Celcynd the Dour, mage of Rithwic. Ah, the poor soul. A brilliant mage in his youth, and apprenticed to the famed Harlune of Arwic. Celcynd was the first to master Empyrean planar magic. It failed him at a critical point, however. When Holtburg was under siege by Tumeroks, he cast a portal which allowed the children to escape. It consumed so much mana, however, that he was unable to cast a second portal in time to rescue the adults. He sank into his guilt, and even the love of Brentsella was not enough to bring him out of it for long.