Milk Orne'Valerin

Milk Orne'Valerin Caicuria is a blacksmith and a noble of the High Kingdom of Yimmu Audal. Coming from humble origins, he has risen from his former status as a Jirnite peasant to become a tradesman and a nobleman of the Orne'Valerin family. He is currently the Baron of Citomushom, a small city directly northeast of the megacity of Jirn in the High Kingdom of Yimmu Audal's state of Anoshphey. He is currently overseeing the construction of a new industrial district in Citomushom.

Out of Nothing
"When I first started working for Anoshphey, I essentially lived in Toren's basement. But as time passed and I worked hard, I grew richer. Now, I own a house in Swal-Awz, I have a wonderful fiance, I have a wealthy and powerful family, and I own my own city. And I still live in Toren's basement."

Milk was born to a family of Jirnite peasants. Living in the poorest part of the city, Milk's parents worked in the city's steel mill, unfortunately succumbing to the mill's infamous Miasma when he was a teenager. Milk would take on odd jobs to survive throughout his teenage years, gathering resources for the city's many construction projects, fishing, farming spices, etc.

In his early adult life, he worked as a potato farmer working in the Orne'Valerin estate in Aevindaron. His willingness to work quickly, work for long hours, impressed Siyoi Orne'Valerin, who decided to adopt Milk into the family.

A New Chance
Feeling grateful to Siyoi and the Orne'Valerins, Milk sought an audience with its patriarch, Toren, to try and find work to repay the family. Through Toren's vast connections, Milk was able to gain an apprenticeship in the forge of Dracade. Studying under Raziel Martellus, Milk forged many a piece of armor, receiving more money than he made as a peasant. With a steady income, Milk's living conditions improved, and he would buy a house in the town of Swal-Awz.

New Land, New Title
After the retiring of Jovenos, the old Baron of Citomushom, Milk saw an opportunity to prove himself as a loyal Anoshphite. He proposed a new project for the unused lands of the city. With the approval of the Duchess of Anoshphey and Countess of Stomeste respectively, Milk became the new Baron of Citomushom. After living through the collapse of both Astyllea and the Imperium, Milk knew the importance of a strong military for Anoshphey, and despite not being a soldier himself, Milk used the lessons he learned as a blacksmith in Dracade to build a war machine in Citomushom- an entire city built for the purpose of producing tools, weapons, and armor.

New Friends and Family
Before the construction of Citomushom could start, Milk had the unenviable task of raising the money required to build the city. His work at the Dracade Forge continued, and he grew closer with the Dracadians, even getting engaged to Raziel Martellus.

Milk continued to go back and forth between Aevindaron, Dragospiro, and Swal-Awz. As time passed, Milk observed Swal-Awz grow and thrive due to the efforts of Awzturtle. Impressed by Awz's rapid pace of work, Milk adopted Awz into the Orne'Valerin family, who became a fourth generation member of Hirae's line. Awz would help Milk with the construction of Citomushom, and the grand highways that Joveneos had started building would be quickly finished.

Changing Times
Suddenly, dire news arrived from Dracade. The city of Dragospiro, including the Dracade Forge itself, was pillaged. Raziel Martellus sent a quick letter of resignation before disappearing off the face of Rathnir. Milk was shocked. His fiance was gone, his second country had suffered a crisis while he was unable to do a thing to help. Milk did the least he could do in memory of Raz, and would build a new forge in Citomushom, as well as a monument in honor of Raziel (among others). Milk would then enter a long period of self reflection.