The Oblivion Crisis

Name: Cazarik “Zarik” Rallen

Gender: Male

Race: Dunmer

Appearance: Ashen of skin and red of eye, Zarik looks fairly average, for a young Dunmer. Slimmer than most, there isn’t as much muscle on his frame as one might expect of one calling himself battlemage. He picked up the sword only recently, and hasn’t practiced with it enough to put on a substantial amount of muscle. Zarik bears aquiline, sharp features framed by relatively short, dark brown hair. His body is relatively unmarred by scars, and often covered by a red set of mage’s robes.

Equipment: Cazarik normally carries a steel sword and a satchel – complete with a couple of soul gems, whatever septims he has with him, and whatever food he happens to have. He favors a mage’s robes, relying on conjured armor or magic to protect himself physically when need be.

Profession: Cazarik is nominally as much swordsman as mage – a battlemage. He tends to be more magically focused, though, and is fairly skilled in destruction, conjuration, and alteration magics. While proficient with the other schools, Zarik is hardly a master of them. A journeyman of the Mages' Guild, he's somewhat disconnected from the guild simply due to how he operates.

Personality: Personality-wise, Zarik isn't all too dissimilar from your average Dunmer. He comes off as a little xenophobic, a little arrogant – supremely confident in his abilities. Rightly so, at times, and with just enough of a loner to him that he doesn't mind his life. He tries not to be too much of a snobby, know-it-all scion of a noble Dunmer House, but even that is hard at times. He's a talker, though, perhaps more than could be considered healthy at times.

History: Cazarik Rallen was born a scion of the Great Dunmer House of Hlaalu, the firstborn child of a lesser branch of the family. He was born under the sign of the Apprentice, a child of Vvardenfell not especially far from Balmora. As a young child his parents—merchants both—and he moved to the mainland, spent the next few years traveling between Morrowind and Cyrodiil. He discovered a talent for magic at a young age, and his parents dropped him off at the Mages Guild chapter in Cheydinhal on one of their many visits through that town.

Zarik's parents offered him a parting gift, to guide him on his way: a steel sword. While perhaps not the best gift for a mage, it was something that Zarik's been practicing with and certainly something he will treasure for as long as he can. He spent the next few years in Cheydinhal learning the intricacies of magic beneath the various, more accomplished mages there - through his teen years and well into early adulthood. It was only recently, with his promotion to the rank of Journeyman, that he decided to strike out on his own, to make his own way in the world – using his magic to better it, specifically.