Lancelot Mourningwood

### Occupation

Former chancellor of Thaustein, official court jester of Anterra, Commander in Chief of Thaustein, founder of Thaustein, high priest of Tekvica

## Physical description

### Introduction

Lancelot Mourningwood was born to Salima and Sagramore Mourningwood in the early winter of 458. Salima is the sister of Percival Mourningwood, Baron of Daylin. Lancelot is a feline zuloz, and is active in Soulrite. He came to Soulrite at the age of 22 following the battle where his uncle died alongside the maidens. Salima stayed to tend to the original Tekvican compound, though not before imparting upon him the gift of prophesy from Lady Tekvica.

After arriving in Soulrite, Mourningwood continued north of the new Exiled Empire's capital, and settled an island in a temperate deciduous forest, with a plot of farmland in a nearby plains biome. This fortified island became the city-state of Thaustein, the largest faction on the server. For four years Mourningwood was the chancellor. In Thaustein, he invited his uncle's friend Skyla Ounna to Thaustein, giving her a position as a co-ruler. Though Thaustein was a theocratic oligarchy, Mourningwood prefered to style himself as a conduit for democracy in Soulrite, and a proponent of the growth and establishment of smaller nations. Thaustein is currently the most powerful and largest faction in Soulrite. It is also the only faction to have a functioning beacon.

Lancelot suffered traumatic head injury in 483 following a boating accident, and began to hear voices in his head, increasing his penchant for violence, and bloodlust against his allies. Around this time, a dispute arose where Lancelot became angry with officer Copper Tailwinds, and began feuding with him. Lancelot also realised that he had fallen in love with Phoebe Rekavor, the fish queen of Prismara, a powerful faction a few hundred blocks southwest of Thaustein. As the voices increased in intensity, Lancelot sensed the end was coming, and made the decision to propose to Phoebe before he lost his mind to the voices completely. Phoebe accepted, and they married shortly following his twenty-sixth birthday in 484 at the World Congress.

Upon further investigation into the voices, Lancelot found that he had died in the accident, but his ancestors determined it was not time for the last living bearer of the Mourningwood name to die. Instead, he was sent back to his cooling body, accompanied by his much more volatile uncle, embittered by the long years in purgatory. Percival Mourningwood resolved to help Skyla Ounna, and supported her in the bombing of the Thaustein Northwood Alliance Congress. Percival also came to hate Copper, and Lancelot relinquished his powers unvoluntarily, with the council of Skyla Ounna. He set off for Anterra, whose leader, Orez Odys accepted him with open arms. Here, he was given the role of court jester.

### The turtle controversy

Early in the founding of Thaustein, Phoebe Rekavor found the unethical practices of Thausteinian turtle farming to be unnacceptable. One of the core tennets of Tekvica was the donning of the Turtle Helm, a mythical helmet constructed from turtle scutes, adopted from the journey to boob of Percival Mourningwood, Screamy, Banana, Maron and awesomesauce3983. Upon this discovery, Phoebe alligned herself with Eastrock, Thaustein's primary challenger. Throughout the following weeks, Phoebe harrassed Thaustein, with Thaustein being just as annoying back. Finally, they made amends, and Phoebe and Lancelot bonded.

### The marriage debacle

In 481, at the urging of Copper Tailwinds, Lancelot decided it would be best for Skyla Ounna to be married off to leader of Hostina Jarka Baník. This was, of course, entirely without Skyla's consent, as Lancelot and Copper found it funny that Jarka had a crush on Skyla, and Skyla was not interested.

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### Death

Lancelot shot himself using a bow at the New Year's Day celebration.