Rex Litrus I

== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Born in the far mid-east of Eldham in the city of Sodalis in now nation of Drackar, Litrus served in the local feudal militia for the city. During the wars with the other cities, Litrus found himself as a valuable warrior and commander rising through the ranks at an accelerated rate stalled only by the oliagarchs incharge of the city, now under the Mercurian Republic, after 11 years at the age of 30, he eventually made it to the rank of General of the 2nd Army.
=== Order of Sol ===
During his time as General, Litrus was in a long grueling war with a larger neighboring kingdom, while the war was going in the favour of Litrus' side it had grown to a stalemate with each battle doing nothing but loosing more and more men. It was before a battle like this that Litrus and the 2nd and 3rd Armies had found themselves camped at the root of a mountain when he (Litrus) had a dream with a light telling him to ascend the mountain, at first he ignored the dream when he woke, this happened 2 more days and on the final night before the army was due to leave, Litrus finally succumbed and hiked to the top of the mountain alone.
It was at the top of said mountain that Litrus had his first meeting with Sol, the King of the Gods. most of this meeting was left undisclosed to the public, however what is know is that Litrus received from Sol three books; Book of First Light, detailing the creation of the world; Book of the Forge, detailing everything from the fall of Kannan until the giving of the three books, and the Book of Hammered Steel, is the story of everything from the giving on the books, indefinitely into the future containing the finding of the Land of Gold and Milk and the fall of man. 
When Litrus came down from the mountain he had been named the Mouth of Sol in Eldham with his speech to his army converting the 2nd and 3rd armies as well as a local village. After this Litrus went on to command the rest of the conquest of the opposing Kingdom. He was expected to return for a victory parade in the capital, the city of his birth, however in a strange now-legend he marched the 2nd and 3rd armies across the world, looking for the "Land of Gold and Milk" promised by Sol to his followers. It was on this march that the militant Order of Sol was first coined as the highest officers and devotees began to converge into what is today know of the Orders hierarchy.
=== Founding Holy Kingdom of Heliosos ===
By the time the "pilgrims" had reached the area of the now known as Tovarheim, previously [[Heliosos, the 2 armies had becomes around the size of 2 divisions, it was mainly due to this, as well as loss of supplies and pure exhaustion that Litrus chose the now infamous area as the place to stop. He and his friend, the other General by the name of Kai, collaborated with two local leaders: Nyx and Cato, and developed the local town, renaming it Solador in honour of Sol.
Not long after the initial founding of Solador and Heliosan rule over the area, the troubles began for the young kingdom. It became evident to Litrus that his small city was surrounded on all sides by enemies: to the north and east was the Empire of Aristios, and to the south was a small enclave of Tarxien. 
==== Tarxien Crisis ====
It can only be said that it was Litrus and his two trusted friends, Steppe and Kai, who managed to avoid the whole mess spilling into open conflict. Litrus' views on Tarxien, its religion and its king often vary depending on the source material - however from what has been found of the Rex's personal writings he remained cordial with the the dwarven king, ignoring the mans religion and species in order to avoid a conflict, which worked, even if the best outcome (an alliance) was ruined by small war-dog factions within the Holy Kingdom itself.
==== Aristios Crisis ====
The situation didn't deescalate however for as soon as the Tarxien situation was resolved Litrus had to turn his attention north to the Empire of Aristios, what followed was perhaps the most tense moments of Heliosan history as, deals were exchanged, threats of warfare and invasion were thrown, takeovers and more. It was by sheer luck and lots of letters that Litrus managed to avoid distruction and hold the kingdom together, this however, took its toll on the Rex.
=== Illness, Abdication and Death ===
==== The Grand Imperium of Sol ====
Not long after the Aristios Crisis had been solved Heliosos began experiencing a renaissance, the City of Solador was drawing to its completion the Sun Palace was beginning its construction, the Temple of Sol, the largest Temple to the god, was nearing its finnishing, a small city by the name of Apolis had voted to join the Kingdom as its first territorial expansion after converting to Solism, closely followed by the expansion of southern borders into Tarxien after an exodus of the tarxien dwarves, as well as a party which headed north up the Draco Flumen, the river that runs along the edge of Solador, to find new lands to settle in. However, the toll of the pilgrimage and the subsequent crisis took its toll on Litrus' health and while walking the palace gardens in his morning routine he suffered a stoke. 
Almost immediately the City was in disarray, the top advisors attempted to carry on life as normal while assuring the public that the Rex was alright, however a group of Councilors, notably the Head of Intelligence - a man named Issac - and the notable Cato, took the chaos as a chance to launch a coup, thankfully bloodless - in which Issac named himself Prorex Imperialis, the Imperial Regent, locking the other Councillors and advisors out of the city unless they swore allegiance to him, and declaring that Sol had chosen the people of Heliosos to destroy all infidel especially the Dwarves and Aristii People and declaring the Grand Imperium of Sol placing the Rex Litrus I under house arrest even tho he was in a coma.
The problem was soon resolved however with the incident lasting a little over 3 months in which the soon to be Rex, Poke was voted as chancellor and the usurper, Issac was named regent until Litrus' return. After he awoke from his coma Litrus retook the role of Rex, Issac disappeared into a self imposed exile never to be seen again, and the councilors reformed the Kingdom into a semi-constitutional monarchy.
==== Abdication ====
Even though the Coup had been defeated and Loyalist forces waved the flag of Heliosos above the palace, what began was a period of expansion (peacefully) under the new Grand Council; the Kings son, Trunkta, was made the mayor of Apolis; the Golden Sun City was founded north of the Great Desert; and the Rex collaborated with other Solist states to form the CSS. However, the one thing that did not change was the Rex's health, experiencing severe bouts of illness growing with each year. So, on the 19th of September 2021 Rex Litrus I made an announcement to his nation that he would step down as Monarch, leaving his nation, people and trust in the hands of the Grand council who would vote on a new Regent until the Rex's son, Trunkta, was old enough to take the throne.
==== Death ====
With his Abduction and now retirement now in effect, the 80 year old monarch moved into the Temple of Sol outside the Inner city, where he spent the next two years in deep worship toward the god he had met on the mountain, Sol. However, a man is still a man, and two years after his abdication before he could see his son as monarch, Rex Litrus I died peacefully in his sleep. His burial place is unknown due to the fear that his tomb might be sacked, but the three most likely places are: under the Temple of Sol, in the catacombs under the Inner City, or on-top of the highest mountain overlooking Solador which can be seen from the palace windows.
Category:Traveler's Era