Marcius

"'My only hope is that the art of essentialism will not be lost to time. The conflict and bickering amongst mortal beings will not last, purely because they are not in touch with the ever-eternal continuum of nature.'"- Foreword, Tome of the Oaken

Marcius, also known as The Oaken, was a scholar and professor who is widely regarded as the father of Druidism. His research into bestial essentialism and alchemical herbology had formed the foundation of the modern school of Druidism, refining the disparate studies of protodruidism into the more structured and academic discipline that it is today.

Marcius, along with long-time colleague Quintas, had founded Presagium, but had left the secretive organisation after a falling-out with Quintas. Hundreds of years on, Marcius has been rumoured to still be alive, nestled in a humble lodging somewhere off the coast of Fjormingr.

Physical Appearance and Traits
Partly due to his intellectual pursuits, Marcius' physicality is nowhere near athletic. Eyewitness accounts of Marcius, before his self-imposed seclusion, describe him as thin and abnormally tall, with coarse, almost-wooden skin covering his body.