Regulus Mindegaus

Regulus Mindegaus (known in-game as 5567) is a Ryzani-Atoan librarian, writer, former bandit, and paleoanthropologist. He was the founder of the Atopolis Library and the head of the paleoanthropology department in the Rathnir Paleontological Society.

Born during the Dissolution of the Aurlûnoren-Ryzani Empire, Regulus witnessed the death of his parents from a human-elvish conflict and fled to the wilderness. This event would lead to his intense hatred of celestial elves as he committed acts of banditry to specifically elvish travellers and settlements from Nieden to western Sparwood. On August 22nd, 2021 (933 ACA), he would become a citizen in Atopolis. During his residency, he would become the department head of paleoanthropology in the Rathnir Paleontological Society, discover the fossil of the Homo athielensis, and establish the Atopolis Library. During the geopolitical conflict between the Grand Jarldom of Frostmarch and the Empire of Leveros, Regulus escaped the action, fleeing to the Kingdom of Lunaris as a refugee.

Youth
In 911 AJC, Mindegaus was born in Ryzan, during the internal turmoil of the Aurlûnoren-Ryzani Empire, to Metanela Mindegaus and Anastasia Mindegaus. Since the Aurlûnor Velande was an Elven-majority ruled nation and Ryzan was ruled mostly by humans, major racial disputes resulted as a consequences between the two nations. Regulus's father, Metanela Mindegaus, was a renowned scientist and historian who became wealthy from selling supplies to the Rathnir Paleontology Society. However, Regulus's parents would give into the rising anti-Elven sentiment and they started to develop blatant xenophobic traits against Aurlûnoren elves. This philosophy passed down to Regulus, even long after the union between Ryzan and Aurlûnor Velande collapsed.

Despite being mostly absent, Regulus idealized his father and took pride of being his son. At a young age, he attempted to copy his father's intellect and style of dress, which mostly included large overcoats and lavish suits, working to live up to the expectations that came with that in his mind. For a time, he achieved this, excelling in his studies while learning about unique cultures and their histories.

However, he never got much recognition from his father, who was often in faraway lands and only communicated through letters. Without receiving praise, Regulus started to lose confidence in himself and suddenly found his peers becoming smarter and stronger than he was and, in general, being better at the things he used to be. But rather than prioritizing to get better at those things, he placed more importance on doing more outrageous and hedonistic things to maintain his pride and self-dignity. During this time, he started to develop an early gambling and theft addiction. At age 12, he would steal items from people's storages, sell them to the local auction house, and use that money at casinos or the lottery.

Nomadic Adolescence
Records show that on July 11th, 2021 (915 AJC), Regulus attacked a hunter at an abandoned temple with nothing but a few stones. This hunter (with the username of SonOfFurrows) obviously outmatched the boy and injured him severely. This encounter, occurring merely several years after the death of Regulus's parents, probably led him to be more secluded as he escaped from public record. As described by Regulus, he mainly lived in the forests - away from civilization. Oblivious to his own environments, he had settled into the forests of an elf-populated city of western Sparwood near what is known locally as Eglarest. For several months, Regulus hunted his own food, collected his own materials, and fended for himself. This new environment and set of responsibilities contrasted to his sheltered lifestyle during his youth.

At age 14, Regulus built a cabin, using the local dark wood resources from the forest, where he would store materials and food. This cabin would be discovered by Yuki Hayami, a half-elf from Eglarest, while Regulus was hunting for food several miles into the forest. Believing this cabin was abandoned or built by a traveler, Yuki took the food stored in the cabin and left a message of her arrival. Furious that someone from the outside world had contacted him, Regulus had collected the materials that were left and once again traveled into the wilderness outside of the Eglarest Forests.

In the plains of Southern Syltör, Regulus built a cabin that mirrored very much like the cabin he had built in Eglarest. However, seclusion inside the cabin only lasted for several days as when he explored the area, he discovered a cave at a nearby valley with chests and shulkers of mining tools, valuables, and food. While he did steal a shulker, he left the rest of the objects alone, adamant that he would not be contacted by the outside world. His wishes, however, would once again be interrupted as he was contacted by a small group of roadway workers known as the Road Builders Inc. This group merely consisted of three members, left undocumented, and was supposedly paid by contractors. Regulus was initially violent but after learning their intentions were not malicious, he was brought in as a worker. In a span of six months, Regulus learned how to speak, read, and write Traveler's Tongue through the hospitality of the road workers. Meanwhile, he had aided them during their task to clear out the ruins of a squatter town in Bardonia.

When the ruins was successfully cleared out, Regulus had took some iron, armor, and a horse from the road builders' stashes and quietly left at the midst of night. Regulus had explored and resided in many ruins east, including Farnau, Minrothad, Falconia, and Denver.

Indirect Involvement of the Battle of Centerville
As Bardonia expanded its empire, almost stretching to the entire continent of Syltör, a rise of anti-Bardonian sentiment had formed among the nations of Rathnir. The imperialistic nature of the Bardonian conquests developed hostilities with other continental superpowers, leading to the intervention of the Third Rathnir Coalition. By July 26th, 2021, the Allium-Coalition War was sparked. Coalition troops attacked Bardonian soldiers on open ground as migrants flooded into abandoned towns in Syltör and western Nieden. This had, for the third time, destroyed Regulus's immersion of seclusion and isolation from the outside world. As described by Regulus,"'I had stirred from my humble sleep to the sound of familiar voices... Once again, civilization had came to plague my wishes to just be left alone. A man, whom I now know as Alik Andreyvich, came to occupy New Farnau along with settlers from the east. I had put in great labor to hide from these settlers, escaping to nearby caves and valleys. With that great labor, a greater silence followed, spanning for almost an entire day... before it was interrupted by a myriad of explosions and battle cries. I could barely make out the words, 'Long Live Centerville' out of the entire dramatic scene. When the explosions stopped, I remember that was the time I came out of the cave. However, the settlers that arrived just several days earlier died and new foreigners took their place.'"Not only did Regulus get contact from the outside world but he was once again affected by political tensions that led to violence. This probably triggered Regulus aggressive return to civilization and his desire to plunder and bandit.

The Wandering Bandit
The Allium-Coalition War left many towns formerly under Bardonian rule vulnerable to bandit attacks. Like many other bandits, Regulus took advantage of the chaos in the northern continents to ambush travellers and plunder unguarded settlements. However, Regulus seem to have targeted elven cities and only murder elven travellers. This is caused mostly by his continued xenophobia against elves due to his tramau from the death of his parents. HIs skirmishes had apparently been recorded in a journal, which would shortly be destroyed.

At some point, Regulus traveled to Fornost to meet with a friend. For several days, Regulus had supposedly harassed locals as well as made derogatory gestures at elven city-dwellers. His actions and comments were later condemned as racially charged and he was exiled from the city. During his exile, his belongings as well as a journal had been confiscated for further punishments of his actions. According to his personal accounts, he sent many letters of apologies to the Auroran government as well as a citizen named Aerith via Sinclair.

Several weeks after the exile from Fornost, Regulus had reportedly been seen in the town of Kancia, documented in a diary. From Kancia, Regulus traveled to Swal-Awz, where he was attacked by Welpish, another infamous wandering bandit. Regulus's second journal, with records of his travels and his account on Kancia, had been destroyed. For a third time, Regulus would be forced to restart writing a journal, which would be named the Bandit Journal.

According to the Bandit Journal, Regulus had robbed PvPie0738 but shown mercy afterward, opening up negotiations. After this robbery, he sojourned in Fuscinia and arrived in Sparwood several days later. During his stay, he killed a nomad named LilioftheVall3y and explored north into the city of Caylak in the nation of Frosmyre. Regulus kept record that he started slaughtering the locals, whom he thought looked elven-like, but may actually have been goblins. The Bandit Journal recorded three deaths during the slaughter. When Frosmyrian officials arrived, Regulus tried to escape but failed to do so, beaten severely by a Frosmyrian consigliere named Molotov. After utterly defeating Regulus, he showed mercy, as custom to Frosmyre's reputation of being kind to guests. He gifted traditional Frosmyrian armor and a sword, which featured emerald sharpening.

After leaving Sparwood, Regulus was responsible for the robbery of _MikeXD_ and the death of Nopestar_. Upon arriving in Konigsberg, he was apprehended by constructor310 and beaten severely, causing him to lose all valuables. However, Regulus managed to retrieve the Bandit Journal by paying 400 coins. Regulus's loss in Konigsberg was the final straw, resulting to his eventual acceptance of civilization.

Account on Early Ato
Regulus's arrival caught the attention of the Atoan government due to his reputation as a bandit. However, despite his notoriety, Shark Greatwhite, the ruler of Ato, accepted Regulus with open arms and offered safe refuge in Atopolis. Greatwhite immediately provided a tour around Atopolis and offered an apartment in the residential sector. This lifestyle completely contrasted to Regulus's previous nomadic lifestyle, which was promptly recorded in An Account on the Region of Ato:"'Many marvellous sites and unfamiliar sounds filled my days. I allowed myself to wish to enjoy the simple pleasure of walking through the city.'"

Lunaris
Due to the geopolitical conflict between the Empire of Leveros and the Grand Jarldom of Frostmarch, Regulus fled from Atopolis and migrated to the Kingdom of Lunaris as a refugee. His citizenship was then verified by Jarl Temsyod, the Frostmarchian ambassador to Lunaris.

Personality
In his personal accounts, Regulus is described as someone with many complexes, both including superiority and inferiority complexes. He is shown comparing himself to those he cannot compete with while desiring to be above others. Despite this, he usually keeps to himself and instead records his thoughts and feelings onto journals and personal accounts. As a consequence, he misses the opportunities to develop relationships with others. Instead of people, he places his faith on numbers. This could be seen from how dilligently he views certain people, especially those he killed during his early banditry expeditions, merely as beneficiaries. In his Bandit Journal, he states that he doesn't kill those of low class because he sympathizes with them, but because they have nothing to offer him. HIs faith is also displayed during his attitude on gambling. Often, he racks up debt due to his large spendings on the lottery and activities at the casino.

Regulus also has an intense xenophobia against elves. While his education in Atopolis did abate his hatred to a level of not killing them at first sight, he still holds intense racial prejudice, as shown from his desires to reject elven visitors to his library. He swore to not set foot in elven-majority towns, especially those in Aurlûnor Velande, claiming that "all elves are savages... Every last one of them."

In his personal accounts, he also had initially expressed his distaste of the Ulfaeng, also calling them "mere savages." He often claims that banditry has standards and bandits who kill and plunder indiscriminately are the "worst of the worst." However, during his exile out of Ato, his distaste against the Ulfaeng seem to have abated due to have supposedly taken their hospitality. Before Ato became independent, Regulus often prided himself of being a Tortugan, giving the impression that he must have looked up to the pirate empire.

Political views
Regulus is a libertarian, as it it could be seen in his written monologues about scepticism of authority and state power. Some of his spiels can be attributed to his thoughts on free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association. This trait of personality is also the source of his justification on his xenophobia on elves and his right to banditry. An excerpt in An Account on the Region of Ato:"'Pacificism is nice in theory, but not so easy when it gets others killed. Others one could have saved, had they acted. As mentioned, the same concept can be applied to the 'bravery' of battle. Would you fight to save something you love? Or would you let it die to some imaginary ideal? What would 'bravery' be then? I will once again bring up a question I had before the expedition. What matters more: their dignity or their ideals? What would they do? How far would they go? And more importantly, if they let everything die for their self gain, are they truly in the wrong? What would 'bravery' be then?'"

Appearance
At first glance, anyone would consider Regulus to be utterly unremarkable. His face had no notable features and he had dark brown eyes that were usually murky but started to almost sparkle when Regulus is gambling his money or during a scientific breakthrough. Due to his utterly average build and height as well as having a flat nose and short ears, Regulus isn't considered particularly attractive nor nonattractive. His medium-length hazel hair stood out, however, and is usually curly and fairly unkempt.

Regulus's attire fit more in line with the urban architecture of Atopolis but was neither extravagant or shabby, instead portraying an impression of averageness. His primary piece of clothing was a reddish-brown greca-styled overcoat that reached down to his ankles and had a set of three gray buttons running down the torso of his centre front. The inside of the coat was dark red, possibly symbolizing the colors of Ato. Under the coat, he wore a lighter gray, loose sack suit that featured a set of five buttons that traveled down the centre line into the hip and trousers that were the same color of the sack suit. The chain of his stopwatch stuck inside the suit pack spread across his waist. Underneath the suit, he typically wore a snow-white dress shirt with a black tie that hung down from an opulent stiff white collar. Regulus had a reddish-brown colored linen hat which was lightweight and had a button top accent in addition to a front button that snapped to visor. His shoes was plain and matched the color of his sack suit.

Regulus's olive skin, coupled with his black hair and predominantly made him seem as though he was the epitome of average. In fact, the complete devoid of bright color exhibited by Regulus' physical appearance gave him the impression of a sickly person of which all imagination had drained away.

Journals/Diaries

 * Bandit Journal (published on August 22nd, 2021)
 * This was a mostly non-lore diary, written before the creation of the character Regulus Mindegaus. However, early mentions of the name "Regulus" did                    appear in this diary and the journal itself was signed with "Regulus."
 * An Account on the Region of Ato (published on August 30th, 2021)
 * Regulus's first travelogue - as well as the documentations of his early political views especially in current events.
 * Bandit's Diary (published on September 5th, 2021)
 * This documents much of the failures of Regulus's banditry expeditions - leading to his desperation of success that resorted to robbing his own city. This ultimately led to his exile, which concluded the diary.
 * Trip to Soumere (published in early-October of 2021)
 * This serves as the first Atoan written account on Regalia Desert after its annexation. Regalia had previously been named Soumere in earlier historical sources, leading to some confusion from Regulus. This diary also serves as a written account of the Great Eclipse.