Izaine Mazikross

"Izaine repping Ravenswood, like you didn't know I could. Got a grave warning that you're in the wrong neighborhood."

Description
Izaine stands at 5'10 with dark brown hair down to his mid-back, and green eyes. He is fair skinned, and tends to be guarded. He doesn't like physical touch from most, is slow to trust and quick to suspect.

Personality
Izaine thinks himself to be very charming and well-spoken. The reality is he is pretty awkward unless he is being cruel, taught from a young age that it's easier to have a sharp tongue than a soft temperament. He likes being outside, and he enjoys fencing and crafting illusions. He wants to be revered and admired by his peers, but he also believes most of them would happily throw him under the bus if it was to their advantage to do so. He can and does recognize the benefits if the student body could band together in the face of outside threats, but sees that as an unlikely possibility. He doesn't do well around the undead, because he can hear the voices of ghosts and sometimes that gets overwhelming. Also, he likes puns and has a very dry, sarcastic sense of humor.

History
Izaine was raised by a wealthy couple who were involved with the Esoteric Order of Dagon. Growing up, they largely ignored him or left him in the care of a family friend, Kaltor Mireauvirre, who soon grew fond of the child. Unbeknownst to anyone else, his parents had made a deal with the Mi-Go offering their firstborn in exchange that their second child would have inhuman intelligence and ability. The deal went sour when Izaine was born illegitimately, and the Mazikrosses, Yvette and Ezekiel, tried to pass him off as meeting the terms. Instead, his brother Khalir counted as both firstborn and second son, and when the Mi-Go collected their dues the Mazikrosses blamed Izaine.

They had already treated him as inconsequential for as long as his brother was alive, and after Khalir's death they sent him to live with his great-aunt, Vivienne. She took him to more meetings of the EOD cult, whereupon he saw and fell in love with Mira Altia. He never spoke to her, but when he heard she'd be attending Ravenswood Academy, he worked hard to ensure he would be admitted there as well upon his 18th birthday.

Once he got to Ravenswood, joining Wakefield House through his family's connections in Innsmouth, he met and tried to woo Mira, which went... poorly. Izaine soon made a connection with Zoe Whateley, then Kimber, but soon that went south as well. He did seem to click well with Victor Bishop, but after one date he broke up with him citing concerns over Victor's brief flirtations with godhood. But the truth is Izaine had never been the object of positive affection before, and in the cases of Zoe and Victor, he wanted all of it or none of it.

After this Izaine was inadvertently swallowed by the Infinity Library, becoming lost within its depths as sometimes students are wont to do. What should have been a brief study session turned into a two-week hike through alternate realities as Ravenswood herself presented Izaine with the choice of what he wanted his future to look like.

That hike eventually came to an end when Victor Bishop cast a spell of quantum emotional entanglement, drawing him forth from the library's depths and back to his own timeline. Izaine has not yet returned to his studies, electing instead to settle scores with his family due to warnings he'd seen during his sojourn.

Roleplay Hooks
How can people get involved or tied in with Izaine? Well, at the moment, you can't. He is offscreen for out-of-character reasons at the current time, and must be considered retired. If your character knew him previously and would like to seek closure, he can be texted by PMing Professor Akaji le Saihre(Thessalar).

-Izaine was always looking for a dueling partner. He liked fencing but also itched to test his magical prowess against another.

-Izaine had a crow familiar who loved getting him into trouble. If there were kooky shenanigans afoot, Nycto could be bribed with sweets or cranberries to help get Izaine entangled in them.

-Izaine could hear the voices of the dead. If your character has a dead relative or friend with a message, it could be delivered through Izaine.

Relationships
Izaine counted few people as being his friends, and less as people he'd trust. He'd say Taryn Clarifort, Kaltor Mireauvirre, and Victor Bishop all count in the latter category. In the former, and slightly broader one, he might go so far as to list Brock Waites of the Lynn-Waites, Wolfgang Jones, and Zoe Whateley. Enemies/rivals include Trevor Greenwood, Baelfire Myrzanis and Rhys Salem.

Etc
Izaine was once chosen to represent the school in the world's oldest game--a rap battle against a champion of the Thule Society that was to take place in the Dreamlands. Tragically, he became lost in the library before this could come to fruition.

Izaine knew Kaltor Mireauvirre and Zoe Whateley before he arrived at the school. The former from Kaltor being a mentor of his mother's, and unaware of the deal Yvette had made. The latter from attending high school with her briefly, and tumultuously.