Regulus Mindegaus

Regulus Mindegaus (known in-game as 5567) is a Lunarian librarian, writer, former bandit, and paleoanthropologist. He was the founder of the Atopolis Library and the head of the paleoanthropology department in the Rathnir Paleontological Society.

Born during the Dissolution of the Aurlûnoren-Ryzani Empire, Regulus witnessed the death of his parents from a human-elvish conflict and fled to the wilderness. This event would lead to his intense hatred of elves as he committed acts of banditry to specifically elvish travellers and settlements from Nieden to western Sparwood. On August 22nd, 2021 (933 ACA), he would become a citizen in Atopolis. During his residency, he would become the department head of paleoanthropology in the Rathnir Paleontological Society, discover the fossil of the Homo athielensis, and establish the Atopolis Library. During the geopolitical conflict between the Grand Jarldom of Frostmarch and the Empire of Leveros, Regulus escaped the action, fleeing to the Kingdom of Lunaris as a refugee.

Youth
In 911 AJC, Mindegaus was born in Ryzan, during the internal turmoil of the Aurlûnoren-Ryzani Empire, to Metanela Mindegaus and Saanvi Mindegaus. Since the Aurlûnor Velande was an Elven-majority ruled nation and Ryzan was ruled mostly by humans, major racial disputes resulted as a consequences between the two nations. Regulus's father, Metanela Mindegaus, was a renowned scientist and historian who became financially sustainable by selling archaeological tools and research to the Rathnir Paleontology Society, a science-focused group of naturalists founded to study paleontology and archaeology. Metanela probably played a role during the discovery of the Homo erectus. Due to Metanela's work, especially under the pressure of the tensions between the Aurlûnoren and the Ryzani, he was rarely home, only appearing a few days every other week.

The growing success of Metanela Mindegaus obviously brought awareness of the Aurlûnoren elves. At age 9, Regulus witnessed his parents being executed by Aurlûnoren bandits. Before Regulus could be captured, he escaped the nation and fled to the wilderness.

Nomadic Adolescence
Records show that on July 11th, 2021 (915 AJC), Regulus attacked a hunter at an abandoned temple with nothing but a few stones. This hunter (with the username of SonOfFurrows) obviously outmatched the boy and injured him severely. This encounter, occurring merely several years after the death of Regulus's parents, probably led him to be more secluded as he escaped from public record. As described by Regulus, he mainly lived in the forests - away from civilization. Oblivious to his own environments, he had settled into the forests of an elf-populated city of western Sparwood near what is known locally as Eglarest. For several months, Regulus hunted his own food, collected his own materials, and fended for himself. This new environment and set of responsibilities contrasted to his sheltered lifestyle during his youth.

At age 14, Regulus built a cabin, using the local dark wood resources from the forest, where he would store materials and food. This cabin would be discovered by Yuki Hayami, a half-elf from Eglarest, while Regulus was hunting for food several miles into the forest. Believing this cabin was abandoned or built by a traveler, Yuki took the food stored in the cabin and left a message of her arrival. Furious that someone from the outside world had contacted him, Regulus had collected the materials that were left and once again traveled into the wilderness outside of the Eglarest Forests.

In the plains of Southern Syltör, Regulus built a cabin that mirrored very much like the cabin he had built in Eglarest. However, seclusion inside the cabin only lasted for several days as when he explored the area, he discovered a cave at a nearby valley with chests and shulkers of mining tools, valuables, and food. While he did steal a shulker, he left the rest of the objects alone, adamant that he would not be contacted by the outside world. His wishes, however, would once again be interrupted as he was contacted by a small group of roadway workers known as the Road Builders Inc. This group merely consisted of three members, left undocumented, and was supposedly paid by contractors. Regulus was initially violent but after learning their intentions were not malicious, he was brought in as a worker. In a span of six months, Regulus learned how to speak, read, and write Traveler's Tongue through the hospitality of the road workers. Meanwhile, he had aided them during their task to clear out the ruins of a squatter town in Bardonia.

When the ruins was successfully cleared out, Regulus had took some iron, armor, and a horse from the road builders' stashes and quietly left at the midst of night. Regulus had explored and resided in many ruins east, including Farnau, Minrothad, Falconia, and Denver.

Indirect Involvement of the Battle of Centerville
As Bardonia expanded its empire, almost stretching to the entire continent of Syltör, a rise of anti-Bardonian sentiment had formed among the nations of Rathnir. The imperialistic nature of the Bardonian conquests developed hostilities with other continental superpowers, leading to the intervention of the Third Rathnir Coalition. By July 26th, 2021, the Allium-Coalition War was sparked. Coalition troops attacked Bardonian soldiers on open ground as migrants flooded into abandoned towns in Syltör and western Nieden. This had, for the third time, destroyed Regulus's immersion of seclusion and isolation from the outside world. As described by Regulus,"'I had stirred from my humble sleep to the sound of familiar voices... Once again, civilization had came to plague my wishes to just be left alone. A man, whom I now know as Alik Andreyvich, came to occupy New Farnau along with settlers from the east. I had put in great labor to hide from these settlers, escaping to nearby caves and valleys. With that great labor, a greater silence followed, spanning for almost an entire day... before it was interrupted by a myriad of explosions and battle cries. I could barely make out the words, 'Long Live Centerville' out of the entire dramatic scene. When the explosions stopped, I remember that was the time I came out of the cave. However, the settlers that arrived just several days earlier died and new foreigners took their place."Not only did Regulus get contact from the outside world but he was once again affected by political tensions that led to violence. This probably triggered Regulus aggressive return to civilization and his desire to plunder and bandit.

Personality
In his personal accounts, Regulus is described as someone with many complexes, both including superiority and inferiority complexes. He is shown comparing himself to those he cannot compete with while desiring to be above others. Despite this, he usually keeps to himself and instead records his thoughts and feelings onto journals and personal accounts. As a consequence, he misses the opportunities to develop relationships with others. Instead of people, he places his faith on numbers. This could be seen from how dilligently he views certain people, especially those he killed during his early banditry expeditions, merely as beneficiaries. In his Bandit Journal, he states that he doesn't kill those of low class because he sympathizes with them, but because they have nothing to offer him. HIs faith is also displayed during his attitude on gambling. Often, he racks up debt due to his large spendings on the lottery and activities at the casino.

Regulus also has an intense xenophobia against elves. While his education in Atopolis did abate his hatred to a level of not killing them at first sight, he still holds intense racial prejudice, as shown from his desires to reject elven visitors to his library. He swore to not set foot in elven-majority towns, especially those in Aurlûnor Velande, claiming that "all elves are savages... Every last one of them."

In his personal accounts, he also had initially expressed his distaste of the Ulfaeng, also calling them "mere savages." He often claims that banditry has standards and bandits who kill and plunder indiscriminately are the "worst of the worst." However, during his exile out of Ato, his distaste against the Ulfaeng seem to have abated due to have supposedly taken their hospitality. Before Ato became independent, Regulus often prided himself of being a Tortugan, giving the impression that he must have looked up to the pirate empire.

Appearance
At first glance, anyone would consider Regulus to be utterly unremarkable. His face had no notable features and he had dark brown eyes that were usually murky but started to almost sparkle when Regulus is gambling his money or during a scientific breakthrough. Due to his utterly average build and height as well as having a flat nose and short ears, Regulus isn't considered particularly attractive nor nonattractive. His medium-length hazel hair stood out, however, and is usually curly and fairly unkempt.

Regulus's attire fit more in line with the urban architecture of Atopolis but was neither extravagant or shabby, instead portraying an impression of averageness. His primary piece of clothing was a deep gray greca-styled overcoat that reached down to his ankles and had a set of three gray buttons running down the torso of his centre front. The inside of the coat was dark red, possibly symbolizing the colors of Ato. Under the coat, he wore a lighter gray, loose sack suit that featured a set of five buttons that traveled down the centre line into the hip and trousers that were the same color of the sack suit. Underneath the suit, he typically wore a snow-white dress shirt with a black tie that hung down from an opulent stiff white collar. Regulus had a dim-gray colored linen hat which was lightweight and had a button top accent in addition to a front button that snapped to visor. His shoes was plain and matched the color of his hat.

Regulus's olive skin, coupled with his hazel hair and predominantly made him seem as though he was the epitome of average. In fact, the complete devoid of bright color exhibited by Regulus' physical appearance gave him the impression of a sickly person of which all imagination had drained away.