Garlogos the Great

Garlogos (The Great) of Treehold was a theologian, writer, and philosopher who lived in the late Iron and early Netherite ages. His writings were extremely influential during the medieval period, and he was instrumental in translating many important documents from their native languages to Common. His rhetorical style was emulated by countless successors, called "Garlogians".
Garlogos was born around -100 PC in Treehold, then a small village. Most knowledge about his early life comes from his own diary, the earliest copies of which date back to his teenage years. According to Garlogos, he was very shy as a child and, although a bright student, struggled with forming friendships. He went to college in Oases to study literature and language. While studying at university, he took an interest in exploring other cultures, especially those of the Other People. He learned Ender and Testif from his expeditions and took on a personal project to transcribe and then translate their oral histories.
The written works of Garlogos span several genres. He wrote many essays explaining the habits and culture of Overworld Enders. He also penned many political tracts, most of them arguing against Nether colonialism and potential imperial expansions into the End. His antiwar beliefs often garnered criticism from his peers, and on one occasion he was exiled from Oases and ordered to never return.
He was always a conscientious objector to war, and he managed to avoid conscription into the Nether Wars on two occasions. The first occasion happened when he was at university, but he was too sick to fight and was able to hold out from service. During this time, he composed the epic poem "Song of Creation," which he wrote by combining various races' perspectives on Theogeny, the Diamond Age, and the Fall.
Garlogos described his philosophical stance as "contentedism," a term he made up to describe his anti-imperial, anti-expansionist beliefs. According to him, attempts to grow nations and powers beyond reasonable limits, and especially into other dimensions, only created needless violence and misery on all sides. He also espoused egalitarian beliefs and wrote many essays decrying racial hatred. Many will credit him for the importance of such ideas during the tumultuous period of the Nether Wars and the Fallen Kingdom. When his essay "The Necessity of the Four", a tract criticising colonialism of the Nether and mistreatment of the Enders, Testif, and Piglins, was published, it was translated into 15 languages and well-received across the world. Some will say the essay was instrumental in cooling relations between the Nether and Overworld at the end of the Wars.
He continued to write late into his life. However, his method of gathering information by traveling to other places was halted by his accident. While living with Villagers in the savannah town of Ewadi, Garlogos fell out of an acacia tree and broke his right hip and femur. The fracture healed incorrectly thanks to insufficient medical technology, and it made it extremely painful for him to walk or do much physical activity at all. Because of his disability, he could not be conscripted for the final Nether War. He spent the last years of his life either bedbound or in need of a pushchair. Despite this, he continued to pen poetry and philosophical musings, sometimes dictating his latest ideas to his students (who helped him with his pushchair).

During his lifetime, Garlogos crossed paths with Peter Chase the Dragonhearted, who took a liking to his rhetorical style and sage advice. The king planned on giving him a position as the high scribe of the court. However, Garlogos died before this could happen. Peter the Dragonhearted gave the position to his student, Telemarga of Anatorca, instead. His legacy lives on as a codifier of antiwar and egalitarian sentiment, and a champion of an eloquent yet humorous writing style.

"Ignorance breeds hatred, and so knowledge is its antidote. I have walked with the Other and I no longer fear it; therefore I shall not hate it either." --Garlogos the Great