Suron Shigetada

Suron "The Ghost" Shigetada is a member of the Shigetada Clan, son of Shigetada Futushu and former Kanryō (Senator) of the Second Empire of Plagatéa, and a devoted scholar. He devoted his life to bettering the empire, and eventually gave his life in it's service.

Early Life
Born in Guggnum during the First Empire of Plagatea, Suron was raised away from home in the Islands of Seaside, eventually becoming a member of his father's Shinsengumi. Becoming disheartened by the cruelty of the secret police, and rampant despotism in the nation, the young Suron ran from home at the age of 17 to the world of Eldham, settling in a mushroom island off the coast of Karidivia. Again he was not long to stay, soon after he returned to Rathnir, running for the Prime Ministry of the new Realm of Asarakaen.

Start in Politics
Running under a platform of increased civil representation, and a preservation of Imperial unity, Suron failed to make the Prime Ministry; making a deal with another popular candidate, they pooled their support and in return Suron would keep a position as their second in command. While in sub-leadership Suron didn't do all that much, beyond a vague attempt at maintaining connections in Eldham, Suron more so began to form the basis of his political beliefs. The early senate was a mess, locked in constant bickering over who should get to pen legislation and if roads or ice bridges should be used for transportation. The minimal connection the leadership had with their own senate was appalling in Suron's eyes, here he learned the importance of a strong and unified government. But here he also grew a fervent nationalistic view, seeing his colleagues throw their home to the wind for neighbors or local gain, the only way a government will survive is with a love for one's nation. Eventually history played it's hand, he was there when Abby dealed with Leon, he personally pleaded as a resident of both worlds not to start a war, and in the end peace was settled and the Realm was dissolved. Suron returned to Eldham after this, content.

Voice of Eldham
Upon returning to his mushroom home, Suron set to work as a hopeful colonist. Building a small stone fortification he hoped others would one day flock to the island for it's odd beauty and find their home among the mushrooms. Unknown to Suron he paid a price; legends say the mushroom islands are cursed, all carrying a disease that will corrupt the minds and bodies of men...this isn't false. Suron himself called it "The Ailment", a harmless fungal infection that, upon early inspection, turned affected skin to a wet grayish substance that acted like mycillium, as well as sprouted mushrooms from the head of the victim. Pain would follow parts of the transformation, and by all accounts it is harmless by his observations. Never the less Suron pressed on in his settlement of the island, soon to follow though he was called to be a senator again in Kardivia. Here Suron shined. His tenure as senator saw him push for the ideals he had grown, striving to achieve them, and failing, in Eldham. He helped foster friendships with nations that seemed lost or weary of the Empire, and it was here he conducted his March of Signs.Towards the middle-end of his tenure, Suron finally had enough. The politic segregation of Rathnir and Eldham, the lack of representation of sides of the empire recieved; Suron wanted equality, and he would achieve it. Accompanied by a handful of students and other activists, they marched from city to city in the northern half of Plagos, each place they'd plant signs plastered with slogans calling for unity. The end result was an increase in public attention of the movement, the outlawing of political demonstrations, and the eventual total unification of the Empire. Goals achieved, Suron could watch with ease as his dream legislation was passed and his beloved empire was whole.

Epic of Suron
Between his stints in the senate, Suron spent most of his time home, studying the ancient people who Suron believed predated the original settlers of Eldham and Rathnir, an ancient Plagatean people. Fascinated, Suron spent much of his time investigating and studying the mythology of the region, culminating in the Epic of Kardivia, a collection of myths as well as a larger story that tells of the beginning of the ancient Empire. days and nights were spent pouring away into the research, cataloging, and inscribing of the legends into books. Countless hours were spent, devoted solely to this...and yet it lead to nothing. Suron would never finish his legacy. His empire under pressure from all sides, a collapse was imminent. Falling into a deep depression, Suron took his life, drinking himself to death at his own desk.

Return
The affliction, unknown to Suron, has the peculiar property of raising the dead; when afflicting an undead corpse, the spores preserve enough of the body to maintain utilities, taking control of the nervous system and resuming brain activities as a host zombie, a slave to the spores. By some dumb luck or genetic oddity, Suron is able to maintain his full cognizance. The shocked corpse of a man rose from the graveyards of the Monastery north of Guggnum, almost all of his skin had turned to an almost rotten purple, pure fungal growths covering his body. His head and arms were now littered with mushrooms. He need not eat, sleep, and it seemed as if he no longer bled. Suron could tell he was dead...but he wasn't.