Lazare Higaidi

Lazare Higaidi, born Lazare Mainfer, is a former Bardonian who fled the country with his parents after the fall of Dorasterrock to the Parahands, in 233 of Traveler's Era (TE). He was then naturalized as an Audalad citizen on fall of 244 TE (1st June 2023). He currently lives in the city of Pyriad, in the Empire of Yimmu-Audal.

Basic informations
Lazare Mainfer is born in the capital of Bardonia, Dorasterrock, in the 7th month of 226 TE. His father Lotharius is a redstone engineer, who worked on highways designs, while his mother Edina is a brewer and linguist, who can speak five languages. During this time at Dorasterrock, Lazare learnt some basics with his parents. At Dorasterrock, he lived peacefully during the 6th Empire, until the war between the Parahands and the Horde broke out to his very hometown.

Disaster of Dorasterrock
When Dorasterrock was chosen to be disputed for the war two years later, Lazare and his family went to Bardonia City, to prevent to be victims of potential war crimes coming from Parahands side. The outcome of this battle is tragic for Bardonians ; they overwhelmingly lost the battle, and the city is set to be occupied by the coalition. This event deeply traumatized Lazare, so that he will always be very distrustful towards mercenaries and Ryzanis. When his family returned to Dorasterrock, the house was deeply damaged, with some massive traces of explosion in the first and second floor. A portion, of the family treasuries was also pillaged. Surprisingly, the old alchemy, regarding the extension of lifespan, written in the family specific language, did not have been touched. Few after, the decision was made by Lotharius to leave Bardonia, and to settle farther to the southeast, in Yimmu-Audal.

In Gebel
After sailing through the Phagosian Sea, Lazare and his family arrived in Gebel, the Holy city of the state of Theiónikos. During this time, they stayed in the port, and living there as war refugees. They stayed isolated from the outside for three months, because the family knew that they have to go further in the south of Yimmu-Audal. After packing their bags and greeting the few people who were there, they head south on foot to cross the many deserts of Alteniquia. Sand! It was the first time that Lazare had seen a sandy desert. He was delighted with it, and it would confirm the choice of the family to settle in the Duchy of Audal, even though Theiónikos has more sand deserts.

In Eldal-Adadi
After Travelling across Yimmu-Audal, passing near the world center, following the side roads and going through the towns that are there, the Family finally arrived in Eldal-Adadi on fall of 233 TE. They settled here, and have now to embrace the Audalad culture. From this moment, the Mainfers stopped using their original family name and decided to changed it into Manéphèr, in the hope of making it sound more Audalad. At this moment, they were still immigrants, but they didn't seek to get the Audalad citizenship.

Rebellion of Eldal-Adadi : 234-236 TE
In the course of the Neo-Carnian Revolution, the town of Eldal-Adadi, the biggest town of the Duchy of Audal, found itself in the revolt with few nobles deciding to join the Free Cities of Alteniquia, most of the loyalist population left temporary the city in order to save the important stuff and prepare for enventual war. The Manéphèr Family decided to stay in the town but somehow in passive way, in order to not be expelled from the country when the rebellion would eventually collapse. When it happened, the family could stay in the City, and they were cleared of all suspicion.

Life in Eldal-Adadi after the rebellion : 237-242 TE
After the rebellion collapsed and the leader found dead, the loyalists managed to come back to the city without bloodshed. Lazare's Parents learned to him the history of Yimmu-Audal, the major events, the political system, the culture and even more. During this, time, he also start a spiritual journey by studying the Hukar Sharud Faith, the main religion in the Audal Duchy. As the state has a strict policy of about the religion, atheists as him would not be very well seen. He will eventually join the religion in fall of 242 TE (24 May 2023), shortly after turning 16 years old. After this, his parents and his younger brother Sekemo, left the home for Eldham, to seek for information about Eternal life there. To this very day, Lazare didn't see them come back, but he receive sometimes letters from them with updates about their research.

Travelling across the country
In spring of 242 TE, Lazare decided to also leave Eldal-Adadi, and start to travel across the entire Empire of Yimmu-Audal. During this time, he found out himself at the Soleannen-Audalad border in Theionikoss, then he quickly visited Gebel once more. After that, he went more in the southwest, passing near Sukrath, in the center of Alteniquia proper. He will then reach Jirn, another historic Audalad city, in the Anoshphey Duchy, He quickly visited the city, and then took the time to stop in order to meditate in front of the imperial tombs of the first Yimmu-Audal citizens, the most significant being the one Stori Audalad. Then, he sailed quickly to Urnu-Arrak, the capital city, where he visited the north, that was surprisingly open. He took a quick look at the library of religious freedom, then decided to leave the city, to travel westwards.

Six months later, he pursued his journey across Aldovir, visiting every single significant State there. He visited the butiful cities of Lirgal, he also visited the Kingdom of Galadonn, and also he appreciated the architecture from Carn and Sironia, who just were definitely annexed to Galadonn and Theionikos respectively, thus being part of Yimmu-Audal. Effectively, he noticed some marks of the war zone that were there, even if the combats where stopped by a forced ceasefire 4 years earlier (the war stopped two weeks for two ties in a row declared by the admins).

After this, he returned in Alteniquia proper in 243, and spend a week in a old abandoned villa in Theionikos. Then, he would visit for the first time Pyriad, where he liked the look of the city at the first sight. However, he didn't stopped and pursued is travel near Urnu-Arrak again, where he would stay in total clandestinity for one year in the abandoned town of Camelior-Gullard, to the very west of Urnu-Arrak.

Adoption by his uncle
In Winter 243, when he visited Pyriad for the first time, he found his uncle Arkun Higaidi, who prosposed him an adoption because Lazare's parents left. After some hesitation, he accepted, but chose to keep his father name for a moment, not feeling comfortable with the change. This short time in Pyriad was for legal and representation reasons, he will resume his journey across Alteniquia just after.

Acquiring citizenship in Pyriad
During this period of living in a ghost town, Lazare was preparing his file in order to apply for Audalade nationality at his majority, in summer 244 (30 May 2023). He will move away from Carmelior to Pyriad, where he was warmly welcomed by the mayor MST Argester Caicuria, who was contributing to the revival of the town. Lazare will effectively be granted the status of Audalad citizen, giving up definitely the Bardonian nationality. Today, Lazare Manéphèr studies the law and prepare himself to be a historian and archivist. In the spring of 246 TE, he is granted by the regent duke the status as noble of the town of Pyriad.

Physical appearance
Lazare Higaidi is a 1,73m tall human, with a black skin. His eyes are dark brown but get lighter with the light of the sun shines directly on them. He wears dreadlocks, with red pearls on the edge of his hairs. He is also wearing a little goatee, leaving it growing. His most casual clothing is a traditional Audalad blue suit, with golden patterns, symbolizing the blazes that he had to flee when Dorasterrock fell, back in his childhood.

Personality
Lazare is a calm person, who didn't murder anyone in his life. He has been deeply strengthened by the destruction of Dorasterrock and the rebellion in Eldal-Adadi, giving the patience to always thinking before acting. The rebellion of Eldal-Adadi saw him forging a burning passion for Yimmu-Audal, even if he was born Bardonian. Lazare however hates deeply Ryzan, involved in the loss of Dorasterrock by the 6th Bardonian Empire, and involved in the Neo-Carnian Revolution alongside Carnian rebells. Also, Lazare hates every mercenary group, who he sees as terrorists having no real honour. That can be explained by the fact that the Parahands destroyed his home.