ZakMack

Zak (IGN: ZakMack) is a citizen within the Vulperium as a resident in Aroforn and the present town holder of Oakendale. His official species is known as the "Avali", a rare type of flightless bird that has origins to the frozen lands in the north of Eldham. However, due to his countless time spent living within the Vulperium, ZakMack strongly sees himself as a fellow Vulpur and dismisses the idea of being anything else but one.

Early Life in Eldham
The early life of ZakMack is currently unknown as he has shown very little interest in discussing his childhood or teenage years. No clear records of him exist in any libraries within Serrona and the only information Zak willingly shared while intoxicated was that he originated from the far north and was firmly content to move to the continent after discovering the Vulpur, whom he heavily identifies with.

While there is very little evidence to support this, it is speculated that the young Avali was originally from the continent of Elastra due to it's similar climate and geography. The speculation of this however has gone under question as the journey from Elastra to Serrona would have been a long and tedious one, especially without the proper equipment. Passing through three separate continents without any additional security also poses the risks involved with the wilderness such as bandits and wild animals. ZakMack has also stated that he disapproves of this 'theory' and any ideas from it, leaving the topic to rest until a later day.

Arrival in Serrona
Once arriving into the continent of Serrona, ZakMack found the western part of the lands claimed by the Vulperium empire, a multicultural group of provinces combined together under the leadership of a monarchy. Intriguing him more than any other place he had explored, the young Avali decided to set up a temporary squatter hole north of Adnan. After examining all the nearby towns, architecture and learning about cultures of the land, he had decided to introduce his existence to the nation who welcomed him within Aroforn (capital region of the Vulperium) with open arms. This surprised the Avali as he expected a tougher introduction to be necessary, however, he wholeheartedly felt at home right away and wanted to support his newfound homeland in any way that he could. Within Aroforn, ZakMack was granted a small house within the inner walls of the capital. He immediately gave the building a small renovation before venturing out to gain the materials required to forge a strong, durable and eternal pickaxe. After fishing up two mending books, selling one of which to barter for the precious nether ore known as "netherite" and applying the second along with many other magnificent enchantments, he was finally able to craft a god pick only after a few days. He surprisingly decided to dedicate the pickaxe's name to the Vulpur Nabu's goddess "Diruskyria" as they are the manifestation of the seas in which Zak was able to pull the enchantment books out from. Setting off into the deep underground, the Avali would mine away until he nearly reached one million gold, contributing supplies and equipment along the way to build projects in Aroforn and Pastel.

Affiliation with Vulpinian culture
After spending a couple of months within the Vulperium, the young Avali would have an identity crisis in which he would never shake out from. A popular and promoted culture within the capital and surrounding regions of the nation was the Vulpur, a species similar looking to the Kumiho and Foxtarians that went from near extinction to thriving in the world of Eldham. Zak seemingly viewed the species he lived beside as almost desirable in every form, seeing them as a family more than possibly any of his own species. Going as far to compare himself in every way to them such as their preference for colder living environments, their fluffy body and similar anatomy. He disapproves any remark that his feathers, flightless wings or much longer tail makes him any different than the Vulpurs around him.

The Town of Oakendale
Whilst working to gain as much wealth and resources for his nation as possible, ZakMack had a growing desire to help in a public build project that benefited the empire in a much greater way. He had gained enough equipment and supplies for himself in order to fund anything that came to his mind, but secretly he yearned to assist in even greater aspects.

This opportunity came to him when Burin Regulus, the Head Architect of the Vulperium, asked citizens if anyone was interested with helping build up the establishment of Oakendale, an older yet untapped region that needed major construction efforts sent to it. When Zak volunteered to help with the project however, he was happily greeted by approval as well as two disastrous surprises. Firstly, he found out that no one else was looking into Oakendale as a project for development at all. There were no citizens within the region and the peninsula was a vast woodland area that required major terraforming. Determined to begin on work, ZakMack would firstly connect the town's location to the main roads and highway network before beginning construction work. At the time of writing, Oakendale is still in construction and the estimated time of finalizing it is unknown. The ambitious Avali hopes that it will be completed within the next few months and observations of the motivation within him are seen by other people as quite strong. Time consuming aspects such as minor buildings, roads and town walls have already been established within the town. Zak desires to create decorations and major buildings such as a church and town hall before allowing citizens to finally register.

Current Day
Currently, ZakMack still happily resides within both his town of Oakendale along with his small home inside of Aroforn, loving to visit and check in on the daily builds created by the great designers inside of his nation. He works happily to gather supplies whenever he can for his fellow citizens while also making sure to work on Oakendale with the majority of his time.

The Avali still deeply is convinced that he is a Vulpur and while some concerned citizens have actively attempted to tell him otherwise, most by now have accepted that there is no chance for change and that he cannot be persuaded in the slightest.