Abram Belrand

Abram Belrand (born 4022) is regarded as one of the most powerful wizards Celsaria has known. He is the founder of the Church of Embers and is renowned for casting the devastating Last Spell.

Education
Abram Belrand started out as nothing more than a promising young student at The Academy of Deep Sciences. He excelled in every field, and was incredibly apt in both his understanding of the Deep, and his abilities to manipulate it. Abram was an excellent student, and general consensus amongst many at the Academy was that he would one day succeed the Dean.

Defection
Nobody is certain of the exact moment at which Abram became disenfranchised with the Academy, or at which point he started to rebel, but it is known that it was his eagerness to study and manipulate the Transient Deep (an action prohibited by the Academy) that led to his eventual excommunication from the Academy. Abram was well respected by his peers, and led a group of his closest and most talented friends to form a new Academy, dubbed The Church of Embers by most. Much of the activity that occurred within the walls of the Church is unknown - as is it's location.

War of the Vestige
There were several insurgencies from the Church levelled against the Academy, in order to steal wares and supplies, and an incident in the year 4040 leading to the death of a Church insurgent led to what was to become known as The War of the Vestige. The attacks against the Academy came frequently and ferociously, and eventually the Guards of the Keep were called to intervene.

The Last Spell
After many weeks of vicious encounters on the nearby Skyeward Steppe, Abram finally joined the battle - his whereabouts during the previous conflicts unknown, although it is speculated that he remained within the Church, attempting to work on his weapon against the Academy. On TIMETIMETIME, in an encounter known to all as The Battle Of Consequence, Abram and the entirety of the students of the Church took to the Steppe to challenge the Dean, the Academic Council, and the Guards of the Keep. It was here that Abram unleashed The Last Spell, and rent the Great Scar into the ground, as well as giving birth to the Residual Infection. Except for Abram, all in his vicinity died in the resultant shockwave, leaving any first hand recount of the events to be lost for all eternity, along with the location of The Church of Embers and the knowledge of the Last Spell itself.