Legends of Belariath

Nobles and Other Significant Characters

Takao

Takao has led a life entirely different than he had planned ever since his arrival in Nanthalion. He had left his home in search of training and adventure. He found plenty of adventure but the training never came, not in any formal sense. Life taught the Chirot how to handle himself. He found friends and enemies and plenty of people in between. So it was that the Chirot developed himself and grew stronger.

As he grew stronger, new opportunities arose for him and so it was that he found himself in a leadership position on an expedition to lands far to the north. He had never asked to lead but it fell to him anyways and so he did. Thankfully, he managed to somehow not mess things up. With the aid of others, he successfully defended one of the Empire's first warships and even managed to capture another ship along with all the strange and wonderful artifacts that they had had aboard.

The adventure did not stop there though, the expedition arrived safely in the north only to have to deal with further troubles. A civil war, two separate factions that needed to see eye to eye...or at least win...before successful trade routes could be established. It actually turned out to be much simpler than it appeared at first. The Chirot simply had to remove a corrupt adviser from power. With the adviser's spell broken, the war ground to a halt and Takao was able to establish the trade routes as well as retrieve new technologies to aid the empire.

He returned home, bearing all the riches that he had bargained for yet had never truly tried to attain. Luck seemed to guide him through his life. Luck and an ability to watch and influence events as they happen while somehow managing to stay out of the spotlight for the most part. Still, one cannot consistently show themselves to be a powerful force within the Empire without gaining some sort of recognition.

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