Lucian
| Sir Lucian | |
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| In-Character Information | |
| Country | Sanctuary |
| Other Name(s) | The Long Lived, The Twisting Lord, Lucian the Liar,
"Sir Lulu"1 |
| Class | Paladin |
| Gender | Male |
| Alignment | Lawful Good |
| Race | Human |
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| Out-of-Character Information | |
| Date Joined | 0DY |
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Leader of Sanctuary, Former Lord of Bitter Peak, and King of the distant region of Littelmarch (as attested to by all countries present, save one).
History
Lucian does not often mention his early life, though he alludes to traveling a lot as a child. He only talks at any length about his rise to power.
After moving to Bitter Peak as a mercenary, Lucian quickly climbed the ranks, as he made friends easily and accidents would often befall his superiors. At one point, he was bodyguard to the lord of the city, an old man who headed the council. After inserting himself into this man's life and earning his trust, nobody questioned when he willed his land and authorities after his death to Lucian. The new position put him in direct competition with the other lords of the island, however.
Lucian saw a divided land within Bitter Peak; the woodland elves were strictly isolationist, the mercenaries in the city fought among themselves constantly, a rogue mage held a rich port town, and the council was weak and ineffective. Lucian planned to overthrow the other lords, to unite this land and make its people prosperous and happy, but he lacked manpower. Using his guile and a team of sneaks and spies, he manipulated adventurers into doing his work for him, making him the only lord left on the island. Others called him the Twisting Lord, for his manipulations, and many adventurers swore themselves to him, so long as he kept the gold flowing. Uniting the warring mercenary bands into one group, wiping out the isolationist elves, and starting a theme of expansion, Lucian led the Mercenaries of Bitter Peak to greatness.
After some years of leading the country, Lucian craved a vacation. He distracted his men by letting Uulmshar start a war, and he left to explore lands to the east. Discovering an wild land inhabited only by scattered tribes and roaming undead was not what he planned. After saving a native from some zombies, a tribe asked him to help with their undead problem. Having nothing better to do, Lucian obliged, using his abilities to convince the tribes to work together, to stand against their plague, and slew the necromancer behind it. Realizing the horror that was the undead, he swore to leave behind his spotted past, and devote himself to all things holy and good, and, from the newly united tribes, founded Sanctuary, a free nation devoted to peace. With him as king, the newly united tribes built a thriving country, opening up trade routes back west, and constructing grand cities. After formally stepping down as lord of Bitter Peak, Varador commissioned a statue of Lucian to be placed in the capital, in honor for all he had done.
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