Ryou Bakura

Ryou Bakura is a young writer and administrator from Viodoxa, where he is the Archduke of Adytum. Along with his, he runs a bookstore called Bakura's Books. Ryou is a seemingly calm and collected person. He is often seen by others as "competent". Ryou wears a black trench coat, with gray trousers and a blue-white striped shirt.

Personality
Ryou is often described to be a snarky, straight-forward person. He often makes sarcastic remarks and is not afraid to tell somebody the truth. He likes to think of nicknames of people, often with the purpose of mocking the person in a subtle way. Along with that, Ryou is seen as a competent, cool-headed yet cold-blooded person. It is said that Ryou has a thirst for blood, aswell.

When Ryou laughs, people describe his laugh as "demonic". His eyes turn red, his hair turns more spikey and his fangs are shown to outsiders.

Early life
The specifics of Ryou's origins are unknown. What is known, is that he first appeared in Viodoxa City as a child. He lived together with his two brothers, Pelagius and Dausnd, and his parents whose names are unknown.

Their parents were killed during their childhood. It is said that they died due to food poisoning. Given that the three boys did not have anywhere else to go, they were seperated. Ryou was put into an orphanage in Viodoxa City, till he became eightteen years of age. It was later discovered that Ryou's parents had bought raw fish, from the Von Nachtig Clan. When Ryou became an adult, he moved into Ethreon, a poor neighbourhood in Viodoxa City. It is from here, that his on record journey in Rathnir began.

Career in the Second Archonate
Ryou spent most of his time, gathering knowledge. He read books about history, but also about characters that are unknown to the world of Rathnir. As such, he himself started thinking: "should I start writing books, myself?" He did this, and set up his book store, named "Bakura's Books".

Due to his enthousiasm, he was able to exceed expectations and sell a few books to the local populace. This caught the attention of the organiser of Viodoxa City at the time, CPaulos. He noticed Ryou's intelligence and way with words, that he had granted him a position on Viodoxa City's new City Council. During the weekly council meetings, Ryou would often take the charge during meetings and at one point become the council's unofficial "Speaker".

As Viodoxa City had returned from its recent inactivity, CPaulos felt as if his job was done, and wanted to focus on his job as "National Economist". The current Archduchess of Adytum, Blanc McSpiegel then appointed Ryou to become the new Baron of Viodoxa. Ryou had gone from an orphan, to a nobleman.

As Baron, Ryou worked had to solidify Viodoxa's guilds and the connection between the citizens and the local government. All new members were required to become a part of a guild. Those that had shown their willingness to achieve and had proven to be hard workers, would be promoted by Ryou to the head of their respective guild.

After some time, Ryou would be promoted to the position of "Count of Hanu". This meant that he now was responsible for Viodoxa City and the neighbouring city, Barbatlas. It is during his time as Count of Hanu, that he re-united with his two brothers and that he adopted a son, Delta von Nachtig.

During the end of Viodoxa's existence, Ryou was made Captain of the Viodoxan Army, after he had successfully defended the fortress of Sun's Gate during the first battle of the War for Sun's Gate.

Establishing of the family
During his time as Count of Hanu, Ryou had re-united with his two siblings. He also adopted a son, Delta von Nachtig. Given that Delta's clan had "murdered" Ryou's parents, Ryou spanked Delta one-hundred times, before accepting Delta as his legitimate son. Delta cried throughout the torture, but did eventually survive. Delta's new name was now Delta Bakura.

The three brothers talked for hours about how their lives went since they had seperated. Dausnd had become the Baron of Kalai-Bali, a town with unique Oriental architecture. Pelagius had become Archbishop within the Church of Guhen, while also being the Lead Architect of the O.P.T.C.

After having caught up, the family decided to construct their family estate in Dausnd's Kalai-Bali. They built a Chinese-style palace named "The Palace of Longlasting Joy".

Later on, when Ryou became Marquis, he adopted Cassiath Potentia. Cassiath had lost his family long ago, so Ryou felt as if he should take care of him. As time went on, he grew fond of Cassiath and this resulted in Ryou adopting Cassiath. Cassiath thus became known as Cassiath Bakura.

Cassiath went on to marry Sardina Dem Spheniscidae, thus establishing a link between the Bakura Dynasty and the Dem Spheniscidae Family. This led to the Bakura Family replacing the Karlpfen Family as one of the Cymrian Families. Cassiath and Sardina went on to have a child, named Schuyler Dem Spheniscidae-Bakura.

Career in the Seratovian State
As the Second Archonate of Viodoxa collapsed, the mainland of Cymru had split up. Ryou remained in Viodoxa City, which had then become a part of the short-lived Kingdom of Adytum. While the continent was in chaos, Viodoxa City seemed to be peaceful and stable. Soon enough, the Kingdom of Adytum joined the Seratovian State. In the Seratovian State, Ryou started out with the same ranks as in Viodoxa, but with different names. He now was the Mayor of Viodoxa City and Lord of Hanu.

Tasked by the government, who was aware of Ryou's writing skills, he was commissioned to write a piece on the founding of Seratovia (it's literally the wiki of Seratovia). He was paid handsomely, and he was satisfied by the recognition he had gotten.

Since Ryou had become the most prominent and most recognised administrator in Adytum, he was promoted to the title of "Marquis of Adytum", which put him only second to the Archduchess of Adytum, Hazel McSpiegel. This also led to Ryou resigning from the Barony of Viodoxa and being Count of Hanu. As Baron, Ryou centralised the power of the Baron, made the Viodoxan Council an advisory organ. He also organised the guilds so that they would be able to function. The population rose and Viodoxa City expanded its area to border BarbAtlas in the South and is set to expand to the Mainland. Ryou resigned in favour of Cassiath, who was not adopted yet.

Career in the Third Archonate
Cymru was once more being invaded by "Lying Loic the Divider" as Ryou calls him. Thus, the Imperial Archonate was reformed. Due to Hazel McSpiegel once again ascending to become Archon, she promoted Ryou to the rank of "Archduke of Adytum". In reality, this meant nothing other than him now having the title of "Archduke".

Works
Ryou has written five books:

- The Stability of a Nation

A book, as the title suggests, about the stability of a nation. This book discusses how stability is maintained, lost and what the effects are of the loss of stability.

- Bakura's Guide to Warfare

This book outlines Ryou's view on warfare and focuses on the psychological and theoretical part of warfare.

- Power and its Tributaries

A book that discusses power dynamics and how these theories can be applied to any given situation.

- The Basis of Sociology

This book discusses human behaviour and what shapes oneself.