Higar Vixik is the Chief of Tamd. He uses Rot Magic and potions, and is the half-brother of Oraakil Mardaar.
- Skin Tone/Pigmentation
- Green, scaley, melted, rotted
Higar Vixik was the Draconian Chief of Tamd, and a student in the Class of 549.
Born to Fexen and Klathtil Vixik in Higar Vixik grew up in the village Tamd, where he, like most people in the village, studied alchemy. However, the young Higar found an appreciation for the other villages and magical practices, which was frowned upon in Tamd.
Higar had a particular love for the music of Bards from Ealla. But Ealla was the rival village of Tamd, so he studied the harp in secret. He wished to understand other cultures, but Tamd was far too isolationist to really allow him to do this.
Higar gained some hope when he was sixteen. His sister, Talthil Vixik, moved out of Tamd, hoping to go to Zephys and study to become a Magic History professor at the Magic College. A few years later, she married a Draconian named Oraakil Mardaar, and settled down for good in Zephys. This showed Higar that he could maybe get out of Tamd, even for a short amount of time.
Higar Vixik, however, had a rough life up to that point. When he was eight years old, his parents were both killed in an alchemical incident. An explosion at a lab in Tamd killed them. Higar, however, was told that he was lucky. The Chief of Tamd, Ilxar Nimphonker, was adopting him.
Higar was excited about this, and he did in some ways get what he wanted. He was allowed to interact, albeit briefly, with the children of other Chiefs. These children became some friends of his, though only in passing. Nalrik Tilrak, Vardid Liloryas, Coldrid Saxan, Yilkin Nagil, and Kaltoth Vracrath, all the adoptive children of other Chiefs who would meet together to discuss politics.
But this luxury turned into a curse. Higar found, constantly, that people would compare him to his adoptive father. They would ask why he had not become as prolific with potions as Ilxar had, and even when he made something, he would still not be good enough because he was always in Ilxar's shadow.
Higar worked endlessly, trying to make something that would help him live up to Ilxar. He made potion after potion, going into areas where no alchemist had ever dared. And he paid dearly for it, as the potions began tearing away at his body. Explosions ripping him apart, acid melting him. In Ilxar's shadow, everything that was once Higar Vixik began to rot away until nothing was left.
A cruel twist of fate made this fact true, as in his anguish and grief, in his failure, Higar Vixik developed Impossible Magic. His Earth Magic turned into the very rot that he had become, and now all his magic was able to do was rot. Higar Vixik had, as a matter of fact, developed Rot Magic, and he watched in a mirror as it began to rot away his face and body.
He managed to get it under control, but he could not undo the rot. Forever, his face would be scarred and rotted away, with little left but bone.
Higar had nothing left. He knew he could not make a name for himself as Higar Vixik, he understood that to live in the shadow of Ilxar was to damn himself to being a second-rate name, only known in relation to his father.
So Higar Vixik created a new persona. He donned a new mask and outfit and became the alchemical genius known as the Professor.
As the Professor, Higar saw much more prominence. No one compared him to Ilxar, but instead he was seen as a rising success in the alchemical world. This eventually got to Higar's head, and he stopped thinking of what he was making. He only knew he was making potions that people would praise him for.
With his career spiraling out of control, and new expectations being placed on him, Higar began to feel it catching up to him. The success. In this dizzying frenzy, Higar continued working until he reached it. Burnout.
And in that burnout came... Burnout. A drug that he created, stronger than any he had even thought of making before. With it, a person's magical power would be boosted. However, it would not be doubled, nor would it be tripled. It would be quadrupled.
This did, however, come with a caveat. You see, the way Burnout worked was that it drew the power out from the individual's connection to the source of all magic. Everyone has a small portal to this realm in their heads, after all.
When Burnout was finished drawing out that power, there would be none left. It put so much stress on the portal that it would actually close up the portal in their brains after it was done. This meant that after Burnout was used, the person that used it could no longer use magic. Burnout would only give them one last stand before they were out of commission.
Against his better judgement, in 545, Higar Vixik applied to the Magic College as himself. Ilxar had told him it would look good for them if Higar was the student, rather than some no name Professor.
In his first year, Higar did not do much but study. He agreed to live in a mansion with a Draconian noble named Jargar Eltan, knowing Ilxar would be pleased if he became affiliated with a nobleman. He studied hard and trained hard, ending the year as the fourth ranked student in the class, behind Imvis, Caddos Damolnath, and Vodron Susk.
However, Higar Vixik would then receive word of his internship. He was to intern at Tamd with none other than Ilxar Nimphonker. He had looked forward to interning somewhere else, where he could distinguish himself. But instead, he was stuck in Tamd.
Higar was not privy to the fact that Ilxar, as well as the other Chiefs, had been convinced by the World Court to start a war between Grand Wizard Salasar Feaphed and each other, and that now he would be at the very center of it. He was only told that they would be going to Zephys when Ilxar started his initial attack, creating a cage around Zephys, cutting off the citizens of the largest city in the world, as well as Salasar Feaphed himself, from the outside, and launching the Chief Crisis.
History
Born to Fexen and Klathtil Vixik in Higar Vixik grew up in the village Tamd, where he, like most people in the village, studied alchemy. However, the young Higar found an appreciation for the other villages and magical practices, which was frowned upon in Tamd.
Higar had a particular love for the music of Bards from Ealla. But Ealla was the rival village of Tamd, so he studied the harp in secret. He wished to understand other cultures, but Tamd was far too isolationist to really allow him to do this.
Higar gained some hope when he was sixteen. His sister, Talthil Vixik, moved out of Tamd, hoping to go to Zephys and study to become a Magic History professor at the Magic College. A few years later, she married a Draconian named Oraakil Mardaar, and settled down for good in Zephys. This showed Higar that he could maybe get out of Tamd, even for a short amount of time.
Son of the Chief
Higar Vixik, however, had a rough life up to that point. When he was eight years old, his parents were both killed in an alchemical incident. An explosion at a lab in Tamd killed them. Higar, however, was told that he was lucky. The Chief of Tamd, Ilxar Nimphonker, was adopting him.
Ilxar Nimphonker by Jarhed
Higar was excited about this, and he did in some ways get what he wanted. He was allowed to interact, albeit briefly, with the children of other Chiefs. These children became some friends of his, though only in passing. Nalrik Tilrak, Vardid Liloryas, Coldrid Saxan, Yilkin Nagil, and Kaltoth Vracrath, all the adoptive children of other Chiefs who would meet together to discuss politics.
But this luxury turned into a curse. Higar found, constantly, that people would compare him to his adoptive father. They would ask why he had not become as prolific with potions as Ilxar had, and even when he made something, he would still not be good enough because he was always in Ilxar's shadow.
Higar worked endlessly, trying to make something that would help him live up to Ilxar. He made potion after potion, going into areas where no alchemist had ever dared. And he paid dearly for it, as the potions began tearing away at his body. Explosions ripping him apart, acid melting him. In Ilxar's shadow, everything that was once Higar Vixik began to rot away until nothing was left.
A cruel twist of fate made this fact true, as in his anguish and grief, in his failure, Higar Vixik developed Impossible Magic. His Earth Magic turned into the very rot that he had become, and now all his magic was able to do was rot. Higar Vixik had, as a matter of fact, developed Rot Magic, and he watched in a mirror as it began to rot away his face and body.
He managed to get it under control, but he could not undo the rot. Forever, his face would be scarred and rotted away, with little left but bone.
The Professor
Higar had nothing left. He knew he could not make a name for himself as Higar Vixik, he understood that to live in the shadow of Ilxar was to damn himself to being a second-rate name, only known in relation to his father.
The Professor by Jarhed
So Higar Vixik created a new persona. He donned a new mask and outfit and became the alchemical genius known as the Professor.
As the Professor, Higar saw much more prominence. No one compared him to Ilxar, but instead he was seen as a rising success in the alchemical world. This eventually got to Higar's head, and he stopped thinking of what he was making. He only knew he was making potions that people would praise him for.
Burnout
With his career spiraling out of control, and new expectations being placed on him, Higar began to feel it catching up to him. The success. In this dizzying frenzy, Higar continued working until he reached it. Burnout.
And in that burnout came... Burnout. A drug that he created, stronger than any he had even thought of making before. With it, a person's magical power would be boosted. However, it would not be doubled, nor would it be tripled. It would be quadrupled.
Burnout by Jarhed
This did, however, come with a caveat. You see, the way Burnout worked was that it drew the power out from the individual's connection to the source of all magic. Everyone has a small portal to this realm in their heads, after all.
When Burnout was finished drawing out that power, there would be none left. It put so much stress on the portal that it would actually close up the portal in their brains after it was done. This meant that after Burnout was used, the person that used it could no longer use magic. Burnout would only give them one last stand before they were out of commission.
Magic College Student
Against his better judgement, in 545, Higar Vixik applied to the Magic College as himself. Ilxar had told him it would look good for them if Higar was the student, rather than some no name Professor.
In his first year, Higar did not do much but study. He agreed to live in a mansion with a Draconian noble named Jargar Eltan, knowing Ilxar would be pleased if he became affiliated with a nobleman. He studied hard and trained hard, ending the year as the fourth ranked student in the class, behind Imvis, Caddos Damolnath, and Vodron Susk.
The Chief Crisis
However, Higar Vixik would then receive word of his internship. He was to intern at Tamd with none other than Ilxar Nimphonker. He had looked forward to interning somewhere else, where he could distinguish himself. But instead, he was stuck in Tamd.
Higar was not privy to the fact that Ilxar, as well as the other Chiefs, had been convinced by the World Court to start a war between Grand Wizard Salasar Feaphed and each other, and that now he would be at the very center of it. He was only told that they would be going to Zephys when Ilxar started his initial attack, creating a cage around Zephys, cutting off the citizens of the largest city in the world, as well as Salasar Feaphed himself, from the outside, and launching the Chief Crisis.
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