. They cannot find anything distinguishable about the faces of people and therefore cannot interact with them normally.

That Which Is Recalled:
	Nicomedes can manipulate the memory of an individual - he cannot destroy or add memories, however, he can confuse the feelings associated with those memories; memories of love can become ones of hate, traumatic incidents can become fond ones, etc. The effects of the spell lasts from a single day to a week, at which point, the new memories are forcefully reconciled with the old.
	He can also use this spell to switch the memories of different individuals while also modifying them.


Spirits of the Failed Youth: 
	Nicomedes is capable of summoning a peculiar brand of spirit - the spirits of the young, the disappointed, those youths that bear a grudge against the world that snuffed the candle of their life before it had even begun to burn. They can do no damage to a person physically, however, the weight of their grudge is dark and heavy, and bears down on the soul. Nicomedes can only summon these spirits; he cannot control them.

Spirits of the Future Wished: 
	The opposite spectrum of Spirits of the Failed Youth, Spirits of the Future Wished are those that died early, yet bear no grudge. Instead, they passed on, content with the world with only one wish left behind - that those left behind carry on their wishes, and live life to the fullest. Their wish carries equal weight to the grudge of the Failed Youth, however, when in contact with living people faced with depression, helps to encourage them instead. Likewise, Nicomedes cannot control them once summoned. Exorcising these spirits feels like kicking a puppy, so do so at your own discretion.

Those That Evil Possess: 
	Nicomedes most malicious, and one true offensive summoning. Those That Evil Possess summons evil spirits, that bring out and magnify all the evil and negative emotions of people to the forefront. Exorcising increases in difficulty depending on how deep a persons evil runs. They gain strength depending on how suppressed a persons malicious desires or evil intentions are. Unlike Failed Youth and Future Wished, Nicomedes can control these spirits, and they follow him willingly.


Alchemy - An accomplished Alchemist, although most of his skills are concentrated into making elixirs, and not so much as active transmutation.
Strengths:
	Nicomedes magic, when used in the right situation, is extremely difficult to counter, even with conventional weaknesses. Moreover, most of his magics gain strength the more emotional turmoil his targets suffer. His magic is designed to break bonds and weaken friendships, while at the same time becoming more effective the more isolated his targets are.

Weaknesses:
	If proper conditions are not met, then his magic becomes ineffective. Also, a major weakness of all of his Mentis magic is that it requires physical contact to work. Above all, person with immense emotional strength can withstand his spells. 

Catalyst: 
Leather gloves with runes drawn on them. The gloves are heavily enchanted and can be used to block or redirect magical projectiles. They also increase the strength of fire magic.

Other Skills:
Despite his slim looks, he's a highly competent fighter in close combat, capable of fighting hand-to-hand, or using weapons. While he's competent with most conventional weaponry, he excels in fighting with a sword or a baton. He is also a confident speaker, able to project his voice across a crowded room, and is able to compel people to listen to him using his voice alone.

Inventory:
A notebook, filled with cryptograms and codes. The notebook contains sensitive information that he was able to gather on students and teachers alike.
A retractable steel baton, enchanted to be extra durable.
A handheld digicam.



A specter that unfailingly discerns between truths and lies. It has the ability to haunt its targets with the truth that they wish to bury, and can create illusions that reflect these truths. An immensely powerful spirit, it can not be dispelled or exorcised until its target has admitted the truth it wishes to reveal. Knowledge can only affect one person and cannot change targets until Nicomedes recall it or its target admits.



A spirit of disagreement. Companion is a relatively weak spirit with no actual use asides housework. However, it gains power once in the presence of arguing companions, friends, or lovers. At the peak of every argument, Companion lashes out on one of the arguing persons, attempting to devour them body and soul. Once devoured, the victim is subject to endless horrors from within it's stomach. Companion then turns to the next arguin person, until all the persons involved have been devoured. Extremely difficult to exorcise, the easiest way to stop its ravenous feeding is for the arguing parties to settle their differences decisively.


Personality:
	Sadistic, manipulative, and ultimately, a teacher. These three traits define Nicomedes. He is a man obsessed with other people's pain and suffering, and is cunning and charming enough to enact the plans he needs to witness these desires in reality. However, he does not enjoy pain without purpose; he lives by a motto that all the best lessons are those hard won by trudging through trials. He believes the best students are those that learn through fire and brimstone, and he enjoys the destination equally as much as the journey.

Backstory: 
	A man who grew up into magic, he was irritated with the the incompetence of his instructors. Still, he found there was a certain kind of thrill as he watched his fellow students struggle with their lessons under the guidance of substandard instructors. Behind the backs of his teachers, he taught his classmates magic and also encouraged them to skip classes and ignore the other teachers. 
	Soon enough the teachers were put under mounting pressure as they lost more and more students. Their jobs were in danger and they were forced to put effort into their teachings. Nicomedes watched with delight as they struggled and panicked and ultimately, those teachers that managed to improve their lessons once again found students attending their class, while those that remained incompetent found that they had lost the patronage of the kids families, and consequently their jobs.
	This was the way Nicomedes conducted his life, up until he entered Montagne Academy, after the school he previously worked in closed due to the director committing suicide due to 'work-related stress'.
	Needless to say, he looks forward to his time here.
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