Ceuddin Ordeff

Ceuddin Ordeff (Millertym)

Ceuddin Ordeff (Millertym) is a Sborau person who resides in the city of Fornost in the nation of Aurora. Ceuddin is the head of the Ordeff Clan, the only house of surface-dwelling Sborau people. He is well known for his involvement with the Order of the Aurora, and currently serving as Queen Maryden of Aurora's second in command, as her Akeri's Hand.

## Birth - Surface

Not much is known about Ceuddin Ordeff's beginnings, as the Sborau people are non-sentient until around their 10th year of life. Past that, Ceuddin was raised within a tribal Sborau clan that went by the name of Ordeffhal. The Ordeffhals were known among the local Sborau community for their intense selective process to be accepted into the clan. Any moss-born Sborau (Moss-Born referring to the non-sentient growth stage in a Sborau lifetime) which are perceived as weak or inferior are destroyed immediately.

In Ceuddin's adolescence, he quickly became a renowned warrior amongst the Ordeffhals, often times being used to challenge other tribes for superiority over disputed territories. Due to the tribal traditions that the Sborau people practiced, Ceuddin engaged in countless duels to the death with other Sborau people.

Ceuddin continued this life-style for many years until it was interrupted by a conflict which had broken out within the Ordeffhals. A new adolescent, of an unknown name, had experienced abnormal growth and had became easily the largest and undoubtedly the most physically capable Sborau any of the Ordeffhals had ever seen. However, this adolescent was incapable of intelligent thought, and seemed to be only capable of expressing theirself through brutal shows of violence, even against their own tribe. Many of the Ordeffhals sought to banish this adolescent from the tribe, however an equally large amount of Ordeffhals wished to allow their stay in order to be utilized against enemy tribes in the region.

Ceuddin found himself aligning with those who wished to exile the adolescent. Eventually, he took it into his own hands, and gathered two other members of the Ordeffhals, Deallius and Teyrin, to surprise the adolescent and restrain him, in order to dispose of him permanently. This plan went awry, and led to all three Sborau being overpowered and forced to retreat. The attack sent the adolescent into an uncontrollable rage, as they began ruthlessly attacking every member of the tribe which approached them. Unable to stop the attack, the Ordeffhals were forced to flee the region, as they scattered in every direction.

Ceuddin, Deallius, and Teyrin found themselves together once more, as they began their long journey through the deep reaches of the realm. They soon, by pure chance, stumbled upon an entrance to the surface of the world in around 70 SMP. This turned out to be the deep-reaching mines of the city of Fornost.

## The Surface - Northport War

Following the discovery of the Surface, Ceuddin took an immediate liking to it. The sunlight provided a source of energy Ceuddin had never experienced before. Teyrin and Deallius felt similarly.

Fortunately for Ceuddin, the local residents of Fornost took him and his tribe-mates in with open arms. Ceuddin found it difficult to navigate around the surface at first, as his echo-location abilities had to adjust to the new environment. Eventually, Ceuddin and his tribe-mates registered themselves as brothers when applying for official citizenship in Aurora. Furthermore, Ceuddin reformed his name, shortening it for simplicity, and creating the Ordeff Clan with Deallius and Teyrin.

After a few years of residency in Fornost, Ceuddin was told of a war brewing within Haven. This led to Ceuddin signing up for the Order of the Aurora, as he felt he owed it back to his nation. This war became the Minute Man War in Falnir. Soon after Falnir, Ceuddin was deployed in the Allium-Coalition War in the Battle of New Dorrasterrok.

In-between deployments, Ceuddin became a follower of Pavlovism, and often-times dedicated his free time to learning about the religion. He continues his involvement with Pavlovism to this day.

Following his two deployments, Ceuddin became increasingly skilled in combat due to rigorous training with the Order. This saw Ceuddin deployed on many other conflicts, notably the Uldarashi Civil War, and the Entente-Uldarash War. During this time, Ceuddin was knighted, and became a trainer for the Order of The Aurora and Uldarash.

During Ceuddin's service in the Uldarashi army (Due to Aurora being a member state of Uldarash) Ceuddin found himself increasingly patriotic for Uldarash. This led to the collapse of Uldarash heavily effecting Ceuddin's mental wellbeing, as he fell into a depression. Ceuddin pulled himself out of this however when he determined that he would become a political activist, promoting staunch Uldarashi nationalism and the revival of Uldarash.

With Ceuddin's new purpose determined, he began a years-long research on the topic of the Uldarashi collapse, interviewing notable formerly Uldarashi political figures. With this research, Ceuddin wrote and published a book, titled *Manifesto of Uldarash.* The book promoted Ceuddin's ideals of Uldarashi nationalism, and heavily criticized the current state of Haven.

Shortly after his manifesto was published, the Northport War broke out, and forced Ceuddin to refocus his efforts away from politics and towards the defense of Aurora.

## Northport War - Current

With the Northport War having broke out, Ceuddin found himself spending much less time focusing on politics and writing, instead contributing to the defense of Aurora. During which, Ceuddin was promoted to the rank of Paladin in the Order of the Aurora. Having joined the Order command, Ceuddin aided in planning the defense of Northport.

Almost immediately after the defenses in Northport were complete, the first Siege of Northport began. Ceuddin assisted King Aurelian in leading the 1st Auroran corps during the battle. In the midst of the fighting, Ceuddin was severely injured, requiring him to be pulled from the battle temporarily in order to be provided medical attention. However, having been provided with temporary rapid healing techniques, Ceuddin was able to return to the battle relatively quickly. The first battle ultimately ended in an NDA retreat.

The Second Siege of Northport took place within a few months after the first. Ceuddin Ordeff once again assisted King Aurelian in the 1st Auroran Corps. Ceuddin was severely injured once again in the midst of the battle, and required the same rapid treatment in order to return to the fighting. The battle resulted in a decisive Auroran victory.

Shortly after the Northport War unofficially ended, Ceuddin founded the Uldarashi Society. The society, based off of the ideas of Ceuddin's Manifestos and other political beliefs hoped to bring Uldarash back to Haven. The Society saw rapid growth initially, and was successful in bringing many leaders and other prominent figures in Haven together to begin a dialogue.

The Uldarashi Society continued it's tireless work towards a better future for Haven, creating loose plans and documents in order to eventually reform Uldarash. The Society by this point had gained the membership and support of the majority of leadership from former Uldarashi States.

After many years of discussion, planning, and organization, the leadership of Haven reformed Uldarash under the Imperial Federation of Uldarash. This meant that Ceuddin had finally seen his primary political goal accomplished.

Ceuddin was appointed Marshal of Uldarash's Imperial Army shortly after the formation of the Imperial Federation. Unfortunately, his tenure in this position was short lived, due to an unconstitutional and largely controversial removal and replacement of his position with an outsider who the Imperial Senate believed would do a better job of managing their army. This led to Ceuddin's immediate exit from the Imperial Federation entirely as he renounced his citizenship there and became once again a full-time citizen of Aurora. The Imperial Senate later issued a public apology to Ceuddin, but at that point, those who were close to Ceuddin in Uldarash had already exited for similar reasons to Ceuddin, giving him little incentive to return.

Upon becoming once again a full-time citizen of Aurora, Ceuddin focused heavily on becoming an involved member of the nation, especially within the Order of The Aurora. He took up logistics work under then head of the Logistics Corps, Oranje McSpiegel. In this time, Ceuddin received a long-awaited promotion to Sentinel, and soon after, was invited to join the Auroran King's Council. He now manages Auroran Logistics as head of the Corps.

Ceuddin continues his work as a Sentinel and Council Member in the Kingdom of Aurora to this day.