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About Avik Tuli

Avik is obviously from somewhere else. His clothes don't fit in here - they are old, worn and covered with sand dust. He has an accent, and he doesn't always understand the local customs. But he's trying and he's a quick learner. He has dark hair, skin and eyes, and still wears his clothes from his time wandering the Osirian deserts. He wears a brass talisman of Ra around his neck. Fires flare noticeably (though not dangerously) in his presence, he occasionally smokes slightly, and his body is almost painfully hot to the touch. When he gets angry or excited, his eyes glow with orange fire.

He was raised in a nomadic Yerbira tribe in the deserts of Osirion. His father, the clan chieftain, hated magic and any who used it, making his views clear to his son. Avik thought he hated magic too, but it was almost one year ago when he first manifested fire, a small flame flickering in his palms. He soon became addicted, constantly practicing to improve his fire summoning, while trying his best to keep it hidden from his clan, and especially his father. After practicing in private, he eventually could light a campfire using only his will. But he had not learned how to quench the fire. He summoned an eruption of fire in his tent, trying to make just enough to heat some tea, but the flames continued to spread. The fire got out of his control and burned down his tent. The entire village found out how it happened, and his father discovered that he was using magic against the clan's rules. His father and the other villagers wanted to execute Avik for his 'curse' as they called it, threatening to throw him into Desert's Mouth.

But the clan elder, who had seen the benefits of magic in the past, and who knew that Avik had a good heart, convinced everyone instead to banish Avik and let him go out in the world to learn how to control his magic. So he traveled north and eventually joined the pathfinders.