Caiden Aurelius

Caiden Aurelius – bastard son of Margery Aurelius and Emissary Korvin Viothorn. Raised as the crown prince of Malthoria; Caiden Malthor until discovered to be half-elven thus an imposter. Upon a royal visit to the capital of Cordax Cross , Korvin Viothorn; emissary to the wood elves of Cynderfall , came to discuss the racial discrepancies between humans and elves in their respecting regions. He became involved with one of Queen Caitlyn ’s handmaiden’s; Margery Aurelius and sired a child in his overnight stay at the palace. Both the Queen and Margery gave birth simultaneously, although the formers did not survive. Fearing the Queen’s grief, and the fact she could not raise a child on her own, Margery switched her new born Caiden with the dead prince and passed him off as the new heir to the throne.

Four years passed as Margery watched Caiden grow up as Queen Caitlyn and King Tytos Malthor ’s son and heir, only to realise her mistake. As he grew older, his paternal heritage began to show, as the royal family discovered Caiden to be half-elven. As talks of having the boy executed arose, Margery confessed in the hopes of saving him. She was quickly thrown in the palace cells, never to see Caiden again. The King and Queen, with a shaken love for what they thought was their son, decided not to have him executed, but to be sent away to live a quiet life where no one would ever know who, or what he was. He was sent to the island of Iken, to the Temple of the Blooming Lotus , to be raised and trained as a monk. Although the temple forbade any personal belongings, the Queen insisted on him keeping a golden bracer with the Malthorian crest on it.

Caiden trained profusely, mastering physical martial arts although struggled with the spiritual side, as he resisted the monk’s relaxed and secluded lifestyle. The Blooming Lotus was greeted by mysteriously travellers on the day of Caiden’s sixteenth birthday, and prophesied that he would one date mate with the demon god that the cultists worshipped atop Mt. Helios in the centre of Iken. The monks began to fear the future for Caiden as he grew rebellious and restless within the temple walls and yearned for life in the outside world. A year later another half-elf; Alana Asami visited the temple and told Caiden of the outside world and how half-elves are greatly renowned for their beauty and grace amongst the mainlanders, elves and humans alike. It is then the monks decided to let Caiden travel the world to understand its harshness and why their way of life is superior. However his travels had the reverse effect on him. Caiden loved the night life and excitement of the mainland, and spent all of his adventures either drunkly, lustfully or in a brawl.

At eighteen, Caiden met his future travelling partner Rune Wolfric, son of famed author Dustin Wolfric. Whilst revelling in a gambling den in Cordax Cross, he noticed Rune suspiciously investigating a back room. Hearing a disturbance, Caiden went to investigate and found Rune under attack by thugs, attempting to traffic elves stolen from the neighbouring Cynderfall forest. Once the thugs were defeated, and the elves returned, Rune and Caiden shared in a celebratory drink before parting ways.

By the age of twenty-one, Caiden was a seasoned traveller across Malthoria. However, during his travels he managed to lose the gold bracer he had worn for most of his life, never knowing its true meaning and worth. A couple of years later, Caiden found himself at the aid of one ofFarondale's most esteemed courtesan: Jezebel Undulé as she grew gravely ill but could not alert any physician of her condition as it would damage her reputation. He took to her bedside constantly for weeks and nursed her back to health, and when she had recovered, became a personal benefactor of Caiden's for the future.

Caiden continued his illustrious lifestyle, partying and gambling from town to town, until one day he was chosen by the God; Cayden Caelean to be his emissary in the mortal realm, saving him for an important and yet unknown task...