Cronos the Elder:
This Elder Mage of an unknown sect has been with the Clan from the start.
His powers are traced to two major schools of Magik, Chaos and Necromancy, and he combines the two with exquisite nicety. It is in this way that he has managed to be around for all these years (as he is believed to be well over 1,200 years old).
Unfortunately, the Chaos aspect of his powers has proven (as it often does) to be somewhat unreliable, and as such, he has had to go to great lengths to remain "normal" looking to others around him, such as artificial body parts, and even a cloak of illusion to cover some more prominant "deformations" on his body.
In the latter years, he found a way to retain his youthful aspect, while not having to continuously delve into the Chaos Magiks to do so. He became a form of Vampyr, but not in the obvious way. His walking stick, which sports a serpent head wrought in silver at the top, is in fact a tool with which he "feeds" upon his victims. He steals the souls of his victims, this in turn keeps him looking young for the duration of that Soul's natural time on earth (in other words, however long the person would have already been fated to live, would then be added to Cronos' life-span).
Cronos is an interesting subject
of our chronical's studies as he is the only person that we have encountered
to date who seems to have firm roots in both Chaos and Order at the same
time. It is feared that after all these years, his physical presence
has become a sort of "flood gate" which keeps the elements of Chaos from
mingling freely with the elements of Order.
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