Asortil En Valdius

**Asortil En Valdius** is a man of humble origins who's his prowess in diplomatic and political endeavors has proven to bring a new age of prosperity to his new home. Whilst his rise in the political rankings of the Kingdom of Aetheria has been an expedient one, Asortil knows the responsibility that comes with his leadership, and the power of alliances better than any other Aetherian leader before him.

## Biography

### Early life

Born to a human, Escharian citizen, who fled due to the religious persecution and racism endured by those who didn't practice in accordance with the government's ruling, his mother sailed in a migrant ship to many lands. However the new nation at the time, named, the Second Aetherian Republic, accepted the family into their lands and was given a home to which the young Asortil would grow. By the age of 15, Asortil spent most of his days, fishing in the Katsuken Ports as an angler as means of feeding his ailing mother, who's health was slowly deteriorating with age.

When Asortil reached adulthood, and with the unfortunate passing of his mother, he sought out to find his long lost farther, and ventured out into the seas which he'd become all to familiar with over the years. His adventures met him with many foreign ports, to which he gained a reputation of being persistent, but a just and fair man whose trade was equally so. His reputation gained him respect and fame, to which his fishing was now considered high quality, and he became a major exporter.

Two years later, at the age of 20, he would have a brief return to Vietca. In which he was awarded the medal of honor, which is a medal handed only to Aetheria's greatest and most influential. At this time, Asortil became a folk hero amongst many Aetherians. This was done due to his economic aid to Aetheria, which at the time desperately needed due to economic stagnation. Whilst this did not outright save the economy, it provided minor vital jobs to citizens. Asortil would later be granted the ability to form a Noble household, the former ruler of the Kingdom of Aetheria, Manolaqis an Niedicii, which gave rise to the Valdius family name.

After 7 more years of searching for his long lost father, he returned to the Aetherian shores one final time, defeated in his pursuit. However at the time of his arrival, his fame was not met with cheers and celebration, as tended to be the case when he returned home, yet fighting and anarchy. This was due to the tensions in the nation devolving into civil war. Seeing his homeland in strife, he began to reaffirm his connections with those who'd respected him all those years, speaking to the people, and the leaders to begin the process of a peace treaty between both parties. After much debate, it had come to the ruling that Manolaqis an Niedicii would step down, and a new leader would be put in his stead. Both sides came to the conclusion that Asortil would sit the throne, as his skills in settling decent in a torn nation was just displayed through his diplomacy with both sides.

Some of his newly formed Council of the 5, refer to him as 'Skully', due to his deadly persistence in undertaking, and success with, diplomatic and national endeavors. However this has never became more than an informal nickname.

### Modern Aetheria

As Kønig of Aetheria, Asortil's priority has been stability and activity. Mere days after his assertion to the Aetherian throne, he sought friendly diplomatic ties with Aetherian's neighbors, as Aetheria's foreign policy until that point was to harass them into submission, or threaten with war if they refused. This drastic change, was welcomed with justified suspicion at first, however only months later, did all of the nation's neighbors see Asortil's Aetheria as a revitalized one, willing to work with, instead of against its neighbors. However it is still rumored that suspicions do ring high in certain places within Haven due to prior threats from Adino Von Vietca.

It is still unknown to which Aetheria will prosper under Asortil's leadership, yet many argue its prospering more now, than it ever had under Adino, or Manolaqis as unity and Aetherian nationalism have been promoted, and adopted throughout the state, providing a greater respect to his rule.