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Background
Karl Mordo is of Romanian and African descent, who spent very little of his early life at home, in his family's castle in Transylvania. He was selected by the Ancient One to study sorcery in Tibet while he was still a boy. The talented young man soon proved himself expert in the rigorous studies of the Mystic Arts. He hungered for power and recognition, accepting tutelage and demonstrating a fine-tuned sensitivity for magic.
Alas, the Ancient One took another underwing as an apprentice to follow in his path. Mordo initially found a brother in spirit if not blood, but another usurping his place and his destiny fed the sorcerer's anger and resentment. Matters might have turned out very differently had he received the title of Sorcere Supreme when his master's time finally came… but the mantle moved to another. The sour seeds produced a deep, abiding anger - to be denied by a man like a father to him, denied by the Vishanti, it was too much to bear.
Ever since, Baron Mordo has plumbed depths of magic from sources forbidden to apprentices and anyone of sane mind and normal sense of danger. He consorts with powers of dark realms and deep dimensions, mastering arcane styles that carry inherent risk beyond just losing his soul.