Genser
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Genser is the mage who has penned the Spellbook of Ultima IX, but didn't appear in the game itself.
Description[edit]
Quite a lot about Genser's life is known through his narrative in the book he's written for the Time Lord, which will be shown here in its logical order.
The late years of his own appeanticeship happened after the appearance of the Columns, as he already bemoaned the difficulties of accessing the ether at that time. During the time of his apprenticeship, he'd had several memorable incidents he wrote of:
- Using too much Black Pearl for a Fireball spell, which resulted in him accidently incinerating his own spellbook, forcing him to get a replacement.
- Being frozen by his rival apprentice Baldir in the wilderness several times with the Freeze spell during twilight, thus forcing Gener to an uncomfortable way home.
- Accidently using the spell Summon Undead to call a dead miner, who chased him when the spell ran out until his mentor dismissed the creature.
After becoming a mage in his own right, Genser took on two apprentices of his own, Arduin and Grimwar. The former was rather controlled yet still sometimes having mischief in mind, while the latter was rather lazy and caused Genser countless headarches. During that time, the Time Lord visited Genser and asked him to pen a spellbook for Fighters, which Genser scoffed at, as he detested that profession as dumb brutes. Nonetheless, the Time Lord visited him in each of the following years to pester him to go on with work on it, but Genser tried avoid working on the book as much as possible.
During that time, numerous incidents happened:
- He and Arduin practiced the words of magic power every morning, while Grimwar wasted his time by teasing the pigs.
- Grimwar found an application for the Stone spell for juggling baules to impress peasant girls and throw them at their swains when they arrived.
- Arduin accidently destroyed the corn crib when first casting the Ignite spell, and its recreation did cost him a fortnight.
- Arduin learned to use the Douse spell to prevent damage from Grimwar's often pyromanic pranks.
- Arduin learned to favor the Light Heal spell, making Genser speculate that his apprentic could have potential to become a Druid.
- Arduin almost managed to create an Infernal Armour, but Grimwar trew a stone at him to disrupt his concentration, causing lots of bad blood. Genser worried, hostilities could break out.
- Grimwar tried to use a Telekinesis scroll on Genser, but forgot that it doesn't work on living beings. He sulked for some time over the lost scroll without compensation in form of another's misfortune.
- Arduin used a Wizard Eye to spy on his master. He got scolded, but Genser suspected he'd try again.
- Grimwar stole a Levitate scroll from his master to pluck the best fruit from the plum tree for himself. Genser punished him by having to gather firewood during the summer on his own.
- Genser was thankful, that neither of his apprentices managed to learn the Bolt of Flame spell, fearing the destruction is could cause. Arduin studied further to overcome this, while Grimwar would try practical experiments.
- Genser feared what would happen once Grimwar would learn the Meteorite spell.
- Arduin offered to help Genser to discover the alchemic secrets of the Mana Breath spell, but after three days only discovered the reactions of baking yeast. He didn't speak to his master for a week after this embarrassment.
- Genser used the Teleport spell to arrive at Lark Mountain hours before his apprentices to teach them to concentrate on their studies.
However, on the winter before the Avatar's arrival, the Time Lord sent Genser items that would show him what would happen, should he not finish the book in time. Alarmed by what he saw, Genser put all his energy over the next two months into the creation of the book. His preoccupation caused Arduin and Grimwar to cause countless mischief while he was busy with completing the book and thus unable to punish them properly. He kept the most dangerous part, the ritual of Armageddon for the last day, before handing the book over at the Vernal Equinox.
Lore[edit]
| “ | My thoughts were consumed with the clouding of the ether, the breath of the magic of Virtue. Since the days of my apprenticeship, the ether had been sullied by forces unknown and for reasons unexplained. Without clarity to the ether, the magical arts of the Virtuous had faded, and in their place had risen the magic of a dark form of ether. To the few who upheld the traditions of Virtuous magic, the addition to our ranks of such a troll, who lacked neither the inclination nor the discipline to further our research into the problem, verged on insult. I dismissed Hawkwind from my cottage with a request to never disturb me again. |
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