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I. Torvik the Founder
The founder of Margel was born on the island of Granhyldr (now South Island, Zimia) to a family of a respected seafarer among his peers. No images of Torvik have survived, but he is described in chronicles as a tall man with a very developed musculature, ashen hair, and emerald-gold eyes. Some historical records even state that he could wield a two-handed sword with one hand.
Like other people in his profession, Torvik, as a seafarer, had to participate in raids on merchant ships and settlements in warmer and more prosperous lands. Having gained experience, prestige, and the necessary resources, he became the captain of his own ship and preferred not to kill unnecessarily. He ordered those who did not resist to be released and left them with the minimum amount of food necessary. At first, this principled approach seemed strange to his comrades, but over time, thanks to his charisma and competent leadership, it became contagious – the sailors began to enjoy feeling like not pirates, but noble sea rovers protecting the well-being of their families. Over the years, the number of ships under Torvik's command steadily grew, and he decided to try to change the paradigm of his people's existence forever.
Under Torvik's leadership, men, women, and even children, taking on the role of travelers and settlers, set out for the then-uninhabited territories of the south, whose warm climate and black soil promised them a completely different life from their native island. Thus, Margel was founded.
Their new life, however, turned out to be not so simple – to avoid invasion from the neighboring kingdom of Sidgemort, they had to become its vassals and regularly pay a very large part of their harvest as tribute. Torvik and his people were not satisfied with such a relationship, so a decade later, having gained trust with his love of freedom and charisma, he incited the peasants of Sidgemort, oppressed by the aristocracy, to an armed rebellion. After the end of the civil war, Torvik became the new king, and the state was named Margel, after the name of the new capital.
Most historians, both imperial and foreign, give Torvik the Founder an exclusively positive assessment, and in the records of his contemporaries, he is described as a virtuous man and a just ruler.
Effect on choice: +5 Strength or +5 Endurance.
The founder of Margel was born on the island of Granhyldr (now South Island, Zimia) to a family of a respected seafarer among his peers. No images of Torvik have survived, but he is described in chronicles as a tall man with a very developed musculature, ashen hair, and emerald-gold eyes. Some historical records even state that he could wield a two-handed sword with one hand.
Like other people in his profession, Torvik, as a seafarer, had to participate in raids on merchant ships and settlements in warmer and more prosperous lands. Having gained experience, prestige, and the necessary resources, he became the captain of his own ship and preferred not to kill unnecessarily. He ordered those who did not resist to be released and left them with the minimum amount of food necessary. At first, this principled approach seemed strange to his comrades, but over time, thanks to his charisma and competent leadership, it became contagious – the sailors began to enjoy feeling like not pirates, but noble sea rovers protecting the well-being of their families. Over the years, the number of ships under Torvik's command steadily grew, and he decided to try to change the paradigm of his people's existence forever.
Under Torvik's leadership, men, women, and even children, taking on the role of travelers and settlers, set out for the then-uninhabited territories of the south, whose warm climate and black soil promised them a completely different life from their native island. Thus, Margel was founded.
Their new life, however, turned out to be not so simple – to avoid invasion from the neighboring kingdom of Sidgemort, they had to become its vassals and regularly pay a very large part of their harvest as tribute. Torvik and his people were not satisfied with such a relationship, so a decade later, having gained trust with his love of freedom and charisma, he incited the peasants of Sidgemort, oppressed by the aristocracy, to an armed rebellion. After the end of the civil war, Torvik became the new king, and the state was named Margel, after the name of the new capital.
Most historians, both imperial and foreign, give Torvik the Founder an exclusively positive assessment, and in the records of his contemporaries, he is described as a virtuous man and a just ruler.
Effect on choice: +5 Strength or +5 Endurance.