Arcelius

Arcelius was a semi-mythical Llysian who is often credited with founding the Archaic Llysian Empire, and the first Llysian to bear the title of Thallasarch. Conservative estimates place him as being born somewhere around the turn of the 12th century BE.
Few contemporary records remain, so the details of Arcelius' life have been largely retained through Llysos' strong oral tradition and mythology. He commanded the construction of nine hundred ships -a fleet of such a size was unheard of at the time, and even today is considered tremendously large- which he used to plunder and colonize territories on foreign shore. The wealth and knowledge brought home by Arcelius' conquests led to a golden age of Llysian culture and development. They also spread Llysian influence to many other regions of New Voldrania: it is believed that it was during this time that Llysians first encountered the Trikash and the people of the Hisuuani Caliphate. Arcelius also clashed continuously with the Free Cities of Animadev, and eventually defeated each and every one of them.
Later records claim that he was in fact a descendant of Arkresan the Exalted. While possible, it is more likely this claim is simply a further mythologizing of his life by later historians.
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