Antares

Antares the Sorcerer was one of the Ten Champions of Aerestra and the best-understood due to his long life and copious extant writings. He was a powerful daimon mage.

A popular Aerestran holiday called Sorcerer's Day is celebrated in his honor. It takes place on his birthday.

Backstory
Not much is known about his early life, which he omitted entirely in his autobiography. Aerestran legend states that his father was a drake mercenary from Vildeskål and his mother was an Aerestran noblewoman. He was rumored to have been a lorshal.

At some point in his early years, he joined the other Champions in their crusade to protect the city.

Throughout his life, he studied magic in its various forms. He began melding magic with the primitive technology of his era, leading to his modern nickname as the 'Aerestran Father of Magitech'. To better pool the magical knowledge of his colleagues, he established the academy of Ars Mystica when he was 71.

Due to his incredibly strong magical affinity, he lived to be 620, making him the longest-lived Champion.

Upon his death, he was interred in a secret chamber in Ars Mystica. He is one of three Champions who were not buried in the Catacombs of Aerestra.

Personality
Antares left many manuscripts and texts behind after his death, which are full of both his relentless pursuit of knowledge and irreverent sense of humor. In his autobiography, The Life of a Scholar, he described himself as "highly charismatic and handsome".

Skills/Abilities
Antares was an anima expert who specialized in lightning magic. It was said that he could light up the sky for a hundred miles in every direction with one of his devastating lightning spells, and summon torrential thunderstorms with ease.

Relationships
During his time as the archchancellor of Ars Mystica, he had a romantic relationship with a certain administrator, about whom he wrote extensively. Some say too extensively.