Macros the Black
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Macros the Black is a magician in Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar Saga and Serpentwar Saga. He lived on Sorcerer's Isle, a small island surrounded by treacherous currents and many rocks.
Macros the Black is probably one of the most powerful magicians in Midkemia. He is not restricted to one path of magic (Greater Path or Lesser Path) but is a follower of all paths. He acted as a mentor to Pug. Details of his life are revealed throughout the series and he recites an autobiography to Pug and Tomas in A Darkness at Sethanon. He claimed to have been born on a distant planet and to have lived for time immemorial.
In the Serpentwar Saga though, this autobiography was revealed as a lie. He was born in The Empire of Kesh and is said to be around 500 years old in Rage of a Demon King.
He has one daughter, Miranda.
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During the first Riftwar, he manipulated the actions of several characters including Tomas and Pug. He was responsible for Tomas acquiring the mantle of the Dragonlords and assisted Pug with his training. He also manipulated the Elves into betraying the peace agreement between the Emperor of the Tsurani and the King of the Isles in order to terminate the rift between the two worlds. At the end of the novel, he bequeathed Sorcerer's Isle to Pug and is believed to be dead.
[edit] A Darkness at Sethanon
Pug and Tomas found Macros within the garden of The City Forever. He claimed that he was imprisoned by the Valheru and deprived of his powers there. Upon the Valheru’s defeat, however, his powers were returned, but his time upon Midkemia was over, and he and his "servant" (not an appropriate word) Gathis left to travel to someplace else (a mystery).
[edit] Rage of a Demon King
As Pug searches for Macros the Black, he later travels to the Pavilion of the Gods, where he discovers that Macros is trying to merge with the consciousness of Sarig, effectively assuming the identity of the dead God of Magic, only to be called back by Pug. During the course of the Serpentwar, Macros seemingly sacrificed himself by entering the Fifth Circle of Hell to distract the Demon King Maarg while Pug sealed the rift behind them. Gathis will eventually be revealed as an acolyte of Sarig the God of Magic who attaches himself to the most powerful magician there is.
[edit] Into a Dark Realm
After Pug, Nakor, Bek and Pug's son Magnus reach the home world of the Dasati they discover that the leader of the resistance, known as the Gardener, is none other than Macros the Black. Macros however retains few of his memories as punishment by the gods for attempting to become Sarig. He also reveals that the Talnoy mentioned in the previous books are the lost ten thousand gods of the Dasati, whom Pug and Macros must save.
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