The very best boy

 

After the first gods withdrew from the world, magic was an energy that had its own motivations and ideals, not sentient but rather wild and difficult to wield without being overwhelmed. It was only when the new pantheon was formed and the goddess of arcana and knowledge became the conduit of magic that magic was given structure and stability again. 

Those within the Order of Scribes take inspiration from the goddess, desiring to give magic a voice. They work with their spellbooks and awaken an arcane sentience, much as druids can awaken an animal or plant’s intelligence, to be their constant companions in their study of magic.

 

A boy’s best friend is his spellbook….

 

The son of innkeepers who saved up enough money to get their son into a prestigious wizard college on a scholarship, Yolov threw himself enthusiastically into his classes, falling in love with every area of magical study, but finding ethics in arcane studies the most fascinating. He and his spellbook Es decided after graduation to travel the world and see how other people use and understand magic.

He wasn’t intending to find friendship in a strange assorted group of strangers, or be drawn into a fight that might decide the fate of the gods and the plane itself, but Yolov is determined to protect the world and prove that magic is best wielded to improve life, not to destroy it. 

 

(I’m playing him in a homebrew game and adore him. Thirty-eight sessions in and he has a successful zero kill rate, an obvious preference for spells like Sleep, Shield, Slow, and Counterspell, and a dawning realization that now he has friends who aren’t his spellbook, his favorite professor, and the head librarian at his college! …Es is still his very best friend though.)