Therandus Lachforst

Therandus Lachforst, also known as Th3R4ndom, is a Dragonoid citizen of Jorvick, and Golden Miner of Kalminur, as well as the Province Warden of Einar.

Life and career
Over 200 years ago, Therandus was a nameless hatchling to a wyrm of old. He and his siblings grew up underground, digging and consuming Eldham's recources. Many years passed, until Therandus came upon a crystal cave. The magic crystals fascinated the young wyrm and drew him under their spell. He tried to eat them, to absorb their inherent energy, but failed. The crystals decomposed his body and sent his mind through unknown places and dimensions. Therandus' soul was trapped in the crystals until one day human miners stumbled upon the cave. One of the workers saw reflections of a wyrm in a crystal. It fascinated him. When the human touched the crystal, a shock went through him, Therandus was sucked back into the real world. Chaos broke out and the miners were afraid. The crystals grew quickly and absorbed one after the other. However, Therandus took this opportunity and transferred his spirit into the body of the worker who had already died. Now no longer bound by the crystals, Therandus stumbled away from the cave, still getting used to his new body.

Human life
In the months that followed, Therandus tried to regain his old body. He tried many rituals, spells, and even curses, which made his appearance look more dragon-like, but did not let him shed his human form.

Thus he wandered through Eldham, searching for a meaning in his life. He got the name Therandus from a nickname he acquired. He was the stranger, just a random cursed person who stole things wherever he went. He didn't know human languages very well, so he shortened "the random stranger" to Therandum. After much wandering and suffering, Therandum reached the city of Goldhaven, full of merchants, where he could steal his way further.

But the city was attacked, it was a counterattack, the retaliation for a previous battle. The soldiers of Jorvick showed no mercy, they wiped out the citizens and burned the city. Therandum was thrilled, the strength he felt from these soldiers was a feeling that gave him new hope. He wanted to be part of these people. Still adept at digging, he mined resources and presented the Jorvickan leaders with several stacks of lapis lazuli. CarthagoDelenda, the Right Hand of Bedaer, accepted Therandum into their ranks. Therandum changed his name to Therandus to better fit into Jorvick.

Time in Jorvick
Therandus was skilled at mining, aswell as enchanting pickaxes. In memory of his lost claws and teeth, he crafted pickaxes of high quality. His pickaxes could cleave through stone like through water. It is said that he can enter a kind of state, in which he can mine faster and more effective than any human could. Therandus is 100% loyal to Jorvick, no matter who is in charge. After helping with the tunnelsystem and providing the Ragnarvickan military with diamonds, Therandus sought after new ways to help Jorvick, to praise the Blood God. The little village of Lynchburg, located southwest of Goldhaven, was deserted. Therandus knew, he could transform the ruins to something great. And thus began the building of Kalminur, the underground city, home to many workers and miners, whom seek to sell their goods on the nearby marketplace.

Religion
Therandus is a devoted follower of an offshoot of the Red Cult and believes in the Blood God. The Blood God bestowed Therandus with luck in the mines and good health.

Kalminur
With the backing of Jorvick, a new town was created, at it's head would be Therandus. By the rules of Catania, Therandus had to be part of a house of nobility to rule over a city. So Therandus was bestowed with the honor of nobility and the house of Lachforst was created. The leader of Kalminur is called the Golden Miner.

Driven by his desire to find the crystals that turned him into his current shape and by the will to contribute recources to Jorvick, Therandus soon began to move the new city underground. Digging with such ferocity and endurance, rivaling a god. Enormous masses of stone were removed in very little time. Inspired by his hard work, the miners provided from Jorvick to help him, fell into a mining frenzy as well, fastening the process of excavation. The urge to mine, to excavate and to build things underground became larger every minute in every person involved. Outsiders soon started to call the mines maddening and cursed, but that didn't stop miners from all over the world from hearing of Kalminur. Miners from Nidaros, Uraka and even from Ravenguard came to dig in the mines.

The Valrean-Catanian Commonwealth
Therandus was one of the persons present during the signing of the Compromise in Nidaros. With this the whole scale and ambitions were even greater than before. With a bright look on the future he prepared himself.

Banditry
After the signing of the treaty, Therandus knew that Catania's military was too small, even with its skilled combatants. With a large conflict on the horizon, he decided to follow suit with his friend, Carthago "Kendal" Delenda and became a bandit.

Family Lachforst
Although at first being granted as a technicality, the noble title soon became rightful, as Therandus served his country well. Through his connections as guildmaster, Therandus learned of a man called Dwymir. Dwymir was an ambitious individual, searching for ways to enlargen his influence and make more money. As Therandus saw this as an opportunity to have connections to a merchant and brewing master, who could monitor the goods of Goldhaven for crystals, he offered Dwymir to be adopted into his family, Dwymir accepted and joined the family of Lachforst. But he won't be the last to join the family. As Catania grew heavily under the rule of Angel Reach, new towns were created. One of the new towns was Anglia, a fast growing settlement to the south of the country. Therandus walked there to greet the new citizens and was impressed by the endurance and diligence of the workers there. Seeing valuable assets and potential miners to dig for the magic crystals, he asked the mayor of the town, Lemon, to join the family of Lachforst too, who accepted shortlly after, enlargening the family yet again. Altough Therandus is not particulary interested in finding a mate, the family will grow yet again, as Lemon is about to marry a citizen of his town, Julia, making her a future member of the family.

Kystain
Due to the large amount of autonomy Lemon Lachforst had and his marriage with Julia, he wished to fulfill his dream of an own family. Therandus, being desinterested in influence or political power allowed Lemon to form a branch family, Kystain. Still retaining authority over them, but nonetheless granting Lemon's wish.

The family also has close ties to the family of Reach, as CarthagoDelenda was integrated into the family and the High King of Catania, Angel Reach, values Therandus' service.