I'LL DRAW YA SOME AVATARS (SINCE I MISSED NATIONAL KINDNESS DAY)

Born as the only son of moderately well-off artisans, Aldus was found to possess the gift of magic at a very young age. Hoping he would lead their family to greater prosperity, his parents were eager to send their child to study at an exclusive wizard's academy. Unfortunately, it quickly turned out that in fact, Aldus' magical potential was very small. Paired with his lack of focus and discipline, this was reason enough for the academy to expel him after less than two years of training. As he didn't want his parents to be disappointed, instead of returning home Aldus just kept wandering around the world, secretly continuing his magical experiments.
Until one day, during a failed ritual, the released magical power was channeled back to his own mind and briefly sent it far beyond: Beyond the universe; Beyond reason and logic; Beyond comprehension. For a split second, Aldus came into contact with the chaos outside of reality. It was an experience which would have driven even the bravest warriors insane. And as a matter of fact, that was exactly what happened to Aldus.

Infused with the essence of chaos, the unsuccessful wizard gained strange new powers and learned how to tap into the forces of the Beyond. But while there is no border the human mind cannot cross, passing some of them will require paying a toll. In Aldus' case, it was his mental health. Since his moment of "enlightenment," Aldus has looked into many weird and obscure types of magic: Summoning, demonology, telekinesis, mind-reading and mind-control, teleportation... As long as it is about bending or breaking the laws of nature, Aldus is interested in it, the crazier, the better.
Despite his dangerous magic and unconventional world view, Aldus is not much of a fighter and generally a peaceful person - in fact, he doesn't even own a weapon. But if he is ever forced to defend himself, he rarely targets his opponents' bodies. He'd much rather turn their brains to mush.

Aldus looks like a rather young human man, probably not much older than 20 years, although his short, dark black hair already shows some streaks of grey. His skin is an extremely pale white, and he wears blue-greyish mage robes that oddly enough have no visible symbols on it. Other than that, there doesn't appear to be anything special about him, except for his annoying habit of blinking very often and at rapid but irregular intervals.