Greetings, My name is Anddrew Kiasero. I am the Chancellor of Karathos, and this is the story of how I got to this point in life.

I was born in Stonegate, where I lived happily with my parents, Micheal and Lillian Kiasero. We were a typical family, we were not wealthy, but we were far from deprived. My Father worked in the Scarlet Gate Tavern; my mother stayed home and raised me. When I was eight my family moved to a small village on this side of Kisah, I am sorry I do not recall the name. It thrived on its people so there was little trade, and less mention of the town name.. It was just..Home.. While I was there my father taught me what he knew in the ways of a mage, and my mother taught me what she knew of life. We all lived there for nine years. I learned all that I could from the people there in that time, and everything my parents had to teach me. It was from the elders that I learned much of what I know on the topic of politics.

The years passed quickly and I found myself at Seventeen, and although through the years I learned to love everyone like a member of my family I knew it was time for me to branch out and make a life of my own. It was not my wish to forget the life I had before that point so I took a few things with me. From my parents I got my father's wedding band, and the crown of laurel leaves my mother wore the day of their wedding. From the Village Elder Brige I received a pendant, which I wear around my neck, the eye of the beholder, because that is where everything is. From the Elder Vern I got a pair of reading glasses, which I still wear to this day.

I made the choice to return to my birthplace of Stonegate, and start my new life there. I came with my knowledge of magics, my common sense, and what silver I had saved over the years. I was on my own, ready to make something of myself.

Time passed quickly once I arrived in Stonegate, before I knew it I was 25 and had joined the Order of Lunarou, under the Baronet Terrace Kanem. I was a Wolf Knight.. It was a good life, Lunarou was just pulling out of a rut caused by the former Baronet, Cambridge D’Auria and Terrace did a much better job. It was as a Wolf Knight that I discovered my natural talents for politics. Soon after I joined, I was raised to second in command, and I handled the politics of Lunarou. I did my best to keep them out of needless battles. I assigned logic to situations where it was lacking. Most of my work went toward protecting a man by the name of Laul Nomiki, who soon after I joined befriended me. Laul was a good man, but he enjoyed arguing and had a thrill to fight. I did well keeping him out of too much trouble, and I have him to thank for the experience that gave me. Alas, the pleasant times of Lunarou did end. The Baronet changed over the years and not long after my 57th birthday I decided to remove myself from the ranks of Lunarou. The reason has always been my own, and when asked I merely said a difference of opinion. I do not wish to slander the name of Baronet Kanem, he did great things for Lunarou, I just did not agree with where he was Lunarou going so could not remain in his service.

I did not join another house immediately, I took some time to consider what I wanted to do with my life. I had long since finished my training as a mage, and had learned all I could in the arts of magic. During this time I helped those I could, and spoke with the friends I had made over the years. I figured it would be a good time to look for a wife, and settle myself down. I am happy to say I did find a woman. Her name was Meredia Tasselin, she was an elf that I had met on my travels one day. I went about things just as my mother had taught me, and I courted her for nearly two years. In that time, I also joined the ranks of House Reiger for the first time. Baron Jahron Reiger had known me from my days in Lunarou and seemed all too happy to have me as a part of his family. I am sure it also helped that his wife was a close and dear friend of mine, the Baroness Kylara Reiger met me on her first day in Kirganthis, and I had assisted her, it was to my surprise that she later wedded the Baron Reiger.

As time went on, I rose in the ranks of Reiger, I first became Chancellor, and I thought about my life.. I considered my growing love for Meredia, and of my wealth.. I was more than prepared to marry her at any time. But I fear I was never married, Meredia and I spoke of marriage a few times, and we both liked the idea of spending our lives together, but before we ever set a date.. she vanished. I sent a great many parties out to find her, and spent countless years searching for her. All my efforts came up empty. No one had seen her, no one had any information of where she was.

Time passed, as it has a tendency to do, and although I never forgot about Meredia, I accepted that she was gone, and doubted as I would ever see her again.

I focused my efforts more on my office. I was the Chancellor after all, I could not let my personal life keep me from protecting Reiger the best way I knew how, with the right words to the right people.. I took a building for myself, to use as my office, I talked to the owner and spoke with the hired help, and neither seemed to mind, so I took the Scarlet gate Tavern as my office. I thought it only fitting considering that was my father’s place of employment. I spent the next ten years doing nothing but work. I met most of the nobles of the lands, and came to know many of them quite well. I learned who I could go to for information concerning the happenings in the realms. A network of sources is something vital to my work.. Different perspectives are important to finding the truth of a problem. My loyalty to the House Reiger and focus on my work did not go unnoted. The Baron saw it fit to raise my standings from a peasant to a Freeman. With the new rank, I received more respect from newer nobles. They saw me not only as a Chancellor, but also as a Freeman, and saw it as the Baron sending a man of rank to tend to the house’s affairs.

It was on my 70th birthday that I decided to take a trip away from the realms. My thoughts had gone back to Meredia and wondering what had happened to her, so I left to look for her in the far off reaches of the world, with a slim hope that I would find her. I did not, and so returned to Kirganthis, and Reiger, which in my absence, had changed their name to Karathos. The Baron was the same man, as was the Baroness Kylara still is wife. Little about Reiger had changed, there were a great many new faces, but it kept much the same ideals.

Eighteen years have passed since my return. I am now Ninety-Eight years old, and if not for my elven blood I would not be a far cry from dead. I have changed little in my life. I still wear the crown my mother wore on her wedding day, and I still wear my father’s ring. I have made good use of Elder Vern’s glasses, and I have around my neck Elder Brige’s pendant.

I am the Chancellor of Karathos, son of Micheal and Lillian Kiasero, born of Stonegate, Elf of Reiger. This is how I got to where I am.. One day I will be dead, and one day this story will be lost. I shall be forgotten. But until that day, I am Anddrew Kiasero.