Relmont

Relmont is the founder of The Archduchy of Grandia and a long time travelling merchant his parents are unknown not mentioned by him.

Early life
Relmont was born in the nation of Yimmu-Audal, city of Eldal-adadi into a noble family. He lived there for some of his childhood but later his family travelled off with him to the island of Snowflake/Swan_Bay(modern name). There Relmont lived until he was 18. After an increase in patriotism towards his birth nation of Yimmu-Audal, Relmont tried convincing his family to go back to Eldal-adadi. He managed to convince them. They travelled back to their hometown. Their Relmont would live for another couple years.

Relmont was self-taught, his teacher being experience and time. Relmont learned about economics, philosophy, history, politics from books imported to the island of Snowflake or from merchants who came there to conduct trade. After he and his family went back to their hometown, Relmont enrolled himself into the University of Urnu-Arrak. There he studied economics, politics and diplomacy. Relmont also at this time became a politician,a  Nadu of Eldal-adadi, helping the city as much as he could.

After finishing university he wanted to become a merchant, a travelling one like he used to dream of when he lived on Snowflake island. He found one travelling merchant group docked in the port of Urnu-Arrak. Relmont asked if he could join them and they agreed. Relmont while travelling with the merchants learnt many things, many languages such as the traveller tongue, Carvaian, Sironian, Serafinian, Huitcan, He would also learn the geography of Rathnir its history and many more.

The three stories
Once while docked in the port of Urnu-Arrak the travelling merchants went out on a expedition to the deserts of proper Alteniquia. They have heard of a tomb there of a rich monarch of a forgotten civilization buried deep underground. There wasn't much success at first but eventually the tomb was found. The riches it had once possessed were that which a person had never seen before. It possessed riches but a curse as well, haunting the ones who raided the tomb to forever seek wealth which would kill them. Relmont was haunted by the curse for many years, only to be broken by the blood God.

While in the markets of Urnu-Arrak Relmont had heard of a tail of the blood God from an old man. The man had taken Relmont to the native tunnels of the peninsula where he spoke of the powers  the worship of the blood God would bring Relmont. After wandering the tunnels they had finally reached the site of Liber Sanguinis. There the old man had prepared Relmont to make a sacrifice and pledge his devoted following to the blood God. Relmont did so, tempted by the power he would gain. Later on he would find out that the old man was a spirit sent by the blood God himself to convert Relmont.

Coming back from a failed expedition, the travelling merchants had spotted a tower peeking out of the desert sands of Alteniquia. They Climbed to the top of the tower using hiking equipment. They had entered the tower and what they had seen had amazed them significantly. It was not a tower but the largest ancient library in all of Rathnir  holding the history and knowledge of the entire ancient world. Not only did it contine all the history but artifacts nobody has seen before. Relmont had not only gained so many artifacts but also knowledge and history  of the  ancient world. He would continue to visit the library multiple times to seek advice from the knowledge it had.

Becoming Grand duke
Once while docked in the city of Serafini, Relmont saw such a beautiful girl he perhaps had never seen such beauty before. Relmont of course approached the girl complimenting her beauty, she only blushed and chuckled and later complemented Relmont on knowing how to get around his words. Both agreed to meet in the capital of Litowen Vilnia. There Relmont found out that the girl was the Litowen king's daughter. He was invited to dine with the royal family. The king was impressed with Relmont and his knowledge of the world, even proposing his daughter's hand to him. Of course he accepted marrying the woman he loved. Relmont loved her so much he even left his life as a travelling merchant to marry the girl.

After a couple of years the king of Litowen died and Relmont was the prime contender for the throne. The clergy council voted him in. Relmont became the Grand duke of Litowen.

Time as Grand duke
Relmont ruled Litowen in its prime days. He increased its population, developed the capital, dealt with the border crisis with  Hostinas Acolytes/Windrop and gained Litowen independence from Serafini. But Relmont was the one who doomed Litowen as well. He dragged the nation  into an unnecessary war with Windrop. Losing the battle of Riverwall, Litowen was conquered.

After the war
After the war Relmont fled to Azuria where he met up with his old travelling merchant group. Because of his failure Relmont developed a drinking problem which he managed to control very later on. He had met many long time friends in Litowen even stating that perhaps his time in Litowen was the best of his entire life.

The story of the Grandian foundation
Once while travelling along the coast of Azuria the travelling merchant ship had crashed into some rocks. No port for miles they had to make camp. While sleeping, Relmont had dreamt of a man digging into the ground where the merchants had camped and finding a chest of immense amounts of riches out of which a massive tree grew, growing on it gold and diamonds. Not knowing of what this dream meant Relmont went to a witch not too far from where they camped of which he had heard of. The Witch told him the dream meant that there a city would be  a city of riches. Relmont knew that this was a sign from the Gods to build a grand city, a city of those riches the centre of the Rathnir economy. Many convincing took for the Merchants to settle here but eventually they did. They started building the city called Grandia “city of merchants”. Crowing Relmont as the Archduke of the city.

The sickness
Once while travelling to a lost city with his longtime friend TheKivix and other merchants, they were attacked by a group of bandits known as fierce warriors and magic users. While in battle Relmont was struck by a cursed sword, bringing him a sickness. The merchants won the battle, looted the lost city’s treasures. Only while coming back home did Relmont feel symptoms of an illness. He started coughing. Many weeks went by the sickness getting worser and worser but Relmont just shocked it off, thinking it is just a minor cold that isn't disappearing but will eventually. But the sickness had caught up with him, one days morning waking up Relmont had a massive fever, was barely able to walk and almost felt no muscle in his body. No doctor, no medicine were able to help him. Relmont had a slight chance of staying alive only if he would fight the magical sickness with magic. He had heard of BackTotheHub and his blood which  perhaps had a chance of curing Relmont. He sent a messenger pleading with Hub to help him, he agreed and told Relmont to come to the. A half dead Relmont came to the isles. Here on the edge of the void Hub using the voids magic inserted some of his blood into Relmont. The pain was excruciating. The ritual had cured him, Hubs blood containing the sickness but not only had it corrupted Relmonts right side leaving a massive scar but it had also from the pain made him slightly mad. Now his thirst for power and money had even increased.

The disappearance and the abdication
Relmont ruled Grandia for many years, he had seen the nation start, he had seen it propose. Relmont had even seen Grandia's dark times, it’s crisis. One day while he was sitting on the Grandian capitol’s park hill, a breeze gently blowing in his face, Relmont was thinking of how to solve one of these problems he thought long for hours, night had already come. Relmont did not find a solution on how to deal with the crisis but he had come to a realization on the true values of life that it is not power, money but knowledge, enlightenment. He did not know from where this came, was it a message from some other God in his head or was this his own thought not influenced by any other unnatural force. He didn't know but he wanted to know. Relmont left the capitol to go live in the nearby woods. He planned for a short time to live there until he came to a full realisation on the true values of life and to get rid of the unnatural forces that controlled his mind. Relmont lived in the woods for a couple of weeks, Grandia going into a disarray not knowing where it’s leader is or is he even alive. Relmont returned to the city gathered everyone near the entrance and made a speech of his resignation as Archduke of Grandia, many were in shock, many sad but Relmont had decided what he had decided. He announced that he is going on a journey to where he doesn't know why he knows but at the same time he doesn't, one thing was for sure Relmont was no longer the young man seeking power and money but an older man seeking knowledge, enlightenment and peace in his body which he didn't have for many many years.