Members of the Dharan Trading Company
Character Sheet for the members of the Dharan trading company introduced in Chapter 24 of The Return.
Name: Aurelia Constantiniel
Epithet: The Younger
Status: Master of Constantiniel Trading Company
Former Status: General in the Arlornian Army
Born: 8704 Calandar of the Gods
Age: 2647
Height: 208cm/6ft10in
Weight: 109kg/240lbs
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Race: Upír formerly Dharan
Aurelia the Younger is one of the greatest generals in the history of the Kingdom of Arlorne and the Dharan people. After the death of his father Aurelia the Great, The Younger was raised by his mother under the care and protection of their king Lucien. There amongst the royal palace, Aurelia was taught everything about being Dharan nobility, politics and war. When he finally came of age to fight in war, he quickly established himself as an exceptional front line fighter and was given a small command which he excelled with. By the time he was twenty-five Aurelia had established himself a great general and was given the task of finishing what his father had helped start almost four decades prior, conquering everything east of Arlorne. And he achieved that feat in only a few years earning himself the title of Conqueror of the East. With his newfound title Aurelia did something that his father had refused, he accepted Moriena's gifts and became an upír, cementing himself as a permanent and feared force in his king's service. A position that would see him become far more renowned and feared than his father.
Aurelia is very much a family oriented man, having only had one women by his side since he married her. Many children were had before he and his wife joined the ranks of upír but none of the children followed them. Over the many centuries they have watched their descendants grow old and die leading to both becoming quite distant from the family they both love greatly. Through his only daughter Lia, Aurelia is a direct ancestor to Morrigan Ziudra, the current personal servant of their king.
At present Aurelia is the Master and founder of his own trading company the Constantiniel Trading Company, spending most of his time in the city of Salver in the Kingdom of Reval. There he conducts business keeping the east filled with goods they cannot make on their own and the materials to make goods of their own. He mantains a personal cohort of guards that have served under his command since he led the armies of his king.
Like many others from the east, working in the human kingdoms of the west, he is responsible for keeping an eye out for potential humans to be recruited by the powers in the east and the goings on of the human kingdoms. Unknown to the human kingdoms and the powers of the east his network runs deep in the Rylocke Valley as his loyalty is still with his fellow Dharans. The nobility of Salver, as well as much of the nobility in the Kingdom of Reval do not like him or his company but because of the major economic boon it is to do business with his company and the fear of is guards, they allow his presence.
Name: Jullien Salvatal
Status: Branch Member of the Salvatal Royal Family, Guard Captain for the Master of the Constantiniel Trading Company
Former Status: Captain in the Arlornian Army
Born: 8679 Calander of the Gods
Age: 2675
Height: 216cm/7ft1in
Weight: 118kg/260lbs
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Race: Upír formerly Dharan
Jullien is part of a distantly related branch of the Salvatal Royal Family, making him a cousin to his king Lucien. He very much grew up in the shadows of his two princely cousins, Orias and Lucien, but was very close to the younger one. Training together with his cousin it became clear that Jullien was not as gifted as Lucien or Orias but he never let it bother him and became a product of hard work and dedication, rising to become a captain in the army primarily serving under Aurelia the Younger. As a member of such a distantly related branch of the royal family not much was ever recorded about Jullien in the Dharan Histories.
He was there that fateful day, two thousand six hundred and forty-three years prior to the story when Lucien and a force of Dharan soldiers were baited into a trap. It was quickly obvious to all that there was a traitor in Arlorne that had sold out their king and quickly it was determined to be a more closely related cousin of Lucien's that Jullien had been raised alongside like brothers. A surprised Jullien, fell to his knees emphatically stating his innocence in said plot to his cousin Lucien, who had never once doubted him. In an effort to save his own army and kingdom, Lucien himself led the delaying force so that his men could return to Syrndharas and enact vengeance on the traitorous cousin. Jullien volunteered to stay and fight alongside his cousin. And he did, fighting there next to his cousin until Lucien was struck down. Jullien then continued fighting to prevent his cousin's body from being mutilated until he too was struck down.
As he lay there in the mud and blood of the battlefield, a dying Lucien was given the choice to become one of Moriena's and once he had accepted the gift for a maddened attempt at vengeance, the god Moriena extended the offer to all those still barely living Dharans lying beside Lucien. Jullien was the first to accept it, licking up the blood tainted with Moriena's magic from the battlefield and becoming an upír himself alongside five hundred others. Jullien would weep when Aurelia the Great decided against accepting Moriena's gift and watched the great join the Mother Goddess of the Dharan People, Panno. Jullien would then march with his cousin to catch the invading army that had defeated them in battle and slaughter them before rejoining the retreating Dharan force and returning to the capital Syrndharas where vengeance would be had on all conspirators in the traitorous cousin's plot.
Jullien would continue to serve as a captain up until Lucien's self-imposed imprisonment upon his throne, where Jullien would join Aurelia eventually joining the Constantiniel Trading Company as Guard Captain and following Aurelia as a loyal and dependable soldier.
As a man Jullien never had a family, preferring to quietly dedicate himself to becoming the greatest soldier he could be, though he did have a few he was interested in and a few interested in him. He is quite stoic being a model of it most times and is very loyal to his cousin and to Aurelia. Being a humble man he never spoke much about his achievements leading to many outside of the Arlornian Army to know nothing of him.
Name: Aggricien Tribulatus
Status: Guard for the Master of the Constantiniel Trading Company
Former Status: Soldier in the Arlornian Army
Born: 8829 Calander of the Gods
Age: 2522
Height: 178cm/5ft10in
Weight: 95kg/210lbs
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Race: Upír formerly Dharan
Aggricien is not of the Dharan nobility, instead he is from the peasantry and quite tall for a peasant. Being born to Dharan parents that relocated to the eastern coast after it was conquered, when he came of age Aggricien joined the army and upon establishing himself as a proven warrior under Lucien's direct command, volunteered to serve under Aurelia the Younger. Eventually he earned himself the right to become and upír, which he eagerly did.
In present day, Aggricien still serves under Aurelia the Younger as a guard to him and his trading company. Unlike many Dharans the plains do not call his name and every chance he gets, he visits the eastern shores where he was born and raised, enjoying the smell of the ocean and the beauty of the horizon over the seas.
Name: Scipus Sensoria
Status: Guard Sergeant for the Master of the Constantiniel Trading Company, Dharan Noble
Former Status: Sergeant in the Arlornian Army
Born: 8923 Calander of the Gods
Age: 2,428
Height: 201cm/6ft7in
Weight: 104kg/230lbs
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Black
Race: Upír formerly Dharan
Scipus was born the second son to a noble father who was serving as a governor of a portion of the freshly conquered Revalite territory. He learned the political game early as well as war as his father had to deal with several uprisings during the early parts of his governorship. As a Dharan noble he had a particularly great education and joined the army the day he came of age. In the army commanded by Aurelia the Younger, Scipus established himself a skilled warrior and a brilliant small unit commander, though he could never quite grasp controlling larger formations despite numerous attempts in war games and active combat. He like many others would choose to become an upír when given the chance.
In present day Scipus still serves under Aurelia, as a sergeant of his guard forces and works closely with his captain Jullien Salvatal. He is quite harsh in his dealings with the people of the Kingdom of Reval as he remembers well the many uprisings and riots of their Revalite ancestors, though none of the guards for Aurelia the Younger are particularly pleasant towards the people of Reval.
