Shanks Aelarion

= 🟈Shanks Azurov Dandelion🟈 = ''Shanks is the current Chancellor of Bardonia, Head of Trostism and founder of the City of Trost, as well as the adopted son of the late Capna Azurov. Remains one of the last living pioneers of the Dandelist Empire and currently holds as a head of the Dandelion Noble family.''

Childhood
Shanks was a child that was born in a field of dandelions in Bardonia just north of the city of Dorasterrock. He was discovered by Capna Azurov. Not knowing where he came from or where the child's parents were, he took the boy into his care.

As he grew up Capna had shown him how to live in the world of Rathnir, teaching him things such as fighting, leading, and other necessary skills. As he grew, he gained overwhelming patriotism for the nation in which he grew up in. He began studying, learning about the past triumphs of Bardonia and about its religion of Dandelism.

His obsession with his studies led him to a search of the past. He spent months traveling Bardonia until one day found himself in the Bardonian Vaults below Bardonia City. In the vault he discovered a book called the "Golden Prophecy". This book describes the seed of a dandelion. The seed had made its way across Bardonia, through the wars, through the grief, as well as through the highest highs of the land and the lowest lows of the land. One day when the seed finally settled in the soil, its roots started sprouting and the seed started to grow. When its stem finally peeked through the surface, the flower began to bloom as the dandelion was glowing gold. The glow was to be seen far throughout the lands, even dimensions away. Even though the flower had finally bloomed, it continued to grow. It grew until a child had been born from the dandelion. This was a child born directly from a dandelion, meant to be a guiding light for the nation.

After reading this, Shanks eyes began to glow, and the books pages started unwriting itself. The last sentence left on the book, was "The Golden Child has returned". With Shanks discovering his origin, he leaves the vault as a new person and with the ambitions to lead the nation into its next era.

🎕Origin🎕
Although he found how he was birthed, Shanks had not found out the origin of this phenomena until years later. While exploring Bardonia, he was led to the North of Bardonia City where he again had a vision of White Dandelions. It showed him visions of his blood father Eleven Dandelion entwining with a spirit. This spirit was an embodiment of the dandelions which then unintentionally led to the bloom of his birth. This discovery led to the creation of Trostism (Trostian Dandelism) and the creation of Trost itself. His birth father being Eleven and his adopted father being Capna Azurov, meant Shanks was in two Noble families. As well as one of the last living descendants of the Dandelion family, which originally began with Unic0rnb0i Dandelion.

Return to Bardonia
After his three-month exile, Shanks returned to Bardonia and settled into New Dorasterrock. He arrived to Bardonia in a dead state under the Imperium with the current Emperor being Conquestor. After discovering the poor leadership and desperate position of Bardonia, he and Capna would take full control over the Bardonian population and coup Conquestor. After this coup, Andreas Medici and Howertt Medici were both placed as Autarchs and successfully put himself on the Imperial Court.

Early Governing
The creation of the Dandelist Empire had Shanks handling a lot of the internal affairs inside of Bardonia as well as learning diplomacy from both Autarch's. At this time, he was still new to the political scene but still had overwhelming support from the Bardonian people. He stopped multiple rebellions and squatter revolutions throughout this time. He also went with his father Capna and destroyed the nation of Kazan and integrated it into the empire. After some time of Bardonia's revival, Shanks pushed for its independence with the other government members which in turn led to the collapse of the Imperium as a whole.

Chancellorship
Shanks was pronounced Chancellor by the two Autarch's Howertt and Andreas Medici on August 22nd, 2022. During this time, he was on the front lines of every battle in the Second Westmarch war. During the Bardonian 3 Days of Hell, he helped organize the coup which led to the fall of Howertt and Yazov's leadership and installed Unic0rnb0i and Crezyman back to the throne. By the end of the Second Battle of New Dorasterrock, Unic0rnb0i had become the sole Emperor and would continue to guide Shanks in both leadership, diplomacy, and overall wisdom. Throughout this time, he gained connections all throughout Rathnir by making friends with Beagle the current leader of Yimmu-Audal, King Cass leader of Galadonn, and many other notable names. During his time as Chancellor Shanks often organized Bardonian projects such as the Dorasterrock Palace, the Dorasterrock Temple, and others.

Loyalists
The Zodiac are a group of Shanks loyalists. Originally created in Bardonia, spread its influence across the world. The group was a secret society which gathered information and carried out tasks that were assigned by Shanks himself. They left their mark around Bardonia with signs saying "In Shanks We Trust" to notify their territory. Although not much is known about the group, they have been confirmed to be hidden in the shadows.

Puppet Master Shanks
With Shanks pulling strings across his sphere of influence using the Zodiac as his direct strings. He would use them to puppet events and people all across Rathnir. Which would lead to the nickname of Puppet Master Shanks. Using the Zodiac, he would stop multiple rebellions during his Chancellorship and is rumored to still be under control of the group. Although it is not confirmed, he is said to still orchestrate the loyalists for political gain and manipulation.

Ranks

 * The Gemini
 * The Signs
 * Zodiac
 * Celestial

✾Trost✾
Trost is a city to the north of Bardonia City, it was founded by Shanks and Penguin as a hub for peace and prosperity. Its architecture and culture attracted many and eventually Tundroo joined and became a Cardinal for Trostism. Shanks spent a lot of his time in this city and harbored his knowledge and wisdom even further while continuing his studies in Dandelism. Trost continues to grow as a Bardonian Citadel with plans of major buildings such as the Bardonian Court House, Trost University, and the first ever Trostism Temple.