Sample Character
Kalvis
Quote: “If this demon is as dangerous as you say, wouldn’t you
prefer a magic chainsaw?”
Background: Davian Barrow Awakened on the operating table
after a drunk driver crashed into his car. In his dream, he tried
to reach a dull-gleaming tower across a dark, rocky landscape. A
black-skinned dwarf offered to replace his crushed leg with a new
leg of iron. Barrow, however, didn’t like the dwarf’s smile, and
anyway, he was an aeronautical engineer. He called his supplier
on his cell phone (it was a dream, after all) and ordered sheet
magnesium and aluminum tubing. He built wings using the
dwarf’s tools and flew to the Watchtower of the Lead Coin. The
Free Council found him soon after Barrow left the hospital and
told him he was a mage of the Moros Path. Barrow’s recruiter
suggested he consider joining the Forge Masters.
Barrow resisted the suggestion for two years, but his future
tutor drew him in by consulting him about metallurgy. For
his shadow name, Barrow’s mentor wanted to give him the
name of an African smith-god. Barrow thought that was racial
stereotyping. His ancestors lived in Jamaica for 300 years and
his parents left there before he was born; what was Africa to
him? He chose the name of an obscure Baltic god who had
forged spurs for the gods to use on their celestial horses. Kalvis
required more than a decade of work and training, however,
before his teacher was satisfied Kalvis knew traditional smithcraft
as well as high-tech metalworking.
Since becoming a true Forge Master, Kalvis has become one
of the Legacy’s more vocal advocates for modernity. As Davian
Barrow, he works as chief engineer for a plant that makes aircraft
parts, where his magic subtly boosts the efficiency of the
machines. As a mage, he crafts high-tech magic weapons and
armor for Adamantine Arrow colleagues, such as assault rifles
temporarily empowered with Primal Tempering. His crippled
leg prevents him from taking the field himself, though Kalvis
recently killed a demon by running it over with a Primally
Tempered SUV. In his spare time, Kalvis experiments with
“impossible” metal alloys created using Matter. If he can find
something useful, he might start his own business.