Eric Thursley

Eric Thursley

Demonologist-for-hire

N Male Human Conjurer 3/ Master Specialist 2/ Malconvoker 2

The title of one the most (in)famous books on the subject is Mallificarum Sumpta Diabolicite Occularis Singularum, the Book of Ultimate Control. It is relatively well known among practitioners of the arcane, although wizards rarely bother with it. This might seem odd, because if there is one thing a wizard would trade his grandmother for, it is power. But it isn’t all that strange, as any wizard bright enough to breathe unassisted for five minutes is also bright enough to realize that if there is any power in demonology, than it lies with the demons. Attempting to use it for your own purposes would be like trying to beat mice to death with an aggravated rattlesnake.

- Archchancellor Marificious – (three days before his mysterious disappearance from his private office, leaving soot-covered walls and a lingering trace of brimstone.)

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First impression

An air of preoccupation is what most people notice first about Mr. Eric Thursley. He looks harmless enough alright, a slightly built man in his late twenties with disheveled hair and a scruffy beard. A typical bookworm, some might say, one of nature’s banking clerks or assistant librarians. However, if one happened to ask Mr. Thursley about the subject of his research, his normally wandering eyes would likely fix into a stare of unexpected intensity. A driven man this Eric would turn out to be, obsessed even, with what he calls ‘the study of extra-dimensional, or inter-planar, entities’. It might take a moment to realize that he is, in all seriousness, holding forth about the lore of demons. This with a passion and fervor commonly associated with the more radical of religious zealots. If one were to actually pay attention to his ramblings, which would already be more than most are like to do, one would notice his habitual references to his great-grandfather, supposedly the renowned Dr. Faustus himself. Eric seems determined to prove his ancestors’ theories and hypothesis, which seem to revolve around the belief that the school of Conjuration is the purest and thus most deserving to be recognized as the highest of Magics.

In spite of, or more correctly, because of this very same motivation, Mr. Thursley has his uses in the private sector. He does seem to have an natural aptitude in dealing with these so-called inter-planar entities, walking a fine line between brilliance and madness. His tendency to barely distinguish between employers and willingness to work for- and with virtually anyone in order to further his own studies, makes him an interesting associate for any number of organizations.