Danaan 3291 – Deoch 13

By Danaan 3291 over a century had passed since the end of the Shadows War. Even though Chadul’s minions had been defeated by the discovery of the element light Chadul himself still fought on. It was said that the real power behind the Loures throne still remained firmly in the hands of Chadul, more specifically his Sgrios/Dubhaim allies and the remnants of the Anaman Pact.

While the rest of Temuair lingered on in the Dark Ages, attempting to rebuild, in the city of Rucesion a baby boy was born under the most peculiar of circumstances. It was said the day the boy was born a fiery comet was seen streaking across Temuair from Mileth, to Loures, and finally over Rucesion.

No one knew who the father was. Julia Ramanayan Caesar had discovered her pregnancy after returning from a pilgrimage to Loures. While she remembered nothing, any chances of recovering her memory died with her – as she died in childbirth. As per the dying Julia’s request the boy was given the name of Dorch along with the family name Ramanayan and the lineage name of Caesar.

Young Dorch was raised under the care of his uncle Flavius Ramanayan Caesar, a prominent Rucesion businessman who owned a small fleet of fishing ships. However, due to the negative connotation of the name Dorch the boy quickly adopted the name Gnaeus, although by that time he was usually just referred to as Ramanayan.

By an early age young Ramanayan had learned to read and write and was always eager to expand his knowledge. When the Luathas shrine was restored in Rucesion he began studying theology and history there. One day in Deoch 6 Ramanayan, while studying in the Luathas shrine, was overcome by a powerful seizure and collapsed at the base of the statue of Luathas.

Ramanayan remembered nothing when he recovered several hours later but was almost certain something had happened to him while he was out. However the news of young Ramanayan’s collapse was quickly overshadowed when word arrived the next day that High Councilor Cyril of Loures had been assassinated.

And so the deochs passed by as Ramanayan grew older and Temuair continued to change. The “mutants” known as aislings had been growing steadily in numbers since Danaan had sacrificed herself. At the age of fifteen in Deoch 13 Ramanayan was preparing to make a long journey with his Uncle’s fishing fleet to the rich unspoiled waters near Tagor. Before leaving Ramanayan planned to make an offering at the Luathas temple and seek guidance for his journey. Just like seven deochs before Ramanayan again found himself collapsed at the feet of the Luathas statue. When he awoke he did not find himself on the temple floor, as he expected he would, but in the bed of what appeared to be an inn.