Aaron Siderallis

Aaron Siderallis is the first famous scholar in Arlec, known for researching the Hilan Plague, his discovery of Dyghon’s Tower and his more famous discovery of Aaron’s Meteor, which was later destroyed by Tasos.

## Early Life

Aaron was born in the city of Nylev in the Lorenzen Kingdom in **293PR**, becoming a member of the noble Siderallis family that were the second largest to the throne at the time.

At an early age Aaron showed more interest in history and learning than military combat, causing most of his family to ridicule him. When he was of age he enrolled into the best schooling at the time, and spent a lot of his days in the library studying.

## Early Beginnings

When he reached the age of 18, Aaron moved to the nation of Gonarundu, which held the better quality libraries and more scholars. Becoming an apprentice under an unknown scholar, his first task was researching the Hilan Plague. It was Aaron’s research that has helped scholars and doctors understand the effects, listing out the signs and symptoms and original cause of the plague.

Aaron even theorised that if the plague was to evolve to contain magical properties at all, the spread of the infection could dramatically increase. Since the Gonarunduns had already discovered that quarantining was an effective prevention for spreading the disease, Aaron’s theory included covered clothes and better hygiene and sanitation in cities.

Looking at the world in its current state, Aaron believed a large spread of the plague would soon occur and hoped that the nations would read his research and prepare beforehand.

## Career

After his 5 year research into the Hilan Plague, Aaron moved on to discover other things, deciding to travel with his research instead.

### Dyghon's Tower

Some of his discoveries were minor and have been lost, but in **321PR** he discovered the location of Dyghon’s Tower. Searching through books in the library, Aaron concluded that the tower had been there at least since the first century, though guessed it was likely from the Second Era. The reason he could not get a more accurate conclusion was from the magic of the tower tampering with his results.

Nearby, Aaron found a Draconic tablet in a small archaeological dig, though most of the writing was damaged and unreadable, he managed to translate the name ‘Dyghon’, believing it to be the owner of the tower.

2 years after his discovery of the tower, Aaron decided to bring an Awakened individual down to help with his research. Using their magic they were able to detect evocation and abjuration on the walls and conjuration further inside. Making the guess, Aaron believed that Dyghon was an old wizard who created the tower to contain his treasures and research inside.

After no more discoveries were made about the tower, Aaron decided to continue his journey to find new topics.

### Aaron's Meteor

*See: Aaron's Meteor*

In early **328PR**, Aaron discovered a large meteor heading towards the world. Further research helped him determine that the size and volume of the meteor would cause a catastrophic event, potentially wiping out all humanity and civilisation in the world.

Once he calculated the time of arrival, Aaron went to the other nations in South-East Arlec and told them about the oncoming meteor, in a perfect world he would’ve gone to other nations outside of the region but was lacking time. It took some time but he was finally able to convince the nations about the threat when it came into view during the day.

Gathering other scholars, they came up with some possible solutions to deal with the meteor, eventually going with a set of explosives. After Max sacrificed himself and the meteor still kept coming, Aaron and the other scholars braced with whatever they could, knowing they would not survive the next hit but had reduced the meteor down into a region-level threat. If it wasn’t for the intervention of Tasos, they would’ve all died.

After the meteor was destroyed, Aaron was awarded with a medal by the nations and given grants to continue his research.

## Late Career

After Aaron’s Meteor, Aaron had little success with his work for the rest of his life. Instead he decided to focus on creating a family, settling in the city of Ralom, Gonarundu. Some of his smaller work included the discovery of the Blood Stone and the Frozen Region before fading into the library.

He eventually died in **351PR**, leaving behind two daughters.