Korro Sauřiin

Korro Sauřiin is a former native of the fallen nation of Asphodel and currently resides as a diplomat for the new nation of Erabor in Eldham. A former reconnassaince operative, Korro left his nation on a covert op to uncover the secrets of a cult that had planted a cadre within his nation. After the cult succeeds in Asphodel's take over, Korro flees to the land of Eldham in search of redemption and new purpose.

The Fall of Asphodel
Tipped off from his former director, Korro sets out to the headquarters of the Xiā de cult in the country of Xiānrénzhǎng. After assimilating with the natives and learning bit by bit, Korro met an operative of Xiā de and began his work with them in order to gain further intelligence. Back home, Xiā de operatives take more and more positions in office, eventually replacing his former director. After recceiving orders to continue work with Xiā de, Korro begins to make preparations for the longer stay, learning the customs, culture, and religion of what would temporarily be, his new people. A full fledged member now, Korro would aid in their expansion in order to maintain cover and learn the tactics, organization, and strategies of the cult. Many years later and after more extentions and growing concern with his involvement, Korro grows suspicious, wondering when his intelligence will be put to use in a final assignment. After no signs of this mission ever coming, Korro decides to go AWOL to revisit his former nation, family, and friends and confront his director. Upon returning, Korro finds not his former director but the new puppet government of Xiā de. In shock, Korro runs to the old home of his family only to find that they've been executed by the Xiā de government. In grief and seeking revenge, Korro begins making plans for a final confrontation, in hopes to destroy Xiā de influence, avenge his family and win a new future for his people.

Revolution in Asphodel
After making plans for his Coup d'etat, Korro first attempts to visit his former friends, hoping to bring in the first few members of his revolutionary movement. Finding that his friends had either fled or been banished, Korro realizes that he is alone in this operation. Not losing hope, Korro begins propagating amongst the populace and using his military skills to gain support for the movement. After some superficial interest and what was mostly dismissal, Korro is able to still gain a few new members. Directing 2 to begin producing arms and the other 3 to continue propagating, Korro finds his revolution growing. After a few months of preparation and a few skirmishes, Korro makes the final plan for the battle at the nation's capital. At dusk, Korro and his militia storm the capital in a violent affair, slaying their previous oppressors and calling the nation to act in total revolt. After securing the capital and sending radio signals to the other towns of the nation, Korro had won back the nation of Asphodel.

Disillusionment
In preparation for Xiā de retaliation and the new governance of his people, Korro began exercising his new powers as Prime Minister to begin anti-corruption procedures to weed out any remaining Xiā de operatives. To his surprise, all of his party officials turn their guns on him. Thinking this is some kind of joke, Korro asks them to put their guns down only to be met with a hostile silence. After one member hands him a pamphlet detailing the necessary assassination of Korro after the revolution, Korro looks for an explanation from his peers. The same member than explains to Korro that they are the cult of Xiā de and that he himself had led the revolution against Asphodel and its people. Confused, Korro yells back that they had killed the Xiā de officials, that his director was replaced with a Xiā de operative, and that his family was murdered by the Xiā de. The member corrects him, saying that they had killed the remaining Asphodelian officials, that his director WAS in fact a Xiā de operative but never assigned a final mission in recognition that Korro would realize the mission himself in what he had been taught by the members in Xiānrénzhǎng. In shock, Korro asks about his family. The member answers that his family was in fact murdered, but they were murdered because they were Xiā de operatives and had a son in the Asphodelian military but was away on a foreign mission and uninformed about his familiy's history. In denial, Korro reaches for his sidearm but isn't fast enough and is met with 8 shots from his former soldiers. Bleeding out, Korro gasps for air but can only choke on his own blood as he recontextualizes everything he's experienced. Realizing, his failure, he lets go, wondering what's next after death.

Hell
Korro wakes up to an infinite black all around him, the only thing else visible is his own reflection and what looks like an infinite mirror. Realizing he has only himself to keep him company, he begins cracking jokes at himself, able to get a few laughs out. Korro stares more and thinks back to what had just happened, getting angry with himself and punching the mirror. He sees him looking back at himself, angry and frustrated. Korro cries out in repentance in what he had done to his people, this time, looking away from the mirror, and yet is only met with a deafening silence and void. Korro looks back at himself again but this time in silence, and begins to reflect on his actions he had taken in his life. Later, still looking back at himself, he asks aloud, "What could I possibly have done." Staring still, he falls back looking up into the void. He sits still for what could've been hours or millenia, staring blankly. Then, suddenly, Korro stands up and takes one last look at his reflection, gives a thumbs up, and begins walking in the opposite direction of the mirror. Looking back every once in awhile, he watches his reflection get smaller and smaller until it's no longer visible. Facing what appears to be nothing all around him now, he keeps walking. Suddenly, he feels whatever ground he was walking on gone from under him, as if he had stepped off a cliff of nothing into more nothing. Feeling like he is falling faster and faster, Korro wonders if there's an end to it. Korro continues to fall until suddenly colliding with another surface, knocking himself out.

Eldham
After sleeping for what felt like years, Korro wakes up at the bottom of a cliff in Eldham.