Sydol Tabarth

Sydol Tabarth is a blind Psychic cambion that can see into the future. He currently serves King Armiston as an advisor.

Appearance
Sydol is a thin, pale man of average height. Despite his age and his white hair, he looks no older than thirty. He has a heart-shaped head with pointed ears, an upturned nose, gray eyes, and thin lips. There is a third eye on his forehead, which he opens only when focusing his clairvoyance, that glows and has neither a pupil nor an iris. He dresses very simply, in a monk's robes that are worn with age and an amulet bearing his crystal. He is barefoot and is never seen without the twisted wooden cane he uses to walk.

Personality
At first glance, Sydol seems completely emotionless, transparently interpreting his visions to anyone nearby and only caring about what will happen, rather than what is happening in the present. This cold, apathetic attitude is caused in no small part by a self-hate he developed over the years due to his blindness and his half-demon nature. This self-hate makes him unwilling to even think about himself, much less accept himself for who he is, and drives him to instead focus on his visions.

Sydol is fully aware that he is a cambion, and while he does not succumb to his demonic desires, he has developed philophobia due to his fear that he eventually will. Consequently, he refuses to form even friendly bonds with others, out of fear they will develop into something more, and does everything in his power to keep all his relationships "strictly business."

History
Sydol was conceived when Graysille was visited and violated by the incubus Houstel. Graysille opted to keep the child, personally performing the ritual to make him into a proper Psychic and raising him as his own. Unfortunately, despite Graysille's efforts to give his son a happy childhood, the boy grew up friendless and ostracized. He only understood this was caused by his half-demon nature, which he consequently came to fear long before he even knew what it meant to be a cambion.

After Sydol entered adolescence, he suddenly became violently ill with an unknown disease. He would eventually recover, but the illness rendered him permanently blind. After this, the cambion became reclusive and started to spend his days focusing on his visions. He became proficient at predicting future events, to the point that he gained some respect not for who he was, but for what he could do. Over the years, Sydol predicted many events with frightening accuracy, including the beginning and end of the Red War and Armiston's ascension to the throne. He now serves as Armiston's advisor, the monarch using the prophet's predictions to help him make important decisions.

Natural Abilities

 * Slowed Aging: As a Psychic, Sydol ages much more slowly than a typical human. Consequently, while he is over one hundred years old, he still looks like a young man.

Unique Abilities

 * Clairvoyance: Sydol's Psychic abilities allow him to see potential events in the near or distant future; however, the further into the future he looks, the vaguer his visions become. He regardless has become highly proficient at interpreting his visions, allowing him to predict the future with frightening accuracy.

Weaknesses

 * Blindness: Sydol has been totally blind since his adolescence. While he can still see in his visions, he has found that attempting to use his clairvoyance in place of sight is ineffective or even detrimental, leaving him with nothing to "compensate" for his lack of vision.
 * Corruption Vulnerability: All Psychics have a vulnerability to corruption and self-corruption, but Sydol is especially susceptible to becoming corrupted due to his half-demonic nature "interacting" with his Psychic magic.
 * Crystal Dependence: Like all Psychics, Sydol's soul is tied to his crystal. Any damage to the crystal, no matter how slight, will weaken him and his powers. Meanwhile, if the crystal is destroyed, he will lose all his Psychic abilities permanently.

Armiston Pendragon
Sydol has respect for Armiston, as evidenced by him serving the monarch as an advisor. However, as with all his relationships, he keeps their interactions "strictly business."

Graysille Tabarth
Despite attempting to keep their relationship "strictly business," Sydol still shows a deep respect for his father. He generally refers to Graysille as his guardian not as a sign of disrespect, but to help prevent their king from learning of their blood relation and looking down on Graysille as a result.

Houstel
Until fairly recently, Sydol did not know of his blood relation with Houstel. Now that he is aware, he feels nothing but contempt towards his birth father and blames him for the troubles he faced in his early years.