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[h1]Important Personalities[/h1]
More to come as our characters meet them.
 
[hider=Celerion]
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Commonly known as The Great Lord

Other Aliases : The Mad King, The Conqueror, The Corruptor, The Dark Elf

Celerion was once the king of the Elves and Ruler of the West, known for his fair judgment and wisdom. For decades he had lead his people with a pure heart, avoiding potentially escalating conflicts with the other races and guiding his people to a bright future. The events and potential causes that had led him to his sudden change are unknown and many speculations and theories have risen over time, each one equally as likely and unlikely as the other. Regardless of the reason, Celerion had plunged Auguria into its darkest of years, the Great War costing many lives and giving birth to many atrocities and dark creatures that some believe still wander the lands to this day, hidden in the shadows. After his defeat, the Great Lord fled and was never seen again, no traces have been found even after the ransacking and crumbling of his Black Fortress. The Great Lord was known as a skilled warrior, brandishing a Great-Axe with an unnatural ferocity never seen before. Before his defeat, he was considered invincible in battle, singlehandedly slaying whole troops and shrugging off blows that would normally be fatal. To top it off, after conquering the North and establishing it as his new seat of power, Celerion had learn to wield twisted dark magic which corrupted both the land and his own people, making an even greater threat.[/hider]

[hider=The Bright Lady]
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Ture name unknown

The Bright Lady was The Great Lord’s lady love and mistress after subjugating his own people which included his former queen. It has been reported that the Bright Lady was always seen by the Great Lord’s side, silently gazing upon the atrocities he committed. It was later discovered by Aurelious the Red, a wizard of the Council, that this mysterious figure was far more special than anyone would think. It was the Bright Lady that seem to be the source of the Great Lord’s unnatural power, as long she was by his side, the Mad King would remain unbeatable. With this discovery, a daring plan had been made and a group of heroes had successfully defeated the Great Lord after the Archmage Kornelious trapped the Bright Lady’s spirit and very essence in an enchanted vial, believing that simply slaying her would not be enough.[/hider]

[hider=Kornelious]
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Title : Archmage

Kornelious is an Elven wizard that spent his whole life at the Council, studying and perfecting the art of magic before teaching it to others. His former masters and teachers saw him as a natural prodigy with vast potential, this combined with his diligent and dedicated efforts all but assured him the seat of Archmage, a position which he maintained for the last 5 decades. It was Kornelious himself that devised a plan, aided by a band of skilled heroes, which led to the downfall of the Great Lord. After his colleague, Aurelious the Red, managed to uncover that the Bright Lady was the source of the Great Lord’s apparent invincibility, Kornelious came to the conclusion that there must be something unnatural about her and as such, simply slaying her would probably yield nothing. In conclusion, Kornelious created an enchanted vial which he used to entrap the Bright Lady’s soul, leaving her physical body as an empty husk. Since the end of the Great War, Kornelious has returned to his usual duties as Archmage while spending his spare time in research, trying to uncover the true nature of the Bright Lady and finding an explanation for her bizarre powers. He entrusted the safe-keeping of the vial to Aurelious, a decision which he now regrets ever since his disappearance.[/hider]

[hider=Aurelious]
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Other aliases : Aurelious the Red, The Red Drifter, The Red Mage

Aurelious is a human wizard of the Council known for his vibrant red garb and mastery over the element of fire, which led to his alias. In his youth, Aurelious was a pupil under Archmage Kornelious himself, admiring the Elf for his vast knowledge and mastery over magic, a feat which he could only dream of one day even coming close to. As the years passed, Aurelious displayed a rather peculiar lack of interest in any form of magic beyond the basic practices, exception being the manipulation of fire which he mastered in record time, according to some of his former masters. As time passed, he even grew disinterested with researching anything other than myths and legends, grossly falling behind on his responsibilities as a teacher and leading to a number of conflicts with his fellow colleagues which resulted in an early retirement and him becoming a wanderer, seldom returning to the Council. Despite everything, it was Aurelious who uncovered the secret behind the Great Lord’s invulnerability, a feat which he refuses to explain to this day. After the Great War ended, Archmage Kornelious entrusted Aurelious with the safe-keeping of the vial containing the Bright Lady’s spirit, assuming that the Red Mage had changed his wandering ways, an assumption that was obviously wrong since it didn’t take long for Aurelious to disappear on the road again, leading to the wizards of the Council growing increasingly worrisome as he took the precious vial with him.[/hider]

[hider=Lyanna]
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Commonly known as Lyanna Blackthorn

Other aliases : Lyanna the Crow, Mistress of Shadow, Lady of the Dead

Not much is known of the elusive Lyanna Blackthron, her past remaining a mystery wrapped in a riddle to all but herself and the reasons behind everything she does seemingly coinciding with other people’s interests. What is known is her ability to wield dark magic, a feat which made many believe that she may have, at some point, been a part of the Council as well as eventually being banished from there as well as any other potential home. Lyanna knows full well that her necromantic magic makes others highly untrustworthy and suspicious of her yet she seems to delight in other people’s uneasiness, another reason why she only keeps very short, temporary company during her travels. Despite her personality and the nature of her magic, her name now carries some reverence, mixed with uneasiness and suspicion, due to her and Archmage Kornelious being the only surviving members of the band of heroes that defeated the Great Lord all those years ago. Ever since the Great War has ended, no one has seen Lyanna Blackthron, leaving only rumors of a slender woman clad in black being spotted at different times in several villages all across Auguria.[/hider]

[hider=King Harald]
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Former King of the Southern Human Kingdom

King Harald was a gentle ruler who managed to continue guiding his people even after the death of his wife and second child, dedicating himself to being a just ruler and good mentor to his only son, Darius. When the Great Lord conquered the sister Kingdom to the North, Harald wasted no time and rallied his troops to march against him, leaving behind only a sufficient force to defend the Kingdom in his absence. Sadly, Harald was slayed at the border and his army decimated.[/hider]

[hider=King Darius]
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King of the Southern Human Kingdom 

Son of King Harald and Queen Irene, Darius was very young when his mother died in childbirth and his sibling was stillborn; as such he was the only heir and moral support that his father had left. His childhood was always filled with study and martial training in order to prepare him to one day ascend the throne, only intensified after the tragedy that occurred. Alas, Darius lived through a second tragedy when his father died on the field and the people turned to him for guidance in the dark times of the Great War. Despite being the acting King, Darius refused to officially accept the crown until the crisis was brought to an end, with the help of his chancellors he successfully signed an alliance with the Dwarven High King and with his aid in turn, even convinced the Orc Warchiefs to lend their aid against the Mad King. While he was highly suspicious and mistrustful of the remaining Elves who turned on their former ruler, it was Darius who officially pardoned them in the end, claiming that the Elves had suffered just as much as all the other races during this war. A few months after the Great War had ended, Darius was officially crowned the King of the Southern Human Kingdom at the age of 19.[/hider]

[hider=High King Ooran]
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Ruler of the Dwarven Kingdom in the South-East

Other aliases : Ooran of the Molten Iron 

Ooran the Ironborn has been the High King of the Dwarves for the better part of the last 5 decades, assuming the throne after his elder brother had been assassinated by revolutionists who opposed his rule. Enraged by this act, Ooran is known to have enforced a strict and harsh rule during his first 3 years as High King, all with the intention of baiting another assassination attempt, capturing the culprit and having them reveal the main perpetrators. His own people had indeed suffered during those 3 years, yet at the end all the revolutionists had been captured and publicly and gruesomely executed by pouring molten iron into their mouths, Ooran receiving the alias ‘of the Molten Iron’ since. Despite a short-temper and thick-headness atypical even for a Dwarf, Ooran has proven to be a strong leader ruled his people justly, becoming steadily less harsh as the years go by. When the acting King of the South, Darius, came to him with the proposition of an alliance against the Great Lord’s threat, Ooran wasted no time in accepting and even helped persuade the Orc Warchiefs, despite his particularly low opinion of their brutish kind. After the Great War ended, Ooran was rather surprised of how quickly Darius pardoned the Elves, yet he remained silent for the sake of keeping good relations with his new allies, however he remains highly suspicious of the Elves to this day. [/hider]

[hider=Queen Analiss]
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Queen of the Elven Kingdom and Ruler of the West

Queen Analiss had always been fateful and supporting of her husband even when others doubted him, yet she was the first to speak against his plans of conquering Auguria, claiming that such ambition can only lead to suffering. As a response to her ‘insolence’, her former husband had imprisoned her in the lowest levels of the dungeon and intended to have her tortured and starved. Fortunately, the torturer remained loyal to her and as soon as Celerion had departed for his conquest, Analiss had been secretly freed and kept hidden by the few still loyal Elves which remained free. For the better part of the war, Analiss struggled to find a way to persuade her people against her former husband, yet she refrained from organizing a revolutionary force, both because she lacked the numbers and didn’t want to have her own people killing eachother. After the Great Lord had twisted those loyal to him into the fell Abhorrent, the remaining Elves had abandoned him and all now rallied to their queen. Hearing of the Great Lord’s use of dark magic, Analiss came to the conclusion that only the wizards of the Council could find a solution to combat such forces and lead an expedition herself of finding their hidden headquarters. She was prepared to fall to her knees and beg for the wizard’s assistance only to discover, to her relief, that they had already been searching for a solution and at their suggestion, the queen joined forces with the Humans, Dwarves and Orcs in order to buy more time and at the very least halt her former husband’s advance. After the Great Lord’s defeat and the demolishing of his Black Fortress, Analiss lead several hunting parties ensuring that she eliminated every remaining Abhorrent, disgusted by the way her own people had been twisted and corrupted. These days, Queen Analiss dedicates her time to guiding her people and rebuilding their Kingdom.[/hider]

[hider=Ramon]
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Known as Ramon the Lion Knight

Other aliases : Ramon Lionheart, Orc Slayer, The Knight of the Bridge

A hedge Knight under the employ of several Human and Dwarf nobles throughout his career. Among his heroic deeds, the most notable was his feat of singlehandedly slaying a large number of Orc Brigands and preventing them from crossing a bridge which lead to a densely populated village close to the South-Eastern border of the Human Kindgom. One of the band of heroes lead by Archmage Kornelious who defeated the Great Lord. Succumbed to his wounds after keeping the Mad King busy and buying time for Archmage Kornelious to capture the Bright Lady.[/hider]

[hider=Donovan]
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Known as Donovan of the East

Other aliases : Donovan the Bronze, The Knight Beyond the Sea

A warrior from a distant land across the sea, far to the East. His reasons for traveling so far from his homeland remain a mystery yet many had benefited from his assistance. Among his heroic deeds, the most notable was his feat of leading a rebellion against a ruthless Human duke, training the newly-formed militia in his bizarre and exotic fighting style, successfully defeating the duke’s trained soldiers despite being outnumbered and suffering only minimal losses while he himself was mostly untouched. One of the band of heroes lead by Archmage Kornelious who defeated the Great Lord. Died after being overwhelmed by a large number of Abhorrent.[/hider]

[hider=Silica]
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Known as Silica of the Blue Lake

Other aliases : Silica the Shadow, Silica Death’s Head, The Reaper’s Widow

A skilled, Elven assassin known for striking fear in her victims before killing them and only preying on those she deems wicked. Among her heroic deeds, the most notable was her feat of deceiving and manipulating a number of Elven and Human nobles, who had previously been working together on dirty schemes, into employing her services against each other, distributing the wealth among the poor and delivering their heads to other associates as a warning. One of the band of heroes lead by Archmage Kornelious who defeated the Great Lord. Slayed by the Great Lord himself after attempting to deliver a mortal blow during his escape.[/hider]

[hider=Timothy]
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Aliases: Curios Tim(seldom used)

An Elven merchant known to travel the lands in search for rare and unusual objects which he sells at a high price. Most of his stuff are curios items of questionable use, yet he claims that his collection of curiosities are the finest and rarest in all of Auguria, a statement which makes most people raise an eyebrow and provokes muffled chuckles from his fellow tradesmen. Little is known about Timothy himself, he never speaks of his past, unless one would count the many flared tales of how he acquired several of his curios, and never sticks around a single location for too long, leaving with little notice when one would least expect. Under such circumstances, one has to wonder how he always seems to have enough currency on his person to afford lodging in various inns or, in this case, hire on a group of adventurers for his latest expedition. Whatever his secret, Timothy never seems to be short on silver, emblazoned stories or cheeky smirks. [/hider]   

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[h1]Places of Interest[/h1]
More to come as we both build and visit them

[hider=Greyhaven]
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The capital city of the remaining Human Kingdom of the South. A great city built around a large fortress that serves as the caste for the royal family. The fortress itself was once called Greyhaven and was built since old times when the Humans first established themselves in Auguria. The fortress was built as a defense against the dangers of the outside, the savage Orcs in particular, and slowly grew as the lands have been properly colonized by the old Human inhabitants. By the time Greyhaven became a proper city, an off-shoot branch of Humans traveled to the North and started establishing a second home, in time forming the Twin Human Kingdoms of the North and South. Nowadays, with the Northern Kingdom eradicated, the Kingdom of the South is the only home for the Humans with its capital city of Greyhaven, home to many generations of Human Kings and Queens.
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[hider=Earthholme]
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Deep within the forested homelands of the Elven Kingdom to the West, lies a small port-town at the very edge of Auguria, from there one can sail to a small, not-so-distant isle. This isle is in fact the capital city of the Elves, Eartholme, a large city build in harmony with its natural environment, much more spacious, exotic and elegant in comparison to the Human and Dwarven cities. Eartholme is the oldest city of the Elves, its remote location offering great safety from the mainland until they eventually started to colonize the vast forests of the West. Some even consider that it may be the first proper city established in Auguria, Elves living, training, studying and perfecting their arts for hundreds of years.[/hider]

[hider=Stonehold]
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In the Eastern part of Auguria, lies a vast mountain chain where the Dwarves make their home. Due to the rocky terrain, the Dwarven Kingdom mostly consists of small settlements and a small number of farms in the plains at the foot of the mountains. At the top of the smallest mountain lies the stronghold of Stonechain and beyond it are the Stone Stairs, a wide array of hundreds and hundreds of steps that lead up the steep mountainside in a zigzag, all the way to the top where one can find Stonehold, the city of the mountains and capital of the Dwarven Kingdom. It is here where the seat of the High King can be found, build from the quality stone and considered by many to be the most secure city in all of Auguria due to its impressive fortifications and location. An old city yet one that was populated only for the last few hundred years as it took immense effort and time to build and properly establish, a feat of legend that the Dwarves are particularly proud of.[/hider]

[hider=Greathall]
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Somewhere in the central part of Auguria lies cave, concealed by magical means and visible only to those born with the ability to wield the mystic arts. Should one discover it, one only needs to walk through it and by the time they reach the other side they will emerge out of the dark and find themselves on the elusive island of Greathall. A piece of the land that has been plucked and raised to the skies by sorcerers of old as a safe haven for all practitioners of magic to learn, teach and hone their arts. While it is true that each Kingdom has its own establishments and means of teaching magic to those with the gift, it is without a doubt that Greathall represents the highest and most prestigious home of learning for mages, it is here where one may find the Council, an order of highly knowledgeable and powerful wizards that perfect their mystical arts and are more than willing to teach any young protégé with the proven potential of finding them.[/hider]
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