Oswald¶
| Aliases | |
| Affiliation | |
| Age | At least 800 years in the story (estimate, as of Ch331)11 |
| Wizard level | Fifth-level wizard 8 |
| Status | Alive 11 |
| First appearance | Ch451 |
Oswald is a fifth-level Noren Academy wizard, later a mentor at Noren Academy No. 13 and the Mentor of Bill Lyn Black.81011 In the Limestone Realm he poses as Priest Oswald of the native coalition, a persona planted in the natives' minds, and seals the Sky God in a glass orb as experimental material.57 He envies Clark and senses a threat in Jie Ming.10
Relationships¶
- Bill Lyn Black: His apprentice; boasts of soul-discipline talent; steers him to Jie Ming's mind-protection artifact.911
- Clark: Colleague he envies; refused when he asks for Jie Ming's artifacts at ten times the price.810
- Jie Ming: Provokes his retaliation in the valley; later a felt threat at the second level.610
- Sky God: Fourth-level being he seals in a glass orb.7
- Native coalition: The Limestone Realm council he manipulates as a planted priest.37
Background¶
He appears as a disheveled priest at the native council, showing an escape ring taken from an apprentice and claiming spatial power granted by a god before it vanished.23 In fact he is a Noren Academy high-level wizard; no priest named Oswald ever existed in that world, and the natives' memory of him is a planted suggestion.78 He is due back on the battlefield in a hundred years, and the resources for his sixth-level advancement depend on that tour.8
Abilities¶
| Ability | Acquired | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wizard level | Ch598 | Fifth level; sixth-level advancement depends on his next battlefield tour.8 |
| Spatial power | Ch463 | Teleports a knight across a tent; creates a zone where apprentices' spatial abilities fail; kilometer-wide spatial lockdown over the valley.35 |
| Mental suggestion | Ch576 | A glance drops the native leaders to their knees; a planted suggestion makes the natives remember a priest who never existed.67 |
| Sealing orb | Ch587 | Seals the Sky God in a glass orb and splits off a second orb for the natives to communicate through.7 |
| Plane observation | Ch598 | Observes the Limestone Realm directly after leaving it.8 |
Timeline¶
- Ch45-46: Shows the escape ring at the native council; accused of stealing divine power; demonstrates spatial power.23
- Ch49-51: Reports the spatial lockdown cutting off escape routes; drains himself to lock down the valley.45
- Ch57-58: Redirects a detachment onto Jie Ming, drops the native leaders with a glance, reveals the planted suggestion and the sealed Sky God, then fades away.67
- Ch59-60: Confers with the Noren Academy high-level wizards; bids for Jie Ming's artifacts; boasts of Bill's soul talent.89
- Ch324: Envies Clark; senses a threat from the second-level Jie Ming.10
- Ch331: As Bill's Mentor, suggests he ask Jie Ming for the mind-protection artifact.11