Hans Capon

Hans Capon as Guilhèm de Raoust. (13 B.C.A.)

Hans Capon is the Archbishop of the Order of Saint George and Pater of the Salvatic faith. He was born in 31 B.C.A. as Guilhèm de Raoust in the province of Narbonensis to Reynaud de Raoust and Jausèpa de Raoust-Perèygne, both downcast nobility.

### Early Life

Guilhèm grew up as a descendant of downcast nobility, the Raoust family, with a modest estate in the Narbonensis region. Despite his family's lower status, his parents did everything they could to give him an education and upbringing of a regal caliber. During his education at the convent school of Tolosa, he came into contact with father Gert-Jan de Vrome, a descendant of Kees de Wijze and abbot of an abbey of the Order of Saint George. Contact with this abbot would leave a lasting impression that would lead to his later conversion. At the age of fourteen he entered the service of his uncle Roland de Roncevaux as a squire, an experienced knight who already had many campaigns under his belt, but was far from Pious.

### Conversion

In this capacity, the young Guilhèm would participate in the large-scale civil war that would rage through Narbonensis, Aquitania and Raetia during the years 16 – 12 B.C.A. . During this war, Guilhèm became disillusioned with the existing Salvatism in the region, with the church taking sides and taking advantage of the unrest and the existing secular powers, which turned out not to be out for order and security, but for their own gain.

In 12 B.C.A., after the conclusion of the civil war by a tentative truce between the warring factions, the now-knighted Guilhèm, despairing about the state of the world and swayed by the lessons of Gert-Jan de Vrome, left the army and the lands of his family to turn to faith. Already familiar with the teachings of Saint George, he joined the Abbey of the Order in the mountains of Raetia, where he would become acquainted with the novices Henric von Skalitz and Jaans Daniël. Thirteen years he spent in the abbey in the mountains, where he would relinquish his worldly name and take on the identity of Hans Capon. He was taken under the wings of the now very old Gert-Jan de Vrome, who taught him everything about the holy scriptures and the vitae of Saint George and he eventually grew into one of the most prominent members of the Order due to his extensive knowledge of its doctrine and his fervent devotion to its cause.

### Becoming Abbot and the Abandonment of the Old Country

After the death of Gert-Jan de Vrome, Hans, now his right-hand man, was proclaimed the new abbot and took an even more traditionalist course with the order. When the fledgling peace was broken by an invasion of Aquitaine in A.D. 1 by lords from Raetia following the kidnapping of a Raetian diplomat, civil war broke out again and the region reverted to a mass of local rulers and clerics focused on self-interest and power. Hans and the order now realized that there was hardly any hope of improvement in this area. Partly because of the unrest, believers hardly went to church anymore, shut themselves up in their settlements and general morals had deteriorated. Local Lords completely disregarded the scriptures, their mission as guardians of law and order and the God-imposed world order and defied the teachings of the Church in every aspect. The Pater and the Church focused more on self-interest and self-preservation than propagating the teachings of the Lord, either because of impotence or deliberate restraint, hoping for an opportunity to strengthen their power.

Strengthened in their conviction that the situation was irremediable, Hans and the Council of Clerics, which now included his most faithful companions Henric von Skalitz and Jaans Daniel, decided to leave the region and search overseas for an area more viable for a sinless world. In 1 AD, Hans set off by ship with Jaans Daniel, aimlessly but confident that God would bring them to benevolent shores. Henric von Skalitz remained behind, awaiting their safe arrival and managing the remaining elements of the Order.

### Arrival and Archbishopric

After a long journey by sea and their arrival in Aengland, Hans and Jaans founded a temporary settlement in A.D. 2, which was soon abandoned to found a permanent settlement with the now arrived Henric von Skalitz. In the same year, construction began on a first abbey fortress on a hill in Chormikórz, which is still going on today. The Archdiocese of the Order of Saint George was founded on this site, with Hans Capon as leader at the head of the council of clergy. In the same year, almost unanimously, Hans was elected Pater of the Salvatic Faith, an election whose ceremony has yet to take place in the planned Abbey Church.