Neill Family/Cid
Cid; son of Kvasir
Current Age: 34
Class: Soldier
Weapon of Choice: a Gladius and a long spear named "Alluran's Reach"
Current Title: Deputy Prime Minister
Titles Held: Baron of Irdalni, Haruspex Maximus of Alowca, Senator, Grand Justicar of Soliferum, Deputy Prime Minister to Prime Minister Conan (Soliferum)
Cid, son of Kvasir, was always an outcast in the Clan. Terrible when it came to hunting and smaller than the other children he was often ridiculed. As he grew he kept mostly to himself finding happiness in the Odes of the Clan when they were told. When this knowledge alone wasn't enough he began to sneak out of the forest to a small cottage owned by a scholar on the outskirts of Makar. There he was trained in the arts of History, Writing, Painting, and Language. He studied under the scholar (who is believed to have hailed from a land much older than Atamara) until the age of 15 when his father found out what he was doing. Furious he forced the boy to return home and stay there under the constant watch of his Grandfather Jarl. Jarl wasn't fond of the boy and quickly grew tired of watching him sit in the corner of the room staring out the window. It was then Cid began receiving basic combat lessons (much to his dismay). Though he was slow to learn he soon became very skilled and even began to defeat the other, stronger boys of the clan.
When he came of age he decided quickly they he tired of his barbaric family and fled home one day when his Grandfather fell asleep watching him (an act that, unbeknownst to him, would lead to his exile from the Clan). He made his way to the docks and purchased his own boat using gold he had taken from the family vault. For years he travelled the lands learning all he could and developing his combat skills. He began to develop ideals never taught to him by the Clan: Honor and Nobility. He had come far from the weak little viking outcast of his youth and became a strong-willed noble.
One day a great storm overcame he ship and all hands were lost to the fury of the sea. He washed up on shore in the Colonies where he was taken in by monks of the Trinity. There he found his faith in the Alowcan Trinity and a new home in the Theocracy of Alowca. He also met his scribe Tel in Alowca when he first came to the land. He served there for some time, fighting enemies, and later serving as the Baron of Irdalni. This honor came to him however at a trying time where barbarians began invading Alowca. He fought tirelessly and was awarded the position of Haruspex Maximus. Soon a vision came to his leader Always from the Goddess Denarial that they should leave Alowca to find a new land for their religion. Cid dreamt one night of the Gods and Goddess of the Trinity beckoning him to a new land and he decided to leave with him.
They landed in the Far East and he joined the Republic of Soliferum. After a time his comrades vanished and he was left only with his comrade NLaw. He assumed a leadership role in the smaller circle of Alowcans and began talking with leaders about establishing a New Alowca. Eventually Always returned to Alowca and Cid decided to stay in Soliferum working towards a New Alowca and serving the Republic. He was been granted the honor of the title of Senator and then won the election for Judge.
Soon after, however, he served time in a Nighthelm prison and was stripped of this title. This cames almost within a day of his release from a Grand Lodge prison where he was held as a Prisoner of War.
He always tryed to deny his heritage in an effort to distance himelf from "those barbarians". However in his youth he was known to get quite worked up in some situations, had a tendency to overdrink, and had a disliking for horses or any other mounts; qualities often found in O'Neils.
As time passed however he distanced himself even more from his ancestory by taking a mount. The horse served him well during his mission to contact Alowcans living in Taith Aenil (A quest he failed multiple times due to being captured by enemy patrols in lands he had to pass through) and he later purchased it and built a stable for it in his small home in Osaliel, Soliferum.
He spent most of his days when not in battle tending to the affairs of his office (or when not in any official position tending to affairs of his estate), spending time studying his faith, and training. It is rumored he had taken a wife but no one ever confirmed such a story
At one point in his life, after purging monsters from Todpitz in a bid to gain the sympathy of the people there, he came under a mysterious illness contracted from the blood of one of the beasts he had slain. Recognizing the evil force that was draining him of life, he immediatly fled into the wilderness to begin a ritual of purification. After nearly a week he returned to Osaliel clean, but haunted.
"I have placed my life in the open arms of Denarial, blinded myself so that I may see what Alluran will show me, and I have let my hands go slack so that Khagister may create with them." - Cid on his faith in the Trinity.
