Melevor

## Imperator of the Pyrrhian Imperium

Depiction of the Imperator Melevor Magnus I

## Summary

**Melevor Magnus** (27 March 1 BSI – Present), also known as **Melevor**, is the first Pyrrhian Imperator, reigning from 1 BSI until the present as he continues to reign. His status as the founder of the Pyrrhian Imerpium has consolidated a legacy as one of the most effective leaders in Pyrrhian history.

## Character Appearance

Melevor Magnus is around the height of 5'7" and wears a unique segmentata chestplate of reinforced black leather and gold along with a velvet red cape and a golden laurel. He has short dark brown hair and a dark brown beard with light one light blue eye, and the other scarred due to a battle wound from the Great War in the ancestral homeland in the lands to the south of Theia.

## Character Lore

### Early Life

Melevor was born in the first city named Pyrrhus in the ancestral homeland of the Pyrrhians on the 27th March 29 BSI (Before Sol Invictus). He was born as the son to the King of the Pyrrhians, and received a privileged but difficult upbringing as his father was killed in battle when he was 9 years old. With a regent taking control of the Kingdom until he came of age he continued his education under the close supervision of military tacticians and the regent of the Kingdom.

At the age of 18 he was married to an unknown first wife and declared King of the Pyrrhian Kingdom.

### King of the Pyrrhians

As the King of the Pyrrhians he sought to rapidly modernise and build up the Kingdom to be comparable to many of the large and modern nations of the old world. Under his rule many buildings were constructed including large infrastructure and housing projects.

Two years after becoming King his only son, Carl, was born of his first wife who died in childbirth. Over the next years his son, the Prince, would undergo the same education and military training as he once did. During this time tensions in the old world had grown exponentially, with Pyrrhia being caught up in a web of complicated alliances which eventually led to the outbreak of the Great War.

The outcome of the war was nothing less than catastrophe for the Kingdom and for the King himself, with his son being killed, and his armies shattered. It was with this crushed spirit that he commanded that the city of Pyrrhus be razed and that all citizens be evacuated to a fleet of ships on the Pyrrhian northern coast.

### Discovering Theia

The Pyrrhian Fleet sailed for many months in search of new land, but on the 22nd August 1 BSI, a figure appeared before Melevor, blinding him with rays of sunlight, that stated "This land, thou shalt conquer in my name", before quickly disappearing. Once the figure had disappeared the fog which lay before the fleet quickly cleared up and in the distance the spot where Holy Pyrrhus would be established could be seen.

### Imperator of the Pyrrhian Imperium

The city of Holy Pyrrhus was established in the Marble Bay and a conclave of patricians was called along the entry arch to the bay. It was decided there that Melevor would be honoured by being hailed Imperator (Common Theian: Emperor) of the Pyrrhians, thus formally establishing the Pyrrhian Imperium as a nation state on Theia.

### Revelation of Sol Invictus

After being hailed as Imperator by the patricians, Melevor quickly commanded the construction of a forum, a large public square, for the new Imperial Capital of Holy Pyrrhus, and for a Senate House to be built first so that these patricians may meet and legislate for the Imperium. It was while the Senate House was being constructed that Melevor collapsed. When he awoke he told wonderful stories to the Imperial Architects and workers that surrounded him of the visions that he had, claiming that the figure which appeared to him as the Marble Bay was discovered had appeared once more, but was fully visible

He claimed that the figure called himself Sol Invictus, creator of all the Earth and all those in it, and God of the Sun. He described the figure as having gold fire-like hair and a crown of pure sunlight acting as a halo behind his head. He had instructed Melevor to build a temple on the Forum dedicated to him and that he would visit him further upon doing so. And so, with the support of the Pyrrhian people, Melevor Magnus and the College of Imperial Architects began construction on the temple of Sol Invictus Optimus Maximus Capitolinus on the Forum, directly behind the Rostra.

## Character History

- Joined the server on 22nd August 2021

- Created the town of Holy Pyrrhus on 23rd August 2021

- Created the Pyrrhian Imperium on 23rd August 2021