Komui Phoenix

Komui Phoenix is a Rohelian nobleman, who served as the marshal of Moonburg before the fall of Rohel, and currently serves as Quartermaster of Elkinir. Komui Phoenix served in the United Rohel Army during the Rohel-Kartek war, and has had the position of a military leader since the Moonburg council elections following the Moonburg Independence Raid. He is the co-founder of House Phoenix along with his brother Tito, who have played an important part in Rohelian politics since their inception.

Early Life
Komui Phoenix (born just "Komui") was born in the village of Constans in the far eastern reaches of Sparwood to a Kostucan father and a Tatsuhoshan mother. Five years later, his brother Tito would be born to a different mother, a Burgamerian fleeing Palaris. Komui spent his early days on his parents' farm, assisting his father in his blacksmith work. He received a formal education by Soleannen missionaries, being amongst the more studious in his class, along with his brother.

By age 18, Komui was a full apprentice of his father, and was in the process of becoming a master blacksmith. When he was 19, a band of horseback raiders attacked his village and razed it to the ground, killing most of the inhabitants, including his parents. Komui and Tito were among some of the only survivors. For years the two bounced from village to village doing odd jobs before parting ways.

Early Days
When he was 25, Komui found his way into Rathnir. When visiting a tavern in Maldun, a hooded man with a strange accent convinced him to come join him and his people in a city called "Moonburg", in the nation of Rohel. Being promised a free home and food, Komui took the man up on his offer. The hooded man ended up being the Duke of Moonburg, Omara Daydream. When arriving, he was first met by Carrot Daydream, Omara's daughter and at-the-time Spymaster of Moonburg, who would be the first to show him around the city. Komui would then meet with the city's Steward, Stefanano, who would give him a house. He would come to learn in these first days that the ruling council of Moonburg was democratically elected by the populace, and anyone could ascend to the Council's ranks, not just nobles. With such great opportunity present, Komui sent ravens out to the many friends he made in the far reaches on his travels, including his brother Tito, and invited them to the city. Nearly a dozen people answered the call, and before long a tight-knit clique had formed in Moonburg around the two brothers. Most of them, including Komui, would join the Moonburg Town Guard.

Kartek Integration and the Kartek-Frosmyre War
Less than a few months (in game) after arriving, the nation of Rohel was reintegrated into the Kartek Caliphate, under Caliph 001First. Tito and Komui were still new to the country to have any allegiances one way or the other, so they welcomed Kartek with open arms. When Kartek's reformation was met with an immediate declaration of war by the Frosmyrian syndicate, the brothers' support for Kartek deepened, as they thought it was unfair that Kartek was being denied its right to exist due to past transgressions. All of this would change when Caliph First announced his plans to invade the Grand Union of Solea-Audal, at the time the largest nation in Rathnir. Komui thought the decision was suicidal, and that Kartek's resources would be better spent on the war with Frosmyre. When he asked how Kartek could win such a war on two fronts, he was met with vague insistence that victory was assured. When voicing his criticism, he was shouted down as being a defeatist. It was here that Tito and Komui's perception of Kartek for the first time became negative.

The Independence Raid
On the 24th of November, 2021, at 10:00AM EST, a meeting of the Moonburg Town Guard convened. The Marshal, Manji Thornrose, was ill, and his stead First Lieutenant Nico lead the meeting. In attendance included Tito, Komui, Senator, and Stefanano. Here, Nico informed the guard that Rohel was planning on declaring its independence from Kartek within hours. The guard were struck with simultaneous relief and surprise, since now they could be excluded from both of Kartek's wars. However, Komui brought up to the guard his worry that this action would cause great anger within Kartek's ranks, and that it was sure to be met with a retaliatory action. The guard was then put on high alert, and Komui, dazed by the prospect that violence could be coming to his home yet again, began planting berry bushes outside the eastern gate as a rushed defense. When asked by Carrot Daydream why he was planting them, he replied "I don't know. We have to do something. They'll come for us." Philomena Auros who was on watch at the western gate spotted movement in the fort of Shwaize, now a Kartek stronghold. Bopra, at the time an advisor to the Duke, rang the bell signalling an attack, and urged the citizenry of Moonburg to stay inside and lock their doors. Instead, Komui urged his companions to dawn their armor, pick up their weapons, and prepare to fight. Komui then took command of the guard, or ordered them to the western wall. The first arrows were fired, and the raid on Moonburg began. Initially the skirmish was between the Moonburg garrison and the Arxellan troops in Shwaize, but soon reinforcements on both sides began to arrive. Kartek sent only one man: Norsk Hone. He single-handedly kept the entirety of the Moonburg town at bay, and his fierce fighting ability would come to haunt Komui for many years. As the guard did their best to fight Norsk, reinforcements from Thalasii arrived, escalating the conflict further. To make matters more confusing, Kelz, then leader of the Frosmyrian syndicate, arrived, and began killing people on both sides of the skirmish, her might rivaling that of Norsk's. After most of the town guard was decimated, Norsk fled the city, to which the people of Moonburg interpreted as victory. Very little gear was lost in the conflict, and from the perspective of Komui and the town guard, the raid was a symbolic victory for Rohel's independence. After the raid, Duke Daydream held a meeting in town hall congratulating the fighters for their bravery. The following day, Moonburg's Marshal Manji Thornrose, so impressed with Komui's leadership abilities, would tell him in confidence that he wished Komui to be the new Marshal, and that he would step down from his position so that Komui could run unopposed. This would begin Komui's career as a councilor of Moonburg.