Hernicii von Savras

Hernicii (Savyrian: Herniki) was born of recondite origins, but was grandson of Maevel, nephew of Unic0rnb0i, and father of Lucius von Savras. He was considered to be one of the primary figures of post-Himo Andorn. He founded the southern Andornan city of city of Savras, the Yularan city of New Savras, and created the predecessor to the modern Andornan state, the Holy Syltor Empire.

Hernicii married Rovena von Savras and bore one son and heir, the aforementioned Lucius von Savras. He fought in the Valle War, and the Bardonian invasion of Ryzan, where he died during the combat in Volkoregrod.

# Biography

## Lineage

In all credible historic documents Hernicii's parents go unnoted, they are marked simply as "Red Dandelions". This suggests that Hernicii came from a branch of the Dandelion line, as claimed by later documents stating Hernicii as being the grandson of Maevel, father of one of the most famous figures in Syltorean history, Bardonian Emperor Unic0rnboi. Which draws a tenous claim of Hernicii being a nephew of the Emperor.

A few sources suggest that Hernicii was not the grandson of Maevel, but rather his son, assigning him to house Red Dandelion within the greater Dandelion dynasty rather than treating the label as a marker of unknown parentage. The "Son of Maevel" claim is often used to bestow legitimacy to Hernicii and his descendants as legitimate rulers of Bardonia, and by extension, the entire portion of Syltor that Bardonia conquered (Including Ryzan, Valle Deep, and Lennox).

### Skepticism of Red Dandelion lineage

There are historians in Syltor that are skeptical of Hernicii's claim of being connected to the Dandelion Dynasty. This skepticism comes primarily from the lack of documentation as to who his parent really were. It is recounted in the *Mets Antorn* that Hernicii had requested to be legitimized as Nephew of Unic0rnboi, who had died at Istanboulder some time before. The unstable Third Bardonian Empire may have agreed to this request only to retain it's alliance and influence over the newly independent Andorn.

## Rise to Power

Little is known of the activities of Hernicii before the rise of Savras, sources conflict on whether he was in New Dorasterrock, or exploring the Andorn taiga for game. Other authors claim that he may have been a sea captain, pirate, merchant, or mercenary at the time. Hernicii never spoke or wrote at lengths about his activities during this period, so almost nothing is known of what his occupation was before the founding of the city of Savras.

When he was about 25 (03/17/2021), it was reported by residents of the then dilapidated city of Goyburg that an unknown man, who is now understood by Historians as likely being Hernicii himself, had entered the city with a band of about 120 mercenaries and declared himself it's governor, renaming it to Savras. Soon after this a letter marked as being from Hernicii was sent to the government of Ryzan requesting recognition of the city, this affair was likely a calculation error on where the settlement had been founded, which the Ryzanis corrected in response. Later letters are found to have been addressed to the government of Bardonia requesting recognition. In future correspondence Hernicii successfully negotiated a status for Savras as a vassal-state of Bardonia.

### The Three Andorns

Due to Unic0rnboi's efforts to plageatize (balkanize) Andorn, three more vassal states in Andorn had sprung up similar to Savras, that being Wivamovia, and Heli. These three city-states formed a pact styled the "Andorn Triumvirate", the purpose of which being to partition the Bardonian lands in Andorn amongst themselves. They agreed upon the gradual expansion of their states via purchase of Land, which Savras complied with, purchasing much of it's surrounding taiga and swampland until it bordered the fortress of Areska. Taxation records show that Hernicii got the majority of these expansion funds through excessive taxation of Ryzani merchants entering the port of Savras, an event which would soon spark a lifelong rivalry between Hernicii and the nation of Ryzan.

### Hatred of Ryzan

In the *Mets Antorn*, it is claimed that Hernicii's hatred of Ryzan began when rumors began to spread around the city of Savras of Ryzani vagrants sneaking into the city and stealing. Hernicii had caught wind of these rumors and soon demanded to the government of Bjornsull (Volkoregrod) to stop letting their poor enter Savras. In response, the city of Bjornsull promised that it would do all within its power to stop these unwanted travelers, though it appeared that whatever these methods may have remained ineffective, as soon after, a Savyrian national by the name of "Svinn" set the Ryzani lighthouse alight in an act of terrorism, which the Ryzani government demanded an apology for. This incident is likely what began the tensions between Hernicii and the nation of Ryzan.

### New Savras

During his rule as the King of Savras, an opportunity for colonies opened up, the Sand Republic in Yulara (Then the Northern Fish) had recently collapsed, leaving much of it's land lawless. Hernicii and the Savyrian government took this opportunity to establish a colony in the middle of the Island, which they named Ostia. He settled New Savras as the capital of this colonial government, and ge left Viceroy Gribbits in charge of the settlement, a tenure which would ultimately prove to be brutal for the native inhabitants. Colonial Ostia partook on raids into it's neighbors in Lennox, Taran'bak, and even into Valle. All the while forcing the natives of Ostia into brutal subjugation, many natives fled from the colony. Ostia has since undergone a long history of struggle even to today, where it is now independent.