Rychárd Dread

Consul-Eternal Rychárd Skornik Rava Dread was a legendary immortal figure and a Ljemiuris. His early life as an Old Rakki Skýndrar raider was spent among the first Rakki expedition to the Danderillon, and fighting the Kingdom of Bracken. After finding the Fountain of Youth, he then became an ageless madman who had to drink blood to survive. Over a thousand years later, he returned to Kol Darim to become an eternal advisor, and later in modern times, the Consul Eternal, the ageless ruler of the state. He was one of the main characters of the famous Djévkus saga.
== Before Immortality ==
=== Early Life ===
Born in -1798 TE in Rakkimar, he was the son of a merchant named Avarrun "Dread" Drauðir. Avarrun was a trader who was among the first to bring crossbows from Lusken to Rakkimar. At the age of nineteen, he joined the Skýndrar, a fleet of Rakki raiders who believed it was the will of the gods that they discover and settle warmer lands beyond the horizon. He joined as an archer with his father's crossbow aboard a small longship called the Clipped-Wing Wolf. 
=== The First Rakki Steps on the Danderillon ===
On his first voyage, he and the crew were wrecked far off course in a storm, and they became some of the first Rakki to set foot on The Danderillon since the Darim's exile thousands of years beforehand. It was like exploring a new world. Rychárd and the crew travelled through various towns in the northeast Danderillon, including Lupkowa (modern Lyndes), Pszczow (modern Malphur), Sylyntyr of the Underdark, and Bræknge (modern Bracken). 
=== Glory in Kol Darim and Bracken ===
He learned in Bræknge that King Æthelwulf planned to invade the city of Kol Darim. The Darim were the exiled distant cousins of the Rakki, so he felt loyalty to them. He and his crew went to Kol Darim and warned the ruler, Kjotverð Jarl, of the attack. This led to the formation of The Great Summer Army, a huge fleet of Darim warriors and Rakki ships - Rychárd's actions reunited the Darim and Rakki for the first time in thousands of years. This led to the victorious Great Raid on Braeknge, where Bræknge was raided and pillaged by the Darim-Rakki Summer Army. Victorious, he was awarded the titles of Landgrave (landowner) and Consul (advisor to the king).
=== The Fountain of Youth ===
Four years later, Rychárd and his crew then spent time searching for the fabled Fountain of Youth to heal the terminal disease of King Kjotverð. This involved raiding fields outside Dákow (modern Datria) and various other investigations. However, Rychárd was covetous, and once all the reagents were gathered, he wanted to use them for himself. He and his fellow crew mixed hallucinogenic poison into the King's drink, since they were respected advisors and allowed access to his quarters. This led to the King leaping to his death in a hallucination-fuelled stupor. After covering up the events as a tragic accident. Rychárd and his blood brother Hallbjorn Ulfsson both drank from the Fountain of Youth. He and Hallbjorn both became immortal and unaffected by age - Hallbjorn frozen in his forties, Rychárd frozen at 23. 
== Tragic Years Alone ==
Rychárd wandered Kol Darim and later the Danderillon, heavily suffering from amnesia as he grappled with seeing everyone he loved die. He drank blood to sustain himself and spent centuries alone, seeing the world change, grappling with immortality and insanity. 
Some time whilst serving the granddaughter of Kjotverð Jarl, Rychárd fell in love with Lareya of Lusken, a huntress who came to pledge her service to the Darim king as a vassal. Whilst out hunting some months later and in love, the pair were attacked by wolves. Rychárd shot at them, but heard a noise, spun, fired his Lagyar (a recurve bow made by the Vreigardts), and realised too late he had hit Lareya, who had dove into a bush. He wept as she died, and this sent him down a path of wandering depression. It is said her blood stained the lillies red. He spent several hundred years away from the court of Kol Darim, sleeping for years at a time, forgetting things, and so on, quite a tragic existence for a while. When an old friend of his accused him of having something to do with Lareya disappearing from court, Dread flew into a rage and killed him by throwing him off a cliff. He slept for many years again, then came to a simple village of Vrei tribals called Dinov. There, they called him Skornik (teacher), and he taught them hunting techniques. Years passed, and Dinov was attacked by wolf-skin-walking Vrei raiders - Rychárd was the sole survivor. His lover in town, a young man named Rava, died, and Rychárd took his name in mourning. He fell into a 300-year depression. Some time later, he fell in love with a Darim warrior named Laxdaela, then later he was chased into the mountains by farmers after he stole from them. In the mountains, he fought the immortal Crow Woman. 
Rychárd spent further years in the 270s and 280s TE in the Lyskeiön Capital Territory among the de'Seditus family for some years before returning to The Danderillon alongside the first Euluskan Empire colonial ships. There, he turned to religion, and for all that he had seen, was anointed as an angel and blessed by the gods with wings. He loved another, Rexia, and had to see her die of old age. He also loved and forgot a man named Rava. 
== Master of His Own Fate ==
Finally, in the 370s TE, he ventured back to Kol Darim and took his place as the consul to the King and Queen again. Having experienced love and loss, and life to the fullest, he finally settled for a life of stability and calm, advising various rulers with his historical knowledge.
=== Later Appearances ===
In the 1550s, he advised the rulers Erik Brimchin and his son Burdur Brimchin who navigated the First and Second Darim-Drow Wars. Also, in 1593, he helped fund the Bygone Bastards to pull off their Crime of the Century - he bought one of the most expensive items, Empress Bellatrix 12th's necklace, from the group in return for several hundred thousand gold pieces.
After Burdur Brimchin's rule and heirless death, Rychárd became Consul Eternal; the ruler of the city-state for eternity thereafter. 
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