The Lore of Alchemist Malthus of the Obelisk

Malthus was born into the Order of the Obelisk as a very lucky child. Both of his parents were lifelong members holding leadership roles. As such, he was revered among his peers, and was expected to carry on his family tradition and ultimately hold a stately position in the Order as well.

With his life planned for him, Malthus excelled at all his scholastic duties. He was particularly skilled at forging powerful potions for many different purposes. He once created a near perfect simulacrum of a cat to win the annual Forging Award. He named the cat Simmy and it accompanied him everywhere. He had all that he could have hoped for in wealth and societal position. But he was not happy, he hid his feelings of unease behind his mask of perfect academician.

While the Order primarily studied the magic of life, he was drawn instead to the more wild and unpredictable power of death. He saw the beauty in death, and secretly began to study necromancy, which was severely frowned upon by the hierarchy in the Order.

It was through a secret night excursion to a local cemetery that he met Mina of the Brambles (#3765).

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