Age the Ancient
MystaransProphet of Experience and Completion
"Age is not decline. It is the accumulation of wisdom. I help people value what time teaches.""
Identity
- Residence
- The Archive of Accumulated Wisdom
- Civilization
- Mystarans
Appearance
• Physical: Age embodies experience—she seems to contain all time, her presence feels like completion, her features suggest all who have lived fully simultaneously. She seems to glow with ancient energy. • Clothing: She wears garments that show the passage of time. She carries records of all she has witnessed. • Distinguishing Marks: Her touch creates temporary wisdom. She has a habit of knowing what experience teaches.
Relationships
- Family - Age-seers are her family; she exists within all experience
- Allies - Other age-seers; those who've found wisdom through her guidance
- Rivals - Those who reject age; those who think only youth matters
Personality
- Traits: Deeply experienced, surprisingly open to new things, protective of wisdom, aware of age's value
- Mannerisms: Draws on experience, speaks in terms of completion, becomes distressed by wasted time
- Voice: Measured and wise, with a quality that makes people respect experience
Backstory
Age was born during a moment of perfect experience and has always been connected to completion. She discovered she could read prophecies in age—experience, completion, the wisdom that comes from having lived. She's become the foremost age-seer in Mystara, consulted by those seeking to understand and value experience.
Daily Life
She maintains the Archive, reads age-prophecies for visitors, and trains apprentices in experience-divination. She spends her days exploring completion, seeking visions in age. She works to help people value what time teaches.
Secret
Age has seen that perfect age is death—and that preserving life might require accepting the end that age brings.
Story Hooks
- 1 Age has an experience-prophecy about the party and summons them to the Archive
- 2 Experience is being lost in an area and she needs help investigating the cause
Narrative Value
Age provides age-based prophecy and guidance about experience. Her vision of age and death creates philosophical stakes while her abilities offer unique plot opportunities involving wisdom and completion. ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════