Difference between revisions of "The Fate of Maldegen Dirz"
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== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
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*''853'' : Destruction of Shamir. Dirz is seriously wounded. Basileus Antykaïn is appointed head of the Empire. | *''853'' : Destruction of Shamir. Dirz is seriously wounded. Basileus Antykaïn is appointed head of the Empire. | ||
*''1000'' : Death of Dirz, sacrificed | *''1000'' : Death of Dirz, sacrificed | ||
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| + | == Maldegen Dirz == | ||
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| + | Maldegen Dirz was born in Carthag Fero, in Akkylannie, to the rich house of engineer Balfeden Dirz, in 643. The child soon revealed extraordinary intelligence and obviously possessed a gift for magic. Trained from a very young age in all scientific fields, he was able to correct his father’s plans before he was ten. Indifferent to any possible development of his mystic abilities, Maldegen Dirz favored his passion for science. | ||
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| + | He quickly specialized in biology, a rather unexplored field at the time. At eleven, Maldegen Dirz discovered parasites in the water recycling systems of Carthag Fero. He offered to coat the city reservoirs with copper and to treat drinking water with selected bacteria. Within a few months these corrections had cleansed the city of a great number of major diseases. Being a voracious reader, Maldegen Dirz used his newfound glory to gain access to the best libraries of the city and to correspond | ||
| + | with some of the brightest minds on Aarklash. | ||
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| + | Thus, he entertained some serious correspondence with mystics and scientists of the Kingdom of Alahan, including Rhea de Brisis. | ||
| + | It is she who told Maldegen that missionaries sent to the Syharhalna, on the other side of the Migol Sea, had discovered the ruins of an ancient and powerful civilization. | ||
'''The Brisis expedition''' | '''The Brisis expedition''' | ||
