Originally David Garcia Martinez from Lalin’s Curse, a Webcomic by Isaky on Webtoons. Used with her consent._____________________________________________________________________________________
Name: Daniel Palailogos
Title(s): Claimant to the Basilea ton Rhomanion, Protector-Magus of Hellas.
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Alignment: Neutral Good (self-termed)
Rank: Master
Purpose: Help the Magus' Association.
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Command Seal: A Double-Headed Eagle.
Personality: As the Independent 'Second Owner' of Athens and overlord of its Magi, Daniel Palaiologos tries to be a kind, but also firm, overlord to the local Mage Families of Athens, even as he is wary of confronting the Magus' Association despite its cruelty and callousness and oppression. A natural believer in the power of love and friendship, Daniel resents cruelty from most people but can be made to overlook it from his friends and overlooks it in himself. This tendency makes him want to be a 'conventionally good' and 'heroic' person, even as he subconciously knows he'll stumble due to his hubris and arrogance. However, his counter-plan is to make sure that he has a safety net, allies and friends who would catch him when he
does fall...
Character Goal: Make enough wealth to form his new organization to rival the Magus' Association, while being temporarily allied with the Magus' Association.
Bio: It is unknown whether or not in fact the Palailogos Family is in fact descended from the last dynasty of Byzantine Emperors, and the Magi of the bloodline refrain from clarifying that fact. Nevertheless, it is clear that they are old enough to have a certain degree of power, and thus respect from the Magus’ association. So it came as a surprise when one of the sons of the family, Deuel Palailogos, chose to renounce his responsibilities and devote himself fully to the outside world, marrying a scientist, Maria Palaiologos.
This was tolerated only because Deuel was far below the line of succession, and so Daniel’s childhood was normal for the first ten years, where he was raised in love and happiness. Then the majority of the Palailogos family’s children were killed and Deuel and Daniel were left as the only viable heirs, and Deuel was already rendered ‘compromised’ by his interest in the outside world. So the Palailogos Family head did the ‘obvious’ thing and sent henchfolk to kidnap Daniel and kill his parents should they resist.
The stage seemed set for a traumatizing backstory, if not for Daniel catching on to the fact that his parents had no way of fighting off the kidnappers and stepping in front of them as they prepared to make their last stand, then telling the minions’ leader, “Tell whoever sent you that I’m coming willingly. Just spare them.”
Six years later, a letter would arrive at Daniel’s parents’ house, telling them that the current head of the Palailogos family had died of sickness and that Daniel was the new head now and inheritor of the wealth and power that the family secretly had in the mundane world. And he had not forgotten the lessons of love and friendship which his parents had instilled in him. Now with the power granted by the Palaiolgoi Magic Crest, Daniel confirmed his status as the Second Owner of Athens by fending off a concerted attack by various Magi on his Workshop and handing those responsible to the Clock Tower, only to balk when told of the punishments the latter would inflict, punishments he didn't want done even to his enemies.
It was then that he knew he was going to have to fight to change the system, and the new fight for the Grail was going to be his best bet...
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Magic Circuit Switch: (Optional)
Number of Magic Circuits: C
Quality of Magic Circuits: A
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Elemental Affinity: Element is Fire, Origin is Convergence.
Magecraft: Stellar Alchemy - A form of Alchemy mixed with some elements of Astromancy which claim to distill the essence of the Stars, Moon, and Sun into potions which reflect some of the magical qualities of the celestial bodies. With this, one can make substances that explode into literal Starfire, drugs which induce Lunacy or Lycanthropy (or suppress the latter) or even grant oracular visions.
Each individual 'recipe' for a potion takes different ingredients and procedures, as well as the light of the relevant celestial body (Sun, Moon, Stars) reflected into the compound as it is being brewed. Liquid Starfire needs the light of the sun focused into a clear bottle filled with alchemical compounds for six hours, while other types of potion need Moonlight or Starlight or specific planetary alignments focused on them for two to four hours in order to work. Daniel can theoretically make two Starfire potions and four bottles of other types if he works for 24 hours (and takes time to sleep while the potions absorb celestial light).
Not just that, but given a large-enough clear container plus mirrors and other facilities, Daniel can make up to 4 gallons of any compound within those timescales.
Second Magecraft: Heliocentric Astrology - Despite being thought of lesser ‘pedigree’ than the Geocentric Astrology used by the Animuspheres and their branch families, Heliocentric Astrology still has millions, maybe even billions, of believers across the world. Therefore Daniel uses this in order to confuse Magi who think little of the Heliocentric system and take them out through this blind spot, which is made easier by the fact that he’d be traveling to time periods where Heliocentric Astrology was unknown at all. In order to access such power, Daniel uses his third Mystic Code, the Planetarium Orb, to simulate planetary alignments and other celestial phenomena and draw from their inner meanings.
Crest: Seven Generations.
Mystic Codes: Palaiologoi Custom Master Uniform - A Mystic Code that allows for the use of pre-installed Magic Spells at the cost of the User's energy. These spells allow for the healing of minor wounds and injuries using small amounts of the user's mystic 'prana', and also the increase of one's capabilities to that of an Olympic-level athlete.
The uniform has also been modified with a ‘Utility Belt’ which contains ration bars, water, and ‘cartridges’ filled with compressed alchemical compounds (see below). Of the latter, there are 4 containers of Liquid Starfire, 4 containers of Healing Potions, 2 containers of Precognitive Compounds and 2 containers of ‘miscellaneous’ concoctions.
Alchemic Blaster - The Alchemic Blaster looks like a Toy Sniper Rifle from all outward observation, thus causing a double measure of contempt from Magi who already hate technology. However, the Alchemic Blaster does not fire bullets, but rather a liquid explosive which contains alchemical compounds along with mundane chemicals. The alchemical compounds, in contact with air, transform the liquid explosive into something resembling stellar fire which dissolves magical and mundane protection alike. Basically, a squirt gun that fires fireballs using alchemy.
Note that if the Alchemic Blaster is sufficiently cleaned-out, it can fire other, more beneficial compounds at people, such as healing potions and strengthening elixirs, as well as sleeping draughts and poisons.
Ammunition-wise, the Alchemic Blaster works by having ‘cartridges’ filled with the relevant alchemical compound (good for 3 - 6 ‘squirts’) loaded into the pistol’s stock, where a set of motion-powered pumps, enhanced by tiny engraved modern runes, then shoots out the compound at a speed and range that fits an actual gun better than a toy one.
Planetarium Orb - A small globe of pure crystal containing a replica of the Heliocentric Solar System, including the Sun, Planets, asteroid belt and Dwarf Planets inside it. When subjected to a flow of prana, the component parts of the Planetarium move according to their established orbits, with Daniel able to shift them into specific alignments or access the powers of any planet, including those which cannot be seen from the visible eye (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto).
More to be found
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