Emperius the Talmerian

Emperius Thaddeus Talmar, popularly known as Emperius the Talmerian or Emperius the First was the First King of Grymore. He was named after the Emperor Justus I the Innocent by his father, Thaddeus Hamlet the Talmerian, a notable commander of the Dorean Legion. He is also descended from Hamlet the Brave, a wartime commander and legendary warrior.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
His birth time unknown, he was born into the Household of Thaddeus Hamlet the Talmerian, a war sergeant of the Dorean Legion of Emperor Justus I. He was named after the emperor, mainly the title.
Trained from birth in swordsmanship and as a horse rider, Emperius learned to fight rough and in dirt. By the age of sixteen, he was knighted by the Sheriff of Dorean, and went on to join the legion.
In 169 BC, a rebellion took place at Dorean against the Emperor of the Talmerians, where his father, the war commander, Thaddeus Hamlet was accused a traitor and beheaded along with his family, with only Emperius, his sister and long time best friend and cousin surviving the massacre. Emperius was sold into slavery, where he earned his living as a Gladiator in the Colosseums of Seville, and went onto emerge with his head and the heads of his family.
=== Exile ===
When Dorean was besieged, Emperius defended the city along with his companion sellswords, but in return they got treachery and were branded as traitors by the Emperor's Court, and in 173 CE, Emperius with his sister and cousin fled on a ship beyond the Blue Sea to the newly inhabited region of Sternlands, where he was welcomed with open arms.
=== Rise to Power ===
In the Late 1st Century BC, the fleeing Talmar Gladiator and Exiled Knight from Dorean, Emperius the Talmerian arrived in Portshire. Emperius freed the slaves and peasants from tyranny of the port town, earning their allegiance and later was crowned king, renaming the port town as Port Allington (named after Emperius' dead wife). During their journey, Emperius' sister died to childbirth with his breathing nephew, who he named Stafford (after his brother in law who died in the Siege defending Dorean).
Following his crowning, Emperius began his plans to control the lands and the origination of his military campaign. Emperius began with the fortification of the port town, transforming it with walls, fine quality houses for his people, pathways and military barracks, with small military outposts surrounding the walls as camps for siege attacks, and started the construction for his keep.
In 174 BC, King Emperius allied with a company of privateers, and built the First Navy of His Kingdom.