Ferol

Ferol Ven Ishtara, (known ingame as FER0L) called “Ferol the Old” by many, is a Mystic, Historian, Writer, and Politician. His earliest days in Rathnir were spent in the quaint town of Red Waters, at one point achieving the rank of Knight of Tsaeloma. He can most often be found wearing a gaudy wool sweater and bearing the head of a walrus. Following the Shaloman Exodus, Ferol assumed the role of Senator of Diplomacy, representing the Kingdom of Galadonn. Shortly thereafter, his endeared partner, Abnar Gus passed on the role of Abnar to him. As Abnar, Ferol has conducted several archaeological projects in the holy site of Hartend, and has come to be known as the "Abnar of Antiquity"
== Origin ==
Ferol’s feet landed on solid ground. This was a surprise, as one does not jump into the void expecting to return. But then… perhaps, he hadn’t. The world he left was one plagued by war and fierce beasts of unnatural terror, where the light of the heavens was but a seldom fleeting glimmer as it beat against the billowing smoke that filled the skies.
This new land held no such horrors.
The soil he rest his callused feet upon felt fertile. The skies, though dark, were dotted with more stars than he had ever seen at once. Ferol fell to his knees. His calculations were far from correct; but stepping through that portal was a one-way ticket to a world where all of his worries melted away in this field of daffodils, wicking with his tears and the morning dew.
“You there! Have you a place to stay?” A voice called out. A rather short human stood by a set of massive stone gates, to which a sign, inscribed “Red Waters”, pointed “My name is Cassiath, what’s yours?”
Even then, the brilliant orange sun began to rise, and Ferol approached the city gates.
Ferol’s homeworld was a dark and desolate realm, having become ravaged by war and greed. It was not always that way, however. In his youth, it flourished with flora, fauna and the magic of the natural world. This idyllic existence would soon become memory as he was cursed to watch it fall. The experience of seeing a paradisal plane brought to ruin over the course of a century became formative to the aging wizard. Towards the end, he sought only to escape to a world not yet lost to catastrophe. For years, he worked towards extradimensional travel, coming to perfect it in his 119th year. This is also the year that he came to uncover the mysteries of the Moon Mind and the Sun Soul, of which he was the only one to wield both.
Upon arrival in Rathnir, he was gladly accepted into the province of Tsaeloma. He observed that, to his delight, the governing forces were far from the power hungry terrors he knew from Kadevan. This is not to say that they were without fault; Ferol was present for many dissenting conversations among the middle-management of Red Waters, Wordesh and beyond, but his humble and friendly presence kept many such discussions on the rational side.
== Early Career ==
Not long after his arrival, Ferol erected a tower for his residence. He began filling it with all of the books he could find, including a few of his own. The more he read, the more enraptured he became in Tsaeloma’s culture. He would grow to develop a friendship with two leaders of the region, Alihas and Cassiath Dem Spheniscidae . In between building housing for new Tsaeloma residents, he would be up in his tower, brewing potions which was among his favorite hobbies.
Due to his diligence to serve in the community, and perhaps his honorable character, Ferol was inducted into the order of the Knights of Shaloma. Ferol was present for the opening of the Capitol Palace of Viodoxa, and shortly thereafter, vanished for some time.
When he returned, he had written what he came to call the “Acusmata”. These were the beginnings of his Mystic texts, they were three books that sought to explain the relationship between two cosmic forces, Chaos and Order. Through extensive meditation, he came to believe that the Renortion religion had the most accurate cosmological model, and that study of it archaic past would pave the way to understanding more of the inner machinations of their universe.
=== The Shaloman Exodus - Golden Age of Galadonn ===
Ferol returned from his unexplained absence to a Tsaeloma in disarray. His friend, Cassiath, had been murdered in a conspiracy set forth by his father, Ryou Bakura. Cassiath's son, Cassius, then lead a group of followers into the wilderness to establish the Kingdom of Galadonn. Ferol, torn between two options —to ally under the regime that murdered his dear friend, or to start anew with his son— chose to join Cassius, in hopes to protect his endeavor and someday mend the divide between the country he called his homeland, and the son of the leader he knew Cassiath to be.
Ferol was often cited to be the most level-headed in the early leadership of Galadonn, He took a very pacifistic stance to foreign affairs, due in large part to his Renortion beliefs. As the government of Galadonn began to take shape, this pacifistic but charismatic personality made him a perfect candidate for the position of "Chancellor of Diplomacy". In this position, Ferol took charge over almost all diplomatic relations of Galadonn, and created a unique and efficient system for drafting alliances with foreign nations which he coined "expedited relations". Through this system, he was able to create almost thirty treaties in only two weeks time to help the nation of Galadonn in its earliest days. By building a foundation of diplomatic relations, Ferol aided in quelling the looming threat of war from Galadonn's earliest enemies
Towards the end of the Galadonn-Aldovir War, Gus- Ferol's endeared partner- fell ill and in his infirmity, anointed Ferol as Abnar of Renortion. Ferol pledged that he would dedicate his life to the dscovery and spread of Renortion in the realm. Later that day, Gus died in Ferol's arms.
=== Abnar ===
Ferol as an Abnar first began to draft a number of architectural designs. He had discovered the drawings of a prior Abnar, Frewn Crenethal, who was obssessed with linking the physical and spiritual world. Unfortunately, Frewn was never able to see their plans come to fruition. Abnar Ferol funded multiple construction projects around the Renortion holy site, Hartend, and continued his dedicated archaeological study in its neighboring mountain. Here, he found a variety of significant items such as: Ancient Atraxi Texts left by Renortion Monks in golden reliquaries, The Vitriol Core, which would go on to power the city of Winzcek, and ancient heiroglyphs that detailed the archaic rites of early Renorts. Once the area of the mountain between Hartend and Guslandia had been properly and thoroughly surveyed, he (and a regrown version of Gus) began work on the construction of a Renortion temple, following closely the designs of Frewn Crenethal.
== Works ==
Ferol was a philosopher, politician, and poet. This led him to creating many written works that can be found throughout Rathnir. These include:
* The Book of Yeim
* The Voice
* The Vitrol
* The Acusmata (I, II, III)
* Treatise on an Apathetic God – Vol I
* Treatise on an Apathetic God – Vol II
* Ta'oka – The Way of the Silver Tongue
* The Basic Atraxi Dictionary
* Haldeim's Teachings
* Dusty Tomes (I-XIII)
Category:Traveler's Era