Octieus Keriocs

Octieus Phariox is one of the original settlers of the city of Dinas, making him one of the oldest citizens, and once lead it as its mayor, following the death of Wambold O'r Cymoedd, the assassination of his son, Arindor, and the subsequent resurrection of the former. He would eventually step down as leader and bestow it onto another member, named Astrates Keriocs, matriarch of the family. A loyal member of the Duchy of Ahalia, he is one of the few members who can still recall the days when the duchy once called itself an empire.

Additionally, he once held a seat of power in the Council as the Director of Culture, a title granted to him during his early years in the nation due to his hosting of unofficial events that consisted of treasure hunts, using his own valuables as prizes. As a result of recent events, this title has become irrelevant, and those who still retain memory of this title being few.

Prior to the events known as the Ahalian Civil War, he once commanded an elite force of domesticated and tamed phantoms known as the Ahalian Airforce, who protected the skies of Ahalia from the raids of wild phantoms. However, due to the machinations of an unknown assailant, alongside their leader, Octieus, who was fatally injured, the entire force was wiped out into extinction, ending the group as a whole. Officially numbering three in all, with twenty-seven unofficial phantoms serving as reserves, there still exists a small haven of phantoms in an undisclosed area where new phantoms are slowly being trained to replace the defunct group.

Formerly a member of a race of humanoids whose name was ripped from the existence of both sound and texts, after he underwent a ritual to become immortal, he became little more than a spectre, inhabiting the corpse of his body. After a more recent ritual done by his children, he has regained flesh and blood, becoming one of the living once more.

He is the inventor of nine unique brews; the Ahalian Rum, Ahalian Vodka, Ahalian Mead, Ahalian Wine, Ahalian Abyss, Ahalian Sandstorm, Ahalian Whirlpool, Ahalian Fire Whiskey, and Ahalian Elixir.

Early Life
A native to the lands of Eldham, Octieus lived ignorant of the pioneers who sought to explore and settle in the lands he called home. Living most of his life within a hidden valley, while traversing through familiar territory, he came upon the ruins of a portal made of obsidian. Curious, he delved through, discovering the hellish lands of the Nether. Alarmed and afraid, he attempted to flee back into the portal from where he came, only to discover that a wall of lava, its source from an unreachable ceiling, blocked his way back home, burning the bridge of cobble and dirt made to reach it.

Forced to move forward, lest he die from the heat, he moved. For perhaps hours, or even days, he struggled through the lands of netherrack, soul sand, and past the immense lakes of lava, before finally stumbling through a forest of warped wood and grassy nether stone. After taking a breath, consuming most of his provisions he had taken, he discovered it, another portal. Frantic and ecstatic, he rushed to it, and dove through, glad to have reached an end to his hellish experience.

However, when he exited the portal, he found himself in a mysterious land, its formation unknown to him, something that shocked him, as he had believed he had already seen all the world had to offer. Nonetheless, he refused to allow the shock to prevent him from moving on, too try and find a way back to his home. Spending days and nights, trekking through fields of grass, and forests of dark oak, consuming fallen apples and potatoes, he came across a seemingly vast and endless nation called Uraka.

Chancing upon a woman who he would later learn to have been a highly-important individual named Alyssa, with her companion, the pair offered pity on the weary Octieus, giving him a stack of cooked cod, her companion, sixteen pieces of cooked steak, before waving him off, continuing on their way. Grateful, he ate his first full meal since his arrival to these foreign lands, before continuing on.

Days would pass before he discovered another civilization, a gathering place many called Spawn. There, while resting his aching feet, he was approached by a man named Wambold, who asked if he had a place he could call home. Thinking back to the home he could no longer return to, he shook his head. Holding a hand to the weary traveler, Wambold offered him one, in the Nation of Ahalia.

Shocked at the offer, he agreed to join, even if it meant he would have to eventually abandon it, should he discover a way back to his homeland. It would take several days before the two reached the gates of the nation's capital, JePola, the pair joined by two others, a humanoid duck named DaldorGamer, and a knight named PanictheSlavic. Given a tour of the city, they made an acquaintance in the king of the nation, and its founder, Theo Zevedeos.

Originally intended to be given temporary lodging in a dorm while new homes were built, they were assigned to the nearby village of Dinas, founded by Wambold. Given a new home of his own, Octieus would continue on and remain in the village from then on, even as it expanded and became a city of its own.

Anti-Guhenism Movement
During the first few weeks, Octieus didn't interact much with his new acquaintances, instead, he kept to himself, slowly forming a new life for himself. As he did this, he was soon approached by his fellow settler, DaldorGamer, who held little belief in the official religion of Ahalia, Guhenism. Intrigued by his talks of forming a secretive organization dedicated to the opposition of the religion, he agreed to assist in the creation of an underground facility where they could conduct secretive meetings in order to plan out ways to undermine the religion.

Ultimately, however, in the end, even after amassing a following of like-minded individuals, due to conflicting schedules, the movement was soon abandoned, though Daldor, the founder, continued to create this room, alongside the occasional assistance of Octieus.

New Moon Company Raid
After the event known as the First Elbian-Valdreach Conflict, the leader of Atlechia, Swenking, approached the leader of Dinas, Wambold, with an offer; Help raid both Agoge and the NMC in exchange for a large amount of resources. Agreeing, the two nations formed an alliance, and on the fated day of November 21, amassed a group of ten, three from Atlechia, and seven from Ahalia, Octieus counted amongst the latter.

Attached to a raid group composed of himself, DaldorGamer, PanicTheSlavic, and one of Swenking's lieutenants as the leader of the group, the group infiltrated the storage depot of Agoge and awaited for the signal. Once the war had commenced, the four quickly began to pillage the storage depot, relieving it of its many valuables. Going the extra length, Octieus went a step further and pilfered the tower of its uppermost facilities, such as its cauldrons, shroomlights, furnaces and crafting tables, before moving onto Cresent Bay, the island fortress of the New Moon Company, a former elite group of mercenaries.

Though what he took from the island is a mystery, it is known that from the island, he stole some of its knowledge and learned to brew, marking the beginning of his life as a brewer.

The Ahalian-Atlechian Crisis
Following the dissolution of the New Moon Company, Octieus continued to improve his craft, brewing multiple batches of liquor simply for the express purpose of improving his skill. However, during the following weeks, he would become a bit mischievous, and sought to acquire hard-to-attain items for his own purposes, such as the brewing stands owned by Fousas Zevedeos, the son of Theo Zevedeos, the king of Ahalia. After being caught, he was fined and made to pay off the debt he owed as well as the punishment for theft.

He chose to honor the debt and paid off the money Fousas was owed, putting an end to the event, which if he had refused, would have led to his exile from the nation.

Weeks would pass, and after noticing the lack of activity from the nearby settlement of Oasia, realized that even though Atlechia had laid claim to the settlement, they had still not done so, leaving the settlement abandoned and left to rot. Eventually, after news of Atlechia's inactivity towards claiming Oasia, it was decided that they would claim it for themselves, expanding Dinas's borders, an action that greatly angered the nation of Atlechia.