Ezari Tyrudas

Ezāri Tyrudas (born: Lōwil Ezāri Nøsø Tyrudas) was a human in Abexalis. He was a High Priest in the Church of the Violet Sun and a member of the High Council in the Holy Kingdom of Staslov [HKS].
== Early Life (302TE–316TE) ==
=== Birth and Education ===
Ezāri was born in Rathnir within the city of Iarok. A native Fjelli and member of a powerful noble family in Castonia, Ezāri's childhood was one of ease and luxury. He grew up beside his brothers Vōlō and Bilī. Under their family Matriarch, and his father, Nāsits, Ezāri was quick to learn the skills of a diplomat and academic. Being the third born son, outside both the heir and the spare, Ezāri was not as coddled into a leader as his elder two brothers—though in many ways this pushed him to pursue higher positions in academia. When he was just 16 he was (briefly) appointed a Master of Languages at the Scholar's Guild in Rathnir.
=== Religious Upbringing ===
Growing up Castonia, Ezāri found the church at an early age through his mother Konā. Though not a member of the Castovis, leaders of Castonia at the time with heavy connections to The Church of The Violet Sun, Konā was friends with many of the nobles both within House Castovi and within the city. They would often meet at the temple of the church in Castonia. Despite overall attendance and belief of the church dwindling, Ezāri was able to study the texts under the priests and on his own over the texts. He quickly ascended into the role of a monk and theologian.
=== The War of The Comet (305-308TE) ===
In the Winter of 305TE, a religious war broke out between the Church of The Violet Sun and a cult religion called Cervonism. The reasons for this war, while still unclear, are commonly thought to be a Cervonist desire to wipe out followers of The Violet Sun before the Iristor Comet crashed into Rathnir. Due to their young age, their father sent Ezāri and his brothers away during the series of skirmishes at Castonia. They spent their time in Iarok with family before Ezāri and Vōlō was returned to Castonia after the war had finished while Bilī stayed behind.
Soon after the Violet Sun-Cervonist wars, The War of The Comet would come to Rathnir, starting off in raid against Castonia (306TE). Ezāri, Vōlō, and their mother were hidden inside the church while their father and many other Castonians went off to fight. While housed in the temple, they saw much carnage—though the church was one of the few spaces that was safe for those inside. Part of this is because of the efforts of Konā and a few others to distract the attackers using magic at the main entrance while other hid within the catacombs and libraries of the temple. Unfortunately, all those at the main entrance lost their lives in the process and most of the stairwell was destroyed—only being rebuilt in the coming weeks.
In 309TE, Ezāri returned with Vōlō to Iarok, where they stayed for the remainder of the war. Ezāri made frequent trips to the Yggdrasil Crypts in the west of Fjellheim throughout the next few years to visit the final resting place of his mother and continue his studies as a monk.
== Journey To and In Abexalis (-4TC–3TC)==
In -4TC, Ezāri (14 at the time) started looking into the repercussions of the Iristor Comet and how to avoid it. Together, working with many houses in the region, Ezāri and Vōlō made plans to escape under the leadership of House Staslov and their many airships. Exiting out of the cities of Stalvirki, Iarok, and Castonia, the airships set forth to flee Rathnir and the frozen wasteland it would soon become. Though many hardships were felt through the journey, eventually the airships landed in the far south of Abexilas.
It was here (Winter of 2TC) that House Tyrudas and the rest of the noble houses pledged their allegiance to House Staslov and formed the Holy Kingdom of Staslov [HKS]. The HKS spent around a year in the contact point in the south, a "promised land" to them which they had been having visions about on their way there. During this period of travel, Ezāri's first son was born—a bastard by the name of Ghāz Lōns. Lōns was soon legitimized and proudly proclared as Ezāri's heir. Unfortunately they were soon kicked out by an alliance of powers in the area. They fled and landed in the south-west of Talasi in the winter of 3TC.
== Development of Ketsłrok (3TC-19TC) ==
=== Founding and First Claims (3TC-10TC) ===
Only 20 by the time his ship landed on the beaches of what was soon to be known as The HKS—Ezāri arrived with his son and merchant named Tobok; Lunlīriqh. Though the third-born son of the Tyrudas family, Ezāri had been trusted by members of House Kapros with settling the land that they planned to develop into New Ketsłrok. When Ezāri landed in Staslovia, he departed ways with Tobok and took his two kin across the island they had landed on and forded a river strait that separated the island from its mainland.
Upon arrival, Ezāri then set up small houses, a farm, a dock, and a mine. Within a few months the city had grown as House Kapros and Tyrudas both arrived with citizens loyal to them. Despite his third-born-status, because he was the one to settle the claim originally, House Kapros' nobles made Ezāri their right hand. Under his advice, Ketsłrok grew large even as the power and size of House Kapros diminished. Near the end of 9TC, Ezāri also took into his care a boy who had been sent to Ketsłrok to be in the care of the Tyrudas'. Ezāri would call this boy, Lunlīriqh his adopted son.
=== Intermediate Years (10TC-19TC) ===
In the years that followed, free from the responsibilities of running Ketsłrok as House Kapros delegated responsibilities to others, Ezāri focused on other areas of his life. In 10AC published the Letter to Staslovs—a religious document in The Church of The Violet Sun—to voice his concerns about the lack of direction the follower of the church in the HKS had. In it, he defined practices and rituals for practitioners of the religion to follow, and urged priests to step down from positions of power. He himself stepped down as hand to House Kapros—only being kept on as an advisor to them and King Teg Staslov at the request of the king.
As advisor, Ezāri helped design the flag for the kingdom, maintained and wrote grammars and resources for the language of Staslov, and wrote/drafted many international agreements and bills for the nation. In Ketsłrok he helped set up The Lemonade Stand, one of the kingdoms first markets and to this day one of the larger individually owned markets in the kingdom. He also established the Imperial Archivists and Royal Librarians, who he worked with to construct the Tegnerenian Calendricon (TC), which served as the kingdom's national calendar as well as the updated calendar of The Church of The Violet Sun. He also conducted two national censuses and published a concise report of its findings. 
In the winter of 16TC, his first daughter—Rhōs'a Tyrudas—was born. The Tyrudas family then commissioned the Lāp'iwe company for the second bridge connected Ketsłrok's mainland and island claims. Soon after Ezāri began construction on The Grand Cathedral of The Violet Sun—a long and arduous process he would not see the completion of. The following year, his second and first legitimate son, Lūrhi, was born. In 19TC, during construction of the foundation of the cathedral, the building site was raided. It was fought off and defended by Ezāri, Blistern Lāp'iwe, and Ezāri's first son, Lōns. In the spring of that same year Ezāri was named Rīghi of Ketsłrok, designated to rule in the absence of House Kapros—of whom the last remaining member had decided to travel the world in an effort to make a fortune and consolidate power. Ezāri agreed that he would graciously hand the leadship role back to whoever returned under the name of House Kapros.
== Rein over Ketsłrok and Death (19TC-26TC) ==
=== Rīghi of Ketsłrok (19TC-26TC) ===
Ezāri's rein of Ketsłrok as Rīghi was mostly peaceful and productive. Recruitment shot through the roof under the direction of his brother Vōlō and together they established a formal council made up of citizens of the city. Housing projects and City By-Law Bills were passed as the city continued to grow. Ezāri and Vōlō pushed many of the unfinished projects from the Kapros rule at a personal cost to them—though this did much to uplift the citizens of the city.
In 22TC, Tobok Lāp'iwe, a personal friend of Ezāri's, was stabbed in the middle of the streets of Staslovia. His then 12 year old daughter, Bæth Lāp'iwe, was instated as the Rīghi of Staslovia in his absence and recovery. To support House Lāp'iwe, Ezāri sent his two eldest children to Staslovia—both to quell rumours that it was unsafe, and provide the young Bæth with some mentorship from Lōns—and to provide Rhōs'a with a friend and possible mentor.
=== Death (26TC) ===
In the late fall of 26TC, Ezāri attended a meeting of the national and high council of the HKS. Here, his brother Bilī presented an idea he had researched in secret with the restricted sections of the Ketsłrok Library, Royal Archives, and Library of The Violet Sun. He presented the idea of a stone called the Kullara Crystal. He claimed it has been revealed to him by a mysterious voice and that it had the power to trap Mui and harness their power. The Councils rejected the idea due to its moral dubiousness and blasphemy according to the church. Ezāri urged Bilī to hand over the crystal, though Bilī ran, proclaiming he would use it whether they wanted him to or not.
A chase ensued which ended at the Grand Cathedral in Ketsłrok—still under construction with it's southern tower having just been completed. Ezāri and Bilī fought with swords up onto the top of the tower, at which point they pleaded their cases to each other one final time. Still steadfast in their opposing resolves, a fight broke out once more, which culminated with Ezāri and the crystal being flung off the top of the tower. The crystal and his both were shattered upon impact with the ground. In the chaos, Bilī escaped with the help of the leader of the HKS military.
After his death, his skull was repaired with gold and enscribed with his deeds in life. His skull was then kept in the Tyrudas Family House, before being one of the first to be buried in the crypts below the Grand Cathedral. The tower he was flung from, would come to be known as Nøsø's tower in the years following his death.