Gail Cordius
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Gail Cordius is a Human who is known for their service to the both Talon's Grotto and Talon's Port. Gail served as a long-term council member in Talon's Grotto before being appointed to the position of Sovereign of the Depths in Year 1794 of the First Era.
History
Gail Cordius was born in Year 1751 of the First Era within the city of Helena in the Holy Orenian Empire. His parents were relatively low-class citizens within the city, and Gail set out on his own at an early age. Throughout his childhood, he picked up on and was taught the art of combat through multiple sources, and was known to be capable of defending himself.
In Year 1769 of the First Era, Gail was called to the city of Talon's Grotto by his childhood friend, Nathaniel Goldblight to take up a position within the city. Gail was appointed first as a personal guard for Nathaniel, before the young Sovereign, wanting to fill the council with those he could trust, later appointed Gail as the Minister of Law within the city in Year 1771 of the Second Era. It was in this time that Gail met his future wife, Aeline, who he later married in Year 1779 of the First Era.
During Gail's tenure beneath Nathaniel, he drafted a lawbook for the city, some laws of which still apply within Talon's Port to this day. Besides this, Gail used his position to subsequently enforce the laws of the city, where there was a lack of a sufficient guard force.
As time continued to pass, Gail saw the reign of four different Sovereigns, each of whom decided to keep him on the council. As time passed, the Minister of Law position became more irreverent, before a movement passed by James Avery eliminated the Minister of Law position in favor of a Minister of Defense position, to which Gail was immediately appointed once more. During the years of James' rule, Gail took impromptu control of a multitude of Talon's Grotto's functions. More specifically, he worked on a series of public works projects such as setting up a ferry between Sutica and Talon's Grotto, and completely redesigning the city from the ground up.
After James Avery stepped down from his position as Sovereign in Year 1794 of the Second Era, the council voted unanimously on appointing Gail as the next Sovereign of the Depths. Upon obtaining the position, Gail set out to reform Talon's Grotto into a true nation on the world stage. The disasters that struck Talon's Grotto in Year 1796 of the Second Era caused his plans for Talon's Grotto to go unused as the citizens were forced to evacuate to the new land of Almaris on the World Ship, which Gail had recently ordered be repaired.
Upon reaching the shores of Almaris in Year 0 of the Second Era, Gail immediately began to plan the city of Talon's Port with his council. Citizens of Talon's Grotto spent many long years constructing their new city, though in Year 5 of the Second Era, it was finally fully constructed within the southern jungles of the newfound continent.
In Year 11 of the Second Era, Gail managed to get Talon's Port recognized as an official nation of Almaris, raising them from the status of a simple city state Talon's Port had been before, finally achieving the goal sought after by each Sovereign before himself.
In Year 14 of the Second Era, tragedy struck. A band of mercenaries, later identified as the Metenian Company, infiltrated the city of Talon's Port, with their goal being to assassinate Gail. Although the mercenaries were eventually defeated by the Talon's Port Militia, Gail's leg had to be amputated after the battle, having suffered a direct hit from an opponent's warhammer which shattered his bones.
Appearance
Gail Cordius is a 6'1" Human with deep brown eyes and chocolate brown hair. He has a crooked nose from a multitude of sparring run-ins, and is always seen with a well-trimmed mustache. He typically sports a light lavender shirt with a white sash across it, and wears moderately sized black boots. As of his later years, he tended to be seen with expertly carved wooden crutches, his right leg cleanly amputated from the knee down.
Family
Near the beginning of his tenure as Minister of Law in Talon's Grotto, Gail married an Elven woman known as Aeline, a citizen of the city when he had arrived. He had two Adunian children with Aeline. The first child, Lelina Cordius, was born in Year 1784 of the First Era, while their second child, Valerie Cordius, was born in Year 0 of the Second Era just mere moments after the World Ship disembarked at the shore of Almaris. Valerie is thought to be the first child ever born on Almaris. In Year 5 of the Second Era, Valerie was temporarily kidnapped by the orcs of Krugmar, but a swift recuse effort from an escaped Krugmar slave managed to return her to Talon's Port safely.
