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-==== Bigby ====
+====== Bigby ======
-Originally an NPC, but later elevated to Player Character status (and run by Jim VanWinkle).  Wizard, specializing in Enchantments.  Part of the [[Voyager]] campaign.
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+==== Overview ====
+Originally an NPC, but later elevated to [[Player Character]] in the [[Voyager]] campaign.
+Wizard/15, Archmage/5.
+==== History ====
+Bigby's father was a man named Dellpol, or simply "Dell" by his friends, of
+which there were many.  He ran a small alchemy shop in the city of Taikim, the
+capital of the kingdom of [[Teleme]] (known to the outside world as "The
+Southlands").
+The shop was a modest success and kept the family living in a comfortable,
+middle-class life for most of [[Bigby]]'s childhood.  His mother, Edane, had a
+variety of medical problems that prevented her from having more children, so
+Bigby was an only child.  Providing Edane with healing herbs and other necessary
+potions was also a contributing reason why Dellpol began his study of alchemy
+and opened his shop.
+Bigby grew up in an environment steeped in magic and alchemy.  While Dellpol was
+more of a shopkeeper than a magician, he was still able to conjure up the
+occasional parlor trick.  That, combined with his magnanimous nature, made him
+well-loved by his family and the larger community.
+As [[Bigby]] grew, Dellpol groomed him to take over the shop.  However, [[Bigby]] had
+his eyes on a larger prize: He wanted to learn magic and become a registered
+wizard.  How he would turn this into a profitable profession was a matter he
+didn't dwell on, but was one that his father persistently chided him about.
+Even so, Dellpol and Edane tried their hardest to provide [[Bigby]] the education he
+needed to become a wizard.
+In the Autumn of 1092, an 18-year-old [[Bigby]] was studying at a local school of
+magic and trying to convince one of several city wizards to allow him to become
+an apprentice when his father died of a sudden heart attack.  As Edane was
+unable to run the shop on her own and needed its income to survive, [[Bigby]] was
+forced to abandon his studies and return home to care for his mother.
+As fate would have it, [[Bigby]] found he had a real knack for running a business.
+While his father would often prefer friendly relations over making a profit,
+Bigby was much tighter with the finances, yet not so much that he alienated his
+customers or vendors.  After a few years, [[Bigby]]'s shop was more profitable than
+it had ever been and he and his mother began to enjoy the fruits of the "good
+life".
+The price [[Bigby]] paid for his success, though, was high.  Ten years after his
+father's death, he found that while he had plenty of business associates, he had
+no true friends - and certainly no lovers.  The toll on his psyche was growing
+and he began thinking about retirement strategies.  The economic downturn that
+followed the Ourai uprising of 1102, though, forced him to abandon his plans yet
+again.
+Bigby took another economic hit when the Dark Mage's undead army raged through
+the city in December of 1104.  And then, the following summer, Edane fell ill
+and [[Bigby]] spent much of his time caring for her.  When she finally passed away
+in the spring of 1106, [[Bigby]]'s relief triggered intense guilt and depression.
+During these dark years, [[Bigby]] had never fully given up on his desire to be a
+wizard and had been studying on his own in his spare time.  The setbacks of the
+last few years were disappointments, but when he found himself truly alone in
+the summer of 1106, he turned to his studies for salvation.
+Business at his shop picked up, and without the added expense of caring for his
+mother, [[Bigby]] soon found himself with enough savings to close the shop for a
+month and take an exotic vacation.
+It was his first time out of the city since he was a teenager.
+He hasn't been back since.
+==== Current Status ====
+Bibgy believes that he can extend [[melf|Melf's Guidance of Symmetry]] (of the elements
+and positive and negative energy), with that of the ethicants (Law and Chaos).
+The operating theory which led him to this decision is the large volume of
+insanity found in Wizards of great power.  He is widely ridiculed for these
+ideas, and had them disproved on several occasions.  This does not seem to
+dissuade him overmuch, as he now seems to be a creature of Chaos itself, which
+to him is both a boon and a bane.  The ability of his good friend [[Roderick]] to wield similar
+powers to his without being considered insane,and the orderly mindset of [[Kesi]]
+both intrigue him,and will be added to his great Treatise on the Octect of True
+Balance.  No one believes this, and his sanity is often questioned, even when
+he's right (see numerological calculations post-Godsland-return)
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