Meningitis
Longar/High Mysterios Meningitis Drubarosad Soterrion (a.k.a. The Black Dragon Of Kanda, The Field Shadow, The Looming Night, The Crippler, Devastator, The Grim Reaper, The Waiting End, The Skull Rot, Enfeebler, Holder Of Death)
Not all Mysterios become practitioners of magic to live comfortably within the core and snoop around for demonic plots and royal schemes; court magicians mass producing trinkets for the masses and assisting in filling the Empire's Constant Orders for civilian potions to freshen breath, relieve gas or make one's hair more voluminous.
Especially before this Grand Age Of Peace, many Mysteria chose to make their lives on the field of battle! During their tenure in the field, before their honorable "retirement" into more civilian lifestyles (Remember, Mysteria Never REALLY, Truly Retire) they might live long and prosperous military careers that launch their power beyond the realm of the average and into the world of true heroism!
One Such Mysterios Is Meningitis; Most Recent Longar To The Empire! With a history of biting off far more than he can chew, Meningitis' own desperation in Soterri has only fueled his abilities, inspiring him to bring forth one of the Reincarnated Founders Of Kanda and take hold of the Longo that he was never meant to command. So Great Are His Accomplishments In The Public Eye That Some Have Even Begun To Regard Him As Deity In His Own Right!
Especially before this Grand Age Of Peace, many Mysteria chose to make their lives on the field of battle! During their tenure in the field, before their honorable "retirement" into more civilian lifestyles (Remember, Mysteria Never REALLY, Truly Retire) they might live long and prosperous military careers that launch their power beyond the realm of the average and into the world of true heroism!
One Such Mysterios Is Meningitis; Most Recent Longar To The Empire! With a history of biting off far more than he can chew, Meningitis' own desperation in Soterri has only fueled his abilities, inspiring him to bring forth one of the Reincarnated Founders Of Kanda and take hold of the Longo that he was never meant to command. So Great Are His Accomplishments In The Public Eye That Some Have Even Begun To Regard Him As Deity In His Own Right!
Divine Domains
Magic
Kanda
Trade
Diplomacy
Security
Engineering
Travel
Exploration
Discovery
Responsibility
Soterri
Personal Excellence
Sustainability
Self Determination
Kanda
Trade
Diplomacy
Security
Engineering
Travel
Exploration
Discovery
Responsibility
Soterri
Personal Excellence
Sustainability
Self Determination
Holy Books & Codes
While he has written nothing that could explicitly qualify as a holy book or code, Meningitis has written many tactical and instructional texts that have been circulated throughout the Empire!
Those that believe that Meningitis is a new form of the deity believe that these writings are inspired works and must be regarded with the greatest respect; though Meningitis himself regards this line of thinking to be ridiculous, of course.
Those that believe that Meningitis is a new form of the deity believe that these writings are inspired works and must be regarded with the greatest respect; though Meningitis himself regards this line of thinking to be ridiculous, of course.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
The House Of Soterrion Possesses Two Sigils:
A Battle Banner And A Civil Banner. The Soterrion Battle Banner features a skull covered in black flames being held in a human hand of light brown on a field of bold yellow.
The field of yellow represents Soterri's rolling yellow grasslands and rocky hills
The Black-Flamed Skull In Hand represents Meningitis' Imperial Title as "Holder Of Death" The Soterrion Civil Banner (For Times Of Peace!) features a sheaf of Fonio over a black crossed farming hoe and black writing quill. A Blue line crosses the field of yellow background diagonally from the top right to the bottom left.
The Blue Line represents The Great River M'Tufakhalu on its journey southwest to Castan Mondragon.
Fonio is a fast grain brought by the Maiden Of Health that is only found in Soterri, grown by The House Of Soterrion and singlehandedly responsible for giving the people of the colony access once again to plentiful bread and porridge.
The Quill Represents the House Of Soterrion's academic background and its motivation toward the development of magical and technological research.
The Hoe Represents the House Of Soterrion's dedication to the cultivation of Longo Soterri and how The Maiden Of Health saved Soterri from collapse by reforming its farming system. While both of these banners are considered basic, recognized standards by the Empire, those that regard Meningitis as a Divine Figure regard them as extremely meaningful and important banners to the cause.
When the battle banner flies Meningitis' supporter's ready for war.
When the civil banner flies Meningitis' supporters set their minds and bodies to productivity!
A Battle Banner And A Civil Banner. The Soterrion Battle Banner features a skull covered in black flames being held in a human hand of light brown on a field of bold yellow.
The field of yellow represents Soterri's rolling yellow grasslands and rocky hills
The Black-Flamed Skull In Hand represents Meningitis' Imperial Title as "Holder Of Death" The Soterrion Civil Banner (For Times Of Peace!) features a sheaf of Fonio over a black crossed farming hoe and black writing quill. A Blue line crosses the field of yellow background diagonally from the top right to the bottom left.
The Blue Line represents The Great River M'Tufakhalu on its journey southwest to Castan Mondragon.
Fonio is a fast grain brought by the Maiden Of Health that is only found in Soterri, grown by The House Of Soterrion and singlehandedly responsible for giving the people of the colony access once again to plentiful bread and porridge.
The Quill Represents the House Of Soterrion's academic background and its motivation toward the development of magical and technological research.
The Hoe Represents the House Of Soterrion's dedication to the cultivation of Longo Soterri and how The Maiden Of Health saved Soterri from collapse by reforming its farming system. While both of these banners are considered basic, recognized standards by the Empire, those that regard Meningitis as a Divine Figure regard them as extremely meaningful and important banners to the cause.
When the battle banner flies Meningitis' supporter's ready for war.
When the civil banner flies Meningitis' supporters set their minds and bodies to productivity!
Holidays
Meningitis' Birthday is considered a great day to those who have recently begun regarding him as a sort of Holy Figure.
On this day people fix their houses, repair everything in need of repairs and do what they can to learn a bit of Magic.
It is a day of respect toward soldiers and of prayers for good trade and cosmopolitan ventures to resume! Lay People praying for safety in travel over water might pray to Meningitis if their loved ones are to journey southward.
On this day people fix their houses, repair everything in need of repairs and do what they can to learn a bit of Magic.
It is a day of respect toward soldiers and of prayers for good trade and cosmopolitan ventures to resume! Lay People praying for safety in travel over water might pray to Meningitis if their loved ones are to journey southward.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
While age has been grabbing at his wrists in the last few years, Meningitis has not let it weigh him down; an experienced man in his mid-fifties who is still surprisingly fit and healthy while standing tall and independent, much as he sometimes pretends otherwise.
Standing well above the height of the average Kandia man and somewhat broader in the shoulders, Meningitis still possesses tight skin and visible musculature when not in his Mysterios Robes; hardly scarred and of a typical "generalist" body shape, with relatively "Average" leg, arm and torso proportions that are so common among the most common Central Kandia Ethnic Groups.
Stronger and faster on his feet than a man many years his junior, Meningitis is still possesses much of his youth and alacrity despite often displaying a dour and beaten down sort of demeanor in the public eye; playing into his age more than he should.
Body Features
Constructed entirely of lean, wiry musculature, Meningitis is an impressive sight to behold when he strips down; a dense, masculine figure with broad shoulders, weathered skin and a towering physique nearly half a foot taller than the average man.
Possessing only a few serious scars and little in the way of wrinkles or age-related skin blemishes, Meningitis is easily able to keep up with younger soldiers, stronger than a man twenty years younger and possessing of a flexibility that can only be cultivated by years of combat experience and physical training to lurch away from sudden attacks in natural blind spots. Possessing next to nothing in the way of body fat, Meningitis ALMOST looks skinny from a distance, until one gets closer and realizes he is simply chiseled out of caramel colored marble by some Partaneros with a fetish for aging gentlemen.
Of "Average" body build, Meningitis' body type is not particularly specialized for anything but also possesses extremely attractive proportions; symmetrical with well measured, unembellished limb length and a body that is broad but not comically so.
From the side Meningitis has a large chest, rigid stomach and well sculpted legs from a lifetime of marching with his fellow soldiers.
Possessing only a few serious scars and little in the way of wrinkles or age-related skin blemishes, Meningitis is easily able to keep up with younger soldiers, stronger than a man twenty years younger and possessing of a flexibility that can only be cultivated by years of combat experience and physical training to lurch away from sudden attacks in natural blind spots. Possessing next to nothing in the way of body fat, Meningitis ALMOST looks skinny from a distance, until one gets closer and realizes he is simply chiseled out of caramel colored marble by some Partaneros with a fetish for aging gentlemen.
Of "Average" body build, Meningitis' body type is not particularly specialized for anything but also possesses extremely attractive proportions; symmetrical with well measured, unembellished limb length and a body that is broad but not comically so.
From the side Meningitis has a large chest, rigid stomach and well sculpted legs from a lifetime of marching with his fellow soldiers.
Identifying Characteristics
If stripped down Meningitis could be most easily identified by a large burn scar on the right side of his torso.
When he was a younger man he bit off a bit more than he could chew in the form of a stone spirit of malicious intent.
The creature could breath fire and spit lava and, during the fight, Meningitis was unable to successfully nullify the incoming blob of liquid earth.
Still hot when it touched him but not hot enough to melt that portion of his torso clean off, Meningitis suffered a serious injury to the skin over his ribs.
While it has long since healed Meningitis claims that the scarred skin is more sensitive to the touch than the rest of him and the magically heated magma left him with a blackish purple burn scar that is instantly recognizable to those aware of the hijinks of his youth.
When he was a younger man he bit off a bit more than he could chew in the form of a stone spirit of malicious intent.
The creature could breath fire and spit lava and, during the fight, Meningitis was unable to successfully nullify the incoming blob of liquid earth.
Still hot when it touched him but not hot enough to melt that portion of his torso clean off, Meningitis suffered a serious injury to the skin over his ribs.
While it has long since healed Meningitis claims that the scarred skin is more sensitive to the touch than the rest of him and the magically heated magma left him with a blackish purple burn scar that is instantly recognizable to those aware of the hijinks of his youth.
Special abilities
Meningitis' Personal Effect is an ability that rots the skull from the inside-out; covering the brain with black sludge, causing hemorrhaging, crippling his enemies and driving completely and homicidally insane those that somehow avoid swift and agonizing death.
Not only is this power almost instant but his experience in long range combat casting allows him to project such an ability over entire battlefields to strike rather specific foes like generals and high nobility overseeing the enemy.
Often such victims puke out black sludge as they hold their heads in pain and scream themselves to death... if they are unfortunate enough that their heads don't simply explode and end it quickly for them. While he has access to all manner of other special abilities due to his nature as a lifetime Mysterios, Meningitis was inducted into a particularly grueling and isolated order of Mysteria in Kanda.
Variolus of Ta Geta was the last remaining member of this order and passed on leadership of that order to Meningitis, his only living student.
The Order known as Ta Corporia Fiero, while having no particular factional allegiance in politics, is dedicated to the reinforcement of the caster with magic for the purpose of gaining greater physical power in the moment.
Able to redirect his vast pool of magical energy back into himself, Meningitis may construct an internal feedback loop where his own magic bolsters his ability to improve his body across all metrics and build up extra power!
He may then spend that extra energy on the spot or store it up in either himself or special ceramic tokens that he can break when he needs to recover.
Because of the way that Ta Corporia Fiero trains and uses magic as a constant, Meningitis can hold far more magical power within his body at any given point in time than most mysteria and has been known to shatter entire supplies of power tokens just to gain a brief edge in battle if he felt there was no other way to overcome the enemy.
Furthermore, his training along with this long time feedback loop mechanic has strengthened his body to inhuman levels, allowing Meningitis to gain enough strength enough to punch holes in sheets of steel with his bare hands, leap several times his own height from a standing position, idly slap stone tablets in half and outrun the fastest of soldiers even when weighed down! Already considered very youthful for a man entering his late fifties, many think that Meningitis still possesses the heart of a young man and the mind of a man at his prime... and this is probably still the case, considering his long years of physical activity combined with decades of deep study into magic.
Not only is this power almost instant but his experience in long range combat casting allows him to project such an ability over entire battlefields to strike rather specific foes like generals and high nobility overseeing the enemy.
Often such victims puke out black sludge as they hold their heads in pain and scream themselves to death... if they are unfortunate enough that their heads don't simply explode and end it quickly for them. While he has access to all manner of other special abilities due to his nature as a lifetime Mysterios, Meningitis was inducted into a particularly grueling and isolated order of Mysteria in Kanda.
Variolus of Ta Geta was the last remaining member of this order and passed on leadership of that order to Meningitis, his only living student.
The Order known as Ta Corporia Fiero, while having no particular factional allegiance in politics, is dedicated to the reinforcement of the caster with magic for the purpose of gaining greater physical power in the moment.
Able to redirect his vast pool of magical energy back into himself, Meningitis may construct an internal feedback loop where his own magic bolsters his ability to improve his body across all metrics and build up extra power!
He may then spend that extra energy on the spot or store it up in either himself or special ceramic tokens that he can break when he needs to recover.
Because of the way that Ta Corporia Fiero trains and uses magic as a constant, Meningitis can hold far more magical power within his body at any given point in time than most mysteria and has been known to shatter entire supplies of power tokens just to gain a brief edge in battle if he felt there was no other way to overcome the enemy.
Furthermore, his training along with this long time feedback loop mechanic has strengthened his body to inhuman levels, allowing Meningitis to gain enough strength enough to punch holes in sheets of steel with his bare hands, leap several times his own height from a standing position, idly slap stone tablets in half and outrun the fastest of soldiers even when weighed down! Already considered very youthful for a man entering his late fifties, many think that Meningitis still possesses the heart of a young man and the mind of a man at his prime... and this is probably still the case, considering his long years of physical activity combined with decades of deep study into magic.
Apparel & Accessories
While Meningitis normally wears the standard gray or black single piece robes of the Kandia Mysteria he has recently been known to don the traditional red and purple Kandia Timbo to better fit his position as Longar of the newly announced Longo Soterri.
That being said, Meningitis is not a terribly creative dresser and does not have a very extensive wardrobe, as Mysteria tend not to regard fashion or political attire as the most important of factors when interacting.
At the very least, Meningitis tends to accessorize well; often covered in jewelry from rings and torcs to pendants and brooches, armbands and bracelets to rudimentary clips and beads to braid into his long, voluminous beard!
In rather typical Kandia fashion, Meningitis' propensity to cover himself in shiny things borders on the territory of "gaudy!"
In rather typical Kandia fashion, Meningitis' propensity to cover himself in shiny things borders on the territory of "gaudy!"
Specialized Equipment
Among his most notorious bits of special equipment, Meningitis often wears a ragged looking single piece robe with numerous extra bits of fabric and elongated sleeves that can reach out of their own volition and take hold of his enemies, store his other tools and even protect him from things like arrows and incoming spells.
While it seems mostly like a collection of rags loosely stitched into something remotely wearable, these special Mysteria Robes allow a superior degree of protection to standard Kandia Armor as well as numerous interior pockets that hold all manner of items!
Linked to his very mind, the robes will produce these items for him on command without any need for him to dig through them to locate the objects of his desire.
Moreover, the interior space of these robes is considerably greater than one might guess, holding a small pocket dimension within that allows Meningitis to carry sometimes hundreds of pounds without it showing or weighing him down at all.
While it seems mostly like a collection of rags loosely stitched into something remotely wearable, these special Mysteria Robes allow a superior degree of protection to standard Kandia Armor as well as numerous interior pockets that hold all manner of items!
Linked to his very mind, the robes will produce these items for him on command without any need for him to dig through them to locate the objects of his desire.
Moreover, the interior space of these robes is considerably greater than one might guess, holding a small pocket dimension within that allows Meningitis to carry sometimes hundreds of pounds without it showing or weighing him down at all.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
All that can be noted of Meningitis' earliest history is that he was "sold" to a Military Mysterios named Variolus Of Ta Geta on a small island in Ta Mira Do Kandia by a man known only to history as "Drubaros."
A sickly child to an alcoholic and an unknown mother, the boy was offered by Drubaros as a slave to Variolus for a few days worth of drinking money.
Feeling pity for the boy and understanding much of medicine from his years in the field of battle, Variolus adopted the boy, naming him the "Little Leconis" for most of his earliest childhood; something that all the men he introduced the boy to appreciated. Despite having been born sickly and feeble, Variolus was able to nurse the boy back to health... then the old man helped him thrive!
Having been given the chance at life as any good Kandia boy should; The Little Leconis learned to swing a sword from the time he could walk, got a proper military education, learned countless battle calls and signals and knew serious but still loving discipline from the earliest of ages.
While a notoriously poor academic student at the beginning there was something about The Little Leconis that everyone seemed to love, something that everyone knew made him special but couldn't put their finger on it.
Soon even Variolus could not help but feel the boy possessed something more... WAS something more than just a Little Leconis. On a day the army was resting, where Variolus knew he would have the time, he took a day aside to test the now six year old boy for The Gift.
Never before had the aging Mysterios seen such magical potential, such nascent power!
He sent out letters to all of his highest mentors and peers.
There was a boy that required their attention!
Variolus, after over a generation of losing apprentices in grievous, tragic battles, would see his legacy continue in the least likely of subjects! Renamed "Little Mysterios," the boy was immediately enrolled under the finest of tutors!
No longer would a loose but proper military education be enough!
If he was to carry on all that his adopted father had developed the boy would need to be put through hell itself! Overnight Variolus went from wise and doting military father to extremely serious and constantly judging magical tutor.
Punctuated only by birthdays and holidays, every action the boy made was harshly analyzed.
The load of work he was assigned was multiplied and every failure was regarded as a slight toward the very school that the boy belonged to... and was punished suitably. For ten harsh years this would continue; Meningitis coming into adulthood and taking his Mysterios name after succeeding a system of tests set up for him by the highest Letanaria of his upbringing.
ALL, as it so happened, had expected great things from him... and he did not disappoint!
Hardened by a decade of harsh treatment and dedicated training, Meningitis was able to annihilate all barriers set before him with practiced ease and stolid determination. Variolus, of course, softened up immediately upon the boy's rise to the rank of Junior Mysterios.
He told Meningitis that he was so proud of him, that he had never meant to be so rough on him and that he would never treat him so harshly again.
However, the damage had already been done and Meningitis distanced himself for almost a decade until he was ready to get back on good terms with his adopted father. Groomed for excellence, however, Meningitis would go on to head many battles, save many political hostages and end up the sole survivor in many horrific a affairs later announced in passing to be resounding successes for the Empire. During his first decade as an adult Meningitis is known to have ventured alone far into Eldin territory to strike at a stronghold deep behind their lines and take an artifact that had allowed them to win several recent battles.
The guardians of this artifact were able to make a strange sacrifice and, in their words, "Become Death."
Surrounded by extremely powerful foes and having nobody else to call on for aid, young Meningitis was able to both defeat them all as well as destroy the stronghold in question, returning with "The Bowl Of Eternity" and personally seeing it destroyed by the Highest Mysteria Of Kanda.
For this achievement he was given a commendation by The Kandar and entitled "Holder Of Death."
Of all of his titles, this one is most often referred to when strangers speak of him and is considered one of his most persistent titles to date. Over the course of time Meningitis served his part in countless affairs, confidently at this point able to say he's served forty years in his position as a Military Mysterios.
Because of this long history and stellar reputation Meningitis was approached by Great Entrepreneur Philanthropus Magnomus, who desired to extend the boundaries of Kanda along the coast of the Southern Continent; to discover a southern route to The Western Kingdom that would kickstart a new age of Kandia trade and cosmopolitanism.
For centuries the mountains of the southern continent's east coast had kept colonies from forming anywhere outside Ta Fanus Hyanus.
In the past twenty years the Eldin had closed up The Strait Of Youth entirely and all but the greatest smugglers and sneaks were barred from doing business with the civilized west!
Now, with strong leadership, a capable Mysterios such as Meningitis and all manner of money from Philanthropus' constant capital endeavors surely a southern passage to The West could be found and the plentiful trade would return to Kanda once again; silk and seeds and jade and all manner of strange foods that the Kandia elite had not tasted in a generation! With a successful sale's pitch convincing the aging Mysterios to consider one final hurrah, Meningitis agreed to pack up ALL of his things and move permanently down to what would become known as Soterri; The Southernmost Land In The World! The trip was not difficult at first.
Sailing about Ta Mira Do Kandia for a few months to showcase Philanthropus' wealth as well as the progressive approval of the Kandar toward private ventures of cultural expansion, Meningitis saw a surprising amount of fame simply touring around the most active ports of the empire; considered a brave man who dared to go where noone had gone before alongside the lauded class of adventurers that were leading the expedition!
Men, women and children joined the fleet at every stop, raising hundreds of thousands of civilians, slaves and officials to press the limits of machine and man!
They would journey down to Ta Fanus Hyanus, restock on all necessary supplies and, from there, make their way to wherever the shores reached their southern limits! The second half of that year long journey would provide nothing but tragedy.
The Trip to Ta Fanus Hyanus was simple and easy going and they spent over a month in the court of The Lord Of The Senses; appreciating his sustainable riches and good relations with the natives, affording him all manner of luxuries to throw upon the colony fleet and bestowing Meningitis with a great serpent to become his new, primary-most familiar. Sadly half of that fleet would founder along the way; storms and chop becoming increasingly more violent as the months went by.
Countless times they were forced to stop along the rocky shore and try to tether the flotilla to the soaking cliffsides; unable to do anything more to keep from being torn apart on the slippery ocean cliffs.
Friends died along the way.
Ships cracked over unseen rocks jutting from the waves.
Some storms simply swallowed ships whole or sent wrathful bolts of lightning upon them to wholly erase them from existence even as they were still attached to the rest of the flotilla...
At Times Great Sea Deities Showed Their Displeasure Personally, Leaving Meningitis To Make The Harshest Of Decisions For The Sake Of Survival And Even Face Off Against The Force Of The Divine To Keep His Men Alive! After a year at sea, from famed to floundering, the harsh chop of The Gulf Of Disaster forced them to beach their torn and broken vessels just west of the mouth of The Great River M'Tufakhalu. And for the first year in Soterri the Letanaria were alive, healthy and determined!
The civilians knew where to go.
The Slaves were properly employed for what they had been brought to do.
ENORMOUS land gains and soaring victories were reported every day as over twenty thousand men stepped forth onto the sandy lands of Soterri and utilized their heavy armor and superior combat tactics to dominate the region!
Meningitis, of course, was just doing his best at this point to gather the attentions of local deities, who sadly would not answer his prayers and calls of magic. The year, though glorious, was rough.
After two failed harvests and a storm season that destroyed a considerable portion of their land infrastructure, they began to get ragged and worn.
Successes had stacked up constantly but nobody felt any closer to proper civilization than when they'd landed.
Slowly the people of the colony began to grow decadent and lazy and there was nothing Meningitis could do to stop it; so locked up in his own work was he. Over the second year, because of this growing civil apathy and lax behavior, Letanaria began falling to Kobori Assassins... then the Kensaria and the Civiandia... then everyone that even remotely seemed important started dropping like flies; almost one a week in hyper selective surgical assaults!
The Kobori could seemingly turn invisible when they got to the sand, produce terrifying poisons that would kill in seconds and, while they didn't seem to understand the heavy armor technology of the Kandia, had learned the weakest points and of proper distractions that would leave those points more available to attack.
In the course of a single year Meningitis rose from Head Mysterios of the colony to its single highest ranking resident over all; left with responsibilities he was never trained for or educated in and left floundering through the struggle as best as he could. Two more failed harvests went by...
The gods of the region still hadn't shown their faces.
The spirits of Soterri were not welcoming and the Kobori continued to kill higher officials with surgical precision the likes of which only the most coordinated units in the Kandia military could boast; all in tiny, several dozen man groups that were more than willing to sacrifice their entire number just to kill ONE very important person every few days.
The few Kobori that were enslaved or enlisted into the Kandia cause could only help them so much when it came to defending against these such attacks. In desperation, Meningitis decided that he would be unable to do all of this himself no matter how hard he tried.
If he was to save the colony it would require more than he had to offer... more than any of them.
None of the people in the colony would be able to fix it at this point!
Nobody back home would save them!
But someone he knew of might... if the legends were to be believed! For weeks he toiled over tattered manuscripts, ordered copies made and readied the colony for an impromptu vigil... of health and rejuvenation!
He wanted to bring the health of the colony back to how it was when they first arrived!
He wanted to steel his people against the dangers of the Kobori.
They'd done war well but the colony was sick in both mind and body... they needed someone who could restore them!
The entire colony looked to him for support and so he would do whatever he could for them through the only power he had readily at his disposal; Magic! He announced the festival the day before.
While it would not be one of great eating and great dancing it would still be something akin to a festival back home in the core!
They'd drink a bit more than usual, march a bit less and all gather around the mouth of the river to celebrate their surviving two entire years in the southernmost land in the world!
If they had to go out, it would be in a last ditch effort to summon forth the only thing he could think to save them! At dawn's first light on Preserving 19, after an All-Night Vigil, Meningitis uttered the words to summon forth The Manor Of Mondragon on The Day Of Health!
To everyone's great amazement, their savior had arrived!
Jonathan Mondragon: The Maiden Of Health, Had Arrived In Their Greatest Time Of Need! Leaving his manor in the glory of imperial purple silks and quickly establishing himself as a friend to him, The Maiden Of Health told Meningitis that the aging wizard had done all he could... and that he'd done the right thing.
From then and there Meningitis had sworn to himself that he would serve Jonathan Mondragon to his dying breath!
He had called for help... and The Founders Of Kanda Had Answered! Over the course of the next two weeks Jon helped Meningitis reinstate the Leconis System, Remilitarize the Colony, Reorganize the agricultural calendar of Soterri and even established an alliance with the local elephant herds through Jonathan's relationship with the New Goddess Of The Beasts Of Soterri: The Grand Matriarch.
With the summoning of The Maiden Of Health Meningitis had successfully saved the colony of Soterri and, through a different set of hijinks alongside Jonathan, was even able to reestablish contact with The Western Kingdom!
Soterri was stable and it was because of Meningitis' actions that the Colony survived at all.
For this he was named Longar; for his family to own the land of Longo Soterri in perpetuity as payment for all of his service to the Empire over the past forty years! Overnight Meningitis went from humble but accomplished officer who had never imagined himself in a position of true command to what amounted to a king; to answer only to The Kandar himself and his personal agents.
Thinking long and hard for several days of the trials and tribulations since arriving, Meningitis decided that the best thing for the security and stability of Soterri would be to free all of the present slaves of the Longo.
Since they had fought and lost so much themselves in The Battle Of Matriarch and already were gaining such independence from the frontier nature of the colony he decided that they'd earned their freedom.
Perhaps the future of Soterri would bring more slaves but, for now, there was no Soterri man, woman or child that did not deserve freedom! With so many newly freed citizens and all manner of treasure flowing in from the ruins of the once great Kobori Culture during "The Age Of The Mountain God," Meningitis therefore had the chance to properly distribute the many riches to all citizens.
The Status Quo rebalanced, Meningitis hoped for this to set the scales for a new age of prosper in Soterri. Unfortunately, not all was left peaceful in Soterri for long!
Soon enough the Kandia began to expand outward into the Tando deserts, were contacted by The Pro Simian Confederacy to the north and discovered the descendants of The Lost Expedition from a over a century ago which lost their way and found themselves settling into the mountains of Soterri to avoid the hostile natives; developing a new Kandia adjacent system of laws to keep themselves safe.
The Gulf Deity Njoloch threatened the peace and stability of the newly named Longo and, while The Maiden Of Health was away on business, Meningitis had to take the chance to bait the malicious deity into attacking so that they could diminish his great power even just a little.
Other Primes have reared their ugly heads, a great temple complex has been built in order to put Soterri on the map and a grand "Women's Migration" is rumored to be building in the core from the very purse of one of Kandar Lucus' trueborn daughters!
Now home to so many new political entities and soon to house even more strange events alongside Imperial Investigations of war crimes during the Kobori Final War and The Divine Court Over Intubakhalu: The Mountain God Of Soterri, Meningitis can only do his best to prepare for the future and make good relations within his new aristocratic sphere of power.
A sickly child to an alcoholic and an unknown mother, the boy was offered by Drubaros as a slave to Variolus for a few days worth of drinking money.
Feeling pity for the boy and understanding much of medicine from his years in the field of battle, Variolus adopted the boy, naming him the "Little Leconis" for most of his earliest childhood; something that all the men he introduced the boy to appreciated. Despite having been born sickly and feeble, Variolus was able to nurse the boy back to health... then the old man helped him thrive!
Having been given the chance at life as any good Kandia boy should; The Little Leconis learned to swing a sword from the time he could walk, got a proper military education, learned countless battle calls and signals and knew serious but still loving discipline from the earliest of ages.
While a notoriously poor academic student at the beginning there was something about The Little Leconis that everyone seemed to love, something that everyone knew made him special but couldn't put their finger on it.
Soon even Variolus could not help but feel the boy possessed something more... WAS something more than just a Little Leconis. On a day the army was resting, where Variolus knew he would have the time, he took a day aside to test the now six year old boy for The Gift.
Never before had the aging Mysterios seen such magical potential, such nascent power!
He sent out letters to all of his highest mentors and peers.
There was a boy that required their attention!
Variolus, after over a generation of losing apprentices in grievous, tragic battles, would see his legacy continue in the least likely of subjects! Renamed "Little Mysterios," the boy was immediately enrolled under the finest of tutors!
No longer would a loose but proper military education be enough!
If he was to carry on all that his adopted father had developed the boy would need to be put through hell itself! Overnight Variolus went from wise and doting military father to extremely serious and constantly judging magical tutor.
Punctuated only by birthdays and holidays, every action the boy made was harshly analyzed.
The load of work he was assigned was multiplied and every failure was regarded as a slight toward the very school that the boy belonged to... and was punished suitably. For ten harsh years this would continue; Meningitis coming into adulthood and taking his Mysterios name after succeeding a system of tests set up for him by the highest Letanaria of his upbringing.
ALL, as it so happened, had expected great things from him... and he did not disappoint!
Hardened by a decade of harsh treatment and dedicated training, Meningitis was able to annihilate all barriers set before him with practiced ease and stolid determination. Variolus, of course, softened up immediately upon the boy's rise to the rank of Junior Mysterios.
He told Meningitis that he was so proud of him, that he had never meant to be so rough on him and that he would never treat him so harshly again.
However, the damage had already been done and Meningitis distanced himself for almost a decade until he was ready to get back on good terms with his adopted father. Groomed for excellence, however, Meningitis would go on to head many battles, save many political hostages and end up the sole survivor in many horrific a affairs later announced in passing to be resounding successes for the Empire. During his first decade as an adult Meningitis is known to have ventured alone far into Eldin territory to strike at a stronghold deep behind their lines and take an artifact that had allowed them to win several recent battles.
The guardians of this artifact were able to make a strange sacrifice and, in their words, "Become Death."
Surrounded by extremely powerful foes and having nobody else to call on for aid, young Meningitis was able to both defeat them all as well as destroy the stronghold in question, returning with "The Bowl Of Eternity" and personally seeing it destroyed by the Highest Mysteria Of Kanda.
For this achievement he was given a commendation by The Kandar and entitled "Holder Of Death."
Of all of his titles, this one is most often referred to when strangers speak of him and is considered one of his most persistent titles to date. Over the course of time Meningitis served his part in countless affairs, confidently at this point able to say he's served forty years in his position as a Military Mysterios.
Because of this long history and stellar reputation Meningitis was approached by Great Entrepreneur Philanthropus Magnomus, who desired to extend the boundaries of Kanda along the coast of the Southern Continent; to discover a southern route to The Western Kingdom that would kickstart a new age of Kandia trade and cosmopolitanism.
For centuries the mountains of the southern continent's east coast had kept colonies from forming anywhere outside Ta Fanus Hyanus.
In the past twenty years the Eldin had closed up The Strait Of Youth entirely and all but the greatest smugglers and sneaks were barred from doing business with the civilized west!
Now, with strong leadership, a capable Mysterios such as Meningitis and all manner of money from Philanthropus' constant capital endeavors surely a southern passage to The West could be found and the plentiful trade would return to Kanda once again; silk and seeds and jade and all manner of strange foods that the Kandia elite had not tasted in a generation! With a successful sale's pitch convincing the aging Mysterios to consider one final hurrah, Meningitis agreed to pack up ALL of his things and move permanently down to what would become known as Soterri; The Southernmost Land In The World! The trip was not difficult at first.
Sailing about Ta Mira Do Kandia for a few months to showcase Philanthropus' wealth as well as the progressive approval of the Kandar toward private ventures of cultural expansion, Meningitis saw a surprising amount of fame simply touring around the most active ports of the empire; considered a brave man who dared to go where noone had gone before alongside the lauded class of adventurers that were leading the expedition!
Men, women and children joined the fleet at every stop, raising hundreds of thousands of civilians, slaves and officials to press the limits of machine and man!
They would journey down to Ta Fanus Hyanus, restock on all necessary supplies and, from there, make their way to wherever the shores reached their southern limits! The second half of that year long journey would provide nothing but tragedy.
The Trip to Ta Fanus Hyanus was simple and easy going and they spent over a month in the court of The Lord Of The Senses; appreciating his sustainable riches and good relations with the natives, affording him all manner of luxuries to throw upon the colony fleet and bestowing Meningitis with a great serpent to become his new, primary-most familiar. Sadly half of that fleet would founder along the way; storms and chop becoming increasingly more violent as the months went by.
Countless times they were forced to stop along the rocky shore and try to tether the flotilla to the soaking cliffsides; unable to do anything more to keep from being torn apart on the slippery ocean cliffs.
Friends died along the way.
Ships cracked over unseen rocks jutting from the waves.
Some storms simply swallowed ships whole or sent wrathful bolts of lightning upon them to wholly erase them from existence even as they were still attached to the rest of the flotilla...
At Times Great Sea Deities Showed Their Displeasure Personally, Leaving Meningitis To Make The Harshest Of Decisions For The Sake Of Survival And Even Face Off Against The Force Of The Divine To Keep His Men Alive! After a year at sea, from famed to floundering, the harsh chop of The Gulf Of Disaster forced them to beach their torn and broken vessels just west of the mouth of The Great River M'Tufakhalu. And for the first year in Soterri the Letanaria were alive, healthy and determined!
The civilians knew where to go.
The Slaves were properly employed for what they had been brought to do.
ENORMOUS land gains and soaring victories were reported every day as over twenty thousand men stepped forth onto the sandy lands of Soterri and utilized their heavy armor and superior combat tactics to dominate the region!
Meningitis, of course, was just doing his best at this point to gather the attentions of local deities, who sadly would not answer his prayers and calls of magic. The year, though glorious, was rough.
After two failed harvests and a storm season that destroyed a considerable portion of their land infrastructure, they began to get ragged and worn.
Successes had stacked up constantly but nobody felt any closer to proper civilization than when they'd landed.
Slowly the people of the colony began to grow decadent and lazy and there was nothing Meningitis could do to stop it; so locked up in his own work was he. Over the second year, because of this growing civil apathy and lax behavior, Letanaria began falling to Kobori Assassins... then the Kensaria and the Civiandia... then everyone that even remotely seemed important started dropping like flies; almost one a week in hyper selective surgical assaults!
The Kobori could seemingly turn invisible when they got to the sand, produce terrifying poisons that would kill in seconds and, while they didn't seem to understand the heavy armor technology of the Kandia, had learned the weakest points and of proper distractions that would leave those points more available to attack.
In the course of a single year Meningitis rose from Head Mysterios of the colony to its single highest ranking resident over all; left with responsibilities he was never trained for or educated in and left floundering through the struggle as best as he could. Two more failed harvests went by...
The gods of the region still hadn't shown their faces.
The spirits of Soterri were not welcoming and the Kobori continued to kill higher officials with surgical precision the likes of which only the most coordinated units in the Kandia military could boast; all in tiny, several dozen man groups that were more than willing to sacrifice their entire number just to kill ONE very important person every few days.
The few Kobori that were enslaved or enlisted into the Kandia cause could only help them so much when it came to defending against these such attacks. In desperation, Meningitis decided that he would be unable to do all of this himself no matter how hard he tried.
If he was to save the colony it would require more than he had to offer... more than any of them.
None of the people in the colony would be able to fix it at this point!
Nobody back home would save them!
But someone he knew of might... if the legends were to be believed! For weeks he toiled over tattered manuscripts, ordered copies made and readied the colony for an impromptu vigil... of health and rejuvenation!
He wanted to bring the health of the colony back to how it was when they first arrived!
He wanted to steel his people against the dangers of the Kobori.
They'd done war well but the colony was sick in both mind and body... they needed someone who could restore them!
The entire colony looked to him for support and so he would do whatever he could for them through the only power he had readily at his disposal; Magic! He announced the festival the day before.
While it would not be one of great eating and great dancing it would still be something akin to a festival back home in the core!
They'd drink a bit more than usual, march a bit less and all gather around the mouth of the river to celebrate their surviving two entire years in the southernmost land in the world!
If they had to go out, it would be in a last ditch effort to summon forth the only thing he could think to save them! At dawn's first light on Preserving 19, after an All-Night Vigil, Meningitis uttered the words to summon forth The Manor Of Mondragon on The Day Of Health!
To everyone's great amazement, their savior had arrived!
Jonathan Mondragon: The Maiden Of Health, Had Arrived In Their Greatest Time Of Need! Leaving his manor in the glory of imperial purple silks and quickly establishing himself as a friend to him, The Maiden Of Health told Meningitis that the aging wizard had done all he could... and that he'd done the right thing.
From then and there Meningitis had sworn to himself that he would serve Jonathan Mondragon to his dying breath!
He had called for help... and The Founders Of Kanda Had Answered! Over the course of the next two weeks Jon helped Meningitis reinstate the Leconis System, Remilitarize the Colony, Reorganize the agricultural calendar of Soterri and even established an alliance with the local elephant herds through Jonathan's relationship with the New Goddess Of The Beasts Of Soterri: The Grand Matriarch.
With the summoning of The Maiden Of Health Meningitis had successfully saved the colony of Soterri and, through a different set of hijinks alongside Jonathan, was even able to reestablish contact with The Western Kingdom!
Soterri was stable and it was because of Meningitis' actions that the Colony survived at all.
For this he was named Longar; for his family to own the land of Longo Soterri in perpetuity as payment for all of his service to the Empire over the past forty years! Overnight Meningitis went from humble but accomplished officer who had never imagined himself in a position of true command to what amounted to a king; to answer only to The Kandar himself and his personal agents.
Thinking long and hard for several days of the trials and tribulations since arriving, Meningitis decided that the best thing for the security and stability of Soterri would be to free all of the present slaves of the Longo.
Since they had fought and lost so much themselves in The Battle Of Matriarch and already were gaining such independence from the frontier nature of the colony he decided that they'd earned their freedom.
Perhaps the future of Soterri would bring more slaves but, for now, there was no Soterri man, woman or child that did not deserve freedom! With so many newly freed citizens and all manner of treasure flowing in from the ruins of the once great Kobori Culture during "The Age Of The Mountain God," Meningitis therefore had the chance to properly distribute the many riches to all citizens.
The Status Quo rebalanced, Meningitis hoped for this to set the scales for a new age of prosper in Soterri. Unfortunately, not all was left peaceful in Soterri for long!
Soon enough the Kandia began to expand outward into the Tando deserts, were contacted by The Pro Simian Confederacy to the north and discovered the descendants of The Lost Expedition from a over a century ago which lost their way and found themselves settling into the mountains of Soterri to avoid the hostile natives; developing a new Kandia adjacent system of laws to keep themselves safe.
The Gulf Deity Njoloch threatened the peace and stability of the newly named Longo and, while The Maiden Of Health was away on business, Meningitis had to take the chance to bait the malicious deity into attacking so that they could diminish his great power even just a little.
Other Primes have reared their ugly heads, a great temple complex has been built in order to put Soterri on the map and a grand "Women's Migration" is rumored to be building in the core from the very purse of one of Kandar Lucus' trueborn daughters!
Now home to so many new political entities and soon to house even more strange events alongside Imperial Investigations of war crimes during the Kobori Final War and The Divine Court Over Intubakhalu: The Mountain God Of Soterri, Meningitis can only do his best to prepare for the future and make good relations within his new aristocratic sphere of power.
Sexuality
Probably Demisexual, Though Kandia Culture Doesn't Have The Concept As A Common Theme To Be Considered.
In actuality, Meningitis himself has very little interest in the sexual or even romantic aspects of the world and seems far more inclined to playfully flirt with nearly anyone as a matter of course when he feels comfortable enough to get familiar with an individual.
That being said, this is more a well trained aspect of his social personal rather than a projection of his feelings and Meningitis has always found himself a bit too busy to consider such things!
Separated from the public and distanced from matters of civilian social life, he has only recently begun wondering what sex and romance may hold for him in the future. Perhaps more difficult for Meningitis is his unsuccessful history of lovers in military life...
Having lost all of the lovers and romantic attachments to death and tragedy already, he gave up on the idea of settling down at some point, as most Mysteria do.
That being said, this is more a well trained aspect of his social personal rather than a projection of his feelings and Meningitis has always found himself a bit too busy to consider such things!
Separated from the public and distanced from matters of civilian social life, he has only recently begun wondering what sex and romance may hold for him in the future. Perhaps more difficult for Meningitis is his unsuccessful history of lovers in military life...
Having lost all of the lovers and romantic attachments to death and tragedy already, he gave up on the idea of settling down at some point, as most Mysteria do.
Education
Meningitis hasn't only been given some of the best in Kandia education throughout his life but has even pioneered certain methods to help his own apprentices better learn magic and experience simulated combat without the danger.
Having literally been raised as a ward of the military, no expenses were spared to beat Meningitis into a proper soldier growing up and, since then, he has only worked harder to keep both his body and mind keen as the edge of an obsidian blade.
Furthermore, he has recently taken an interest in modern education practices; listening to Jon as he teaches his students modern concepts as well as talking with The Bringer Of Health about the power that makes his Manor run.
After having learned a fair amount of the English Language, Meningitis has even been dedicating himself to reading texts on education and science communication. In his youth, to be fair, Meningitis was a notoriously poor student but a life of military fosterage ensured that he had discipline enough to turn himself around and become extremely knowledgeable.
While his specialties obviously lie in the nature of combat, medicine and dark forces Meningitis regularly prods all manner of specialists for their secrets, always trying to learn something new and potentially useful.
Having literally been raised as a ward of the military, no expenses were spared to beat Meningitis into a proper soldier growing up and, since then, he has only worked harder to keep both his body and mind keen as the edge of an obsidian blade.
Furthermore, he has recently taken an interest in modern education practices; listening to Jon as he teaches his students modern concepts as well as talking with The Bringer Of Health about the power that makes his Manor run.
After having learned a fair amount of the English Language, Meningitis has even been dedicating himself to reading texts on education and science communication. In his youth, to be fair, Meningitis was a notoriously poor student but a life of military fosterage ensured that he had discipline enough to turn himself around and become extremely knowledgeable.
While his specialties obviously lie in the nature of combat, medicine and dark forces Meningitis regularly prods all manner of specialists for their secrets, always trying to learn something new and potentially useful.
Employment
Officially Meningitis has been a Military Mysterios of considerable rank for just over forty years, adopted and trained by the Great Mysterios Variolus Of Ta Geta.
More or less his career as a whole stretches in three stages, leading to a most recent fourth stage of his life after his transition to Civilian Service as the Longar of Soterri. The first ten years or so of his career were spent making a name for himself and collecting various fanciful titles from his service; such as Holder Of Death and The Devastator.
During this time Meningitis was still young and plucky and began cultivating many good habits, such as having servants and slaves read academic works to him as he trained; studying engineering, diplomacy and political philosophy.
While it was a hard time for him, especially without the guidance of his far more experienced former master, Meningitis was able to survive this portion of his life without terribly much trauma or loss and even made a practice of traveling great distances to learn about other lands and cultures. The second two decades of Meningitis' life, however, spelled doom not for his career but rather for his happiness and optimistic outlook on the big picture.
During this time his former master Variolus died, he lost many friends, saw the death of many commanders and had to bury at least two brothers in arms personally and deliver news of their deaths to their wives and families.
Despite having met two Kandars several times during this period, Meningitis never felt like he had earned it and was not nearly as excited for the correspondence as he should have been.
During this time he earned titles such as The Field Shadow, The Looming Night and The Waiting End; all for his tendency to throw entire battlefields into darkness to intimidate the enemy and give his magically prepared soldiers that much more advantage.
He was known on one occasion for thrusting over four hundred thousand men into darkness at once in Southern Kanda, destroying the Coalition of The Hills and crushing any Daroba Resistance in southern Kanda for almost a decade; laying the foundation for the birth of individuals like Carcinomus, (who has never known that The House Of Valir owes Meningitis their very existence) having personally stood the line against the oncoming Daroba charge at the Southern Shores of Vastutos Marnus Lasuk to defend them when Felix Valir wasn't even a man grown.
This is the period of time where Meningitis developed his extreme dourness and dark sense of humor as well as his public desensitization toward gore and "Talking Shop" with strangers.
Because of the obvious backlash toward his less than savory rhetoric in mixed company Meningitis distanced himself from civilians, not thinking them to really understand anything he talked about and instead forming strong relationships with fellow soldiers, officials, spies, investigators, scouts and politicians who would stay at the front lines.
On a few occasions he even took some of these individuals as lovers but each and every one of them ended up dying tragically and Meningitis distanced himself entirely from romance thereafter and shunned casual civilian life all the more; burying himself in his service to Kanda, the one love that could not be killed by a stray arrow or a well placed enemy fireball. As the last decade of his life set in Meningitis came to the conclusion that he would have to settle into the twilight of his career; going out of his way to codify his knowledge in all manner of treatises on formative education, military conduct, battlefield ethics, political introductions for the working class, documents on utilitarian magic for the common housewife, engineering tutorials, guides on how to properly maintain army logistics and all manner of other fields of study that most didn't imagine he would delve into.
All the while Meningitis remained active on the field of combat, insisting upon not letting the pull of age hold him back and training with his fellow soldiers on a daily basis even though no commanding officer expected him to maintain the activity he was known for in his youth! Moreover, his age and experience began allowing him to hone his arts to even greater and more horrifying heights!
No longer caring for the mass terror and wasteful expenditure of putting entire battlefields under shadow or consuming whole enemy units in fire, Meningitis sought to refine his immense magical power to laser precision!
He began researching the most effective ways to topple armies; creating all manner of new spells and magical tools that he would use to consistently target and destroy the upper ranks of a conventional army's command structure!
During this era he studied ways to view greater distances, cast single target spells over entire battlefields and mastered debilitating abilities that would give him titles such as Enfeebler, The Skull Rot and The Grim Reaper; known for driving enemy commanders completely mad from the safety of his own tent or for turning into smoke to move far behind enemy lines and silently kill the entire command structure of the opposing force, leaving gruesome warnings behind to whomsoever might rise to replace them. Finally, the last three years have not been kind to the aging wizard but they also have held all manner of great life improvements!
Despite losing many friends and having been thrust into a position of authority he never imagined having, Meningitis has brought back the Maiden Of Health and fulfilled every mission Soterri ever had assigned to it; attaining the Imperial Title of The Great Discoverer in recognition of his position as First Longar of Soterri!
Moreover, he has consistently proven extremely capable at making sure the people under his command remain as healthy and well fed as can be allowed, considering the unfortunate lack of good harvest since arrival. Now "Officially Retired" from his position of Military Mysterios and placed in a position of civilian political life, Meningitis has found that he hates the song and dance of constant parchmentwork and delegation of leadership; often desiring to explore the many broken down Kobori Ruins of Soterri and return to the glory and adventure of military life.
Despite this he understands that he has higher duties and regularly speaks to Jonathan Mondragon to ask for advice and assistance in how to live a more public life. Celebrated as a great military figure in the bulk of Kanda, Longar Meningitis is not only well paid by his long career of military but may also now collect on the many great riches of Soterri once he discovers them!
Overseeing countless projects, he stands ready to reap the rewards of such hard work in stubbornly settling this most southerly land in Ta Mando.
More or less his career as a whole stretches in three stages, leading to a most recent fourth stage of his life after his transition to Civilian Service as the Longar of Soterri. The first ten years or so of his career were spent making a name for himself and collecting various fanciful titles from his service; such as Holder Of Death and The Devastator.
During this time Meningitis was still young and plucky and began cultivating many good habits, such as having servants and slaves read academic works to him as he trained; studying engineering, diplomacy and political philosophy.
While it was a hard time for him, especially without the guidance of his far more experienced former master, Meningitis was able to survive this portion of his life without terribly much trauma or loss and even made a practice of traveling great distances to learn about other lands and cultures. The second two decades of Meningitis' life, however, spelled doom not for his career but rather for his happiness and optimistic outlook on the big picture.
During this time his former master Variolus died, he lost many friends, saw the death of many commanders and had to bury at least two brothers in arms personally and deliver news of their deaths to their wives and families.
Despite having met two Kandars several times during this period, Meningitis never felt like he had earned it and was not nearly as excited for the correspondence as he should have been.
During this time he earned titles such as The Field Shadow, The Looming Night and The Waiting End; all for his tendency to throw entire battlefields into darkness to intimidate the enemy and give his magically prepared soldiers that much more advantage.
He was known on one occasion for thrusting over four hundred thousand men into darkness at once in Southern Kanda, destroying the Coalition of The Hills and crushing any Daroba Resistance in southern Kanda for almost a decade; laying the foundation for the birth of individuals like Carcinomus, (who has never known that The House Of Valir owes Meningitis their very existence) having personally stood the line against the oncoming Daroba charge at the Southern Shores of Vastutos Marnus Lasuk to defend them when Felix Valir wasn't even a man grown.
This is the period of time where Meningitis developed his extreme dourness and dark sense of humor as well as his public desensitization toward gore and "Talking Shop" with strangers.
Because of the obvious backlash toward his less than savory rhetoric in mixed company Meningitis distanced himself from civilians, not thinking them to really understand anything he talked about and instead forming strong relationships with fellow soldiers, officials, spies, investigators, scouts and politicians who would stay at the front lines.
On a few occasions he even took some of these individuals as lovers but each and every one of them ended up dying tragically and Meningitis distanced himself entirely from romance thereafter and shunned casual civilian life all the more; burying himself in his service to Kanda, the one love that could not be killed by a stray arrow or a well placed enemy fireball. As the last decade of his life set in Meningitis came to the conclusion that he would have to settle into the twilight of his career; going out of his way to codify his knowledge in all manner of treatises on formative education, military conduct, battlefield ethics, political introductions for the working class, documents on utilitarian magic for the common housewife, engineering tutorials, guides on how to properly maintain army logistics and all manner of other fields of study that most didn't imagine he would delve into.
All the while Meningitis remained active on the field of combat, insisting upon not letting the pull of age hold him back and training with his fellow soldiers on a daily basis even though no commanding officer expected him to maintain the activity he was known for in his youth! Moreover, his age and experience began allowing him to hone his arts to even greater and more horrifying heights!
No longer caring for the mass terror and wasteful expenditure of putting entire battlefields under shadow or consuming whole enemy units in fire, Meningitis sought to refine his immense magical power to laser precision!
He began researching the most effective ways to topple armies; creating all manner of new spells and magical tools that he would use to consistently target and destroy the upper ranks of a conventional army's command structure!
During this era he studied ways to view greater distances, cast single target spells over entire battlefields and mastered debilitating abilities that would give him titles such as Enfeebler, The Skull Rot and The Grim Reaper; known for driving enemy commanders completely mad from the safety of his own tent or for turning into smoke to move far behind enemy lines and silently kill the entire command structure of the opposing force, leaving gruesome warnings behind to whomsoever might rise to replace them. Finally, the last three years have not been kind to the aging wizard but they also have held all manner of great life improvements!
Despite losing many friends and having been thrust into a position of authority he never imagined having, Meningitis has brought back the Maiden Of Health and fulfilled every mission Soterri ever had assigned to it; attaining the Imperial Title of The Great Discoverer in recognition of his position as First Longar of Soterri!
Moreover, he has consistently proven extremely capable at making sure the people under his command remain as healthy and well fed as can be allowed, considering the unfortunate lack of good harvest since arrival. Now "Officially Retired" from his position of Military Mysterios and placed in a position of civilian political life, Meningitis has found that he hates the song and dance of constant parchmentwork and delegation of leadership; often desiring to explore the many broken down Kobori Ruins of Soterri and return to the glory and adventure of military life.
Despite this he understands that he has higher duties and regularly speaks to Jonathan Mondragon to ask for advice and assistance in how to live a more public life. Celebrated as a great military figure in the bulk of Kanda, Longar Meningitis is not only well paid by his long career of military but may also now collect on the many great riches of Soterri once he discovers them!
Overseeing countless projects, he stands ready to reap the rewards of such hard work in stubbornly settling this most southerly land in Ta Mando.
Accomplishments & Achievements
While Meningitis has no shortage of great titles and a deep reputation for his service to Kanda, his most recent accomplishment is his victory at The Battle Of Matriarch in Soterri during the Soterri-Kobori War Of Extinction; also known as "The Kobori Final War."
Though steeped in scandal and controversy, NOBODY challenges that it was Meningitis who summoned The Maiden Of Health to save the colony; returning a founder of Kanda to Ta Mando and mustering the force necessary to win a War Of Extinction against the savage darobia natives.
According to the records Meningitis and Jonathan Mondragon: The Maiden Of Health were able to turn back hundreds of thousands of Kobori assailants with only twenty thousand leconia. (And the assistance of a great force of wild elephants)
In an act of unashamed selflessness on the field of battle he personally stood in the breach and ensured that no enemy darobia stepped foot inside Castan Mondragon; holding his footing for hours against wave after wave of Kobori Assault!
While two of his three main apprentices died in this affair, he was able to save the last, a seven year old boy by the name of Severus who allegedly gained great experience and renown from the fight!
While unable to stop the death of thousands of civilians at the hands of an army of Marine Predators sent by the Gulf Deity Njoloch, Meningitis was still able to do away with this force in time to save the rest of the population alongside Unamakhalu: The Great Mother Of Soterri, providing much needed food for the population and pushing back the main force of the most hostile of deities in Soterri. Apart from his great victory during The Kobori Final War, Meningitis also successfully journeyed to the formerly thought to be mythical Place Of Peace with Jonathan Mondragon and prevented a grievous invasion of the island by the exiled Western Kingdom General Shu Hui!
Convinced that his honor could be restored by expanding the Western Kingdom's trade routes and opening up diplomatic and economic transit to the east after over two decades of isolation from the east, Shu Hui was convinced to turn his army away and return to The Western Kingdom to persuade The Dragon Emperor to give him another chance.
With that Meningitis embedded a magical crystal in the Western General's arm that would allow Shu Hui to find a path to Meningitis anywhere in Ta Mando... and with that, alongside The Maiden Of Health and The Guardians Of The Place Of Peace, Meningitis restored communication and trade to the west in a very small but not insignificant way!
Though steeped in scandal and controversy, NOBODY challenges that it was Meningitis who summoned The Maiden Of Health to save the colony; returning a founder of Kanda to Ta Mando and mustering the force necessary to win a War Of Extinction against the savage darobia natives.
According to the records Meningitis and Jonathan Mondragon: The Maiden Of Health were able to turn back hundreds of thousands of Kobori assailants with only twenty thousand leconia. (And the assistance of a great force of wild elephants)
In an act of unashamed selflessness on the field of battle he personally stood in the breach and ensured that no enemy darobia stepped foot inside Castan Mondragon; holding his footing for hours against wave after wave of Kobori Assault!
While two of his three main apprentices died in this affair, he was able to save the last, a seven year old boy by the name of Severus who allegedly gained great experience and renown from the fight!
While unable to stop the death of thousands of civilians at the hands of an army of Marine Predators sent by the Gulf Deity Njoloch, Meningitis was still able to do away with this force in time to save the rest of the population alongside Unamakhalu: The Great Mother Of Soterri, providing much needed food for the population and pushing back the main force of the most hostile of deities in Soterri. Apart from his great victory during The Kobori Final War, Meningitis also successfully journeyed to the formerly thought to be mythical Place Of Peace with Jonathan Mondragon and prevented a grievous invasion of the island by the exiled Western Kingdom General Shu Hui!
Convinced that his honor could be restored by expanding the Western Kingdom's trade routes and opening up diplomatic and economic transit to the east after over two decades of isolation from the east, Shu Hui was convinced to turn his army away and return to The Western Kingdom to persuade The Dragon Emperor to give him another chance.
With that Meningitis embedded a magical crystal in the Western General's arm that would allow Shu Hui to find a path to Meningitis anywhere in Ta Mando... and with that, alongside The Maiden Of Health and The Guardians Of The Place Of Peace, Meningitis restored communication and trade to the west in a very small but not insignificant way!
Failures & Embarrassments
It is a great embarrassment to him that Meningitis has not yet found himself a wife and had a child.
While he, of course, merely accepts that this is a circumstance of the life he was raised into and most Mysteria accept that they will never truly "Retire" or have any land to speak of due to the nature of their profession, having children is not barred to them and many find it more than acceptable to humbly pass on their skills to a beloved son or even daughter.
Because of his constant life in the worst scenarios of war Meningitis has pushed matrimony away, insisting that "The time simply never came."
DESPITE THIS, Meningitis is now a Longar and is not only allowed but EXPECTED to have an heir to inherit his properly owned land!
None can say if the old man will find himself a wife or if she will find him at this point, however. Meningitis also has a long life of more obvious failures to recall.
For every great title he has made himself there is an equally devastating battle he has lost; some titles he has gained solidly overshadowing his failures in the same events.
Whether it be his pyrrhic victory at Star Hill Fort against the Eldin in 1611, where he earned the name Black Dragon Of Kanda, or his victory over the desert tribes of southern Kanda when 10 thousand men snuck off the field of battle in the dead of night to lay waste to a nearby allied force, destroying the very village that Meningitis was to protect; there are no shortage of embarrassments for this old man to recall, even if most of the Kandia Public has forgotten them.
While he, of course, merely accepts that this is a circumstance of the life he was raised into and most Mysteria accept that they will never truly "Retire" or have any land to speak of due to the nature of their profession, having children is not barred to them and many find it more than acceptable to humbly pass on their skills to a beloved son or even daughter.
Because of his constant life in the worst scenarios of war Meningitis has pushed matrimony away, insisting that "The time simply never came."
DESPITE THIS, Meningitis is now a Longar and is not only allowed but EXPECTED to have an heir to inherit his properly owned land!
None can say if the old man will find himself a wife or if she will find him at this point, however. Meningitis also has a long life of more obvious failures to recall.
For every great title he has made himself there is an equally devastating battle he has lost; some titles he has gained solidly overshadowing his failures in the same events.
Whether it be his pyrrhic victory at Star Hill Fort against the Eldin in 1611, where he earned the name Black Dragon Of Kanda, or his victory over the desert tribes of southern Kanda when 10 thousand men snuck off the field of battle in the dead of night to lay waste to a nearby allied force, destroying the very village that Meningitis was to protect; there are no shortage of embarrassments for this old man to recall, even if most of the Kandia Public has forgotten them.
Mental Trauma
Over a decade after Meningitis became a man grown, after he'd tied up loose ends and gotten back into a working relationship with Variolus, he was serving on the Eldin front lines with his former Master.
Tearing up the field, as they normally did, Variolus became overconfident and suggested that he and Meningitis act as the tip of the spearhead to push deeper into Eldin territory; leading the the army to victory.
Agreeing in the moment but not to the full extent of the expected charge, Meningitis followed his former master deep behind enemy lines, being encircled after several hours of field combat!
Despite their initial power, they'd stretched themselves too thin and before long Meningitis and Variolus were captured along with several hundred soldiers. In captivity, after watching the gruesome torture and death of many of their own men as well as the ritual sacrifice of a Letanar that had been captured with them, Variolus turned to Meningitis and told him that he was happy that they'd gotten to become friends again and apologized once more for all of the suffering he'd caused his adopted son during his youth.
Telling Meningitis that he hoped the man would pass on his legacy without so much strain, Variolus used what power he had remaining to self destruct; immolating the entire camp where they were being held.
Able to get out and save a few officers, Meningitis and the other escapees hobbled back to camp and were instrumental in the next day's counterattack.
However, the mental damage had been done to the magic specialist.
He'd lost the only father he'd ever known... While this was many years ago, Meningitis still regularly wakes up from nightmares of the battle to escape the enemy camp, remembering the eyes of his former master as the man chanted the spell of death that would consume him and use his body as a living bomb to buy an escape for those captured.
He won't tell hardly anyone of the specific details of this event but it clearly still haunts him.
Obviously his life is full of no shortage of traumatic experiences but this is the one that still haunts his very dreams!
Tearing up the field, as they normally did, Variolus became overconfident and suggested that he and Meningitis act as the tip of the spearhead to push deeper into Eldin territory; leading the the army to victory.
Agreeing in the moment but not to the full extent of the expected charge, Meningitis followed his former master deep behind enemy lines, being encircled after several hours of field combat!
Despite their initial power, they'd stretched themselves too thin and before long Meningitis and Variolus were captured along with several hundred soldiers. In captivity, after watching the gruesome torture and death of many of their own men as well as the ritual sacrifice of a Letanar that had been captured with them, Variolus turned to Meningitis and told him that he was happy that they'd gotten to become friends again and apologized once more for all of the suffering he'd caused his adopted son during his youth.
Telling Meningitis that he hoped the man would pass on his legacy without so much strain, Variolus used what power he had remaining to self destruct; immolating the entire camp where they were being held.
Able to get out and save a few officers, Meningitis and the other escapees hobbled back to camp and were instrumental in the next day's counterattack.
However, the mental damage had been done to the magic specialist.
He'd lost the only father he'd ever known... While this was many years ago, Meningitis still regularly wakes up from nightmares of the battle to escape the enemy camp, remembering the eyes of his former master as the man chanted the spell of death that would consume him and use his body as a living bomb to buy an escape for those captured.
He won't tell hardly anyone of the specific details of this event but it clearly still haunts him.
Obviously his life is full of no shortage of traumatic experiences but this is the one that still haunts his very dreams!
Intellectual Characteristics
As any good Mysterios, Meningitis is simply a cut above the rest; not only having received one of the best educations that Kandia culture can offer but also caught in all of the necessary academic trappings of the life of a Career Magical Researcher!
Constantly hauling around codices and notes, writing and scribbling, referring to all manner of seeing stones and inventories; Meningitis spends most of his spare time lost deep in study or considering all manner of political and economic circumstances in Soterri.
Having a similar but not so grueling a training schedule for his apprentices as he once did, Meningitis gets no shortage of opportunities to review old information and keep his aging mind keen and in proper working order! Possessing of a sharp diplomatic mind as well, Meningitis is more than capable of talking courtly procedure with anyone who cares to get into it with him, able to easily make a capable embassy to the Exiled High General of The Western Kingdom Shu Hui and speaking numerous languages from around the known world; both civilized and darobia. Obsessed with history and practical engineering, Meningitis has often been referred to as "The Civil Mysterios" to his closest officers, who joke that his propensity toward building up infrastructure and focus on a center's bulk production would have made him a Civiandus if he'd not had The Gift as a child!
Indeed, Meningitis seems even more fond of the efficiency of a well oiled machine more than most Kandia and seems to understand that the roots of a society are where its power comes from and that an army marches on its stomach.
The simplest variables in the machine are what make it run best or cause its ultimate downfall!
This generally structured and scientific bent has recently inspired him to start learning modern physics and medicine under The Maiden Of Health, most appreciating Jon's lectures to the public on Germ Theory and Agricultural Sciences.
Constantly hauling around codices and notes, writing and scribbling, referring to all manner of seeing stones and inventories; Meningitis spends most of his spare time lost deep in study or considering all manner of political and economic circumstances in Soterri.
Having a similar but not so grueling a training schedule for his apprentices as he once did, Meningitis gets no shortage of opportunities to review old information and keep his aging mind keen and in proper working order! Possessing of a sharp diplomatic mind as well, Meningitis is more than capable of talking courtly procedure with anyone who cares to get into it with him, able to easily make a capable embassy to the Exiled High General of The Western Kingdom Shu Hui and speaking numerous languages from around the known world; both civilized and darobia. Obsessed with history and practical engineering, Meningitis has often been referred to as "The Civil Mysterios" to his closest officers, who joke that his propensity toward building up infrastructure and focus on a center's bulk production would have made him a Civiandus if he'd not had The Gift as a child!
Indeed, Meningitis seems even more fond of the efficiency of a well oiled machine more than most Kandia and seems to understand that the roots of a society are where its power comes from and that an army marches on its stomach.
The simplest variables in the machine are what make it run best or cause its ultimate downfall!
This generally structured and scientific bent has recently inspired him to start learning modern physics and medicine under The Maiden Of Health, most appreciating Jon's lectures to the public on Germ Theory and Agricultural Sciences.
Morality & Philosophy
Meningitis has a stern love of The Empire of Kanda and firmly adheres to the Empire's rules of honor and conduct!
While he is certainly not averse to deception when the time calls for it, like any Mysterios Meningitis exists to protect Kanda from the forces of darkness and disorder; to guard the empire from all manner of threats both within and without.
He firmly believes in the idea of being able to earn not only one's freedom but in taking hold of one's destiny by way of their own determination and hard work; always looking for those who might be trying their best to do this and nurture those motivations.
Having come from humble beginnings and having a primary apprentice that was a street urchin before he met him, Meningitis has shown himself to have a fondness for the common folk and firmly believes in holding justice over all people equally; never daring to treat a commoner as less than a noble for the sake of upholding The Law!
Nobody under his gaze is free from the consequences of their actions just because of their station! Feeling a firm respect for all of the people who live under his command in Soterri, Meningitis often goes out of his way to ensure that ALMOST everyone is as comfortable and productive as possible if he can help it.
He is ready to make compromises if things are properly explained and is inclined to put many things to a vote before making them official to gauge the collective sentiment toward something.
While he understands the will of the people, however, he also understands the need to put his foot down, be a strong leader and sometimes make decisions regardless of the will of the group. DESPITE his caring nature and constant thoughts of how to help his own, Meningitis also has very little sympathy for the enemy and will be the first in a conversation to admit to loving his job and the bloody, gory mess that generally comes with it.
He seldom understands when this makes people uncomfortable.
While he is certainly not averse to deception when the time calls for it, like any Mysterios Meningitis exists to protect Kanda from the forces of darkness and disorder; to guard the empire from all manner of threats both within and without.
He firmly believes in the idea of being able to earn not only one's freedom but in taking hold of one's destiny by way of their own determination and hard work; always looking for those who might be trying their best to do this and nurture those motivations.
Having come from humble beginnings and having a primary apprentice that was a street urchin before he met him, Meningitis has shown himself to have a fondness for the common folk and firmly believes in holding justice over all people equally; never daring to treat a commoner as less than a noble for the sake of upholding The Law!
Nobody under his gaze is free from the consequences of their actions just because of their station! Feeling a firm respect for all of the people who live under his command in Soterri, Meningitis often goes out of his way to ensure that ALMOST everyone is as comfortable and productive as possible if he can help it.
He is ready to make compromises if things are properly explained and is inclined to put many things to a vote before making them official to gauge the collective sentiment toward something.
While he understands the will of the people, however, he also understands the need to put his foot down, be a strong leader and sometimes make decisions regardless of the will of the group. DESPITE his caring nature and constant thoughts of how to help his own, Meningitis also has very little sympathy for the enemy and will be the first in a conversation to admit to loving his job and the bloody, gory mess that generally comes with it.
He seldom understands when this makes people uncomfortable.
Taboos
Along with most Kandia, Meningitis is deeply disturbed by the sight or even idea of his own people being held prisoner by an enemy force.
For the Kandia a soldier would rather die trying to escape than stay any amount of time chained to an enemy or held in their dungeons.
It gives him special discomfort to see this imprisonment be magical in nature, as was the case with The Appraiser/Lost Kensar found in the depths of The Kobori Temple Of The Ancestors.
Having personally been held as prisoner himself during his career, this sentiment runs particularly deep for Meningitis; even going so far as disturbing him to see enemies in chains instead of allowed to fight for their freedom or their death. Also like most Kandia, Meningitis cannot stand the idea of human sacrifice.
While there are extreme exceptions in Kandia Culture, human sacrifice is and has been taboo since The Time Of The Founders.
Suitably, Meningitis finds the idea of Human Sacrifice to be a barbaric institution that has no business in civilized societies and will vocally stand against such behaviors in any community within which he finds it.
For the Kandia a soldier would rather die trying to escape than stay any amount of time chained to an enemy or held in their dungeons.
It gives him special discomfort to see this imprisonment be magical in nature, as was the case with The Appraiser/Lost Kensar found in the depths of The Kobori Temple Of The Ancestors.
Having personally been held as prisoner himself during his career, this sentiment runs particularly deep for Meningitis; even going so far as disturbing him to see enemies in chains instead of allowed to fight for their freedom or their death. Also like most Kandia, Meningitis cannot stand the idea of human sacrifice.
While there are extreme exceptions in Kandia Culture, human sacrifice is and has been taboo since The Time Of The Founders.
Suitably, Meningitis finds the idea of Human Sacrifice to be a barbaric institution that has no business in civilized societies and will vocally stand against such behaviors in any community within which he finds it.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Throughout his life much of Meningitis' motivations have stemmed from his love of Kanda and his abiding desires to see the nation prosper and the men who live within it thrive from their service.
Obviously his views have evolved in time but he still holds his allegiance to Kanda and the Empire's values very closely. Recently Meningitis has been primarily motivated by the presence of Jonathan Mondragon: The Maiden Of Health.
Having gained new direction and the title of Longar of Soterri because of the Reincarnated Founder, he now dedicates his time and ambitions to making Soterri a better and more stable place for all and seeks to gain a long term partnership with Jon.
Dedicated to not just pleasing the Reincarnated Founder but also in carrying out Jon's desires, Meningitis feels he owes the founder anything that could be asked despite also seeing the Maiden Of Health as a partner in managing the Longo's needs.
Obviously his views have evolved in time but he still holds his allegiance to Kanda and the Empire's values very closely. Recently Meningitis has been primarily motivated by the presence of Jonathan Mondragon: The Maiden Of Health.
Having gained new direction and the title of Longar of Soterri because of the Reincarnated Founder, he now dedicates his time and ambitions to making Soterri a better and more stable place for all and seeks to gain a long term partnership with Jon.
Dedicated to not just pleasing the Reincarnated Founder but also in carrying out Jon's desires, Meningitis feels he owes the founder anything that could be asked despite also seeing the Maiden Of Health as a partner in managing the Longo's needs.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Meningitis is a man of many talents and an incredibly diverse set of skills but, without a doubt, he's best known for his love of engineering and practical skills.
Whenever he gets the chance he regularly inspects all of the defenses of Castan Mondragon and Castan Soterrion and calls out flaws in the designs of even the best of Siviandia.
He loves walls, gates, traps, moats and machinery of all shapes and sizes and has all manner of texts on how to build everything from sewers to siege engines!
Despite it not being his job or even his specialty in magic, it is clear that Meningitis has a soft spot for "building it right" and works hard to cultivate a discerning eye when it comes to the construction of things. Where Meningitis falls short is his general lack of civilian understanding.
Having spent his entire life at war, Meningitis has no way of understanding what it is "normal people" like or talk about! Despite being a perfectly capable diplomat to foreign dignitaries, Meningitis is a horrible dinner guest and will not hesitate when asked to relay a gory tale of gruesome battle with no shortage of bloody details and obviously tragic ends to many important lives; all of this while chuckling as if recounting some shenanigans at a weekend picnic. While he, of course, does not act out such bloody demonstration or summon visual imagery to illustrate his stories he still doesn't hesitate to talk about them when brought up and often seems far too casual about the subject of death and destruction for the preferences of the common citizen of Kanda.
It has become all too common for Meningitis to sit for dinner with some noble family and, when asked about a story from his most recent adventures, has left the entire house vomiting into their appetizers as he casually relays the most vivid and nightmarish portions of his experiences.
Because of this, Meningitis is often regarded as a horrifying, heartless and even sociopathic individual despite the fact that he has merely never spent time in regular society and never found out what it is that turns off the average person.
Whenever he gets the chance he regularly inspects all of the defenses of Castan Mondragon and Castan Soterrion and calls out flaws in the designs of even the best of Siviandia.
He loves walls, gates, traps, moats and machinery of all shapes and sizes and has all manner of texts on how to build everything from sewers to siege engines!
Despite it not being his job or even his specialty in magic, it is clear that Meningitis has a soft spot for "building it right" and works hard to cultivate a discerning eye when it comes to the construction of things. Where Meningitis falls short is his general lack of civilian understanding.
Having spent his entire life at war, Meningitis has no way of understanding what it is "normal people" like or talk about! Despite being a perfectly capable diplomat to foreign dignitaries, Meningitis is a horrible dinner guest and will not hesitate when asked to relay a gory tale of gruesome battle with no shortage of bloody details and obviously tragic ends to many important lives; all of this while chuckling as if recounting some shenanigans at a weekend picnic. While he, of course, does not act out such bloody demonstration or summon visual imagery to illustrate his stories he still doesn't hesitate to talk about them when brought up and often seems far too casual about the subject of death and destruction for the preferences of the common citizen of Kanda.
It has become all too common for Meningitis to sit for dinner with some noble family and, when asked about a story from his most recent adventures, has left the entire house vomiting into their appetizers as he casually relays the most vivid and nightmarish portions of his experiences.
Because of this, Meningitis is often regarded as a horrifying, heartless and even sociopathic individual despite the fact that he has merely never spent time in regular society and never found out what it is that turns off the average person.
Likes & Dislikes
Meningitis Likes:
Magic
Kanda
Jonathan Mondragon: The Maiden Of Health
Yuustan Abonde: Founder Of The Maiden Guard And Leconis To Jonathan Mondragon
Engineering
Combat
Justice
Orderly Patrols
Watching Children At Play
Dogs: "Noble Beasts"
Seafood
Talking With Other Experienced Warriors
Learning About Almost Anything
Fellow Soldiers
Playing Horrible But Usually Harmless Jokes On People
Destroying Creatures Of Darkness
Unamakhalu: Great Mother Of Soterri
Exercising And Training
Researching New Topics
M'Tufakhalu: Great River Of Soterri And All-Mother Of The Soterri Pantheon
ADVENTURE!!! Meningitis Dislikes:
Njoloch: The God Of The Gulf Of Disaster
Human Sacrifice
Intubakhalu: The God Of Soterri's Great Mountain Of The Same Name
Imprisonment
Rudeness / Impoliteness
Mushrooms: "It's The Texture, NOT The Taste! I Have No Problem With The Delights Of Uls! Merely The... Strange Chewiness Of A Mushroom Plain."
Milk: "It's An Ingredient, Not A Proper Drink."
Decadence
Inequality
"Negligent Parents"
Magic
Kanda
Jonathan Mondragon: The Maiden Of Health
Yuustan Abonde: Founder Of The Maiden Guard And Leconis To Jonathan Mondragon
Engineering
Combat
Justice
Orderly Patrols
Watching Children At Play
Dogs: "Noble Beasts"
Seafood
Talking With Other Experienced Warriors
Learning About Almost Anything
Fellow Soldiers
Playing Horrible But Usually Harmless Jokes On People
Destroying Creatures Of Darkness
Unamakhalu: Great Mother Of Soterri
Exercising And Training
Researching New Topics
M'Tufakhalu: Great River Of Soterri And All-Mother Of The Soterri Pantheon
ADVENTURE!!! Meningitis Dislikes:
Njoloch: The God Of The Gulf Of Disaster
Human Sacrifice
Intubakhalu: The God Of Soterri's Great Mountain Of The Same Name
Imprisonment
Rudeness / Impoliteness
Mushrooms: "It's The Texture, NOT The Taste! I Have No Problem With The Delights Of Uls! Merely The... Strange Chewiness Of A Mushroom Plain."
Milk: "It's An Ingredient, Not A Proper Drink."
Decadence
Inequality
"Negligent Parents"
Virtues & Personality perks
Meningitis' greatest virtue is, without a doubt, his unshakably loyal to the cause; both to Kanda and to the individual populace under his command.
He takes very seriously the responsibility that has been thrust upon him and spends almost every waking moment at least somewhat in thought about how to make Soterri a better place for everyone to live. To him every citizen of Soterri is not merely a number on the population statistics but a fellow soldier who he fought alongside even when they had no business needing to fight!
He would put his life on the line for any individual in Soterri and so much more for all of the lives under his command; firmly believes that a failure of his men is a failure of himself and if he had instructed them better they would have succeeded.
He takes very seriously the responsibility that has been thrust upon him and spends almost every waking moment at least somewhat in thought about how to make Soterri a better place for everyone to live. To him every citizen of Soterri is not merely a number on the population statistics but a fellow soldier who he fought alongside even when they had no business needing to fight!
He would put his life on the line for any individual in Soterri and so much more for all of the lives under his command; firmly believes that a failure of his men is a failure of himself and if he had instructed them better they would have succeeded.
Vices & Personality flaws
Meningitis is known, even to individuals not directly under his command, as a Dangerously Incurable Prankster! ("DIP" As An Insult)
While he insists that he gauges the prank for what he knows to be true about the victim's abilities... this is simply not the case and he regularly lets men walk into fireballs, sets up potentially lethal traps for his subordinates and otherwise tries to use magic or dangerous traps to make life more exciting!
Forty years of serving as a cutthroat military mysterios has obviously distanced him from what is "Normal," ensuring that his "jokes" are often a few steps past being completely unacceptable even to his peers and colleagues!
While this doesn't hold him back from being serious in the moment or from having attained a long and fruitful military career and lofty titles it HAS ensured that many do not trust him in dangerous situations to act on their own best interests. Meningitis is, simply put, a bit terrifying.
Not only does he often maintain the standard appearance of a Military Mysterios; with deep black or gray robes that sometimes move around and grab at people or things seemingly of their own accord.
Meningitis specifically wears a veil of terror around him as a huge part of his foundational reputation.
Those under his guard not only have to deal with his deadly sense of humor but must also steel themselves against tactics and even magic specifically designed to scare people to death, make their heads ache till they explode or to bring to life the very shadows at one's feet to claw their legs off!
He has been known to put entire battlefields at daylight into shadow just to bring dread to his enemies.
He has stepped into the midst of the fray and breathed fire upon half of the field, ending entire battles in seconds.
His rage allows him strength enough on the spot to crack firm stone tables with a single hand and he regularly makes examples on the field of battle by mutilating his foes with magic in plain view so that all those that follow them turn and run... only to be run down by his own soldiers, putting those retreating to the lance.
This reputation sadly leaves him regarded as a furious man who is not to be trusted by the enemy and who one best not fail in the field.
He has little in the way of real friends and has a hard time fitting in with the common people because all his life has been is terror and war.
Very few know that he has quite a soft heart and enjoys the more civilian pleasures in life like watching children play, holding and petting dogs and indulging in the peaceful act of vegetable gardening.
While he insists that he gauges the prank for what he knows to be true about the victim's abilities... this is simply not the case and he regularly lets men walk into fireballs, sets up potentially lethal traps for his subordinates and otherwise tries to use magic or dangerous traps to make life more exciting!
Forty years of serving as a cutthroat military mysterios has obviously distanced him from what is "Normal," ensuring that his "jokes" are often a few steps past being completely unacceptable even to his peers and colleagues!
While this doesn't hold him back from being serious in the moment or from having attained a long and fruitful military career and lofty titles it HAS ensured that many do not trust him in dangerous situations to act on their own best interests. Meningitis is, simply put, a bit terrifying.
Not only does he often maintain the standard appearance of a Military Mysterios; with deep black or gray robes that sometimes move around and grab at people or things seemingly of their own accord.
Meningitis specifically wears a veil of terror around him as a huge part of his foundational reputation.
Those under his guard not only have to deal with his deadly sense of humor but must also steel themselves against tactics and even magic specifically designed to scare people to death, make their heads ache till they explode or to bring to life the very shadows at one's feet to claw their legs off!
He has been known to put entire battlefields at daylight into shadow just to bring dread to his enemies.
He has stepped into the midst of the fray and breathed fire upon half of the field, ending entire battles in seconds.
His rage allows him strength enough on the spot to crack firm stone tables with a single hand and he regularly makes examples on the field of battle by mutilating his foes with magic in plain view so that all those that follow them turn and run... only to be run down by his own soldiers, putting those retreating to the lance.
This reputation sadly leaves him regarded as a furious man who is not to be trusted by the enemy and who one best not fail in the field.
He has little in the way of real friends and has a hard time fitting in with the common people because all his life has been is terror and war.
Very few know that he has quite a soft heart and enjoys the more civilian pleasures in life like watching children play, holding and petting dogs and indulging in the peaceful act of vegetable gardening.
Hygiene
Like most Kandia Meningitis is very concerned with personal hygiene, ensuring he bathes at least weekly and more often daily at Castan Soterrion's New Bathhouses.
An independent and well regimented man, Meningitis seldom sits in the bathhouse all day to tend to political and economic scheming as most do and cannot stand to make a social affair out of bathing as so many Kandia tend toward.
He sees himself as too busy to mind that sort of luxurious politicking and instead treats bathing and hygiene as a necessary utility much like eating, drinking or sleeping; true to the nature of a soldier. Despite this, Meningitis is often rather caring of his HAIR, which has yet to start thinning at all and therefor allows him a touch of youthful appearance; largely seen as a sign of power and virility in the Kandia Culture.
He is very serious to let his hair be shown on a regular basis and, while it is generally cut in a typical military fashion at the shoulders, he makes sure to take good care of it and occasionally applies oils to his hair to make it more glossy and voluminous.
While his hair is slowly starting to gray, especially with the stresses of his last few years, it still holds most of its color and people think that the steadily progressing "Silver Fox" look makes him seem wiser and more mature in a position of command.
Women of Soterri have begun talking about how the silver strands that have started appearing in his hair give him the air of an elderly gentleman worth marrying and even the men of Soterri agree that he is a man of fine appearance that many should hope to look like when they reach his age!
An independent and well regimented man, Meningitis seldom sits in the bathhouse all day to tend to political and economic scheming as most do and cannot stand to make a social affair out of bathing as so many Kandia tend toward.
He sees himself as too busy to mind that sort of luxurious politicking and instead treats bathing and hygiene as a necessary utility much like eating, drinking or sleeping; true to the nature of a soldier. Despite this, Meningitis is often rather caring of his HAIR, which has yet to start thinning at all and therefor allows him a touch of youthful appearance; largely seen as a sign of power and virility in the Kandia Culture.
He is very serious to let his hair be shown on a regular basis and, while it is generally cut in a typical military fashion at the shoulders, he makes sure to take good care of it and occasionally applies oils to his hair to make it more glossy and voluminous.
While his hair is slowly starting to gray, especially with the stresses of his last few years, it still holds most of its color and people think that the steadily progressing "Silver Fox" look makes him seem wiser and more mature in a position of command.
Women of Soterri have begun talking about how the silver strands that have started appearing in his hair give him the air of an elderly gentleman worth marrying and even the men of Soterri agree that he is a man of fine appearance that many should hope to look like when they reach his age!
Social
Contacts & Relations
Over the course of his lifetime Meningitis has thrown in with some amazing figures; both moral paragons and unsavory wretches alike!
He's sat for a meal with two different Kandaria, seen the western ocean and learned several languages of those distant lands, gone on campaign into the northern Salvinia territory, stepped foot on the shores of the Spirit Isles, tripped with Ducky Island Shamans, sailed alongside Vaennlandr traders and risen to the head of a Secret Order Militant of Kanda's Mysteria!
With this breadth of experience comes long lists of contacts and special interests that work hard to maintain regular communications with him through whatever means necessary.
From magical to mundane, foreign to domestic, Meningitis may call upon all manner of acquaintances at any time; calling in favors, requesting aid, asking for advice or just dropping down a line of communication for old time's sake!
Since his arrival in Soterri, of course, he has not been able to stay in touch with these associates but, fortunately for him, his actions are the stuff of legend!
Everyone knows what happened in Soterri so none dare hold his distance against him! Raised into a life of magic and having personally met many greater deities, Meningitis has made numerous agreements and pacts with strange and divine entities; going on adventures and performing great acts of justice in their names or even alongside their personal heralds.
Because of this he has a good many attachments to faraway deities who, while they will not obey him, will grant him a bit of power and/or speak on his behalf if asked... at least the once.
Some of these divine contacts don't even necessarily like the man but will still assist him when called, if nothing else than to repay their debts; for Meningitis has done them great services and they would be remiss if they did not seek to return the favor.
He's sat for a meal with two different Kandaria, seen the western ocean and learned several languages of those distant lands, gone on campaign into the northern Salvinia territory, stepped foot on the shores of the Spirit Isles, tripped with Ducky Island Shamans, sailed alongside Vaennlandr traders and risen to the head of a Secret Order Militant of Kanda's Mysteria!
With this breadth of experience comes long lists of contacts and special interests that work hard to maintain regular communications with him through whatever means necessary.
From magical to mundane, foreign to domestic, Meningitis may call upon all manner of acquaintances at any time; calling in favors, requesting aid, asking for advice or just dropping down a line of communication for old time's sake!
Since his arrival in Soterri, of course, he has not been able to stay in touch with these associates but, fortunately for him, his actions are the stuff of legend!
Everyone knows what happened in Soterri so none dare hold his distance against him! Raised into a life of magic and having personally met many greater deities, Meningitis has made numerous agreements and pacts with strange and divine entities; going on adventures and performing great acts of justice in their names or even alongside their personal heralds.
Because of this he has a good many attachments to faraway deities who, while they will not obey him, will grant him a bit of power and/or speak on his behalf if asked... at least the once.
Some of these divine contacts don't even necessarily like the man but will still assist him when called, if nothing else than to repay their debts; for Meningitis has done them great services and they would be remiss if they did not seek to return the favor.
Family Ties
The House Of Soterrion is so new that it has no official family ties in any way, though Meningitis will be expected to get married to a Kandia woman of appropriate station and that will presumably open up the door for familial politics throughout the Empire.
That being said, Meningitis never expected to be married, let alone start a large family and own a considerable portion of the Empire!
It will be difficult for him to consider a more mundane, domestic life.
That being said, Meningitis never expected to be married, let alone start a large family and own a considerable portion of the Empire!
It will be difficult for him to consider a more mundane, domestic life.
Religious Views
Like many from the core, Meningitis happens to be a rather strict adherent to The Cult Of The Eternal Sun; A State-Sponsored branch of the Pantheonic System of Kanda centered around the worship of the sun itself as an impersonal but obvious and central life-giving figure!
While he obviously accepts that all other deities exist and hold their own power, he cannot possibly find a single deity that would announce superiority over the sun or deny its power so, like many, he regards the Sun itself as the be all and end all of divine power at large rather than even the manifest deities that he knows to exist that embody its power! The Appearance Of Jonathan Mondragon has done little to make Meningitis reconsider his opinion that the sun reigns supreme... as The Maiden Of Health has styled himself as the "Avatar Of The Sun" to both the Kobori AND The Soterri Kandia.
Indeed it has only brought Meningitis closer to the idea that, given time, the sun will outlast everything else. Unlike many Kandia, however, Meningitis does not make a regular practice of prayer.
He does not believe that it is worthwhile to ask of the gods what one should do on their own.
Instead he seeks out deities he wishes assistance from and directly asks what they want and how he can help them attain their goals in return for mutual service and/or Favor.
Meningitis understands that Deities have their own agendas and would rather have them indebted to him instead of him being indebted to them.
While he obviously accepts that all other deities exist and hold their own power, he cannot possibly find a single deity that would announce superiority over the sun or deny its power so, like many, he regards the Sun itself as the be all and end all of divine power at large rather than even the manifest deities that he knows to exist that embody its power! The Appearance Of Jonathan Mondragon has done little to make Meningitis reconsider his opinion that the sun reigns supreme... as The Maiden Of Health has styled himself as the "Avatar Of The Sun" to both the Kobori AND The Soterri Kandia.
Indeed it has only brought Meningitis closer to the idea that, given time, the sun will outlast everything else. Unlike many Kandia, however, Meningitis does not make a regular practice of prayer.
He does not believe that it is worthwhile to ask of the gods what one should do on their own.
Instead he seeks out deities he wishes assistance from and directly asks what they want and how he can help them attain their goals in return for mutual service and/or Favor.
Meningitis understands that Deities have their own agendas and would rather have them indebted to him instead of him being indebted to them.
Social Aptitude
While considered by many to be a grim, socially unacceptable prankster who overplays his age and has never known life outside of the gore and brutality of war, (This is still so!) Meningitis is also a remarkably skilled diplomat and possesses a playful, friendly and sometimes even flirtatious demeanor around those that get on his good side and catch him while he's at his best!
Cautious in contemplation but confident in action, Meningitis possesses little in the way of ego when speaking to others and often seeks to learn an interlocutor's story and motives before trying to make any sort of agreements or diplomatic transactions with them.
Well mannered in mixed company and often observing all of the correct Kandia formalities when he can, Meningitis tends to remain a bit reserved in social situations and conserves his energy whenever possible for decisive announcements, celebratory outbursts and extremely brief moments of intimidation at the negotiation table when everyone is fighting and/or he feels like fear is the only way to seal the deal. Somewhat shy in public and with little preference for mainstream politics, Meningitis prefers to act through various trusted delegates that he assigns behind closed doors.
Keeping his circle small and tight, in his mind, allows him to exercise better control and centralization over the Longo.
Suitably he doesn't have many true friends but those under him find him to be well organized and incredibly responsible, heavily concerned with the efficiency and well being of Soterri and its people and proud of the Longo's inner workings in much the same way a craftsman is regarded as proud of his finest inventions. When he thinks he can get away with it, however, the aging Mysterios has been known to throw small parties for the most well known residents of the Longo and seldom accounts for personal wealth or political clout when sending out the invitations; instead inviting his party guests based on their knowledge, diversity of skills, how closely they align with whatever interests him at the time and their public reputations.
Despite not knowing 90% of such guests Meningitis will go out of his way to find out everything about them that he can; showcasing a curiosity one seldom gets to see in his day to day.
He will pump them for information constantly just as he stuffs food and booze into their faces. While some say that this is his way of releasing the tension of a hard soldier's life, in actuality Meningitis does this to both endear his subordinates to him as well as learn their complaints and concerns.
Soldiers respond best, in his experience, to food and drink!
It loosens the tongue, eases the worries and raises morale all around.
In this way he makes his overt shrewdness and attention to the minds of others out to be compassion and extroversion!
Cautious in contemplation but confident in action, Meningitis possesses little in the way of ego when speaking to others and often seeks to learn an interlocutor's story and motives before trying to make any sort of agreements or diplomatic transactions with them.
Well mannered in mixed company and often observing all of the correct Kandia formalities when he can, Meningitis tends to remain a bit reserved in social situations and conserves his energy whenever possible for decisive announcements, celebratory outbursts and extremely brief moments of intimidation at the negotiation table when everyone is fighting and/or he feels like fear is the only way to seal the deal. Somewhat shy in public and with little preference for mainstream politics, Meningitis prefers to act through various trusted delegates that he assigns behind closed doors.
Keeping his circle small and tight, in his mind, allows him to exercise better control and centralization over the Longo.
Suitably he doesn't have many true friends but those under him find him to be well organized and incredibly responsible, heavily concerned with the efficiency and well being of Soterri and its people and proud of the Longo's inner workings in much the same way a craftsman is regarded as proud of his finest inventions. When he thinks he can get away with it, however, the aging Mysterios has been known to throw small parties for the most well known residents of the Longo and seldom accounts for personal wealth or political clout when sending out the invitations; instead inviting his party guests based on their knowledge, diversity of skills, how closely they align with whatever interests him at the time and their public reputations.
Despite not knowing 90% of such guests Meningitis will go out of his way to find out everything about them that he can; showcasing a curiosity one seldom gets to see in his day to day.
He will pump them for information constantly just as he stuffs food and booze into their faces. While some say that this is his way of releasing the tension of a hard soldier's life, in actuality Meningitis does this to both endear his subordinates to him as well as learn their complaints and concerns.
Soldiers respond best, in his experience, to food and drink!
It loosens the tongue, eases the worries and raises morale all around.
In this way he makes his overt shrewdness and attention to the minds of others out to be compassion and extroversion!
Mannerisms
While Meningitis is actually quite a playful man and enjoys all manner of jokes, good humor and celebration, that is not the demeanor he presents to the average person.
Dragged down by many years of military service and nightmarish combat, Meningitis publicly carries himself with a sort of jaded dourness that others find unappealing and intimidating at first glance; constantly carried away by the man's reputation of terror and brutal efficiency.
He is curt, rigid and to-the-point around those he doesn't know, keeping the appearance of a grumpy old military man who has no patience or energy for talks that get nothing done. However, once one gets to know him or finds him in more comfortable circumstances the veil is quickly lifted!
Maintaining near constant good humor and proper manners; Meningitis is a somewhat reserved interlocutor that likes to crack response-jokes, works hard to cultivate an amicable environment and maintains a sort of formal tone that involves all of the "Good Man's," "My Boy's," "Young Miss's," and "If You'd Be So Kind's" that any Kandia likes to throw around so much if they think they can get away with it!
Playing into his age FAR more than he should, Meningitis loves to ask people to do things for him and dotter about as though he has forgotten where he is, only to lead those well-meaning fools trying to help him into a dangerous prank or an embarrassing realization that they've been played. Long Story Short:
When he is in mixed company he acts as a highly capable, no nonsense general type; every bit the figure that the stories make him out to be.
When he is with friends and in comfortable environs he can't get enough of being a bit of a clown; showcasing his formal diction and acting like a silly old man just to get a laugh.
Dragged down by many years of military service and nightmarish combat, Meningitis publicly carries himself with a sort of jaded dourness that others find unappealing and intimidating at first glance; constantly carried away by the man's reputation of terror and brutal efficiency.
He is curt, rigid and to-the-point around those he doesn't know, keeping the appearance of a grumpy old military man who has no patience or energy for talks that get nothing done. However, once one gets to know him or finds him in more comfortable circumstances the veil is quickly lifted!
Maintaining near constant good humor and proper manners; Meningitis is a somewhat reserved interlocutor that likes to crack response-jokes, works hard to cultivate an amicable environment and maintains a sort of formal tone that involves all of the "Good Man's," "My Boy's," "Young Miss's," and "If You'd Be So Kind's" that any Kandia likes to throw around so much if they think they can get away with it!
Playing into his age FAR more than he should, Meningitis loves to ask people to do things for him and dotter about as though he has forgotten where he is, only to lead those well-meaning fools trying to help him into a dangerous prank or an embarrassing realization that they've been played. Long Story Short:
When he is in mixed company he acts as a highly capable, no nonsense general type; every bit the figure that the stories make him out to be.
When he is with friends and in comfortable environs he can't get enough of being a bit of a clown; showcasing his formal diction and acting like a silly old man just to get a laugh.
Hobbies & Pets
Meningitis Owns A Giant Rock Python that he received from The Lord Of The Senses when the fleet bound for Soterri left to expand the borders of the empire.
He has bonded very closely with the creature and made her his leading familiar; able to communicate with her and allowing her to defeat the limitations of her biology through magic to be a better companion to her master.
Her name is Lance! Just over 26 feet long and weighing no less than 420 pounds on her thinnest of days, Lance is a surprisingly nimble creature possessing of a low cunning along with exceptional stealth and strength!
Able to subtly change her shade and coloration to blend in with anything from rocks to sand to grassy slopes, Lance can communicate with Meningitis via a telepathic link but cannot otherwise hear, as snakes don't have ears.
Along with the necessity of her bulk, magic reinforces her body and allows her to strike with force enough to knock out or even kill a trained soldier with a single blow without ever needing to wrap them up.
If wrapping IS required, she is readily able to crush a man covered in steel plates to death in seconds if allowed.
Despite the fact that she is not an armored creature, her hide is resilient and resists blades, clubs and spears.
Furthermore the magic that has changed her has made her considerably more resistant to damage of all sorts!
Any damage she does sustain is so quickly healed as to often be visible! As you might imagine, Lance is a large snake that requires large prey.
However, Meningitis generally doesn't need to worry, as she can fend for herself; having grown up in the dangerous jungles surrounding Ta Fanusia Hyanus.
She has been known to consume crocodiles, antelope, small buffalo and other such human sized creatures whole with little to no difficulty.
Having enhanced magical abilities and being now far more intelligent than she used to be allows her to hunt far more successfully and even to work alongside humans to get herself an easier meal!
It is not uncommon to see her slithering about near Castan Mondragon with the local hunters, who have grown to both fear and respect her immensity; Snakes being a very common theme in Kobori Mythos. Despite Lance being his main familiar, Meningitis also possesses many other animals, most of which are used to harvest body parts and bred for components to rituals and spells.
He has bonded very closely with the creature and made her his leading familiar; able to communicate with her and allowing her to defeat the limitations of her biology through magic to be a better companion to her master.
Her name is Lance! Just over 26 feet long and weighing no less than 420 pounds on her thinnest of days, Lance is a surprisingly nimble creature possessing of a low cunning along with exceptional stealth and strength!
Able to subtly change her shade and coloration to blend in with anything from rocks to sand to grassy slopes, Lance can communicate with Meningitis via a telepathic link but cannot otherwise hear, as snakes don't have ears.
Along with the necessity of her bulk, magic reinforces her body and allows her to strike with force enough to knock out or even kill a trained soldier with a single blow without ever needing to wrap them up.
If wrapping IS required, she is readily able to crush a man covered in steel plates to death in seconds if allowed.
Despite the fact that she is not an armored creature, her hide is resilient and resists blades, clubs and spears.
Furthermore the magic that has changed her has made her considerably more resistant to damage of all sorts!
Any damage she does sustain is so quickly healed as to often be visible! As you might imagine, Lance is a large snake that requires large prey.
However, Meningitis generally doesn't need to worry, as she can fend for herself; having grown up in the dangerous jungles surrounding Ta Fanusia Hyanus.
She has been known to consume crocodiles, antelope, small buffalo and other such human sized creatures whole with little to no difficulty.
Having enhanced magical abilities and being now far more intelligent than she used to be allows her to hunt far more successfully and even to work alongside humans to get herself an easier meal!
It is not uncommon to see her slithering about near Castan Mondragon with the local hunters, who have grown to both fear and respect her immensity; Snakes being a very common theme in Kobori Mythos. Despite Lance being his main familiar, Meningitis also possesses many other animals, most of which are used to harvest body parts and bred for components to rituals and spells.
Relationships
Wealth & Financial state
As any frugal Military man with four decades of experience, recently forced out of active duty by way of Imperial Honors and political pressures, Meningitis has gathered a fairly comical amount of riches by way of combat and campaign.
So vast indeed are the funds promised to him by the military industrial complex of Kanda that Soterri simply doesn't have the economy to pay him what he's due, though fortunately all potential claims to land and lease he may have been owed or taken hold of in his career were mercifully forfeit when he took the title of Longar!
While this means he no longer receives a monthly wage from The Capital for his service in the military it does not mean the aging Mysterios is any less inclined toward adventure and may still lay claim to anything he finds in his territory so long as he pays the appropriate tax! As A Longar Meningitis must pay his fair share of taxes and ensure that the economy of Longo Soterri runs smoothly.
However, Beyond that it's largely open season on how he handles his riches and the riches brought in from Soterri itself.
Being a Longar, while it has no necessary state pay, often involves considerable wealth; the ability to set taxes within certain parameters, the ability to set down regional edicts, the management of countless budding businesses and companies in the region and to call upon what resources the Longo may provide at his whim.
By becoming Longar of Soterri Meningitis has set himself up to grow some very sizable coffers, especially considering the yet to be discovered riches of the region!
So vast indeed are the funds promised to him by the military industrial complex of Kanda that Soterri simply doesn't have the economy to pay him what he's due, though fortunately all potential claims to land and lease he may have been owed or taken hold of in his career were mercifully forfeit when he took the title of Longar!
While this means he no longer receives a monthly wage from The Capital for his service in the military it does not mean the aging Mysterios is any less inclined toward adventure and may still lay claim to anything he finds in his territory so long as he pays the appropriate tax! As A Longar Meningitis must pay his fair share of taxes and ensure that the economy of Longo Soterri runs smoothly.
However, Beyond that it's largely open season on how he handles his riches and the riches brought in from Soterri itself.
Being a Longar, while it has no necessary state pay, often involves considerable wealth; the ability to set taxes within certain parameters, the ability to set down regional edicts, the management of countless budding businesses and companies in the region and to call upon what resources the Longo may provide at his whim.
By becoming Longar of Soterri Meningitis has set himself up to grow some very sizable coffers, especially considering the yet to be discovered riches of the region!
Divine Classification
Hero / Deified Political Figure / Functionally A "Saint"
Alignment
Functionally Lawful Good
Current Location
Realm
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Imperial Longar Of Longo Soterri
Head Mysterios Of Longo Soterri
Holder Of Death
Champion Of Extinction
The Grand Discoverer
The Temple Delver
The Wayfinder
The Passage Holder
Grand Diplomat To The West
Explorer Of The Feminine
Head Mysterios Of Longo Soterri
Holder Of Death
Champion Of Extinction
The Grand Discoverer
The Temple Delver
The Wayfinder
The Passage Holder
Grand Diplomat To The West
Explorer Of The Feminine
Professions
Date of Birth
16th Of Warring, 1576
Year of Birth
1576 BCV
56 Years old
Circumstances of Birth
Unwanted And Sickly ~ Given To A Passing Mysterios As A Child
Birthplace
A Small Island In Eira Kandia
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Castan Mondragon, Longo Soterri
Pronouns
He/Him
Gender
Male
Eyes
Almond Shaped Hazel Eyes, Dark, Sullen
Hair
Shoulder Length, Brown But Graying, Wavy
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Caramel, Lightly Freckled/Blemished, Surprisingly Lustrous For His Age
Height
5' 9" (175.25 cm)
Weight
232 lbs (105.233 kg)
Quotes & Catchphrases
"It comes to my attention that the institution of slavery, in Longo Soterri... Is not presently affordable nor practical.
~~ Meningitis Upon Issuing The Statement Of Manumission For The Slaves Of Castan Mondragon "Now if it is ENTIRELY apparent to everyone, I can strike the table much harder than any of you so I don't want to hear anymore hands hitting this surface, lest THIS hand hit you in return!"
~~ Meningitis' Threat To His Squabbling Court "If I didn't know better I'd think that you were planning something far less savory for these children, Young Miss Unamakhalu..."
~~ Meningitis To Unamakhalu Upon Finding Plans For Her Orphan Schools
~~ Meningitis Upon Issuing The Statement Of Manumission For The Slaves Of Castan Mondragon "Now if it is ENTIRELY apparent to everyone, I can strike the table much harder than any of you so I don't want to hear anymore hands hitting this surface, lest THIS hand hit you in return!"
~~ Meningitis' Threat To His Squabbling Court "If I didn't know better I'd think that you were planning something far less savory for these children, Young Miss Unamakhalu..."
~~ Meningitis To Unamakhalu Upon Finding Plans For Her Orphan Schools
Aligned Organization
Getia
Hu-Lao
Eldinia
Ditwina
Ducky Isles Daroba
Southern Desert Daroba
Vaennlandr
Salvinia Daroba
Numerous Other Languages From Around The Globe Recently He Has Begun Studying PeaceTongue Via A Tome From The Place Of Peace Unlike many mortals, Meningitis is able to fluently speak a few divine languages, having spent years serving and even battling the gods of the land when necessary.
Most importantly, he speaks Kandia Pantheonic CourtSpeak; allowing him to freely and fluently address the main deities of Kanda in their own tongue so as to show them the respect they deserve.
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