Olik Family/Maltheo

Maltheo

Overview

Maltheo of the House of Olik the youngest son of old Trostian Olik, and he shares traits with both his elder brothers. Although he set out with the warrior's spirit of Oleg, and is adept at swordplay (having mentored at the Republican Conservatory of Osaliel), he has taken to a more peaceful life, avoiding duels and battle. He does have some of the ambition and political cunning of Gauihu, and though he began his career in Nighthelm, he joined Soliferum after a tour in it's dungeons, then in the hands of Grand Justiciar Annwn.

Soliferum

After being titled Count of Cutnipaniel he later accepted the title of Duke of Osaliel. He is known for recruiting archers from Cutnipaniel, whom he termed the Eastern Bowmen and involved himself in their training. As the Finance Minister of the Soliferum Republic, helping to fight a war against secessionist Lunaria and the Commonwealth of Antoza, he apparently wanted to be known as a Merchant Lord or Trade Lord, and was often seen making a food-trade run from Osaliel to Batesaor.

He was later imprisoned by Lunaria after coming to Ortedail to negotiate a peace treaty. Released early, he found himself without title and, after a brief time as Grand Justiciar, lost a second close re-election to Cid. During his period as Judge, which lasted just a few days, he tried and banished Lady Ariana and another noble for conspiring to commit treason. He also took ten men from the Senate Guards and began patrolling the streets of Osaliel regularly, arresting suspected rebels and searching for the assassin known as Aspire, who made an attempt on the Prime Minister's life.

He developed a personal relationship with Conan, Prime Minister, aiding and supporting his rule loyally until Conan's fear that he would not vote for him forced him to appoint someone else as Duke of Osaliel. This began a falling-out in which Maltheo began to see that Conan was a tyrant and that he had been fighting on the wrong side (this belief was also supported by the death of the hero Olwe, which he later began to feel irrationally guilty for).

Grand Lodge of Lunaria

He committed treason by joining the Grand Lodge, taking about 300 in gold gifted to him by Diaremesis, and writing many letters to his friends and even one to his brother Gauihu. He was visited by the hero Trenton, then the Judge of that realm, just before Trenton rode into his last battle. Afterwards, Maltheo was set free, and almost immediately was elected to the Banker position.

He stayed with the Grand Lodge for several months, managing the small realm's trade and finances, during which he co-founded the Far East Trading Company along with AJ, then the banker of Antoza. It was also during this time that he met Alaina, daughter of Feldric, and the two began an off-an-on relationship. Maltheo also began to heavily use ikrif and have visions.

His stay in the Grand Lodge was one of influence and conflict. He had a difficult time persuading the realm's council to act against Nobdy (and the Chaos Requiem), though even now he suspected that Nobdy had somehow contacted evil spirits to manifest, resulting in a monster attack against the capital of Ortedail. He also had personal troubles with Pierre Reynald, after learning from Olwe that the man had committed treason in the form of plotting rebellion and then looting his homeland of the Antoza Commonwealth. These and other issues of politics tired him and he began looking for a new home long before he wound up leaving.

Antoza Commonwealth

He left the Grand Lodge to join the Antoza Commonwealth, thinking that at last he had found his true home. His visions had also taken him into the arms of Communionism, a religion he and AJ (Duke of Taop) began centering around the existing ritual use of ikrif amongst various peoples of the Far East.

His time in the Commonwealth was largely uneventful, except for making peace at last with Olwe the Bold, and his son. He dedicated himself to supporting Olwe of Toren, hearing from the spirit of Olwe the Bold that the man was "destined for greatness."

League of Anacan

Not two months had gone by when a new Age had begun in Anacan, and he felt himself swept along with it. Olwe, son of a great hero who had come to Maltheo in revelatory visions, founded a new realm and he joined with it. He was appointed to his now-traditional role of Minister of Finances, though he remained a Priest, spreading Communionism throughout the new realm and using it to help unify with the now-reduced Antoza Commonwealth.

In all his travels, he managed to persuade Alaina to follow with him.

Timeline

• Began his career in the Kingdom of Nighthelm 2005-02-06
• Left Nighthelm after battle and imprisonment to join Soliferum 2005-03-02
• Appointed as Soliferum's Minister of Finances 2005-07-02
• Appointed as Count of Cutnipaniel 2005-07-02
• Appointed as Duke of Osaliel 2005-08-15
• Elected as Grand Justiciar of Soliferum 2005-08-30
• Left Soliferum to join the Grand Lodge of Lunaria 2005-09-29
• Elected as Fiduciary of Lunaria 2005-10-01
• Re-elected as Fiduciary of Lunaria 2005-10-13
• Left the Grand Lodge to join the Antoza Commonwealth 2005-03-02
• Left the Antoza Commonwealth to join the League of Anacan 2006-05-21
• Appointed as Minister of Finances for the League of Anacan 2006-05-21

META Character Notes

(This information is not available for public IC consumption/RP)

Unlike his elder brother, Maltheo is rather open-minded when it comes to his worldview, as is evidenced by his long-term habit of shifting realms and ideaologies. His spiritual side began to manifest with his use of ikrif, a habit which also has the unfortunate side effect of addiction and potential mental problems. As he ages he is increasingly likely to experience those problems, despite the peace and calm he gets from the religion he has co-founded (and is currently the only remaining founder).

Also unlike his brother, he is capable of love and by far the less cruel. He has maintained, since meeting Alaina, a bittersweet romance with both heights of passion and long periods of isolation and angst. Generally, however, his sense of duty (and now faith) overrule his personal desires, inspiring him often to self-censor his true wants in favor of politics and honour.

Maltheo, were he a D&D character, would likely be Neutral-Good with an inclination towards either Chaotic Good or Chaotic Neutral, depending on how his struggle with ikrif, politics and romance turns out.

The youngest of three brothers, he finds his father Trostian and his brother Gauihu distasteful and intimidating; one reason why his career began in the Far East and not Abington. It is also possible that he was abused growing up. The irony of this continuing intimidation is that he is more than likely stronger, both physically and mentally, than his brother Gauihu, but his childhood memory is one of nothing but repression and fear, so he is unlikely to act against him. (Though Gauihu himself, ever the paranoid, would never believe that.)