Zed

Zed is a character in Heroes of Gielinor. He is the main character in Times of Darkness. Zed is a wizard, a courtsman, a hero, and a champion for good.

Early Life
Zed was the son of one of the Greatest wizards of all time, Zedicus Azúl. Zed was a promising wizard, though his father was constantly disappointed, constantly pushing his son for things he wasn't ready for. They're relationship came to a head when he was offered a place as the court wizard for the Zhad Family.

Zed accepted, but his father was furious. He had been friends with the Zhad Family ruler, exactly as Zed is with the ruler's son. Zed, for the first time, rebuked his father. In a fit of rage, Zedicus hit his son. Zed left, and never returned.

Life As A Court Mage
Zed greatly enjoyed his comfortable position as court mage. He rarely had to do anything too challenging, and he gets to spend practically every day with his best friend, Prince Richerd. However, this life was shattered. One night, whilst attending a party, news came to the palace that King Zhad had been attacked. The attacker was searching for the young Zed.

At the party, time froze, the assassin attacked Zed ferociously. Despite his many impressive abilities, such as super strength, speed and being able to exist on a different time plane, Zed managed to shatter his staff, the key to his powers.

The Man raved about Zed 'weakening reality' and how the 'circle of the black mage would take advantage' before slitting his own throat. Zed heads out to the circle of the black mage to investigate.

Fighting Style
Zed is an extremely accomplished wizard, capable of many extremely intricate, powerful and complex spells. He has surpassed runes, he can no cast most spells without them, and imprints his own "flair" into spells, making them more complex and flexible to suit different situations.

Without runes, he can cast all normal spells, such as elemental spells, miasmic, shadow, blood and ice magic. He is adept at Faux-Teleportations, which are actually self-transfigurations, where the caster becomes magically weightless and invisible, and swings around the targets mass so as to appear only feet away.

He wields a wooden staff, which he uses to cast spells in a slightly different, more accurate and controlled way. Physically, he is weak, and can't fight hand to hand, or with weapons. He has created a variety of spells all of his own, some powerful, some useful. He is adept at magical smithing, creating strange and useful trinkets and weaponry.