a mage in line to inherit leadership of a faction of ‘ holy knights ’ , hendrickson o’dáire is a quiet , but hardworking man . at some point , he came to be a clocktower lord , but most people think it’s just honorary . he is known for being born a druid , a sage of the forest . he supposedly lived with a druid clan as a child before he was evidently run out . like a good handful of mages , hendrickson has his own research , although he doesn’t talk about it . he isn’t really interested in the root , for better or worse , but he does have a fascination with dark beings , namely demons ... so it’s not hard to guess what he’s researching .
during his time as a student in the association , he managed to master most of the branches of magecraft , save policies , archaeology , & modern magecraft , the latter not yet existing . he was given the rank of brand ... & soon after vanished from the association , not wanting to deal with the politics or brutality of the mage world . after doing what he could to abandon the majority of mage society , he does his best not to be found by anyone he doesn’t want to find him ... which is most mages . he lives in a forest home , where he prefers to do his research in peace & quiet .
his jumbled elemental affinities compounded with a strange origin has led to an ability that most people just call ‘ acid ’ because that’s pretty descriptive of what it does . on top of that , his nature as a druid allows him to perform magecraft while bypassing lengthy chants , so long as the words he uses he means .
for all his talent , he’s shockingly inefficient in using energy . as the body of a mage feels warm when they use their magecraft , it’s pretty telling that hendrickson is always borderline feverish . he makes for a great space heater , though .