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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 7845869" data-attributes="member: 59816"><p><strong>Titus</strong></p><p></p><p>The coach rolled up to the gates of Ashfield Manor in Waterdeep's Castle Ward, and a young nobleman hopped out. It had been awhile since Titus had come home, and he was not sure how he'd be received. The servants were very happy indeed to see the young master, but his mother was distant, if not unwelcoming. His father was on some business in Mirabar and wouldn't be home for six weeks or more. This was all not unexpected, and at any rate, Titus had come to do his own research, and to speak to his uncle. Seaton Ashfield was known in Waterdeep as the Wizard Ashfell (his name had been misspelled years ago when he had attended Blackstaff Academy, and it had stuck professionally.) Ashfell kept rooms in the family Manor's western turret, and Titus went there first, to borrow his library.</p><p></p><p>At the time of Titus' arrival, his uncle was at Blackstaff Tower, doing whatever wizards do as their day jobs. The servants of the turret let Titus in to the library, and offered him tea, then left him alone (as they were instructed to do). Titus had only rarely been in his uncle's library, and now he saw it again as if for the first time. A trove of knowledge was right here in his childhood home, and for the first time, he wondered why he had never been encouraged to exploit it. Instead, he had been sent away to study swordplay and boxing under excellent coaches. He suddenly remembered the last time he'd been here - he had been speaking with his uncle while looking at the shelves, and he asked about a particularly interesting-looking tome. His uncle had changed the subject abruptly, and not long after, his mother had shipped him off to live in Daggerford with her cousins.</p><p></p><p>He found that book now. It was entitled <em>Thalandar's Treatise on Curses & Fiendish Connexions & How to Remove their Like</em>. Titus flipped through the heavy tome. Most of it was impossible for him to understand, but something caught his eye - a page where a passage was underlined which read "in the event that yon subject has been cursed thusly, and by powerful magicks, and bounde to a Titan from his very birth, why then, this connexion cannot be broken in any waye whatsoever and must instead be blocked by all means at thy disposal, yea even unto the death of the child."</p><p></p><p>Scribbled in the margin in the same pen as the underline, was written in his uncles' hand, "alas, what then for T?"</p><p></p><p>Titus poured through more books, making quite the mess of his uncle's library. When Ashfell arrived home, the Wizard admitted that the notes were in his hand and that they referred to Titus. </p><p></p><p>Ashfell told him, <strong>"When she was pregnant with you, your mother saw a fortune-teller, who told her that you would become a very powerful wizard. Better than me, she said. A proud fool I was, I bragged about it at the Blackstaff Tower. One night I came home to find your father making a business arrangement with an associate of mine, a Wizard named Rookyard Fallowe. In exchange for his influence at court, your father had agreed to make you his apprentice instead of mine. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Just after your birth, Fallowe was revealed to be an agent of Thay. Before the Gray Hands and the City Watch could catch up with him, he turned up here to take you away. I was out searching for him, but I had informed your father of his treachery by magical means. When he arrived, your parents refused him. He said that if you would not serve him, you would instead serve his master and he fled the city by magical portal. At first we thought it an idle threat, but I examined you to be safe, and I found that he had been secretly performing rituals. He had gone as far as to pay off the midwives to deliver him your placenta. The damage was done. You were forever bound to his master. We could not allow you to learn magic, if it could be turned to the service of Thay."</strong></p><p></p><p>[ooc]I'm going to have to continue this later. Taking me awhile to write! Fun, though. Feel free to respond, tglassy. This only covers your history check. There's some history for you! Don't everyone expect me to go quite this far, sorry gang![/ooc]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 7845869, member: 59816"] [B]Titus[/B] The coach rolled up to the gates of Ashfield Manor in Waterdeep's Castle Ward, and a young nobleman hopped out. It had been awhile since Titus had come home, and he was not sure how he'd be received. The servants were very happy indeed to see the young master, but his mother was distant, if not unwelcoming. His father was on some business in Mirabar and wouldn't be home for six weeks or more. This was all not unexpected, and at any rate, Titus had come to do his own research, and to speak to his uncle. Seaton Ashfield was known in Waterdeep as the Wizard Ashfell (his name had been misspelled years ago when he had attended Blackstaff Academy, and it had stuck professionally.) Ashfell kept rooms in the family Manor's western turret, and Titus went there first, to borrow his library. At the time of Titus' arrival, his uncle was at Blackstaff Tower, doing whatever wizards do as their day jobs. The servants of the turret let Titus in to the library, and offered him tea, then left him alone (as they were instructed to do). Titus had only rarely been in his uncle's library, and now he saw it again as if for the first time. A trove of knowledge was right here in his childhood home, and for the first time, he wondered why he had never been encouraged to exploit it. Instead, he had been sent away to study swordplay and boxing under excellent coaches. He suddenly remembered the last time he'd been here - he had been speaking with his uncle while looking at the shelves, and he asked about a particularly interesting-looking tome. His uncle had changed the subject abruptly, and not long after, his mother had shipped him off to live in Daggerford with her cousins. He found that book now. It was entitled [i]Thalandar's Treatise on Curses & Fiendish Connexions & How to Remove their Like[/i]. Titus flipped through the heavy tome. Most of it was impossible for him to understand, but something caught his eye - a page where a passage was underlined which read "in the event that yon subject has been cursed thusly, and by powerful magicks, and bounde to a Titan from his very birth, why then, this connexion cannot be broken in any waye whatsoever and must instead be blocked by all means at thy disposal, yea even unto the death of the child." Scribbled in the margin in the same pen as the underline, was written in his uncles' hand, "alas, what then for T?" Titus poured through more books, making quite the mess of his uncle's library. When Ashfell arrived home, the Wizard admitted that the notes were in his hand and that they referred to Titus. Ashfell told him, [b]"When she was pregnant with you, your mother saw a fortune-teller, who told her that you would become a very powerful wizard. Better than me, she said. A proud fool I was, I bragged about it at the Blackstaff Tower. One night I came home to find your father making a business arrangement with an associate of mine, a Wizard named Rookyard Fallowe. In exchange for his influence at court, your father had agreed to make you his apprentice instead of mine. Just after your birth, Fallowe was revealed to be an agent of Thay. Before the Gray Hands and the City Watch could catch up with him, he turned up here to take you away. I was out searching for him, but I had informed your father of his treachery by magical means. When he arrived, your parents refused him. He said that if you would not serve him, you would instead serve his master and he fled the city by magical portal. At first we thought it an idle threat, but I examined you to be safe, and I found that he had been secretly performing rituals. He had gone as far as to pay off the midwives to deliver him your placenta. The damage was done. You were forever bound to his master. We could not allow you to learn magic, if it could be turned to the service of Thay."[/b] [ooc]I'm going to have to continue this later. Taking me awhile to write! Fun, though. Feel free to respond, tglassy. This only covers your history check. There's some history for you! Don't everyone expect me to go quite this far, sorry gang![/ooc] [/QUOTE]
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