Zaeim Asutali Solkas

Zaeim Astuali Solkas, esteemed Governor of the Unified Nation of Alshifa during some of it's darkest days. Valiantly stood against the raising rebel elite and sought a peaceful solution for the heightened accused. Going as far as setting her own title on the line to prove her belief.

## Background:

### Early Life:

Born Astuali Manas, and raised in a small grouping that ran a farm on the outcrop of Hafin. She originally had plans to become a preist of Mol'Sylk before being pulled to become a scribe at Othel House of Wisdom. From here her journey up the schools heirarchy placed her learning governing practices and by-laws being put forward by the current Mayor of Hafin.

### Governing Life:

Raised to the rank of Scribe of Hafin, she helped lead the Farmer's union into a stable conjuction with the Marketing Beurau for their mutual benifit. After these moves she was selected for the leading of the lake town of Khalid on Baythun. Here is where she met her first brood partner, Tsura Sisva, and she began the reorganizing and functioning of Khalid.

### Mayor of Khalid:

As Mayor, she implemented the change from only purebloods being able to purchase land and buildings in the town proper to the city having random drawings for lots of lands. Each person could put in their name and the name of one child, to whom the land would become warden of and then this person had the opprotunity to sell the land and re-enter the lottery, or they could keep the land and have freedom to do with it as seen fit. Most of the property by the underground lake proper was held by the Knowles Clan, Khalis, and a group of intermarried merchants. Each trying to out buy the other. After a few years, Astuali and Tsura have their first child who they name Asula Sisva. On Asula's eighth name day, she passes from an accidental drowning. Tsura takes full blame of Asula's death and takes his own life. Astuali tries to step down from Mayor, but the town rallies behind her and she remains their leader, for another two years.

### Last Year of Khalid, Becoming Governor of Alshifa:

Getting Khalid through the dry season and leading them into a great rebirth after the passing of the head of the Knowles Clan, his land is sold off and new merchants and statespeople take his place. With the changing demographic within the resort town, came Xaia Knowles, Astuali's final brood partner. With Xaia came the choice decision to try again for a child. They both held their tounges on a name, agreeing that once the child's became old enough to choose they would offer them the choice. It was this same year that Astuali is offered to take the position of Governor, Xaia pushes her to reach for it. Speaking well of her deeds in Khalid, how she brought the resort to a peaceful position only seen during the great awakening. The council of Khalid agreed, and put her name forward along with the other seven names from across the nation. When the Council of Alshifa finally voted, they named Astuali as their winner. She would take the name Zaeim Astuali Solkas, and in the words of the Council, lead Alshifa into a New Dawn.

### Governor:

In leading the nation, Asutali had to give up her family and roots because she was now a public figure, and as the council saw it. All of Alshifa were now her children and she their caring mother. Xaia was assigned away to a merchant run into Nwanyi. He promised Astuali that their child would be placed in the best care, the mayor of Khalid, a close friend to the couple. She was kept busy dealing with the nation "at peace" and seekign ways to handle the constantly growing reach of the states surrounding them. She was able to get the secret police under control after they were allowed to run wild under the previous leadership. So much in fact that they took credit for the removal of a small village from the greenlands surrounding one of the western outpost. With an iron fist and a council behind her she was able to make sweeping changes among the secrets kept away from the public and took some of the old knowledge long locked away and reserved for only those of the highest status and began applying it out towards the people.