Thero Sams

Thero Sams (born 86AU), is a well known socialite, poet and theatrical writer. He is regarded by the public as extremely charismatic, yet absolutely talentless in his artistic pursuits.

Birth and adolescence

Thero Sams was born as a third child of a small Erwy noble family. What they lacked in land and titles, they made up by worming themselves into good graces of the Voice's hierarchy. Thero's older brother and sister are on their way to become members of the High Choir. He, however, was rejected from ever ascending to the Middle Choir. Thero had no musical talent to speak of, and due to his golden locks, blue eyes and more than decent height, he was a constant danger to the purity of female acolytes.

The art (?) of revenge

Thero, rejected from the Voice at sixteen, did not despair. He was still very much a member of a rich family and intended to use it to his advantage. Using his contacts and charisma, he purchased a small building in the cecter of Erwy and remade it into a theater. He called his new business 'The Place' and started organizing showings of popular plays. He was able to achieve moderate success, before he himself stood on the stage to recite the main role in a new play: 'The pointless song'. In it, he clumsily parodied the Voice's pilgrimage west, crowned by founding of the Queenshome and building of the first cathedral. The critics agreed that the play was indeed a pointless attempt of assaulting the Voice by someone unable to hide a grudge. The Voice did not respond to the play, which only encouraged Sams to continue his artistic endeavors. 'The pointless song' was seen as 'deep' commentary by some of younger fans, and Thero's reputation as a womanizer grew together with his fanclub.

We live in a society

Thero continued his theatrical career, surrounded by a circle of friends and never lacking young actresses willing to act in his often ridiculous plays. He realized he may have gone a little too far in his criticism of the Voice, when his family decided to cut him off. He moved to 'The Place' and started holding almost daily vigils. He used them to recite his freshly written poems until the audience was drunk enough to applaud. Both his poetry and plays were almost good. The ideas were there, but execution always fell short, painting his creation as nothing else than shallow commentary on current events. They were seen as anything else only by the bored and the easily excited. Such was the fate of the 'Glass heart' written as an overexaggerated criticism of the externalization, and the 'Testament to the Fall', a warning against war in the times of unprecedented peace.

Behind the curtain

Thero's parties and plays attract certain kinds of people. Sons and daughters of the rich mingle in the backstage and dressing rooms, often in configurations highly prohibited bytheir parents. It's an environment that could be very lucrative for someone who can ask the right drunk the right questions. While Thero is mostly interested in his hedonistic pursuits, there are some that use his theater as an information source on families of their political and trade rivals.