Jasper the Wizard<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Sheet</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1197936</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Background</div><div class="spoiler_body">The pursuit of magic, in whatever form that pursuit takes, requires utter dedication and fool-hardy stubbornness the likes of which daunts lesser hearts and minds.  Akma thinks somewhat highly of himself (if measuredly so) because he has chosen -- and is successfully pursuing -- the path that allows him to wield the power of the gods without any of that troublesome submission to divinity.  He's not a cruel or callous man, but wizardry is a practice of the elite, and the elite, the powerful, may take what is reasonably due them.  It was to this end that he left his family to study the Arts, succeed in the Arts, and establish himself as arcanist-dominus of the Jasper Spire.<br/><br/>Sadly, there comes a time in every wizard's life when they overstep their boundaries within whatever academy or tutelage they've accepted.  Akma was in the process of preparing for examinations in his masters of the Arts when he had a very... vigorous disagreement with the Provost of the Spire on a matter of the Provost's favorite pet metaphysical theorems involving conjunctions of the Astral, Prime Material, and Aetherial planes (it's all very complex, don't bother yourself to worry about them).  He has since accepted the Spire's offer of an indefinite academic furlough (the alternative was permanent expulsion and blacklisting), and has been searching for a new place to call home.  The Clockwork Tower's unusual situation and disposition has made them an attractive opportunity; thus, he has picked up his stock and is intent upon resuming his lessons.  Dark goddesses, blood moons, shambling hordes of the undead, he's capable of restraint and knows some magic to deal with them.  Besides, if it turns out he can be the missing piece that means the city's survival, won't that mean they'll be obliged to be grateful to him?</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Image</div><div class="spoiler_body">http://i.imgur.com/rskw2Dl.jpg[/url]</div></div>