Josu Mogrus

**Josu Mogrus** was the first character of Mana\_guardian. He was a human cleric following the Church of Six Divines, as well as founding the Fislankif Sect. He served as an advisor to the king of Arcturus, continuing when the government transitioned into the di-archy of Volturus. When the stress of his responsibilites became too much he would leave the island. He would later return after Volturus was deposed from the island of Arcturus, and Eisenland took control over the island. He is now attempting to keep the Church alive, while managing the sects and delving into necromancy to find a cure for death.

## Appearance and Personality

Josu is a human male that is five foot eight inches tall. The right side of his body is primarily purple and slightly disfigured, due to his self-experimentation. He normally wears a white set of robes with black underneath it. When interacting with people he behaves very distant, seldom talking about himself or his past. Due to his.... injuries he's very indifferent to his own pain, having been stabbed through without reacting on several occasions. This indifference combined with his general lack of emotion has made some refer to him as a, "walking corpse". Josu is known to obsessively focus on his research for weeks on end, neglecting his health and fraying mental state. This obsession seems to be born out of an incredible fear of death, and his desire to grant immortality to all.

## Biography

### Early Life

Josu was raised in a very religious family in the city of Illerya. His family was descended from the Nortfolk, and worked as clerics in the Church of Six Divines. He would grow up with three other siblings, Lilia, Jorah, and Jory, with all of them helping there parents perform religious ceremonies, primarily tending to the dead and dying.

This close view of death would greatly affect Josu, driving him to one of the less worshipped divines, the goddess of necromancy Necros. When he turned 23 he began researching and practicing the art of necromancy, believing it to be the answer to all the death he saw around him. Surely the gods would not allow such suffering without some means to alleviate it. However when his family learned about this it would create a fracture in his relationship with them.

### Exile

Josu would be exiled from Illerya, according to him he was sent out to do missionary work, but none of his family or anyone in Illerya can confirm this, and have stated explicitly that he was exiled. During this exile Josu would begin to travel from place to place, traveling south through Bardonia and sailing across the sea to Ummarnu. He would visit Luxios for a time before continuing to travel east through Sironia, and Theios-Essukdal. He attempted to continue his research during his journey, communing with spirits and attempting to make an elixir to halt the bodies decay. One of these elixirs he would ingest, with the elixir spreading through his body and nearly killing him. He managed to receive the medical attention necessary to stop it from spreading, but it would disfigure and discolor the right side of his body. He was 26.

### Arcturus

These travels would eventually bring him to the recently founded Kingdom of Arcturus, where he saw an opportunity. The recent inhabitants of the island were distantly related to the old Nortfolk tribes that worshiped the Holy Six. However, many of their religious beliefs had been lost over their decades of migration and separation from the other Nortfolk tribes. Josu would immediately attempt to revitalize the old religious beliefs, having a temple constructed to act as a place of worship. As Josu's influence grew the king would take notice of his efforts and make him the official advisor. Josu would be given Fislankif to govern as the official holy city of the kingdom. He was 27.

### Volo Tribe Crisis

The peace Arcturus strived for was always fragile. With Josu and Cedar having to deal with crises between the first and second United Kingdoms of Western Sparwood, and the kingdom of Nocturia. However, none of these would break out into open war, until the Volo Tribe attempted to take Arcturus. Initially the Volo were thought to be a small force of squatters, and so the kingdom responded accordingly. Josu would attempt to contact them in their northern fortress, to try and integrate them before using force. However, the Volo would quickly reveal that they had the backing of the Kingdom of Daelyria. There was also rumors that Bardonian was involved, but this was never confirmed one way or the other.

Josu would attempt to contact Loic, at the time an archon of Viodoxa. Loic would offer protection to the island if it entered Viodoxa as a province. Josu said he wanted to discuss it with Cedar before deciding, and so a meeting was scheduled between Loic, Hazel, Cedar, and Josu. During this meeting it was decided by all involved that the Kingdom of Arcturus would become a province under Viodoxa, with the ability to leave once the crisis had been dealt with. The Viodoxan military and Arcturus would continue preparing for the upcoming battle, with Josu making a sacrifice to the god of War Voy. However, the battle would never come as Loic would bring together Josu and the advisor of the Volo Tribe, Obopixel, to form a peace agreement. Loic would convince the Volo advisor to be integrated into the Archonate alongside Arcturus as a co-run province, with the specifics of the government established together by the Volo and Arcturians. The constitution that would be signed into law would be written by Josu.

#### Leaving Volturus

Unfortunately this new government would be very hasty in their goals, with much of the leadership wanting to secede from Viodoxa and declare war on Eisenland almost immediately. Josu would be the only one cautioning peace saying, "Eisenland has done nothing, but support this island through its most turbulent times. To declare war on them is an act of betrayal."

The stress created by this secession crisis as well as some members insulting the Archons directly to their face, would lead to Josu resigning from the government and leaving for New Askalon. He was 28.

### Time in Askalon

During his time in Askalon, Josu would become increasingly isolated from the rest of society, focusing entirely on his research. He would attempt several times to gain access to the elixir of life the Nightlings of Nocticism use to reverse their aging, but to no avail. Instead he would experiment to replicate their elixir based on its effects, creating a simulacrum that merely slows the aging process for a short time. So he began to shift his research to focus on soul transference, with Josu first communing with the soul in question to get their consent. He met with some success on this front, able to transfer souls into small objects, but nothing larger than one cubic meter. Josu refused to use those souls that did not consent to the experiments, with them given the knowledge that they could suffer great pain during the process.

### Return to Fislankif

While he was continuing his research in Askalon Volturus would declare war against Eisenland in a blatant attempt at conquest. This imperialism would ultimately fail with Eisenland taking complete control over Arcturus, leading to many members of the Volturus government to flee to Daelyria. After these events Josu would receive a letter from the government of Eisenland, informing him about the current situation and asking if he would like to keep control of the temple. Josu would immediately begin packing up his belongings, and look for a boat to take him to Arcturus. He met with government officials of the Eisenland government, and worked out an agreement that allowed Josu to keep control of the temple, the inside of the walls and nothing more. He then made his journey north to see the state of the temple, and continue his research. He was 29.

### Church Growth

The influence of his temple would only increase with several members of Eisenland's government converting. This would lead to the formation of a new sect in the form of the Sitel Sect, a blending of Church of Six Divines and Eisenlandian Orthodoxy. With the growth of the Church Josu would be kept busy managing the new sects emerging, and researching the rumors he heard about the lich Dex Og. He would travel into the Magisterium to follow this trail only to find out that Dex\_og had been killed, but he did find someone that would be very helpful Spriet Reapierre. He was 30.

### Meeting Spriet

His conversation with Spriet in Stella Lunaris would lead Josu to question the purpose of his research. Josu would later seek Spriet out, thinking he might be able to help in Josu's research. Josu would end up traveling through Kartek, and Myrtana eventually finding Spriet in Lunaris City. Upon arriving he would convince Spriet to help him with the project Josu had been working on. They would both come back to Fislankif and Spriet's scythe would be used to try and contact spirits. The experiment would lead to a new body formed for the spirit of Grimm Reapierre, but they would not be given new life until much later. A form of Grimm, called Sickle, would escape from the temple. Josu would redouble his efforts on recreating and perfecting the elixir of life after this failure. He was 31.

### Worst Possible Success

Josu's death would come suddenly, and be incomplete. The elixir he tested on himself turned his skin purple and drew all the life from him swiftly killing him. However, it would preserve his conciousness, with Josu as a spirit. He became permanently bound to the temple of Fislankif where his soul stone is, but he can't interact with the world only watch. Now he watches and waits as everything he built decays and turns to dust. He had achieved immortality, but for what? He was 31 when he died.