Fear The Smile

**As a dryad, this man traveled the world trying to find his place to sprout. Like the Nomads of Rathnir he quickly moved from place to place as he was removed by locals of the lands he trespassed. That would all change in the Sea of Pearls.**

*"I have sat upon a throne; I have ruled a country. And now I know that all thrones must've been built by the same person. They are all uncomfortable and ugly. I prefer the ground."*

**Fear, The Ferryman of Shiny**

## **Bio**

### A Short Time in the Silver Coalition

Fear sprouted in the north of Rathnir on an island within the Silver Coalition. He built an acacia hut near a collapsed cave to shelter in when it rained and decorated it with what he had on him. One day after he woke there was a note left at his door, It read

*"Hello we were wondering if whoever was living here would like to join us, please come to the Citadel to talk about this further. It is east of here."*

Curious about this world Fear said goodbye to his shelter and set off, little did he knew that this would be the start of a grand nomadic adventure. After he set off he noticed that he was surrounded by ocean on all sides of the island with no land in sight. He knew he had to go east but the current went south. All he could do was follow the current. He hopped into a boat he made from scratch and set sail. After what felt like days he landed along the shores of \_\_\_\_ and went east leaving his boat behind. After walking through mountainous terrain he cam across a town called \_\_\_\_, it was empty. He explored it a little and gathered some supplies before heading out again. After he left \_\_\_\_ he stumbled into a nude man who simply just appeared before him. "Stoneworks (user)" he looked at the Dryad and with a nod and threw him some Netherite boots, than vanished. just as quick as he had appeared. This filled the dryad with a mix of confusion, fear, and relief. he put on the boots and continued east, finding a road he traveled down it until he reached the Citadel. Along the way he saw many towns and cities as well as ruins of towers and fortifications. These people were skilled in warfare whoever they were. He finally arrived in the Citadel and wandered around trying to find an entrance. But he took a fall into a ravine just outside of the citadel gates. He did not feel a thud when he hit the bottom of the crevasse but instead woke up, somewhere completely different.

### A Chilly Exile Town

He punched out of the inside of -

an oak tree and was hit with the chilly air of the ocean. This wasn't the Silver Coalition, it was way too cold. And he didn't like it. He wandered around in search of warmth and stumbled upon a settlement of Bardonian exiles. There he met a man named Midge, and the two soon became friends. Midge said he wanted to settle here in the hopes that bardonia would conquer the place and he would be able to gain citizenship through integration. Fear asked what Bardonia was and midge was shocked.

*"Bardonia is the powerhouse of the north how do you not know them?"*

Midge answered all his questions about the world. Fear was in awe of the many battles and legends midge spoke of. The two than drank into the night arguing about which was better; Dryad women or elven woman.

### Fleeing Soumere

*"Midge was a fool, he did not have an accurate map. It was off by miles.", Fear.*

Later on into the months they were approached by members of the Soumere. They demanded us to leave or face beheading. The two of them quickly gathered our things and got out as fast as they could. They parted ways during the journey after an agreement. Supplies were running low and Fear could survive by himself. He wandered north while midge headed west. Later on in his journey he found himself along the shores of a great shimmering sea. The salt at the bottom of the ocean glittered like diamonds in the night as stars twinkled overhead. However he did not have much time to gawk at the beauty of the ocean as a weighted net was thrown over him. He was dragged aboard a ship known as the Salty Seamen.

### Aboard The Salty Seamen

*"Such blind faith surely won't end up being a bad descion right?", Fear.*

Fear was enslaved aboard the mighty vessel and was forced to do manual labor below deck. He didn't mind it though, in fact he developed Stockholm syndrome and began praising the captain; King Athos. Athos admired the Dryad and soon the two grew an unbreakable bond. Athos named Fear Shaft of the Cock. A position reserved for the most elite on the ship. The other crew aboard the ship were slaves and the mighty Realz. Not much has been documented from this time. Most of the records are accounts from the surviving crew. What happened is unknown but the ship was low on supplies and was ditched out in the middle of the sea. Fear later washed ashore on what he would later call Shiny.

### An old Friend asks for Help

*"Midge was foolish, we could of done something great.", Fear.*

While ashore Fear received a letter from an old friend, it was Midge. He was starting a new country [The Khanate of Haven] and needed help. After what happened aboard the Seamen he wanted a change of scenery. So he made a boat and set off to Ulderash. He arrived by going through the many tunnels in the nether. Although risky it was a quick mode of transportation. He arrived and helped build. But it was cut short due to an action of midges that fear would nether let down. He robbed the king of Paloro. This caused the south to force the Khanate out of Haven. Fear left the Khanate, but, this wasn't the end of its story.

### The Royal Province of Shiny

*"One of my greatest Achievements, was as simple as appearing on the map. One of my worst Decisions, was deciding to rule a nation with no one in it.", Fear.*

Fear ran away from Haven and headed to the Seamen, Athos was packing his things and noticed Fear. From there he gave the reigns of Shiny to him and left. Fear looked at the boat and his surroundings. He was confused, and intrigued. He returned to the island he washed ashore on and started to construct a fortress. He would call the Fortress Shiny. From this fort he proclaimed to the world that he was King of Shiny. From here things would start a slow spiral down as his sanity dropped with each passing day as no one joined him. He was in pain from leading such a weak nation surrounded by titans. To his dismay no one wanted to be in an ocean nation. And people did not want to move because of the Escharian spirits. They were pillaging anyone who settled in Escharian lands who weren't of Soleannen faith. Also the fact that his neighbors were eying him up. Fear sat there helpless as the titans salivated at the sight of such a weak nation. He started to see the outside world as an enemy. The sea was too empty, he always felt like he was being watched. And the waves kept washing away his things on the island. So he dug into the earth and lived underground.

### Converting to Soleannen

*"What choice did I have really.", Fear.*

The Escharian spirits came to me and declared that I had to honor a treaty that Athos made. It stated that those who live in lands of Soleannen heritage had to convert to Soleannen. Due to me growing afraid of the outside world with each passing day, he accepted not out of respect but out of fear of what the Escharians would do to him and his Shiny if he refused. After this he started to recieve visions and horrible nightmares where he burned in the presence of the sun. Further plunging him into insanity.

### Going out with a Bang

*"Driven by Insanity, a Leader of a country surrounded on all possible fronts. I made bad decisions after bad decision.", Fear.*

Fear made many claims, he said he rules the entirety of the Sea of pearls, he did this because he did not care anymore. He knew that Shiny would be snuffed out, he knew it was all coming to an end. He would burn, so He wanted to go out with a bang. He ventured out of his underground home, and under the cover of night he made his way into Theios-Essukdal, from there he did many things to anger the surrounding countries. He also learned of the politican stress of the world and devised a plan. To go out with a boom, no a BANG. He would sell his country and pull off one of the most controversial changes in Rathnir history. He would sell Shiny to The Second Empire of Ulderash.

**Second breath**

Despite the king's spiral into insanity, there was something that finally brought him some hope. Someone by the name of Rendel Hudes Cumber (rawkth) had joined shiny and advised the upstart king against selling shiny.

After King Fear had calmed down and was brought back to the land of the sane he and his newly named royal advisor began to work on the kingdoms structure.

**Men in Tights**

Shortly after the king of shiny had regained his sanity (1-2 months) a special event had occurred across the seas. A group of thirty warriors were set on militaristic ideals but ran out of a nation now apart of the Second Empire of Uldarash. The king's advisor using their political skills and enticement of militaristic work got the leader of this group to join shiny giving the king his wish of a people to rule and a people to be proud of.

**Threats**

Yimmu-Audal the large empire on shiny's western borders saw this large increase in shiny's numbers most notably that all of it's new additions were known to be of high militaristic value and skill put its rulers in a panic.

Yimmu-Audal threatens war on the kingdom of shiny which despite what many may have believed was only annoyed with the sudden declaration and tried to talk reason with Yimmu-Audal.

Fear asked his general if they could prepare their army in time for an war but was only met with negative news. Despite this Fear asked his Advisor on what they should do next. To sum up Rendels response "I don't like them, their warmongers".

Though the kings advisor was against signing and becoming subordinate to Yimmu-Adual Fear did it anyway making the Essukdalad-Shiny Unification Declaration.

Other- History of Shiny