Timerius The Great

*Page Status: Accepted Canon*

Timerius Katzius "The Great" was a Nivoan senator and general, his accomplishments in wars and as a statemen, more specifically The Blackmore War granted him the title of "The Great". During his lifetime he was one of the founders of Nivoa, he founded the fortified port of Granva, planned the great Heinfren Bastion and Westpeak fort. His life ended by the hands of the Kosbian Emperor in the Battle of Honeybay.

#### The Story of Timerius

> *Taken from Timerius' journal in Granva*
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My story begins in the East, a place so far it is not even mapped. I was the son of a simple farmer, called Legides Katzius, living under a small kingdom named Tiros. As a child I was always interested in the art of war, so using the little money we had, I bought a book and read… How was it called? “The Battle of Hedrimar Bay”, Yes, that was the name. Well anyways, after I read this book I used the knowledge I got with it to get some more books, and as I aged, and finally turned 16, I joined the army.

My time at the army was mostly just guarding the border towns or small forts, from time to time we had these small skirmishes everyone knows, but nothing major, until the start of the Mitoran-Tirosian War. For context Mitoria was a large kingdom near Tiros, this kingdom always threatened our existence but we always evaded a major conflict with them due to our king’s diplomatic skills (Basically he sent his daughters to marry the Mitoran Nobles Council), But as our king died and our ties with Mitoria ended they waited only 27 months until they invaded us.

And so, the changing point in my life has begun.

My time at the army was mostly just guarding the border towns or small forts, from time to time we had these small skirmishes everyone knows, but nothing major, until the start of the Mitoran-Tirosian War. For context Mitoria was a large kingdom near Tiros, this kingdom always threatened our existence but we always evaded a major conflict with them due to our king’s diplomatic skills (Basically he sent his daughters to marry the Mitoran Nobles Council), But as our king died and our ties with Mitoria ended they waited only 27 months until they invaded us.

And so, the changing point in my life has begun.

I was promoted to be a Commander, specifically the commander of a Cavalry division. Learning from the past, to anticipate the future, I used the speed of horses to destroy my enemies and force them to surrender, forcing them to obey me, obey my will and in extent - The king’s will. However, as I single handedly won the war for this ungrateful king, he demoted me to a foot soldier and gave my role to another moron noble that had no talent nor skills, only money. Doing all that while he sat, feasting in his great castle, and wasting the money of the Kingdom. Enraged, I took my loyal companions and left Tiros, swearing that if I ever come to power, I will always give people roles according to their skills, and not their titles or money.

And so, I left west, seeking to live by myself the rest of my life. I traveled for weeks until I arrived at a village between a valley, where I met three people, one of which became a great friend of mine, A Forsvarian, Orche, his name was. Together we decided to settle there and find our own nation: Nivoa, The Technocratic Republic of Nivoa, a nation that values efficiency, just as I wanted.

Fast we saw how effective our system is, our economy was great and our power was even greater. Soon we met the Kingdom of Grimsburg, led by the wise King Aguila. Grimsburg was very close to us, the only thing separating us was the strategic Blackmore Peaks, these mountains were a source of tension for Grimsburg and Nivoa, and soon we went to war.

The Blackmore War, At first we built some more forts on our borders, and I hired a mercenary named Skard. We later became good friends, but had our differences.

I led the armies of Ilios and Nivoa, and achieved victory. My strategy relied on deception, as I read in one book “All war is deception”, we took all of their forts fast and won the war.

We annexed their southern half, so to insure our borders I built the grand fort of Granva, which later I turned into a port. In this port, I met Edwin, a warmongering man whom we sent to spy in Kosbia, but what we didn’t know, The Kosbians were more appealing to him, and so, he defected to Kosbia and in the long run, is the reason this war has started.

Luckily he died from his wounds after the skirmish in Honeybay Island.

> *This was written a few days before the Battle of Honeybay, where Timerius lost his life.*
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#### Trivia

Timerius' bastard son Tigetius was taken by Skard Rolfsson to be raised in Vinterfold, later in his life Tigetius set out to retake his father's weapons, armor and castle in Granva. He took the items, however he lacked support foreign support, hence he returned to the north to settle in with one of the tribes. Some say the descendants of Timerius still travel the north, seeking to claim their birthright.

Timerius' axe *Conqueror* was inherited by Skard. But ultimately was returned to Nivoa following Skard's murder in Nivoa.