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The great mind that plumbed the secrets of alchemy. The hermit who discovered the process for the creation of the Philosopher’s Stone. A humble bookseller who spent his riches on philanthropic projects to better mankind.

Sometimes also referred to as the Father of Modern Alchemy, Nicolas Flamel is all of those things as well. 

He was a hermit who studied alone, a prodigy from a minor line of magi who never attempted to join the Mage’s Association nor teach a student. 

As a reclusive genius, he laid the foundations for the practice of modern alchemy that Paracelsus von Hohenheim established one century later. Though he shared his studies with no one, his intellect was undeniable, and many of the basic principles behind the thaumaturgical processes of alchemy can be traced back to his original works. A real once-in-a-century mind that never failed to grasp the “truth” of his studies. 

It is said that all of his discoveries were based upon his translation of an ancient magical text, the Codex Abramelin, but those are only rumors.

He is the creator of the true Philosopher’s Stone, rather than the imitations patterned after it. 

And then he immediately destroyed it, to prevent the dilution of its mysteries.

He died without an heir, and the transcripts of his discoveries were either lost or scattered in the wake of his death.

Centuries later, accounts of his skill with alchemy spread to the mundane world. As a Servant, he laments that the secrets he never wanted told were somehow revealed to everyone.