Post by rae on Aug 6, 2007 0:39:25 GMT -5
Reyna of Isolteas, Arithmancy Mistress. Her parents, the Lord and Lady of the small province, were well aware of the presence of witchcraft in their society. They chose, however, not to join in the popular sport of the era, witch hunting. It was a wise decision, as six of their seven children turned out to have magical abilities.
Their first child, Dulcer, excelled at magic but unfortunately, suffered from an improperly treated broken leg and died before his ninth birthday. The second son, Brienn, was a mediocre wizard who eventually took on the family title. The next three of the Isolteas noble children turned out to be skilled wizards. In their later life, they traveled across Asia and Europe, revolutionizing the lives of many witches and wizards there. On the sixth try, the Lord and Lady finally got a girl, whom they named Cellyn; she was a sweet child but turned out to be a Squib. Then, in the year 1001, along came Reyna, the seventh child.
As a small girl, Reyna showed astonishing magical abilities. For the first time, her parents actually sought a magical education for their daughter. By 1009, they managed to recruit a learned wizard, Master William Ingersol, as her magic tutor. Over the next two years, he passed on a reasonable number of charms, hexes, potion instructions, and other useful things. In 1011, his robes caught fire during a game of Aingingein, and he was forced to retire because of the severity of his injuries.
For the few years succeeding Master Ingersol’s retirement, Reyna’s magical schooling was nonmagical schooling was continued. However, the time was not wasted; she was educated in mathematics and science, but showed more regard for the former than the latter. This stage of her schooling likely affected her later decision to pursue mathematics from a more magical point of view. Her teacher was an accomplished mathematician himself.
In 1014, Reyna’s parents married her off to a muggle, Damion Forsyth. The two continued to live in Isolteas for almost a year, but Reyna found her husband, and therefore her life, dull. She cut off her muggle education and left Isolteas that year, traveling about Central Europe to find a new teacher.
In 1015, Reyna succeeded. She located the elusive Master Schultheiss, famous for his development of arithmancy. During a short interview, Reyna convinced Schultheiss to further her magical training. So, after seven years of intensive study (the usual number for magical education), she emerged as a fully fledged, extremely powerful witch.
Reyna returned home in 1022 to practice her magic. She was actually quite famous already for securing the prestigious position as Schultheiss’s student. For the next few months, she combined his studies with her own and contributed much to the improvement of arithmancy. During this time, she also founded the Isolteas Witched Society; an establishment frowned upon by her husband. However, she willingly left her society and her husband when she was invited to Blue Crystal Academy to teach her branch of magic.
At BCA, Reyna lead a flourishing career. It was she who, in 1025, suggested the idea of four houses. It seemed a useful and practical way to separate the students, and she found the number four to have strong value. She convinced Artair of this necessity and became the fist head of Emeraldpeak House.
Their first child, Dulcer, excelled at magic but unfortunately, suffered from an improperly treated broken leg and died before his ninth birthday. The second son, Brienn, was a mediocre wizard who eventually took on the family title. The next three of the Isolteas noble children turned out to be skilled wizards. In their later life, they traveled across Asia and Europe, revolutionizing the lives of many witches and wizards there. On the sixth try, the Lord and Lady finally got a girl, whom they named Cellyn; she was a sweet child but turned out to be a Squib. Then, in the year 1001, along came Reyna, the seventh child.
As a small girl, Reyna showed astonishing magical abilities. For the first time, her parents actually sought a magical education for their daughter. By 1009, they managed to recruit a learned wizard, Master William Ingersol, as her magic tutor. Over the next two years, he passed on a reasonable number of charms, hexes, potion instructions, and other useful things. In 1011, his robes caught fire during a game of Aingingein, and he was forced to retire because of the severity of his injuries.
For the few years succeeding Master Ingersol’s retirement, Reyna’s magical schooling was nonmagical schooling was continued. However, the time was not wasted; she was educated in mathematics and science, but showed more regard for the former than the latter. This stage of her schooling likely affected her later decision to pursue mathematics from a more magical point of view. Her teacher was an accomplished mathematician himself.
In 1014, Reyna’s parents married her off to a muggle, Damion Forsyth. The two continued to live in Isolteas for almost a year, but Reyna found her husband, and therefore her life, dull. She cut off her muggle education and left Isolteas that year, traveling about Central Europe to find a new teacher.
In 1015, Reyna succeeded. She located the elusive Master Schultheiss, famous for his development of arithmancy. During a short interview, Reyna convinced Schultheiss to further her magical training. So, after seven years of intensive study (the usual number for magical education), she emerged as a fully fledged, extremely powerful witch.
Reyna returned home in 1022 to practice her magic. She was actually quite famous already for securing the prestigious position as Schultheiss’s student. For the next few months, she combined his studies with her own and contributed much to the improvement of arithmancy. During this time, she also founded the Isolteas Witched Society; an establishment frowned upon by her husband. However, she willingly left her society and her husband when she was invited to Blue Crystal Academy to teach her branch of magic.
At BCA, Reyna lead a flourishing career. It was she who, in 1025, suggested the idea of four houses. It seemed a useful and practical way to separate the students, and she found the number four to have strong value. She convinced Artair of this necessity and became the fist head of Emeraldpeak House.