Dathan Herulus
An Azgar Officer

Dathan Herulus
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Name: Dathan Herulus
Birthplace: Sacra Flumen, Provincia
Marioch, Imperium Azgaril
Height: 180 cm (5 feet, 11 inches)
Weight: 80 kg (175 pounds)
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
National Origin: Azgar
Position in family: Fourth child,
firstborn son
Handedness: Right exclusively
Talents: Writing, organization and
administration
Bio:
Sacra Flumen, a prosperous,
riverside city in Marioch Province, had long been home to Dathan's
family. After a holiday visit to the ocean as a child, he always
longed to live by the sea. His parents divorced after his mother's
third miscarriage, and unable to support her children, Dathan's
mother split her offspring among her extended relatives. Dathan
ended up living with his maternal grandparents, a severe couple who
imposed strict religious training on the boy. He never saw his
parents again. Dathan chafed under this oppression and developed a
strong dislike for authority, particularly religious authority.
He'd wanted to study marine life as a young man, but the prevailing
attitude of his grandfather concerning the "godless study of
science" and the "wicked influence of the Lithians" prevented this
from happening, and Dathan ended up in a seminary where he struggled
in his studies and barely managed to complete a degree. During his
final year at the seminary, Dathan met a woman named Elizabeth, with
whom he fell desperately in love. Elizabeth suffered from chronic
mental illness, but found Dathan's company comforting and
experienced a remarkable degree of recovery during their courtship.
They became engaged and intended to marry after graduation. But
just before his commencement ceremony, an army recruiter paid a call
to the seminary campus looking for officer candidates, found Dathan
suitable, and subsequently drafted him into military service.
While Dathan was attending his officer training school, Elizabeth
stopped returning his letters. He fretted she'd changed her mind
concerning their future together, but in reality, Elizabeth drifted
into a despondent state in his absence and later committed suicide.
Dathan heard this news shortly before his combat service began.
Thus, Dathan found himself bereft of all comfort, alone and
emotionally adrift with an army marching inland, away from his
beloved sea.
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