Meruszyph

Meruszyphutālman (?-260 ABV), commonly known by his core name Meruszyph, was a famous Saiännic general and military strategist from Tālmoä. He rose to prominence in the second decade of the Second Oathbreaker War as an officer in the Tālmoänni cavalry corps, the use of which he revolutionised.
Meruszyph led the Tālmoänni to their greatest victories at Urusense and Kesczī, personally led his cavalry to put down the Gholan Mutiny of 236, and by the end of the war in 237 he was overall commander of the city's forces, at that point at their largest in history.
Unlike Czeti, the general who rose to prominence after the First Oathbreaker War, Meruszyph was a young man with a love of action, and he opted to continue in service rather than pursue a political career. He was a devout Szaedari, and perhaps felt that following the Blue Lily Crisis a more conciliatory figure should hold the Seraiët.
He died in the year 260 ABV, just after he had successfully routed the last of the Gholan raiders which had occupied the salt flats of Catagholmoä since the War in the Reisra Delta. History records that, after being borne back to camp with a fatal stab wound, he spent his final hours filling out his report and signing the documents necessary to pay his men before lying back, closing his eyes and speaking calmly: "For Szaeda, Tālmoä, and Saiän." This phrase has become the unofficial motto of the Tālmoänni Szaedari.
The city of Meruszyphon, raised from the ruins of Aranmoä, is named in his honour.
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