This is a primary arcane caster build, and easily one of the most powerful possible, since it combines both Arcane Scholar and Red Wizard. Further to this, it goes down the armored caster route, which grants it a few extra AC, but more importantly gives it the option of using Stone or Iron Body for a large chunk of immunities and uncapped damage reduction. This is one of the few builds that can consistently beat the Iron/Obsidian Sorcerer in Battle of the Builds, but primarily due to the limits of the AI routines. Roughly, the sequence of events is as follows: