Joshua Rachman

Illustration of Joshua

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Joshua Rachman is an old world figure that represents the people of "Astaniar" and also one of the oracles of The council. There are rumors being spread where Joshua has somehow been resurrected in the present day and still under the blessings of the council, though this has never been truly confirmed due to lack of physical evidence and untrustworthy witnesses. One particular photographic evidence that has surfaced seems to show a man in a cloak having one large eye in the middle like a cyclops which does match Joshua's supposed appearance.

## Biography

### Origins

From the limited resources that has been found, surfaced, and confirmed by archeologist seems to depict Joshua as some sort of a nomadic knight who has been exiled from a kingdom for his crimes against the people within it. He later became overburden with his guilt, and thus started his journey of self redemption by acting on selfless deeds such as protecting and helping those who are in need, one interesting detail in his act of selfless-ness is to "Listen to the mind of the troubled" which is a very early depiction of psychological treatment/therapy in history that does not directly use religion or beliefs as a way to explain symptoms. There are also written text by Joshua explaining (Although vague) ways to observe someone's behavior and how it could tie or explain a symptom of a particular person.

In the following years of his journey of self redemption, he came across of what he described as "Scholars from the heavenly kingdom". This is the first ever mention of The Council ever recorded in history (Or at least direct evidence tied to the existence of The council) and also the point where Joshua gave his life to the council in order to bring him peace and the ability to forgive himself.

[DISCLAIMER, THIS PART MIGHT BE CONSIDERED FALSE INFORMATION DUE TO LACK OF EVIDENCE PROVIDED IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH]

The Council told Joshua that they can never guarantee his self forgiveness, though they promise him to feel less guilt if he were to pledge loyalty to them, Joshua content with the terms given to him decided to serve The Council and do their bidding, Joshua was never one to compromise for any task that has been given to him by the council, whether it be helping those in need or eradicating those who are deemed to be an enemy to The Council, Joshua will always oblige and gladly so.

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Presumably he is believed to hold the knowledge on where "The ark" is located yet he has no intentions in sharing them nor being able to pin point where the location is due to destroyed landmarks from the past.

## Appearance

One prominent part of his general appearance is the headgear that he wears that has a striking resemblance to cold war era space suit helmets. He allegedly often wear a medieval style chest plate that has been described as "Heavy as guilt, yet as strong as hope" and under the chest plate he is fitted with a red tunic along with metal tassets.

## Personality

Joshua has been described as generally stoic and empathetic through out his journey but also very feared by the few that survived conflicts with him.

## Proficiency

Sources have stated that he might have been very proficient with blades such as short swords, long swords, war picks, and halberds as physical weapons but he is also proficient in magic use to some degree, though this has yet to be confirmed.