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| “ | The restoration of electromancy can mostly be attributed to mages of the Bronze Isles. It's impossible to say which helped them the most: the vast legacy left behind by the island's ancient scholars or the high towers of Bronza, which made the eventual taming of the volatile element much more accessible... | „ |
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Throughout his entire life, Umberto of Karuzzo, a student of the venerable Alfano the Elder, had a reputation for eccentricity.
Slightly limping and lazy-eyed, boasting a shaggy head of hair and colorful, raggy clothes - his appearance alone was enough to make passerbys scoff in ridicule. The city's street brats were even more blatant: they came up with so many derisory monikers for him that they had a designated insult for each month and day of the week...
But in spite of all that, Umberto's unsightly exterior belied one of the sharpest minds of his generation: where others had to spend years to master a discipline, Umberto could achieve similar results after a couple sleepless nights.
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The lifework of the Madcap of Karuzzo, as he's often called by our ungrateful countrymen, was the study of electromancy. Using only the assorted notes of his late teacher as a foundation, Umberto made such extraordinary advancements in that field that no other person, living or dead, has yet managed to overshadow him.
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As a location to perform his most dangerous and unpredictable experiments, Umberto chose an old tower on the outskirts, which he purchased from another sorcerer.
Even to this day, many citizens share tales about distant chanting that could be heard from the tower's upper floor on dark, stormy nights - Umberto searched for ways to bend the element to his will by staying as close to it as possible...
Lamentably, the great scholar's life ended too soon: after one such night, Umberto didn't come out for his usual morning walk - his charred body was found on the upper floor by concerned neighbors. His research notes, scribbled chaotically in uneven letters, gave context to what had transpired, but the most valuable insight came from a few hastily written formulas...
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