Aetifer White

**Aetifer White**, a white haired vulpur is the current leading authority in the town of Waywood. Aetifer being the patriarch of the White family spends most of his time governing and improving the territories in the family's possession. Though Aetifer and in extension the White family is not well know in their home nation of the Vulperium, he is in all regards an accomplished and competent architect, businessman, and statesmen.

## Biography

### Arrival in Batu

Aetifer and his brother Deca at the age of four and one respectively, were found alone in the dense and frozen forest south of the stronghold of Lazodi, at the time the capital of Batu. The brothers were discovered by a local engineer working on Lazodi's legendary wall. They were soon after delivered inside the inner gate of the city and henceforth permitted to stay and were to be raised as fully fledged Batu citizens despite btoh being vulpurs.

### Batu Influence

As a young adult Aetifer became an integral member in Batu society. While never becoming an active practitioner of Batu Shamanism he still respects the spirits, customs and rituals. Though it is safe to say that the religion is dead, leaving Aetifer as one of the last persons to witness the religion practiced first hand. He is still an avid supporter of its revival. A much larger influence on the young Aetifer during his time in Batu was his introduction to the Mirza system. He would go onto being adopted by the Eriki mirza, slowing but surely conforming to the attitudes, priorities, and customs of the Eriki people. It is at this point Aetifer took on an unmatched love for money and began his massive acquisition of wealth starting off as a gold miner. Along with this change of priorities came a change in character, his long mining trips away from the general populous of Batu made him cold to other people and openly butt heads with others when he deems them incompetent or ideas faulty. While this may be his reality, Aetifer like many other Eriki do not enjoy conflict as much as it may seem to an observer. Like many other in the mirza he prefers isolation and seclusion, a policy he has and continues to implement in his town of Waywood.

### Collapse of Batu

By the time Aetifer turned fifteen the writing was on the wall, Batu was in disrepair and bound for collapse. After many bad policies and death of the first Yeron the area of Batu of which Aetifer resided was henceforth subject gated by the neighboring Vulperia. Unable to continue to make a living in the ghost town of Lazodi the once shining beacon of culture and progress in the region, Aetifer decided to head south. Though throughout the years there has been several opportunities to travel back to Lazodi he can never bring himself the bear the sight of his once beloved home, though he still makes the time for a periodic pilgrimage to the temple of Aput.

### Settlement of Waywood

Now a Vulperium citizen, Aetifer approached the government seeking to settle a town at the mouth of a river at the time positioned within the Meiddasia dutchy. After obtaining approval the brothers sunk their wealth amassed over the years into constructing the White family castle. Positioned high above the ground and across the river from the workers camp site its location allowed the family to stay far beyond the gaze of current and future citizens. Along with the castle Aetifer worked tirelessly erecting a massive fox statue using the knowledge gained from his younger years while working alongside Lazodi engineers. The statue is meant to remind the family and original inhabitants that while they were from Batu, some preventable and unforeseen events forced them to relocate to a strange southern land.

### Waywood Supremacy

As time pasted Waywood grew at a rate befitting of the ambitions of the White brothers. Aetifers business ventures would continue to raise funds for new projects, and even though problems would arise progress never would be hindered by such annoyances. It is during this period that the dutchy of Meiddasia was absorbed into Vulperia, the dutchy to Waywoods east. Weeks later during the national census Waywood would be given the chance to display its dominance on the national stage by officially being placed as the third most populated town and propelling Vulperia to the position of the most populated dutchy. Along with this, Aetifer led Waywood voters to support local politician, Zak Yolcotl-Durradayne in the Vice Valar election. After the successful campaign Aetifer would be named Count of Vulperia by order of the duke, acknowledging his growing influence. Even after his appointment he would spend most of his days toiling away, looking over and nurturing Waywoods growth. It is also during this time Aetifer would sponsor the construction of fort Ticonderoga, Waywood's mountain barracks, and Waywood's armory.