by Ruuka on September 3rd, 2013, 3:03 pm
History
Born to a 'History of Magic' teacher in Zeltiva, Adam Smith was an exceptional child. He spoke by the age of three, learned to read by three and by the age of ten he was already well on the way to learning his father's secret craft. Those blissful days came to an abrupt end however when an incurable illness finally snuffed out his father's flame, taing him on the 14th of Winter when Adam was merely seventeen years of age. Desperate to continue his father's work, the youth spent the next years of his life attending the very same university his old man taught at, later becoming a tutor himself, before succumbing to the irresistible allure of giving his very life to the magical discipline. Before his thirty seventh birthday he made sail for Sahova island, - where in attempts to reforge his very person he had renamed himself Ruuka for idealistically poetic reasons - hoping live out his ambition in seclusion, like a hermit among the nuits - also to discover other forms of magic along the way.
The road wasn't quite so smooth for Mr Smith, for even before he chose to uproot his life, he had already began to exhibit the symptoms of his father's illness, for every time he'd transform his djed into the distinctive, opalescent res he wielded, his health would deteriorate. He'd be bed bound for months at a time, often in great pain and the older he became the worse it would get.
By Spring 1st 510AV he was crippled and knocking on death's door, having nothing but failed to withstand the hardships and challenges of life on Sahova and categorically refusing to surrender his magic and his existence; he had finally made the difficult decision of becoming a nuit himself. It was the lesser of two evils. With a new body the disease was gone but entirely new challenges faced him. Mr Smith had however bought himself time.
friends and foes
Damian Smith - Father - Some people are just lucky enough to turn their passion into their job. And even though no one other than his only son knew of his exceptional abilities in fire Reimancy and even greater skill in res control, he still taught the history of magic at Zeltiva's university. He had ploughed all he ever knew into Ruuka, deeming that knowledge to important to take to his grave. The two of them had a very close relationship in the absence of little Ruuka's mother, his death was a great, world shattering blow to the young man. Damian's legacy still lives and breathes in the very veins of the nuit's existence, as does the condition he had left behind. Never shall Ruuka forget that somewhat blissful childhood, when everything was so seemingly easy.
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Ruuka on December 7th, 2013, 4:44 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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