He is in his early 60's but is still a striking figure, tall with thick, tightly curled, silver grey hair contrsating strongly with his dark skin. For a mage he is strangely pious. A former housemaid told of a shrine to an unknown diety in a small private chapel within his house. Unusually for a mage he never studied at Poppleton, rumours abound about Kesryk's origin. One speaks of Kesryk, stepping out of a gateway in the air near Avondale some forty years ago. He never speaks of his childhood or where he came from, though sometimes he utters words in an unknown tongue. He moved to Safeharbour where he became a mage in the service of the First. His title of Lord Guardian was given to him by the First after the assistance he gave during the struggle for freedom. He divides his time between his tower in Avondale and his rooms in the Royal Palace in Safeharbour.