Paris d'Lagua

Early Life

Paris d'Lagua was born into the ruling family of the monarchical Lagua region in the year 14. Being the second son of Turse d'Lagua, Paris was not eligible to rule the region, so he took up a career in the military. Paris took to the sword at a young age and sparred with his brothers on a daily basis, consistently beating them when he became a young man.

Paris' mother, Yira, died when he was only 8 during the birth of her last child, a girl with her namesake. While many of Paris' siblings took this as an unavoidable occurrence from the Line, Paris saw it as avoidable if his father hadn't burdened his aging mother with childbirth again. Since the death of his mother he became a devout Spinner, a less popular religion amongst the noble class.

Military Career

Paris joined the Confederate Army at the age of 19 with the blessing of his father and king, Turse. He started at the mid-rank level of Commander but soon worked his way to Minor General after just 4 years and 1 campaign against invading goblins in the Trohei region. By the age of 30, Paris became Major General, only second in command to his uncle, Supreme General Jakeen d'Lagua.

When Jakeen retired from his military service, Paris was promoted with much support from his subordinates. The Oed Family was displeased, due to a previously decided arrangement that their son would be given control of the Confederate Army when Jakeen was to be replaced. This deal was made when Turse was married to Yira as part of the wedding conditions. Turse passed this off as a blatant lie and attack on his family's success.

The Oed/Lagua disagreement led to the Civil War of the Confederacy. At the beginning of Paris' military career, he was pressed to confront the family of his mother on the battlefield. Paris ended the war quickly and moved on to his grand plan to levy a massive army of unseen sizes to march into the largely unexplored swamplands to hinder the goblins from their homes and put them on the defensive.

When Paris was 51 his vision was finally realized as an army 25,000 strong followed him South to the swamplands. This was to be the greatest military campaign of the Confederation, however it failed catastrophically and led to the death or desertion of nearly the entire army.

Death

It is unknown when Paris was killed, because the last reports the stragglers brought included stories of him being dragged into a goblin torture hole as the army was in a hasty retreat from an ambush. Those who knew him best said he stayed behind to ensure the retreat was as successful as it could be, but him and his bodyguard were overwhelmed by goblin spear hordes.

A statue of Paris was erected in Lagua in the year 67 to commemorate his brave vision and courageous actions in his final battle. The statue still stands in Lagua Square and is mirrored across the square by a statue of his beloved father who died a year after Paris. Turse and Paris are remembered as the defining members of the Lagua family in Confederate history.