Jiraiya Amador
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Jiraiya Amador was the Younger Brother or Cousin of the Legendary Founder & Patriarch of the House of Amador, Jack Amador. Jiraiya was titled the Count of Vendere, before consolidating the Amador holdings into the County of Crestfall, with himself as the titular Count. during the first settlements of Asulon.
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Origins
For the Myths surrounding Jiraiya's Origins, please see Here.
The Consensus of the Current House of Amador (1914) stands that Jiraiya Amador was the Human Son of Joren and younger brother of Jack Amador, that they started as subsistence farmers close to the coast, not raided by orcs, but were instead met by Zafus who taught them how to become successful merchants. Of the two, Jiraiya was the far more successful merchant, but did not carry his elder brother's authority. Upon transitioning to Asulon & receiving their education, one of them spotted the opportunity hidden in the Eastern Isles of Asulon, which they would later conquer & settle with the help of Arthur Amador.
Adulthood
Economic Guilds
Throughout his life, Jiraiya Amador was heavily involved in the Guilds of Asulon, leveraging their relationships within these organizations for the betterment of the House of Amador. From the outset, Jiraiya was first involved with the Miner's and Architect's Guild from an early adulthood, later using the business relations in the guild to purchase material for the construction of Vendere. Early into their lives, The Miner's Guild provided the House of Amador with food, accommodation & their tools in exchange for their work, before the construction of their home in the Holy Lands.
A more mysterious guild Jiraiya was a part of was known as the 'Ivory Empire', which appeared to be an organization that intended to build new settlements, but was ineffective and poorly led.
Once Crestfall was established in 1378, merging Vendere with the High-Elven City of Ceru, Jiraiya supported two guilds within the port city, though it is unknown if he was a member of these organizations. The first was the Hero's Brotherhood, an adventuring guild that acted as a hub for the hiring of mercenaries in times of conflict. The second was known as the Arcane Delvers, a scholarly society which wished to gather intelligent minds to discover and understand the mysteries of the world through the study of ancient knowledge.
Elven Slave Trade
Though some may consider it shameful to admit or recognise, it is a little known fact that Jiraiya was involved in the purchase of several Elven slaves during their stewardship of the House of Amador's lands.
A Bill of Sale for a Dark Elf named Sadia is known to exist in the Archives of the House of Amador. The Dark Elf was purchased for the sum of five-thousand mina and was understood to have been used as a domestic servant of the House of Amador, eventually gaining their freedom via adoption into the family. However, the documents regarding this are lost.
Given the rumour that the House of Amador may also have had some of Malin's blood in its ancestry, the involvement in the Elven Slave Trade is all the more distasteful to some, but the later adoption into the family might also give insight into the House's more meritocratic values. Given that the Amadors were close to the High Elves of Ceru from c.1370 to 1420, it may be that any suppression of objection was racially motivated by those present.
Count of Crestfall
Following the Battle of the Lone Island on the 11th of the Deep Cold, 1399, Jack Amador was granted Pontifical recognition as Duke of the Holy Lands. This led to a wholesale consolidation of the lands that were under the jurisdiction of the House of Amador. Consequently, Jack Amador enfeoffed Jiraiya as Count of Crestfall , which had grown from a small hamlet into a sizable port on the straits between the Sea of Renatus and the open ocean.
Claim to the Dukedom of the Holy Lands
In 1403, discontentment over Jack Amador's absentee leadership triggered a confrontation within the City of Crestfall and within the House of Amador.
The Crestfall council, the bureaucratic body that was responsible for the oversight of the port city and answered to the Count of Crestfall, Jiraiya, published an open petition, calling for the removal of Jack Amador as Duke of the Holy Lands. They wished to replace Jack for his younger brother, Jiraiya, citing an absentee leadership that was more interested in collecting unjust taxes on the population.
However, the situation was ultimately defused when Jack Amador returned from a diplomatic trip to the Kingdom of Salvus and then stayed in the Holy Lands to tend to his people. In truth, Jack Amador travelled often to the Kingdoms of Salvus and the Kingdom of Renatus, both of whom were of great importance to the Holy Lands.
Death
The demise of Jiraiya Amador or his wife, Jessica, remain largely unknown, even to the House of Amador.
Daniel Amador, a distant descendant of Jack and Jiraiya, who left Asulon with the rest of the House of Amador, believed an unknown entity pursued & killed members of Amador family on the transition to Elysium. However, Unlike some of the Amador Family, Jiraiya survived to travel first to Elysium, KalosAnthos & The Fringe. By the time he goes missing from the Historical record, circa 1457, Jiraiya Amador was an old man past his One-Hundredth year of his birth. It is a common assumption, therefore that Jiraiya died of extreme old age and fed into the myth that Jiraiya carried some of Malin's blood in his veins.
Personality
Unlike his more martial elder brother, Jiraiya Amador possessed all the traits that many Amadors admire in the present day. Jiraiya was a scholarly and intelligent individual, who overtook the more monotonous tasks of stewardship in Vendere & Crestfall, whilst his elder brother met with diplomatic representatives and attempted strong leadership. Their thrift & keen money-management became one of the most enduring values of the Noble house for centuries to come. Jiraiya was a diligent human, who worked hard for the House of Amador and it can be argued that, without his support, Jack Amador's conquest may have been fleeting and foolhardy.
