Alexander Stuff

Alexander van Stuff (translated) (IGN: alx_1337) joined Stoneworks Rathnir on the 28th of February, 2022. He joined the Archonal Union town of Kaminhagen in the province Eisenland on the first of March, later also getting a double citizenship on Tortuga Isle in the Pirate Dominion of Tortuga.

Pre-Rathnir
Alx's story begins in the firey underworld of the nether, where he was born as a result of an affair between the an Arch-Demon warrior queen named Bartuk drk Stuff and an unknown Pureblood Demon Soldier. This makes him one of the few known Demi-arch-demons, a Demon that is half pureblood Demon and half Arch-Demon. He was quickly exiled due to being a threat to the Warrior Queen's legitimacy, and was largely raised by other creatures of the nether and generous Piglin Merchants. He wandered the nether for about 80 years, gathering knowledge and skills where he could, foraging and hunting for Hoglins to survive, and eventually hearing of a legendary land of opportunity called Rathnir. He began on his search for the "Portals" to Rathnir the Piglin Merchants had told him of, however, around his 85th year of life, he was badly injured in a battle between him and a Piglin Brute. This had left him to die in the barren rock of the nether plains, until he was found by the person who would eventually bring him to Rathnir...

When fire meets wood
''Alx had been wandering the desolate nether plains for many years, but not until recently did he have a true goal. From the Piglins wandering the lands surrounding here, he had heard of a land full of life, empires and opportunity: A surface continent called Rathnir, which one could access these lands through magical portals the Rathnirians had created. Two years ago this had been, and now he found himself slowly doubting if this mysterious land even existing. But one glimmer of hope still remained, for the landscape was changing. It was more ragged, more used and had been built upon more. Could this be it? Could this be where the Rathnirians access the underworld?''

''Alx woke up to a man towering over his limp body. Everything hurt. He couldn't remember the details of the kerfuffle, but he damn well knew there had been a kerfuffle, and even though his race doesn't have any blood and therefore can't bleed, he could still tell he was badly injured. And yet he didn't recognize this man standing over him, who wore a dirty brown trenchcoat and a painted wooden mask resembling a hamster's face.''

''He crouched down beside Alx and spoke to him: "Do you speak Traveler's Tongue?". Alx understood this as Traveller's Tongue, which he had learned a little bit of from the Piglin merchants who wandered the plains and interacted with other species. He didn't know a lot of the language, but he could muster enough words to communicate his basic message. "I... looking for... Rathnir", he said with a thick, growly underworld accent. "You Rathnir?", Alx asked. "Yes I am from Rathnir", answered the stranger in an almost perfect version of the language. Come on, I'll take you to my city. It's in Rathnir, and we can get you patched up there", offered the stranger, helping Alx to get up.''

''As Alx got up, he got out one last question: "What... your name?" "I'm Hamster Van Niemandsland, mayor of Kaminhagen. But you can just call me Hamster", answered the stranger as they began making their way to the nether portal.''

On Rathnir
Alx joined Kaminhagen on the first of March, after Hamster had brought him to the city. There he learned to speak both the Traveler's Tongue and the language of Eisenland, Eisendel. As his first deed for Eisenland, he built a three-story apartment building in Kaminhagen. Around this time he also joined the I.A.U. military. There he fought in a couple of squatter wars, and partook in a few battles of the Kartek-Ecclesia war as a volunteer. There he learned basic military skills as they are practiced on Rathnir. In Eisenland, he witnessed two elections, and after the second of them he became the Minister of the Interior's secretary. Around that time he also created his own town in the IAU's newly acquired territories of New Teschen, Ejznturn, named after the large deepslate tower that was going to be constructed in the center of it.

Shortly after this election however, he began feeling as though Eisenland had grown stale to him, and saw to new nations to refresh his enjoyment of the server...

Clear Seas and New Horizons
''Though he had grown to consider Eisenland his home, his nomadic nature wouldn't rest. This country had, as grim as this may sound, grown stale to him. The combination of a lack of successful adventures and the growing division within the country pushed him to search for new horizons. He got into his boat on the shores of these new lands Eisenland had acquired not too long ago, and set sail, leaving his work, his attempt at "his very own town with blackjack and hookers", unfinished.''

Three days and three nights he had sailed, finally seeing land ahoy before him, concluding his excursion to the northwest. ''The boat struck land, rather roughly, jolting Alx out and onto the sands of this Island's shore bluntly. He looked up, and saw the eyes of an enderman staring down at him. Panic struck him, knowing his adventure was about to come to a short but gruesome end.''

''This panic died down however, as he realised the enderman looking at him was unlike the others, and wasn't trying to detach his head as punishment for looking into his eyes. The man stretched out his hand, helping Alx to get on his feet and welcoming him in a strange accented version of traveller's tongue. "Ahoy, ya silly little landrat. I haven't seen yer face 'round here befor'! How bout ye introduce yerself before scaring up all the fish for me arr!"''