Armand Riesgaard
Galencian Socialogist
Armand spent much of his life travelling about northwest Tarien - visiting the famous capitals of New Kharolin, Pash-tiand Nosferius - studying the interactions between members of each society and recording his thoughts in a journal. His observations proved insightful, especially concerning the power dynamics - often far more subtle than those found in Human society - between different members of these far older and far more rigid culutres. He regularly published his theories in a short articles funded by the Galencian crown who's diplomatic core found his work especially helpful in foreign relations. He expanded his studies later in life, spending a three seperate summers wandering the Orkish Hills and coming to a greater understanding of Orkish culture, claiming that their society maybe the purest form of social relations on Tarien. After these theories about Orks were published, he was granted special dispensation by Thantherian Styvalhyme to visit New Solarin despite the fact that the Soulmeliti Forests remained closed during their century and half of mourning. The pride of the Soulmeliti was clearly too great to leave their culture out of Armand's studies, no matter how barbaric those studies might be.
Beyond his socialogical work, Armand is famous for his work with glass and metal, fashioning strange devises that one wears on their nose to improve eyesight. Through trial and error, Aramand claimed that he could create a lens for anyone's eyes that would allow them to see better than the day they were born. The process, unforutnately, proved quite expensive as their was much error involved in his trial and error. Worse, the faithful of Arimathica began to offer greater healing around problems of vision once Armands "glasses" became public. The acoloytes would wander the streets of Geyla, blessing all those whose vision was lacking and refusing to collect the usual donation that such a healing would require. Given the time and expense of their creation compared to a simple miracle of faith, Armand's "glasses" never grew in popularity.