Oktav/Introduction

Before anything else, Oktav Petrom is a man who failed. Everything he's been, everything he is, everything he'll become - all of these will only come because of his failure, not his success. From failure there is growth, from success there is stagnancy, and stagnancy leads to painful death for Magi. Lashed time and again by his Avatar, Oktav Petrom has been driven to Prospect for reasons he cannot understand, from a war he'd only just begun to accept.

He's hardly different than any other veteran you'd find on the streets. Quiet, cold, booze painting his mind's eye with amber memories of comrades long dead. The only difference is that he can have you feel those memories, have you live them just as potently - and then take them away, leaving you with only a glimpse of the frost gripping his heart. A Magi bereft of hope and purpose, struggling to grasp a shred of meaning before his Avatar spurs him on yet again.