Chariz Lucio

**Chariz Lucio** was born from the deep depths of Rathnir, likely formed from carbon compressed under pressure into diamond. He rose to the surfaceshortly after his creation, passing through caves and mines on his way. He wandered through the forest until he found Stinlin, a fledging settlement that likely has since been lost to time. There he met Beatup, the first creature he met after his inception. Beatup asked his name, and as though he had even though about it, Chariz said, "Chariz Lucio".

## Biography

### Early life

Stinlin was quite a beautiful place, being located in the taiga, and it was there that Chariz learned how to make tools, harvest wood, farm, and many other things that are important to life in Rathnir today. Stinlin wasn't very populated which allowed Chariz to learn everybody's names and learn new things. Chariz didn't stay long however, as a week after he arrived, Stinlin was raided by bandits who destroyed the town, and sent people fleeing from the area. Chariz never heard from the people who lived in Stinlin again.

### Farafin

Chariz traveled long and far searching for a place to live, until he stumbled upon Farafin. There he built a hut and learned about the nether, a place he had never really heard of before. Since Chariz lived in Farafin he was also a citizen of Huitica, which allowed him to visit the huge and prosperous cities of Huitica, like Aequalis, Tlahatl and Alaar. Chariz was stunned by the size and architecture of the cities and hoped to one day found his own. Eventually his opportunity would come, when the new area of Eldham was discovered.

### Journey to Eldham

The trip to Eldham was a long one, and Chariz wasn't exactly excited for it. He packed his bags and said farewell to Farafin and set out on his trip. While sailing his ship in the sea between Rathnir and Eldham, he started to see weird things happen in the sky, and eventually he started hearing weird sounds as well. He heard the word aciest, which was a word that didn't seem to be from any language he had heard before.

### Aciester and Aciestism

By the time he had reached Eldham, he had concluded that the sounds and images in the sky must have been the work of a god. Due to hearing "aciest" a lot on his trip, he decided to name the new deity he had discovered aciestoros. Chariz was still not completely sure if what he had seen was real, until other people who had traveled to Eldham said they recounted the same experience. With this knowledge, Chariz, and a group of people who had experienced the same thing decided to found a settlement called Aciester, dedicated to their god Aciestoros. Aciester was founded inside of a frozen mountain, with most of the people living inside of the mountain itself, however a few people settled on the outskirts of the mountain. Eldham was still newly discovered and unsettled which gave rise to huge banditing attacks all around around the land. Due to this, a new citizen of Aciester name Vype recommended building a wall, so Chariz started construction of a wall around Aciester, however it was never finished. After traveling to nearby settlements Chariz learned Aciester was claimed by KATO, a military alliance of Rathnir. KATO hadn't actually done much with the land yet and only had one small settlement within their massive claim, so it was decided to just ignore the issue, as KATO wasn't strong enough in the region to do much.

Aciester had never had a governing document, so Vype and a group of others decided to write one. The constitution gave most of the power to Vype and his gang, turning Aciester into essentially a dictatorship. Vype, unlike most dictators was a benevolent on and worked to increase the wealth of Aciester by mining out the mountain. This strategy worked, causing Aciester to become rather rich. The wealth was stored in gold rather than money, which eventually allowed it to be robbed by bandit. This event bankrupted Aciester, and forced Vype to negotiate with KATO. Chariz while seeing the good in Vype had still held a grudge against him for making himself dictator, and after the robbing and negotiations with KATO, Chariz decided that his dream of making a thriving settlement was gone. Aciester rapidly lost population, and eventually Chariz left too. Chariz would later return to find Aciester abandoned and learn that it had been sold to Aristios. His dreams was gone.

### Drokesoen

Chariz wasn't really sure where to go to after he left Aciester. He thought of going to Huitica, but found that Farafin, where he had lived previously, had changed dramatically. He decided to sail back out to the sea in hopes of finding new cities, and eventually found the city-state of Drokeseon was very young, and after his failure in Eldham, he vowed to never again give up on a settlement. Chariz met with the leaders of Drokeseon, Medicalend and Adri Floyen, and was given a place to stay. He decided to give them a gift by building what he called a "submersible" using the knowledge he had gained from his travels, as a thank you for letting him live in Drokeseon.

### Gallus's Arrival

Chariz had become atheist after his experience in Eldham, as he realized he and others had likely hallucinated from the boredom of the ride from Rathnir to Eldham. However, he as it turned out, he was false. Near New Year's Day, Chariz and others from Drokeseon saw a Chicken float down from the sky. The chicken sent cryptic messages from its beak and started creating a lightshow in the sky, like what had happened when he went to Eldham. The chicken told the onlookers that he was Gallus, and gave them several gifts, like an infinitely burning feather. Gallus told them to sacrifice a King, a Llama, a pig, and a cow, and then disappeared. Unlike what he saw in Eldham, Chariz now had physically evidence of his god, and someone had managed to take a photo before Gallus left. Chariz's hopes and dreams had returned.

### Drokeseon Independence struggle

Drokeseon was founded in Skjoldish claimed territory, and thus was quickly annexed by Skjoldbrodir. Drokeseon still wanted independence, after Skjoldbrodir joined the Sapphire Commonwealth, this was seen as basically impossible. The Sapphire Commonwealth, luckily for Drokeseon, didn't last long, so when it fell, Drokeseon quickly seized the opportunity to declare independence. Chariz had generally negative feelings towards Skjoldbrodir after his experience with KATO, so when war was declared he quickly prepared for battle. Chariz and other Drokeseon citizens prepared and waiting for the upcoming battle, to decide Drokeseon's fate, but it ultimately never happened. The dispute was solved diplomatically, and Chariz was starting to feel just like before he left Aciester.

Chariz was starting to get bored with Drokeseon, as it had started to become stagnant. He decided that the best idea was to force Adri's hand and construct a ring around Drokeseon to give the nation more land and allow more things to be built. The ring was very small and thus added little to Drokeseon, but after Adri decided to help, Drokeseon expanded to nearly four times its size. The sudden expansion brought life back into Drokeseon's streets, and is still currently ongoing, with a wall being slowly constructed around the new land to protect Drokeseon.

## Career

Chariz mainly makes his money by going to cities and towns and building what he calls "barrels" to act as defense for the area. This type of labor hasn't really made Chariz rich, but he hopes to one day turn his building jobs into a business, making defense products for cities and towns. He makes a decent amount of money mining underground as well, and is currently working on a book he hopes to sell.