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''"Great Saints of Old- Show us the Way through a Sea of Wicked Men."''
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Akbar is the oldest son of Tarkas Galantos III, and the fourth of his name. From the city of [[Atamara/Hawthorne|Hawthorne]] in [[Eston]], the Galantos family strove for generations toward extreme humility and pious devotion to religious study. Encouraged into vows of celibacy and penitence by his father, Akbar has studied in a small, cloistered monastery for most of his adult life.  
  
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Akbar is the oldest son of Tarkas Galantos III, and the fourth of his name. From the city of [[Hawthorne]] in [[Eston]], the Galantos family strove for generations toward extreme humility and pious devotion to religious study. Encouraged into vows of celibacy and penitence by his father, Akbar has studied in a small, cloistered monastery for most of his adult life.  
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Akbar is tall and heavy-set, with the hair like filthy straw, and a scar across his face. His patron saint is that of his family, Saint Hubbins. He is angry, cruel, and delights in the slaughter of his enemies. Despite the protestations of his family, Akbar partakes in ancient and horrible blood-rituals, and occasional cannibalism. He is a terrible person.
  
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Akbar has three younger brothers; Lexington, Tarkas IV, and Montague. Currently Montague is the heir to all titles and holdings, due to the vows of poverty taken by his more pious siblings. A cousin, Bufort, is also making his way in the world, but he is a troublesome sort.
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Before taking the priestly vows of his order, it was decided that Akbar should travel abroad, and spread the word and the glory of The Father of Earth and Stone. After a disastrous foray in the South-east, Akbar vanished.
  
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Akbar is tall and heavy-set, with the shorn head of his order, and adorned in a simple wool tabard. His patron saint is that of his family, Saint Hubbins. His banner is a burgandy slash on an ash field (the colors of Galantos). It is centered by three white bars, representing chastity, justice, and temperance.
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His current whereabouts are unknown, though rumours abound that he is now the Baron of an [[South-West Island/Figobar|icy, frozen badlands]] in the Southwest.
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Before taking the vows of his order, it was decided that Akbar should travel abroad, and spread the word and the glory of The Father of Earth and Stone. Assembling a band of Archers he called the Peace Quivers (in hopes that their arrows may never cause harm), Akbar set sail for the Far East, landing in [[Ansopen]] in the [[Sanctum of Casshern]]. This came shortly after a vision, in which Akbar was visited by Saint Hubbins, and taken on a spirit Journey across the oceans, to a Temple in the Far East. In the dream, Akbar walked for seven days and seven nights across the water, and was soothed with half-forgotten teachings of ancient days.
 
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In his words, "I looked in my hands and I held a golden cudgel. I felt atop my head, and I wore a wreath of hemlock. And on the horizon, I saw the shadow of the Great Dragon against the sunset. In my heart, I knew he was telling me that [[Communionism]] would be the way and the light."
 
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With this in mind, Akbar traveled to [[Anacan]], and as quickly as he could, became an acolyte of Communionism.
 

Latest revision as of 08:03, 13 January 2009

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Akbar is the oldest son of Tarkas Galantos III, and the fourth of his name. From the city of Hawthorne in Eston, the Galantos family strove for generations toward extreme humility and pious devotion to religious study. Encouraged into vows of celibacy and penitence by his father, Akbar has studied in a small, cloistered monastery for most of his adult life.

Akbar is tall and heavy-set, with the hair like filthy straw, and a scar across his face. His patron saint is that of his family, Saint Hubbins. He is angry, cruel, and delights in the slaughter of his enemies. Despite the protestations of his family, Akbar partakes in ancient and horrible blood-rituals, and occasional cannibalism. He is a terrible person.

Before taking the priestly vows of his order, it was decided that Akbar should travel abroad, and spread the word and the glory of The Father of Earth and Stone. After a disastrous foray in the South-east, Akbar vanished.

His current whereabouts are unknown, though rumours abound that he is now the Baron of an icy, frozen badlands in the Southwest.

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