Votigern

Vortigern is the leader of the Ilmycran Revolt. He is a charismatic man and rumored to be very powerful in the druidic magic. In the months leading up to the revolt, Vortigern, followed by three dozen druids and a few hundred loyal followers, emerged from his hiding place deep in the Ilmycran forests and secretly met with various rebel faction leaders. He managed to unify the Ilmycran National Resistance Front (INRF) and the religious extremists know as the Devoted under his banner. Together they have seized control of the whole province and driven out the Sairlander garrisons.

Vortigern is young for being such an influential leader, only being 77 years old (about 40 compared to a human lifespan.) He was born during the initial Sairlander Invasion and occupation of Ilmycra in 1427 and grew up during the bloody 34 years of violence that followed. Vortigern's parent's were druids and freedom fighters, so from a young age he learned both the druidic arts and how to lead men in battle. After Ilmycra won semi-autonomous status from Sairland in 1461, Vortigern was assigned by the Drudic Council to be the leader of a village in Eastern Ilmycra. After 20 years Vortigen received a new assignment as the leader of a larger and more important community in the area. At this time his superiors also arranged a marriage for him. The couple soon had a young daughter and another child on the way. On April 23rd, 1491 King Alfonso de Borgiac announced that his Stormsinger Kepeskselit had foiled an assassination attempt by the Druidic Council, and that the Inquisition had found evidence of a secret plan by the Druids to ally themselves with The Greenblood Empire against Sairland. That night, the inquisition and Sairlander Army arrested or killed thousands of Ilmycrans accused of being part of the plot, including most of the druids. Vortigern was not home when the inquisitors arrived to take him away. His wife and child hid in a secret room he had built years ago, and escaped notice. They did not escape the flames however when the troops set fire to the home. Devastated by the loss of his family, his order, and his country, and finding himself an outlaw with a price on his head, Vortigern fled into exile in the wilderness where he would spend the next 13 years.