Siari Manuset

**Siari Manuset**, born **Siarion Ahhiya-Ugar Manuset** (Raivon: *Shiarion Ahhiyuwa-Ugar Manūset*) is a Raivonian politician and is the currently reigning king of Raivon and the second leader of the Birgol-Raivon Covenant. He has held both positions since the death of his father, Gavan Manuset, in 1511 SY. He rules from Raivon's capital of Riversbane but makes frequent diplomatic visits to Birgolon to visit King Turien of Birgolon.

Siari was born into House Manuset, the ruling dynasty in Raivon. His father was Gavan Manuset and his mother was Aisha Hanzusrali, a socialite and former performer from Halakasu. He has two younger sisters and a younger half-brother, all of which survived into adulthood.

## Life

### Early Life

Siarion Ahhiya-Ugar Manuset was born on the 7th of Opprine, 1466 SY in his family home in the Raivonian capital of Riversbane. His father was at the time the ruling king of Raivon, Gavan Manuset (II). His mother was a former street performer named Aisha Hanzusrali, who Gavan had met while on a religious pilgrimage in the northern city of Halakasu. Siari was named after the old Raivon god *Shiarion*, from the Zedian god *Sharios*. His father was 22 upon his birth and his mother 19, making them some of the youngest monarchs to ever rule at the time.

Although the eldest son, Siari was born shortly before the birth of his twin sister Mari, and in the following years his sister Rrigal and his brother Arthassa were born. Growing up, he was close with his mother and siblings, and was friendly towards his father even though his work kept them from spending a lot of time together. Siari was educated in the Raivon language, and Ahremian. By age 10, he was fluent or near fluent in both.

By 1480, Siari was set to attend either Hanz-Pelfer College in Aure or Suifere College in Ahremia, but increasing political tension forced him to attend higher education in Raivon, while also receiving some instruction from his father.

### Ambassador to Birgolon

At around the time Siari turned 25, the most important political issue in his country was the negotiation of a combined Birgol-Raivon state. His father Gavan, still the reigning king, sent Siari to Alziron to serve in the court of Ilija Lagadec. For the next 10 years or so, Siari served a mainly symbolic position in the court of Birgolon, becoming friends with future kings Lovro Lagadec and Turien Lagadec.

He lived in Alziron, yet made frequent visits back to Raivon and worked as a diplomat primarily serving the negotiation involved in creating the state later known as the Birgol-Raivon Covenant. In 1498 SY, he traveled to the newly vassalized city of Lindset in Lohn where he would witness the wedding of his sister Rrigal to the Birgol prince Packa, and the signing the the treatise which would essentially dissolve the separate kingdoms of Raivon and Birgolon into one. Soon after this signing, Ilija would die in 1501 SY and the transition of the throne to his son Lovro would get Siari, now 35, to be sent back to his father in Raivon.

### Ascension

After returning to Raivon, he was soon involved in the conflict between Raivon and Buthenia known ussually as the *Halak War*. A simple territorial war, it was Siari first real appearance in the public eye, as his ailing father was becoming increasingly senile. By the end of the war, Siari was functioning as a de facto king while his father stayed out of most royal business. In 1511 SY, Gavan Manuset died at the age of 67. The throne swiftly passed to Siari. Gavan Manuset's death roughly coincided with the death of Birgol king Lovro Lagadec, passing the throne to Turien Lagadec, the current king of Birgolon.