Morrison Ostricia

"Our people have suffered from my family more times than I care to remember. Why did my family suppress our people? Because apparently thrones are very comfortable."

-Morrison Ostricia

Early years
Morrison Ostricia grew up in the four century old castle that looked over the hills of Einsiedeln. Morrison's childhood was easy, for he was part of House Ostricia. House Ostricia was fairly rich at the time, since all of the assets they owned were mostly seized from the peasants in the region. Without this, the house would have been lost to time after they lost the civil war. House Ostricia stood betrayed, but wealthy. Although, everything went downhill when Morrison turned eleven. Mere days before his birthday, news reached the region of a magical blast in the capital. Hours after this, an ominous cloud that rained white soot started snowing on the mountain. Weird phenomenons like this became usual for the following day, and so Ostricia sent a diplomat to the capital to investigate. He came back saying a guard told him everything was ok, and there was nothing to worry about. Only hours later possessed soldiers emerged from the undergrowth of the pine forest, and they mercilessly invaded the city. Men, women, and children fought for survival, but most perished in the ruins. The inner city had to be abandoned, and all that was left was the northern outskirts, which are still around today. Finally, two months in, the monsters dispersed. For the next three years Morrison waited in a small camp at the base of the ruined castle waiting for his family to return, but to no avail. The rest of the family were either dead or gone for good.

Teenage years
When Morrison turned fifteen, he decided that he was done waiting for a change. He wanted to take matters into his own hands. He would rebuild Ostricia City from scratch. Starting was hard, but him and a team of builders quickly established a city center, cleared the rubble, and began work on a farm. A year passed, and now it was time for the hard part. The mansion. The builders decided to keep the ruins of the old castle, since they were symbolic, and they would build around them. Around the same time, Morrison was getting really into Cartography and painting, and he would often practice them in his free time. As Morrion aged, he also started to question the atrocities committed by his family. From theft to suppression, Morrison started to uncover some of Ostiricia's darker secrets, and without a family to ask, he was left wondering. Right then and there Morrison vowed to his small group of people that he would not repeat the mistakes of his family.

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