Rommath Pyrewing

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General

Species
San'layn
Gender
Male
Height
6'01"
Eyes
Green
Hair
Black, Long
Skin
Olive
Status
Undead

Known Languages Common, Thalassian

Affiliations Convocation of Silvermoon
Elven Magistrate

Relatives † Belo'vir Salonar | Adopted Father
† Unnamed Biological Father

Rommath Pyrewing was the protege of Bel'ovir Salonar and the elder mage's successor to the title of Grand Magister. He was an incredibly talented pyromancer, and the best friend of king Kael'thas Sunstrider.

Appearance

Rommath has dark olive skin and an overall toned physique with long, jet black hair that is normally kept pulled back into a high ponytail.

Identifying Characteristics

Rommath has red, geometric tattoos that dominate the majority of his body--covering his arms, chest, back, and even up his neck to his lower jaw. While normally shielded by a high collar of scarf, his throat and lower jaw are also covered in a gruesome web of burn and slash scars, and he is missing the majority of his tongue.

Personality

Rommath is a man of few words and generally is taciturn and aloof unless the subject in question is of notable interest to him. He can also be prideful, harsh, and controlling, as he is a man that is both brilliant and competent, thus he frequently believes he has the answers and the best approach to most situations that arise.

Biography

Rommath's father was an ambitious and prideful magister of Silvermoon whose interactions with his son almost entirely pursued the goal of turning Rommath into the perfect mage. Much of this process involved impossibly high expectations and rampant experimentation on his son, including the forced application of arcane tattoos that served to channel Rommath's magic and effectively turned him into something akin to a living leyline. Eventually, around the age of 18, the stress and anger at his situation and his father reached a breaking point.

His father was killed in a fire that entirely consumed their mansion. Rommath was found in the wreckage by the grand magister Belo'vir Salonar after the young mage had made a desperate and foolish attempt to sear off the tattoos his father had inflicted upon him, which left the young man with deep and permanent scarring across his throat and lower jaw. Belo'vir was able to stop Rommath from doing more damage to himself, and while he had put together that it had likely been Rommath that was responsible, the suspicions he had garnered about the dead magister's actions resulted in him deflecting accusations away from Rommath, as there was no reason for the young man to suffer consequences for actions that that were truly earned. After the event, Belo'vir took over guardianship of Rommath and became a father that was the opposite of everything his biological father ever was.

Given Belo'vir also mentored the young prince Kael'thas Sunstrider in magic, it was this mutual connection that eventually resulted in Rommath and Kael'thas meeting.

Chapter Two: Casting Dice

Chapter Three: The Scales Tip

Chapter Four: Homecoming

Rommath was present for the resurrection of Sangrias Stillblade at the conclusion of Velameestra Windrunner's brief sabbatical in Northrend, though he did not directly aid in the process. He was perturbed by Lana'thel's unexpected arrival to the ritual, and telepathically expressed to Vel he would do what he could to ensure her identity remained secret until she chose to be more transparent about her survival.

Similarly, he accompanied Kael'thas Sunstrider and Alleria Windrunner to the site of Velameestra's would-be grave in order to fulfill his promise to the young arcanist that he would cage her soul using the soul cage spell in order to safeguard it against the hungering maws of the hex that sought to claim it at the moment of her death. During Velameestra's violent demise, the hex struck, and Rommath was forced to strike back at it in order to pull the arcanist's soul from its grasp. He successfully repelled the attack and retrieved her soul, but in the process it seemed he had done lasting damage to the hex--the consequences of which were not fully known. However, seeing an opportunity to protect the interests of his people and verify the sincerity of Velameestra's own loyalty, he used the soul cage spell to interrogate her captive soul as it was compelled to answer truthfully.

The result of such an interrogation bore no deception or ulterior plot, but instead revealed that Velameestra blamed herself and her own failures for the fall of Silvermoon, and her choice to become one of the living dead was, in all sincerity, her attempt to atone and aid her people in their new state. The guilt of his breach of her trust, now that it was apparent there was no plot, began to settle like a stake to the heart. All he could offer was that such a belief on her part was foolish.

Chapter Five: Civil War

During the showdown between Uther Menethil, Velameestra Windrunner, and their companions with the rogue bronze dragon Thaxdormu, the conflict dove through snippets of the timeline as it was "supposed" to be. One of these scenes showed Rommath, Lor'themar Theron, Aethas Sunreaver and a contingent of other blood elves as they broke into a Magister's Terrace that was in complete disarray to face down Kael'thas Sunstrider at the height of an extreme degree of fel corruption at the head of the Sunwell from whence he was attempting to summon a powerful demon. However, this scene was one that had not come to pass in the present timeline.

Appeared In

Chapter Two: Casting Dice

Chapter Three: The Scales Tip

Chapter Four: Homecoming

Chapter Five: Civil War

Trivia

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