Dark Wizards

TSONM 02/1 A group of four dark wizards meet to review their plans for influencing the world, starting at the Brewery Tavern , Charlottesville, Virginia. They are currently searching for two young wizards, one a boy, a "sleeper agent," who is a student at the School of Necessary Magic, who had a seed of dark magic implanted in him when he was very young. The boy is still oblivious, and so are the ones around him. Even Mara Berens. But that will change. “He can’t ignore the dark. It won’t be ignored, even if it’s surrounded by the light. Right now he might be shielded from it and have no knowledge of what is lurking inside, but in time that will change. The dark will fight back, want to grow and spread out, and he will be unprepared for it. . We came here to track him down and figure out who and what he is.” They had looked for him before. “I wouldn’t be too concerned that you didn’t find him. It was our first time out, and now we know his approximate location. He will find himself alone and vulnerable one day. He will be unsuspecting and off-guard, and we will be there to bring him under our control.”

The four are :

Balthasar, the eldest. He wasn’t the leader of the group but he was the eldest, and he took control whenever he saw the need—which was often. Carried powerful history and power. Intimidates the others. “We didn’t come here to start a war against the humans. “There are bigger things afoot. Things that involve all of us. They are searching for the boy, and also many others. “There are those who have retreated to the shadows. Who know our power is growing, and fear the day that is approaching. One thing I do know about the light is that those who practice its magic have courage that will bring them out even in the most fearful of times. They are silly creatures, needing to help in times of struggle. They will want to fight for their people. They won’t sit in the shadows when it happens. They will come ready to fight, not knowing that we will be there to face them

Philoneous: “I personally am excited to see the light magic get a little workout. I think magical beings have become too comfortable and complacent. It will remind them that they don’t belong here, and that their rules and happy feelings are just a bullshit mask.”

Tyrian: a tenth-generation Oriceran dark wizard. I still don’t understand how you can’t feel the darkness in yourself. I can feel it buzzing through me. Makes it easy to point out the light magic when it tries to creep inside me.”

Lingus: He hated human traditions and had no idea why the magical would celebrate them. He found Christmas to be more annoying than most.

The people of the town came to them and told them they were not welcome. Balthasar told them they had no choice, and threw dark magic bolts at them. The battle was on. . Back and forth the magical beings sent streaks of light, creating a wave of color reminiscent of the Northern Lights. The light magic was so quick and intense the wizards could only block, not return any magic blows, so when a particularly powerful ball came at them, Balthasar opened a portal, and they escaped.