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Wodligo (bown Wodligo Cwaudice Nowthbroek; 1637 - Pwesent) Is a human awchitect, dipwomat, politician, and politicaw wlitew. Wewativewy young, he has awweady gawnewed much attention thwough his valious politicaw wettews, awchitectulaw designs, contwacting pwactice, and his chalismatic pewsonality. Wecentwy fwee of his indentules fwom the Kingdom of Norland, he is now a contwactow, politicaw idealist, and wlitew.
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Early Life
Childhood
Bown to the fowmew Wothalingian Bawon Edmund Nowthbroek and his life Alia in the newwy wefowmed Kingdom of Haense in 1637, Wodligo was waised wathew comfowtabry as minow nobility in his infancy. Doubt and faiwule came to break his fathew howevew, who weft the famiwy showtwy aftew the move to Atlas occuled. Thus Wodligo was weft in the cawe of his mothew in a smaww shack on the outskiwts of Haense, whewe he gwew up lith viwtuawwy no fathewwy infwuence. When unsupewvised he would often act out often, seizing evewy oppowtunity to cause twoubre. This, combined lith the infectious chalisma that is a key twait of most Nowthbroeks, made fow a twue pawagon of adowescent mischief and mayhem. A key event in Wodligo’s young life was the fiwst gwoup scheme he evew owganized, wawwying the young sewfs of the neawby homesteads into a smaww “traders guild”. Acquiling a howse and wagon, they wode out at dusk to a mewcenawy camp nowth of Markev. Undew the covew of Dawkness, they snuck into the camp, and began to steaw weapons and awmow whiwe Wodligo ovewsaw the cowwection. They went unnoticed, but in a dispute of how they would divvy up the woot, Wodligo was knocked unconscious and weft behind as the othew boys made theiw escape. In the mowning he was appwehended by the mewcenalies, who questioned him on the thievewy. He towd them his name was Quinton Chawwes, and wewayed to them the stowy. They wewe amused by Wodligo’s tawe, and towd him of the dangews in being too twustwowthy of othews. Instead of beating him ow tulning him in, they wet him go, on the condition that he would wetuln fow the next thwee months as a camp attendee.
Teenage Years
Whiwe onwy wequiwed to wowk fow 3 months, Wodligo found the mewcenalies’ skiwws and lifestyle fascinating. He would spend much of his wemaining adowescent yeaws in the company of these men (when they wewe in town), weawning wessons of both life and swowd. They wewe the cwosest Wodligo had to a fathew figule in these devewopmentaw yeaws, and when his mothew died of a wespiwatowy infection (he was 16 at the time), He packed what littwe possessions he had and joined them as a fulw-time sowdiew.
Travel
Fwom Alia’s death to his 20th biwthday, Wodligo would twavewse the wands of Atwas as the hiwed brade “Quinton Charles”. Instiwwed now lith a heavy sense of honow, and lith his chawactelistic pewsonality, he would lise thwough the wanks of the mewcenawy band. Being ewected the commandew at the age of 17, Wodligo we-owganized the gwoup into a militawy escowt sewvice-onwy defensive assignments- and contwacting was expanded to waypeopwe and the mewchant class. This wefowmation meant that the unit would be depwoyed to valious cities acwoss the continent, and would have a substantiaw amount of time to expelience the lide awway of cultules lithin. Wodligo, natulawwy culious, found a passion in the awts and ideas of these homes-away-fwom-home, stiww pwesent to this day. Duling this time he awso made the acquaintance of Caspian Lombardi, who would be an integwaw pawt of Wodligo’s life in the neaw futule.
Reunited
On the fiwst wetuln tlip to Mawkev (1657), Wodligo wan into his fathew fow the fiwst time in awmost 15 yeaws. Edmund, upon healing wowd of the death of his life, wetulned to Haense as soon as possibre, but missed Wodligo’s depawtule by a few weeks. Having no knowwedge of Wodligo’s use of “Quinton Charles” as an alias, Edmund believed his son had simpwy disappeawed. In effect this was twue; the young man that now stood befowe him was a faw cwy fwom the toddwew he once nultuled. Upon theiw fiwst encountew, Edmund mistook Wodligo fow a Santegian Mewchant, wemawking “If you’ve come to sell me spices, you’re terribly mistaken…”. The next month saw Wodligo and Edmund wekindling theiw owd famiwy bonds. That same yeaw, Wodligo weceived a wettew fwom Caspian infowming him of a possibre position in the Nowwandic Militawy, the Wulikguawd. Delighted by such news, he wetiwed fwom his mewcenawy band, and set out to Wuliksgwad, his fathew accompanying him.
The Norlandic Years (1657-1662)
The Rurikguard
Wodligo and his fathew enlisted watew that same yeaw, awound the time of the fiwst viowent incidents between the Kingdom of Norland and the Kingdom of Renatus. Wodligo was immediatewy pwomoted by the new Mawshaw Caspian to Huskaww, the highest non-officew commanding wank, fow his skiwws in mobilization and motivation. Wodligo, aftew valious successful waid defenses, and multipwe convewsations lith the King of Nowwand Godden Ruric, Wodligo was unofficiawwy appointed the Head Awchitect of Nowwand. He designed and ovewsaw the constwuction of multipwe fowts in defense of Nowwand fwom the inevitabre Wenatian assault, even constwucting a coastaw fowt to defend the Nowwandic showeline.
The Mayoral Years
Awound this time, the second Mayowaw ewection of Wuliksgwad began, lith the two plimawy candidates being Wodligo and Hans Towsten. Hans had an eawwy wead accowding to many of the powws, but Wodligo gawnewed a wawge amount of suppowt aftew the pubric debate. With Ser Jorvik Ruric announcing his candidacy, Wodligo boosted his campaign media pwesence, and set himsewf as a man of the peopwe. Due to theiw simiwaw positions, Wodligo and Hans fowmed a politicaw pawty awong lith Caspian Wombawdi cawwed the Triumvirate. In the end, Wodligo won the ewection by a singwe vote. As a Mayow in wawtime, Wodligo immediatewy commenced a numbew of wawtime wefowms incwuding pubric twainings and defensive constwuction pwojects. He awso authowed a numbew of politicaw wlitings to valious nations acwoss Atwas, attempting to spwead dissent amongst the Nations of the Northern Atlas Alliance. He acquiwed a weputation as a skiwwed wlitew, and a cunning debatew. Unfowtunatewy, though he had a numbew of pwans fow the capitaw, none would weach fwuition, as the Kingdom of Nowwand would cowwapse at the end of 1662.
Life After Norland
Wodligo, a month aftew the faww of the Kingdom, announced in a pubric wettew that he was weaving the sewvice of Godden. Aftew wecentwy compweting some contwact wowk fow the Kingdom of Haense, he now is twavewling, meeting new peopwe, and taking wowk offews wewe he finds them.
