William 'Whisper' Bregan
William Bregan was born to Baron Jesep Bregan of Dingaford (on the world of Kosinost) and his wife Maria about 400 years ago. He was the youngest of three children – his sister Claire, 13 years older, and brother Jacob, 10 years older. He enjoyed a comfortable childhood and was marked at an early age for admission to Kolostia's school of wizardry, which he would have been admitted to at age 12 if not for his father’s actions.
Baron Jesep Bregan succeeded from Kolostia in an action that would be known as the Chaplain’s Rebellion. In response, the King sent his brother Prince Uric in command of half the army. The rebellion would end when Uric destroyed Dingaford and gutted the family keep with fire, bombarding it with Firestone from siege weapons. The entire Bregan family was killed in the flames. Bound to Jesep in undeath, William resided as a tortured echo of his former self, little more than a mindless ghost. He was pulled from this state in a ritual by Rhillaine in an attempt to bring the region to order (She had been targeting Jesep in an attempt to bring his spirit to rest, but Jesep’s spirit had become twisted into a vampire and was irredeemable).
William learned of the magic arts and then served the guild alongside Polina 'Reason' Mikalan until about 100 years ago, when he and Polina disappeared. Several decades later, key members of the guild began to be killed or driven insane. Often they were killed by their own guildmates under some form of enchantment, who would later wake and give terrified, babbling accounts of a crow haunting their dreams. This came to a head recently when the murderer, Whisper, destroyed the kingdom of Kolostia, and was identified as William Bregan. Whisper had a direct hand in the events known as Guildfall.
Guild intelligence file - for senior members only, authorised by Charles Penrose
- Known to prefer psychic and mind magic, enchantment and illusion.
- Capable of wielding otherworldly power. He has not 'rewritten' anyone but does seem capable of removing people from existence, leaving behind not even a memory. Bring Restoration magic when engaging him, otherworldly corruption will accumulate and degrade a victim's mental defenses but swift application of restoration spells will prevent total collapse of the victim's presence in reality.
- Able to concentrate on multiple spells at once, but has difficulty concentrating in the presence of an ongoing, uncontrolled fire
- Can cast limited spells while polymorphed as a crow. For some reason his crow form always has a white crest.
- DO NOT engage Whisper while he is flying. He is a true master of flight.
Classification revoked - 0.6.0 After Guildfall, authorisation Breac Sunfist. Edited by Lady Wintergreen, 1.0.7 agf.
Whisper returned during the War of the Seeds and proved to be a pivotal figure, providing valuable intelligence that turned the tide against the Rotwood Conclave. He died at the end of the war of natural causes. He is outlived by his wife, Polina, and descendants of his daughter Ruby, including Prince Al'Hazir. He will be sorely missed.
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