Lionel III Gurfder

Lionel III Gurfder was a member of the noble Gurfder Family. He was the first and only son of baron Lionel II. He was a citizen of the Holy Imperium of Soleaquil.
== Biography ==
==== Early Life ====
Lionel III Gurfder was originally born in the world of Eldham in the year 312 TE. His father, Baron Lionel II, had abandoned the Kingdom of Evalen fifteen years earlier and lived in a small hut in a forest next to a cave. Despite leaving Evalen, his father never abandoned their lineage and taught Lionel about their ancestry and the history of the kingdom. At seven years old, Lionel and his father had to flee the cabin due to raiders. They hid in the caves, and encountered a monster, that killed Lionel's father. He managed to escape, but soon found trapped inside the underground maze of tunnels.
==== Life Inside The Cavern ====
Lionel killed bats, and bugs for food, and drank water from underground puddles. After a few weeks of isolation Lionel developed severe schizophrenia. The voices in his head led him deeper and deeper into the cave. After more than a decade of descending further into the cave, barely surviving each day, Lionel discovered a spacious chamber filled with water and flora he had never seen before, such as the Magna Foliati, Flora Terrestris, and Hydrales orders, which would later form the clade Hydrophytia. Lionel stayed in the chamber for many months, studying the plants. One day, he decided to explore further and discovered a mysterious tunnel system. He ventured inside, walking for hours until he suddenly fell down an unforeseen incline. He looked up, only to realize the slope was too steep to climb back up. His only choice was to keep going. He walked on, stopping only to drink, sleep or eat. This journey, like his earlier one, lasted another decade. After many days of struggling, he caught a glimpse of light at the far end of a tunnel. The light came from the outside world, and the cave exit was located at the bow of a canyon.
==== The New World ====
After waiting in the canyon for some time he was rescued by theworstplayere. He walked Lionel to a nearby settlement, where he learned that he was in a place very far from his home on Eldham. He was on the continent of Norvinia, located in the world of Abexilas. It was winter in 27 VE, and Lionel was now thirty-five years old. Lionel decided to, together with his newfound companion, search for a place to live.
==== Life In New Corrigan ====
In 28 VE, he was accepted into a growing hamlet called New Corrigan, which was part of the Empire of Anrolya. There, he built himself a house next to theworstplayere. Three years after settling in New Corigan, Lionel started a banking company called Anrolyan Financial Corporation. He held 37.5% of the shares, the rest being held by his companion. At its highest the buisness had a net worth of one hundred and thirty thousand crowns. In the year 33 VE Lionel wrote a book titled “The Great Encyclopedia of Fish”, or simply “Fish Compendium”. The same year his book was published, his friend and business partner died walking through a forest. In his sleep he had been attacked by a creature called Hradsulr, and was quickly mauled to death. It was then that Lionel acquired an egg, from Greg, The Holy Chicken. Eating it rid him of the voices, and this miracle made Lionel change his faith to Anrolyan Gregism. In summer 49 VE Lionel fathered a child, who he gave his name, and who would later be known as Lionel IV Gurfder. Following the family tradition the mother’s identity has remained unknown. Two years later Lionel wrote another book titled „The Great Encyclopedia Of Plants”. Just a year later he created a chronicle, where he talks about every member of the Gurfder family, tracing back to the year 143 TE.
==== The Manor Conflict ====
In 33 VE Lionel decided to rebuild the Gurfder Manor, about which his father has so often told him. Upon building it he was harassed by citizens of New Corigan for showing off the riches he has gathered. A few months after construction the First Gurfder Manor was unlawfully destroyed by multiple citizens of the town. This event caused Lionel to wait another eleven years before attempting to rebuild the mansion once again in 44 VE. This time he built one that was even more extravagant and luxurious, but unfortunately for him it was taken down by New Corigan’s mayor before it could be finished. Fed up with the city Lionel plotted to rebuild the mansion elsewhere. In summer 63 VE he acquired a plot of land called Kanvas, located to the east of the New Corigan. He immediately got to cutting down the vast forest covering the area, as well as leveling the ground. This endeavour took him more than six years, and he finally finished it in winter 69 VE. He was now ready to begin construction of the Third Gurfder Manor. In autumn 70 VE he finished gathering the materials needed, and was ready to start the building, but the immense physical work it required begun to take its toll, and before he could start construction he fell gravely sick. After over half a year of fighting the disease, in summer 71 VE, Lionel III Gurfder passed away in his bed due to disease.