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Nothing is known about Enver's lineage, though based on his capabilities he was probably a distant descendant of the [[Clans#The Bear Clan|Bear Clan]]. Enever's birth-date is unknown, nor his background, birth place, or even his exact age. Anecdotal evidence would suggest that he may have been as much as four hundred years old. Some estimates put his age as high as 1,000 years, though many historians feel he likely had a much more normal, human life-span. | Nothing is known about Enver's lineage, though based on his capabilities he was probably a distant descendant of the [[Clans#The Bear Clan|Bear Clan]]. Enever's birth-date is unknown, nor his background, birth place, or even his exact age. Anecdotal evidence would suggest that he may have been as much as four hundred years old. Some estimates put his age as high as 1,000 years, though many historians feel he likely had a much more normal, human life-span. | ||
| − | Noted historian and author of the [[Accepted Histories]] [[ | + | Noted historian and author of the [[Accepted Histories]] [[Herbet Patric Galactis]] had this to say: |
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| + | "A great deal of speculation and supposition has been woven into the tale of Enver Hoxha. He embodied everything that mage the [[Mage Wars]] terrifying, and many a tall-tale was spun even in his own life-time. For a man so feared, so reviled, so infamous, he there is no doubt that he deserves a certain amount of what he got. But history isn't about giving people what they deserve; history is about fact. The historians who argue for such suppositions about Hoxha are merely trying to sell you books. I have never needed any help on that front, so I believe I can safely say that there was nothing terribly special about him. He is--or rather was--just one more of a long line of horrible people." | ||
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| + | ==Later Life and Death== | ||
| + | Regardless of how old he actually was, by [[B.G.A.]] 350 he was a known and widely feared force. Hoxha commanded no army, he was only a single man. But with a word, he could level entire cities. | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 5 December 2011
Enver was an extremely powerful Raw-Form Caster who lived near the end of the Dynastic Period.
Early Life
Nothing is known about Enver's lineage, though based on his capabilities he was probably a distant descendant of the Bear Clan. Enever's birth-date is unknown, nor his background, birth place, or even his exact age. Anecdotal evidence would suggest that he may have been as much as four hundred years old. Some estimates put his age as high as 1,000 years, though many historians feel he likely had a much more normal, human life-span.
Noted historian and author of the Accepted Histories Herbet Patric Galactis had this to say:
"A great deal of speculation and supposition has been woven into the tale of Enver Hoxha. He embodied everything that mage the Mage Wars terrifying, and many a tall-tale was spun even in his own life-time. For a man so feared, so reviled, so infamous, he there is no doubt that he deserves a certain amount of what he got. But history isn't about giving people what they deserve; history is about fact. The historians who argue for such suppositions about Hoxha are merely trying to sell you books. I have never needed any help on that front, so I believe I can safely say that there was nothing terribly special about him. He is--or rather was--just one more of a long line of horrible people."
Later Life and Death
Regardless of how old he actually was, by B.G.A. 350 he was a known and widely feared force. Hoxha commanded no army, he was only a single man. But with a word, he could level entire cities.
