The protagonist of my Sorceress Stories.

Name: Sylvan Baelfire
Age: 400+ (stopped aging in her twenties)
Gender: Female
Race: Human Sorceress
Orientation: Straight
Personality: Driven, kind, intelligent

Elemental Affinity: Fire- has the strongest affinity for and control over fire of any sorcerer or mage to ever live. Only Divine Guardians who possess the same elemental affinity can conjure more powerful flames.
Special Skill: Master of Teleportation Magick- she grasps the ebb and flow of Teleportation on an instinctive level, giving her the ability to not only transport more people/animals at one time, but to enchant amulets that allow non-mages to use Guidestones to teleport.

Bio: Born in the capital city of the province of Wavecrest, the westernmost province in Rocreach, Riverend, Sylvan had a rough upbringing. Both of her parents died when she was young, but not before she was forced to witness her mother degrading herself in a cheap brothel, so she spent much of her youth stealing and running cons to survive. One night, as she snuck down an alley to burgle a shop for her dinner, she was assaulted and dragged off by two men intent on raping her. Before they could finish their foul deed, Corvus Balefire, a powerful Satyr Sorcerer, appeared and incinerated them both, answering the call of an Awakening Sorcerer.

Sylvan spent the next century or so learning everything Corvus had to teach: from reading and math to advanced herbalism and manners. She absorbed the knowledge eagerly, showing a passion for learning that impressed her mentor. When the time came for her first journey into the Aether, the young woman surprised the other sorcerers in attendance, with the exception of Corvus, by bonding with a Familiar Spirit during her first visit to the Spirit Realm.

Soon after proving herself and being accepted by the other sorcerers, Sylvan felt the need to travel, and entered her Wandering Years, a period of time when sorcerers are compelled to explore the world seeking new experiences and knowledge. During that time she visited every nation on the continent, except Wuulfgard as they were not welcoming of outsiders, and learned what she could about each culture before her wanderlust compelled her to move on. As a sorcerer, she was allowed to cross borders more freely than a normal citizen, as well as access to centers of learning normally reserved for mages and nobles.

While in Crystalus, during one of her visits with Corvus, she met a roving troupe of Fire Dancers (a group who use magick to dance with fire, making their act popular throughout the kingdoms) and joined up with them. She spent ten years traveling with them, enjoying the company of her fellow Dancers as well as the applause and adoration of the audiences. Sylvan and one of the human Dancers grew close before the realization of their innate incompatibility sobered them: he was mortal and wanted a family while Sylvan would live forever, unable to ever have a family of her own. They parted as friends, but Sylvan returned to her wandering, her unicorn and familiar at her side.

Eventually the sorceress settled in the province of Blackmarch with the title of Marquess, a gift from the king for saving his life. She had come to the king to purchase a large tract of land along Blackwater Lake, a plot perfectly suited for her home and laboratory, but ended up interrupting an assassination plot and killing the would-be assassin before he could complete his job. Out of gratitude, the king granted her the land she had come to purchase from the Crown and named her ruler of the entire province.


She took a modified version of her mentor Corvus' last name after he rescued her and taught her about her latent magickal powers.


Lineart by Dracaena-Akira on DA
Colors by me
Sylvan Baelfire (C)