Gustav II

Portrait of Gustav II during his time in Frankia

'Gustav' Jamal Okakura II */gOOs-taav juh-maal O-ka-ku-ra ðə ˈsɛkənd/* is a human man who currently resides in the Caelenidium. He is a shadowy religious figure who is involved with the mysterious Void Cult.

## Biography

**'Gustav' Jamal Okakura the second** was born near the night of 6000s in Jaria, a place whose existence is only substantiated by the claims of Gustav himself. There are no written evidence by Gustav II on his upbringing, but some scrolls from other sources indicated that he was raised among Jarian philosophers. Evidence of this is found in the vague descriptions of Jarian philosophies and politics in this first book, "Violence" circa day 13,374. There is no mention of his parents in any of his publications. There is no evidence to suggest that Gustav ever met his biological parents.

Gustav was a Jarian explorer, traveler, and writer who traveled through different nations and realms. His journey began in early 14000s. His travels are recorded in his journal (The Book of The Travels of Gustav), which described the mysteries in his life, thoughts, plans, and stories; also including the existence of the void and other supernatural phenomenon; and mentions his adopted children Maylani and Binks.

Though he was not the first Jarian to write about exploration and discovery of the vast new lands, Gustav was the first Jarian to write it in the common tongue. His journal inspired many other travellers to search the far west, and explore further beyond the sea line, which is the reason why his journal was renamed to, "The Book of The Travels of Gustav."

## Life

### Birthplace and origin

Gustav II was born near the night of 6000s in Jaria, in the city of Lorenzo, capital of the Jarian Republic. He was taken under the House of Okami-Kuraokami (Okakura for short), the representative of one of the four power houses in Jaria. Under house of Okami-Kuraokami, there were two sub-houses called Raijin and Fujin. Gustav was raised among Jarian philosophers, under the house of Raijin, he then later step up to live among the main house and become one of the representative of the house of Okami-Kuraokami at the age of 12.

### Origin of Gustav's name

Gustav II was named "Jamal the second" by one of the caretaker in House of Okami-Kuraokami. Gustav II is most often referred in the records of Jarian Republic as 'Gustav' Jamal Okakura the second. In order to bear the surname "Okakura", one must be under either one of these condition, for one is a foundling or one is a representative of Okakura House, which Gustav II met both of the conditions.

The name "Gustav the second" was given by one of the Jarian ruler after he served as a representative under the house of Okami-Kuraokami.

### Early life and Education

At the age of 6, Gustav II received an education in a private institution of literacy and art, where the members from the four main houses, and many more from sub-houses all studied at. Main focuses of the institution were natural philosophy, literacy, art, politics, and history. However, Gustav II was never good at politics, some of his writing even indicated that he despite it because he thought that he was not brave enough with politics.

At the age of 11, Gustav II expressed his feeling toward the on going war situation in Jaria. His thesis was called "Failing state of war." This thesis caught the attention amongst the Jarian rulers and later made public by the house of Okami-Kuraokami shorty after the end of the war, under the name of "The result of war." Although most of the content in his thesis were just stating the obvious, but it also made a lot of people reconsider their views on war. This very thesis was later adopted into one of the chapter in Violence.

At the age of 12, Gustav II become the second most youngest representative at House of Okami-Kuraokami (The youngest was 12 years and 9 days of age, Gustav was 12 years 2 months old.) Under the house of Okakura, Gustav received an extensive study and focused on his interest of intercultural studies, exploration, history, and art. He dedicated his life to house of Okami-Kuraokami until he first voyage to the far west at the age of 18.

## The Travels of Gustav

### Port City

Gustav II found himself upon the expanding stone walls of a port city (the name was unknown) after his first voyage to the far west. His presence was welcomed to the town, and its community. The ruler offered him a tiny little house outside on the town skirt. Ironically, after he spent around 5 to 6 months studying and exploring where he remained as a residential at the port city, the war emerged. During this time, he also finally finalized his book, Violence. After the first war, Gustav II was offered to become a philosopher in the city, and put under a responsibility of taking care of Cecilia library.

### Frankia

After yet another war at the port city, Gustav II chose to flee to Frankia after he received the news about the occupation of Jaria and that most of the civilian flee to Frankia. It is assumed that Gustav II adopted a child from Jaria during that time. The girl was named "Maylani", who was around the age of 7 at that time. Gustav II decided to adopt her because the resemblance was uncanny, she reminded him of his younger self. Gustav II spent almost 6 years in Jaria with her. During the period in Frankia, Gustav II worked in the royal hangar, where he acquired some knowledge about aircrafts, and aircraft building. He left Frankia upon receiving a message from his old friend from Port City about the relocation of the people. Gustav decided to take Maylani with him on his journey to yet another unknown land.

### Woodland City

Gustav II arrived at the exile state of a woodland city (the name was unknown) around the age of 30. Where something unexplainable happened during his voyage. It is assumed to be a witchcraft or some sort of wizard sorceries. Upon the arrival, Gustav II found his daughter in a shape of a red fox inside her room on the galleon. During his time in the woodland city, Gustav II did not have much reputation or work any jobs. Gustav II spent most of his time with her daughter and tried to find the cure to her curse. The only thing significant that he did during that time was to design a flag for the nation. Gustav II decided to leave Woodland City after he reckoned that there will be even more conflicts upon that land. He left shortly before the war emerge.

### Pyke

After receiving a map to Solveigeirs from Asger D. Ironsides and heard the new about this mystical land to the furthest west, he began his new journey after that, however he decided to leave Maylani out of this journey, and let her be under the care the authority at the woodland city this time. One of the major reasons was that it was commonly known that the west part of the world was dangerous, full of ghost ships, monsters of all kinds. The sea is poisonous and it is the place where the edge of the world is, some said it did not even exist. Even the captain of the ship thought that Gustav II was just a crazy man and he only took him to the desire location on the map because of his wealth. However, something strange happened, Gustav II described it as if something supernatural had happened to the ship, raging storm and waves broke the ship in half, and he sank deep under the ocean. Gustav II woke up to find himself upon the shoreline, somewhere in Pyke. His pigeon, "Discord" flew to him and brought Freya Østre Wolf with her. Gustav II did not do much in Pyke as he was just searching for a cure for her daughter in this mystical exotic land.

### Agaroth

Exactly during the destruction of Pyke, Gustav II was sailing on his hand built sloop on the quest of searching for the cure for Maylani. He found himself in a raging storm yet again, then a massive whirlpool formed under his sloop. The sloop and him were dragged toward the spinning vortex and flushed down deep under the ocean. "I lost my balance and collapsed to the deck floor. Not long after, my sloop was knocked down by the crashing tides …My body was flushed down by the rotating currents. I sank deeper and deeper as I tried to swim up. Before I lost consciousness, I saw a glimpse of the light from the sky. It appeared to me that.... there were cracks in the sky? The sky was breaking? However, I may have drank too much rum after all, so I can’t exactly believe what I saw, nor be sure that it was real" Gustav II described the incident in his journal. He also claimed that he saw "someone" when he was black out by the currents "I saw, someone ….Someone who looks almost like me ….Yet very different."

The text below is the full content from one of the torn page inside Gustav II's journal, "….The man who looked almost like me, dressed like people from Jaria, Do I know him?.….I tried to talk to him, but he did not respond.….He turned around and looked at me with a katana in his hand.….His presence was very calming yet intimidating. ….Our eyes locked, and a stare-down match began. I was hesitant to make a move because I did not know what his intention was, and he could have struck me down at any moment.….I tried to talk, and yet again there was no response.….Suddenly, he moved. He was running toward me. His feet were quick and silent. When he was approaching me, he launched himself into the air and struck me down. My body could not match up with his tremendous speed, I knew that I could not possibly dodge the hit, so instinctively I put my arms up to block the blade. It cut both of my arms deeply.….I tried to scream in pain, but I was already decapitated.….Then I woke up, in the same situation, and in the same place.….He was still standing in front of me.….Everything repeated, but this time I tried to dodge the blade. Even though I successfully dodged it, the second strike came too quickly for me to respond, and I was killed once again.….And it repeated.….I had lost count of how many times I tried to overcome the situation.….However, after countless attempts, I finally got my hand on the blade, and took it away from his hand.….Then it repeated yet again.….I looked at my hand, and his katana was on my hand. He was facing the opposite direction, his back was facing toward me.….I started running toward him, and launched myself into the air. I struck the blade down.….At that moment, I realised that he was wearing my clothes and I was wearing his.….It was too late for me to stop the blade.….After that, I woke up on a merchant vessel." This is how Gustav II described what he saw when he blacked out, and how did he come to Agaroth.

## Reputations

### The Voidwalker

Some time during the 17000s, Gustav II was given the title "The Voidwalker" by the keeper of the radiance (and later be recognized among the Void watchers around the same time). Gustav II did not became the Voidwalker by choice, the reason is that because the between favored him. Although there is no source that could confirmed when was he first encountered with the between, it is believed that the first incident occur back when he first came to Pyke. Gustav II described in his journal that he had been in contact with the Void watchers, and he also claimed that he had visited the Void temple. By first, he was talking to the watchers using the Void anchor (a machine that allows something to be transferred inside the void) and eventually the between took Gustav II to the Void temple, which it is assumed to be the place where Gustav II met the Void watchers. The following text is part of his journal that related to his encounters with what he called as "the void", "…One day, a weird, exotic machine.. appeared at the back of my ship... With a note...…The note was... It's quite foreboding.…I talked to the keeper about this. He said that the machine was... a void anchor. He was talking about someone who might know how to use it and such, but he, himself, did not know how to use it.…A couple days later, I got another note. Again, pretty strange. talking about togetherness, the void, and the in-between. …And again, I informed the keeper, and Phil too at the time. I decided to inform Phil this time because I found the message quite odd. Maybe it could disrupt the peace in Caelenidium, so it was best to inform her.….Then I realised something. I theorised that if the messages were sent through the anchor, I would be able to send them back as well, once it was activated from the other side. I talked to the keeper about this, and he advised me to give it a try. So I did. I wrote a note and placed it at the anchor. ….Some time later, the message was gone. I don’t know if it was sent or not, but no one could possibly have stolen it, right? I mean, why would they do such a thing anyway? So, I guessed my theory was right.….Then, yet again, I got another note. The message was along the same line. talking about the same thing. …What do they want? Are they a threat? I don’t know, but I think I will find out soon enough," and "…I have just… met the watchers. I am pretty sure it was the void this time. The keeper told me that he did sense it, and well... that.. Helmet-thing… they sent me kind of confirmed it as well….…So, I think I was… I don’t actually remember what I was doing before the void took me. However, I was sent.. To an empty realm? To the void or something along that line. The place I was sent to had no sky, no nothing. Everything around me was completely blank. The only things there were just floating islands, and a temple? I think, the architectural structure was very unique. Also, there was someone at the front of the temple dressed like they were part of some cult of something.…I was greeted by them, who was one of the void watchers. They introduced themselves, took me inside the temple, and explained what was happening, where I was, and such. The one that kind of guided me was called "Nali." Nali and I discussed to a great extent what was troubling my mind, like how I was going mental, why does the void favour me, and who are they or what do they want from me?…Oddly, the void watchers did not want anything to do with me. At least I got that expression from one of them, I think the name was "Okav?" I am not sure. Nali told me that they were just watching me. They were chosen by the void to watch over realms through a candidate like me, a Voidwalker, who, like I mentioned, is favoured by the void. …I don’t know whether I can trust them or not, but I feel like they are not threats either. The reason was that I was there, at the temple, because there was something I should know, something that they wanted to warn me about.…'All the void walkers meet the same fate...Death' and well, not because of old-age, the death cause is unnatural. …Well, yeah, so, yeah, that’s concerning… and well, I don’t know. They told me to embrace the void power, the "blessing", but like, doesn't it feel like a curse? I feel like it is a curse. …I don’t know.…And when I was about to be sent back, I was presented with a machine, Nali told me that it was a void cannon, a bigger version of the void anchor at the back of my ship. I stood inside the cannon, and then I was back at my ship. …I mean, on one hand, it is good to know that they are not threats, but on the other hand, well, you know…" It is assumed that the helmet he was referring to in his journal was the Void helmet that had been passed down from generation after generation.

### Beekeeper

During his time in Caelenidium, Gustav II had found himself a new hobby (possibly was to keep himself busy during the day). Under the order of Philomena Melaurum; the empress during that time, Gustav II was asked to build an apiary to sustainably produce honey and waxes in Caelenidium. Gustav usually spent his free time at the apiary, collecting honey and waxes, as well as smoking. It seemed like Gustav II had grown fond of the bees, which he also wrote his beekeeping experience inside one of the pages in his journal. The following is the text in his journal that is related to this topic, "…I think I am doing better now…? I mean I still have some nightmare about… a lot of things, I can’t really explain it. I think it’s… about the void? The between? Some supernatural magic stuff that I don’t know…….Still, yesterday.. I think I saw Maylani in my dream, she seemed lonely, she was hiding somewhere, in the dark and silence. I don’t know what to think of that, I have been searching for her for quite some time now. I don’t know what to do… I just hope she’s safe. Surely, she would not want me to be struck in this stage of misery. I should… take care of myself as well, I think. ….That is why, I tend to keep myself pretty busy these days. I’ve just gotten into beekeeping, and it is quite a fun activity to pass the time. Bees are great. I like bees and they seemed to like me back as well. ….Pretty cool, I would say. ….Bees." Under this page, Gustav also drew a scribble of a bee.

### Other Roles in Caelenidium

With the knowledge about aircrafts, Gustav II also dedicated some of his spare time on aircraft building. Gustav II build his own airship shortly after he decided to live in Caelenidium, his airship was called "The Copper Wraith", origin of the name was unknown, and Gustav II only vaguely mentioned her on his journal. The only text that could be found is, "On the bright side, my airship was finally completed.…For the past few days, I have been busy setting up my new home. After all the things that have happened, I think that the airship makes a lot of sense. I don’t wish to be sunk by the ocean anymore.….I eventually established myself and did a bit of exploring around the realm with my ship." Gustav II was also the leading engineer who contributed to the construction of the Caelenidium public airship, He also was the one who name it, "The Sunflower Blues."

### Street Performer (Former)

    In Frankia and Port City (as well as in Jaria during his last year), Gustav II would spent some free time singing at one of the fountain in the town square. Gustav II had never taken street performance professionally, as he was already had a job during both of the period. Although, in Port City, it was one of the main source of his income before he authorized his first book. Most of his performance were sang in Traditional Jarian, Jarian and Common Tongue. There was only one record on a scroll about one of his performances, and it would have sounded like this,

*Gustav II singing in Traditional Jarian.*

*Gustav II and Iwami singing in Common Tongue.*

## Abilities and Skills

* **Blink** : While wearing the Void Helmet, Gustav II was able to teleport in a short distance that allowed Gustav to move in and out of the combat, or the dangerous situation that he was in. It allowed Gustav II to be shifty, elusive, and evasive.
* **History of Natural Philosophy** : Gustav II had a relatively wide range of knowledge in natural philosophy, especially of Botany, Herbology, and Study of poison and medicine. Gustav was proficient in extracting toxin from the internal organs of the pufferfish. Although the extracted poison can be very deadly, Gustav often used a few dose it for his medication, as he mentioned to several individuals that the toxin helped him relief his physical pain.
* **Tea making** : Gustav II was quite knowledgeable in Tea making. He heavily relied on his knowledge of Botany and Herbology when making tea. He could make various type of tea and he did not really have a preference on any kinds. Usually, he would go with the ingredient that was easy to access regard on the region that he was residing at that time.
* **Mindfulness aptitude** : Despite his breakdowns and mental instabilities, Gustav II was incredibly present in the moment when he was in a dire situation, or when pushed. He proved to be a considerably great problem solver with his sharp decision makings and judgments. However, he was not much of a strategist, as he did not plan much ahead, and rather deal with the problems when it actually came.
* **Author Skills** : Throughout his life, Gustav II had written a good amount of books and theses about many things. Most of his fortune was also coming from selling his books and novels. It is estimated to be at least 80,000 copies of his books that have been printed and sold.
* **Artistic and Musical Skills** : Gustav II was decent when it came to drawing and painting, at some point of his early life, he was considering to become an artist but eventually he gave up his dream as his art did not gain him much wealth. However, after that he still occasionally painted somethings as one of his hobby. In the aspect of musical skill, Gustav II used to be a street performer, he used to spent some of his free time, singing and playing his guitar on the town square. Again, he was only decent in at it, but it was an activity that he found to be quite enjoyable. Other artistic hobbies of Gustav II consisted of poetry, wood craving, flower arrangement, candle making, and embroidery.
* **Physical aptitude** : Despite his peaceful and neutral orientations, Gustav II was in an brilliant physical condition, with a quite muscular built. He was physically strong and relatively fast.
* **Airship building** : Gustav II was a great airship builder, he had build at least 2 ships and assisted on many others. However, regarding to his Airship building skill, there was no evidence that he actually build the entire ship from scraps, it is assumed that he would likely be taken out parts and repurposed it, rather that actually making it.

## Relationship

### Family

#### Maylani Okakura

> *"You see Dad, if one doesn't talk much, it did not mean they have nothing to say, it means that they are hiding somethings*" - Maylani to Gustav II during the one of the Royal ceremonies at the Palace of the Franks
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Gustav II's intelligent, curious and lovely adopted daughter is, in many ways, the reflection of Gustav II himself. The relationship between the two of them began when Gustav II was fleeing from the occurring war in the Port City. Although they are very familiar in many ways, Maylani had far more interests in politics.

During their time in Frankia, Gustav II's relationship with Maylani seemed to be very close. Both of them lived in a large house near the Palace of the Franks. Gustav II usually spent a lot of time with Maylani, most of the time was spent on educating her. However, whenever Gustav II's presence was needed at the Royal hangar, he would assigned a nanny to look after her (and to teach her to common tongue as well). The subjects that Gustav II taught her were natural history, literacy, art, politics, and history. Although, Politics was not one of Gustav II's strong sides, from the record of Royal Frankia Library, it indicted that Gustav spent quite some time studying political books. Other that, Gustav II and Maylani usually spent their free time at the Royal garden, reading, drawing, or just hanging out. Since Maylani had grow fond of the tulip fields at the garden, Gustav would occasionally brought home a bouquet of tulips, especially blue tulips.

### Allies

#### Sylvania Rosewood

> *"I like to believe that even just having a memory of people is a blessing in disguise, ...they will continue to live through you, and in your heart."* - Sylvania to Gustav II in Caelenidium.
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Sylvania became friends with Gustav II after they first met at the builder storage house in Caelenidium during his first year living in the nation. They tended to get along quite well on a daily basis. It is assumed that Sylvania and Gustav II shared quite a few moment together, as Gustav also mentioned her in some pages of his journal. Sylvania and Gustav II were also quite similar in their manners, both of them were quite independent, largely process internally using their emotions, and had the tendencies to be rather chaotic.

In Gustav II journal, It is also stated that they have spent some time together hanging out in the apiary, in Caelenidium. They also shared some interests in music. The following is the related text from Gustav II's Journal, "…Today, I showed Sylwia my favourite spot to be at in Caelenidium—well, my second favourite spot actually. The most favourite one is obviously here, at my desk, on the airship ... I went to my ship to bring out my vinyl player and some of the disks I owned. I then started to play some music that I liked, and also provided a few insights about some songs that we listened to. However, it seemed like slow music wasn’t really much of her jam.…I asked her which songs would her would want to listen to, then I proceeded to play the songs she requested." However, as stated, they did not shared much on their taste in music.

#### Philomena Melaurum

> *"That's very unnerving, how will you ever live in peace knowing that?"* - Philomena expressed to Gustav II upon learning about the fate of the Voidwalkers.
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Philomena was the first person that Gustav II met in Agaroth. The two grew close together when Philomena invited Gustav II to live with her upon her sky island. Gustav II trusted her enough as she was one of the only few people that Gustav II told about the Void helmet. Gustav II would always asked Philomena for permission when doing something in Caelenidium and informed her about the threats upon the island. Not because that they were not good friends, just that Gustav II respected her as a friend, and an empress.

Philomena was also mentioned in Gustav II's journal, the following are some of the text about their relationship extracted from his journal, "….After a nice trip, the ship landed on a landing platform that was currently being built. I wandered around for a bit until I saw Phil. She greeted me and told me, “Look like you found my note." ...Phil took me to the Builder storage house, and gave me a temporary place to live nearby." From this text, It can be assumed that Philomena was rather kind to Gustav II.

#### Asger D. Ironsides

> "*Even the darkest of corridors, can be lit with the fire of your soul, Only once that flame is extinguished, will you truly be lost.*" - Asger's word to Gustav II upon the news of Maylani being missing.
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Asger and Gustav knew each other since Pyke, (WIP)

#### Eredin Brynhiild

> "*...honestly, I just don’t want people born into royalty (be) in power. They can live their lives richly without making the peoples lives worse, unless they truly know the world around them for themselves*" - Eredin to Gustav II during to one of the Election periods that was held in Caelenidium.
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First interaction between Eredin and Gustav II was regarding to the missing of Asger D. Ironsides. Although Eredin was younger than Gustav II, Gustav II would see him as a more experience individual and most often came to him to discuss about some supernatural, or some magical phenomenon that he had encountered. There relationship was always mutual, and natural toward each other. Eredin was also a neighbor of Gustav II in Caelenidium, occasionally Gustav II and Eredin would shared a moment together on the cliffside near their houses.

There is also a mentioning of Eredin in Gustav II's journal, as the following text, "…I came out of the ship and saw the Keeper (of the radiance) and Eredin. I told them about this incident. I believe that this was just another void encountered..." Again, this shows the level of trust that Gustav II have for Eredin.