Rutt Sordell

Name:	Rutt Sordell

Gender: Male

Age (Y927): 44

Physical Description: Weak chinned with lank hair and a receding hairline. His face is pallid and prematurely aged.

Birthplace:	Argundy on the continent of Yuros.

Social Status:	Mercenary mage

Personality:	Rutt is arrogant and paranoid. Whilst very intelligent (and a noted gnostic academic), he has an inflated sense of his own self worth (considering himself a pioneer in the mystic arts) which is undermined by his pessimistic nature.

Mage Affinities/Physical abilities:	Rutt Sordell is a pure-blooded mage His main affinities are:

•	Intellectual: Sorcery

•	Elemental: Air

Rutt's Intellectual affinity (to Sorcery) is profoundly stronger than his Elemental affinity, meaning that he casts spells almost exclusively in the Sorcery spectrum; therefore he primarily practices Necromancy, Wizardry, Divination, and Clairvoyance. He is known to have some facility in Theurgy.

Rutt is not a physical fighter and in combat relies exclusively on his gnosis. Due to his necromantic skills Rutt is extraordinarily durable, able to survive and function with wounds that would instantly kill a normal human, later draining others to regenerate completely. A favored tactic is to bind souls and demons (spirits able to independently use gnosis) to fight on his behalf.

History prior to Y927:	Before the Noros Revolt (Y909-910) Rutt was on route to a Headmaster position at a Gnostic college but was disgraced for his illegal studies with Necromancy (specifically practised on orphan children). Leaving Argundy, Rutt meets Gurvon Gyle just prior to the Noros Revolt, and when the revolt begins, is persuaded to join Gyle's "Grey Foxes" - a mage team providing scouting and information to the Noros legions. Rutt fights for Noros in the revolt, and survives the war. The Grey Foxes are declared outlaws by the victorious Rondians and all the survivors spend four years on the run, before a pardon is issued in Y914. Gyle does not disband the unit, instead converting it to a clandestine security and espionage agency. For the next few years the Grey foxes perform a variety of contracts, including aiding the Rondian military during the Second Crusade, as well.

Notes:	His thesis topic to graduate was on the influence of stars and their energies on Divination.