Gosu

Biography
Gosu of Eos is the Treasurer of the City of Tulipia, which is now a region within the Holy Kartek-Fjellheim Empire.

His story once he came to the city of Tulipia is well-documented, but what little we know of the enigmatic scribe's past comes from his own accounts.

An Excerpt From Gosu's Personal Chronicle
I ''came upon this world in ages past; I was born of the desert, close to the gates of the city of Luxios. Fascinated as I was with Rathnir, I went on a long, unguided journey.''

''By foot and by boat, I managed to travel across the world seeing sprawling cities, imposing walls preventing entry. I vaguely remember passing by the sacred temples of Luxios and the cities of the Yimmu-Audal.''

''My ventures would lead me to Muviel, what appeared to be a center of religion and culture of the Simulami Empire. I had wished to become part of that town at the time, learn more of the world in an established hub of knowledge.''

''However, as I awaited an admission into the city-state, a voice echoed from the shadows, calling me to take another path. I saw a vision of a blackstone citadel, imposing from the distance yet filled with nothing but a hollow darkness within.''

''I heeded its call. A magic pulled me from one edge of the world to another; I found myself in the city-state of Yharnam. I was welcomed by the apparent leader of the Yharnamites and Pontiff of the Healing Church, a man that went by the name of MisterGorbachev.''

''It was not an easy life at the beginning; though the city's inhabitants were rich, there was little food to be found in their absence. There were next to no farms in the small town; it was said that there were plans to build these beneath the surface in the future, but in the meantime, I barely managed to scrape by with thanks to the unwatered wild wheat field that was planted on the outskirts of town.''

''Here, I would begin. The leader granted me any amount of Blackstone and Deepslate I needed to build my domicile; spruce wood was grown, scaled up, and cut down whenever needed in a small podzol field outside the town gates. I would build a tower-house that towered above everything but the manor of the town leader and pontiff, which was built atop a small hill, and the tall black citadel of The Healing Church.'' ''From there, I would establish the Scriblordnen Historica, an order of scribes committed to recording and preserving the town's history. I had once written a chronicle of its beginnings, using information from the town's inhabitants, as well as divination into the Void of Discord. I also did studies on the economic direction and the theology of the town, critical issues in the mayoral elections that were about to take place. Macey, Queen of Lizards, showed mastery of these issues and won out against her electoral opponents, the absentee Dalebeat and the unapologetic dictatoriable Cow. Things were looking great for the town of Yharnam.Then, silence. I had slumbered in my tower for months. By the time I had awoken, the town of Yharnam was no more. My tower still stood, but all the valuables had been taken; what small fortune I had amassed over the weeks of my stay, along with all the historical, economic, and political treatises I had written on the town were nowhere to be found. All that I knew was no longer there.''

''I walked closer to the Healing Church and found that Borhammar settlers seemingly appropriated the land and remodeled the Hollow Citadel to their purposes. It seems the new settlers now call the land by the name "Balphael", home to what is now called the Blackstone Tower.''

''Yharnam has fallen, and the Healing Church's theology is lost to time. Maybe in time, my memory will give me a glimpse of the enigmatic deity that called me to this place.''

''For now, however, I resolved that it was most important to integrate myself into the nation of Borhammar. It is likely that settlers, believing it was a ghost town, had ransacked the town, and with it, the books containing the secrets of the Healing Church, which only the town leader had ever gleaned. I know of the books' existence, but had never pored over its pages in earnest.''

Maybe in time, I will find these records, and with it, reconstruct a history of what has been lost so that those in the present may learn of it.

''It is also, however, time to move forward. There are always more histories to write, a new civilization to explore, and I have a life to live.''

I have made the long pilgrimage from my tower in Yharnam to the City of Tulipia, passing through the island kingdoms of Talos on the way.

''Here, I hope to start a new life as an academic and architect, the way I used to be prior to my slumber. Maybe in time, this path will lead me to the truths of my past which I seek.''

Until that day comes to pass, I live, I study, and I write.

Signed,

Gosu

Principal Scribe

Scriblordnen Historica

Early Days in Tulipia
Gosu spent his early days in Tulipia attempting to spread his religion; he wrote books on his enigmatic god, Eos, and sold them for a living. Coming to the city during the invasion of Segra and the Eternal Night, the servant of Eos released treatises which rebuked Segra and her followers. It seems this was taken as an insult, as he was ambushed by the god's forces through a shadow portal while he was hard at work in Tulipia's old basement brewery. Unarmed and unarmored, he tried his best to climb out but the undead archers' shots were true. Nearly succumbing to death, Eos took Gosu through the shadow realm and pulled him to safety. This, however, did not shake his resolve; Eos believed that Segra had come to destroy the delicate balance between light and darkness which prevented the world from being pulled into cataclysm. He continued to write, hoping to convince more of his fellow citizens to support those who stood against the false god.

In a need to make ends meet, he dabbled into multiple trades; namely cheese manufacturing, brewing, and animal farming. He was eventually able to raise enough capital to rent out his own stall in the Tulipian People's Market, where he sold potions and brews. He was living a small and peaceful life, earning his keep within the relatively peaceful city.

The Second Great Tulipian Crisis
Now a relatively well-to-do businessman in the city, Gosu was approached by would-be revolutionaries in hopes of gaining his support. He came to learn that this revolution was led by none other than Vicrowave, one of the two influential leaders of the city, who had growing resentment for the nation of Borhammar. He sought to seize control of the town in order to have it lead a movement toward Tulipian independence. This, however, would not happen under the watchful eye of Blue, the other city leader who believed it was more practicable to stay under Borhammar's banner.

Gosu listened to the revolutionaries, but made no commitments to join them. After this meeting, he immediately informed Blue of the plot against his life and their plans to fight for independence, which stood to put Tulipia in grave danger, given the immense military power of the Borhammar-Tortuga alliance at the time. Blue would soon fall to the sword, and Vicrowave's proxy revolutionaries, led by hahaimastair, would take control over the city. Many key events in Tulipian history would follow, such as the Grand Tulipian Heist, where the ghost of Blue would urge Gosu of Eos and Pamdie, then the lone soldier of Tulipia, to steal the contents of the Tulipian armory and take them to the small village of Gimpi Gimpi. Leaving the revolutionaries with no arms to prosecute their revolution and with the might of Borhammar bearing down upon them, the revolutionaries chose to raze the land instead of surrendering. They deleted the land claim and destroyed significant chunks of the city. Even its Discord, which citizens used to communicate with each other, was severed. Once the fifth most-populous city on Rathnir, the northern jewel of Sparwood was fallen, its people scattered.

For their crimes, the revolutionaries were banished from the realm of Rathnir, and the infrastructural damage they caused was magically reverted. However, Tulipia would go on a long path to economic and social recovery.

The book "When Tulipia Fell", written by Gosu, highlights the events of the Second Great Tulipian Crisis (also known as the Vicrowave Crisis) in great detail. It includes some of Gosu's firsthand accounts about the events that came to pass, as well as some perspectives on how it has influenced the direction of the city in the months to come. Considered a landmark work in Tulipian historiography, it is the bestselling book of the Tulipia Bookstore, and is still sold on its shelves to this day.

Political Career
In the aftermath of the crisis, Gosu was active in the economic rehabilitation of the city. Not long after, the Third Great Tulipian Crisis came to pass, where the leaders of the city, Blue and Tormeire, two of the city's ministers, had an intense argument over how to handle the inheritance of a banished citizen. This would culminate in a power struggle which would eventually end with the rise of Archduke Wonk to power.

When the time came to form a new government, Gosu became the founding chairperson of the Tulipian Liberal Party, which successfully fielded himself along with two other candidates, namely Pamdie and KartoffelBob, in the 7th Tulipian Senatorial Elections, all of whom won a seat in government.

Gosu, as a senator, focused on managing the Ministry of Economy. He initiated efforts to increase the efficiency of Tulipia's farms and established new industries through which Tulipians could earn their keep. He also had a knack for engineering; many of the innovative industrial designs that he both designed and established during his first term, such as the Obsidian Factory in Gimpi Gimpi, remain in use to this day, with carbon copies of the same factory design being built within Tulipia itself. Due to his contributions, he was appointed as the Treasurer of Tulipia, and put in charge of managing the city's economic activity and industries.

His party would continue to dominate Tulipian elections up until the 12th Senatorial Elections, with not a single candidate fielded ever failing to secure a seat in government. With the chairperson preoccupied with his duties as Treasurer, however, the Tulipian Liberal Party surprisingly fielded no candidates for the 13th Tulipian Senate.

The Pirate of Coin
Gosu made his fortune by exploiting weaknesses in an extensive foreign trading network. He is notorious for selling expensive goods to foreign merchants at exorbitantly high prices, sometimes bankrupting them and their owners in the process. Some look to him in disdain for bringing financial ruin to unsuspecting shopkeepers. To Gosu, however, it is just another day in the mercantile seas. If they gave him an asking price, he figured, he was only giving them what they wanted. They were the only true instruments to their own ruin; Gosu was but an opportunist who happened to take part in the spoils.

Living most of his life under militaristic nations like the Archduchy of Borhammar and the Pirate Dominion of Tortuga, he stood in a position of power without ever learning to fight. Eventually, he amassed a respectable fortune that could turn the tides of a war, if he really wished. That is why he sometimes calls himself "The Pirate of Coin".