Talen (Chapter)

IntroTalen was a Verditian for many years. When he moved out to California he founded the second functioning branch of Antioch, then known as Maechalon but later known as West Verdite. 
His achievements were numerous during his time in the empire. He achieved status as a Verdish Elite and even went on to be one of the most powerful and influential Verditians of all time.
Sadly the events leading up to the Kuroheim separation left Talen believing the worst of the empire. To his credit he was often manipulated by an overgrowing emotional and vindictive party within his branch. They painted many events in the darkest possible light and were a constant source of strife for empire relations. For roughly a year Talen was able to keep this growing concern from swaying him. Unfortunately the distortion became rhetoric as power shifted from government control to this family's.
Unable to combat this distortion Talen made a unilateral decision to leave Verdite, forbidding a national vote. As a result there is no longer a West Verdite.
As a result Talen's long list of triumphs and achievements are hard to present without enacting painful feelings from the members who experienced the fall of the empire. This is why you often do not see him in iconography, lore, or listed in the Verdish Elite.