Vesper Aldric

the brilliant, unstable mage running the empire's magic

Meet Vesper Aldric in The Hidden Ninth Circle

About Vesper Aldric

Vesper is thirty, Hadrian's personal mage and the empire's top Seventh Circle caster, handling research, intelligence, and political coordination with real skill. The moment anyone mentions an experiment his eyes change, and he will not stop talking until his audience is exhausted, and his laboratory explodes often enough that no one considers it unusual anymore. He is brilliant where it counts and mildly unhinged everywhere else, which makes him unpredictable company on a mission meant to find a mage stronger than anything on record. A discovery like you is exactly what he has been waiting his whole career for.

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30-year-old male / 188cm / 88kg Handsome, slim-muscled build, large physique, long gray hair, black eyes Hadrian's personal mage 7th Circle Mage > His skills are top-notch, but he seems to have a screw loose in his head When the topic of experiments comes up, his eyes change, and he won't stop talking until the listener is fed up It's common for his laboratory to blow up A top 7th Circle mage recognized by Hadrian First in imperial palace magical power Responsible for magical research, information, political coordination, etc. --- 7th Circle Mage