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Description
Appearance: An average human with a pale white complexion from spending hours upon hours in the musty basement of his bar, and curly, rather dirty, ginger hair. He is normally seen wearing his grandfather's brewing coat, which is a pine green shade, stained with mysterious splotches of a pink brew. He also wears a pink scarf to match his outfit, and to conceal his face from potentially harmful patrons -- Bar life is a hard life! He wears two golden bands on either wrist to act as a remembrance piece after the passing of his grandfather.

Pre- Rathnir
Before Rathnir, Apoth was a server at a bar that was recommended by his father. This was because he was too consumed by his grandfather's alchemy to pay much attention to real work. Eventually, with lots and lots of arguing, Apoth agreed to get this job per his father's request. He learned a lot as a tender: how to brew, how to serve, how much he should charge for each drink, etc. He enjoyed his job, despite it not being his original goal. Some of the tales he remembers from his time at this bar are included within one of his books titled, "Tales Of A Bar".

During his time in the bar, he still insisted upon indulging himself in as much lore surrounding alchemy as possible. It was a frivolous battle for some books, but to him it was worth the fight.

One day, Apoth's grandfather passed away. A terrible tragedy to some made for an even worse situation to him. He was devastated by the loss of his grandfather, feeling as if deciding to help his grandfather with alchemy instead of getting a job might have saved his life. In a blind fit of rage, guilt, and grief... Apoth tore through the lab, hoping to find some sort of brew to bring life back to the dead. His luck was less than useful, and as he stumbled to the floor in defeat, he found a solution different than his expectations. A small drawer, hidden under the desk of his grandfather's study, revealed itself in his moment of vulnerability. Opening it, he found 2 tickets to Rathnir, and a letter with a hopeful speech from his grandfather. Nobody except Apoth knows what's been written on that note, but it was enough to make him forget about life after death, and begin his own new life.

He gathered his things, quit his job, summed whatever money he had, and took a ferry to Rathnir without ever looking back again.

Adventures in Rathnir
Apothecary quickly settled within the port of Inron, and made his way to a cozy, rather small town named Stoneforge. He found home in this place, as the many plants reminded him of the reason he was here. He wanted to weave the weeds of legacy... and what better way to do it except starting his own legacy. He quickly became acquainted with the town's owner, Oxaxefax, and even became his new apprentice. Because of his arrival during time of war... there wasn't much time to spare to be taught, so he was given a book with some of Ox's favorite brews, and told to get to work.

Apoth found happiness within the dank basement of the bar, writing books while his brews boiled. He promised to live on his grandfather's legacy, and make his own. Sitting down on the floor and scribbling with his pen, he managed his way through writing poetry to retell his stories in script.

One day, Ox gave up the rights to his bar to Apoth, allowing him to make the bar his own. He could now buy, sell, and make his own brews with his own setup and everything. He named the bar "Clyde's Cuppa Courage" after his grandfather. With this newfound possibility, he was unsure what to do... but he stuck with the basics and what he'd learned before, and set himself up the town's second best bar (Ox made a better one before they gave up the rights). He made one statement to any individuals who wished to enter his bar... and it became his motto: "One big frothy family filling cups forever!"

Career Swap
Eventually, Apoth faded from brewing once again, for he had discovered a new calling. Of all those times in the dank brewing basement he spent writing, he had finally realized that he could instead write for a living.

He went on to write six books, donating all to the Grand Library of Stoneforge, and continued to write even more. Most of his books were poetry -- some political, some just fun. He dabbled in philosophy with his book Vanitas Memento Mori: Death's Philosophy and continued to write more of it. All of this was going on at the time Mithra and Kyydrosil were merging, which eventually lead to an upbringing Apoth had never expected.

Guildmaster Upbringing
The formation of the new Helmian nation also consisted of a reform in government. With this reform, the Helmian government decided to create guilds to nurture the skills of their people. Amongst these guilds was the Scholar's Guild. Originally, Apoth hoped to run the Librarian's Guild, seeing as he had been a long time associate of the Grand Library of Stoneforge, and he figured he would be suited for the spot. However, Oxaxefax had taken over the guild before he had a chance to apply, so he instead set his eyes on the Scholar's Guild. He wrote a letter to Helmian officials, and crossed his fingers, hoping he could beat the many candidates that had already applied. To his surprise, he was sent a letter back that congratulated him, and accepted him as the leader of the Scholar's Guild.

Some were spiteful, as he had little experience within Rathnir, but he kept his guild for a good amount of time, and continued his journey as a writer.