Isari of the Exiled

As a former member within the Council of the Exiled, Isari is well versed in the little known history of his people. This not only emboldens him to live out his faith through the warriors path, but also burns a quiet rage within him against his own people and those responsible for his exiled status.

At the height of The Famine, and the ensuing banishment, the Naturalists had already been splintered for generations. For some their greatest shame and for others their greatest pride was the atrocities committed against Valentinian capitol: The (Great) Bloom. What followed was a constant threat of terrorist attacks against all nations pursuing advances in mana and technology under the Naturalists banner. Crimes that were committed by those who were too easily led astray by faction agents vying for power on behalf of world governments. Extremists of the Old Faith were blindly baited by propaganda spread over the Roots and spurred on by changelings infiltrating their ranks. The catalyst and continuing fuel for manipulating the extremists was two fold: their shared grief at the loss of so many children and young Naturalists to the Cloud Kill and ongoing socioeconomic manipulation of Naturalist to keep them impoverished. However, amidst this ongoing sociopolitical warring the Naturalist middle class were forced into introspection at being forced to "choose a side".

In secret, a collection of Naturalist educators, warriors and artisans would meet on City Chat to discuss and debate their faith in the context of the new world. From those meetings a new interpretation of the Old Faith was born, one that was inclusive of arcania and technology and was titled "The Balance". As word began to spread of The Balance it gave many who were lost in the chaos of what was happening around them hope. Hope for a future included education, technology and peace. Members began to flood City Chats across the world and in-turn threatened the extremist factions and the governments manipulating them. As time went on more and more of The Balance's members began to disappear. They were no longer safe to practice this new interpretation of their faith in their own homes.

A small group of 4 forum administrators were nominated to travel to the Lands of Salt seeking amnesty for their people. After long negotiations and suffering a large national debt and the title of "The Exiled" the Four had agreed to take a cluster of empty cities in the desert. Here all those that could escape the extremist death squads could choose to live in peace, practice medicine and build technologies to help end the famine through nature and the use of mana.

Isari, after learning all of this could not help but feel a hatred grow within him. Who was behind all of this manipulation? Why would the Four allow their people to sold into indentured servitude? Why can't we come out of exile and take back our homes? He leaves the council to seek answers by any means necessary.