Jay Burrow

Jay Burrow the Eternal Lord of Xaburya is a minor Ryzani figure that is a well-known name amongst Ryzani circles for his fine Ryzani cheese and for his loyalty to his country. Jay Burrow is the founder of the underground city of Xaburya.

Currently Jay Burrow is a spirit that uses suits of armor as a vessel to interact with this world after his death in the battle of Carthyan Resistance.

Early Life
Born in the Ryzani city of Carthya to a relatively well-off family of Ryzani cheese makers during the Second Republic of Ryzan. Growing up Jay burrow would read books about the history of Syltör with his family telling him many stories about the dwarves and valkyries that once gathered in the lands they now live in.

Upon reaching adulthood Jay Burrow would continue his family’s tradition of making Ryzani cheeses growing a small personal fortune of his own. Jay Burrow would spend roughly twelve thousand dollars founding the Carthyan Communal Cheese Factory to be added to the city as common land with some detailed examples on making simple cheeses inside. Later in life, he would start getting into the jumbled mess that was Ryzani politics and seeing the numerous threats to the nation he would join the Ryzani army.

Founding of Xaburya
Living during the last years of the Second Republic nearly everyone saw the writing on the wall that invasion was inevitable due to a large number of foreign threats. Seeing this and Inspired by stories of dwarves from his youth and seeing the practicality of an underground fortress city the Burrows spent a good chunk of their fortune digging the new city of Xaburya. His plan was to build a place safe from the banditry and chaos of the surface and to create a safe place for business and trade in the freehold of Carthya.

Time in the Ryzani National Army
Jay Burrow would serve in many smaller battles with very little to note besides him rising to the ranks to sergeant in the army. The one major event that would define his time in the army would be seeing the brutality that was the Hand’s raids on Volkoregrod firsthand. Witnessing the slaughter as the Hands entered the city slaughtered many citizens and soldiers alike some of which he knew.

The Collapse of the Second Republic
After the battle of Tossagrad the Second Republic collapsed and was annexed by the Bardonian Empire. Though most of this news was unknown to Jay Burrow at the time who was isolated Excavating deep underground in the city of Xaburya. When Jay Burrow returned to the surface he would join the underground resistance against the subjection of ryzan by Bardonia. Though not much is known about the resistance and how it operated and what it did.

Religious Enlightenment
During the occupation of Ryzan by the Third Bardonian Empire, a strange event would happen with Details on this event are quite unclear. What we do know is that one late afternoon in Carthya Jay Burrow would claim that he was contacted by ancestor spirits communicating to him through pumpkins during the night. After the event he would confide in close friends and family about the strange experience and telling them that they had given him a sacred mission although not revealing much about the supposed mission.

What we do know is that after the event he became very spiritual writing multiple religious books and starting what seems to be a small cult, though little to nothing is known about its beliefs and whether or not it has any members besides his immediate family members.

Collapse of the Third Bardonian Empire
Following the collapse of the Third Bardonian Empire Jay Burrow would have high hopes for the Fourth Tsardom of Ryzan with some ambition of starting a political party after the upcoming second election though hindsight shows that was a bit optimistic to assume ryzan would last past two elections with the country being engulfed by civil war in which the Bardonia would tip the scales merging with the Empire of Ryzan and reannexing Ryzan into the Bardonia again.

Final Stand And Death
Jay Burrow would join the final stand in Castle Liberium with just him and the Interim President of the Tsardom of Ryzan Geo holding the fort against the Bardonian and Traitor forces. Enemy forces would end up storming the fort and executing Geo effectively ending the civil war.

The Battle of Carthyan Resistance started after the Bardonian government attempted to seize the mayorship of Carthya from the long-time popular Lord Aasimar. With Carthyan citizens hearing rumors of seven Bardonian troops coming to seize direct control of the city.

Hearing this new Jay Burrow and one other Carthyan loyalist would hold make a final stand in the Carthyan Library barricading the building and firing down at the attacking Bardonian forces before they would enter the building. After his ally was killed Jay Burrow would then retreat into the underground catacombs under the library. In the catacombs, Jay Burrow would make a last stand there slaying one Bardonian soldier before being stabbed in the chest and killed.

His Return
Eight weeks after his death in Carthya while his family was praying at a small temple in Xabuya his family would get word of a loud ruckus in the city armory with them unlocking the armory door entering to see one of the suits of armor possessed by the spirit of Jay Burrow. Later when asked about his resurrection he would only say that he is oathbound to the mortal plane.