Mienskil Ostovik

[Mienskil Ostovik]

a Mienskil Ostovik Basic Information Race: Human Gender: Male Age: 20 Birthday: 57th of Spring, 492 AV Languages Language Level Common Fluent Nader-Canoch Basic Physical Appearance Height: 5'6" Weight: 119 lbs Hair colour: Brown Eye colour: Blue Description : Mienskil had the potential to be much taller and fitter, but he missed the opportunity during his unhealthy obsession with studying magic. Skipping meals wasn't a rarity, and neither was forgoing sleep for an entire night if he was on the verge of completion. Because of this, the Zeltivan-born is quite short and gaunt, with small yet noticeable bags under his eyes from too little rest. Now that he's at Sahova, it's only going to get worse. Character Concept   Nature and Intellect Quiet and soft-spoken, Mienskil is often considered shy. He isn't though, he just doesn't see much use in talking. Conversations with would-be friends were cut short by his incessant fascination with his work. Socializing is something he left behind altogether some years ago, choosing the company of magics and tools over the company of people. This sense of intellectual focus has led him to become straightforward and forthcoming with people he talks to, qualities that many find uncomfortable but his teachers find beneficial to him. Most of the time he likes to have a firm grasp of his experiments, documenting the various reagents and components he uses and then recording his observations. These he cross-references later with other experiments to see which combinations can achieve desirable results. However, from time to time he simply does thing for the sake of it, picking something completely random just for the sake of knowing what it does. Most of the time the result isn't particularly useful, but every now and again he stumbles across a good find.   Nascent Dedication Though his health and body suffers from his commitment to his fascinations, Mienskil is incredibly devoted to the study of magic and his two disciplines in particular. Once he initiates a project, he'll often stick with it until he sees it through, ignoring and distractions like hunger or fatigue. This ability to channel his focus solely on his work has helped him become quite productive when the situation calls for it, and even most of the time when it doesn't. Of course, he tries to be careful, using the stopping points between projects to eat and sleep, but for the most part he lives for his work.   Living Among the Dead Despite having some of the behavioural habits of an undead himself, he is uncomfortable with the thought of actually becoming one. It is true that losing his mortality would make things easier for him, the lack of necessity for consumption and sleep would clear up his lifetime schedule for the sole dedication to work, but like with so many there is some part of Mienskil that clings to his humanity. That isn't to say he is afraid or uncomfortable around the nuits though. In fact, he quite likes the quiet and knowledgeable race, and is eager to learn all he can from them. Character History Starting the Drive : Mienskil was exposed very early to world magics by his mother, an assistant to a professor in the University of Zeltiva. Though she was rarely available to her son, occupied with the responsibilities of being a teaching assistant, she spent most of the time with her son tutoring him on the different magics - both world and personal - and what each different practice achieved. Even as a child, she told him of the different disciplines. She told of the numerous powers of personal magics such as morphing and reimancy as well as the potential drawback for dabbling in the arts. She told of the many practical uses for world magics, and the vast effort that each one required. She also began teaching him what she knew of the ancient language from the books and tomes of the University libraries, knowing that his independent study of more powerful magics would require an understanding of the language within the texts. As soon as he was of proper age, he joined the College of Scholars in the University of Zeltiva, his mother paying for the lessons out of her income as an assistant. At the start he had little idea as to what he wished to study, but he very quickly came across a discipline that caught his interest: magecrafting. The mere concept of turning simple items into much more useful tools fascinated Mienskil so much that he began to devote larger and larger amounts of time to studying and practicing to the point where he was nearly sleeping at the university. His dedication to the discovery of new things within the fields was on the edge of obsession, pushing himself ever harder to discover new ways to empower simple items. Everything from a lighter hammer to a spoon that let you eat faster, the beneficial to the strange and everything in between, he tried it all at one time or another. Pretty soon, his obsession with the disciplines consumed his thoughts to the point where he began to skip meals and focus instead on the further study of the practices. His mother, afraid for his health, tried to coax him out of his hazy trance of thorough commitment, but to Mienskil there was nothing more important. Along the way, he started picking up auristics so that he could better read the items he was creating, so he could watch the transformation take place. It also might have saved him on more than one occasion as he became aware when things were beginning to go wrong. This obsession became so prominent in his life that his research began to branch from just the fields of study to other places that featured them prominently. It was inevitable then that he would eventually learn of Sahova, and though details were always scarce he knew that there was more that he could learn there than he could ever dream of. So without second thoughts, he completely sold out whatever he still had and joined the first ship to the island fortress, ignoring all of his mother's warnings and pleas. Relationships Serra Ostovik A teaching assistant the University of Zeltiva, Serra was the one who first set Mienskil on the road to scholarly pursuits. Quite a dedicated woman herself, she loves to spend time learning and teaching about the magic disciplines, eager to spread knowledge of them or gain some of her own. She's quite approachable, a soft smile usually tugging at her lips that spreads into a full smile as she talks to people. At least, she used to. The departure of her son has left her in low spirits, partly because she blames herself. She always encouraged him to commit to the magical fields, but she never meant for him to take it as far as he did. Knowledge and Training Skill Level Total Points Sources Magecrafting Competent 36 15SP, 15RB, 6xp Glyphing Novice 8 5SP, 3xp Summoning Novice 5 5SP Auristics Novice 18 15SP, 3xp Shielding Novice 5 5SP Organization Novice 5 5SP Observation Novice 1 1xp Drawing Novice 2 2xp Negotiation Novice 1 1xp Persuasion Novice 1 1xp Lore Auristics and Glyphing in Magecraft (SP) Shielding: Tasking to Wild Djed (SP) Magecrafting: The Set Up Connections: Henry Gubau Henry Gubau: Apprentice in Lab 21A Catalog Golems: Dn't Respond to Pulsers Contact: Thomas Thomas: An Animator in Lab 15 Making Plans Schon: Prospective Asset Inventory Provisions: 7 days (starting package) Item Received From Clothes Received From Weapons Received From Backpack SP Leather shirt SP Toiletries - comb, razor, soap SP Leather trousers SP Eating knife SP Leather shoes SP Flint & steel SP Cotton cloak SP 1 Kovinous Koi Link Ledger Current total: 600gm Reason Amount Total Starting Package +100gm 100gm Cashed in Housing +500gm 600gm Grant money: 1092gm Project Cost Remaining Thread Lists   Winter, 512AV Time Stamp Thread Title Type Status 11th Summons by the Archwizard Closed Incomplete 11th Elementary Closed Incomplete 12th First Day on the Job Solo Graded 13th Common Misconception Solo Graded 14th Fruits of First Labor Solo Graded 21st Life and Death Closed Incomplete 33rd AMC - Alchemist Magecrafting Closed Incomplete 37th From One to Another Closed Graded 83rd A Slave, a Dead Man, or a Researcher? 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