Liesa

Liesa was an Elven Magistrix, and one of the first mortal beings. She was among the most celebrated Grand Magisters, powerful spellweavers who served as spiritual and cultural leaders in Elven society. As with her bretheren, she fought against the Infernal powers in the Aether Realm, before the creation of Mittelrelm. All of the Grand Magisters were veterens of this war, and were all too familiar with the dark magic the Infernal Powers favoured. Despite her exceptional Arcane powers, Liesa eventually began to experiment with Infernal magic in secret, becoming obsessed with the demon's ability to use life force directly to power their spells. To the other elves this power was called Blood Magic and was rejected outright as repulsive, evil magic.

Over hundreds of years, Liesa penned a number of legendary Tomes, many of which remain esteemed histories and encyclopedias of early magic. Her later works however, are eyed with deep suspicion; it is unclear when she became tainted by the Infernal Powers and as such many of her writings are kept closely guarded by the Elves. In time, Liesa's perversion was discovered. Labelled as the Blood-Letter or simply betrayer, the other Magisters attempted to destroy her, only to find her new dark powers utterly overwhelming. Slaying all those who stood before her, Liesa fled the Elven cities never to return. Regardless, she continued her studies and writings, completing several new books which have at various times found their way into the hands of lesser sorcerers.