Agrippa Calia

Agrippa Shida Calia (sharpdistance) was born in and is a native of Eldham. Having spent his earliest years as a founding member of the working class in the Republic of Rendinum, he was eventually chosen by the Redinumian senators to represent the Republic's common folk as Tribune of the Plebs. In the aftermath of the Ravenguard invasion of Rendinum, Calia, along with many other residents of Roma, took refuge in Anglunia, settling in the southern town of Renpaard, where he resides today as its groundskeeper. Locally, he holds the title of "Augur", in reference to his oracle-like disposition and theological contributions.

While the majority of those in Renpaard are worshippers of the Arternaian deity Uzaril, Calia himself pledged his soul to the deity Belana, the patron goddess of librarians and scholars. Although he is neither of these things, he is resistant to the sermons of followers of Uzaril and openly worships Belana - perhaps partially out of spite, or perhaps out of fear. He is wary of Uzaril's mettlings with Renpaardian horse jockeys, and dares not to gamble for any of the horse god's boons.

He has only been to Rathnir once, and stood in the spawn only for a moment before deciding to leave and never come back, citing the smell as "unbearable, incomprehensible, and hellish" and describing its inhabitants as "savages wearing crowns".

Physiology
Calia is commonly seen donned with a worn white linen headscarf wrapped around an orange burlap prayer tunic and tied together at with waist with coir twine. His skin is wine-purple, and he has hazel eyes along with pointed ears. He dons worn, leather-bound sandals. Despite his otherwise demonic appearance, Calia insists that he was born an Aasimar, bearing both angelic and humanlike features.

Personality
"Calia is someone who, despite having the capacity for a wide variety of ambitions, is selfless enough to assist others with theirs before his own. Having a laid back personality, he'll make the most fun of any conflict around him, such as while spectating a trial. He is predominantly an observer of Eldham, and finds great satisfaction in the simple act of listening to the cacophony that is global chat. Not to be mistaken as someone who seeks to incite conflict, Calia can find solace even in the simple lifestyle of a laborer, but only when he is doing labor for his people or his own self; if faced with slavery, he would gladly choose death." -Jommerson of Avaricia

Early Days and Rendinum
Native to Eldham, Calia grew up with aspirations of starting a religion and selling books. AtomicSpiderPig led him to the southwest with promises of a place where he could achieve these goals, as well as meet new people, and find purpose. It was there in the grassy meadows that would be the ground upon which Roma would be built that he met Paullus Decker (TRON_vs_MATRIX), who had his own ambitions of creating the first fully-functioning true Republic in Eldham. It was from there that the promises were doubled, and Calia was put to work in raising the first buildings in Roma. It was an effort that took weeks over the course of early June 2021, but by the time it was completed, along with the assistance of Atomic and Decker, the city started to take a grand shape. It wasn't until Atomic properly established himself as a prolific cheese magnate, however, that the city really took off. While Atomic was the owner of the shop and main vendor of cheese in Roma, it was Calia who spent long and laborious days under the warehouse, churning exotic cheeses for Atomic's storefront.

At the behest of Atomic, Calia unwillingly served as an apprentice for SwirlSpie's Guardian Water brewery. This Luck-granting beverage soon became another highly sought after commodity in Roma. In only a short time both merchants of Roma were transformed from nobodies to some of the richest people in Eldham, with Atomic peaking at 10th place on /baltop. All the while, Calia watched silently but smugly from beneath the warehouse.

As civil unrest brewed among the people of Rendinum, it wasn't until 2/3 of the Republic's territory was seized in a Ravenguard colonial campaign that they became vocal, demanding representation in the senate. It was at this time that the Senate selected Calia to be Tribune of the Plebs - a speaker and caretaker for the working class, and the closest thing to a common ancestor of all industry in Roma. Calia had to come to terms with the fact that, by his sheer immersion in all the things promised to him, it was likelythat his initial dreams of a nomadic life would never be seen all the way through. All there was now was to function as Tribune to the best of his ability. This title was short lived, however, as only a mere three days later, the remnants of the Republic were finally abandoned by their military, and Roma solemnly surrendered to Ravenguard. Thus went Rendinum, and Calia's role with it. There was an order to evacuate among Roman residents. However, Calia refused to abandon his home without confrontation, and so on July 18th at 7 P.M. EST, Ravenguard troops stormed into the capital to find Agrippa Calia seated plainly before them at the Forge in the town center, with three wheels of cheese laid out on a table before him as an offering of respect. It was unrealistic to think that they would drop their weapons and accept the offering, but as long as Calia was to be killed, he preferred it to be in his homeland and without fear. The cheese was, as expected, disregarded, and soldiers proceeded to tear down furnaces and loot the city of whatever was left. At the end, after a moment of looking Calia in the eyes, _Onetapped slaughtered him where he sat.

When Calia awoke, he found himself laying in his bed on the second floor of Atomic's cheese shop. Wind howled weakly as it blew in through the cracked and ruined walls of his bedroom, and the light of a crescent moon shone in through the slivers between the bricks. Ravenguard had long since finished their raid, and they had left the entire city empty. Like a ghost, Calia walked downstairs, calmly exited the cheese shop, and began to wander along the rubble down the main street. As he made a final pass through the streets, he gathered every remaining torch and other light-emitting block in sight, and let the cool, fresh, peaceful darkness of the night envelop every last spot within the city walls. As he stood among the city's debris and watched the sun rise slowly, his land permissions were finally revoked, and just like that, none of it was his anymore - not even the cheese cellar.

New Beginnings in Anglunia
In the days leading up to the arrival of the Ravenguard war parties, Atomic set up a hidden underground safehouse in the thick pine forest to the west of Roma. There, he kept his 32 horses that were grazing a pasture within the city walls.

He would later go on to live in the Anglunian town of Renpaard where he was promised work as a librarian. After the former Lord of the town, AtomicSpiderPig, was exiled for crimes against Stoneworks, Calia once again found himself unwillingly shot to the top of the social ladder as