<strong>Hracin Volysovich</strong><br/>Nickname(s): None<br/>Race: Dwarf<br/>Gender: Male<br/>Age: 87 (equiv. 44 Human)<br/>Rank: Magi (50)<br/>Willpower: 6<br/><br/>Appearance: Hracin is a Dwarf of average build.  He comes in around 4’6” and has the slightly bulky shape typical of his people.  He has a dusky complexion that tends toward ruddy after he’s been drinking.  The magi keeps his beard well trimmed and limited to a length of about a foot or so.  He wears his dun colored hair about shoulder length in twin braids.  Hracin also wears a pair of gold rimmed spectacles over his dark green eyes.  Normally, he wears ankle length robes of forest green trimmed with midnight blue.  Three silver rings adorn his fingers and a white gold chain hangs down the front of his robes from around his neck.  Hracin always wears a pair of mid-calf suede boots and goes bare headed no matter what the weather is like.<br/><br/>Personality: Considering the reputation of his people, Hracin is a surprisingly bucolic and friendly person.  He is pretty open in his dealings with others, only holding back things that could seriously harm them.  Unsurprisingly, once one knows that, he is also quite open-minded and interested in new experiences.  While devoted to his wife (who isn’t a Dwarf), he enjoyed their open relationship, and the fact that they can both bring home other partners - either for themselves or to share with each other.<br/><br/>Background: Hracin was born and raised in Hillhome (see homeland).  He grew up in an average fully Dwarven family in that town with both of his parents around.  Both parents were farmers, living in a small home on one of the town’s numerous hillsides.  About the time he hit puberty (around 23-24), Hracin’s magical talent manifested itself.  He was apprenticed to a local Gnomish wizard, but quickly found that their styles and strengths were incompatible.  A few years later, the Dwarf found the Mage Academy.  As soon as his schooling was complete and he completed his masterpiece, Hracin set off into the world for a short while.  Within a decade, after working as a  village hedge wizard for a bit over a decade, he made his way back to the school.  It didn’t take long for Hracin to reach his current rank, which he’s held for a while now, since he has no real interest in becoming an adept.  For the time being, he is content to teach handpicked students and continue his research in peace (and his questionable research in secret).  Seven years ago, he became engaged to a fellow teacher at the school and they were married a year later.  To this day, Hracin calls that the best decision he ever made.<br/><br/>Non-Magical Strengths/Weaknesses: good with Linguistics, Mathematics, and Music (especially the lyre); Strong Drink (notably brandy and whiskey); Soft Spot for Elf Women; Gets Claustrophobic Underground (prefers heights); Well versed in Necromancy (secret)<br/><br/>Magical Areas (Ratings):<br/>Animal - 7<br/>Enchantment - 5<br/>Healing - 6<br/>Illusion/Creation - 4<br/>Meta - 5<br/>Mind Control - 2<br/>Movement - 6<br/>Necromantic - 5<br/>Protection/Warning - 2<br/>Sound - 8<br/><br/>Game Limits: Site Rules, Male-Male, BDSM<br/><br/>Specific Fantasies (3):<br/>1) To return “home” to find his wife and one of her students (preferably female, but male’s ok) going at it, then joining in.<br/>2) To semi-naively pass on his understanding of necromancy to a gifted student, probably with some backlash.<br/>3) To create an idealized community of many races, on a small scale at first, sharing each other and living in harmony.<br/><br/>Homeland: Hillhome is an independent town along an eastern shore.  It is tri-racial settlement, comprised mostly of Dwarves, Gnomes, and Halflings, although other races have token populations there.  The town is ruled by a council made up of one member of each of the three major races plus an elected fourth who oversees the council.  Most of the town is physically made up of terraced farmed or wooded hills.  The whole thing surrounded by a wall and patrolled by bear-riders (mostly Dwarves on grizzlies).<br/><br/>Familiar: Tarek (black-footed ferret, Hracin can see through Tarek’s eyes and has an empathic link with him as long as they are within a mile of each other, downside: Tarek can be used to cast spells on Hracin remotely)<br/><br/>Notes: Hracin only has two notable magical items, an emerald (can read auras, including magical talent and whether someone’s enchanted if he looks through it) and an amulet containing a piece of unicorn horn (keeps him safe from poisons of all non-magical sorts and increases his resistance to magical ones).<br/><br/>[attachment deleted by admin]