Richard Chandler: The Quest for Knowledge

Our founding father, Fullington, met Professor Chandler at the Covens which had been held to resolve the fate of Wytches in those dark times, and must have instantly recognised his genius. Chandler came here to teach at FU full-time, but continued to dedicate himself to research of the Occult Schools. As the years went by, he became ever more abstracted, focused on his research and liable to entirely forget his students' names, but records of the time show they rather liked that about him. To this day, the statue of him gazing thoughtfully into space with his ever-faithful duck beside him stands in our Liberty Quad, an inspiration to all of us.

- Fullington University: A History

Following his total exoneration of crimes for which he had obviously been framed (though it was never discovered who framed him, nor why), Richard Chandler devoted himself to magical research with a dedication which most people lost after the crises of 2014 were over. Initially investigating the powers of Kaomancy and Chronomancy, he also researched the origin of the so-called 'Nethercrysts,' aiming to work out where they had come from and whether any more could be produced. After several years of study - and many unexplained absences from his teaching post - he eventually seemed to lose interest in this quest, telling people 'I was there' and 'somehow it all made sense in the 13th century.' He then proceeded to research Nosomancy, Necromancy and Sanguimancy as well, which led to an unfortunate few years where FU was regularly picketed by animal rights protestors.

Eventually, though, all his research seemed to leave him with a certain calm, unruffled perspective on the world that he nevertheless struggled to express well. His classes began to come out of lectures saying 'wow, that was deep' yet unable to answer any questions in the exam, while his academic colleagues started trying not to sit next to him at dinner in case he tried to tell them what the universe was all about. In his old age, he stopped leaving his office much at all, where he was occasionally found composing poems to motes of dust. No official record of his death exists, but it is assumed to have occurred in 2062, the same year that the University acquired a statue of him.