Aaravos Husbando

aravos is a "fallen" Startouch Elf Archmage known as the "Fallen Star" who was trapped inside a magical prison, visible through an enchanted looking glass, by the Archdragons and elves of Xadia for secretly orchestrating world crises for a thousand years. He was one of the first elves to live inside Xadia and calls himself the last of the "Great Ones". He is also the one who gifted dark magic to humanity. Aaravos is an exceptionally intelligent, cunning, and manipulative individual. He is both mysterious and secretive, but also charming and charismatic. Even Viren finds himself compelled by Aaravos's cryptic words and gifts and is willing to trust him as an advisor, despite being an extremely sharp-minded individual himself. Aaravos knows when to back down from a fight that cannot be won and is very adept at staying several steps ahead of both his allies and enemies. Unlike Viren, Aaravos sees the bigger picture of things and does not fool anyone about his intentions, including himself. In addition to this, he claims to never tell any lies. Aaravos is a master manipulator who has been orchestrating massive conflicts and discords for a thousand years. Every major period of conflict that the world faced prior to his imprisonment seemed to be the work of a great cunning leader, but in every instance, it was actually Aaravos whispering in their ear. The people he chose as his instruments were those who had great strength of mind and strength of character, but who also had an insatiable fascination with magic. Aaravos was able to manipulate these great-minded people because he could give them the knowledge that they wanted so badly. He is able to earn the trust of the cunning yet skeptical Viren after he reveals what the latter desires. He then proceeds to help Viren by instructing him on what to do so that he can achieve his goals of persuading the other monarchs of the Human Kingdoms to wage war on Xadia. Aaravos's persuasive and manipulative nature is further shown when he can trick people in power to further Viren's goals. Additionally, he intentionally calls Claudia an "asset" to which Viren refuses the claim and calls her his daughter and not merely a useful object. Aaravos smiles, as unknowingly Viren has shown him an exploitable weakness.