Laegus

A lawful general who joined Trchkithin seeking world peace.

Major favour: Ending the year with fewer than 100 materials saved up
Minor favour: Army is at least 15% the size of your population
Negative favour: Participated in more than 1 war
Favour bonus: 25% better militia

Grand objective: Good strategic application of all resources at your disposal towards a single goal
Divine intervention: 6 turns of both normal and wall construction for up to one city per follower


Backstory: Haschbad was an ordered and peaceful nation. Laegus ruled over it with a careful and calculated eye. Year on year it would out-produce it's neighbours and was prosperous enough that had it wanted to it could have gone to war and triumphed. Yet Laegus' calculating nature extended beyond simple production, he could see that the benefits to be gained from a war would not pay off for a very long period of time and could endanger Haschbad's future survival. Then came the one that was not so calculating, the small and diminutive spy called Jaegis. Laegus was no fool and saw Jaegis for what he was, inviting him to come meet with him that they might discuss the future of Haschbad.
When Trchkithin's forces arrived they found the gates of the cities open and the people of Haschbad to be their allies. Trchkithin at first thought it may be a sign of weakness but upon seeing the stockpiles of the Haschbad she quickly recruited Laegus as one of her closest advisors. With the future of his people secure for some time Laegus was able to turn his attentions to something he had not previously known about, daemonic transformation.
Laegus learnt much of the art but never found a source of power that he was attuned to, he discovered far more about it than many first ones yet even upon the death of Trchkithin had not even taken the first step. Laegus had predicted that Trchkithin's armies were overstretched; that the Chosen ones would be the downfall of the empire. Trchkithin ignored him at her own peril.
With the death of Trchkithin Laegus set into motion his own plans and before word even reached the area around Haschbad of what had happened he was in control of the area, carefully fortified positions repelled each and every splinter faction of the empire. Even the crusade of the Cayim Amiy and their Chosen allies simply glanced off the well prepared walls.
One of the Chosen races however did not give up, the Confederation of Light had produced a splinter faction of Chosen that were capable. More than capable even, they fought for decades and brought forth all kinds of magics and tactics to slowly squeeze their way through Laegus' defences. After nearly a hundred years of slow yet merciless fighting the leader of the group stood face to face with Laegus, they crossed blades. Laegus was no warrior, he was a general, he had killed at most only a few hundred with his hand and now he found himself against a competent warrior.
As Laegus lay dying the Chosen stood over him, watching with interest to see what this once mighty being would do. An aide ran to the chosen, Laegus could not hear clearly;

"... ghost .... our flank .... black on grey ...."

Laegus closed his eyes and sighed, a contingency plan he had put into action in the days before Trchkithin arrived had now swung into action. An elite force of troops trained for one thing had destroyed all the ships of the invaders and ravaged every single supply dump they could find. They came now for the leader of these Chosen ones. Laegus slipped away into something else and soon took his place alongside others such as Agashn and Orakt.