Appearance

Physical Description

Beginning school as a lanky tree-esque Alfar, as his peers have grown upwards, he has filled in his physique more. Sitting above average for the students, but not amongst the unnaturally large or orc-ish, Athalor's physical stature would be of little note to any well-built adults.

Facial Features

Athalor's features are sharp, as if carved from the same marble of his namesake refuge by Alfar artisans. Pointed in almost every respect, his ears are classically Elven, with an identifying double piercing on his left ear with constantly rotating adornment.
 
The Alfar's most striking feature however are his effervescent, warm-yellow-irised eyes, which when making contact with any peer or creature are ablaze with an infernic intensity. They are joined in ensemble by unusally mobile and expressive eyebrows that often raise in incredulity as a pair of backing dancers to his oft-deployed mockery.

Physical quirks

As far as quirks go, the only time one might see Athalor's eyes lose their trademark intensity is when they glaze over and vacantly absorb the middle-distance while the Alfar boy seemingly indulges some intent introspection.
 
Elsewhere Athalor can often be using nursing the Shape Water cantrip to spin a circlet of water floating above his right hand. In it's absence it would seem the boy a terrible fidgeter.

Apparel & Accessories

Finery and Athalor go hand-in-hand. Taking little notice of the potentially callous inequality-presenting potential of his ostentatious Alfar finery, it is evident that home is carried with Athalor in his garb.
 
Unbeknownst to many, much of the artisan efforts are those of his own Mother, including his resplendent Green Gala display.
 
A wand sits against his hip on most days, another gift from home, though rarely used except when engaged personally in some manner of intense casting.

Mentality

Education

Well read and studied on the history of Anacra via legend, myth, and whatever passes for critical history in the land of the Alfar, Athalor finds himself awash with worldly abstract knowledge, and little knowledge of the reality of said world.
 
A keen reader, and with many additional hours at his disposal while the more restfully inclined peers of the group get their prescribed eight, Athalor is used to reading in the dark of the shared dorm by aid of Nightvision.

Employment

Sometimes on purpose, and sometimes by accident, Athalor is on track to be Ioth Academy's top bully.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Defeating Kraius in a duel after having been challenged was a very public triumph for Athalor amongst the student body.

Failures & Embarrassments

Due to the negotiation of Kraius and Alyxander to bring him into the Codex, Athalor is currently the sole recipient of the organisation's lowest rank.

Intellectual Characteristics

A child of privilege and raised by a Alfar family of prestige, Athalor is used to getting what he wants. He is often caught not contemplating consequences for himself of others as a result of his actions and attempts to fix things on the fly instead.

Known Languages

Athalor speaks Common, Elvish, Sylvan and (though out of practice) Infernal.

Personality

Motivation

At the onset of the scholastic adventure, Athalor was driven by the burning desire to carry on his father's legacy of magically maintaining Andarud's delicate planar tightrope act.
 
Years away from home however have pushed this primary reason for existence towards the back of his mind. The glory and adrenaline of a duel thrust upon him ignited a burning curiousity in Athalor for the practical applications of war magic. Witnessing the distant, but all too real, machinations of the Raveners through the Great Sphere emboldened Athalor's flight of fancy, demonstrating the world's need for powerful magic users to contain those Infernal barbarians.
 
His motivations however are constantly ebbed and shaped by the input of his Uncle, who means to lead him to a new way to dominate both friend and enemy alike.

Likes & Dislikes

Likes:

• Displays of magical prowess and power


• Showmanship and Theatrics


• Loyalty


• History, Music and Reading

• Inflexibility


• Disrespect of the nuance of existence


• Abuse of Positions of Power


• Being wrong

Social

Honorary & Occupational Titles

"Of Andarud" - Common Translation of his Family Name.

Wealth & Financial state

Personally, little.
 
As of Year Three of the Campaign, Athalor's family has enjoyed bountiful business as mystical arms dealers in an ever-more dangerous world.

Family Ties

The lone child of Alfar Gyrekeeper Hadarai An'Andarud and mystical master artisan Naivara Casselltinera.

Social Aptitude

Quick witted, slow to read a crowd.

Mannerisms

Often scathing, mocking or jestful, Athalor's theatricality often stumbles ineptly over the line of verbal abuse.

Speech

Athalor is a clear enunciator, evidently with at least a little time watching or being trained in dramatic classics troupes in his youth.