Geronus Family/Evander

Asturius' youngest brother, Evander's began his career in the Far East realm of Ohnar West. There he fought briefly in the war against Soliferum, but quickly grew disillusioned with the realm and chose to emigrate to Beluaterra to the realm of Riombara.

He arrived there shortly after Riombara's entry into the great war of the Fourth Age on the side of the Western Alliance, fighting primarily against Enweil, against whom they had several crushing victories. During the course of the furious campaigning, Evander was recognized for his initiative and military talents. He served for a time as Marshal of the Army of the Sun before both of Riombara's armies were re-consolidated into the Army of Riombara. He was also elected lord of Rueffilo, a rich townsland in southern Riombara. Shortly after this turn of events, the Fourth Invasion began, and all human realms agreed to a cease fire.

The first evidence of the invasion felt in Riombara was the appearance of strange and monstrous beings in the independent city of Jidington. Led by a creature named Epic, these invaders proved to be most fearsome. They quickly recruited vast hordes of monsters and set about conquering Riombara's ally the Dominion of Alluran. Though Evander led Riombara's armies to one victory against Shield, one of the invaders' commanders, other monster armies proved to be extremely swift and uncannily wary of the moves his army made. The Dominion was overrun within weeks, and Riombara prepared its defenses. The monsters offered peace on the condition of a Federation and being allowed to conquer all Riombaran regions south of Avengmil. Debate in Riombara raged for days and weeks over whether to give in to the monsters' demands or resist them to the last. The cause of resistance narrowly won out in a referendum, but by then Riombara was half overrun. Fortunately, at that time Enweil entered into open hostilities with the monsters by killing First, and the monster armies pulled back at the very moment that they had overrun the capital of Grehk. They left one commander behind to finish the job, but fortunately he was defeated through a combination of luck and laxity on the monsters' part.

It was shortly after this that Duke Khaludh Telrunya, swayed by High Chamberlain Mordred Lefanis' manipulations, seceded the Duchy of Rines to form the Meridian Republic. Consisting of the pro-appeasement faction, these traitors quickly made a deal with the monsters and abandoned the rest of Riombara to its fate. Fortunately, Evander and High Constable Oliver Von Genf led a rapid reconquest of many of Riombara's former regions, reestablishing food supplies for Grehk. Evander ran for and was elected High Treasurer of Riombara after an entire referendum period passed by without any other candidates coming forward. After some tentative skirmishes with Armour, a ceasefire with the monsters was arranged. In the ensuing weeks, Riombara was able to snatch back Mio Dupaki and Bym after they managed to become independent of the monsters' domain. During this time, Oliver Von Genf was killed, and Evander ran for High Constable after a similar problem occurred with no one willing to run for the position. This time he recruited a replacement for himself as High Treasurer and he also was elected lord of Bym. He was replaced as Marshal by his knight Trahern Kindon.

Eventually a referendum to re-declare war on the monsters, but not before Avengmil joined the Meridian Republic, its lord having been persuaded by Mordred Lefanis' lies that Riombara would end up siding with the daimons. After war was declared, Athol Margos also left the realm to join the Meridian Republic. Riombara quickly reconquered Irombro and Rueffilo, after which Evander was elected Duke of Irombro, before sighting Justice on the Republic's western border. Not long after that, Avalon was destroyed, and the monsters tasked many of their commanders with Riombara's destruction, including Speed, Armour, Lance, Shield and Sword. Fortunately this coincided with the arrival in Riombara of Gerontius, one of the Servants of the Light. The Temple of Qyrvaggism in Grehk was given the blessing of light and Evander immediately set to work directing the power's use to destroy monster armies. The struggle is ongoing with monsters overrunning and taking over several regions while the Army of Riombara waits behind the walls in Grehk for the next phase of the campaign.