Taryn Orneleus

Taryn Orneleus is a noble from Renesphey who is part of the highest governing body of the nation, together with his peers. On the side, he works as a blacksmith and merchant, often selling his gear to major markets. He holds the noble title of Knight of Iron, which he was awarded by the Duke Siyoi Orne'Valerin for fulfilling his duties as part of the Renesphite Court. He was born in Lyhnchai and has resided in Lyhnchai for most of his life. He is considered to be the first child born to an Anoshphite human and a Rei Taan. He is married to Dyéllàh Storhuýn-Lyeméin, with whom he has had three children.
== Biography ==
=== Childhood ===
==== Unfortunate Birth ====
Taryn Orneleus was born in the year 3 of the Fourth Era, in the month of Torenín, to Nikolyy Orne'Valerin-Aleus and Maba Mehare. His mother, Nikolyy, was the granddaughter of Pontéos Ponténne, the third Duke of Anoshphey, and the daughter of Joveneos Orne'Valerin-Aleus with Elandorr. His father, Maba, was the son of Behem Mehare, the head of one of the Rei Taan clans that resided in Renesphey when the Anoshphites arrived.
Nikolyy was a trailblazer in regards to the admixture of the Rei Taan and humans. Unfortunately, she died when giving birth to little Taryn, as his small goat horns tore her entrails from inside during the birth. His father, while dedicated as a single father, contracted rotlung from the Anoshphites and ended up meeting an early end not long after the birth. Having no immediate family left, his grandfather, Behem of the Clan Mehare, took him under his wing and, while his different appearance was not well seen by the other Rei Taan, trained the boy in the way of his people.
==== The Little Prankster ====
When sitll a child, Taryn was taught by his grandfather, Behem, most of the basic skills of being a Rei Tahn. Hunting, sheep herding, foraging and others. Among the skills taught to the boy, hunting seemed to be one he excelled at. By playing on Taryn's curiosity, Behem managed to teach him the basics of the lifestyle of which their people had lived from for hundreds of years. But while he was a fast learner, he'd get himself in many adventurers and troubles through his mischievous nature.
Among the mischief he played on the residents of Lyhnchai, some of them involved graffitiing their walls, moving and hiding people's belongings within their own home, giving other children sour candy instead of sweets, etc. One day, however, he was caught while pranking Lulu, the Witch of the Wykirin Woods. He had sneaked up to the witch while they were busy in their studies in the library, and cut off a lock of the Lulu's hair. To punish the misbehaving Taryn, she cursed him by making him bald for a month, after which his hair grew back naturally.
==== Fledgling Years ====
Taryn eventually grew into adolescence and he realized he wanted to do more with his life and experience what his friends of the Anoshphite nobility were also experiencing. Due to his ascendance of Ponteos "the Great", he was considered of noble blood, and that opened many doors for him.
He befriended an old merchant in the large ports of Lyhnchai, and became his apprentice for a few years, travelling across Halinn and Talasi, learning how to get good deals on wares in one place and how to sell them for a profit elsewhere. Once he felt that he had learned enough to start his own business, he tapped in the reserves left to him by his wealthy Anoshphite family, the Orne'valerin-Aleus, and, at 15 years of age, managed to purchase his own Blacksmith Shop together with a small trading vessel named the Iron Lamb.
The travelling through the harsh Talasi sun, manning the sails of the trade ship, and forging a variety of armour and weapons by the blacksmith fire darkened Taryn's complexion. With basic knowledge of Rei Tahn and Anoshphite culture, he would eventually find work in the court of Renesphey, both as a royal blacksmith and other duties. On his own time, he'd travel and sell his wares in Halinn, Talasi, Iristoya and Norvinia through his one trade ship, the Iron Lamb. When he finally became an adult, he was already a successful businessman and courtier.
=== Early Adulthood ===
==== Auburn Love ====
While working at the Renesphite court, Taryn would come to meet a very kind but fiery bar maid. Her name was Dyéllàh Storhuýn-Lyeméin, and she was a auburn-haired young lady with beautiful green eyes who worked at the bar her family owned. On the weekends, Taryn would always find a time to go to the bar, just to meet his newfound crush, with whom he'd spend hours talking about his merchant travels and all the different places he had seen. She had never visited those places or much else outside of Lyhnchai, and so the stories fascinated her.
Their infatuation would grow with time, until they decided it was time to make their relationship official. On a fateful day, with the sun setting on port of Lyhnchai, as both Taryn and Dyéllàh enjoyed the sea breeze and fished, Taryn would kneel to the maid and ask her hand in marriage. Their marriage wasn't an expensive party, being humble and simple, but representative of their love.
After their marriage, Taryn came to the realisation that it wasn't appropriate for him and his wife to live together in his small blacksmith shop. As such, Taryn purchased a plot of land on the north of Lyhnchai, close to the Eirxéi forest, where he could start the construction of the Orneleus Manor. As he planned the home of his future family, however, duty would knock at his door and he'd be called to serve the Duke in a continental assembly of Halinnite nations, the Halinn League. 
==== The Rise and Fall of the Halinn League ====
In the league, Taryn was tasked mostly with organizing where the Renesphite resources would be going to, as well as reporting to the Renesphite court of what was happening in the west of Halinn. Right after Taryn's arrival, three different wars started all at once. Mainly, there was the overall conflict between Scaliga and Soliana, where each would side with nations that had problems with the other, influencing them to start wars at their common enemy or defending nations being attacked by their enemy. Some of the actively involved nations were Steelwater, Rolon, Alamayn and Melzia.
All of these conflicts would eventually boil over in what became known as the First Zarylian Wars, or simply the Zarylian Campaign. Scaliga mostly had their own logistics, which was able to fulfil the war needs of their own battles, but smaller nations such as Steelwater, Rolon and Alamayn didn't have the same resources. Most of the Renesphite resources would be funnelled into the wars of Steelwater and Alamayn. While Renesphey had no real stake in the wars, they had signed the treaty and Taryn was sent to fulfil it.
Nonetheless, regardless of all the effort that was put in by the small nations, the lack of interest from the majority of the nations in the Halinn League ended up sealing their fate. Alamayn was the first to fall, as their newly elected leader was indifferent to the war itself and allowed their people to be ravaged by the Solianan troops. Scaliga itself would also fall due to low morale among their troops, leading to desertion and sending the other small nations into panic. Their land was entirely absorbed by Soliana, which continued their attacks on the small Zarylian nations. Steelwater and Rolon would dissolve amidst the siege, as they received the news that the Scaligan soldiers would not be coming.
Ten years (10 weeks) after Renesphey had joined the league, the cracks of the power dynamic were showing, and the Halinn League eventually faded into obscurity. Many nations started formally withdrawing from the treaty, and the true intentions of Scaliga and other nations leading the league came to light. With no more duty to stay and act on the Zarylian region of Halinn, Taryn would start his return to the east of Halinn.
==== Favorable Winds ====
The Halinn League may had fallen, but Taryn's duty was not over yet. On his way back, he stopped at many ports and met nations from all over Halinn in an attempt to salvage whatever could be salvaged from the Halinn League's downfall. This time, however, he'd focus on the nations on the East of Halinn instead of its entirety. He thought that by creating a smaller, more tight knit alliance, the chances of it fading after one or two conflicts would be diminished, as it'd be in all of those nations' best interest to keep their own heartlands protected.
Two important nations were the first to consider the idea: Eiszura and Esutaria. With their initial confirmation, Taryn would then extend the idea of the treaty to Viratayn, and right after to Akashiro. The treaty itself would have to wait a year to be signed, as Akashiro was in the process of merging their government with Aethos to form the great nation of Soralae. Once all of the signatories were ready, the treaty of the Winds of the South would be drafted, signed and activated to the five nations that formed it.
With Soralae's might, Eiszura's power, Viratayn's knowledge, Renesphey's wealth and Esutaria's sociability, the Winds would become a powerful regional alliance. Only then did Taryn consider his duty to be done, and he'd start his trip back to Lyhnchai, where he'd go back to focusing on his blacksmith and family, while serving the nation as a minister.
==== The Royal Smith ====
Upon his return, the funds of Renesphey were in dire need of help. Unable to even hire a single mercenary band for wars, in case it happened, meant that the State was in a very dangerous situation. Miners, jewellers and many other courtiers were producing what they could to fill the coffers of the nation for such an occasion, but it was serving more to tire them out than it was bringing in wealth.
After the State had called in the citizens and courtiers to send raw materials for the productions, mainly given by the hardworking Taco and Ishtar Aaakan, Taryn sat down in his blacksmith shop and devised a plan to bring in at least 5 million ducats in wealth to Renesphey. He calculated that, with the help of a few workers and the sale of the gear to far away nations, this could be achieved in less than 5 years (around 4 and a half weeks). And so, Taryn started what is probably the largest production of swords in Renesphite history, as well as producing sets, enchanted books, and other important pieces of equipment. By the end of those five years, Taryn had produced: 1026 swords, 162 sets of gear and 30 shields.
During this time, Taryn managed to forge connections with many big markets and strong nations in need of a reliable arms dealer. While most of the money of this large scale production was kept for the nation, the connections that were made during this endeavor would bring even more wealth to Taryn himself, as he could now sell his own production at the same ports.
==== A Blessing and a Curse ====
In the year 32 of the Fourth Era, Taryn's family would have its first expansion when his son, Turran Orneleus, was born to his wife Dyellah. During the pregnancy, Taryn was given a break from his duties to care for his wife, which he diligently did. One time, his wife felt the desire to eat a very specific fish that lived in the swamps to the south of Lyhnchai, and so Taryn went there to fish it himself.
On his way to the swamp, he met a curious gnome named Buchiski. He talked with the gnome about the ancient Idani tradition of consuming pufferfish, to which the gnome asked for a pufferfish to experience it himself. Sadly, Taryn hadn't caught one, and the bewildered gnome launched a curse saying "I curse you and all your descendants, your great great grandson will be afflicted with a terrible fate, which will turn him into a hungry werewolf every seventh night!!!".
The curse startled Taryn, but the gnome disappeared soon after leaving him with more questions than answers. He'd eventually catch the fish his beloved wife wished for and would take it to a cook in Lyhnchai to prepare it. When Dyellah had it for dinner, she looked like the happiest woman on Abexilas. Turran would be born a few months later in the month of Siyoinin, with his mother's hair.
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