Artheon Sanrys

The High-General

Regulator of the Flames

The Feared

The Cruel

Angerys Artheon of House Sanrys (Full title)

House Sanrys

Caine Atalar (Ancestor)

Sara the Flames Lady (Ancestress)

House Sanrys (Relatives)

Aryon Sanrys (Descendant)

> "*I don't think I asked for your opinion. You asked me to choose a champion and I gave you mine. Face the sea, now.*"
> ― Artheon to Nilf Lodbrok.
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Artheon Sanrys is an Atalari of House Sanrys who was chosen as High-General of Atalar as well as one of the Primordial Humans and the most dreaded and infamous High-General to ever hold the title.

## Biography

Artheon is born at the end of the Atalari Conquests as Sophia's soldiers returned on their island. He was given Solarflare, ancestral sword of House Sanrys, to train with and proved to be an extremely skilled warrior. At 10, he defeated most people older than him in battle, and by the age of 15, he was considered easily the best warrior to have ever lived. At eighteen, he became the head of his family and claimed the dragon Sanar as his, proving to be as skilled in dragonriding than he was in swordsmanship. Combined with a sharp and strategist mind, it got the attention of Sophia who asked him to be the High-General of Atalar after his shining victory at the bloody Tourney of Deaths. Artheon acepted immediatly.

Five years later, three uprisings would start as Temulun Sib and Gradlon Balbe claimed to be Queen of the Steppes and King of the Corvidii while Nilf Lodbrok said Yggdrasil disapproved the foundation of Atalar. Tasked to take care of these rebellions, Artheon fled first to the Sibir Steppes where he burnt every seat of power that belonged to a family supporting Temulun while spreading rumours that the Queen of the Steppes had arranged with Atalar to be spared in case she lost in virtue of her noble, and former royal, blood. Believing his lies, Temulun's fiercest supports became her greatest foes as they went to kill her themselves, as Artheon watched, before burning Temulun's own seat of power, to get rid of all of Temulun's supports.

After this, Artheon took care of Gradlon Balbe, flying to his castle and capturing it easily. As a mockery, the High-General ordered every commoner buried alive, a death so horrible even the former slaves of humanity didn't suffer from it and every noble hanged, the death usually reserved to commoners. Turning to Gradlon, Artheon ordered him and his wife, Morgana, to be killed and fed to Raveal, Gradlon's own dragon. After it, Artheon had his son fostered by Atalari scholars to ensure his fealty.

Eventually coming to Nilf Lodbrok, Artheon demanded a duel to Nilf who accepted. Knowing the High-General's reputation, Nilf took the heaviest and best armour he had, hoping to resist the first hits and then aim for Artheon's neck. However, Artheon advanced, without his sword, and said he had chosen his champion. Grabbing the High-Priest of Yggdrasil by the collar, the general said sea would be the champion and brought him to the sea before sending him underwater, despite his protests.

Coming back to Atalar, Artheon was rewarded with gold and lands but his reputation cemented as a terrible man, nicknamed for the rest of his life, the Dreaded. He then served loyally as Sophia's High-General, before dying of a heart attack at 50. His son would inherit both Sanar and Solarflare.

## Personnality

Artheon is clever, and cruel. He is extremely concerned by what happens inside the empire, and is ruthless if he has to take care of it. He was feared by all due to his ruthlessness and power, being effectively the second most powerful man of the empire, if not the most powerful, due to the Empire's decentralisation at the time. Artheon was extremely loyal to Sophia and, like most Atalari from the island saw her as a goddess. Proud of his abilities as a swordsman, Artheon valued pragmatism before a good show and did not hesitate to be deceitful and dishonourable, as proven by his fights against Temulun and Nilf. He had no respect for rebels and was disgusted by their presence, not hesitating to burn them or to give them terrible deaths, especially if they were from Atalari families.

## Powers and Abilities

Artheon, as a Primordial Human, has many powers.

* **Upper Intellect:** Artheon is very intelligent and clever. He was known to be a good strategist.
* **Leadership:** Artheon is a very skilled leader, probably one of the best High-Generals.
* **Swordsmanship:** Artheon is the best swordsman of his generation, one of the best ever at the time of his birth and even the best of all times.
* **Dragon Taming:** Artheon could tame dragons and tamed Sanar. He could also ride them and was very skilled at riding too.

## Facts and Trivia

* Artheon's name is a mix of Atalari language and Chrysian language. Namely, "Ar" means Lord in Atalari while "Theon" means God in Chrysian language.
* Artheon is inspired by Maegor the Cruel from AsoIaF.