Lanzo Müller

==Stats==
===Mark Tracker===
Marks: 0
Afflictions:
===Advances===
*Mirth filled voice (Voting, +1 Governance)
*Proven Speaker (Voting, +1 Governance)
*Governors Governance (Voting, +1 Governance)
*Messer and Baldric (Ploughshares to Blades to Quill nibs, +1)
*I have in my hand... (Honest Man, +1)
==Background==
Many years in the misty past of the Dark Plains, Lanzo's ancestor; Dudda Müller, was thrust into legend as the man that drove the spiders from the Dark Plains. Since then the Müller's have always resided on Mühle Hill in the Mill serving the wheat farmers of Weizendorf.
As such, the family became a well-respected family but were never able to elevate themselves beyond this note. This was not due to a local Lord's negative view of the situation, but due to the fact that the community of Weizendorf and it's surrounding hamlet's were united in their struggle to reap harvests and grow crops. From the highest to the lowest member of the community, the crop came first and society came last.
Taxes and the recent blight on the land of the Dark Plains have nearly destroyed the community, only the help of their new Lord, Dargan Drosilan, has stopped the death of the homesteaders. Such was the gratitude of the community they all arrived outside the wedding of his Lordship to cheer his good health.
Lanzo's father, Ozwald, was one of the most recent deaths in Weizendorf. Lanzo has been pushed forward, as seems to be the lot of his line, into the spotlight. As a young man he worked harder than any man to try and keep the taint at bay, grow what they could and prop up the community's moral with his own brand of honest happiness and infectious, affable, charisma. But natural nicety is no replacement for experience,
Lanzo has been asked for by His Lordship to attend a meeting of the Heroes of Athesia, for what reason he knows not, but Mr. Drosilan cannot be ignored; his father would have had none of it. So with a back and a staff of blackthorn he set forth on the road to the Capital.
His first year within the Athesian Council proved extremely eventful. Not only did he visit the Dead Wastes and the Kingdom of the Drow, but Lanzo found himself Speaker of the Chamber! The voice of the Council, could've benefited from some lesson in elocution.
The second year has shown that the Miller of Weizendorf's word has become known past Athesia's borders. A union of Dead Waste isolationists asked for Lanzo and a party of Athesian's to judge the actions of other Athesians. The honest and humble judgement was passed in which the Miller promised his head as the price for broken peace. Egged on by this negotiation, Lanzo traveled the Dark Plains, aiding in the leveling of the social structure of these lands; democracy planted and now being nurtured. 
His third year on the Council, now the Senate of the Republic of Athesia was on of jubilation and regret. The Empire of the North occupied areas of Athesia and the Miller was primarily concerned with the people of the Republic. Many conversations and movement of legislation and paperwork gave way to three meetings. The first was with Samuel of the Empire, in this meeting Lanzo's resolve was questioned. Not in his goals for the betterment of the citizens of the newfound Republic but in the effectiveness of the Council. The second was by far the most intriguing, a visit to the Drow Islands saw a great Dragon emerge from the waves and direct him and some heroes to the lair of another that was forming a cabal of like minded people; after this Lanzo was finally married to Appoline. Finally, the third meeting was during the Reclaiming of Unity City, in which Lanzo confronted the Emperor himself. The two met, the Emperor on his knees during a fight with other heroes. After picking the Crown Prince up, Lanzo was told that the Emperor would never stop until his dying breath. 
Lanzo returned to Weizendorf after slaying the Emperor a changed man, staying isolated from even his new wife. Until coaxed out to return to serve the country once more. Hesitant in employing violence he struggled with the conflict in the God-Curse mountains and managed to get away without harming anyone, using a little 'conversation' to muddle through. But after the heroes secured a victory, as he slept a vision came to him. Lanzo saw himself in the fortress in Midgard. Seven heroic figures were around him against a horde similar to those they had just defeated. He wore a cape and crown, his words were no longer just kind, but had depth and resonated well. He awoke in a cold sweat with one memory, 'When you hold the fate of the innocent in your hands, you must give your all to defend them and their dreams... that is why they trust you.' With this Mr Mueller has ordered a blade made, one made of the ploughshares of Weizendorf, new ones being needed anyway. The old ones were smelted down and turned into a sword akin to large knife. If he must fight, he'd do so with the metal of those that trust him. 
The onset of Ragnarok passed as the dispatches that were moved over his desk in the Council Building. Some question if Lanzo Müller can still be considered a Hero of Athesia. Many speak of his efforts for the masses of the Republic and how now, more than ever Lanzo needs the people. The Miller is very rarely that, and has eschewed the grindstone for pen, paper, and words. 
==Significant Relationships==
Mr. Drosilan (Dargan Drosilan)
Mr. Drosilan, or His Lordship, is the kind benefactor of Weizendorf and the surrounding hamlets. There was something about Lanzo having a good idea on how to do things... buggered if he knew he was doing something well, just getting on with the work. 
The work has now led to the Miller becoming a political figure, a beacon that the common man first envied and now seems drawn to. Was this His Lordship's plan? Only Dargan will know, but with democracy spreading through Athesia and the first elections coming soon, what will happen to this Weizendorf Wanderer.
'er 'onourable Ambassador (Appoline Reneux)
After the Athesian Council's diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of the Drow, an official statement was announced by the Ambassador's Household. Among many indications of alliance and pledges to certain Gods there was one footnote, 'The rather amusing and intriguing specimen in my daughter's party will, of course, continue his political engagement with her; on pain of enslavement to my Household.' Safe to say the Miller of Weizendorf has developed a habit of travelling to the Drow embassy in Unity City.
Much talk has been had around the Ambassador regarding the dispatch of Santiago Domingez . But those in the know have begun to dispel some of the negativity around the Drow. However, gossip of the pairing of her and Lanzo has become a standard topic in some political circles and taverns on the road from Weizendorf.
The pair are now married, and since their marriage many things have happened to strain the relationship. The Ambassador has married another, adding to her partners a member of the Fey Woods. When the Miller has been questioned on this, he has remained stoically silent. The two are rarely seen together, outside of the Council chamber, but this maybe due to Lanzo's learned ability in the minutia in Government administration.