Ale

"The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on."
-Ale
== History ==
A member of the monastic order trained at the Arctic Ice Temple, Ale was among the first heroes to join Perduke's order, although he remained distant from the events surrounding Emperor Monopoly's rise. After the advent of Lord Alpha's mind-slavery, Ale would become the Temple's guardian, entering a meditative state and entombing himself in ice. This would allow him to retain his personality and free-will, at the price of withdrawal from the outside world. As a Lord in service to Arendur, he would become an active participant in the Great Crusade, warring with the giants of the north. He did not follow Tolumvire into exile, nor make any attempt to seek him out upon his return. For all practical purposes, he was content to return to his life as an adventurer.
Frazon and Ale would join the Reich Nördlich-Nadezhda-Jotunheim alliance against the Windwalker, fighting for Abi Eodauga.  
== Personality ==
One of the shrewder Lords, praised for his intelligence. Little was known of him, for he stayed peripheral to the Final Empire. He was considered grim, and meditated under a layer of ice. He counted Lord Frazon amongst his only friends, and was able to resist Lord Alpha's mind-slavery. Morso than most monks, he was a worldly figure, having won his name from his fondness for drink. He paid little attention to his appearance or manner, and was described as malodorous and somewhat abrasive, with an abrupt sense of humor.
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
Being in the north at the time, Lord Ale saw much of the war upfront. Disdainful of all the warring powers, he and Frazon would accompany refugees from one sacked city to another, from Utgard to Torzhestvo and at last to the Northern Administrative Outpost. 
== After the War ==
The two of them would adopt disguises after the fall of the Final Empire, and hide in an abandoned mansion near the Northern Administrative Zone Outpost. Ale would go by the name of Betrun Mönch - short for Betrunkener Mönch - drunken monk. 
== The Great Awakening ==
The Great Awakening was the signal to Frazon and Ale that the Long War had begun. They emerged from hiding and allied themselves to King Knil of Tyrsea, to take the fight directly to the gods. Category:Lords
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