Rad

Short for radiation. Usually some form of deadly or harmful radiation. There is no known instance of Rad being used to signify save radiation such as visible light. The pleasure inducing recreational usage of code and mind scrambling radiation by the Adeptus Mechanicus resulted in the use of the word rad in the context of slang for cool.

Mystaran Immortal

Rad
Three hemispheres forming a triangle
Aliases	Etienne d'Ambreville
Alignment	Lawful Neutral
Divine Rank	Empyreal Immortal
Pantheon	Mystara (Energy)
Portfolio	Glantri, knowledge, magic, the radiance
Domains	Knowledge, Law, Magic
Home Plane	Prime Material Plane (Glantri, Mystara)
Worshippers	Inhabitants of Glantri, magic-users
Favoured Weapon	Dagger

In Mystara, Rad is the alias for Etienne d'Ambreville, an Immortal in the Sphere of Energy who masquerades as the aged ruler of the magocratic Principalities of Glantri and the headmaster of its School of Magic.

History

Etienne was the head of the d'Ambreville family, a family spellcasters who just happened to live in a land where magic was illegal. Escaping persecution, they found out that they could open portals to other planes and dimensions, and used these to move to Glantri and quickly became the rulers of their own principality, which they named New Averoigne after their old home. The d'Ambreville's, now known as the House of Sylaire, continued becoming stronger and more influential, until Etienne's wife and brother attempted to kill, activating a spell that caused the family to be trapped in their castle. Fortunately, a group of adventurers undid the curse, and freed Etienne along with his family. Etienne then helped found the School of Magic and slowly transformed the nation into a magocracy.

As he worked on finding out everything there was about magic, he discovered the Nucleus of the Spheres, a nuclear reactor from the time of Blackmoor that was altered by the Immortals. He studied the device and found a way to tapp into its energy, the Radiance, and using it managed to ascend to Immortality in the Sphere of Energy without a patron. In the century and a half since his ascencion, he has continued his quest for knowledge by ruling Glantri in his mortal form and guiding others to study the Radiance, as well as in his Immortal guise of Rad, acting as the patron of Glantrian magic-users and enforcing the nations official philosophy through the Temples of Rad.

Appearance

Rad appears the same in his Immortal and mortal guise, an old mand with a great, white beard, with sharp, inquisitive eyes.

Personality

Rad usually acts as dottering old man to throw off people, but he has a twisted sense of humor like his family, and he teases those who think too rigidly. Underneath all that, he is kind and has a hard time taking any of his enemies seriously. He's friendly with trickster Immortals like Eiryndul, Korotiku, and Loki due to their wit, and with Rafiel due to their common interest in the Radiance. He has no real enemies, but has made himself irritating to the more traditionalist Immortals.