Editing Rad (section)

===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 (specifically, Averoigne, the [[Sword & Sorcery]] France created by [[Clark Ashton Smith]]). 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. [[X2: Castle Amber|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 tap 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 ascension, 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.