The Lore of Battle Mage Wolfram of the Wood

The Early days

Laconic, rugged and often stubborn - Wolfram has only a few friends apart from his chatty feline companion McGonagall.

Those meeting Wolfram for the first time often mistake his silence, sparsely broken by gruntles of a doubtful "hmm" or a commending "argh", as aloofness or unkindness. However those who have spent enough time around Wolfram, often out of need for his guidance navigating the twisting Hedge Wizard Woods, often come to realize his friendly, candid character and indubitable good nature.

Wolfram was the unlikely lovechild of a stern Druid from the Hedge Wizard Woods and an alluring witch of the Thorn. After events too early for young Wolfram to recall, his memories begin in the Hedge Wizard Woods where he was brought up by his Druid father.

Wolfram's father often left young Wolfram to his own devices in the woods, questionable whether this was a part of a tough parenting regime or carelessness they unquestionably pushed young Wolfram to sharply develop his survival instincts at a young age. True to his heritage, Wolfram demonstrated clear talent for magic at a young age - he quickly and selectively learned, through emulating his father, spells that would help him survive the harshness of the woods.

Wolfram naturally grew more familiar with the wildlife in the Woods than he did with other people - which largely consisted of his few-worded father or the even fewer lost travelers they encountered. Naturally, Wolfram developed a preference towards conveying his intentions through actions than using the words he rarely had the need for.

From his early adventures, Wolfram came to know and experience all of the species that inhabit the Hedge Wizard Woods to varying degrees. Until one day, on a day which his father ambiguously congratulates him for being born, he encounters a creature he has never encountered before: a little black cat, all too small and vulnerable for the harshness of the Woods. How this little domestic creature, so out of place ended up in the depth of the Woods is still unbeknownst to Wolfram - but it took little other than its characteristic loud purrs and affectionate head bumps to convince Wolfram to be disarmed by the little Kitten. Wolfram took the kitten in to protect it from the obvious dangers of the forest: perhaps it was out of deep sympathy, having been largely separated emotionally and physically by his parents himself, that Wolfram acted out of his solitary character to active care for the wellbeing of another living being.

Wolfram's father had a particular disliking of his newfound feline companion, perhaps it was the deep black coat on her that reminded him of Wolfram's mother, but his father's dissent took little effect on stubborn Wolfram's decision to keep the kitten around.

Despite Wolfram's efforts to keep the kitten out of harm's way - the little black Kitten insisted on following young Wolfram around all of his adventures since the fateful day they met. Wolfram tried hard to find the young kitten and reunite it with its mother but he was altogether unsuccessful; he secretly wished that they would never find the kitten's mother, and that the little kitten would never leave his side. Thankfully, she never did.

In their adventures, Wolfram realized frequently that the kitten often led Wolfram to paths that were abnormally fortunate -- often in the form of discovering rare and delectable mushrooms and herbs.

These early days in the Woods underpin Wolfram's staunch penchant for Function over Form in all things, especially magic, to shape what other Wizards who refer to and rely on his resourcefulness as "the Pragmatic one". His early days in the woods shaped his preference and aptitude in the natural magic of the woods, water and earth which he uses tactfully in times of combat or leisurely stewarding of the Woods. Wolfram and McGonagall to this day take refuge in the Hedge Wizard Woods, tending to his garden and occasionally providing assistance to travelers unfortunate enough to be lost in the Woods.

Woodland Encounters

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Meeting Magus Devon

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Druid Faiz

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Battle Mages, Kobolds and Runes

Chiyo, and the Rose

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