Baran

Mergarand's eldest son, Baran, gave the gift of life's force unbound. It is the gift of pure magic, and the means to control it. Baran taught mankind the mystery of the old world's power, the way to give maga form, and to channel it.

Baran also taught the price of magic, for nothing so powerful comes without a toll. A mage pays for reckless use of such power with his own lifespan. The Necryte Varda Balahad made plain the danger of unbound magic. It is a violent and terrible force, saving none, destroying all.