**Emperor Glasious** — _The Iron Reign of [[Askaria]]_ --- ### Lore & Role **Emperor Glasious Cedenious rules the [[Askaria]] Empire**, located in the heart of the **[[North Angoria|North Angoria]] continent**, with a cold hand wrapped in velvet—his demeanor refined, his methods ruthless. Known across Solare as a **strategic despot**, Glasious has grown the empire’s wealth, influence, and infamy through the **expansion of the slave trade**, military dominance, and political infiltration. Born in a realm where power meant survival, Glasious clawed his way to the top through merciless ambition and unmatched intellect. Under his reign, [[Askaria]] has become the continent’s most feared slaver state. Glasious’s most dangerous ambition lies in his desire to **expand the slave trade eastward into the Free Kingdoms**, a dream consistently thwarted by the **immortal [[Queen Cyrill]] Lightheart of Brensistria**, whose rising power and anti-slavery campaigns haunt Glasious in his waking hours. He is the current captor of **[[Princess Fey Talbain]]**, the **youngest daughter of King Leon Talbain**, ruler of **Polaria**, the crown jewel and largest city of the **Human Union** in **South Angoria**. Though South Angoria has not fully aligned itself against [[Askaria]], **King Leon has sent aid to Brensistria**, showing clear opposition to Glasious’s expansion. Glasious keeps Fey **nude and imprisoned**, training her in the palace dungeons with the aim of breaking her will and using her as political leverage in his designs against the Talbain line. **Alignment:** Lawful Evil **Titles:** Supreme Emperor of [[Askaria]], Lord of Chains, Keeper of the Crescent Throne **Affiliations:** [[Askaria]] High Council, Inner Court of Chains, Slave Consortium of the North --- ### Personality & Traits Glasious is **charismatic, coldly analytical, and fiercely controlling**. His charm veils a ruthless core, and his preference for manipulation over brute force often lulls enemies into false security. He views people as tools—each with a potential use or price. He has a penchant for **fiddling with his signet ring** during negotiations, a gesture both habitual and strategic. He indulges in **exotic fruits** brought from across Solare by his slaves, and spends hours mastering **foreign languages**, cultures, and **strategic games** like chess, treating diplomacy as a game of long-term domination. **Traits:** - Master of political manipulation and diplomatic subterfuge - Fluent in multiple tongues, versed in obscure customs - Keeps an elite cadre of slaves for beauty, pleasure, and psychological power - Feared and obeyed more than he is loved—even by his family --- ### Relationships **[[Queen Cyrill]] Lightheart:** His greatest threat. Glasious fears her power, divine favor, and moral opposition. He constantly schemes to erode her influence in Brensistria. **King Leon Talbain:** Glasious views him as a stubborn obstacle. With **[[Princess Fey Talbain]]** in chains, Glasious seeks to undermine and humiliate House Talbain and pressure the Human Union. **Empress [[Luxia]]:** Glasious treats his wife with public honor and private calculation. She is loyal—because he ensures it. **Princess [[Lauscia]] & Prince [[Fadan]]:** His children receive affection wrapped in control. Glasious trains them in power games and keeps their ambitions caged in loyalty. **The Slave Council of [[Askaria]]:** Glasious’s closest advisors, chosen for their cunning and cruelty, help enforce his policies across city-states and colonies. **[[Princess Fey Talbain]]:** A royal of Polaria, now reduced to a personal slave. Glasious keeps her confined and intends to weaponize her identity against both **Polaria** and the **Human Union**, aiming to shake their political unity. To break her will and erase her noble identity, he keeps her nude and places her under the control of brutal slave trainers to shatter her sense of dignity. It is a calculated form of psychological warfare, used not for pleasure but as a method of control. His ultimate goal is to parade her before foreign courts as a broken prize—proof that even the strongest royal blood can be subdued beneath the [[Askaria]] Empire. This act has cemented Glasious’s reputation as a tyrant among his enemies and a symbol of unchecked cruelty. --- ### Adventure Hooks **Chains of the East:** Glasious dispatches agents to infiltrate the Free Kingdoms and prepare the expansion of [[Askaria]]’s slave markets. The players must intercept these efforts before diplomacy and freedom collapse. **The Talbain Bargain:** A rebel faction learns of Fey Talbain’s imprisonment and hires the party to infiltrate [[Askaria]] and liberate her before a dark ritual seals her fate. **Fruit of Corruption:** Exotic shipments Glasious prizes are discovered to contain cursed relics from [[Karudasos]]. He offers a fortune to the party to remove the curse—quietly. **The Emperor’s Gambit:** Glasious challenges [[Queen Cyrill]]’s ideals at a diplomatic summit. The players must gather leverage or win over neutral factions before war breaks out. --- ### Appearance Glasious is a **distinguished man in his late 40s**, with **jet-black hair** falling neatly to his broad shoulders and **piercing dark eyes** that seem to strip others bare. His **weathered but regal robes** shimmer faintly with magical threading, and his **polished signet ring** never leaves his hand. His frame is tall and commanding, and his voice alone can silence a room. His court is decorated in austere elegance, filled with chained dancers, exotic fruits, and symbols of his expanding dominion. --- **Notes:** Glasious is a central villain for campaigns centered around slavery, moral choice, political warfare, and rebellion. His grip on Princess Fey, his rivalry with [[Queen Cyrill]], and his dark vision for [[Askaria]]’s future make him a long-term antagonist with far-reaching influence across Solare.