Stori Audalad

Overview
Stori Audalad was an influential character of the player StoryStudio. In the world Jagdas, Stori and his brother Caleb founded Yimmu-Audal, which was the only civilization to successfully re-establish itself in Rathnir. Stori is known as a mentor figure among many Audaladae, as well as the first prophet of the Hukar Sharud Faith and the progenitor of the Audalad Dynasty.

Origins
Born to a family of an unknown name who were likely tribesmen in the Jagdasian spawn ocean, Stori and his brother Caleb grew up to be oceanic hunters and gatherers, utilizing primitive watercraft for exploration. In a voyage meant to discover new lands to found his own home, Stori came upon a small island where he met the Hukarad Scriptural Figure of Yams. Together with Yams, Stori explored the island to find inscriptions made in the bark of a birch tree which he deciphered to create the Audalad language. On the island, Stori founded the settlement of Shyr-Arrak, meaning small hill, wherein he appointed himself Lugal after inviting his brother Caleb to the island and convincing Brot, a traveler from the village of Ozeki to join him and "build an Island Empire".

Jagdasian Rise
To attract settlers to the island, Stori commanded to construct the Lighthouse of Shyr-Arrak, which stood out as a beacon among the Jagdasian Spawn Ocean. The settlement's population began to grow exponentially, with colonial expeditions organized to nearby islands.

Once Shyr-Arrak delegations lead by Caleb convinced nearby settlements to join into a federative government, Stori declared the Jagdasian Empire of Yimmu Audal, meaning "Empire of the Many Islands," announcing himself as the first Emperor and Caleb as the first Chief Diplomat. Within this Hukar Sharud faith, it is believed this was done following the First Revelation from the Holy Golden Seabird, Hukar Dezum Autai Dar Shur. This established Audalad Dynasty, which continues in Rathnir to present days. After some years of rule, Stori stepped down, passing the Imperial Crown to his successor Blue Marble, under whose reign Stori participated in the Nut Sacking, where a coalition lead by the Bimare Confedacy, Apollonia, and Yimmu Audal annihilated a bandit organization after a resolution passed in the Jagdasian United Nations. At this time, Stori and Caleb's island federation had become a juggernaut, consisting of approximately forty percent of the Jagdasian population.

Early Rathnir
Following the Jagdasian Collapse, a few of Yimmu-Audal's nobility managed to cross a rift into Rathnir, establishing the city of Urnu-Arrak under Emperor Blue Marble. Stori withdrew from politics, working on municipal improvements to the city, including the Urnu Arrak Beautification Movement. Stori served on the Council of Elders under Emperors Blue Marble and Harbardr, and briefly as Grand Vizier of Yimmu-Audal-Ardatia, advising Dalatra Mosulia. Through Stori's advice, Yimmu Audal incorporated TheRealJay2 as Supreme Commander, whose efforts brought a victory in the Escharien-Audalad War.In the geopolitical prelude to the First Coalition War, Stori cooperated with the organization known as Pillage in order to quell the Anosphey Socialist Rebellion and negotiated the 2nd Treaty of Tlahatl to re-integrate the rebels. Doing some gardening work in Urnu-Arrak, Stori confronted a surprise Trillium delegation, leading to the Battle of The Last Bastion, lost by Bardonia, and the appointment of Gray Is Yes as Regent of Yimmu-Audal.

As events on the world state began to heat up, Stori entered a coma beneath his lighthouse, trusting that Yimmu Audal would be reborn as per the First Revelaton. Stori's absense was explained out of character by the player's need to focus on the college admissions process. Some believe Stori and Caleb's spirits were present at the Battle of Cahuarn.

The Return
During his municipal administration over the development of Urnu-Arrak, Stori accepted the offer of a peasant named Hakan. Hakan offered himself as a slave to Stori in exchange for shelter, food, and water. Stori was a generous master, paying Hakan in tens of diamonds for completion of various construction projects in Urnu-Arrak and the surrounding area. Following the coronation of Dalatra Mosulia and prior to his coma, Stori would free Hakan, with the recommendation to appoint him overseer of the Western Territories of the Empire of Yimmu-Audal-Ardatia, which was confirmed by Dalatra's court. Hakan would found the city of Theiotokos with permission from Stori, thereafter becoming the prophet of Theiosism.

When Stori awoke from his coma, Rathnir was a different world. The Empire of Yimmu-Audal-Ardatia had fallen. Dalatra had committed suicide and her successor, the False Empress Carpicious had instigated a lost war against the Trillium. Audalad lands were occupied and split into administrative regions of the Soleannen Empire. However, the victorious Trillium Alliance had turned on itself, with threats from Bardonia and the Silver Coalition leading to the Escharian Ascension. Yimmu Audal was now independent, but a shadow of its former self. To the north, the sovereign Duchy of Theiónikos emerged under the leadership of Duke Hakan from a unified state of the Western Territories and the former Kingdom of Coltmaere. To the south, the Kingdom of Talor had been occupied by the United Empire of Akratia.

With Stori's return, re-unification negotiations between the "Last Emperor" of Yimmu Audal GrayIsYes, who had guided the state through the Escharian Occupation, and Theionikos were greatly accelerated. Alongside third emperor Harbardr, Stori passed reforms in the withering Audalad state, declaring the Audalad Renaissance. The Kingdom of Theios-Essukdal was born, with Stori acting as Chief Diplomat. Among Stori's diplomatic achievements was working to establish a defensive alliance with Imperial Archonate of VIodoxa, and creating Theios-Essukdal's reputation as neutral mediator and a military power. Stori appointed former Pillage member Viewed as Grand Bashar of Theios-Essukdal, helped to established the Knights of Jirn, organized Operation Netherack together with Viodoxa and The Chancellor's Hands to defend Amos from Admirral Kartoffel' secret bandit guild, and prepared an invasion plan to threaten Akratia before the Recognition of Talor. Stori served as a Bashar in the military before stepping down as Chief Diplomat.

Under the Ningal Mistic Audalad, who rose to lead Theios-Essukdal after Stori had appointed her as his successor to the position of Chief Diplomat, Stori was appointed Gidesh of the Archduchy of Reyllea where he became Count of Rosecella. Developing Reyllea became Stori's priority prior to theFerrymen War, where he was killed as the result of miscoordination on the part of the coalition.

Prophet of Hukar Sharud
Stori's funeral was held in Urnu-Arrak in the restored neo Empire of Yimmu Audal, restored by now Empress Mistic, and was attended by his brother Caleb who gave a lengthy speech alongside other high ranking Audaladae, former Essukdalad nobility, and foreign invitees. However, while Stori's bones lay in a grave near Urnu-Arrak's docks, his spirit had ascended to the Aradusu Aderrid, afterlife of the Hukar Sharud Faith. From the incorporeal realm, Stori declared himself first Opkaituru (Prophet) of Hukar Sharud, communicating with followers of the faith as a collective hallucination. In honor of

Legend of Resurrection
In a vision granted to the Ningal Mistic Audalad by the Hukar Sharud sometime after Stori's death at the hands of the Ferrymen, it was revealed that if a time of crisis ever strikes the Audalad Dynasty, Stori may be resurrected under the following criteria:

The original sword Ullarah Urdussad, taken by the Ferrymen, is brought alongside a set of adequate netherite armor and an axe forged in the name Arkano Hazad to the Lighthouse that Stands Between Two Realities.

It is rumored that Ullarah Urdussad can be found in Stori's grave, where it had been brought to following the Ferrymen being banned by Stoneworks staff with the help of player DHVO. Following Stori's dissolution into the Lahar Narahashu, a Hukar Sharud priest named MST concluded that a resurrected Stori would not be human, but a shell which could be used for direct communication with the Aradusu Aderrid, bypassing the ambiguities of visions and omens.