Furumura Takahisa

Furumura Takahisa is an Eldhamite Plagatean businessman and adventurer currently residing in the city of Shiroyama. He was formerly an influential member of the Shiroyaman town council, however, he resigned this position upon the collapse of Plagatea.

Early Life
Takahisa was born the youngest of 8 children in a poor farming family. They, like many others in the village, eked out a simple life of subsistence farming. By his 18th birthday, Takahisa had grown tired of the quiet and boring farming life. He decided to set out for the Plagatean colonies in Eldham - colonists were always needed after all. Saying goodbye to his friends and family, he departed, hoping to one day return in riches and glory.

Life in the Colonies
Takahisa arrived in the port town of Orelia, from which he made his way to the town of Shiroyama. Shiroyama was the first Plagatean settlement in Eldham, but had been superseded by Kardivia. Takahisa had arrived in a time of stagnation. The town was often deserted, and large construction projects appeared to be left unfinished. Along with the 3 or 4 other recent immigrants, he set to work creating his new life. He found great success as a miner and brewer, and used the work ethic he had developed over years of farming to quickly become the richest citizen of the town. Takahisa was duly appointed a member of the town council, and assisted in the day-to-day administration of the region.

Collapse of 2nd Plagatean Empire
Shortly after being appointed to the town council, Takahisa realized that Plagatea was rapidly declining. A lack of central government transparency coupled with incompetent leadership was driving the country into the ground. He yearned to solve the problems facing his people, but what can one man do to change the inexorable march of history? Even as Plagatea was assaulted by nations aggrieved by their leadership's aggressiveness and lack of diplomatic acumen, separatist movements sprang up and began to consume the empire from within. Even Shiroyama joined the separatist fervor, and joined the newly formed nation of Scylding. Grief for his people and culture engulfed him; it pained him to see the once great empire driven into the dirt by incompetency. Takahisa resigned his position on the town council to take up a life of adventure and danger, seeking to reclaim the glory and honor of his people.