Percival Mourningwood

### Relatives

Lancelot Mourningwood (nephew)Sapphire Hellsmire (daughter) Arzhur Mourningwood (great niece) Jórunn Mourningwood (great-great nice) Frañsez Mourningwood (nephew)

### Occupation

Baron of Daylin, lawyer, assassin, librarian, Tekvica founder, Archbishop for the Empire

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Moon (m. 475, d. 476); Sarah Hellsmire (m. 478)

## Physical description

### Background

   Percival Mourningwood was born in the Uthya mountains, among humans and zuloz alike, in 445. His mother was a human, and his father was a zuloz. This allowed them to blend in with humans in Astrea and Ta'tan, hiding their feline features.

A loyal soldier, Mourningwood eventually settled on the bank of the river opposite of the castle on the hill. He primarily was an artisan, choosing to manufacture banners, and eventually earned a healthy living. Only a few months after arriving in Ta'tan, Mourningwood met and married a merchant by the name of Moon, and they continued to run their businesses in tandem. After Moon's apparent death in 476, Mourningwood continued to take banner commissions, but in his grief left the mainland, and settled with a number of other citizens in Astrea.

In Astrea, Mourningwood rose to prominence. After the construction of his homestead, he opened a general store, which was met with some success. After a stint in farming, Mourningwood built the Astrean Imperial Library, in the middle of the lake outside of town. It housed many of the most famous artefacts in Astrean and Ta'taian history. In addition, the library worked with Maron Beloved, reknowned writer and talented chronicler.

Also in 476, Mourningwood used profits from his general store and his banner business to purchase land in an auction. It sat across the river from his homestead, and near the library. It was a flower forest. He continued to construct the Château du Bois du Matin, the new ancestral home of all Mourningwoods. This land became known as the Barony of Daylin, with Mourningwood singlehandedly terraforming and developing the island such that it became a resort. By 479, he was the right hand of the maiden leader, Banana. Mourningwood had many riches and much power, though was the result of some chaos.

Percy died in 479 in the siege, fighting alongside his maiden compatriots, loyal to his friends in Astrea.

### Family

Following his death, Percival passed his position as head of the family onto Lancelot Mourningwood. Lancelot's sibling, Frañsez, adopted Lancelot's granddaughter after Lancelot's death and his daughter's, Arzhur, mysterious disappearance. Currently, since the status of Arzhur is unknown, Arzhur is considered the head of the Mourningwood family, with her daughter, Jórunn, currently her heir, but if her unborn child turns out to be a man, he will usurb Jórunn's position.

### Tekvicanism

Shortly before his death, Percy and maiden commander Banana formed the religion following Tekvica's tennets. It involved the worship of pumpkins and the holy consumption of their flesh. Prophets were chosen by random chance using a dispenser filled with a dozen or so sheared pumpkins, and only about a 2/9 chance of recieving one with curse of binding on it. Thenceforth the recipient of that would become a speaker for Tekvica.

Percy's sister Salima Mourningwood's child, Lancelot, took over as the head of the faith upon his arrival in Soulrite, with both Percy and Salima presumed dead.

### Coup d'états

Percy was involved in the following coup d'états;

* The plot to assassinate Tatiana Pirogova in the winter village;
* The support for the goblins in Ta'tan;
* Organisation of revolts;
* The attempt to organise resistance to the empire from a single dossier and manifesto.

Lancelot carries on this legacy in destroying the Exiled Empire in Soulrite.

### Legal career

As he wore many hats, Mourningwood participated in Astrea's legal system. His first foray was in 475 in Ta'tan upon the opening of his for-hire crime business, which the Empress shut down quickly. Following this, in Astrea, he established himself as a distinguished lawyer, representing multiple clients in the face of server bans and running for Minister of Astrea. A non-exhausted list of his achievements include;

* Defending Guardian in their trial relating to a scandal in farming potatoes.
* Faking the assassination of Banana during her last term in office of Minister of Astrea.
* Winning Ministership.
* Being appointed Archbishop for the Empress, succeeding Argore.
* Prosecuting and jailing Zero for their offenses to Techar, on the charge of vandalism.
* Establishing the first City Wizard Tower, a structure vital to the city's infrastructure.
* Cumming in Sarah Hellsmire so good that Sapphire exists now, I guess.
* Constructed the historical courthouses of Astrea, along with friend Skyla Ounna.