Spoken Kaerfels

Spoken Kaerfels, also known under his Niedene alias Draiharizo Nordeorathi, is a noble, politican and scholar from Daelyria. He is a high daelyrian human, appearing as in his early late thirties. He was and is a important figure in Daelyria, being High Priest of Draconism, Castellan of Vederya, and Royal Scribe and Advisor to his brother and High King Alpha "Aelvar" Kaerfels. Historically he had been Premier of Mithra and before that Aestyria. Spoken is part of the noble House Kaerfels. His closest friends are his dear brother Alpha Kaerfels and Dusk Synderys. His primary residence is Frostarch in Duskyon, but he also frequently visits Illerya. Spoken has one adopted son, Shade Epstakia Kaerfels, and several bastards, as he made all maids in Shamrock tavern pregnant. He is happily enganged with Cheesars Nevaris. Jaehaemon Renovilin is his squire.

Appearence
Spoken stands about 5'7 feet (176 cm) high, taller than his brother but not particularly high for a daelyrian. His eyecolour is sanguine red to dark red. While as a child his hair spotted an almost blond tone, in his youth it transitioned to dark brown. His skin is paler than average, and ever since his ascension to High Priest his skin became signifantly more pale. While some accredit this to his rumored peak of Shade of the Evening-consumption, the majority sees this as a sign of divinity and his spiritual confirmation as a blood of Daelos Ashborn and the dragon gods.

His usual wardrobe includes a linen shirt, a brown-red tunic with beige ornaments, brown semi-gauntlets, black breeches, leather boots, a gold-plated copper brooch depicting the Kaerfels sigil, and a leather belt with a silver-plated belt buckle depicting a flame. When travelling or exercising he usually wears a red, dark grey and golden-beige tabard with added linen sleeves and a baldric to carry external pockets and possibly also a dagger when travelling. Reportedly, when in private in his quarters, he usually prefers to wear loose brown breeches, leather sandals and a linen shirt with a loose red cloak worn akin to a poncho. Lastly, his High Priest-clothing for religious ceremonies and attendencies consists of again a white linen robe under a sleeveless knee-length red mantle with golden ornaments, a belt featuring a flame gold ornamented buckle, dark red breeches, leather sandals, and a painted bronze shoulder plate depicting the sigil of Draconism.

Childhood and Youth
His early years he lived with his mother and his brother in a shack in the woodlands of central Helmia. When he was only a few years old, the household was abandoned and he moved to the near city of Daelyrian Duskopion. There he chilled with the boys, especially Dusk Synderys, helped building the city and began studying Draconism.

In his late teens he moved out of Duskopion, and constructed the small castle of Duskfang. At this time he wanted to leave his forgotten past and the death of his parents behind while still honouring his ancestry. As such he began to style himself "Spoken Thorne", naming his noble house after the ancestral family heirloom of the Kaerfels family, which he had received from Dusk Synderys a few years prior. When he came into contact with one of his new neighbours, that being Alpha Kaerfels, they found out that they were in fact Brothers. After a small identity crisis, they together refounded the Noble House of Kaerfels and soon after created the duchy of the Midlands. He also became close with the nearby bartender and professional jester Skyrox.

He had a lot of beef with the Halondians when they joined Daelyria. After the merging of Arcovel he got in charge of the Town of Andoria. There Shade Eptaskia helped him, and Spoken was so thankful and liked the boy that he adopted him. Around that time he redesigned Duskfang and renamed it to Vederya. He also founded the religious order of the Hand of Vhagar. he also became a Aenyn of Draconism.

Political Career in Arcovel, Aestyria, VAK and Mithra
After being a lord and advisor for some time he eventually won the elections for Premier. Around the same time Varandoy seceeded from Arcovel, and the nation was renamed to Aestyria.

During this time he married a Huitcan noble woman called Metzli Tizoc. During the events of the mithran winter he opposed Regent Yanak and after the crisis with other High Council members elected Miksa Silverhand as King and approved of the entering of Mithra into the Sapphire Commonwealth.

Helmian Federation and the Helmian Civil War
Just after the Mithran surrender at the end of the Mithran-Dandelion War Spoken quickly cooperated with the new regime lead by Kyydrosil, gaining a spot in the ruling council even before the constitution was finished. While some former Mithrans criticized him for this, he himself and others saw this as a smart step in order to ensure this new nation acts with considering the interests of the largely alienated population. After a period of relative peace and prosperity, a civil war broke out. The Helmian Federation against supporters of the mithran past and other people unsatisfied with the regime, lead by the core of the domusist movement. Staying on the side of the Federation for most of the war, but after his friends and allies Dusk Synderys and Maekar Blackfyre decided to switch sides in order to ensure the safety of the daelyrian people he decided to follow them. Shortly after this the civil war ended with a Federation-defeat, with soon after most of the new leadership succombing to the Redgrin Plague, leading to Daelyria being restored as the High Kingdom of Daelyria.

New Daelyria
After this new nation under High King Maekar Blackfyre I was formed, Spoken was assigned the position of Royal Advisor and Royal scribe. After the nation became more stable he began focusing more on Draconism. After the death of High Priest Falcon Snayke he was elected from the chamber of Aenyns to become the new High Priest. Embowed with this great honour, he enacted several minor and major administrative reforms, but not without consulting his fellow clergymen. As Royal Scribe he ensured the country some of the highest education rates in the north, founding several projects to study history, culture, geography and wildlife, and consulting his king with scholarly advise. At this time he also began to finally largely abandon the luxurious and hedonistic acts he enjoyed in the past, such as his affairs and drinking in the great Shamrock Tavern.

Fire and Blood
After hearing of a new threat to Draconism, the destructive cult of the goddess Segra, he quickly acted against the menace and founded a draconist military order to gather troops. But in a twist of fate, his beloved brother Alpha Kaerfels, whom he had always considered the wisest man he knew, had apparently turned mad and followed Segra. This lead Spoken into a phase of intense depression, locking himself in his chambers, and taking more and more Shade of the Evening (a religious drug) eventually drastically changing his views on Segra. He came to strongly believe in a self made twisted prophecy, centering around themes of a apocalypse of fire and blood, drowning the corrupted world in seas of red to make way for a glorious better divine paradisic daelyrian/draconist ruled world. Rumors claim Spoken together with his brother Alpha is involved in mysterious murders in Frostarch and other suspicious happenings in the region.