Belorin Belgrave-Aqule-Vynquist

Belorin Aqule is a Half-Elven Senator, soldier, and Prince of the Lordship of Ruska. He played a semi-important political role in the western Phagosian Sea, particularly helping with political decisions in the Grand Councilate of West Phagosia, as well as serving as a spy behind enemy lines in Petra, Glanra, and Aquivia.

Early life
Belorin was born in at an unknown settlement in Eastern Syltör or Western Nieden, near the former Silver Coalition and Sterling Crownlands. Not much is known about his childhood, but he distinctly remembers being chased by a beast in the forest at night, giving him a scar across his face that grows in pain with the waxing of the moon. Being cast out to sea sometime at around the age 14 years of age, Belorin washed up on the shores of Aquifia in the Phagosian Sea, with nothing but his clothing, a sliver shortsword, and a few fuzzy memories. He was met by Archduke Side Goosington I, who showed him the new settlement on the isle.

He was quickly put to work on the island, helping design and construct small houses on the island, primarily composed of spruce logs and planks and bell-curved roofs. After the first few huts of this style, it is believed to be likely that Belorin's builds started the theme of Aquifia (now Humilau) in Post-Plagatean Ruska. In addition, he helped as a fisherman for a short period of time, finding a few strange objects in the water.

Aquifian Wars
During mid-February, 2023, the Aqufian Wars began. Side had staged a coup against Froby, Prime, and the Ruskan government. Belorin, who was only a teenager at the time, participated as minimally as possible in the war, and it was difficult to know which end of the conflict to take. He personally saw no reason for the insurrection, despite leaning toward libertarian-left politically, and eventually sided with the Ruskan government and the Sapphire Alliance. However, he secretly received information on plans of the Ruby Alliance, as he had convinced Side that he was working with them.

Life in Ruska
After the Sapphire Alliance won the Aquifian Wars, Belorin became an adult and established his own residency in the trading hub of Humilau, primarily making income as a farmer. He spent his twenties helping with city work in Humilau, Ardenholm and Ashar. During this time, he also went on a sailing voyage across the Phagosian Sea for part of a season, making the mistake of going alone in a canoe, with only a few weeks' worth of provisions. He traveled all the way to the Soleannen Empire and was attacked by Bardonians off the coast of Trost along the way. Realizing that he had essentially nothing to do in the very theocratic Empire, he returned from the pointless journey where he had gained nothing but experience.

Prime's Wedding
During his life as a worker in the Phagosian Archipelago, Belorin was trained in combat. He was mainly proficient with a spear, arming sword or cutlass, and a shield, as well as a longbow. Although not particularly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, what he lacked in strength and fighting talent was made up for in quick thinking (usually*) and military strategy. Grand Prince Prime Aqule was to be married to Elide Bolodrav-Belgrave in early Summer of 231 TE, around the time of Belorin's thirtieth birthday, and so Belorin, nobles from Ruska, and others set sale to Menaphos, in Centaris, which is the home city of Prime and the location of the wedding's cathedral. The cathedral was built by the Centaris Builders' Guild, primarily Minecraft_leg. The journey there by sea was primarily uneventful, although Belorin learned a thing or two about sailing larger ships, as he typically used his smaller rowboat. Arriving in Menaphos, the wedding commenced, and two families were united, thus further expanding the royal House Aqule.

Petrian War
The very morning after the wedding, the crew had to set sail back to the Phagosian Sea, as growing tensions with the small island nation of Petra were leading up to the high possibility of war. "We'll cut through their forces like a knife through butter," Belorin had proclaimed just days before the battle. The battle would occur at the Malryan fort of Area 52, being attacked by Petrian forces from Devrick City. What the Phagosian forces were not expecting, however, is that Devalia, leader of Petra, received help from the most feared mercenary company in all of Rathnir: The Parahands. This ultimately led to the capture of Area 52 and the survival of Petra. In his journal, Belorin wrote:

''"It was a horrible sight. The soldiers from Ruska and Malrya gathered at the fort that night, seemingly prepared to do whatever it takes to take down Petra and their treachery. We set out in our canoes and rowboats, some of us even swimming all the way toward Devrick. That is until, off the coast of Voltaris City, I saw a troop of soldiers so well equipped that it would impossible to be Petrian. Yet they didn't display the Glanran banner. A cill went up my spine as I recognized the insignia on their armor: These were Parahands. Paddling my way in the opposite direction, the mercenaries followed in the water at such an unnatural speed that even the strongest of fish would be knocked away in the current. I could hear the screams of my allies behind me, and at last my canoe leaked and capsized at the single thrust of a spear. Frantically swimming deeper under the water, I finally escaped the soldiers with but a stab wound in my back; I was lucky to have survived, but I regret ever turning back to look when I resurfaced. The entire bay was stained red with the blood of people I once knew, littered with bodies of the dead. I watched as injured, unarmed soldiers struggled to get on their feet, only to be cut down by ruthless mercenaries. Never in my life will I forget that night, no matter how many years pass by."''

The Government
Sometime during Mid-May, 2023, King Froby would appoint Belorin as a representative and ambassador in the Ruskan government. During this time, he was partially in charge of handling diplomatic relations with other countries, but most were handled by higher-ranking officials. Later on, he was promoted to become an official senator, and played a role in the senate meetings and votes for years to come. He maintained his lowly military rank of conscript throughout his time in the government, as Minister of the Military Block Aqule refused to promote members based purely on tactic, and preferred combat skill even when selecting his generals.

Adoption
After two decades of working under Ruskan command, the royal family, House Aqule, made the decision to adopt him. After a brief debate, it was Archduke Lime Aqule who adopted him at first, but Prime (Lime's brother and Grand Prince of Ruska) and Elide "stole" him, hence the name Belgrave. At some point after this, Belorin would begin drafting a blueprint for Aqule Manor, an island castle scheduled to be built for the Aqule family in the next several decades.

Froby's Wedding & The Storming of Voltaris
During the [season] of [April 30, 2023], King Froby Von Aqule was married to Xoda Vynquist, in a much smaller chapel than the cathedral which unified Prime and Elide. However, the Cold War with Glanra was at its peak, and that winter, there was a major battle. When sailing from Humilau to Ardenholm, Belorin heard shouts from the docks. It turned out the Glanran soldiers performed a raid on Ardenholm, attacking civilians including a neutral merchant from neither nation, so Ruska decided to retaliate. Belorin joined in the raid, and snuck onto the western shores of Voltaris City. When Glanra called for a diplomatic meeting in Voltaris, Ruskan government members arrived, including Belorin, but he was told to sit that one out and guard the nobles off to the side in case Glanra tried to pull any funny business. They demanded 150,000 coins in order to stop their raiding on Ruskan people, but Ruska refused. Eventually, a consensus was reached that Glanra wouldn't attack Ruskan civilians, soldiers, or other members, in exchange for the much more powerful Ruska not retaliating, effectively forming a non-aggression pact.

However, just as the Ruskans left the scene toward the eastern docks, shots were fired, and Glanra made an attempt to slaughter the senators, nobles, and soldiers on the island (in Froby's words, they "got salty"). An exchange of blows from melee weapons and volleys of arrows were made as the soldiers fought brutally in the stone street, and the Glanrans were beaten back without a single Ruskan falling dead or unconscious. Skorm II was forced to re-sign the NAP, and Ruska fled the scene at last. This was followed by a quick battle with Devalia at the work-in-progress capital of Ashar, which ended swiftly, although Belorin was dragged underwater and almost killed by the sharp end of Devalia's naginata.