07928YR

07928YR (or 07) for short is the Lizardien mayor and Baron of Aetolia.

Before Rathnir
A small tribe in the middle of a lush forest. Trees taller than the tallest building, sounds of birds, and animals. People walking up and down the path; merchants riding horses, and the Lizardiens sitting on top of the trees, waiting. Waiting for the best possible opportunity. Bandits came, merchants went.

Suddenly the Lizardiens jumped down from the tree they were hiding from and stopped a bandit. Startled by the sudden appearance of six well equipped warriors. Reaching for his sword the bandit was too slow. Right next to his throat a blade sharp enough to cut through skin and bone. Taking all the valuables from the bandit the Lizardiens disappeared again.

Meanwhile, in the village of the Lizardiens, weapons and armor, more powerful than ever before seen. Always ready for a battle and on alert. A tribe in the middle of a forest located far from the world's problems. Another very notable thing about all Lizardiens is that they do not die of natural causes.

This exact tribe 07 had been born into. (07 was not his real name, but after he came to live in Rathnir he changed it to 07). Living a normal life, enjoying his overall day. Fishing, weapon improvement, and organizing his storage. Having his fishing rod over one shoulder and the fish he caught over the other he proceeded to enter the village. Heading over to the main market to trade his fish for other items.

However, he never reached the market. As he sat foot into the village masked and well armored warriors jumped out of every corner. Throwing away his fish and fishing rod, 07 swiftly drew his sword. All the Lizardiens started fighting their way towards the town square. Killing enemy after enemy he reached the town square just in time to see his leader be stabbed by his own right hand man. Thinking quick 07 left the village towards the volcano. An ancient volcano that holds near infinite power. Using all of his power 07 opened a portal to a different world. Hearing the screams from behind him he jumped in and closed it before they could go through entirely.

Blizzard
Waking up next to a small lake 07 opened his eyes. Quickly standing up he realized that he was not where he wanted to be. This was an unknown world to him. Reaching for his sword’s hilt for comfort he realized that he no longer possessed a sword. Furthermore, everything he had was gone. Looking around more closely he noticed a town off in the distance. When he entered he was greeted by Sprisen. Welcoming him into Blizzard. Giving 07 a place to build a house and some spear gear he left him to make his house.

Slowly 07 became friends with the citizens of Blizzard, helping others build and farm. However, 07 was not very happy with how his life was going in Blizzard. He liked being able to trust everyone there, but also wanted some adventure. So, he started his own town, Aetolia.

Down the cave
As 07 walked across the land, not looking too closely at the road. Thinking about what and how to make the settlement of Aetolia. As walked he glanced to his left, high mountains, when looking to his right there was a dense forest.

Thinking that he saw movement behind a tree he slowed. Looking closely at the trees with one hand on the handle of his sword. After looking for five minutes he decided to trot on his path. However, 07 always looked slightly to his right so he never noticed that he got off the path walking towards a massive ravine.

Ten meters away from the ravine he looked ahead again, but not seeing the massive, gaping hole. Suddenly he lost his footing and fell down. Ten meters down, thirty meters down, forty meters when suddenly, CRASH! The echo could be heard in the entire cave.

A man exploring the cave heard it. Slowly he proceeded through the cave to the crash site. Looking down at a human-like creature. Mano, who wanted to learn everything he could, took 07 back to a lab. Along the way he noticed the creature he found was still alive, but just barely.

Wanting to put the creature out of its misery Mano drew his sword. Raising it high, high above his head he brought it swishing down. However, as the sword made contact with the scales of the creature the weapon broke clean in half.

Shocked, Mano looked at the place where his sword hit, not even a scratch. Bewildered Mano pulled out a second, slightly longer sword. This time he stabbed at the scaly creature. The harder Mano tried to push the blade deeper, the more of it broke away.

At the lab the creature was examined in much detail. Professionals guessed the age of the creature to be around 800 years old. Shocked, Mano decided to allow the creature to heal.

Mano waited around six months before he went to 07. “Hello there, my name is Mano. If I may ask, what is your name?” asked Mano.

“That is not important, but you can call me 07.” answered the creature named 07.

“Well then Mr 07, I have a couple questions for you.”

Eyeing Mano suspiciously 07 only nodded slowly; not breaking eye contact.

“Well then, where are you from? How old are you? Why are your scales so hard? What are you?” asked Mano not being able to hold back.

“Alas, the first thing you ask me I can not answer, that shall be my secret, for now. As for how old I am, I’m only 784 years old.”

Before Mano could stop himself, “ONLY 784?”

Before Mano could continue 07 cut across, “You see, where I came from we do not die of natural causes. This means that some lizardiens are over 5000 years old.

“So, you could age forever and not die unless you are killed?” asked Mano bewildered.

“That is correct. As for my scales, they harden at the age of 50, the age where you can become a warrior. As to what I am, it is hard to answer this to you. Let me think. Well I am a lizard the size of a human.”

“I can see that, but I mean what is your kind called? It can’t be called lizard humans, can it?” asked Mano quickly.

“True, we have always called ourselves Lizardiens.”

As 07 and Mano talked they spoke about Rathnir's history until Mano mentions something  about a syndicate. This ‘syndicate’ had been established as a way to gain knowledge. Interested 07 inquired about it.

After 07 knew about it he wanted to have a look. However, 07 soon learnt that joining the syndicate meant giving up his carefree lifestyle. Which he did not want to do just yet. So, in the end he decided against joining, instead he kept friendly with Mano who still shared information with him.

“With every friend there is a new challenge to solve.”

Aetolia
07 had asked Exarian, leader of the province where Blizzard lay, if he could make a town there. Agreeing, Exarian provided 07 with an old town that he should rebuild. Being at a sea front reminded him of his old home.

A week after 07 took over the ghost town and established Aetolia, someone named Nicodemus came across 07, building Aetolia. Seeing the potential he joined 07 in building Aetolia. Furthermore, a friend of Nicodemus came to live in Aetolia.

07 soon after made Nicodemus the second leader of Aetolia. However, that is when he suggested having three leaders instead of two, 07 did not disagree. So, Aetolia was now being lead by three mayors. Sadly the town did not survive for long. After the land that Aetolia was build on was sold, Exarien and a few others griefed Aetolia.

This left all the citizens of Aetolia homeless. Not soon after Syn left to never be seen again. This left Nicodemus and 07 to fend for themselves, but not soon after that they were allowed to settle in Demiarbez with the help of Xeno and Aholsky.

Formerly known as Qara, 07 and Nicodemus settled there. An abandoned town that was overgrown. Slowly but surely trees were removed and space made for new builds. Soon after that someone new visited Aetolia, Shadoxus. He was a great builder and decision maker. Only a few days after he joined he was promoted to being a leader of Aetolia.

Ealis and His Friends
The same day that Shadoxus had joined, someone else came to Aetolia, and unlike Shadoxus, they were not as talented. This person was Ealis. He also did not come alone, bringing with him four friends. They wanted to join Aetol City, which had been renamed by Demiarbez, after having seen the town. Accepting them 07 gave them two plots to make a house on, two per plot. However, 07 had offered them a separate plot each which they refused.

Not soon after they joined a rumor of a hidden wine cellar started spreading. Ealis asked 07 if he could be shown the cellar. After talking with Nicodemus, 07 showed it. When Ealis asked if he could take a couple bottles to sell, Nicodemus did not object.

The next day when 07 was walking down the road in Aetol City, he saw a tavern, the Spruce Boat, made by Ealis. He asked when it was made but was ignored. Furthermore, a couple days after that 07 found out that they had drunk thirteen bottles of fine wine and wheat beer.

Day of The Coup
Another day in Aetol City, nothing out of the ordinary. 07 was talking with Shadoxus, Ealis and his friends. Suddenly Ealis asked if he and Shadoxus could talk privately for a minute. Shadoxus left 07 for a minute however, warned him about Ealis trying to coup him.

Thinking in a rush he called them all on top of a hill and told them to stand on blocks. After that he exiled them before they knew what had happened. When they asked if they could get their stuff 07 allowed them and gave it to them.

They left Aetol City peacefully, but swore to not return peacefully. After that Aetol City started getting weird threads for a while. After that Ealis and his friends took to running around Aetolia and trying to kill anyone that they saw. Sadly 07, Shadoxus nor Nicodemus were in Aetol City. So people with nothing could not really protect themselves.

Fight
Ealis and his friends had stopped coming to kill citizens of Aetol City. Instead they had sent a mercenary to kill 07. While working on a new build 07 was jumped from behind. Quickly he entered the house, but it was not complete yet so the upper floor still had holes.

In the end 07 managed to work out a deal to survive. Furthermore, he figured out who had sent the mercenary to kill him. Fuming he inquired why Ealis would do such a thing.

On another day, while 07 was working on an underground stairs case he saw a stranger just up on the hill. Not thinking about the stranger he continued work. Suddenly, someone fell right behind him. Drawing his sword he turned to meet his attacker. After a very stressful fight that 07 was not ready to do he won. Sending his attacker away in fear.

Hithlum
Around the same time Aetol City was getting to know more about it’s next door neighbor, Hithlum. The town mayor of Hithlum was Otey, getting on friendly terms with each other. Both towns enjoyed their time. Furthermore, Otey said that if they ever need help with anything to call on them.

Such a situation arose only a few months later. While being cased 07 and a friend asked Hithlum for help to come over to Aetolia. Having locked themselves in a house they waited for the reinforcements of Hithlum. However, until they had arrived the bandits were gone. After a small talk where Otey made sure that nothing happened a search around the town started with no results; they had escaped. Thanking all the Hithlumites for their help they went back to their own town.

Aetol City Meeting
A meeting for all citizens to attend In the town hall. As a guest Xeno was also invited to join the meeting. The meeting went as planned until 07 spotted a figure hiding outside the window. At first everyone started to panic until it was figured out that it was only one person.

At that point 07, Ran, Xeno and Shadoxus decided to jump the stranger, but Nicodemus was strongly against the idea, and he would be right. At first it was a one against four. What no one expected however, was that two more people would appear as soon as the fight started. Putting the Aetolians in shock. After killing two, while the other two escaped back to the town hall.

After talking for a bit Nicodemus managed to get them to admit that they were part of the hands. Only after Nicodemus and Xeno most of the people knew what the Hands were. Furthermore, they revealed that they had come to kill Ran for offending them.

After everything was done everyone agreed that we could have just continued the meeting ignoring the Hands. However, instead a wrong decision was made. On the other hand, people gave credit to Nicodemus for trying to warn them.

The Resignation of 07
On the 25 of February 2023, 07 resigned from being Aetolia’s leader. The main reason was due to being bored in Aetolia, but he still enjoyed his peaceful time inside Aetol City. Furthermore, he will contınue living inside Aetolia.

However, every end is also a start. Nothing is lost that is not gained elsewhere.