Difference between revisions of "Nicator"

Nikolas, Severian, and their fellow settlers crossed the [[Vashnar Mountains|Southern Vashnars]] and forged deep into a swampy jungle, just as Nikolas had foreseen in his visions. All the while, their progress was beleaguered by waters tainted with disease by the Tsol'teth. As workers dug wells and assembled stone houses, Nikolas thought deeply upon his burgeoning city's role in world affairs. He stumbled out into the jungle and wandered for days until finally, in an epiphany that would forever alter the course of history, the [[Sarapis|Logos]] appeared to the dying and newly pious Nikolas. Sarapis decreed that Nikolas would henceforth bear the name "Nicator" and would marshal his city against the oncoming tides of darkness that would strike a century hence. Two artefacts were bestowed upon Nicator: a rock covered in the water-purifying [[amar moss]] and the [[Staff of Nicator]].

Nikolas, Severian, and their fellow settlers crossed the [[Vashnar Mountains|Southern Vashnars]] and forged deep into a swampy jungle, just as Nikolas had foreseen in his visions. All the while, their progress was beleaguered by waters tainted with disease by the Tsol'teth. As workers dug wells and assembled stone houses, Nikolas thought deeply upon his burgeoning city's role in world affairs. He stumbled out into the jungle and wandered for days until finally, in an epiphany that would forever alter the course of history, the [[Sarapis|Logos]] appeared to the dying and newly pious Nikolas. Sarapis decreed that Nikolas would henceforth bear the name "Nicator" and would marshal his city against the oncoming tides of darkness that would strike a century hence. Two artefacts were bestowed upon Nicator: a rock covered in the water-purifying [[amar moss]] and the [[Staff of Nicator]].

In the following years, Nicator went on to conquer many settlements and bring them into the Seleucarian fold. He took a harem of foreign wives in order to strengthen diplomatic ties (chief among these Queen [[Petra (queen)|Petra]] of Thera), though this brought with it accusations of lechery. His manic, fervent drilling against an unnameable and unknowable entity drew likewise ire, with many of his subjects suspecting him to be mad. Even as he spent copious sovereigns upon the poor and downtrodden, in line with his belief in the potential of every individual, there arose concerns of his perceived wastefulness.

In the following years, Nicator went on to conquer many settlements and bring them into the Seleucarian fold. He took a harem of foreign wives in order to strengthen diplomatic ties (chief among these Queen [[Petra (queen)|Petra]] of Thera), though this brought with it accusations of lechery. His manic, fervent drilling against an unnameable and unknowable entity drew likewise ire, with many of his subjects suspecting him to be mad. Even as he spent copious sovereigns upon the poor and downtrodden, in line with his belief in the potential of every individual, there arose concerns of his perceived wastefulness.