Gregor the Pious

Child of Linphonse the Scholar and Tangsy Olothur. Parent of of Theodora the Trident. Husband of Marliss the Silent. A believer and a warmonger, his reign was characterized by expensive military expansion and complete divestment of all social and cultural rules to The Church's Priest of the Most High, who greatly expanded church slavery.

Early Life

A childhood climbing accident left him with chronic pain. He sought to soothe this pain through dedication to the church.

Confirmation

Through his devotion, he made his way to confirmation quickly. However, the process was not without its problems. Before the ceremony he was prophesied that he would be the Last King. (For some interpretations of this prophecy, this ended up being true.) As far as his parents, Tangsy was supportive and sought to educate him to be crafty and as critical as possible. His farther, Linphonse, thought he was a ninkompoop.

Love of His Life

Gregor was introduced to Marliss by Rokudes at a church festival. They began pen-pal relationships. Their long-distance friendship started as an intellectual one, but gradually evolved into romantic intensity. Their second in-person meeting took place two years after their first introduction due to Marliss' work at the Church's headquarters in Quatina. Marliss proposed at this reunion, and Gregor accepted three weeks later.

As much as his marriage to Marliss was an arranged affair by those whose sole desire was to gain more power over the king, Gregor did truly care and love his partner until the day he died. Even though most of their early relationship was long distance, it blossomed into a devoted partnership.

Legacy

Many people have differing opinions on how successful Gregor's reign was, usually dictated on what their views on society are. However, what we can say this that Gregor expanded Andorith's influence though the expansion of military campaigns and embrace of the Church for all societal and cultural rules, which resulted in a expansion of slavery sponsored by the church.

In his final years, after the love of his life, Marliss, retreated to monasticism, he tried to spend more time with his daughter, Theodora. However, he was often busy stabilizing the conquests from his early reign. (Some scholars argue that this lack of guidance for Theodora lead to the ultimate fall of the monarchy). Unfortunately, Gregor died before she took the throne.