Halfthaine

Lord-Cheiftain Halfthaine of the House of Thaine, Uncle to the infamous Uthaine Ember-Lord who would go on to stop the Arcktemperthae.

in his pursuit for long-life, Halfthaine discovered secrets to the wills of the ancestors that none of the soothsayers of ancient Termansk could elsewise have known, for in his perversion of the relationship with his forefathers, he twisted fate, and gave himself the power and wealth and unnaturally long life to undertake his greatest vision: Unification.

Dying to Uthaine Ember-Lords hand after his return from the divine realms at 312, he had protracted his immortal suffering for several centuries using this technique, and the blade; the Annunambastra, to tie his very spirit to the land and people around him long after his death.

He united over half the realm of Termansk at the time of his death, and owned or cajoled his way into managing the remainder; under his cruel but efficient tutelage a legion of organized Termanskian soldiers in the thousands ensured consistent order and thus trade was booming, harvests bountiful and the culture and workmanship of his people had never been greater.

unable to have children as some cruel portence of his unnatural condition, he fostered the twin sons of Uthaine after the latter died, and was the guardian of these scionic bloodlines, ensuring that their descendents hence were taken care of and their skills leveraged to his best benefit.