Early History[]
Jon was born into wealth, a meager wealth but wealth the same. A small fief by the name of Thannistead was the dominion of Jon and his twin brother Darrow after his mother and father were murdered during a series of intensely violent riots spurred on by famine and disease. It took a hard few years for the region to become profitable, but with the aid of industry and trade, it became a shining jewel of the wintry mountains. When Jon learned that Darrow himself had slaughtered his mother and father in their beds while they sleep, he could hardly care, for the mantle of Lordship had hardened his heart- and twisted his mind. Through the years that followed the riots and the twins' ascension to power great progress was made in their unique take on the idea of an economy, manufacturing alchemical supplies and assembling tools & weapons were cornerstones of House Thannis' meat grinder- and every able bodied man and woman, peasants all, were shoved into that machine. The people of Thannistead fancied themselves forward thinking industrialists leading the world into a new renaissance of technological innovation and scientific discovery, but little did they know that by structuring their lives in such ways and by performing so many experiments on both the people of society and society itself, that they had become the experiment. All the while Jon and Darrow looked down upon them all, their minds becoming ever-more warped, and bent nearly to the breaking point.
The Wolf[]
The mines, farms, and storehouses of House Thannis withered away as the laborers toiled night and day creating new flavors of murder and the House philosophers devised new methods of war to sell the world. The tiny frigid Alteraci town was in no way capable of producing enough raw materials to fuel its industries sustainably, and as the gold that lined the coffers dwindled, and food started to become more precious, the Thannis family looked nervously to the borders of their diminutive landholdings. A man appeared at the gates of town, and in his hand he held a letter, and inside its yellowed folds there laid a message: a summons. The Royal House of Thannis was requested to join the greater region of Alterac in a coalition of noble houses under one banner: The City State of Alterac. This opportunity saved Jon's industries, but doomed him to disgrace and madness. Thannistead provided Alterac with weapons, armor, troops, and a very unique sense of fervor for the dictator who presided over them all- a fervor that thinly veiled a reigned in kind of insanity, a propensity for great bloodshed and heartless violence. War. War. War. Political trickery. Fearmongering. Murder. Awful, ugly murder. Conflict after conflict pulled the people of their nation together, but it had burned Jon severely, and he became altogether unreasonable, unpredictable, uncontrollable, and profoundly sadistic. Even after Jon had helped the rest of the nobles oust their mad King and signed the very charter that would forge a new kingdom he remained insane, pushing all former allies away in this state of mind the dream of Alterac had made. The next several years were a whirlwind of violence, manipulation, debauchery, and shame so voluminous that to detail it all would be to waste parchment pining for dark, dark days.
Modern Days[]
Jon has lost everything, his family, his lands, his pride... But he has found his mind somewhere in the rubble of it all. No longer do mad ramblings pour from his mouth and his written correspondences are written with slow and intentful strokes, though when the light hits his eyes just right a quiet kind of madness stirs beneath the surface of purple waters. The former nobleman carries himself somberly through life now, attempting to mend the pain that he inflicted on the world, and the scars within his own mind. Could someone who was once so vile truly change their ways, and try to bring good into the world?
Jon delightedly explores the countryside with his daughter.