Blackleaf

**Jovin Blackleaf** (IGN: Dr\_Blackleaf ) was a former noble of the Ethnocratic State of Vulpinia on Eldham. He acted as the nation's head brewmaster but has recently refocused his attention to his role as a patron of Zerdeus. Blackleaf first joined Eldham on May 29th, 2021.

## Life

### Early Life

Jovin Blackleaf was born in the northern reaches of Eldham to a small tribe of nomadic Vuls. From a young age, he was instilled with a sense of wonderment and curiosity by his parents and when he came of age he set off into the wilds of Eldham hoping to leave his mark on the world. Along his journeys he met another Vul from a different tribe by the name of TheSkilledFox. Together, the two established the town of Brownwich in the central forests of Eldham.

### Founding of Stalis

He founded the nation of Stalis the same day and was contacted by Rando\_Xen, a member of Vulpinia, soon after. After a couple weeks however, Blackleaf disbanded Stalis and joined the nation to his south, Vulpinia, founding the towns of New Brownwich and Goldfell.

### Arrival in Tildivul and Ordination

Upon arrival in the capital city of Tildivul, Blackleaf quickly made good friends with a majority of the nation's elite, most noteably Rando\_Xen and UnusualShiba. Blackleaf quickly established his first bar, the Drunkard's Burrow, and soon after concocted a new exclusive brew known as Vulpan Gold Lager. Over many weeks, Blackleaf continued to gain notoriety before he was appointed as a noble due to his material wealth and later ordained as a priest by CaptainWesteros.

### Disappearance

On August 25th, 2021, while fishing near his temple Blackleaf mysteriously disappeared without a trace and was presumed dead by the citizens of the nation. His home was left untouched as a historical artifact, but his bar and brewery were gifted to a newcomer by the name of BeastlyBrock.

### Reappearance

As time passed Blackleaf's name slowly faded into legend, but UnusualShiba held out hope for his potential return to the world. Then, as suddenly as he had disappeared Blackleaf was returned to the material world on January 23rd, 2022. While he remained physically unscathed, his religious fervour had been drastically increased in his 5 month absence and he set to constructing a yet grander temple for the people of the Vulperium.

#### St Nuncio Cathedral

For 2 months following his return, Blackleaf worked tirelessly to build the grandest cathedral he had ever concieved. The church would work as a worship site for the full pantheon as opposed to the individualized temples he had formerly established and by the measurements of Westeros the building overtook Westeros Castle as the tallest structure in Araforn. Upon completion of the building, Blackleaf elected to name the location after his old friend Nuncio who had unfortunately passed during his absence from Eldham. The dissapearance of Ixtab Yocotol, Nuncio's youngest daughter, was also fresh on Blackleaf's mind as he performed the first service in the new cathedral and he secretly prayed for her safe return to the Vulperium.

#### The Downward Spiral

Sometime soon after the cathedral's completion, Blackleaf began to work on a yet larger project: revitalizing his city project, the Undervul. Excavation began south of Araforn and quickly spiraled into an obsessive daily ritual of digging deeper and deeper. Unbeknownst to many, Blackleaf began developing manic episodes due to his lack of exposure to the outside elements and constant ingestion of the tainted air flowing from Marble Fields nearby. Outside of his time digging he holed up in his basement at his Araforn home and repeatedly ran experiements trying to uncover the heresy he was certain was present within Vulpur Magic. After many weeks of work, Blackleaf succeeded in conjuring a creature but the cost was greater than he could have imagined. The process split Blackleaf's soul in half and in its place a new entity was quick to fill the gap: Manus Rotborne, firstborn of Jovin Blackleaf

## Appearance

Blackleaf is a male vul with a white and grey fur pattern and black eyes. He stands at 6'0 and weights 120 lbs. Often he is seen wearing humble brown colored clothes. After his return from the void, he now walks with a significant limp in his left foot and requires a cane at all times to keep himself upright. He had a specailty gem encrusted staff forged by his old acquantince the Spider as his first sale at Sparport and is known to whack those he finds to be creating an uncalled for disturbance over the head.