Necrophitus Arkane

When the Fey had finally learned it was their time to leave the world, they did not want the ability to command magic to leave with them. They decided they had to pass this knowledge down to a mortal, one who was worthy of possessing it. So they searched the land, and found a man who seemed surround by the weave. Not only surrounded, but he seemed to unknowingly embrace it. This was the one. His name was Necrophitus Arkane. The Fey then realized something, how could they teach a mortal something it took them ages to discover? They decided that the inner workings of magic was just too much for a mortal to comprehend, that they would only be able to understand the methods on how to command the magic, not how it actually worked. So they taught him everything they could, and that he would learn, but their time was running short, and again they found another flaw. A mortal body could not single handedly command all eight spheres as a Fey could without driving them mad. They gathered seven other pupils , and taught them each a sphere. Then they taught four the art of Valence, three the art of battle casting, and one the art of sorcery. They showed them how to create a spell book, something that was vital to a mage’s studies. The first spell book, written by the hands of the Fey themselves was handed to the mortals. If a mortal did not constantly study his or her spell book they would lose touch with the workings of their spells and the methods of how to bring them forth. For the slightest flaw in this exact method would cause it not to work, or worse yet, perhaps a mishap.
For many years the mages perfected the art of drawing their power from the Weave created by the two Crystal Mountains at either end of the world; they helped each other learn and grow with their great powers. They built a great establishment known as The Academy; a place built purely for magic, and made for nothing but the advancement of magic. Here they wrote down all they had learned, and what they were still learning. It was in this magnificent place (that some say still exists somewhere) that the sacred oaths of mages were written up. Naturally the other seven mages elected Arkane as their leader, so he began to oversee all goings on, but as time went by Arkane grew bored with what he knew, and what power he commanded. He was the chosen one, and he knew there had to be more than this. He locked himself away in his tower and began vigorous research to uncover new and better secrets. He became mad with power and hunger, but as mad as he was, he did discover new powers, things the Fey and the gods hoped no mortal would ever unlock. Necrophitus Arkane gave birth to the art of Necromancy, and eventually Black sorcery. He found away to sacrifice pieces of the Weave to power this strong and dark magic. With it he found ways to prolong life, and even how to bring life to undeath, creating walking abominations.