User:Rhaistlin

Appearance
A young-looking mage with a cool, unconcerned look on his face. A fiery pony-tail haircut tied and cut in a very elven style blows in the wind behind him. His skin has very little hair on it, for a human, and is unusually smooth without a single mark upon it. Despite an exterior of calmness, his eyes appear to burn with a sort of fiery intelligence, signifying both a youthful curiousity, aswell as significant inner strength. Those with magical talents realise almost instantly the unusual amount of magical energy within this young man, who could not be older then 20, however even to those who are unable to sence the raw magical affinity within, it is obvious, that despite his youth, he is not one to be taken lightly, due to the sheer aura of strength this mage has about him.

There is little other features about him that would seperate him from the crowd, except perhaps the azure coloured eyes, which seem to sparkle just as brilliantly in the darkness as in the light, hinting perhaps of a distant elven heritage...or perhaps something even more magical.

Childhood
Son of a farmer in Elwynn, Rhaistlin Dalarius Rahl was born into an average family consisting of him, his little brother and his two parents. While he could never complain of being overfed, there was never any particular hardships in the household. Unlike most other boys living on farmsteads in the area Rhaistlin learned to read and write at an early age, taught by his elderly grandfather. It was in autumn, after his grandfather passed away from illness, when he first discovered an old tome in his grandfather's room of basic magic. From then on he spent almost every moment of his time reading the mystical book. It was only a couple years later that the boy got the courage to try a fireball spell. Displaying amazing affinity to the arcane, Rhaistlin managed to create a flame, albeit a tiny one, on his first go at the spell. In excitement He attempted to better himself by creating a larger one, however lacking any control over his abilities the flame Burnt down one of the farm buildings. Fearing doing more damage Rhaistlin, now 16, went of to an old family friend in Norshire abbey to improve his skills. Studying under the old mage, Rhaistlin managed to learn basic control over his magic, although not learning much aside from that. His elderly tutor, although a kindly man, was by no means much of a mage. It was at the age of 17 that Rhaistlin recieved terrible news that his parents were murdered, during ad defias raid on the farm. Saddened and angry, the young inexperienced mage bid farewell to his former tutor and went of to find a greater master of the magical arts to teach him, who could make him stronger and then perhaps one day he would find the ones responsible for his parent's death.