<div class="floatright">(https://www.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-1261081560.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Aramis Silverscale<br/>Human Wizard of the Arcane Order<br/><strong>HP:</strong>51/51 ;<strong>Status:</strong>Normal<br/><strong>Actions:</strong>Observing everyone as he prepares his chosen repertoire<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Damalla, Thunderdome<br/><hr/><br/>Aramis had plenty of time to work things out in his head. Much as he was confident in his own abilities, some of these other competitors were considerably stronger in magical arts than he was. Especially if several of these competitors were accurate in what he was hearing about them locally. The adventuring guild had quite the number of tabs upon them, save for the Mystic whom was an independent adventurer from Calador. The only one thus far whom he recognized that he might have a chance in a direct duel of magic was the Meridian Witch. It did make him wonder however why a guild master like the Obsidian Warlock would be taking part in the competition and Aramis was starting to question if some of these mages already had some idea of what this prize was. It seemed considerably valuable yes, but some of these mages were some of the best outside of the Order. It seemed almost like Aramis was out of the loop on this matter. Least it felt that way to him.<br/><br/>The woman in the illustration depicted on the pages of Aramis' spell book turned up to have a look at the furrowed brows of the mage. She gave a reassuring smile to him. Almost as if to tell him without words that she had confidence the Silverfish would find a way to manage this. In a way she was right, as there would only be about four people he would have to compete against if this was a direct duel. Somehow however he imagined there would be more to this competition than a series of fireworks coming from two mages at a time. Her voice rang in his head like little bells as she spoke to him telepathically<strong><em>"So Master, what are you thinking of in terms of your own arsenal? You probably won't know who your opponents are until you're in there."</em></strong>Aramis smiled at the next few pages in his spell book and began memorizing a spell or two. Actually he did a complete overhaul of his spells trading some for function as he had a ton of offensive magic to work with but he also figured he could use a few spells to improvise unusual solutions to some hairy situations.<strong><em>"True, but I can take some steps to try and put up a win even with sorcerers that might be able to do me in under a good number of situations."</em></strong><br/><br/>Whilst he continued to converse with Lily, the young mage took a more observant look at the remainder of the competition in order to gauge and recall what it was he might have learned about them through guild or local sources of knowledge. Knowledge was a weapon in of itself and he intended to make good use of his efforts. In hindsight he might have too many spells meant for the spelunking and combat and too little in the ways of versatility but he was certain he could make due with what he had and if he needed something else, he still had a few options at his disposal.<em><strong>"Okay, I think that will about do it."</strong></em>The spell books spirit and protector gave a excited clap of her hands upon his declaration.<strong><em>"Just remember master, you cannot use all your strength in one duel, you'll more than likely be facing multiple opponents. Might even be a grand melee of sorts, so try and preserve some power for when you really need it."</em></strong>She still held a small pearl of cautious wisdom and he would heed it. True he had a few unusual picks for some unusual tactics but they were only going to be readily able to be used one.<br/><br/>He was about to shut the book and put it back in it's proper place at his hip but she had something else to say.<strong><em>"I wish I could help you more than this though."</em></strong>Aramis shook his head and smiled trying to assure her.<strong><em>"You did a lot already. Sides, Im not sure if calling for outside help is allowed."</em></strong>She folded her arms under her supple chest from the pages of her book and pouted at him.<strong><em>"If you get hurt, I'll not forgive it. So don't get yourself killed over this contest."</em></strong>Lily was making it known that now that she had a way to come into the outside world she was not going to just look on helplessly. Not if she could do something to help. She'd be paying rapt attention to the rules and how it goes on. With her words and thoughts made known to the mage, the book was closed and tucked away into it's case by his hip.<br/><br/>Aramis got up and seized his staff and gave an observant glance towards the others that were now part of this contest. He figured everyone was here by now and as such he gave a small assessment trying to figure out which was which. The elven mage he didn't have an idea on whom he was but he was able to gage his potential with a few telling signs. Enough to figure out a decent range of power. Maya he definitely knew and for the longest of times she seemingly was content to stay at the lowest ranks of the guild, and the word was that she didn't care for advancing. Apparently she couldn't escape her trials forever or her deeds had allowed her to gain that golden tag she wore now. He figured it was the latter since she willingly avoided the trials. The why of it escaped the Silverfish. The mechanical Asgardian he could only assume was an incarnum mage which is remarkable since she looked like a soul forged. The other mage looked like he wore draconic themed clothing but his appearance didn't appear to match the natives of Karmandu. Finally his attention turned towards the beast folk shaman named Rognar. He was once a slave whom won his freedom in this arena and probably had the most experience in these types of contest out of all. He recalled that he wields both divine and arcane sorcery equally. Much like the Arcane Warrior he was probably an exceptionally dangerous foe in close combat. With his observations and recollections made, Aramis was ready as he could be for the challenges ahead.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spells Memorized (Base Spell DC: 14) (CL 10th)</div><div class="spoiler_body">   5th  (2/day) - Fabricate, Teleport (PHB/SRD)<br/>   4th  (4/day) - Silent Dispel Magic, Silent Dispel Magic, Silent Lightning Bolt, Stoneskin (PHB/SRD)<br/>   3rd  (4/day) - Dispel Magic, Fireball, Protection from Energy, Silent Magic Mouth (PHB/SRD)<br/>   2nd (5/day) - Alter Self, Arcane Lock, Silent Blue Missile, False Life, Soul Boon (PHB/SRD)<br/>   1st  (5/day) - Blue Missile, Blue Missile, Feather Fall, Silent Mage Hand, Soul Armor (PHB/SRD)<br/>   0 lv (4/day) - Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Mage Hand, Read Magic (PHB/SRD)</div></div>