Garrick Everric

"Magic is all around us, it is the essence of this world. We as humans do not need gods, we do not need false idols. We are the inheritors of this land, us, my dear Gabriel. This is the wisdom of Ariston."

- Garrick

 Garrick Michael "Rik" Everric (Gaehr-rick Mai-kell Eh-vehrr-rick) is a Half-Elven Battlemage. He is a direct desendant of Ariston Everric, the current Patriarch and the great-great Grandfather to Gabriel Everric and most of the modern Everric as well. He currently makes his residence in Yanille, Kandarin, living as the Guildmaster of the Wizard's Guild, or the Aren Arcane Institute. He is a proud, confident man, being very secretive and very cryptic. Aside from this, he was an adventurer at the start of his life, like many throughout the world, as the bastard son of an Elven Adoptee and an Everric Mage, he had some liesure to travel about.

Garrick was created and role-played by Matt.

History
This section covers the biographical history of Garrick Everric

Origin and Early Life
Garrick Everric was born in Yanille, Kandarin in the 58th year of the Fifth Age to the Lunar-Mage, Michael Everric and an Elven exile of the Iorwerth Clan named Firia. He was born with Michael's Lime-Green eyes and Jet-Black hair. As a young man, from about the age of five, he was taught how to read, and how to cast a spell by the age of six, to which, it was revealed that when he cast magic, his hair turned completely silver. He was talented, possibly due to his bloodline. And, for a while, he would consistently get into some mischief, like all do, but he always preferred the reading.

As Garrick progressed with his life, he contined travelling along with his parents, and showing his skill with magic, becoming both a performer at twelve, and about six years later, a mercenary for hire. This was not enough for him, and perhaps it was his incredible ambition that kept him going on to travel. Garrick's skill with magic became unmatched in the areas he travelled, which primarily, happened to be smaller towns throughout the continent. After he had reached about twenty, Michael and Firia decided to return home, Garrick wanting to continue his adventures. At this, Garrick was gifted with a new familiar, a cat named Russ, who matched him quite well. Russ was strange, with jet-black fur and green eyes and he was revealed to have a demon within him, named Zoor'Kul, and was able to speak intelligently without an amulet of Catspeak.

Garrick found this very interesting, and the two became fast friends. Only a few days later, while staying to the southwest of McGrubor's Wood and north of modern Hemenster, he was placed under attack by a group of five bandits, one was a mage, and went straight after him. Most of the bandits were lightly armored, and they quickly found themselves under the expanding form of Russ, who expanded to the size of a much larger cat (I.E. a Tiger), the skin stretching and revealing red stripes and his eyes changing to a bright scarlet.

Garrick began charging his spells, seeing as it was night time, and began using the darkness to his advantage. His hair began changing into a light silver, he wielded his staff, eyes glowing a mystical amethyst hue. A crooked smile stretched across the enemy mages head, Garrick was quite surprised to see what Russ had just transformed into, only half-surprised, as he had already known that Russ was a demon-possessed cat. He continued to charge, and in only a few moments, a blast of fire was sent out toward his position.

The wind around Garrick shifted quickly, and making use of this, Garrick sent his left hand forth, the non-staff wielding hand, and created a small headlong whirlwind, which made an effective wind-tunnel with the fire, easily allowing it to surge around him and dissipate, along with redirecting the stronger parts of the blast into the trees. Russ charged forth, paws treading quickly along the ground and then leaping toward one of the enemy bandits and then bringing a paw across his face, instantly knocking him out.

The other unoccupied forces, the remaining three, including the leader of the force approached. Russ' follow up was to maul the bandit to death, all he was able to do was scream for two moments, the others seemed terrified, except for the leader of the group and the mage, who was preoccupied with Garrick. Garrick sent off a jet of water, aiming to preoccupy the attention of the mage, who was his elder, and his better by at least two decades. Garrick began to dodge the mage's attacks, running around in a circle to redirect his fire attacks elsewhere, and toward some of the remaining bandits. One bolt of fire hit the armor of the main bandit, melting it just slightly.

Trivia

 * Garrick's name comes from the German, Garr meaning "Spear" and Rick meaning "Power".
 * Garrick's favorite colours are blue and purple.
 * Garrick was once considering to become a Zarosian or a Zamorakian, but chose Godless, as it seemed right to him.
 * Garrick's hair changes to Silver when casting higher levels of magic, and he prefers to use Ice Spells.
 * When he is in need to be hidden, Russ is held within Garrick's amulet.