Nevicanad

Category	Heroes
Region	Lands of Purity
Race	Half-Tragaran Wood Elf
Gender	male
Alignment	lawful neutral
Deity	Melora
Birthplace	Bullvar Ika
Born	25 Bloom 1143

Nevicanad, an Elvish term signifying "near the four," was the designation bestowed upon a birthmark resembling the symbol of the four elements: fire, water, earth, and air. He is the son of Oakenbeard, a resident of the Lands of Purity, and a wood elf named Alassë Amandil from the distant reaches of the world.

His father, currently the Nature Protectorate of the Hells Womb region, long concealed the reality that he possessed a mixed-race offspring. This was solely a political maneuver, with a contingent of purists who would undoubtedly have leveraged this information against him. This fact was not lost on his son, and to a significant extent, it motivated him to become one of the realm's most eminent arch-mages.

His mother, hailing from the distant lands of Ancalimë Kingdom, owned a silk farm. She raised him, sending him to study the arcane in Varnavei where he was tutored by a Sprite elementalist named At'na. This tutor, during the second five-year term of three, was a devotee of Melora. At'na, acting in Melora's interests, would mold Nevicanad's perspectives on the elements and the significance of maintaining equilibrium.

Getting back to Oakenbeard, his visits were limited by distance. He could only visit his son via the Oaken Gate, and for security reasons, this rift linking regions on opposite sides of the world Bal-Kriav, was generally not accessible to just anyone; even now, using the Oaken Gate requires at least two years to obtain approvals, presuming one has a sponsor.

In the year 1345, while exploring the northeastern reaches of the Lands of Purity, Nevicanad discovered an ancient structure known as the Magis Institute. For many years thereafter, he trained aspiring wizards and founded a school for arcane studies. During this time, his absences grew steadily longer with each passing decade. Eventually, he was viewed as little more than a tenant, with some students going months or even years without ever encountering him.

When not occupied within the expansive libraries and captivating chambers of the Magis Institute, he devoted a considerable amount of time within the Thunder Halls. In this levitating Elemental Mote, he crafted remarkable magical artifacts; and for a duration, he possessed the wisdom of four Elemental Princes at his disposal.

He vanished in 1796. Many believe he took up residence on one of the Elemental Ring Worlds. He had extensive experience of these realms, having summoned scores, some say hundreds, of elementals, and harnessed the energies of these worlds to create marvels like the Apex Maze and Rath Jot.