Character Sheets

Name: Christoph Ailenberg
Class: water mage
Biography: Christoph was never like the typical mage: uncomfortable robes, bulky staffs, ostentatious spells – that wasn't his style at all. Christoph didn’t remember his parents; they left him as a very young child with his uncle, Gregor, and went in search of the mysterious Library of Shendar, a mystical ancient repository of magical knowledge. At first, Christoph was angry with his parents, but as he grew older, he realized that this was their nature, and his too – to wander in search of great knowledge, unraveling various mysteries and secrets. At seventeen, Ailenberg left Gregor and embarked on his own journey.
At first, everything seemed so exciting, thrilling, unique to him, but the cruel world soon dealt a painful blow, then another, and another. As a result, Ailenberg ended up in prison on false charges of attempted murder of some nobleman's daughter. Unfortunately for Christoph, the noble was very rich, so no fair trial awaited the mage. If it weren't for the compassion of the lord's daughter, Neliu (that was the name of the nobleman), who had not yet lost all her conscience and retained a tiny particle of a sense of justice, the mage would have been publicly hanged in the central square. The execution was replaced by exile, and after being severely beaten, Christoph was thrown out beyond the city gates.
The lesson from fate made the mage tougher and more vengeful. Two years later, he secretly returned to the city, slightly changing his appearance, manners, and name. Christoph almost immediately abandoned bloody revenge: the mage could certainly kill a person, but Ailenberg didn’t want to seem like a barbarian and an ignoramus even to himself. Instead, the mage did this: over the next three years, he actively gained influence in the city, built up wealth, and then took control of the nobleman's business, leaving him penniless. Neliu lay at the feet of the mage, begging him not to sell the family estate, but Ailenberg was adamant. A week later, the impoverished nobleman hanged himself in a room of the cheap tavern "At Martha's." Dolores, Neliu's daughter, received some money from Christoph, but on the condition that she leave the city immediately.
For the following two years, forgetting everything – his dreams, goals, roots, forgetting about his own “self” – Ailenberg indulged in power and luxury. He became the de facto master of the city, its terror and protector. But each subsequent day clearly reminded Christoph of the previous one; time merged into a single viscous river without end or edge. The mage fell into depression; for days on end, he did not leave his huge house, spending hours lying on the bed, as if paralyzed, staring at the marble ceiling. And there came a moment when he broke down and left, crossing out and abandoning everything behind. It was time to follow in his parents’ footsteps, to find out who they were, whether they had succeeded in their searches, whether they had found their happiness.
And so, Christoph set off on a new path, returning to his former name, and with it, his former thirst for adventure.
Equipment: short steel sword, two-day supply of food and drink, dark brown linen trousers, dark shirt and travel cloak, small amount of money.