Galerius Korlat

Lord Galerius Korlat was a Yutemond nobleman and the second Duke of Korlat and was a member of the Korlat dynasty during the early century. He was the son of Namidia Korlat, the founder of the dynasty by her legal spouse, Thaddeus of Dalmacia. He was married to his sister and sired two daughters with her.
Galerius is popularily known as the consort of Aurora the Sweet, he was widely demonized as a manipulative husband who had lustful desires. He was the father of Livia Korlat and Anastasia Korlat.
Galerius suffered a horsing incident, resulting in his accidental death during his late twenties.
== Appearance and Character ==
=== Appearance ===
Galerius was noted to be excpetionally handsome, with blue eyes, pale skin and whisky dirty-blonde hair. He reportedly had no facial hair, his features strongly resembling that of Thaddeus of Dalmacia. He was a slim figure in his early teens but later developed into a much more developed muscular build with a slim fit.
=== Character ===
As a young child, Galerius was very serious, cautious, careful, and obedient. Before he was able to read, he loved being read to. Galerius was a modest child, and neither as quick nor as innocent as Aurora was in her later teens.
Galerius grew up to make a lot of friends; being charismatic, high-spirited and always found a way to draw a crowd of onlookers to spectate his ordeals. According to Osmund, Galerius was both lustful and manipulative as he grew older.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
Galerius was the son of Lady Namidia Korlat by her legal consort, Thaddeus of Dalmacia. He and his sister, Aurora were born only two years part from each other. His mother was popular for her cruelty and her aggressive campaigns against the tribesmen of Yutemond located in the mountain regions, his father had a disputed reputation.
Galerius was present during the burial of his father in 685 BE. During his teen years, he took Aurora's maidenhead and promised someday that he would marry her, despite the fact they were siblings. According to Oswyck and Osmund, Galerius was "so possessive of his sister and her safety that the only man she could have was himself."
It was long-time rumoured that Galerius and Aurora were both sired by Claudus, (their mothers paramour) instead of Thaddeus however this rumour was met with strong disdain and disapproval as there was little evidence to prove this and both Galerius and Aurora resembled their father strongly.
==== Infatuation with Aurora ====
When Galerius was young, he was tutored privately but later attended a private school for other boys and girls of noble origins; Galerius became a famed image, charismatic and even manipulative towards others. He was notably lustful, took the maidenhead (virginity) of many girls in his form and had bedded several women in his later teens.
In around 697 BE, Galerius became oddly infatuated with his sister, Aurora, not wanting to allow her to take any partners of her own - until another boy at his school stated that one day his sister will be subjected to the same treatment he gives to his love interests. This comment outraged Galerius which led him to beating up the boy, leaving him mentally damaged for the rest of his life. The regency council was outraged by this and accepted the exclusion sentence of from his teachers. He was never allowed to return to school again.
Sometime around 698 or 699 BE, Galerius was tutored privately at Korlat Castle in spite of his pleas to return to education outside of the home as he was missing his friends the regency council strongly disapproved.
Galerius and Aurora developed a deep love interest and one night Galerius reportedly snuck into his sister's room and introduced Aurora to oral sex and anal sex. Aurora reportedly enjoyed her night with Galerius and he promised her that one day he'd marry her so they can "lawfully" continue their sexual activities all the time. While incest was not unheard of amongst cousins, it was rare amongst siblings and was deemed as a barbaric practice in the early century by many pious nobles; therefore their affair was kept a secret until their marriage and the establishment of the Law of Incestious Exceptionalism.
==== Betrothal ====
Galerius was betrothed once to Aumidia, the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Rovevell in hopes that the Korlat dynasty could prosper with their wealth and crops to feed the smallfolk. When Galerius oveheard the regency council discussing his betrothal to Amuidia; he ran to his sister and begged her to put an end to it. Aurora calmed him down stating that one day she will "take power" and "punish" those who rise up against them.
==== Marriage to Aurora ====
During this period, Galerius created a retinue of guardsmen and loyalists and stored money under his bed and in secret dormatories of Korlat castle.
For many years, people contested over who should wed Aurora, many of the patriarchal familes in the realm offered their own sons feeling as if it would befit them to hold the reigns over a "mere woman," however Aurora was infatuated with her brother, Galerius and decreed that she shall marry him over all of their sons. The council debated for some time before coming to a closing decision.
Still recalling the religious high tensions that had followed the scandal of her children, the council decreed Aurora and Galerius should not be wed to one another, and after Archpriest Mattheus agreed that such a marriage would likely again inflame the pious of the realm, the council agreed to find other spouses for the siblings. The council was quick to agree on a husband for Aurora: Orryn of Roevelle.
Aurora informed Galerius, who acted immediately, ordering his guardsmen to discreetly travel during the night, while he and Aurora hired their own troops to re-capture Korlat Castle and dispose of all the garrisons owned by the regency.
At Korlat Castle, Aurora and Galerius were married in secret, with Priest Oswyck performing the ceremony. A month later after securing the castle for themselves, Aurora and Galerius married in a small, public ceremony; this time the ceremony was followed by a consummation - in spite of this occurance not being the first time Aurora had sex with Galerius. Afterwards, the Law of Incestious Exceptionalism was drafted by Aurora to validate her marriage to Galerius and any other future Korlat descendants in their predicament.
== Duke of Korlat ==
=== Accompanying progresses ===
Galerius was present during Aurora's royal progresses to Pithia, within Yutemond and around Rovell. He was a staunch supporter of Aurora's campaigns and attempted to convince as many men as possible to agree with Aurora's proposals to come to mutual terms with gender upstandings.
He sired two children during the progresses; Livia and Anastasia.
==== Confinement ====
Galerius was reported to be a "spend thrift" after it was revealed that he spent a lot of Aurora's budget on clothes, shoes and the latest luxury accessories. Aurora scolded Galerius and imprisoned him in her bedchambers for a year, though she occassionally visited him for sex as per her martial duty and he often begged to be released.
== Death ==
=== Horsing incident ===
Near midnight the duke and his remaining companions raced back to Korlat Castle. At the foot of a hill, Galerius' palfrey collided with the mare of one of her companions. Galerius was thrown from her saddle into a wall, and he died of a broken neck in 710 BE at the age of only 28. Reportedly, Aurora was devastated.
His remains were brought to the Bronze Tomb where he was buried opposite his maternal grandfather, Korlat.
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