Rocky

Ianarius Augustus Romulus who goes by the nickname Rocky is a 20 year old Silvae man.

He holds citizenship in Aurora on the continent of Rathnir, and in the Vulperium on the continent of Eldham. Rocky currently resides in Aroforn but still regularly visits Fornost.

Having only recently travelled to Rathnir, and even more recently travelled to Eldham, Rocky can often be seen wandering the cities and countryside of what is now his new home.

Name
Following their culture, Rocky bears his family names before his given name.

Ianarius (pronounced e - an - arr - e - us) roughly translates to the Dynasty of Janus, and Augustus is said to be a royal name taken by the first emperor in the land of Rocky's ancestors, and was chosen by his father, Janus to signify his status as the first Deus of the Silvae.

Early years
Born in Ianarius Castle, Rocky was the fourth child of Deus Janus and Queen Amelia. He was the elder of a pair of twins and from the start he was always louder and more aggressive then his shy twin brother, Remus.

Although his parents were busy from building their new Kingdom and keeping a close watch on any imminent Inferi raids, they still managed to shower Rocky (and Remus) with love and affection.

The Voyage
When Rocky and Remus came of age, their father sent them out on a voyage. If the Inferi were to be defeated, the Silvae Kingdom would need more allies and more resources. And beyond this, Janus feared that with the Silvae so concentrated in only three locations, one massive offensive could wipe them off the map and the Silvae would be forever lost to history.

The twin brothers sailed south together, all was going well until about a year into their voyage when they ended up in a massive storm. In the chaos of the bone chilling wind and crackling thunder, the ship smashed into a cliff, throwing Rocky and Remus overboard.

Arrival in Rathnir
Some time later, Rocky found himself washed up on some foreign beach. Alone.

He walked aimlessly for hours trying to find his twin brother, but his search was fruitless.

It was on that very beach that a kind man found Rocky, walking in circles around the beach. Half-dead from thirst and with blood dripping from multiple cuts on his body.

The man took Rocky to Fornost, in the kingdom of Aurora. He told Rocky that Fornost was part of the Empire of Uldarash, one of the biggest and most influential empires in all of Rathnir, and that there would be no better place to wait for Remus then in Fornost.

Fornost
Rocky stayed in Fornost for the several months, living in a house that the man had kindly arranged for him to stay in.

As soon as he was able to walk without any support, Rocky visited every tavern in the city on a nightly basis to ask about his brother, and every morning at dawn he would wait outside the halls of power to see if the noble men of the city had heard anything.

Nothing.

For 5 months there was no news about anyone washing up from the ocean.

Refusing to believe that his brother was dead, Rocky hitched a ride on a merchant ship travelling to Eldham, a nearby continent that Rocky had heard traders mentioning on his many visits to the tavern.

Eldham
After landing in Eldham, Rocky tried to gain passage to Vulperium, a powerful empire in which he had wanted to start his search. But although he met another traveller heading the same way, he was refused passage and with his now empty money pouch, Rocky was stranded.

Luckily there was a nearby mining company hiring workers, so Rocky got to digging and within a few weeks he had saved enough for the journey to Vulperium.

Once he arrived in Aroforn, the capital city of the Vulperium, Rocky was met with a warm welcome. He met many friendly vuls and was even invited to be a flower boy at an upcoming wedding. He thought that perhaps if he ingratiated himself with the powerful men of the city, he would have a better chance of locating his brother.

Family
Rocky was born to Deus Janus and Queen Amelia.

His father, Deus Janus, was originally from the village of Hrmn where he was a prince born to Princess Dido and Julian the Younger. Originally Isaiah, it was only after uniting the villages of Hrmn and Arvum and the formation of the Silvae Kingdom did he adopt the name Ianarius Augustus Janus, along with the titles of Deus (roughly translating as king) and Princeps of the SIlvae (roughly translating as leader or first citizen of the silvae)

His mother, Amelia, was born as a peasant girl in the deeply religious village of Arvum and it was only when Isaiah (now named Janus) married her to cement the alliance between their two villages that she became royalty.