Joe Frank Kennedy

Joe Frank Kennedy (b. 18 TE), or Desif Farenkir-Kanadith in Sironian, is the Keshra of Noukouthak, Iverthirak, and Liraxak's Citadel, former Count of Ayesinco, former break-away terrorist leader of Fuscinivir, former Minister of Culture of Viesten, and current Chief Editor of the Ythex Sagavir newspaper.

Early life
Joe was born in Port d'Ilivian in the far east of Sironia on a large farming property to parents [unknown]. Growing up, he learnt how to run a farming business very quickly and soon began to pursue a scholarly life in Azethvir, where he received an interview from the Archon Ythar II due to his extraordinary scholarly abilities and knowledge relating to the Sakrelist religion. However, whilst going to Azethvir after visiting family he was kidnapped by pirates who took him hostage in Tortuga. When he was about to be released, a fight broke out on the pirate ship and he hit his head on a shield, losing his memory.

Life in Tortuga
As Joe had forgotten why he was here, where he was from, and what he was doing, he decided to begin a new life farming in Tortuga - the only things he hadn't forgotten were the skills his father had taught him. He quickly expanded his farm into a small settlement and started to gain an income when he received a letter from Sironia. The letter, sent by Ythar, said that he had been accepted to be mentored as a Sakrelist Cleric, and that he must return to Sironia immediately to begin training. Joe sold the farm for a horse and Ten Thousand dollars, making his way back to Sironia over land via Athazolant.

Return to Sironia & the Civil War
When Joe arrived back in Port d'Ilivian a party broke out in the town to celebrate his return. After almost three days of celebrations, he received word that the Archon had summoned him to the capital to begin his official training as a Cleric. Beginning his training, Joe was not only taught of theology but also of politics and military, as Ythar mentored him with more than one career in mind. When the Sironian Civil War broke out, Ythar famously said to Joe, "do not stay here without a purpose! Go with those who will follow you. Go to the sandy shores across the Sea."

Following the guidance of his leader, Joe gathered anyone who could not stay to fight or protect themselves in the bloodbath of the civil war, creating a ragtag fleet which sailed in perilous weather to reach the coast of Yimmu-Audal. As the fleet sailed up the coast, they passed the battle site of Thechiran, and Joe famously rescued Madhursumi after he fell off the cliffs there and almost drowned. Shortly after, the weather cleared, and the fleet was able to make its way to land at the end of the Arritas Peninsula in Ayesinco County of Yimmu-Audal.

When the Sironian refugees arrived, the landscape was desolate, only a few ancient Fuscinian ruins survived. It was as if a miracle had occurred - or perhaps it was just Joe's farming skills - as from only a few seeds of wheat and melon, enough food was produced to hold a massive feast only on the third day! As the town of Pasouthak sprang up from the sandy coast, the landscape slowly changed as water sprung from the ground and grass and trees covered the land.

Building Pasouthak
Pasouthak was built remarkably quickly, becoming a large town in only two weeks. A local economy built on mining in the lush caves deep below the Peninsula and brewing was built up too. The local community, isolated from the rest of Rathnir, flourished under Joe's leadership, with one small interruption, being the attempted coup 1 week after the city's founding. The coup, led by a local called Mikey, attempted to militarize the town under a junta, but Joe quickly overthrew it with popular support. A small tabernacle was built, and the Archon made a visit from Sironia to open it to the people.

Pasouthak was soon given an ultimatum: join the Empire of Yimmu-Audal as a town or be invaded. Joe asked the Archon for guidance, and he instructed Joe to accept the ultimatum and work on gaining influence within the empire. Joe began to work with the Count of Ayesinco, Segellion, on infrastructure projects and soon a road was built connecting Pasouthak to the rest of the county.

Opponent of Aldovir
Within the old lands of Sironia, trouble was brewing. As Sironia had been integrated into Aldovir, the Emperor Jabberdrake had looked to remove those blocking his path to infinite power. One of them was Ythar, the Archon who won the Sironian Civil War, in which most of Rathnir - Jabberdrake's Lapidovir included - had supported a claimant to the Sironian throne to depose the hardcore Sakrelist Archon. Ythar initially collaborated with Jabberdrake in the Aldoviri imperial government, but when his vote was cast against the Emperor once, he was quickly removed from the leadership of Sironia for "corruption and bad leadership".

Joe and the citizens of Pasouthak were infuriated, and he wrote a famous essay condemning the actions of the Emperor as a breach of Sakrelist authority within the Empire, pushing allegations of corruption that had come out against him, and questioning his future motives. The gap between the Sironians of Pasouthak and those in Aldovir was only widened when Ythar was exiled from Aldovir and an Aldoviri puppet governor was declared Archoness. Ytharist loyalists quickly fled to Pasouthak and began work to create a front to restore Ythar and Sironia's sovereignty.