Rakkis - Personal NPC

[Aer]

N P C: R A K K I S

Details
Age: 48
Race: Siltori (Cardinal Dranoch)
Birthplace: Sil-Elaine
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 198Lbs

Faction: Loyal to the Court of Dusk
NPC Type: Personal NPC
Influence: 3
Relation to Aeraku: Former Mentor

Skills

Runeforging (Journeyman), Scrivening (Apprentice), Negation (Apprentice), Tactics (Journeyman), Persuasion (Apprentice)

Description: Rakkis. Loyal subject of the Dranoch courts and born to a tight-knit family of mages he'd betrayed, this conniving cretin extirpates knowledge abroad from dusty archives and lonely old men or women, satisfying his thirst for cruelty wherever he happens to trounce and trot. Charismatic and jubilant, it's hard not to fall under the sway of a man who seems so innocent at first. When one discovers that appearances are only facades with this one, the mask begins to unravel to a most troubling face, but by then it is often too late.

Rakkis is a sadist. Dranoch or not, he derives pleasure from inflicting turmoil upon others, and he uses them for his little mind games every chance he gets. Many Dranoch peers do not appreciate this behavior when directed upon their kind, and so he finds only the most woefully and morally corrupt individuals to be his true and trusted confidants. While Rakkis does possess several Botchling apprentices under his purview, each of them secretly bemoan their Master, and would sooner stab him in the back if given the chance.

Talented in Runeforging and Scrivening, Rakkis is tolerated for what he has to offer as a World Mage. He is well versed in most forms of mortal and Dranoch biology, and he is a perceptive strategist whom can quite accurately and very often assess the faults in others to bring them down. While he may be exceptionally gifted at Runeforging, he paradoxically spends much of his time crafting torture tools and other unsavory things as opposed to shoring up his weaknesses, figuring he has all of eternity to play and learn.

Rakkis wears a frilly cloak of glossy blackened silk. His attire beneath the cloak also serves to hide the evidence of his Dranoch nature with long sleeves and a high collar, Dranoch quills strapped down with bandage. This allows him to better blend in outside the borders of Sil-Elaine.

Note: Rakkis will be used for personal character development, and magical guidance for his disciplines.

[Ruin]

Hello, Aeraku. Thank you for submitting this request!

As this NPC stands right now, I will need to deny him based on the fact that he's too strong for a new character to have at their disposal, coupled with the fact that you have another NPC request in the wings of a similar caliber to this one.

If I'm right in believing that your purpose for this NPC is to have him mentor Aeraku in world magics, then I think the following points can be addressed and work well for your purposes while maintaining balance and fairness.

1. I see no reason that this NPC needs to be a Cardinal Dranoch. Cardinal status is an exception, not the standard. Please reduce the character to a botchling.

2. It is unacceptable for a personal dranoch NPC to possess an item as strong as a fireproof cloak that can resist shrivenflame. Please remove this from the write-up.

3. A personal dranoch NPC shouldn't have five magics (this is especially true for new characters). But to my understanding, you want this character for the purpose of learning world magics for Aeraku. So, I'd like to propose that you remove their negation and reduce one of their expert world magics (of your choice) to journeyman. This would leave him with four world magics, two of which would be expert.

Please let me know if you still wish to continue with the approval of this NPC once the prior points have been addressed. Please also let me know if you'd like to propose other adjustments to make this NPC more acceptable.

Build to last,
Ruin.

[Aer]

I have adjusted this mentor to fall in line with the requests made. Hopefully everything is nice and peachy now!

[Ruin]

This request is approved! Thank you for making the necessary adjustments!

Please note that Runeforging, Negation, and Scrivening are all being heavily reworked and should not be used IRP until their new write-ups are complete.

Build to last,
Ruin.