Ansiwodoss
Warhammer WizardContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Modu School Spellcasting
- 6.2Fire Magic
- 6.3Ansiwodoss Promotion Technique
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
- 9Story Role / Major Arcs
- 9.1Rayne's Apprenticeship
- 9.2Wezelan's Financial Crisis and Schism
- 9.3Scourge War
- 9.4High Council Intrigue
- 9.5Promotion Array
- 10Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Ansiwodoss (安西沃道斯) |
| Alias(es) | Master Anxi; Soul Saint Wizard |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Wezelan Floating City (Wizerland); Modu School; Wezelan Council |
| Occupation/Role | Lord of Wezelan Floating City; Grand Speaker of the Wezelan Council; founder and leader of the Modu School |
| Status | Alive |
| First Appearance | Mentioned in Chapter 76; physically appears in Chapter 211 76 211 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wizard Academy student | 160 | Born a commoner, he began as a student at the Wizard Academy. 160 |
| Legendary Wizard | 160 | Rose step by step to the Legendary realm. 160 |
| Member of the Wezelan Council | 160 | Entered Wezelan's Council of Six. 160 |
| Soul Saint Wizard | 160 | Advanced to Soul Saint Wizard, became Grand Speaker, and assumed leadership of Wezelan Floating City. 160 |
Background / History
Ansiwodoss rose from a commoner background through Wezelan's Wizard Academy, becoming a Legendary Wizard, a member of the Council of Six, and ultimately a Soul Saint Wizard. His ascension to Grand Speaker and leader of Wezelan Floating City was uncontested. 160
He organized the Modu School's spellcasting philosophy after drawing inspiration from Combat Wizards: focus on a small number of spells, improve their power and casting speed, and overwhelm enemies through direct, repeated casting. 216 His teachings made Wezelan a major center of the Modu faction, though the school remained less widespread than the older Nether philosophy. 76
Ansiwodoss voluntarily relinquished his ducal title and territory. This left Wezelan without a stable territorial income, contributing to its debt to the Imperial Bank and its difficulty expanding the number of Wizard Towers. 260 237
When Modu nobles and dissatisfied Wezelan wizards sought to establish a new floating city on the New Continent, Ansiwodoss permitted their departure but barred those who left from returning to Wezelan. 237 After the Scourge assault and Modra's death, he allowed the withdrawn wizards to return in memory of his thousand-year friendship with her. 251
Appearance
Ansiwodoss is a tall, slender elder with entirely white hair, eyebrows, mustache, and a long, meticulously maintained beard that hangs over much of his body. 211
- Wears the Violet Robe, an Epic-tier enchanted purple mage robe with a high, three-sectioned collar and flowing shoulder sashes. 211
- Carries the Akashic Holy Staff, a Legendary staff with a large purple crystal held by four petal-like points and six rotating condensed runes. 764
- His eyes can turn to flame when he channels substantial Soul Power. 803
Personality
Ansiwodoss is described as benevolent and merciful. After rising to power, he did not persecute the Modu nobles who had once controlled Wezelan, even though their influence had diminished under his leadership. 160
As a teacher, he values genuine mastery over superficial accumulation. He criticized Rayne's early spellwork as crude, then demonstrated how refined casting techniques could transform even a three-ring Fireball into sustained artillery fire. 216
He places Wizerland's future above personal comfort. During the aftermath of the Scourge attack, he organized recovery efforts despite the severe injury to his physical body. 252 Though Rayne tempted him with the prospect of controlling the High Council, Ansiwodoss maintained that political power only mattered insofar as it improved his pursuit of magical truth. 818
Abilities & Skills
Modu School Spellcasting
Ansiwodoss is the founder and foremost representative of the Modu School, a philosophy that concentrates limited Soul Power into a small number of highly refined spells. 76 216
- His signature spell is a ninth-rank Fireball. 76
- Can launch at least five Fireballs simultaneously. 76
- Uses Potent Spellcasting, Quick Casting, and Multiple Casting to improve spell output. 216
- His rapid-fire three-ring Fireballs can be cast instantaneously and launched in continuous volleys. 216
- His raw destructive spell power is regarded as unmatched, even by a stronger lich. 571
Fire Magic
Ansiwodoss is an Elementalist specializing in fire magic. 76
- Ring of Ashes — A self-enchanted ninth-circle spell that forms a hundred-meter ring of fire, incinerates intruders, and strengthens his fire spells. 764
- Fire Leap — Used for rapid aerial repositioning while protected by Ring of Ashes. 764
- Eternal Blazing Sun — A tenth-circle spell that destroyed most of the undead forces attacking Eversong City. 764
- His Fireballs annihilated Akeon's Divine Champions during the Saint Tier Great War. 916
Ansiwodoss Promotion Technique
Ansiwodoss modified the Hess Magic Array into the Ansiwodoss Promotion Technique, also called the Promotion Array. 1040 1071
- Assists users in fusing Magic Seals. 1071
- Reduces Magic Soul conflict during advancement. 1071
- Increases fusion success rates by half and reduces difficulty by half. 1071
- A Ninth Circle Seal fusion requires approximately six months through the array. 1071
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Violet Robe — Epic-tier enchanted mage robe. 211
- Akashic Holy Staff — Legendary staff used in high-level fire spellcasting. 764
- Kemetis Emblem — Used to receive communications from other Soul Saint Wizards. 605
Relationships
- Rayne Augustus — Student and trusted confidant. Ansiwodoss accepted Rayne despite their differing wizard specializations and later relied on his judgment in major political and military matters. 216 764
- Osiria — Student. He was delighted by her advancement to Archmage, though frustrated that she and Rayne concealed it for a year. 1006
- Yuvel and Dorothy — Young High Tier Wizard students and a couple. 216
- Kolsted — Former student who betrayed Wizerland and became a lich; Ansiwodoss considered his surrender to supernatural power a repudiation of his teachings. 804
- Master Ogulvi — Longstanding rival and leader of the Nether faction. Ansiwodoss regarded him as Wizerland's sworn enemy and later secretly investigated the circumstances behind Ogulvi's unnatural longevity. 260 498
- Master Tim Kenan — Political rival and representative of the Balance faction; Ansiwodoss viewed him as an unreliable fence-sitter in High Council disputes. 260
- Modra — A friend of roughly a thousand years. He permitted the returning wizards to rejoin Wizerland in her memory after her suicide. 251
- Speaker Rony — Wezelan Council member and subordinate whom Ansiwodoss entrusted with strengthening the Floating City's future. 1040
- Master Oruoin Mislandir — Founder of Combat Wizards. Ansiwodoss drew inspiration from Combat Wizard practices when developing the Modu School. 216
Story Role / Major Arcs
Rayne's Apprenticeship
Ansiwodoss accepts Rayne as a student and introduces him to the practical foundations of Modu spellcasting, using rapid-fire Fireballs to demonstrate metamagic techniques. 216
Wezelan's Financial Crisis and Schism
He confronts Wezelan's wizards and Modu nobles over their plan to establish a rival floating city, recognizes the financial pressures driving their decision, and grants their departure under the condition that they never return. 237
Scourge War
Ansiwodoss defends Wezelan against Soul Saint Lich Sazastan's Death Finger, rallies the survivors after the attack, and directs reconstruction despite suffering grave physical injury. 250 252
He later joins the battle for Eversong City, using Eternal Blazing Sun to destroy the bulk of the attacking undead army. 764
High Council Intrigue
After Rayne identifies Master Ogulvi as a possible traitor, Ansiwodoss shares the secret that Soul Saint Wizards normally live only around two thousand years and resolves to investigate Ogulvi's longevity art discreetly. 497 498
Promotion Array
Working from the Hess Magic Array supplied by Rayne, Ansiwodoss develops the Ansiwodoss Promotion Technique to make high-level Soul and Seal fusion safer and more attainable. 1040 1071
Trivia
- Ansiwodoss's Modu School philosophy is supported by roughly 30% of the Empire's wizards. 76
- He is considered one of the few wizards whose strength could rival Master Ogulvi's. 499
- Purgatory Mages on the New Continent model their practice on Modu principles and regard Ansiwodoss with particular reverence. 916
- He initially did not know that Rayne possessed the true Thunder God's Hammer, believing Rayne's usual weapon to be an Epic-grade replica. 1058