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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DeJoker" data-source="post: 7232678" data-attributes="member: 6907519">Okay anything I post about your character's Uncle my character's Mentor is open for negotiation and not written in stone but I will outline some of what I have thus far.First Zathras is not a Wizard yet only because he is still just a Wizard's Apprentice he has not fully blossomed into a fledgling Wizard as of yet (as mechanically that requires 2nd level)Now I have your Uncle being a rather strict individual that only teaches someone that is determined to learn which is to say he definitely does not coddle his students and in fact does what he can to make it as challenging as possible.  If you really want to know magic you have to work at it with pinpoint focused determination.  Now that sort of teaching does not have to apply to your character as he is family and not an Apprentice.  Further perhaps your Uncle simply allowed you access to his facilities and books and left your instruction up to your character this would be alignment with what I have written thus far about the Uncle-Mentor.  Further he could have even answered a few questions that your character may have asked but the replies would have most likely been cryptic requiring your character to work at them to gleam the answers from them.Assuming we go with the above as written thus far -- Zathras could have just gained that apprentice status just before your arrival and I am sure some of the tasks allotted to Zathras would be tiding up after your character and/or bring him food and such.  As things progressed maybe Zathras even helped your character when wrestling with one (or more) of your Uncles answers to a question you asked thus the two share the concept of how the Uncle-Mentor makes things more difficult than less difficult.  It would also help them to have formed a bond of friendship from working together on solving problems -- perhaps your character also helped Zathras with some of the trials he had to struggle with in learning magic from Uncle-MentorJust some prelim thoughts thus far still working on Zathras history up to becoming the Wizard's Apprentice -- note Zathras learned a lot about Alchemy from the things the Mentor-Uncle had him doing which might be helpful in your line of work</blockquote>

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