Haider Ad-Din Sinan

Haider Ad-Din Sinan(IGN: Xasdurf) joined the server on September 2021. He is a Merchant, Councillor and Ex-Economist. He was born in the now ruined city of Cromerth in the Huitca Federation but currently lives in the city of JePola in the Kingdom of Ahalia. He is ethnically a Talawan Humanoid and has played major and minor roles in both Eldham and Rathnir politics.

## Biography

### Early life

Haider was born in the Huitca Federation to Talawan parents. He was born in the city of Cromerth in the Eye of Ummarnu region in the Quarego state of the Huitca Federation. His birth city was also the holy city for his tribe and their religion of Mehocism. Here, he received his early education through the priests of the city. On becoming a teenager, he started training to one day be a priest in the city.

As a priest in training he would often travel with missionaries. Often travelling to the nearby cities of Sandburg, Dialag and the neighbouring Kingdom of the Councils.

### Adult Life in Cromerth

On reaching adulthood, Haider was promoted to priesthood and also became a councillor to the Mehocist Queen.

As the years waned, the relations between the Huitca and Mehocists strained which finally resulted in the UCDS Fiasco in which the cities of Sandburg, Cromerth and Dialag revolted against the Huitca Federation.

The rebellion ended in failure and city of Cromerth was completely levelled by Huitcan forces. Most Mehocists fled Huitca land including Haider who travelled the farthest and settled in Eldham.

### Life in Eldham

On reaching Eldham, he began searching for a home. Soon he found a suitable place in the colony of Ahalia. He was well suited to the desert like environment of the the colony. At that time Ahalia was a small and insignificant colony of the Viodoxan Empire.

#### Colonial Life

Ahalia was a neglected part of Viodoxa as they were far away from the larger and more valuable colony of Klea.

On his arrival, Ahalia was ruled by Theos Zevedeos as the Lord of Ahalia. The settlement was extremely small and only had a library and dormitorium. However, Haider and Theos slowly but steadily started building up Ahalia, soon JePola which was earlier a small town had grown into a proper city however it was still neglected by Viodoxan officials but this was not to be the case for long.

#### Life in independent Ahalia

Following Viodoxa's catastrophic loss in the Goonish wars. The Viodoxan state collapsed leading to Ahalia declaring their long due independence. Now with the beauracratic centres being moved from Viodoxa city to JePola, a new legislature was required. Haider proposed the creation of an advisory body, the Nika and became one of the first Councillors of the body or Nikatoi.

Haider then took control of the economic management of the Kingdom and became its Chief Economist. However, he later resigned from the post as Ahalia adopted a more lassez faire economy.

The now independent Ahalia proved its calibur and soon rose up the ranks to just edge out and become one of the secondary powers of Eldham.

### Cultural Shift in moving from Rathnir to Eldham

#### Religious Shift

Early on, Haider stuck to his birth religion of Mehocism building a shrine to the Mehocist Gods in JePola. But slowly with time his faith in Mehocism waned till he finally converted to the Ahalian majority religion of Guhenism. Which was also the official religion of the Viodoxan Empire.

It is still unclear if the conversion was because he truly beleived in Guhenism or if he just wanted to increase his popularity and political power in Ahalia.

#### Cultural Shift

Just like with religion, Haider grew distant from Mehocist culture as well. However, instead of just adopting the Pseudo-Viodoxan culture of other Ahalians. He grew a fascination with the local cultures of the region.

When the Viodoxan settlers first arrived, they had to share land with a local tribe known as the Aura. However, soon the Aura suddenly and abruplty dissapeared. As such, little is known about the Aurans. However Haider did know some of the last Aurans and as such was able to study their culture.

He learned that the Aurans referred to the land as Morea, the word "Pentamorea" which was later coined by Haider is beleived to come from this root word. He learned from them about the Moreus, the purple feathered bird which is the symbol of Morea and now prominently features on the Coat of Arms of Ahalia.

Haider then took it as his mission to learn more about the region, making maps and meeting the other ethnicities of the region- The Allorahns, Jabaleans, Doriathi and Khoizikan.

## Physical Appearance and Geneology

Haider Sinan has black hair and Hazel skin . He's been described as average in Weight but less than average in height. He wears a thick black coat, black trousers and a white shirt. His outfit never seizes to shock Ahalians and Non-Ahalians alike since wearing thick black in the desert starts to get unbearably hot really fast. He also wears white gloves, rumour has it that he wears them because his hand is extremely craggy.

While Haider is a Talawan, he was born to Talawan humans and not the Dune Elves. However, his short height and high tolerance to heat is often credited as proof that he may have some Dune Elf genes somewhere down the family line.