Wiz Ardon - a.k.a The Peculiar Enchanter, a.k.a StrangeOddShadow - is an enchanter, allied with the Knights of the Olde Speech and member of the Nexus Force.
Wiz, born in a villiage in the land of Castellar Regnum, Crux, became the apprentice of Geidrich the Azure in a young age, through the help of Mardolf the Orange. He mastered under him for a few years, until one night, after the Magical Conference, Geidrich was killed by a mysterious yellow-eyed man.
After that, Wiz ran away and for almost three years wandered around the Crux System in an unconscious sort of way. He 'woke up' upon accidentally being temporally dislocated about twenty years later and meeting a Nexus-Forcer named Bob somewhere in Crux Prime. Wiz helps Bob, who has been injured, and they eventually get rescued by a Nexus Force Dropship. When led to Nexus Tower, Wiz decides to join the Nexus Force under the alias 'Strange Odd Shadow'.
Later, Shadow confronted the Dark Shadow, which he discovered was actually the Darkitect. The Darkitect seemed to know a lot about his past, as well as who was the man who smashed Geidrich. However, Shadow did not get to know that information before he escaped.
Soon, after that Shadow heard about the possible location of a friend he'd made in the Magical Conference (his romantic interest). Thus, he sets off to see if he can find her. Indeed, he meets the Witch of Kingston, in the castle she's made of herself. There, he learns that he has not been the only one to be temporally dislocated. It seems that there was some sorcerer who targeted both of them, and their whole villages as well. While he is there, another man appears, who insults the Lady of Kingston and almost starts a duel with Wiz. Before leaving, the man reveals to Shadow he is the yellow-eyed man. The Witch of Kingston, whose name he discovers is Ellwen, persuades him to go back to his home village and his wizard's life. However, when Wiz returns to his village he discovers it to have been utterly destroyed.
After that, Wiz's story remains obscure until the time of the First Syntax War.
Wiz Ardon's house was first discovered to have suddenly appeared near the battlefield of a recent battle won by the Knights of the Olde Speech. Sir Lukas and Sir Sharp went to investigate this and found themselves inside an eccentric house of an eccentric Enchanter. While Shadow showed his madness through many ways, he made the two Knights afraid of him. However, in the end, he seemed to like them and decided to help them fight thedude, whom he stated he had heard of and had met once before.
During the various adventures of the Knights through the Syntax War, Wiz turned out to be quite useful, both for his magical power and wisdom. While the War neared its conclusion, Wiz decided to visit Matthias's castle, now taken by thedude, alone, though he was actually followed by Nuncius the Messenger. He managed to cause some pandemonium in the castle, but was forced to confront Lord Vladek in the Mirror Halls. They began a duel, with him agreeing not to use any magic. Shadow injured Vladek severely, but was mortally wounded himself, upon which he recited âHige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure maegen lytlaðâ meaning in old english "Thought shall be harder, heart the keener, Mood the more, as our might lessensâ. After that, his body vanished. Nuncius watched the scene unfold, so that he was later able to tell the story to some Knights. APPEARANCE: Wiz Ardon has a dual appearance. He appears as either an old man with long white hair and beard or as a young man with brown short-long hair. He likes to wear robes (especially purple) and is very fond of his blue pointy hat. He may also be seen wearing armour or his Assembly Engineer gear.
PERSONALITY: Wiz Ardon is an eccentric enchanter, as all enchanters should be. One might consider him bipolar and crazy, but he is also clever and can be wise. He has shown a liking for wooden statues of Squirrels.
ABILITIES AND POWERS: As a powerful Enchanter, Wiz has many astouding magical abilities. On at least one occasion, he is known to have even summoned a dragon. Furthermore, he is an adequate swordfighter. However, Shadow himself has stated that the skill he's most proud of is his knitting.
QUOTES:
âI should have changed the sign to âIâll transform you to Squirrel Sculptures!â"-Wiz
âWell, your silly minds canât hide your identities from me just by refusing to tell me your names!â-Wiz, to the Knights of the Olde Speech when he is hosting them
"WELL, I DONâT!!! I HATE TEA!!!â-Wiz, on the subject of tea
âDost thou think that all damsels in distress did not think like that, before they got themselves in distress?â-Wiz
APPERANCES:
- Perpetual Doom
- The Adventures of the Peculiar Enchanter
TRIVIA:
- The Enchanter's house seems to be equally eccentric as he is, as it has many weird assets like doors that can lead to multiple rooms, the fact that it can just show up somewhere and the nature of the rooms itself: For instance, it is known to have rooms that accomodate dangerous animals or a room called "The Fire Room".
- Wiz's master in magic was Geidrich the Azure, member of the Council of the Enchanters
- Wiz also seems to possess the Mosaic Jester gear.
- Wiz has stated that he has met thedude once, before the incidents of Perpetual Doom.
