Basileus Wainwright

Basileus Wainwright was born in the City of Teraias to a family of craftsmen. Though he had a certain knack for the arcane arts, what he would describe as the insular character of the Tower of the Seven Spires prevented him from pursuing the study of magic formally, so from his youth he took every chance he could to hunt down little scraps of magical lore. Whether it was wheedled from an old crone in the woods, won from a drunk wizard at cards, or discovered by sheer diligence and luck among the detritus of city, over the years he accumulated a small store of lore, little understood but carefully guarded and studied. At last, sensing that his home town had grown a little too cozy for him, and the Tower of the Seven Spires a little too actively interested in his activities, Basileus left to make a name for himself in the wide world. Soon he found himself lost in the wilds, far from all sounds of man and beast, where he wandered half staved for several weeks. During that time he learned the talk of wind and water, of earth and stone. Finally he followed the laughter of a brook to a place where it emerged from the forest, and following it through a reedy marsh made his way to a road, where some passing traders found him and brought him to the Stand. Riding away in the back of the cart, the last thing he heard before his eyes closed in exhausted sleep was the mocking laughter of wind and water.