The next day, Lin surrendered his men to him and later became his right-hand man and most trusted ally – Wingul. The avalanche happened without causing many victims. Gaius left a profound impression on the young leader, who took his warning seriously and had his troops retreat. When asked why he did not simply take advantage of the avalanche to wipe out his enemy, he replied that those soldiers would one day be precious warriors who would support his country and help him forge a new path for the good of his people, and he did not want them to lose their lives meaninglessly. Trying to prevent another catastrophe, he went to meet Lin in person to warn him about the incoming danger. Like during the Fezebel War, Gaius foresaw a natural disaster coming: he deduced that if both armies were to clash there, they would cause an avalanche that would likely engulf them both. įifteen years ago, Taurus and the Long Dau tribe, led by its young new leader Lin, clashed one last time in the Battle of Mon Highlands. Taurus opposed the main tribes, and clashed with the Long Dau, which were determined to avenge its leader, on several occasions. His death earned Gaius the tribe’s animosity. When he started rebelling against them, Lars Long Dau took a few men with him to subdue him, but greatly underestimated Gaius and lost the battle. The first known feat of his revolution, a little before the creation of Taurus, was his victory against the Long Dau tribe’s patriarch, seventeen years ago.
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He was quite popular amongst his followers, who started to call him “The Dawn King”. He changed his name to Gaius, which means “he who pulls the world behind him”, and severed his ties with his sister so that she would not be harmed because of him. Īfter his father died of illness, Arst left his home and formed an organization called Taurus, independent from the tribe system, which would carry his ideals. He started to develop a vision of Auj Oule where the country would be unified under one single strong leader who would take care of every citizen and not sacrifice the weak. He was angry with the current tribe system, which allowed incompetent people to become rulers just because they were born in the right tribe. Rumors have it that Arst murdered him, but the truth will forever remain unknown. Karla’s fiancé survived the tsunami but never came back from the war. As a result, a large part of both armies, among which most of the Outway men, were swept away by the tsunami. However, his sister’s fiancé convinced the patriarch to keep fighting and Arst’s warning was ignored. Arst was one of the first who sensed the giant tsunami coming, and he tried to warn the Long Dau patriarch so that they could retreat to safety. The Long Dau leaders underestimated him because of his young age and did not hold any expectations for him, but he proved to be an excellent soldier and leader, and his unit took out one of the Rashugal army’s regiments.
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Īrst joined the Long Dau tribe’s ranks instead of his father, who was too frail to fight a war, and brought the Outway soldiers to the Long Dau capital before they all departed to the battlefield. King Merad seized the occasion to invade Rashugal, and both armies clashed in the Fezebel Outback. Twenty years ago, Milan Fenn, king of the country of Rashugal, fell ill and died without naming a successor, prompting his two eldest sons to start fighting for the throne. His little sister, Karla, was engaged to a man of the Long Dau tribe who was close to the Long Dau patriarch and his son.
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However, as his opponent in the finals was the son of a tribe chief who was close to the king, his victory was never officially recognized. Īrst is unofficially the youngest person to have won in the coliseum, as he was 12 when he accomplished that feat, without even using a Lilium Orb. The other, smaller tribes had little power of their own and conflict was common. The country was ruled by a king, Merad Sarakhs, and big influential tribes such as the Long Dau tribe or the Kitarl tribe. At the time, social division was strong due to the tribe system. His father was the tribe patriarch, and though he was weak and sickly, he was both strict and sensible, which made him a good chief. Gaius, then named Arst, was born in the small Outway tribe, which was under the control of the larger Long Dau tribe. Place of birth: Auj Oule – Outway tribe territories.