The Lore of Battle Mage Magnus of the Wood

Magnus is a true Brown Hatter, preferring the serenity of The Fey and The Thorn to the bustle and din of keeps and citadels. A Battle Mage, yes, and a powerful one, skilled in the Warrior Magicks of the Rune of Mars, but those days are consigned to his past… mostly.

Magnus leads a simple life, bound to the natural world, living from the bounty of The Wild and protecting it from the encroachment of a more “civilized” world.

He roams these woods with his trusted companion and familiar, Barley, with whom he’s forged an unbreakable bond through adventure, triumph, loss and now the promise of a peaceful existence. He works the land, growing, foraging and concocting more than enough to live without want, and occasionally venturing out to the local markets and bazaars.

There, Magnus moves among the townsfolk freely, unburdened from his past. He is recognized by many, not as Battle Mage Magnus, sometime hero and onetime scoundrel, but merely as Magnus of The Wood, an ordinary wizard who plies his goods with honesty and integrity.

And, oh, his goods! Above all else, Magnus is known for his ales. From Goblin Town to Calista’s Citadel to Blue Wizard Bastion, a pint of Magnus’ Ale of the Wood is a treasured elixir at publick houses and great halls far and wide.

It’s his tribute to The Wild, crafted with utmost respect for the land it springs from, shifting with the seasons, imbued with plantkind magic known only to few, a pure expression of a wizard’s connection to nature.

Having traded fields of battle for fields of barley, Magnus does not often call upon his more potent abilities. But a sense of unease has gripped of The Wild, a feeling in the souls of each living thing, a feeling that Something is Coming. Something that threatens their very existence.

And so, in the unlikely event that Magnus were to invite you into the modest brewhouse where he crafts his ales, you might see there, tucked beneath an enormous copper kettle, keeping its ambrosial contents at a tempestuous boil… a Sacred Flame.

Unknown to any but himself and his faithful Barley, Battle Mage Magnus of the Wood is preparing. Preparing for What Comes. Preparing to defend these lands by any means. Preparing to burn in the Sacred Flame to emerge a Forgotten Soul.

Preparing to pierce the Infinity Veil.

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