Alácran Brilla de Ura

Alácran in his 'El Gobernante' garb

Alácran Brilla de Ura (formerly Alácran Scorpeno) has been the reigning Emperador of the Sicigia from its inception in the subordinate named year 0 KL. He is also the central figure of the Cult of the Daytime Moon. An immortal, Alácran has been elevated to the status of a demigod garnering both earned and unearned praise to his now mythical name. In the realms of civics, none have built an Empire quite like his. In the realms of conquest, none have conquered an Empire quite like his. It is in the latter accreditation, his aptness as a military leader, that Alácran began his immortal legacy.

Hailing from the Scorpeno family, a small but long-lived dynasty, Alácran began his illustrious military career as a desert warrior. As a young man, he came to believe that the rays of Kantebrio had anointed him for rulership over the Kingdom of Kantebar. Consequently, his small rebel band staked out for years in order to fulfill Alácran's mandate. Met with limited success, it wouldn't be until Alácran sought the aid of a dragon that he would receive any success. In a now almost mythological tale, a wise dragon named Kamarr shared with Alácran the secrets of Navio. Blessed with this esoteric knowledge, Alácran found himself saved by not by faith but by knowledge, and eternal life was bequeathed to him. Soon after, Alácran found himself King of Kantebar, after several heroic victories with his band of only a few hundred.

Over the next two decades, Alácran subjugated all of Man. When he set his site on the Elves, he found them more than prepared, and at him they sent a fusillade of fury. The armies of Man under Alácran and of Elves under the Elven Queen Boadecca would battle for three years, until, at the Battle of Bedforest, the two armies came prepared for a final confrontation. The path to war however, instead became a wedding aisle in what would become known as the Marriage of Dusk and Dawn. There, Boadecca and Alácran announced that they were to be wed and that the war was to be ended. Complimenting their marriage was the death of the eclipse in the lands of Kantebrio, and from that day forward, Luna would only share Kantebrio's light. The marriage of Alácran and Boadecca marked a marriage between Kantebrio and Luna as well.

Since then, Alácran has ruled the resulting Union and Man and Elves (known as The Sicigia) with a political philosophy emphasizing the duality of Kantebrio and Luna, of night and day. His armies now more powerful than ever, and with the backing of Luna, can now travel the world in support of his conquests. Under Alácran's leadership, the Union has grown to be the only nation to expand into the realms of other gods. Most notably, Dragonbreath War has ended in the establishment of Union colonies across the Dragonbreath Coast.

Since his marriage to Boadecca, Alácran has actively reinvented his image from that of a Man to that of an Immortal Emperador. The restructuring of Alácran's name is the most visible demonstration of how he has embraced his status as a demigod. Concerning his dynastic name, he immediately abandoned the Scorpeno Dynasty in favor of his own lineage of demigods, the Brilla de Ura. Concerning his first name, in the lands of The Sicigia, even speaking the name Alácran is considered taboo. Instead, Alácran prefers to be called simply El Gobernante in times of peace and El Conquistador in times of war. Each title comes with different aesthetics and presentation, as though Alácran is a different person one day from another. For example, Alácran will wear a sunmask, covering his face, and wear resplendent robes during times of peace. Conversely, in times of war, Alácran will uncover his face and adopt the traditional garb of his own soldiers, uncovering his face. These wild and intermittent changes in display Alácran as a man of duality, one not too dissimilar from the Union he has founded. It is said that with every passing day, more of the man Alácran dies, his remains burning to ash in the presence of Kantebrio himself, and being re-sculptured into El Emperador, El Conquistador, and El Gobernante.

In the Daytime Moon Cult, Alácran is revered as the Will of Kantebrio and Boadecca as the Will of Luna. Their marriage materializes the marriage between Kantebrio and Luna. To question the will of either is to question the will of the chief gods of the Union - to practically offer yourself up as a sacrifice to Kantebrio and Luna.

## Early Life

Alácran Brilla de Ura was born Alácran Scorpeno sometime around 46 E in the Belleza Desert region of the Kingdom of Kantebar. The exact time and date of his birth are hidden by the miasma of local civil unrest and his family's (at the time) poor financial state. However, according to most, Alácran was born during the decennial Celestial Fall (a comet shower occurring every ten years) placing his birth at around 46 E. Alácran's father, Jaime Scorpeno, is said to have ordered the nurses out of the house into the open field, where they could work under the comet light. Each streak of light across the sky provided mental respite for the nurses. After hours of labor, the nurses managed to successfully birth the baby boy, just as the comet shower seemed to have ended. It was then that the last comet, the physical manifestation of the God Alác, painted the black portrait of the night sky. Jaime and the nurses traced Alác's trajectory until he was just nearly out of view. Their awe ceasing and the light fading, Jaime and the nurses looked down to discover a scorpion poised to strike the young boy's head. Brushing him off, Jaime realized that Alác's light had saved his son, and named him for the god's glory: Alácran.

The death of Alácran's uncle, Resse Scorpeno in 43 E, led to Jaime inheriting most of what was left of the family fortune. Alas, once Jaime had settled Resse's and his own debts, the family was left with only a small plantation deep within the desert regions of Kantebar. Due to the family's waning influence, the possibility of them securing Alácran and his three younger brothers influential positions in the bureaucracy or his two older sisters strong nuptial pacts was slim. Instead, Alácran and his brothers were trained by their father, was a veteran, in the ways of war from a young age. The Scorpeno brothers quickly became locally renowned as great horseback riders and fighters. Adding to their reputation, the brothers jockeyed in local fighting tournaments and riding competitions quite frequently.

Tragedy would strike however when the Kingdom of Kantebar broke out into civil war, the War of All-Claimants, resulting in Alácran's family plantation being burnt to the ground in 36 E. Alácran and his brothers, who were out horseback riding at the time, returned to the family home to find it burnt to the ground, most of their servants and extended family killed. Alácran, only ten years old, fell to his knees reportedly. Looking up, he sought an answer from the gods. He was met with the second Celestial Shower of his life, the tenth anniversary of his birth.

The Scorpeno Brothers, now homeless, set out with what was left of their hirelings to exact revenge on those who had killed their family and kidnapped their parents. This would mark Alácran's entry into his first war. Over the next decade, the Scorpeno brothers became a feared military force. Mercenaries, the Scorpeno brothers primarily served Infantist forces in the civil war, although as Kantebar degenerated into chaos, the brothers were increasingly marked as independent raiders and warlords. Alácran was baptized by the war, and during this time he was often observed to be quiet, emotionless, and unenthusiastic.

After the death of two of his brothers, Alácran, then only sixteen, was himself struck off his horse and left for dead in the middle of the desert. His skin was kissed by the rays of Kantebrio, and he returned to his army bruised, burnt, and battered. As they tended to the weakened Alácran, he revealed to him that the rays of Kantebrio had revealed to him that he was to be King of Kantebar.

Initially unsuccessful, Alácran's meeting with the Dragon Kamarr would change everything. After several victories in the war, the Kingdom of Kantebar, weary of war, invited Alácran to take the throne over all the legitimate claimaints, believing that a new line of rulership under the Scorpenos was preferable to continued civil war over disputed claims.