Markus Savant

Markus was the eldest son of Eleanor and Sebastian Savant one of the old aristocratic families of Archipelago living in the Port of Saints; where he was always thought to be odd with his obsession with the ocean from a young age.

When Markus was at the age of 12 years he was allowed to go with his parents on a business trip to Whitewater which he was most excited about, he’d heard a lot about his parents dealings with the guilds of Whitewater and found the whole thing terrible interesting and enticing. After a few days during the last leg of the trip they ran into a powerful storm just of the Rat Run and their ship was smashed to pieces leaving Markus and his family a drift in the wreckage of a life raft which had barely survived the storm.

For many days they spent travelling with the currents wasting and miserable, that is all apart from Markus who was ecstatic to be so close to the ocean that bore so much mystery and wonder before him. He was fascinated by all the strange sea creatures circling the small raft occasionally nudging the small craft with there large upright fins and the creatures blunt snouted heads full of sharp gleaming teeth, until with a rather large nudge he fell in and soon discovered to his and his parents horror the creatures didn’t want to play.

The largest of the ferocious fish came barrelling towards Markus who could only stare in horror as it raced closer to him with its mouth open wide and its sharp teeth promising a bloody death for the child. Just as it was about to seize Markus something very strange happened, the boy without thinking stretched forth his arm towards the shark and from deep down inside strange words tumbled out of his mouth dripping with arcane power. A jet of ocean water flung the beast and the rest of its ilk high up into the air then sending them crashing back down with tremendous force, stunning the brutes long enough for his parents to pull Markus out.

He didn’t remember much after that but his parents told him they were picked up by a ship heading to Whitewater and from there they decided to enrolee him in the Potters guild to further his newly discovered talent. During the beginning of his training it was soon discovered by the senior guild heads that Markus’s magic was closely tide into the ocean and could create and manipulate sea water with tremendous forces as well as using it to heal others or in some cause create impenetrable barriers.

After 16 years of guild training and life in Whitewater he rose through the ranks mainly due to a combination of his family’s influence and money they had sunk into the guild to ensure their sons progress with the guild as well as his own unique magic and talent for teaching others to the station of Senior Guildsman.