Dozen fel Ammona

Dozen fel Ammona was an Urilian who became famous for leading the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1697, and for founding the Frozen Few, a guild of explorers, geographers and naturalists which would soon stray far from its original purpose after Dozen's death, becoming a tight-knit clique of wealthy and powerful Urilian elites which would infamously betray the Nesarian Empire and cause it to lose the First World War. Dozen is also known for making the first direct sea voyage from Inecuria to South Africa, discovering Manicoria, and discovering the Frozen Corpse.

Dozen came from the wealthy aristocratic fel Amonna dynasty, the noble house which ruled over the county of Ammona in Urili and which by the 1600s had come to control most of the tea production in Rulcaria. Dozen was not in the line of succession for the County, but still had great wealth and great ambition. He became interested in the study of geography and wildlife, and was enthralled by the stories of the explorers of old. Despite growing up in a warm country, Dozen was a great lover of the cold - which he himself put down to being born in the winter of 1649, the coldest in centuries - and so he turned his sights southwards, desiring to seek what lay beyond the great ocean.

## First Expedition - Voyage to Africa

Though Dozen planned to explore the mysterious icy continent of the far south, he first desired to test his abilities and claim his place in history by becoming the first explorer to sail directly from Inecuria to Africa, straight across the tumultuous Indian Ocean rather than following the Asian coast. With the fastest and most sturdy ocean-going vessel he could pester his parents to buy, he set off from Draconica in September of 1690 at the age of 21, with a crew mostly composed of his Urilian kin, but additionally with two Harpies who could act as lookouts by flying high up, a Cisen in charge of managing rations, and the cook was an Unkhori Orc.

Dozen miscalculated their trajectory, sending the ship further due south than he planned, but this proved to be a fortunate mistake as it landed the expedition on a chilly archipelago, giving the crew the chance to set their feet upon dry land, perform maintenance on the ship and acquire more food through hunting seals. Dozen set the Imperial flag upon the land, but could not think of a name. One of the crew suggested *In Runa Oti*, a Nesarian phrase which roughly translates as "that land over there", which served as a temporary name until Empress Avotea was informed of the discovery and asked to choose a name. She also struggled to think of one, but eventually decided upon Manicoria, the name by which the archipelago is known today.

After stopping at *In Runa Oti*, Dozen used the exceptionally clear weather to read the stars and correct the ship's course, sending them on a direct route to Africa. They arrived in the Dutch Cape Colony, their peculiar appearance startling the locals, barely getting by until they came across a man who spoke Nesarian, who could translate for them and help them purchase supplies. From there, they headed back to Inecuria on the normal route, following the coast of Asia.