Ornn Hrafn

Ornn Hrafn is one of the three Simulami Triumares. He is Stormgovan and is descended from important figures in Stormgovan History such as Schmäggerd von Svarkor and Seal Hrafn. He always looks up to important figures such as ZenoHUN Maestro and does his best to learn their tactics, applying them to his own management of Stormgova and NewJellhem.

Currently, Ornn is the oldest living member of house Hrafn and is therefore the head. He was crowned as the Härskare of Stormgova after a long series of Noble debates.

Childhood
Ornn Hrafn is the biological son of SirSealX and Onixsapphire. He was born a year after the founding of Seal_Cove on the island of Stormgova in the year -1 SY. Formally, his name was "Ornn Hrafn". His parents felt that for him to have good understanding of the world, he would have to travel. And so, at the age of 5, they sent him to go on adventures around the world with Schmäggerd von Svarkor.

Ornn had the opportunity to learn about the world without being influenced by 'power hungry nations'. This gave him a balanced view on the world and the ability to could see through many lies and false promises.

Adventures and Legends
Eldham was coated with many truths and lies so Ornn decided to search for them. He would gain knowledge and would understand many different topics.

Ornn looked into architecture. He was taught by GreenLionII, one of his distant relatives. The two of them got on very well and Green Lion II was able to teach Ornn and grow closer. Then he learnt about politics with a few busy diplomats and figured out a few strategies to control people. Ornn mastered combat and was taught by knights, bandits and mercenaries. This would give him the power to defend himself in many situations and learn the art of war.Finally, Ornn decided to live in the wilderness for a few years to learn how to survive.

One day, Ornn was visiting a town in Uraka where he was captured by a group of thieves. They took all his belongings and money, leaving Ornn with nothing. He wandered the streets of Urak as he was lost, without a home or shelter. During these dark times, he was forced to join a group of bandits, making him travel around the world with them. During their travels around Eldham, they would raid small towns and villages. Eventually, Ornn grew sick of this lifestyle and slipped away, hoping to forget about it and simply move on.

Ornn was left without shelter once again and had to resort to the only thing he mastered once more: Banditry. He put on a mask and wandered through COG, Mushroomicania and the Drakean Heartlands, stealing money and killing people. As Ornn's wealth grew, he gained a reputation and was known as the Shadow of Valresh. As time passed, he slowly stopped killing people as he found it to be wrong.

During this time, Ornn started to secretly doubt the Stormgovan Guardian and grew love for Soleviel. He kept notes in his diary where he confessed that Solaris was not real to him.

One day, Ornn got a contract in Garxeto where he would have to travel to Ravencrest in order to deliver important documents, which were classified. On his journey there, he ran into GreenLionII who he hadn't talked to in years. Green talked to him and convinced Ornn to return to Stormgova, his home. It was obvious that Ornn was struggling in the wilderness and needed a place to stay.

Return of Ornn
At the age of 16 in the year 15 SY, Ornn returned to Stormgova in order to meet up with GreenLionII again, but it was too late. A week before this, GreenLionII was murdered by bandits in Myrkira after a controversy

When Ornn returned, he went straight to New Jellhem and found upsidedownelf while wandering around the island, who was heartbroken to hear about the Lion's death.

Then he found his parents in his birth town - Seal Cove. "After 11 years of traveling around Eldham and Rathnir I return home to Stormgova. I was welcomed by UpsideDownElf on the shores of Scardin where he told me the tragic news of GreenLionII's death. He was my friend, my inspiration and the one who invited me back to Stormgova. I walked across the beautiful Stormgovan roads to Seal Cove and met up with my parents, Seal  and Onix who I have not seen for many years, but I heard stories and legends about them."

The Story Of Lady Notusa
There once was a woman in Southern Stormgova named Lady Notusa. She was born into a long lost noble house called house Notusa as she was one of the last members, but she married a Lord named Cadeyrn and had a child named Moon. Eventually Sir Cadeyrn died in battle and Lady Notusa had to raise the child by herself.

When Ornn returned he got into a romantic relationship with Lady Notusa and they were planning their wedding. During this time, Lady Notusa gave birth to 3 of Ornn's children. His Oldest son was Jacob Seal born two minutes before Janet Sapphire. The youngest child was a boy named Birgir Schmaggerd, however Lady Notusa died during childbirth. Due to this, Ornn blames Birgir for Lady Notusa's death and still has a grudge against him.

These children were generally kept a secret. Only Seal, Onix and Ituasmi knew about their existence. Eventually, Ornn decided that he wasn't ready to take care of children yet so they decided to send them to the University of Osundir to gain lots of knowledge and to follow in Ornn's footsteps.

The Fate of NewJellhem
Since GreenLion II disappeared, Ornn was placed in charge of New Jellhem and got to work straight away. He talked to the locals and took their advice for what to do, improving the roads and building new houses. After a few weeks of power, the people all loved him, until his focus began to shift towards himself. Ornn felt like royalty and put on lavish clothes to reflect that. Over time he began to boss people around. People who knew him before began to question his true intentions as he used to be humble and honest. Some argued that this new selfish behaviour was just a way for Ornn to deal with the loss of Green Lion and his sudden growth in power and responsibilities. During this time, Ornn began to look for a permanent home for his family and friends and began constructing Castle Hrafn. It would take him 2 years to finish this. It was his main focus for a while and therefore he deserted many of the other projects he worked on like roads and houses. Once the castle was done, Ornn felt exhausted and went on a journey around Rathnir to rest and reclaim his spirit.

After about 3 months of rough travelling, Ornn returned to Stormgova to find his mother and father missing. He searched everywhere for them but without any luck. While he was gone, the Imperare made NewJellhem the new capital and Ornn knew he had a lot of work to do.

About a week after New Jellhem became the capital, Ornn started working on several large projects as citizens started to flood into the city requiring many new houses to also be built. Ornn spent the next year relentlessly working on the capital, building a Cathedral, The Simulami Capital Building and The Maestro Palace. During this time, the town of Visfrietje, creatively named Idunno merged with the capital, doubling the size of NewJellhem.

One day, Ornn travelled to Seal_Cove to talk to his mother, but she was nowhere to be found. He gathered a team and they searched the entirety of Stormgova looking for Onix without any luck. After several months of searching, the group gave up and assumed the worst.

The era of Solaris
After spending a long time searching for his mother, Ornn stood at the top of his castle and looked back at his life and thought about everything. He thought about the universe, he thought about Stormgova and the Simulami Empire, he thought about god. He realised that the Stormgovan Guardian is only one of many, which probably means that it is simply made up. He looked at his friends in the Empire and read even more books on Soleviel, finding his passion for Solaris once again. Eventually, Ornn came to the conclusion that it is the one religion that has meaning. With his mother gone, Ornn was free to reject the guardian and so he did.

The next day, Ornn went to Soleum and got baptised, denouncing the guardian of Stormgova and encouraging the rest of the island to convert with him: officially ending the Guardian's era.

He decided to rework how New Jellhem was run and introduced a new election system where he would always keep a portion of the power, but officially the mayor of the town would be the "Valekt". The first election was held, but as this was a new system, Ornn organised a small council, known as the "High Stormgovan Society" consisting of 5 members to vote for the Valekt. Of course, Ornn ended up winning the vote and became the first Valekt of Stormgova. With this he also introduced a permanent title called "Streysman" which would make his family in charge of NewJellhem for many years after his death acting as a sort of lord.

At this point of his life, Ornn was 22 and had a lot ahead of him. One day when Maximelian II and Robb Ludwig were visiting New Jellhem, they decided that adopting Ornn would be for the better because he was hard working and was quickly being overwhelmed, so they decided to put Ornn under their wing and take care of him. Ornn updated his name from "Ornn Hrafn" to Ornn Ludwig and changed the name of his castle from "Castle Hrafn" to "Castle Ludwig" ready for a new life of honour, faith and patriotism.

Ludwigisation
Ornn Ludwig, now the royal regent assistant, became obsessed with making the city as large as possible and in a week the population of New Jellhem almost doubled as Ornn increased recruitment, becoming the Tabellar of Stormgova in the process. As the new people grew, there were new towns in Stormgova such as Hasan, Zandai and Freholm,. Over the next 5 years, the city grew rapidly to become one of the largest on Eldham as a whole.

One day, Ornn visited the city of Freholm and came across Melody and her wife, Rin Rostraya. Melody was troubled because her parents died previously, but she was a great warrior and was able to defeat Robb Ludwig in a fight. after seeing this, Ornn invited the two of them to be his guests in the castle. There were talks of Ornn adopting Melody, but it never got official. Melody brought a gift to New Jellhem, a young warrior named Abyss.

Abyss lived in a slightly dethatched part of the castle and stayed there after Melody and Rin left. Soon, Abyss became very close with the Ludwigs and was considered a family friend. At this point, Ornn thought it would be a good idea to adopt Abyss himself. He was 27 and Abyss was 17, but officially a Ludwig.

A few months later, Ornn visited Carthus and found a young boy named Otto. He became close with Otto because after a battle they spent a lot of time fishing and working on several small projects.

Shortly after Otto was adopted, Ornn got a letter from the mines of Suda-Vialum. His son, Birgir ended up getting a job there to make some extra money, but he was crushed by a rock. This left Ornn in a depressed state as he went into a downward spiral for the following years, getting addicted to many different types of alcohol.

The Fire Festival
In the year 28 SY, Ornn decided to take it up on himself to end the guardian's reign of terror. He wrote a book confessing how he really feels about the guardian and decided that burning the large temple in New Jellhem would be the best way forward. He worked closely with Victoria Maestro and Abyss Ludwig, gathering a group of dedicated Soleviel followers with torches outside the temple.

"The Guardian is dead!"

Ornn shouted as he lit gunpowder on the northern wall of the temple. He raised his Halberd and the people of New Jellhem cheered, rushing in to burn important books and artefacts of the guardian.

As the fire ate the building, Ornn stood on a balcony waving the Soleviel flag at those who saw him.

The next day, these actions were shunned by many visitors such as Hielkuh Harold Ironhide, Krisa Corvinius and his own father and Patriarch, Maximelian Ludwig II. Ornn stood at that very same balcony all day, chanting hymns and saying prayers. At one point he came face to face with Hielkuh and they almost got in a fight over the meaning of religious freedom. Ornn argued that the guardian was never real while Hielkuh was disappointed at the state of the capital's religious policies. They were pushed apart by Krisa.

The fires in the temple would eventually die out, but the backlash from getting rid of a famous worship site kept haunting Ornn to the point where he regretted it.

The NewJellhem elections scandals
Ornn called elections in the town of NewJellhem for the position of Valekt. At the start of the elections, there were 4 parties: The BIG party controlled by Spamtal, The Soleviel party controlled by Mishmoosh, The Loyalist Party controlled by Tatsumi and Joe Mama's Birthday Party controlled by Saturated Joe.

Ornn set up the High Society of Stormgova, which would supervise the elections with 7 members (KrisaPog, TheOneAbyss, TheJoker_, Upsidedownelf, SirAlixx, Visfrietje and Westloonlake)

This was very inefficient because the only power the society had was to decide who would be allowed to run in the elections, with the members also being unaware of who the other members were until the debate before the elections and not getting any proper training.

By the end of the elections, 51 people voted, people who had a house in the city would gain double the votes but those who didn't only had 1.

Due to toxicity from Victoria Maestro, who was heavily involved in the Soleviel Party, 10 votes would be taken off them. But at the same time, The JMBP and Loyalist Party both decided to join up with the Soleviel party before the end of the elections and form a coalition government. Because of this, the Soleviel party finished with 39 votes and the BIG party only had 37 votes. This would be problematic as many people complained about the coalition government.
 * 37 points given to the BIG party
 * 34 points given to the Soleviel party
 * 11 points to the JMBP
 * 4 Points to the Loyalist Party

With the elections over, Ornn hoped that the toxicity would simply stopped, but people just kept arguing to the point where Imperare Zeno Maestro had to step in and put the High Society on trial in front of a jury.

During the trials, Ornn was found guilty and placed under house arrest for 2 years in his castle. He used that time to reflect on himself and worked on self improvement, writing a few of his books to be published a few years later.

The death of Maximelian Ludwig II
After a fighting side by side with his father in Brudmir, Maxim was killed by an Ent king towards the end of the battle. When Maxim was on his last breaths, he told Ornn this: "Promise me, promise me you will never use your sword again, promise me you will fight no more!"

And Ornn had no choice but to listen to his father. He threw his sword, which he got from Green Lion II to Krisa, standing next to him.

Yental Celestiel attempted healing Maximelian using a magical apple, but it did not work and he ended up dying in a tent.

After this, Ornn quickly took it upon himself to live like Maxim taught him and became a pacifist, dedicating much of his time to Soleviel and charity. He built several churches and held many ceremonies, until he was promoted to Bishop by Vis Asellus-Maestro, which gave him motivation.

Second Period Of Ludwigisation
Ornn ended up getting married to Krisa Corvinius in Nuvallen, he was much older than Ornn but had lots of knowledge that could be passed onto him.

One day, Ornn was reflecting on his life as usual. He remembered his life with Lady Notusa, the death of Birgir, and his 2 children, who were meant to be studying in the university of Osundir.

After sending a letter to Jacob and Janet, they returned to Stormgova and were welcomed back with open arms. Even though they were only 12, Ornn felt like he abandoned them and spent as much time with them as possible.

Ornn then became the governor of Stormgova because most people voted for him, however, after Zeno introduced a new nobility system to replace governors, Ornn lost his title shortly after he earned it and he only owned southern Stormgova. The morning after the new Nobility System was created, Ornn made the announcement:

"I have a right to rule over the entirety of Stormgova. I believe that having a divided island will only lead to more conflict down the line. That is why I ask you all to join me, I am capable of running Stormgova and will guarantee protection from outside invaders. You should all become Vassal houses of Ludwig and fly our banner above your town for if we don't work together, we will crumble and fall victim to our own foolishness."

Some Stormgovans took this as a threat and declined the invitation. In particular, Mansmile Von Svarkor, a man who has been isolated from the rest of Stormgova for many years, called an emergency meeting in Samhalle to discuss this. In that event, he claimed that Ornn ruined Stormgovan culture by owning the capital and that he was going to bring it back. But he made all Stormgovan Mayors sign the Treaty of Samhalle to keep peace in Stormgova. As a result of this meeting, Ornn took it upon himself to create the Second High Society of Stormgova. This was because people complained that he had too much power, so he placed his oldest child, Abyss in charge. Ornn would still attend each meeting, but because he was an observer, he did not have the power to vote on any decisions.

Several years later, Ornn found himself in a tough situation when Upsidedownelf refused to marry Abyss, which would ultimately lead to him controlling all of Stormgova through the nobility system. They almost went to war until they talked about it and came to the conclusion that a war would probably not be the best thing for the future of Stormgova.

The Return of Hrafn
One day in the year 39 SY, Ornn heard news about rumours that a man claiming to be his dead son was ravaging the mainland. He was hesitant and didn't believe his children when they tried to convince him that Birgir was back. People were saying that he murdered some people on the mainland and got in a fight with his son, Otto and his brother, Luke. One day when he returned on a trip from Rathnir, he met his son, Birgir who had been captured by Abyss, Luke, Otto and Janet and was kept in Ludwig Castle while he was trying to kill Fwyn, Otto's 3 year old son. After a conversation with Birgir, Ornn realised that his son had gone insane as he was talking about how he wants to bring back the stormgovan guardian, leave simulami and how he was the rightful owner of Stormgova as Ornn had grown weak. However at the same time, he was hesitant in making any decisions as he believed that he could be brought back to sanity and eventually redeem himself.

Ornn decided to sleep on the decision and when he checked on Birgir, he had run away, leaving an empty room.

No one was injured and although several people offered to help him hunt Birgir down, Ornn refused as Birgir was his son after all.

They were wrong about this as only a few days later during a ceremony in Pissevirke held by Fyrrtree Pisse which Ornn attended, Birgir showed up, blowing a hole in the church and murdering Dio Loran along with Fyrrtree Pisse. During this, Ornn ran inside the tower of the church as he was disappointed in his son. When he built up the confidence to leave, he picked up the sword of Dio as he knew that he couldn't be a pacifist anymore. He looked outside the window and saw his son, Otto and Abyss fighting Birgir and chasing him from Stormgova.

After these events, Abyss Ludwig left Stormgova for several years to hunt down his brother. The High Society of Stormgova would call an election and Gerald Pisse was chosen as the new head, a position which would be renamed to "Valekt".

The decline of Soleviel
After the ceremony, there was much anger against Soleviel as they couldn't defend one of Simulami's nobles. It didn't help that on Rathnir, Lyras Soleari, Creed and Istrali Varmerion left the empire and were now against the Simulami Empire. During this time, Abyss would also return to Stormgova but with no Birgir head as he seemingly vanished. Instead, Abyss was filled with a doubt about the existence of Solaris and questioned Soleviel.

Ornn saw this and asked his children how they feel about Solaris. Otto felt strongly connected to the god as it brought him many wonders. Jay, Janet and Abyss were very doubtful and wanted something larger. Hence, Ornn left house Ludwig and changed his name back to Hrafn after the death of Robb Ludwig.

The announcement was met with some backlash, however all his children would join him after some time.

In particular, Abyss would join the Ni'us religion and work closely with Zeno Maestro after the Soleviel and Solennen ban on the empire. Abyss had a vision and became "The Forever Prophet" within the religion.

The creation of the Triumare
Many of the regents at the peak of Simulami had grown uninterested in fulfilling their duties (went inactive) and therefore Zeno reached out to Ornn Hrafn, Mishmoosh Ludwig-Aulian and West Loon-Hrafn to work closely with him and help manage the empire.