MEET THE MUSES: Vaarsuvius
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sagesariaName: Vaarsuvius AKA "V"
Series: Order of the Stick
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flamingo_u
Journal:vforverbose
AIM Screenname: none yet
Age: 130
Birthday: undecided
Sex: Unknown
Occupation: Metaphysics Teacher
Romantic status: Married, otherwise unknown
Likes: ranting, magic, studying
Dislikes: people who insult his/her intelligence, getting involved in sex debates
Appearance: An ambiguously-gendered elf with short purple hair. Always seen with a red robe and gold circlet.
History: Vaarsuvius was born to ranger parents in the Great Elven Forest. He was introduced to magic at an early age by a close family friend who later took Vaarsuvius on as an apprentice, a position that V filled for sixty years. His master, however, became concerned that, while V excelled at the academic aspects of magic, the apprentice had become too isolated from the real world and thus Vaarsuvius was sent out into the world to learn more (via a Bixby's Evicting Hand spell).
Vaarsuvius decided that the best way to make a name in magic was to challenge one of the Iron Mages, a group who specialised in the artistic side of magic. One of the Mages would accept the challenge and Mage and challenger would be given an hour to research one or more spells using a given material as a component. Whoever was judged to have created the most effective and artistically pleasing set of spells would be deemed the winner.
Vaarsuvius issued a challenge, with the aim of outdoing his opponent and thus gaining access to the vast libraries of the Iron Mages. The challenge began, but Vaarsuvius, temporarily distracted by the Master of Ceremonies asking a question, replied in his usual long-winded manner, leaving him with very little time to actually complete the task. Vaarsuvius watched in annoyance as the Iron Mage revealed a sizeable collection of inscribed spells, potions and a magic item, a considerable lead over the two spells that Vaarsuvius had inscribed in the time. Proceeding to the testing stage, V was shocked to realise that he had made a serious error in scribing one of his spells, transposing range and area of effect. The resultant blast leveled the stadium. Unsurprisingly, Vaarsuvius was disqualified.
Apparently attempting to drown his sorrows, Vaarsuvius visited a local tavern where he encountered the rogue Haley Starshine. Discussing the relative merits of research against adventuring, Haley persuaded V to visit the local adventurer's tavern to see what opportunities might be available. While still uncertain, V agreed.
At the tavern, Vaarsuvius encountered the fighter Roy Greenhilt, who was recruiting a team to locate and destroy the lich Xykon. Haley had already signed up and recommended Vaarsuvius to Roy as a possible recruit. Irritated by Roy questioning his abilities, V magically shattered the table that Roy was sitting at. Roy asked V to join the group, but the wizard initially declined, claiming that Roy was clearly only inviting him to sign up because he was intimidated by Vaarsuvius' mental prowess and needed the opportunity to reestablish his dominance. Roy then proceeded to describe in highly technical detail the nature of a Fireball spell. Initially shocked and then pleased at this unexpected display of intellect from a fighter, Vaarsuvius agreed to join the party.
He has since helped the Order of the Stick on many other quests after Xykon was supposedly defeated. Now he teaches Metaphysics at Flamingo University, preparing for a coming war.
Personality: V is rational, intelligent, perceptive, witty, and erudite to the point of often being unnecessarily long-winded and somewhat detached. He sees the world in a scholarly manner and is good at explaining things, but is somewhat lacking in other people skills. To summarize, V fits many of the characteristics of the stereotypical intellectual, albeit backed up by the ability to inflict a considerable amount of magical destruction on those around him.
Vaarsuvius has a (justifiably) high opinion of his own magical and intellectual ability, which frequently comes across as arrogance and often feels that his powers are being wasted on minor matters. His main motivation is knowledge and arcane power. However, he also finds joy in unleashing great destructive spells on a deserving target. He is known to have had an Intelligence of 18 when recruited into the Order, which may have increased in the interim.
V's principal weakness is that he generally possesses the expectation that things should be clear and logical and gets highly frustrated when the "real" world all too frequently fails to live up to this.
Privacy/Hacker skills: cannot hack, defends his posts with magic
Spoken languages: Common and Elvish, can probably speak other languages that haven't been mentioned yet.
Religion: he worships some sort of Elvin god, I don't think it's been mentioned whom
Drinking habits: likes to have a glass of wine after a quest.
Sexual habits: unknown.
Other fun facts: has a familiar; a crow that Haley has named Blackwing
likes coffee
Enjoys the works of Judy Garland
Series: Order of the Stick
Roleplay:
flamingo_uJournal:
vforverboseAIM Screenname: none yet
Age: 130
Birthday: undecided
Sex: Unknown
Occupation: Metaphysics Teacher
Romantic status: Married, otherwise unknown
Likes: ranting, magic, studying
Dislikes: people who insult his/her intelligence, getting involved in sex debates
Appearance: An ambiguously-gendered elf with short purple hair. Always seen with a red robe and gold circlet.
History: Vaarsuvius was born to ranger parents in the Great Elven Forest. He was introduced to magic at an early age by a close family friend who later took Vaarsuvius on as an apprentice, a position that V filled for sixty years. His master, however, became concerned that, while V excelled at the academic aspects of magic, the apprentice had become too isolated from the real world and thus Vaarsuvius was sent out into the world to learn more (via a Bixby's Evicting Hand spell).
Vaarsuvius decided that the best way to make a name in magic was to challenge one of the Iron Mages, a group who specialised in the artistic side of magic. One of the Mages would accept the challenge and Mage and challenger would be given an hour to research one or more spells using a given material as a component. Whoever was judged to have created the most effective and artistically pleasing set of spells would be deemed the winner.
Vaarsuvius issued a challenge, with the aim of outdoing his opponent and thus gaining access to the vast libraries of the Iron Mages. The challenge began, but Vaarsuvius, temporarily distracted by the Master of Ceremonies asking a question, replied in his usual long-winded manner, leaving him with very little time to actually complete the task. Vaarsuvius watched in annoyance as the Iron Mage revealed a sizeable collection of inscribed spells, potions and a magic item, a considerable lead over the two spells that Vaarsuvius had inscribed in the time. Proceeding to the testing stage, V was shocked to realise that he had made a serious error in scribing one of his spells, transposing range and area of effect. The resultant blast leveled the stadium. Unsurprisingly, Vaarsuvius was disqualified.
Apparently attempting to drown his sorrows, Vaarsuvius visited a local tavern where he encountered the rogue Haley Starshine. Discussing the relative merits of research against adventuring, Haley persuaded V to visit the local adventurer's tavern to see what opportunities might be available. While still uncertain, V agreed.
At the tavern, Vaarsuvius encountered the fighter Roy Greenhilt, who was recruiting a team to locate and destroy the lich Xykon. Haley had already signed up and recommended Vaarsuvius to Roy as a possible recruit. Irritated by Roy questioning his abilities, V magically shattered the table that Roy was sitting at. Roy asked V to join the group, but the wizard initially declined, claiming that Roy was clearly only inviting him to sign up because he was intimidated by Vaarsuvius' mental prowess and needed the opportunity to reestablish his dominance. Roy then proceeded to describe in highly technical detail the nature of a Fireball spell. Initially shocked and then pleased at this unexpected display of intellect from a fighter, Vaarsuvius agreed to join the party.
He has since helped the Order of the Stick on many other quests after Xykon was supposedly defeated. Now he teaches Metaphysics at Flamingo University, preparing for a coming war.
Personality: V is rational, intelligent, perceptive, witty, and erudite to the point of often being unnecessarily long-winded and somewhat detached. He sees the world in a scholarly manner and is good at explaining things, but is somewhat lacking in other people skills. To summarize, V fits many of the characteristics of the stereotypical intellectual, albeit backed up by the ability to inflict a considerable amount of magical destruction on those around him.
Vaarsuvius has a (justifiably) high opinion of his own magical and intellectual ability, which frequently comes across as arrogance and often feels that his powers are being wasted on minor matters. His main motivation is knowledge and arcane power. However, he also finds joy in unleashing great destructive spells on a deserving target. He is known to have had an Intelligence of 18 when recruited into the Order, which may have increased in the interim.
V's principal weakness is that he generally possesses the expectation that things should be clear and logical and gets highly frustrated when the "real" world all too frequently fails to live up to this.
Privacy/Hacker skills: cannot hack, defends his posts with magic
Spoken languages: Common and Elvish, can probably speak other languages that haven't been mentioned yet.
Religion: he worships some sort of Elvin god, I don't think it's been mentioned whom
Drinking habits: likes to have a glass of wine after a quest.
Sexual habits: unknown.
Other fun facts: has a familiar; a crow that Haley has named Blackwing
likes coffee
Enjoys the works of Judy Garland
