Rys

Rys the Cleansing Fire is a popular historical figure in the Archipelago. He was the one who changed the Archipelago from a distant, untamable frontier to a livable civilization. The current Royal Family is descended from his line.

Early Life
Born in 25 RE to a camp follower of one of the many armies that roamed the distant Felman countries, Rys had a early life full of hardship and toil. He never knew his father, and his mother was killed in a skirmish in 31 RE. After that, he was collectively raised by the other camp followers, but by 38 RE he had enough of war and misery. He fled the battlegrounds and became a jack-of-all-trades who travelled between villages and towns in search of work.

As the General
As he reached adulthood Rys looked at the damage the wars had done to his homeland and decided to leave it all behind. With several followers who believed the same things he did, he set sail to the Archipelago, which at this point was a inhospitable land that only the foolhardy tried to settle. The Sihir had revealed themselves to be wholly unwelcoming of any strange outsiders, especially ones that brought arms.

However, in the Archipelago Rys and his followers thrived. As his fame grew so did their camp, until their camp became a fort, and that fort a settlement. Word reached the Felman countries and the Southern Wilds that someone had finally succeeded at taming the Archipelago. By 50 RE several settlements had appeared on the islands of the Archipelago, taking advantage of the abundant resources.

However, it didn't take long for the Sihir to take note of this development. And that's when Rys showed the power that would make the people revere him as a folk hero. For each time the Sihir approached a settlement, Rys and his allies were there, and they destroyed any Sihir that crossed them.

His list of allies grew until he found himself a general of a fledgling army. With that he marched on the Sihir's leader, Saliman, and with one final battle they cast the Sihir out of the Archipelago for good.

Founding of Pozara
It took many years for Rys and his armies to destroy all remnants of the Sihir forces. When that was done he returned to the first settlement he had founded and gave it his name, calling it Ryslatel. Ryslatel became the seat of power in the Archipelago, and the people called the island it sat upon Pozara.

Death
In 93 RE Rys met his demise, not on the battlefield, but in a bed surrounded by his large family and his friends. His family still rules Ryslatel and Pozara to this day, and the people remember his name fondly. Such is his legacy.