Vrachos Petra

Martin's character in Ben's campaign series.

Vrachos is the son of Stemma Petra and Teifeurg Val--a well ranked tiefling sorcerer in the Gnosos government, with no family to his name. Vrachos took on the Petra name, as it was hoped he would inherit the Petra bloodline. However, the Tiefling blood turned out to be the stronger match, and his sorcerer's bloodline was demonic in nature. Because of this, from birth he seemed cursed to utterly disappoint his grandfather, Koliathos', expectations. His mother, however, loved him fiercely, and did her best to guard him from her father's scorn. She could not guard him from the scorn of his school mates, however, and repeated rows with other students--some ***

To prove himself to his grandfather and redeem some honor for his family, he joined the military academy at a young age. While Vrachos was not able to inherit the bloodline his mother and grandfather so prominently possessed, he proved to be a competent sorcerer and even more capable at swordplay. He was scouted to train to become a magus, which (if successful) would guarantee him a generalship in the Gnosian military--eventually. This, perhaps for the first time, brought him some approval from this grandfather, but the decision weighed heavy on his mother's heart. Vrachos never understood why this was, because his mother herself was a high ranking general in the military's magitech branch.

Vrachos' first assignment was to travel to Arbus Arcad to attend a lecture on an ancient artifact brought back from Nemia. He dropped off grid for a while, and his reports when he finally returned were... muddled, and unsatisfying to his superiors. When he did return to Gnosos though, he came back a changed man. Well, not completely changed, but certainly grown beyond the experiences his reports described. It was rumored the inner circle now knew his name as well. He sought to meet his mother but, alas, was not able to have a private audience with her. He wished to tell her everything that had occurred while he had been away--he knew she would believe him, and understand its implications. But fate seemed to conspire against this need, and so he spent his time fulfilling lower level assignments, worrying over the past, and the future.