Cormund Augur
Cormund
An incompetent seer, a doomsayer who can't seem to get anything right. Cursed to constantly see visions of death and destruction every waking hour and be able to do nothing about nearly any of them.Appearance
The first thing people notice about Cormund are his eyes, their unusual teal seems to shoot right through a person, betraying their ability to see beyond normal sight. Most find it disconcerting to look in his eyes, labeling their supernatural quality as freakish.
Cormund often wears darker colors to make himself less noticeable, but this also depends on the weather. A fan of cloaks since they give him a sense of security. He wears his dark hair around ear level.
Cormund often wears darker colors to make himself less noticeable, but this also depends on the weather. A fan of cloaks since they give him a sense of security. He wears his dark hair around ear level.
Doomed Foresight
TL;DR Cormund sees bad things happen in the future, they're almost always wrong except when he's in fight or flight when they're only usually wrong.
The source of most of Cormund's troubles, his personal magic. He prefers to call it a curse though, and most people would agree in his shoes. Every second of the day, his senses are afflicted by visions of the future, only ones involving tragedy or injury. However, most of these visions aren't relevant to the situation at hand, and can happen from minutes in the future, to eons ahead. They also might not show the full picture, or even happen in this line of causality. There are many nuances to the inaccuracies, but it's safe to say that Cormund getting a correct vision is about 1 in 500. The chance of it being useful on top of that is 1 in 500,000. It's not much, but when he gets around 4000 new visions a day, it adds up at least a little.
When Cormund is presented with an obvious threat in a life threatening situation, however, his chances of getting a correct and useful vision shoot up to about 1 in 20. The downside to this is he loses the little control he's gained in his training, and the prophecies creep in from the periphery of his vision that he's pushed them back to. While his chances of getting a pertinent and correct vision are much higher, he still needs to focus enough to find it in the cacophony of his mind and navigate the world with dulled senses.
He also feels strangely dehydrated after actually declaring a prophecy...
The source of most of Cormund's troubles, his personal magic. He prefers to call it a curse though, and most people would agree in his shoes. Every second of the day, his senses are afflicted by visions of the future, only ones involving tragedy or injury. However, most of these visions aren't relevant to the situation at hand, and can happen from minutes in the future, to eons ahead. They also might not show the full picture, or even happen in this line of causality. There are many nuances to the inaccuracies, but it's safe to say that Cormund getting a correct vision is about 1 in 500. The chance of it being useful on top of that is 1 in 500,000. It's not much, but when he gets around 4000 new visions a day, it adds up at least a little.
When Cormund is presented with an obvious threat in a life threatening situation, however, his chances of getting a correct and useful vision shoot up to about 1 in 20. The downside to this is he loses the little control he's gained in his training, and the prophecies creep in from the periphery of his vision that he's pushed them back to. While his chances of getting a pertinent and correct vision are much higher, he still needs to focus enough to find it in the cacophony of his mind and navigate the world with dulled senses.
He also feels strangely dehydrated after actually declaring a prophecy...
Personality
Cormund is often times self pitying, defeatist, cowardly, anxiety ridden and spacey. At his best, he's kind, caring of others and determined to take control of this sight he was born with. Due to being put in separate magic intensive lessons for the majority of his time at the Academy, Cormund has a desperate thirst for socialization with his peers. This makes him friendly, if not awkward and easily peer pressured.
There are signs that Cormund might be more thoughtful without the constant stupor his visions put him in. Moments where he contemplates his place in the world, his future with the dreadlords, appreciating the time he spends with the people he cares about. It mostly happens when he can occasionally dull his visions with drink, but it will sometimes happen sober
There are signs that Cormund might be more thoughtful without the constant stupor his visions put him in. Moments where he contemplates his place in the world, his future with the dreadlords, appreciating the time he spends with the people he cares about. It mostly happens when he can occasionally dull his visions with drink, but it will sometimes happen sober
