Dusk Synderys

Dusk Synderys (IGN: Dusk_Shard, Discord DuskShard) is a banker, mage, nobleman, politician, and demigod. He is also an Daelyrian High-Prince, and the head of the House Synderys of Daelyria. He designed many buildings in the Vrandoy-Aestyrian Kingdom, such as the Tower of Shadow, the Lighthouse, and many houses and shops. His balance is $100,000, but he owns assets that are worth around $1,200,000. He is considered to be very skilled at wielding a sword and shield, although he prefers to make peaceful negotiations instead.

Personality
Dusk Synderys, as many demigods to the Daelyrian dragon gods, suffers from light mood swings. His divine blood may kick in on occasion, giving him an insatiable blood lust and recklessness. This has caused him to receive hostilities from several world leaders. He usually lives human self, where he is considered to be thoughtful, quiet, calculating and measured, but also generous. It is under this personality where the citizens of Mithra think of him as a great leader and diplomat.

Usually, Dusk Synderys can be described as witty, charismatic, and more than a little arrogant and narcissistic.

Businesses:
Dusk Synderys owns several businesses

-Several foodstands in Illerya and Duskopion

-The Synderys Bank

-Dusk's block emporium

Early life and childhood
The exact date of Dusk's birth is unknown, but he is known to be 108 years old. He is the son of Nyfera Synderys and the god of war Vhagar. As a young boy, he travelled around the world of Rathnir exploring the lands he was born in. After a while he returned to the city of his mother's birth, Kush. Dusk Synderys, along with King Unburnt Blackfyre the I, Beastfrog Nymeros and Strivers (later GLO_, then Mezalf), escaped from Kush after a wave of banditry hit the nation.

Adulthood
Dusk had previously had a Dragon dream that he would help found one of the greatest nations in the world. As the most powerful mage in the nation, using powerful magic, he forged the sword Dark Sister from the dark metal mined in the depths of hell. Dark Sister could cut through any foe, and he wielded it with such power that he was for a time believed to be the strongest swordsman in the nation. One day, when sleeping, he was almost killed by the alcoholic Milo Glin, and lost the sword. He then forged the blade Shady Female Sibling, but it was a pale copy of the former. He crafted himself a set of crystal armour, and made a new sword: Æssahætr. He was now more radiant than ever, and he showed great pride for it. The gods, either in fear or in punishment, it is unknown, wiped then all of Dusk Synderys's possessions from him, destroying the blade. Many others followed, but none were as great as Dark Sister or the Æssahætr. Lord Synderys also raised the Tower of Shadow, the tallest building in Daelyria, situated in Illerya. He has also founded the city of Duskopion, the biggest city in the Daelyria. During the Halondian rebellion, his adopted son, Miksa Silverhand betrayed him by crowning himself the Emperor of the Halondian empire. This led him into a deep depression where he became bitter and rageful. His famed skill with diplomacy decreased markedly, as his patience shortened. After the rebellion had been resolved, the High Kingdom of Arcovel was founded (originally) as a union between the Arch Duchy of Aestyria and the Kingdom of Daelyria. Dusk Synderys stood at the helm of this Helmian merger, spending long days and nights in his castle in Duskopion and the Tower of shadow in Illerya drawing up maps and discussing terms. In the end, Zamotz pulled out of the merger. It was also around this time that he divorced his first husband Leonidas Greenstir. The Kingdom of Arcovel collapsed soon after its creation, with the secession of Kastollia, Halond and Attaraxia. After the national divorce, the raider Nero the breaker of bones came and kill the Rhys Aethu and friend of Dusk, Thrain. Dusk and Archon Tonic Mahale hunted him down, but due to Dusk's wounds from earlier in the day, old age, and inferior skill and weapons, was seriously injured as he chased down Nero to the mountain city of Meteora. The Kingdoms of Varandoy and Aestyria reunited soon after into the Varandoy-Aestyrian Kingdom (VAK). They then conquered Alamayn, and as Praetor of the Second Legion, Dusk was very involved in this business. The conquest of Alamayn also reunited him with his beloved nephew Alev Synderys, the Lord of the Silver Citadel. It was around this time when the old King Unburnt Blackfyre the first would die. This saddened Dusk greatly, as, along with Lord Nymeros, Unburnt had been Dusk's oldest and closest friend and confidant. He wrote in a letter "I feel as if the part of me that ruled the first Kingdom has died with him, and now a hole has opened within me.". His loss was only greatened as his cousin Augustino Synderys would go into a coma induced by heavy drinking after the disappearance of his husband, Hibko Sin Synderys, as well as the loss of Shade Kaerfels, the son of his close friend Spoken Kaerfels. With the abdication of Jayhawk Blackfyre and his heir, Murad Blackfyre, Dusk aquired the Mithran throne. His reign, however, was very short. He resigned after four days due to several coups and an independence movements. Dusk was at this point feeling a lot of melancholy and apathy towards the world. The countless scars on his body pained him. He was pleased when his foster son, Miksa Silverhand eventually took the throne of Mithra after dethroning Ianak the Imposter King. He worked tirelessly in preperation for the Battle of Frostarch, using large parts of his personal fortune to supply armour and potions for mercenaries he hired and paid for during the battle. Though he was on the losing side of the battle of Frostarch, Dusk Synderys fought alongside his cousin Augustino Synderys, who slev several men in the fighting, as well as alongside King Miksa Silverhand and one of Dusk's closest friends and imperator, Alpha Kaerfels below the walls of Adwa, where they cut their way out as their explosives failed to clear a hole in the wall.

"though I see now that the battle, maybe even the nation is lost, I know that in my countless years, I have never felt as alive as below the walls of Adwa"

-Dusk's diary regarding the battle of Frostarch.

Dusk lost many things of importance to him that day. His cousin, Augustino Synderys, pased away after having slain six men in the fighting. Dusk himself came close to death himself, having to discard his armor and his iconic sword Dark Sister. His home in Duskopion was also raided, and a deep sadness once again filled Dusk's heart. He remembered the fighting in Frostarch and Adwa and knew he that it was Vhagar's blood in him calling him to action. He became High Lord of Astor and High Lord Magistrate in the Helmian Federation, but his titles were removed due to doubts about his loyalty. He was pardoned for his actions following his service in the battle of Illerya. After the collapse of the Helmian Federation, he joined the Dominate, receding from politics to focus more on his role as a holy man and mercenary.

Quotes
"Mercy paves the way for the march of cruel men"

"If the world had to burn for me to win, I would not hesitate to light the match"

"without hope, I am nothing. Without hope, I am just a broken old man who has lost everything. But with hope, I am Dusk the Daelyrian, son of Vhagar and hero of Helmia. With hope, I will never stop fighting. With hope, I will have the power to always crawl back to the top. That is why I have hope. And I know, that, in the end, the storm will come to pass. Even the greatest empires fall, but the people, we live on. That is why I have hope."

"History withers, and the proud stones of the past crumble to join the eternal sands of history, ground down beneath the ever turning wheel of time. I see it. I see it every day."

“Decency? Laws? Do not be a child, general. This is war, and in war, the only law is strength and the only crime is losing.”