Lucius Everstied

Lucius Everstied is an Alamayni statesman and military officer. At a young age, he was invited to the Alamayn Ruling Council and has been a consistent face in Alamayn's government ever since. Lucius is currently an Arbiter of the Ranger Corps - the main military division of the Alamayn Armed Forces - and is also Head of Logistics. He currently resides in Wintergard, a small fortified city in southwest Alamayn.

Origins
Lucius was originally born into the nobility of a small island far north of the Rathnir region. At the age of 14, Lucius would find himself the sole survivor of a coup that overthrew his family. Having escaped as a stowaway on a small merchant vessel called the Snowfall headed for Rathnir. Lucius was eventually discovered by the crew of the Snowfall, who took him in. While sailing through the narrow stretch of sea in the dividing the two mainlands of Alamayn, Snowfall was caught in a violent storm, ultimately resulting in the destruction of the ship and it's crew, leaving Lucius alone in the world for a second time. In the chaos of the storm, Lucius was thrown from the rigging and hit his head on the deck, causing him to lose most of his memories of his old home. He later washed up on the shores of Alamayn, at the docks of Cuslandia.

Early Life and Career
Following a disastrous loss to the Hands at Adwa, Former Grand Sultan Ezana Arsema Amilaki was found to be killed in action. As a result, Alamayn was left leaderless, and elections were quickly held to determine who would become the next Grand Sultan, with Cusless - the mayor of Cuslandia - winning by a landslide. The other candidates of the election were angered by this win, and started a rebellion against the newly elected Sultan, ultimately ending in Cusless' surrender and the coronation of Bag (BagsMain) to the Alamayn throne.

Disappointed in what he believed to be his leader's cowardice, Lucius left Cuslandia for the neighboring city of Taeharel, where - due to his contributions to the designing and construction of the city - he quickly rose to power.

Following a second election due to the perceived illegitimacy of Bag's rule, Grand Sultan Badflex ascended to the throne. Shortly after this, Bag's co-governor and partner Bee (Cheezus69) approached Lucius to invite him to the Alamayn Ruling Council, which at the time was made up of Mayors and influential citizens rather than elected Councilors.

Not long after Lucius' induction to the Council, Alamayn faced a series of diplomatic conflicts with the neighboring Varandoy-Aestyrian Kingdom, which resulted in the partitioning of Alamayn between the VAK and the nearby Sapphire Commonwealth. Taking advantage of the chaos, Bee staged a coup on Badflex with the help of the Ruling Council, including Lucius. The coup was successful and Bee was given leadership of Alamayn, later signing the Treaty of the Silver Crownlands, which unionized Alamayn and the VAK into the Kingdom of Mithra.

Under the Kingdom of Mithra
Alamayn was largely independent within Mithra, allowing Lucius to keep his position as Councilor. During this time, distrust between the mayor of the Silver Citadel, Alev Synderys (77Blaze) led to the authorization of a small military installation to be built on the mountains east of the Citadel. Lucius headed the project - conscripting two of his friends, Hydronis and Iceklyabsol to aid in building and defence respectively - and soon Castle Wintergard was constructed, becoming his new permanent residence. As this was happening, the Alamayn Council decided to aid Aljazair - the former eastern provinces of Alamayn under control of the Sapphire Commonwealth - in their war for independence. A small mercenary and bandit group called the Berserkers was hired by Aljazair, and also contracted to train the Alamayn military. Lucius joined in with these trainings, and became quite proficient with a sword, discovering a newfound love for battle.

Following the construction of Wintergard, Lucius - now around 20 years old - grew bored with peacetime after his chaotic early years. Searching for more conflict, Lucius once again sought out the Berserkers, inviting them to live in Wintergard and asking them to allow him into their ranks. The Berserkers accepted his offer and moved in to the castle, which began the construction of new houses and expansions to accommodate the group. Lucius spent the remainder of the short peaceful period raiding and pillaging with the Berserkers, as well as expanding Wintergard.

As the war for Aljazair ended with a loss, tensions arose between the Alamayn and Mithran governments as the Council's decision to assist Aljazair without the approval of the Mithran High Government came to their attention. Facing heavy consequences, and with no allies to turn to, Bee resigned from the position of Grand Sultan and fled south with Bag, partially destroying their city of Taeharel to keep it from enemy hands.

Grand Sultan Ali Bin Saifu Al-Amilaki (Blackadder83), one of the leader's of Aljazair was next to take the throne, purging the old Council and replacing it with Aljazair's leadership who had temporarily fled to the Mithran provinces of Alamayn. Lucius was removed from his council position, but remained involved in Alamayn's governance and politics, albeit unofficially. Alamayn later fought a war of independence against Mithra and the Sapphire Commonwealth, regaining all it's old territories and becoming it's own nation once more.