Ezra was a mage in Jorsin Alkestes's court, he was noted for his golden eyes. He was slightly less powerful than Alkestes in terms of raw power but while Alkestes had to study the arts of war, leadership and diplomacy in addition to magecraft, Ezra devoted himself to magecraft alone. It was the opinion of Acaelus Thorne that he was 'a magical genius that was born once in a 1000 years'