It's Kodag."You say you are interested in magic" [smiles] You really are a stranger, then. It goes a bit further than that, friend. Have a seat--not on that! That is not a chair.
I am a wizard. I can't tell you how to gather power, or wield it; that would take someone better with words than I. How did I learn? It's always been a part of me, as others sing, or write soppy poetry--and there are no boundaries, really just 'what the mind sees and decrees,' as my mother used to say.
A wizard can learn to bend dimensions, walk through time, speak with the dead and call down spirits to do his bidding. When I was younger, I thought magic could do anything for me. [wry look] Perhaps that's why I paid so care to learning it.
Gorold is the steward of my estate, since you ask. My Lady is Ilai Swanwing, and I must ask the source of your interest--ah, hell. You know damn well who she is.
Yes, Alberan Arjuna is my enemy. I probably wouldn't kill you if you were one of his spooks, but rest assured that I know spirits that exist on the same plane as human minds who enjoy the sound of screaming.
I don't kill often. But I am very thorough when I do.