Emile Aranas (C1)

## Emile Aranas

Sketch by Elisabet Folkesborough (2,847) of Emile Aranas, showing her admiration for the founding father who saved her sister Veronicha from a boating accident. Emile currently has the sketch framed within his flagship kirvain, CPS Arbiter.

### Titles

Second Founding Father of the Confederacy of Praymalic Kingdoms
First Chairman of the Confederacy of Praymalic Kingdoms
The Lone Wolf
Eye of the Calathine

### Parents

Nightstaul Aranas (2,799-)Sybelle Aranas (2,786-2,830)

### Children

Floris Aranas (2,844-)
Lancen Aranas (2,845-2,845)
Axelle Aranas (2,846-)

Emile Aranas is former high ranking young admiral in the Confederation of Praymalic Kingdoms, the second Founding Father, and the first Chairman of the nation. Emile was the black sheep of House Aranas, focusing on sailing and naval warfare over magic, however he has limited experience with shadow magic.

Emile immediately jumped to Clemons' side when the Aquarine Insurgency began, and he eventually managed to convince the Kingdom of Aranaster to join the Confederacy through talks with King Krennan II. Emile currently resides in Keel as of the Gilnean Civil War, however talks with Krennan II, Krennan III, and Emile's father, Nightstaul, have led to a future proposal of Emile organizing and pioneering an Aranastian Aquarine.

## **Personality**

Emile is known for being spontaneous, aggressive, and arrogant, however his intelligence surpasses all the negative traits. He often gets angry when junior officers fail to identify a weakness or fails to act during the moment in a ever changing battlefield environment. Emile treats his countrymen with respect until he has a reason not to, in which Emile tends to hold long grudges, even after the issue is settled. Emile is fanatical for the Confederacy and the Aquarine, serving the nation and organization with utmost diligence until his dying day.

## **The Eternal Struggle (Childhood)**

Despite Emile being born in Aranaster City, he spent most of his childhood in Arrington living with his mother due to his father disowning him at a young age because his mother was a mistress and not his wife. He originally lived in a small three bedroom one bathroom house in Nesselore District, Arrington City, this is where he would spend the majority of his childhood up until he was thirteen. His grandfather who owned the house would die when Emile was six, this caused Sybelle to turn to prostitution in order to support her son and keep the house. Emile would attend school with the richer Lordaeronian-Gilnean kids in Nesselore, as primary school was free and encouraged to those in Nesselore District. Emile would find himself on top of every class, focusing on school as a hobby of sorts to keep himself distracted from life at home. Around the time Emile became ten, his mother turned to alcohol and drugs in order to help her escape reality, as raising a son alone without any assistance would take a major toll on her mental and physical health.

At 44 years old, Sybelle would be killed by an Aerenwerst Bandit, when she walked in on a robbery at her friend's shop in Aerenwerst District. Emile, having no mother and no job, would be forced to turn to the streets in order to survive, his house being seized by the Arrington Council and resold to a wealthier family. Emile would head north into the Aerenwerst District, making a living by joining the Aerenwest Brigandship. Emile's intelligence would be noted by the Capo, Ursen Noonan, who would shape Emile into becoming a deadly assassin. Ursen was a lone wolf type character, who despite having leadership and men at his disposal, would rather get jobs done alone. This mindset would be passed on to Emile, who already believes he is a chosen one of sorts due to his immense level of intelligence, and this would be the beginning of creating a dangerous man. Around this point in time when Emile is nearing fourteen, his childhood would unofficially be over, and the life of a bandit would replace what little innocence he has left inside him.

## **Strategist of the Aerenwerst Brigandship**

Emile would quickly become the most revered strategist within the Aerenwest Brigandship, with even Noonan taking advice from the young, but bright young man. He would plan out multiple successful heists, which would increase the wealth of the Aerenwerst Brigandship, and in turn expand membership sixfold. By the time Emile turned sixteen, his name was already known not only throughout the Aerenwerst Brigandship, but also other Brigandships within Arrington. A bounty of 10,000 Abards would be placed on his head by the Capo of the Nesselore Brigandship, who feared the prominent clandestine strategist. Emile would often switch his hairstyle and clothing in public, attempting to blend in with the surrounding populace. At age seventeen, Emile would orchestrate a massive heist upon the stronghold of the Nesselore Brigandship. Using intel from inside sources, Emile would organize the heist when numbers at the stronghold would be lowest. Emile would lead the heist himself, having about fifty men with him. The heist would turn out to be a huge success, and it would result in the death of the Nesselore Capo, as well as their savings and valuables being stolen. This would weaken the Nesselore Brigandship significantly, but above all it would accentuate the hatred already present between the rival brigandships. The "Grand Sereth Heist" as it would be called, named after the Nesselore Stronghold, would lead to a eight year long "war" between Aerenwerst and Nesselore.

Shortly after the death of the Nesselore Capo, the new Capo would order an attack upon the Aerenwerst Stronghold, The Exclave, which would be an elaborate underground network of pathways which could be used to easily traverse Arrington. The portion of the Exclave going underneath Nesselore would be destroyed, only to be rebuilt in the future during the rise of the AWNL. Ursen Noonan, Capo of the Aerenwerst Brigandship, and mentor of Emile, would be killed in the Nesselore retaliatory attack. Emile would escape in the ensuing chaos, using his high ranking position to access the wealth and escape with 6,000 Abards. He would flee to Keel City, where he would realize a newfound passion for ships and the sea. Emile would rent a house in Rotherham District, a poor coastal district in central Keel City. He would also have enough money to attend Keel Academy, using transcripts from his schooling in Arrington as validation of his intelligence and studies. He would be approved a mere three days after submitting the request, Gilneas needing fledgling officers with growth potential and a drive for greatness.