Victor Gagné

Victor Gagné is the protagonist of the Conferences of Victor Gagné, a series of articles in Quoth the Raven. He was created by Benjamin Bauml.

History and Education

Victor was born and raised in Mordent. He was educated at the University of Dementlieu, but also participated in an exchange program to Paridon in the Zherisia Cluster. Victor was present at the time that the Zherisian countryside disappeared, and had to take refuge in the Mordentish Embassy there until he could be evacuated back to the Core.

In due time, Victor became a member of the professorial staff at the University of Mordent, where he taught alchemy.

Adventures and Misadventures

Victor suffered his first loss during his education, as his dear friend Nikolai Kazić disappeared, and it fell to him to breach the news to Nikolai's devastated parents. Witnessing their grief convinced Victor not to have a family of his own, as he dreaded suffering similar hurt.

Victor's life took a grim turn when he accepted an invitation from a reclusive alchemist who dwelled in Falkovnia. Rather than simply being a hermit, Victor's host turned out to be a Psionic Lich by name of Qualensturm, who wished to demonstrate a series of High Alchemy formulas capable of reanimating dead tissue.

Although he managed to escape Qualensturm, Victor had an unfortunate encounter with a Tsochar, sequestered in the body of a traveller. The parasite transferred into Victor during his sleep, revealing its influence on - and tentacle in - the disappearance of Nikolai Kazić. Only by cunning did Victor manage to get rid of the parasite, as he summoned a Shadow Demon that the Aberration had mentioned forcing into a Transposition with a spell of sending.

Still Victor's fates had not reversed themselves; the Shadow Demon Pauthrael abducted him into the Shadow Rift, where it delivered him into the hands of its Vampire 'ally', Delthirius.

Statistics

(D&D 3.5) True Neutral male Dhampir Wizard 9 / Alchemical Philosopher 3