First Enchanter Heinrich

"As a First Enchanter you think you have power, but you do not. You are trapped like everyone else here. I could not protect them."

-First Enchanter Heinrich, 9:66 Dragon

Physical Appearance
The First Enchanter is a soft-bodied, white haired old man. He has spent almost his entire life cooped up in the Hossberg Circle and therefore has the constitution and build of an old scholar.

Personality
Heinrich is a passive man. He tries to make the best of the situation in the Circle for both himself and the other mages, but is not proactive enough to make any credible attempt to balance the power of the Knight Commander and his Templars. Still, he projects a kind of helpless nobility in the face of his situation. He hopes that future generations will do better than he did.

History
First Enchanter Heinrich has been part of the Hossberg Circle since he was a child. It is the only life he has ever known. He showed an aptitude for scholarly work and organization during his time as an Enchanter. He believed strongly in the idea of the Circle system throughout his time as an Enchanter and Senior Enchanter. When the time came to replace the last First Enchanter, sometime in Heinrich's late 50's, he was the natural choice to step into the role. He has served as First Enchanter for over a decade. It was only when he began to work in this position that he realized how little power mages truly had over their governance within the Circle system.

In-game
Andryanna and Gwyn traveled to the Hossberg Circle in order to retrieve the diaries that had caused so much controversy several years ago. Heinrich gave them the key to access the storage room where the diaries were kept. Knight Commander Shawcross found out about this little insurrection and had Heinrich dragged off the next day for torture. Andryanna, Gwyn, and Gisele interrupted Heinrich's beating, but Shawcross managed to drag him up to the roof of the tower. Heinrich took the brunt of a Silence spell for Andryanna's sake. This helped Andryanna, Gwyn, and Gisele defeat Shawcross.