1480-1540
Description: Faust
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I suppose I should start off with a little more from my past...I can't say much, aside from that I was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, Knittlington to be exact, in 1480. My life story skips from there up to my more..."exciting" endeavors.
As I said, I am a trained alchemist and magician, and I was made famous by these skills, actually. My first big break into fame was quite interesting. You see, I was in prison at the time (for what, even I don't remember) when my throat was getting dry, so I made a deal with a chaplain: In exchange for some wine, I would show him a way to remove the hair from his face without a razor. Silly man, I prepared for him a salve of arsenic, and while the hair 'did' come off his face, I don't think he appreciated the fact that his skin was coming with it.
So...this little trick moved me up to legendary status (where a great man such as myself deserves to be). Dabbling in black magicks such as these is not a good method for making friends though...Martin Luther himself seemed to have it out for me. He made claims of me traveling with Satan in the form of a dog beside me. I can't actually speak agaisnt this, but the nerve he must have! Ah...my one last great memory, I was teaching a class one day (yes, I somehow slithered through the ranks to find myself at the head of a small group of students), and I was lecturing on the teaching of Homer. I decided to put a little awe into the students' minds, so I pulled forth the spirits of Homer's heroes for a little 'demonstration'. To see the look on their faces, it was priceless!
Alas, my wondrous story must come to an end. One fateful day in 1540, I was tinkering with my concotions as usual somewhere in Staufen, Germany (I tend to be quite resourceful in means of transportation), when one of my mixtures went awry...How or what happened, I shall never know. But the greatest that was Faust shall never be again...
(For what it's worth, I don't share the views of Faust on the occult, worship of Satan, or speaking agaisnt Christ, I was simply speaking in-character for this project) -Jacob Townsend