Sarwell Family/Rosnan

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Rosnan Sarwell was the first of his generation in his family to set out to make a name for himself. He was born and raised in the family home of Braga, then a part of the destroyed democracy of Fontan. As Rosnan's luck would have it, he left his home with his first unit of soldiers shortly before his homeland was taken over by the armies of Westmoor, Sirion, and Caligus. On his way to Krimml, the capital of the realm, he was ambushed by the enemy troops and sent to prison in the city of Westmoor. Upon his release, Rosnan, infuriated and confused by the war now raging around him, returned to Krimml, where he fought tirelessly to defend his realm's last stronghold for nearly two months. When foreign troops finally overwhelmed the defenders and occupied the city, Rosnan fled to the coast and boarded a ship bound for Enweil in Beluaterra.

Once again, Rosnan arrived with phenomenally bad timing, just days before the end of the fifth invasion by the daimons. At the end of the invasion, much of the land in his new home fell to darkness, the land was blighted, and monsters roamed the realm freely. His new army marched ineffectually around its land, attempting in vain to stop the monsters and rogues and restore the realm to its former glory. In the meanwhile, Rosnan was elected as baron of Pahk. Despite his improved rank, however, Rosnan struggled to fund his military career, let alone fix the damage done to the realm. He decided that he needed another way to earn money.

Rosnan found that one successful robbery from the rogues in the countryside could be more profitable than a week's taxes in Pahk, and turned to the life of an infiltrator to find success. He was captured twice by the rogues, but fortunately managed to stay safe from harm. Eventually all the rogue regions of former Enweil were recaptured, so Rosnan took up the dagger to earn gold, assaulting various figures for the bounty on their heads. This choice of work would turn out to be his downfall, however, when he decided to try an assault on a council member from one of Enweil's allies. He traveled to the realm's capital and tracked down his target, but failed his attack and was seriously wounded. When word reached Enweil, the realm's judge slapped a fine for 200 gold on the infiltrator. Rosnan was unable to pay the fine, and knew that it was unlikely he ever could at the rate he was earning money. Furthermore, he had made himself a pariah both at home and abroad, so he decided to leave his old life behind once again and departed for the Far East.

For the third time in his relatively brief career Rosnan showed up in the wrong place at the wrong time. The realm of Ohnar West where he arrived soon entered into war with Arcaea, Coralynth, and Sorraine. The war dragged on for some time, during which Rosnan was captured and sent to enemy prisons twice, the first time while robbing tax offices. Eventually Ohnar West was overpowered by its enemies and Sasrhas was overwhelmed; Rosnan decided on a last-ditch effort to assassinate Velax de Vere, Emperor of Arcaea. He was captured and imprisoned for the second time, but miraculously not harmed despite it being both his second offense and one on a political figure of such eminence. Once he was freed from prison, Rosnan headed to the coast and boarded yet another ship, back to Beluaterra.

Upon his arrival Rosnan joined the realm of Nothoi, in the midst of a war with Riombara.