Raliettus

**Raliettus** is the founder and revered figurehead of the **Agaporia** philosophy. His writings are said to encompass many attempts of sought after recipes, to some seen as their form of the **Ultimate Opsūl** – including **Divya-Tak** and **Tarkaya.** This supposed knowledge helped him farm a devoted following during his lifetime – and that persisted after it. He remains one of, if not the most important figure in Alveyrian **Chimiador** history – and a controversial one at that.

### **Early life**

Raliettus was born to the tribes that roamed the northern plains and lived with them for many of his early years. Here, he took part in a considerably normal childhood, and there was no reason to suspect he would become the man he did. He remained with his tribe for quite some time, helping out with constructing shelters for the less-than-able, and hunting to provide food. This continued until he was approached by a band of travelling strangers, donned in cloaks and robes, travelling by horseback. Sceptical, yet intrigued, he did not run from them. They spoke back and forth, speaking of an ancient art that brought health, prosperity and wisdom – and Raliettus was hooked. He agreed to come with them and learn their ways – but first he had to say goodbye to his tribe. Upon returning and sharing with them this news, they tried to talk him out of it. The leader of the tribe told him he was crazy, and he had no right to abandon the tribe. Raliettus, being one to stand his ground, escalated it into an argument – and eventually violence. Neither him nor his tribe leader were hurt severely, but the emotional wounds cut deep. He was banished from the tribe as he left for the last time.

### **Enrolment into Tabulsan Chimiador**

After following the cloaked figures for many nights, he arrives with them at a small village. Consisting of a mostly tents and makeshift shelters, there was still three solid structures that formed the centre of this congregation. Here he would be taught all that he would know, and where he would follow his own experiments. For the first few weeks he underwent basic trainings of the methods and philosophies of **Tabulsar**, studying their texts and watching elder members perform works of **Chimiador. A**fter about a year of this he was finally ready to pursue his own studies, which he did fervently. He took particular interest in the research of the likes of the **Divya-Tak** – a divine body. Whilst he was not the only one to seek it out, he did so with the most enthusiasm. It was this enthusiasm that became a point of contention between him and the other followers of **Tabulsar** – as his devotion to this goal surpassed that of the **Tabulsan** goal of bettering humanity. For years he worked in semi-secrecy, getting closer and closer to his goal until he finally believed he had reached it. After this point Raliettus had a change of mind – believing he no longer needed to follow the teachings of **Tabulsar** and could instead form his own way of **Chimiador.** Taking a few from the settlement who followed his way of thinking, they set out into the wild.

### **Post-Dispascio**

After leaving, the word of Raliettus and his followers spread across to all 4 corners of the world, causing more and more to journey out and join their ranks. While they never compared to followers of **Tabulsar** in numbers, they were considered to be a threat nonetheless. With his newfound freedom, Raliettus pursued his studies without the threat of persecution from those directly around him, continuing to perfect his methods and pass on rituals and recipes to those most devout followers. When he wasn’t perfecting his studies, he led skirmishes against **Tabulsan settlements**, causing him to be a constant thorn in their side. The tensions he nurtured between his followers of **Agaporia** and those of **Tabulsar** would boil over in one final battle. No records state what happened, but all that is known is both sides came out significantly diminished, and that it brought about the end of any organised following of **Chimiador** in **Alveyra.**

### **Supposed death**

It is unknown what happened to Raliettus after that event, but it is assumed that he died alongside many others due to the scarcity of his followers afterwards. What is known is that, if those around him followed proper rituals upon a **Agaporian Chimiest's** death, then he would have been buried with his texts. If what he claimed to have discovered was true, and it was in his notes, then it would be one of the most valuable graves in **Alverya.**