Name: Lux Fost
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Personality: Blunt, oblivious, and at times unknowingly crass, he has poor social skills. He does, however, tend to say what he means. Theres no hidden message in his words, and he has trouble with people who do not speak clearly. He doesn't always get sarcasm, or backhanded compliments. If he had a friend beyond Noir, he would probably be very loyal and generous. At present he is skeptical of everyone but tries to keep an open mind with any one who can do magic.
Homeworld: Somewhere on his planet, he thinks.
Backstory: On a distant unnamed planet revolving around a yellow star much like earth, a group of cultists were trying to bring about the end of the age of eternity. Magic was taboo, and they wanted the age of magic to come to fruition, so they sought out ancient rituals to try and summon a dark messiah to spearhead the charge against the inquisitors of Eternity.
They First used dark magics and shadowy rituals to conceive a child. Who would be the Light Bringer. Lux was born nine months to the day of the ritual, making him a spring baby. The second thing they did was create a being of living shadow and bound it to the child. The complex nature was supposed to represent the duality of light and dark, creation and destruction. However it went wrong, and there was no light to be had. The child radiated shadow magics, sometimes the darkness swirled about him as if it were smoke.
Lux was treated as a pariah by the cultists that created him. They decided they would try again eventually, but not quite yet. He had only two that cared for him, Noir: the shadow being bound to him, and Fost his caregiver and parent. Fost was a lovely woman, who provided all the motherly affection a growing child needs.
He was sixteen before Fost could even count the days, and Lux was ready to leave the sheltered life of the cult to explore the world. Maybe find a purpose. He set out with Noir and went to explore the known continent of Farsei. He had no formal education to speak of, but he made sure to learn the spell shadow tongue: which allowed him to speak whatever language he heard. As he explored the world for the next six years he found that the world was just as cruel as the cult, and those that feared him often reacted in anger when they discovered he could use magic, and his magic was often beyond his control being a palpable force that surrounded him.
He often had to fight off bounty hunters and inquisitors who specialized in hunting mages, usually he had to run or fake his death. Lux just got lucky most of the time, and ended up getting away or landing a critical blow that would allow him to escape. He was weary of this world, and tried his best to hide the billowing smokey shadow that surrounded him, which as he got older got easier.
It was five years before he discovered the ruins of Celestia, a sort of port where the ancient magicians would gather to enter the college when it came around. But since the outlawing of magic and the inquisition hunting down those that used it, the college had not returned. He was twenty-two years old when he found it, finally. The portal… It took time but his inquisitive nature got the better of him and he finally got it working. With Noir's guidance of course. Lux entered the portal and found himself on a strange floating island with a spire in the dead center.
This must be on another land mass! He had no idea he was on another planet, or really what a continent was, or where he was. Just that this wasn't Farsei. He quickly found that magic was not only prevalent here, but encouraged. Just as quickly, enrolled in his first class.
Style/Form: His movements are fluid, and graceful. The shadows guide him into a dance like motion to perform his spellcraft. He does not require somatic or verbal components but he must be able to move to cast his spells. Be it hand gestures akin to gloving at a rave, or full body movements.
Affinity/Focus: Lux is a shadowmancer, through and through, though bardic is his means of casting. He currently cannot use any other magic, as he was gifted his abilities artificially. Though he was born with the innate talent for magic, his genetics were physically altered by the ritual.
Other Skills & Interests: Music. He loves music and dance, the harder the beat the better, percussion and string are his jam. Anything that conveys a story through music. He isn't big on lyrical content, just the music itself.
Lux also enjoys making shadow puppets and entertaining others (usually just himself as Noir thinks it stupid)
Trouble: Learning any magic not rooted in shadow or darkness. Often he cannot control his magics and his emotions tend make his spells go awry. Sometimes he can't hide the shadow magic that corrupts his aura, making him an easy target for those who consider darker magic to be taboo.
Weakness: cannabinoids. Nuff said. Calms him down and makes him think before he speaks, instead of the unfiltered version of himself usually presented.
Light, bright lights tend to blind him or give him bad headaches.He tends to wear glasses with smoked lenses to help with this.
Strength: He is especially gifted with shadow and dark magic. He can see in the dark better than he can during the day. He is a particularly good dancer.
Pet: Noir
True form Noir
Noir is sassy and often cryptic. He/it is a shadow being bound to Lux via occult experiments done on him as an infant. Noir has always and will always be there. Over time he became a friend of Lux, instead of being a prisoner. If Lux were to die it is unclear what would happen to Noir, so he has a vested interest in Lux's safety.
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