Vanimedle Family/Xaphan

Hero of 36 years.

Duke Of Toren stronghold (SWI)

Marshall Of The Grand Horde of Nergal's Squirrel Leaders

Fiduciary of Ikalak (1st of July , 2007)

Current realm : Ikalak (The land of Nergal) (In realm for 465 days , 16th of July , 2007)

Honour : 88

Prestige : 31

Repute : 51

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Xaphan is better known as the balding , eccentric squirrel duke of Toren stronghold and religious fanatic. Xaphan Brought about a new breed of squirrels to SWI (South-West Island) Which quickly lead to the creation of Utopian Government and nation in Bieth After Amadeus' disappearance . But thankfully with the help of Diodorus and a long battle , the squirrels where subdued and Diodorus was placed as the Dictator of Bieth . Xaphan was deported to the south-west by Ceolwyn after he lead a hastily organized rebellion in Principality of Zonasa , Ever since he has been in Ikalak he has become Duke , Paladin Primus and hero. Xaphan used to work closely Diodorus before he emigrated to Atamara to hone his infiltrating skills.

Xaphan enjoys being cruel and brutal due to his worship of Nergal , Lahri and Nehru . He is a squirrel and because of that he has brought squirrels into the military caste of Ikalak . He always leads a unit of squirrels and has turn Toren Stronghold into a recruitment centre for promising squirrels.

Xaphan is also famous for his invention of the use of flaming squirrels as flaming projectiles for catapults , trebuchets and bows . Diodorus helped with such military innovations by suggesting the use of flame retardant squirrels as a alternative , a alternative which was embraced for its military genius. Also he invented the use of squirrel sin replacement of horses for cavalry . Squirrels have effectively become something of a mascot / national animal of Ikalak.

Cake or Death?

Xaphan started making outrageous claims to Cake or Death in the name of Religion. Sometime late last year Xaphan started demanding that people eat cake or die , all in the name of Nergal . Sadly enough at that time Ikalak only had Victoria Sponge in stock in terms of cake resulting in much reluctance in people choosing cake.

Religion

Xaphan is a devout follower of The Church Of Nergal . He is often seen as a fanatic especially with the whole Cake or Death thing he has. He has regularly challenged members of Sandalak to duels to the death because they attempted to insult Nergal , Nehru and Lahri's divine greatness.

The Will of Nergal :

Be a good disciple and make Nergal happy

• 1) Pray Nergal at least once per day

• 2) Gets into battle as often as possible (it's the prayer that Nergal prefers)

• 3) Offer Nergal a sacrifice once a week

• 4) Bathing and washing is forbidden, it slows the propagation of infections

• 5) In battles, don't finish off the wounded, bite them and let them rot there or getting back to their home, contaminating their fellows.

Appearance

Xaphan is a red squirrel (and self proclaimed most beautiful squirrel and duke on the island ) , He has a big bushy tail however for sometime he lost all of his hair and because of that he started having a midlife crisis . Luckily for him Celina , before her departure , started helping him to regain his hair which has luckily helped .

• Height :

• Weight :

• Hair : slowly regrowing reddish , Gingerish fur .

• Build : well built , strong body , tall .

• Eyes :

Skills

Skill ranking : Terrible - Poor - decent - good - average - very good - excellent - heroicly good

• Sword fighting : Very good

• Archery : Excellent

• Charisma : Somewhere between Average and Excellent

• Intelligence : Excellent

• Cunning : Excellent

• Cavalry techniques : Depends on whether he is riding a squirrel of a horse.

Fiduciary ship

On the first of July Xaphan was elected as fiduciary :

Candidate Votes Proportion

xaphan 40 42.6 %

Vincent 20 21.3 %

Loathin 8 8.5 %

Arthea 6 6.4 %

Betelgeuse 4 4.3 %

Pirtamri 4 4.3 %

Zereth 4 4.3 %

Koeharik 2 2.1 %

Xersius 2 2.1 %

Kaagami 2 2.1 %

Helios 1 1.1 %

Dashem 1 1.1 %

The new Fiduciary is Xaphan, with 43 % of the valid votes.

It is because of this that Vincent conveniently decided to challenge Xaphan to a duel to the death . Noticeably about this is how he challenges after Xaphan beats him in the election , Surely this is a sign of his lack of confidence. Surely he did not want to risk dying at Xaphans hand when theres a slight chance he could become fiduciary . Had he become fiduciary I'm sure he wouldn't of challenge Xaphan due to fear of dying.