A Short Chronicle of the Life and Exploits of Perlus Lamenich

Perlus Turo Lamenich was born in 1246 to the ancient and prestigious Lamenich Clan. Though unfortunate events in their recent history have left the Lameniches deprived of their ancient land holdings, they are still an influential and respected power, holding much sway in Tozelia and Rayka.

Perlus himself was only seven years old when the hated erinians stripped the Lameniches of their rightful land in 1253 after the Sultian Revolt. With luck, the clan managed to retain many of their possessions and its members relocated to Affal in Rayka, including young Perlus. As a young boy he was described as a playful and energetic, yet obedient and erudite. His father instilled in him traditional tozelian dyosian values, but was often too busy serving in his many duties as the family's patriarch, and so left Perlus' upbringing to world-class teachers and masters. Thus, Perlus was rigidly educated in matters of state, diplomacy, warfare and the arts. He was mentored by the famed Hergh Banovan in swording and dueling, and was described to have swashed and dazzled with his sword in one hand and his buckler in the other. Perlus also bloomed in numerous personal hobbies such as singing and acrobatics.

At the age of 18, wanderlust came over young Perlus, driving him to set out from Rayka into the unknown wider world in search of adventure and exploits.

Perlus' journey was launched in 1260, sailing east to luscious Ardenia. In a few weeks' time, Perlus arrived in the Amunavid city of Omagi. An ancient trading hub and cultural marvel, the city has also long been a major hub of the mercenary market. Perlus signed up with the old and respected Shaerka Company, becoming steadfast friends with the band's famed leader, Sisuadona "Sisa" Synghu. Perlus performed various demanding duties in the company for over a year as they traveled across Ardenia, during which time he fought against many grisly foes, including bandits in the Gharmoun, Yellow Torch cultists in the Ardan mountains, and Palak steppe-raiders in New Karabi. Perlus ended his service contract with the Shaerka Company amicably in 1262, travelling to Najar, capital of the Amunavid realm, and enjoyed an audience with Baliq Amuna VII.

After his successful endevours in Ardenia, Perlus set his eyes further east, to the mysterious and war-torn lands of Casary. Renting a ship and crew in Najar, he sailed fourth into the Infermian Sea with the goal of eventually reaching Ganalossia, the fabled capital of Casary. On their voyage, Perlus and his crew fought back attacks from rudian pirates, made a name for themselves in the arenas of Mai-Ra, and even resolved disputes between Hleykoumite traders and native tribes in northern Magney. Arriving in Corto City in 1263, Perlus and his crew were swept up in the whirlstorm of the city's petty republican politics, becoming intermediaries in the struggles between noble families and political factions. After a few months, Perlus continued on horseback northwards, trekking though Pas Valley and the northern Safolite cities, stopping by in Rhen to witness the famed Divacu Carnival.

In the very beginning of the year 1264, Perlus Lamenich and his loyal band finally reached Ganalossia, the largest city in the undivided world. However, the city was in a reprehensible and decaying state. The civil war known as the Ozenkal had ravaged that continent for decades had left the city masterless, letting civil merits wither and laws becoming obsolete. After making a trip to the sacred lake of Dammdes, Perlus sought out an audience with the mighty Sai Sa'yilia, one of the four "Val-Shangs" who still war with each other for control of the Holy Kingdom. Finding no sign of the warlord, Perlus searched high and low in that maze of millions for any kind of master or leader of the city. He discovered that there was no clear answer, it had been divided and exploited between various gangs, families, clans, garrisons and armies of all kinds that squabbled and feuded against one another for control of the city's territories. A cruel and barbaric fate to befall such a mighty capital!

Here we enter the darkest chapter in the life of Perlus Lamenich. After dealing with a notorious vongan crime syndicate, a local garrison of militiamen ambushed and arrested Perlus and his crew, mistaking his conflict with the vongans as association, or even partnership. Perlus was locked in the notorious Heiantemo Tower, where he would have to endure cold and hard conditions, with little food or even sunlight. Perlus would unfortunately have to endure this retched state of affairs for five agonising years, finally escaping in 1269 with the help of a loyal member of his crew.

With his freedom reclaimed, Perlus longed for his childhood home in Affal. He managed to join a trading caravan headed west for the mighty fortress-city of Gargos. When they were halfway there, the Battle of Qawadreia changed the balance of power in that region, forcing the caravan to turn back towards Ganalossia. Perlus decided to venture forth in his lonesome, going on south on horseback to Vistizia, where he rented a galley that sailed first for Jumajala and then straight for Rayka.

Perlus returned to his exiled clan in 1270 as a prestigious and celebrated man. His father had passed away some years prior and Perlus' younger brother, Marun, had taken over as the clan's head. But with the return of his elder, Marun stepped down and Perlus was officially the head of clan Lamenich. Perlus vowed publicly to reclaim the rightful Lamenich lands in Tozelia, still held by the reviled erinian government, and would dedicate all of his effort in the pursuit of this goal.

Perlus' scheme involved a city in the west he had often heard about, Selvia. The city was under the nominal control of the Erinian Commonwealth, but ruled its matters with a great degree of autonomy, including its old tradition of electing the city's two leaders, the captain and the director. Perlus, as a free and property-holding man and technically a subject of the Erinian Commonwealth, could participate in the elections and become head of the affluent Selvian republic, using its wealth to restore the lands to his family.

Setting his selvian plan in motion, Perlus started by employing a local band of crusader-mercenaries and placing them under his command. He set sail with them and numerous personal retainers in 1272, the same year the elections were set for the position of director of Selvia. As soon as he landed in the city's grand harbour, several noble families and factions worked towards a conspiracy to make Perlus' wealth their own. His entourage was robbed of their belongings as they were still unloading it from the ships, and hired urchins worked tirelessly to besmirch his good name to any onlookers. Despite these hurdles, Perlus entered as a candidate in the elections with backing from the wealthy Vyn Austre family, delivering rousing speeches to the city's populace. Perlus began to perform increasingly better in the elections' polling, drawing much ire and jealousy from the other candidates and their families. They again conspired, this time to find an obscure loophole in an old selvian law tome that forbade men from holding office that did not hold property expressly in the selvian realm itself. Perlus attempted to fairly and legally buy property in the city, but it was too late by then. The elections were held and Perlus' name was not on the ballot. Barred, abandoned and shunned, Perlus nonetheless still held his head high and returned to Affal.

   With that, our tale has caught up to the present day, where Perlus still heads the Lamenich Clan and works tirelessly to undo the great injustice that was done to them by the corrupt erinian government. If you yourself would sometime find yourself lost in the world, wondering if there ever even was a just cause, then look to the man himself, Perlus, the hero, the leader, the venturer.