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Cobalt Fairfax \u2013 Professor of Transmutation<\/h2>\n

When Dragonblight gripped Canos, Cobalt Fairfax was one of the first lines of defense in setting up the quarantine. In doing so he was struck by one of the plague monsters, and believed himself to have become infected. In a last-hope effort to stall the plague\u2019s onset through his skin, he underwent a complete transmutation to replace his outer flesh for stone. Though this has led to many complications since, he believes if he were to somehow reverse the process, he would surely perish. He now teaches Transmutation at the University of Canos, and is a walking example of the most extreme examples of the school of magic.<\/p>\n

A professor with a tenure of a decade at the University of Canos, Cobalt Fairfax originally hailed from Draksborne\u2019s North, teaching at a small academy in Eredel before being offered his job in Canos. Whilst the bustling city on the water was far from the comfort of his mountainside home, the pay and resources offered to him far outweighed anything his previous humble employer could provide. Cobalt had long researched the arcane art of transmutation: altering the physical properties of organic and inorganic material, using Minera\u2019s Breath to transform a subject\u2019s being. In Eredel, the materials he was presented with were limited: stones and gems from mines, critters from the woods.<\/p>\n

In Canos, he had a wealth of materials, even able to work with live prisoners bound for the gallows to test some of his research on humans. It was this that allowed him to unlock the secrets of some permanent transmutations to humans, particularly the feat of stoneskin. The prisoner that he had tested it on could no longer be hanged, and instead faced a gruesome end at the point of a pickaxe.<\/p>\n

When Dragonblight gripped the kingdom of Draksborne, and Canos was thrown into chaos, Cobalt was one of the first mages in the city to aid in setting up the quarantine. He was able to identify asymptomatic infected, and in doing so stopped the city from being further consumed by outbreaks. Yet in this defense, he himself contracted the disease after being struck by one of the plague beasts. Realising that the illness seemed to spread through skin and tissue, he made the difficult decision to undergo his permanent stoneskin transmutation, turning his flesh to rock. He was unsure whether it would work, so still voluntarily exiled himself to the quarantine zones, where he witnessed the worst horrors that humanity and the disease could conjure. Yet the blight never claimed him, and when the curse was lifted, he was able to return to walk among his kin once again, though each held him in suspicion, as though he might turn any minute.<\/p>\n

In truth, Cobalt is unsure what might happen should he somehow reverse his transmutation. The biological function of his organs have all but ceased, with him now closer to a construct than a man. No requirement of food, water, or sleep. He has begun researching himself as a potential means to replicate immortality, but with no more pleasures in his life, he wonders if it would even be worth such a cost. In between his studies, he must humour his employers with classing aspiring students, having grown himself a sour reputation since the school reopened. Most students are deathly afraid of him, and groan when they see his name assigned to their timetable.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The University of Canos is one of the oldest and most prestigious arcane institutions on the continent of Tharador. It is a vessel for transforming raw, unrefined magic-users into elite mages, either of the court or lab, whilst some paths also exist for those who intend to use magic in creative pursuits. It is currently rebuilding itself, two years after Dragonblight tore it down. Whilst campus life continues in a strange, quiet peace, something sinister stirs within. Students continue to go missing, and the staff are turning to desperate measures to find out why.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In The Arcane University the party must enter the University of Canos undercover as students, investigating a series of mysterious disappearances with six students currently missing in the school. Only her and one other investigating staff member are aware of their status, and the party will have to go through all the highs and lows of life at the Arcane University to immerse themselves in their roles, and uncover what has happened to the missing students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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