Arruns Aebutus

Arruns Aebutus is a well known military general and politician in the Nirvan Republic. He was the son of Gallio Aebutus, known as one of the best politicians in the history of the Republic. He would later lead the Calenus Faction, the last leader during its peak.

## Birth

Arruns was born in **475PR** to father, Gallio Aebutus, and mother, Dexsia Calenus, in Nirva, capital of the Nirvan Republic. His namesake came from Dexsia’s grandfather, Arruns Calenus.

## Early Life

Arruns spent most of his childhood with his mother, Dexisa, often visiting her father Gaius for better education and general socialising. When Gaius died in **481PR**, Dexsia became quite depressed, leaving Arruns to be watched over by his father and different servants.

In **492PR** Arruns began his schooling at the Octavian Institute, finishing his course in only 2 years. With his remaining year before his military service he made a lot of friends, mostly with other aristocratic families and their children of similar ages.

## Career

In **495PR** Arruns joined the Nirvan military, just missing out on the end of the Second Lorenzen War. Still, as Military Tribune, he spent a lot of his time working under his Uncle, Vibius.

When his service as tribune ended in **505PR** he began the process of becoming a Quaestor, becoming an official member of the Senate and the Calenus Faction. His main job was acting as a civil servant, something that deeply enjoyed him. Alongside his aristocratic friends they began building small political influence.

After his term as Quaestor he remained around politics before returning to the army with Vibius. While he was able to become a Legate, he felt that he was too inexperienced and decided to instead work underneath Decius Grumio as his second-in-command.

### Lamion War

*See: Lamion War*

In **508PR** Vibius marched on the Elven city of Lamion, wanting to conquer new lands in the guise of border defence. Decius’s legion was one of the ones eventually picked to come with him, bringing Arruns along.

As a soldier, Arruns fought in both the Battle of Mudon Hill and the Battle of Lamion, only to be injured in the latter. With a deep arrow wound in his chest he was unable to participate in a lot of the campaign, only returning in the decisive Battle of Lamion II.

### Asger War

*See: Asger War*

After the Lamion War Arruns decided against becoming an Aedile, instead sticking with the military. In **512PR** the Asger War began, Arruns leading one of the greener legions underneath his Uncle again.

He and his legion fought as reserves during the Battle of Sora and Battle of Coraeus, but contributed as a frontline force in the Battle of Hocos, giving him good battle experience.

In **516PR** Arruns left his command in order to become Praetor, helping boost his political career and the last step on the way to becoming a Consul. Another reason was to attend the funeral of his father, Gallio Aebutus. His legion was taken over by Aulus at the time, remaining again in the reserve.

While he had intentions to return after his term as Praetor was done, he instead became the new leader of the Calenus Faction. The task was too difficult to manage and command a legion alongside Vibius, making Aulus their permanent Legate.

In **518PR** Arruns returned to help the war, this time as Consul. Alongside his Uncle, they managed to enter the city of Kras and accept the surrender of Ilaka, all caused by their disastrous defeat at the Battle of Dimale.

### Political

In **523PR** Arruns used his political influence to organise the final triumph of Vibius Calenus, simply called the ‘Triumph of Vibius Calenus’. Rather than focus on a specific more recent event, the triumph respected all the accomplishments that Vibius had achieved in his lengthy career.

In **525PR** he organised and held the huge funeral for Vibius Calenus who died during the Third Expedition. It was held with a very formal and militaristic style, unfortunately though the body was never reclaimed.

Arruns successfully ran for Consul again in **530PR**. During his time he made some minor adjustments to the army, mainly just adding Awakened individuals into the mix, seeing the success that Vibius had alone. In the same year he was able to negotiate a lucrative trade agreement with the Carto Empire, who sent Prince Altes Carto as their representative.

Arruns began realising that the Calenus Faction was slowly beginning to falter in its political ability, mainly from the lack of grand military generals to advance them. So, while not Consul, he brought a bunch of legislation forward that would help increase the agricultural sector of the Nirvan Republic, taking ideas from the Lorenzen Kingdom and elsewhere. This was fully implemented in **534PR** and ended up avoiding a large famine that was about to occur (most of the farms around Nirva itself had failed harvests).

The rest of Arruns political career was used keeping a lot of the Lorenzen culture, allowing them to use their cavalry in their armies but also to keep the nation quite diverse. This initially brought some problems from the Senate but as head of the Calenus Faction he was able to quell any issues.

## Death

Arruns Aebutus died in **537PR** at the age of 62. He had enjoyed a lengthy political career and gave most of his wealth back to the people and to his nieces and nephews. He was entombed near his father.

## Personal Life

Arruns Aebutus had a series of marriages with some of his friends' sisters, allowing him to boost his influence in the political aspect. Yet, none of the marriages seemed to last and he was already divorced 4 times by the age of 37. Another problem was the lack of a child.

Arruns would claim that he was too focused on his career to care about children, instead watching over his nieces and nephews whenever he wanted.

Religiously, Arruns followed Solis Helios, one of the first Senators in Nirva to do so. This caused him some problems, but again his wit and influence kept him going. He would often attend various Helion events, boosting their reputation in the Nirvan Republic.