Gae-Al Katho-Olavi

**Gae-Al** is a former shaman of King of Kudal, who staged a coup with his bodyguards and killed him. Gae-Al is a man of tradition and knows a lot of things about Nature Magic.

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Kabala (Wife)Kasala (Concubine)

Kedela (Concubine)

Kusha (Concubine)

## **Personality:**

Gae-Al is a man of tradition and xenophobia, not trusting around outsiders, but dilligent in his work and duties. Yet he is also stubborn, dismissive of others opinions when he has one instead. However, he is great in appeasing his subjects, and capable in fending off his political rivals by either murder, or traditional combat trials.

## **Backstory:**

Born to the shaman of the previous king of the Kuhals, Gae-Al was raised on the assumption that he would take on his mother’s position as shaman, being the eldest and most likely the most magically gifted of the shaman’s offspring. Therefore, he would learn the primal magical arts of his people which usually precluded many blood sacrifices to fuel rituals, curses and blessings. This developed a sense of inquisitiveness and magical affinity in the young Kuhal, which would lead him to be believed one of the more intelligent of their species, though it was simply a frail façade that had developed which meant that he remained a true Kuhal with a streak for ruthlessness and the mindset of the ‘survival of the fittest’, most in part due to his father’s teaching who was a warrior. The father, though, did not remain for much of his children’s lives as he one day simply left for the Salahan Empire in search of an ancient blade and never returned. With his shaman mother taking over all of their training completely, the children were taught to adhere strictly to the codes and laws of the Kuhal, as they were supposed to pass on these teachings onto the rest of their people. Gae-Al and Keothi did so, while Kuori had a rebellious streak in her early life, which led to her never truly believing in their traditions. The children were also taught to value their kind above all else, due to the survivalist mindset that developed after the Cataclysm and that they were to afford no respect to other kingdoms and races unless the best interests of the Kuhal folk called for otherwise. With these teachings came also the resentment for other peoples and kingdoms, due to them recovering and building kingdoms after the Cataclysm, while the Kuhal were driven to live like savages in the mountains.

Several years would pass, and the three children of the royal shaman would grow into adults, with the sisters going to serve as personal guards to the king, while the shaman would eventually inherit his mother’s position after she passed away in her sleep – an unusual feat for a Kuhal to say the least. More years would pass, and the previous king died, only to be replaced by his son, who many of the elders and high-ranking Kuhal in the court saw as weak, who they considered so weak that he would lead their people into further decline. Blunder after blunder occurred, before he would anger a significant portion of his court, and alienate the few supporters that he had initially. After a failed raid into Salahan territories, that was the final straw for many. Spearheaded by Kuori and Keothi, they would organise a conspiracy to depose the current king and kill him, and only him as he failed to sire an heir in all this time. The sisters would receive the backing of most of the nobles and elders behind their plan – to put on the throne their brother, the current royal shaman. While this decision seemed strange to many, the shaman had not only proven himself to be of a strong magical affinity, but also politically shrewd as he was responsible for managing many of the king’s mistakes, and preventing the worst of consequences. Yet the conspiracy would not receive the direct support of Gae-Al, as he was a rigid adherent to the laws of their people, but neither did he act against it or inform the king. So, on a starry night, the king had his throat opened by his own bodyguards, and on the next day, the new shaman king of Kuhal was crowned by the convened nobles, elders and his sisters.

## **Powers and Items:**

**Sacrificial Dagger (Special Item):** Shaman-King uses it in mass sacrifices, be they of animals or untelligent beings.

**Fake Eye (Special Item):** Gae-Al uses this eye to view other´s thoughts.

**Shamanistic Staff:** User is a shaman, and as such needs his staff as a catalyst for magic.

**Quick-witted:** This user is an intelligent man.

## **Trivia:**

-Character made by Vladislav the Seducer for War of Stars and Dragons RP server.