Name: Gilthas "Gils" Avancalas
Relationship: NPC Mentor
Race: Lethafal with an Eyph Mortal Seeming
DoB: 1 (518) AV
PoF: Somewhere along the east Syliras Coast in an unnamed anonymous location north of Lisner's Ruins.
Title: Cursed of Semele : Scientist/Mage
Skills: Scavenging (95), Research (89), Investigation (86), Meditation (80), Animal Husbandry (79), Reimancy (78), Genetics (60), Morphing (55), Medicine (55), Biology (50), Chemistry (45), Auristics (45), Writing (45), Mathematics (42), Philtering (37), Leadership (35), Teaching (35), Cooking (15)
Gnosis: 2 Marks Nysel, 1 Mark Semele
Gils is one of those Lethafal that fell very shortly after the Valterrian. He was around to witness the final death toll of the Valterrian and was a scientist who worked towards the survival of people when they went underground. He had the unique experience to be Marked by Nysel which allowed him to access his Chavi and the memories of his past were he learned his Eypharian Past and was able to re-teach himself a great deal of his past skills in order to assist in the survival of the populace of Mizahar.
Gils delved into magic, became a very confident mage and leader during the dark days underground and has a long history of existing. His existence has taught him to not grow close to people who often perish too quickly so when he made the acquaintance of the Champion of Semele (unbeknownst to him) he pushed her away when she lost her heart to him. Because of his rejection, which was somewhat standard for him among women, the Champion of Semele sacrificed her life in an epic event in Sylira's history... saving many lives.
Semele, however, was none to pleased and cursed Gils to remain beneath the ground even as Sunberth's citizens rose. He was long forgotten where he dwelled in misery finally understanding what was bad about holding oneself aloof and withdrawn. He remains beneath Sunberth today, captured until his curse can be broken which will only happen when Semele feels he has learned his lesson.
Within his captivity, Gils has explored his roots and has gone back to the science of animal husbandry and genetics. He is the singular responsible party for the existence of The Brats of Sunberth. In the early days he started out training rats to steal for him and bring him back food and supplies he needed from the surface. As time progressed, the amount of things these small creatures could retrieve grew to be insufficient. Thus he took to working on their genetics and bred them up so that the incredibly large brats Sunberth enjoys today are his fault. Large Brats can bring back stolen ... well just about anything.
His other projects are vast, and beneath the streets of Sunberth many of his projects roam. Gils is a lonely individual who has long since learned his lesson and is simply waiting for someone to discover him and set him free. The requirements skillwise of that individual are very specific. And so Gils has long since given up hope the proper person will happen upon him and rescue him.
Gilthas is approachable but dangerous. He reads to the non-trained person as more an eccentric scientist than a mage. His workshop and living quarters are beneath Sunberth, but extremely difficult to find unless one has a means of tracking him to his home. If people can locate him, he indeed with speak with them and sometimes takes on students. DS permission required to interact with him.