Rubrum Tenebrae

Rubrum Tenebrae is a citizen on the continent of Rathnir. She migrated there from a distant land torn apart by tribal conflict. When she got to Rathnir, she arrived at the swamp kingdom of Paloro. There she settled for many, many years gaining strength and a name for himself. However, during the end of the Ferrymen War, she was exiled for high treason. She then moved on to the fledgling city of Cyrumar. That was quickly replaced by Geradith, then taken back over by the old Cyrumar citizens. After all the conflict, Rubrum left Cyrumar and traveled, looking for a new town to settle in. She found it: the Grand Sultanate of Alamayn. After months of life in Alamayn, Rubrum betrayed her country, declaring Kharis' independence and founding her own nation of the Portittor. After her short time in the Portittor she ended her journey in the Auxilium Isle, formally Melonstan.

Physique and Traits
Rubrum Tenebrae is a white human female. She has an average height of five feet nine inches, not short, but not tall. She has medium length brown hair along with brown eyes. She generally can be found wearing a crimson suit with black and gold complements.

As a survivor from a deadly massacre of her people, she had gained many traits. Rubrum is a manipulative person, relying on staying in the shadows and sneaking around to survive. She rarely will trust anyone, especially with her past of tragedy.

Before Rathnir
Before Rubrum had arrived at Rathnir, she was born onto a continent called Nocturia, a place torn apart by tribal war. Her tribe, the Ombre, were positioned in a snowy taiga forest. She was an only child, with a mom and a dad. She was raised as a fisher, for her fighting skills were poor along with her ability to mine underground. She had a way with the rod.

One day, when Rubrum was about seventeen, a rival clan attacked her village. They were savages and killed everyone that did not run. The Ombre were not prepared for such obliteration. Rubrum was the only survivor of the clan because of her cowardice. She escaped on a boat and left out to see with nothing but some stone tools and bread.

Paloro
Rubrum arrived in Rathnir on the swampy coasts of Haven. She stumbled into the Paloran capital of Palovina. Several of the swamp dwellers found her and they took her in. She lived for several years in Palovina, getting used to the way of life on this new continent. Fishing in the swamps was a popular practice, as the Palorans believed in the fish goddess of Anglity. Rubrum was converted to the religion of Anglism.

After a few years in Palovina, Rubrum was recruited to help with the construction of Atris. The mayor there was Mytz. He was a kind fellow, wanting to give Rubrum a purpose. So Mytz gave Rubrum the title of Atris council woman. She took her job seriously, giving up her fishing to write up new laws and manuscripts for her town.

The Khanate War
The great Second Empire of Uldarash called upon its members to supply soldiers for a siege it was planning. The Khanate of Haven, a nation dwelling in Haven taking up a lot of land, had to be removed. Rubrum did not want to fight in the front lines, as it would just bring back terrible memories of the past. So she was given the title of a spy. In the First Battle of Bulgan she gave Uldarash information about the Khanate's resource bunkers. In the first battle they completely looted the town.

Determined to end the Khanate, Uldarash once again called upon its members. The Grand Army of Uldarash was assembled in Palovina where it moved out to strike at Bulgan yet again. Rubrum gave Uldarash more intelligence, telling where the Khanates forces were and that they had hired mercenaries. Because of this, Uldarash paid the fighters more money to not participate. When the army arrived most of the Khanate forces had retreated, only a leader and his ally stood. The Second Battle of Bulgan was quick, and the Khanate of Haven was destroyed.

General of Paloro
Following the events of the Khanate War, Rubrum had proved herself as a capable militarist and valuable spy. She had hoped she left a good impression on the current Uldarashi Emperor, Canine. King Keechoo of Paloro promoted Rubrum to the general of the Paloran military. Quickly, she began to make ideas and craft plans to help better prepare Paloro for any dangers that may come ahead.

The Noctem Alliance
News soon reached Rubrum of terrorist attacks on the Republic of Ryzan-Carthya. These attacks were being committed by a group known as the Big 5. To try to make friends in the northern hemisphere, Rubrum created the Noctem Alliance, a group to combat these bandits.

As soon as she formed the alliance, she began recruiting people to help her cause. At its best, the Alliance had eleven members to combat the bandits five. After only a week or two, the Alliance had done its job and eradicated the Big 5. After that, Rubrum disbanded the Noctem Alliance.

The Ferrymen War
News reached Paloro that the northern hemisphere was being attacked by the Ferrymen, a vicious group of warriors. In a matter of days they had bent the Empire of Bardonia to its knees. Terror had spread throughout Rathnir, worrying many of the smaller nations. This gave Rubrum an idea: she could end the threat by crafting a threat. Quickly Rubrum got to work.

First, Rubrum surrendered the position of general, saying that Keechoo did not listen to her ideas, so being in the position was pointless. Moth, a Paloran, was then promoted to general. This was good, as Moth and Rubrum were good buddies. Then, Rubrum fought to secure her other pal, Cecil, a position in the council. Cecil got their council spot and all was going as Rubrum had planned. Both Moth and Cecil would provide Rubrum with information on the council. They were her tools

Next, she hired the Ferrymen to attack the fortress city of Fornost. Rubrum knew that if Fornost fell, the rest of Uldarash would follow. This would instill fear and a panic in the people of Uldarash. She warned Canine of the Ferrymen's impending attack, giving him vital intelligence. He did not know this was all Rubrums' scheme. The day of the battle came, but the Ferrymen were not in sight. It seemed some mysterious force had driven them off.

Exiled
Rubrum could not hold the guilt of this plan, so she confessed to her friend: Mytz. Unfortunately, Mytz betrayed her trust and told the Paloran king at the time: Poldi. Poldi had no choice but to exile Rubrum. She was kicked out of Paloro, out of her home. All for trying to help, although in a peculiar, risky way. Canine banished Rubrum from Uldarash. This was where Rubrum began down a darker path, one of shadow and manipulation. She would trust no one, as the one whom had been her friend had betrayed her.

Cyrumar
After her time in Paloro, Rubrum found her way to the Kingdom of Cyrumar. She had traveled great lengths to find this new nation. When she stumbled into its first town, it had only a gatehouse and the starts to a wall. The fresh kingdom was ruled by Alpha, a very static ruler. For the next few weeks Cyrumar was built up. Rubrum helped with the building of the walls and also the farms on the inside of said walls.

Cyrumar encountered its first road block when the neighboring pirate nation of Tortuga showed up, demanding that Cyrumar become a Tortugan vassal. Alpha had no choice but to accept Tortuga's demands. This was exactly what Rubrum had wanted to avoid: the starts to a conflict. Shortly after Cyrumar became a Tortugan vassal, Rubrum helped the king complete the great Cyrumar Castle. It was the kingdoms greatest achievement. A massive squar stone brick structure with huge stone torches and massive columns. Rubrum was proud of her and others work.

King Alpha soon formed a council and Rubrum got onto it, becoming the Minister of Recruitment. As the head recruiter, she began getting more citizens for Cyrumar and its military. After talking with Alpha, she found he was planning to rebel against Tortuga. She knew this would only cause Cyrumar's demise, so she alerted her friend Jack. Together, Jack and Rubrum staged a coup and removed Alpha from power before he could do anything disastrous. There was a short battle in the streets of Cyrumar and then all was done. Alpha escaped, leaving behind his city. Jack and Rubrum had become heroes, saving their country from its ultimate downfall.

Geradith
After Alpha was removed, Tortuga handed the city over to a religious group: the Envyists. The head priest of the Envyists, Mr. Dog, stated that if you didn't follow Envyism, you would die. Rubrum had to follow Anglism in secret for now on, for the stakes was her life. The new king of Cyrumar was Hittokiri, and his first change to the city was its renaming to Geradith.

Rubrum and the other council members remained in power, so she continued to recruit people. Months went by and hardly any work was accomplished in Geradith. This angered Rubrum, as at least the rash Alpha did something. Rubrum soon learned of a group of Alpha's loyal followers, titled the 'Loyalists.' So she approached the group and asked for their leader. It was Alpha. Rubrum knew she had betrayed Alpha, but now she wanted him back. So she began to feed Alpha information on Geradith.

Soon, with several groups under his belt, Alpha started to fight against Geradith and Tortuga. With Rubrums information, he won several battles against the city and its owning empire. However, after a few long weeks of battle, Tortuga sold the city to Alpha. Alpha's groups renamed Geradith to the Cyrumar Empire. It was no longer under Tortuga.

After Geradith
With Alpha reinstated, Rubrum left the Cyrumar Empire, even though Alpha had offered her the position of council member. She had done enough damage there. She wanted to move to somewhere fresh. For many months she walked the landscapes of Rathnir, finding ruined cities, and not ruined ones. She lived in many kingdoms for a few days at a time, trying to find the right one.

After a long time of travel, she walked into the Plagosi kingdom of Veldion. She lived in the Veldion town for several days, but it was not a lively town, so she moved and wandered into the Plagos region of Aljazair. The region was under control by the Constitutional Republic of Alamayn. On the roads near a city called Kharis, Rubrum met Bolivar. He showed her the capital city of Adwa, and soon she began her new life, a life in Plagos.

Alamayn
Rubrum Tenebrae arrived in Alamayn at the massive city of Adwa on February 22nd, 2022. Adwa was a beautiful city with Ethiopian architecture. During her second day as an Alamayn citizen, she wrote a book and sold it to a library. This was the beginning of her new job, a job as a scribe. As a scribe, she wrote many books, mainly fiction tales of heroism. Occasionally she wrote down historical events that happened around her. On March 12th, 2022, it was announced Rubrum would marry Rozen von DarkLight, child of Adashi Cornaro. In the next few weeks she wrote several books, earning a living that way. However, her life was interrupted when the Veldion War started. Alamayn was preparing for conflict, so Rubrum began fortifying the city of Adwa, preparing for the war. Tragedy struck for Veldion when it was annexed by Kazan, this ended the short cold war. Unfortunately, Amy, the Empress of the Lunari Empire demanded reparations be paid for the cold war. Alamayn thought this was a ridiculous request so they did no such thing. Again, Rubrum was forced to defend her countries land. This time, she started working on defenses in the desolate city of Azadi. The day came and the Battle of Azadi began. The battle was a stalemate and the Lunari Empire and its allies went home. For now the war had ended. Shortly after the Battle of Azadi, Rozen von DarkLight broke up with Rubrum, leaving her feeling empty. To fill that void she began looking for another suitable husband. During her age of depression, she came into the possession of Kharis, a port town in Alamayn. She was now its mayor. Rubrum then joined the Alamayni tribe, the Tembaro. The Tembaro were a coastal people, with a love for fishing. This tied into her religion of sea life, Angletepē.

Mayor of Kharis
After obtaining the city of Kharis, Rubrum overcame her depression and started working. Kharis was a ruined city, an ancient one, but a ruined one. So she swiftly sought to rebuild it. She became the governor of Tlemcen, a region in Alamayn. She also became an Alamayni council representative in that region. Within a few weeks of her being in charge of Kharis, she rebuilt the citizen district, building it up to living standards. A highway was built through Kharis, allowing all of Alamayn to come visit the rising town. However, tragedy struck Alamayn in the form of a civil war. The Alamayni government announced the transportation of leftover supplies from Azadi to Adwa. The transportation caravan would start at Kharis. Opposed to the government claiming all these, a group called the Guerillas started a campaign against the other side, the government side, or the Loyalists. Rubrum decided to remain neutral and kept her city closed after the caravan left. The caravan left the city of Kharis and was ambushed by the Guerillas. Rubrum saw the carnage ensue: the Guerilla's blowing up the Kharis bridge and damaging the caravan. However, at the end of the intense encounter, the Loyalists prevailed and delivered the caravan to Adwa. The battle was a loss for the Guerillas. Rubrum was left with a destroyed entry bridge.

Marriage
On April 30th, of 2022, Rubrum Tenebrae married Rubicundus Aurelianus, or Rubii Wayneright as she is commonly known. Rubrum then became Rubrum Wayneright, a little sad to leave her last name behind. It was after all the last remnants of her tribe. They got married in Iabet, a city of the Gaian Tribe. Very few people attended the wedding, as it was held in a private setting. Upon marrying, they adopted several children: Chungus Aurelianus, Nerva, Geihro Aurelianus, Spraggins, MekiMedo, and Franz.

Alamayn-GoonGuard War
When the Alamayn-GoonGuard War began on April 21st, 2022, Rubrum was a major supporter of the defense of Alamayn. She avidly supported fighting GoonGuard, wanting to end its war-driven past. Rubrum is a veteran of both the First and Second Battle of Arkalis. She barely survived the first battle. However, during the second battle, she was key in hunting down a rogue GoonGuard soldier.

Tragedy
On May 19th, 2022, Rubrum Tenebrae was stripped of her citizenship in Alamayn. She resigned from all government positions. The reason for this was that she again committed a treasonous act, betraying Alamayn. She still controlled her city of Kharis, but now again was left in a pit of despair. However, this time, their would be no returning from the despair. One of her children, the Alamayni native, Nerva left the Wayneright family, adding to her depression. Soon she was divorced from Rubii Wayneright, and was left in a deeper pit of despair. So, she left Alamayn and declared the city of Kharis an independent nation: the Merchant Empire of the Portittor.

The Founding and Ending of the Empire
On May 20th, 2022 Rubrum Tenebrae formed the Merchant Empire of the Portittor. This was an empire built on trade, its capital city was Kharis. She crowned herself Merchant Empress, the first of hopefully many rulers to come. After Kharis' independence, Alamayn soon dissolved, so Rubrum claimed two more cities: Umbar and Östö. However, over the next few days, Rubrum met opposition in the form of another nation wanting claim over Umbar and Östö. The opposition was the Holy State of Viesten, a new power to the world.

So the leader of Viesten, Kogan, met with Rubrum and a deal was formed. Viesten would receive the two cities and the Portittor would receive an abandoned town in Viesten territory. Both nations would also sign a non-aggression pact. The pact, The Treaty of Tlemcen, was signed and both nations were happy with what they gained. Rubrum soon recruited a person named Lud who took the abandoned settlement under his wing. He named it SorrenGrad, after his other towns he had owned in the past. All was seemingly going good for the Portittor.

However, a few weeks later, Rubrum Tenebrae surprised her allies and friends: she sold all Portittor land to Viesten. The city of Kharis and SorrenGrad now belonged to the Holy State. To avoid any tension, all was done quickly and she fled the continent of Plagos. The Merchant Empire of the Portittor no longer existed. It was a very short lived nation.

The Auxilium Isle
Shortly after the Portittor was no more, Rubrum moved to Melonstan, an island under the Kazan banner. The mayor of the island was Jag. For several days she lived there peacefully, farming watermelons and selling them off for profit. This came to a sudden end when Kazan decided to sell Melonstan to the EIR, a nation northeast of Melonstan. Jag would not have this as Kazan promised peace and autonomy for the island. He declared Melonstan's independence and prepared for the worst. He placed defensive structures and fortified Melonstan's walls.

Unfortunately, a few days later Jag was assassinated. With his final breath he bestowed upon Rubrum the island as long as she protected it and renamed it. Jag was burried under Melonstan. Rubrum quickly got to work, renaming Melonstan to the Auxilium Isle. She hired mercenaries, including both the Clergy and some Ecclesian veterans as well. Several of her friends came to aid her.

Rubrum's Death
"'So, this is how it ends. At least my life ends with doing good, rather than doing bad.' -Rubrum Tenebrae, June 19th, 2022"The day of reckoning came and the EIR and their allies marched into the city. The Ecclesian veterans and Rubrums friends battled at the walls, whilst the Clergy members stayed positioned in the town square. Rubrum herself fought on the wall, a diamond sword in hand, clad in diamond armor. The wall defenders were pushed back, however, Rubrum could not escape. A arrow hit her in the stomach and she died. Her body had laid slain against the wall, soaked in a pool of her own blood.

However, her death gave the defenders a new surge of energy: one founded by revenge. The final stand took place in the town square, where the Clergy used a fall trap to attempt to kill the attacking forces. Unfortunately there was no chance for them. They fell one by one until the Auxilium Isle held only the attacking forces. The Isle had fallen, Rubrum Tenebrae with it.