Mart Assyrius

Mart (of) Assyrius was one of the most influential gnome men from the first age. His work is primarily connected to the Church of Valcen seeing he served as one of the three personal diciples for Valcen Slānderbri. He is best known for his authoirty as Holy Speaker of the Illusion Sands from 1A 469-591. At the time, he was one of the only gnomes with an understanding of life longevity magic.

Younger Life
Born in 1A 20, Mart grew up in the southern hills of the Faeng to mountain worshipping gnomes. He lived in the Assyrius tribe of gnomes, just outside of dwarven jurisdiction. He didn't venture out into the world until his adulthood in 47. What drove his curiosity was the search for knowledge. As the age of Jema raged on, the races began getting more and more knowledge and universities began appearing. Mart had a keen interest in this knowledge and ventured north towards Valceon.

Discipling with Valcen Slānderbri
As Mart grew to understand the world around him duing his studies in Valceon, he made a connection with Valcen Slānderbri and really took a grasp on his message and religious ideas in 165. Through the next 2 years, the Valcen church would gain immense popularity and authoirt. When the Church of Valcen is founded in early 167, they took it upon theirselves to nominate three beings to follow Valcen on his quest to eliminate the elven race.

In late 167, Mart was chosen as one of the three disciples of Valcen. From 167-204, Mart continues to desciple with Valcen until his passing in 204. From 204-447, as Malcan of Caneroth leads the church, Mart stays as a high-ranking cardinal within the church along with Frosbaed the Hammerhall. In 447, as the Titans and elves begin to capture Dunwalen, Mart escapes the city and travels north taking refuge in the Stipian Mountains. He finds shelter with the gnomes of the Stipian Mountains and lives in hiding until 469.

Holy Speaker of Illusion
Once the Illusion Sands became an independant territory from Titan rule in 465, it took a couple years for word to spread to Mart in the Stipian Mountains. As soon as Mart heard of this development, he came in claiming the throne of Holy Speaker in 469 beggining his reign as the Holy Speaker of Illusion until his death in 591.