Loved by the Sun Character Biography series: King Riobard Ivarius

As promised, today starts the Loved by the Sun character biography series. My hopes are to introduce you to the main characters of the novel, and allow you to know a bit about them and why they are prevalent in the novel series.
Without further adieu, I present to you:

To start the series, I thought it best to introduce to you Riobard Ivarius, King of Ivory Glen.

Riobard Ivarius was born on the 8th of Avi'arris, in the year 2055. As a young prince, Riobard showed steady interest in the matters of the kingdom, always inquiring of the state of the people. His father, King Rhemen Ivarius, dedicated his attention to the state of the kingdom's military over all other matters, ensuring that they remained the strongest and most powerful in the continent of Neotericus. Riobard was taught that, if your armed forces are strong, everything else will follow suit. Thus, at the age of fifteen, Riobard was commissioned in the Army of Ivory Glen.

He was taught military tactics, and endured rigorous combat training with sword and bow, as well as horsemanship. At the age of twenty, Riobard was commanding his own battalion, often fighting alongside their southern allies of Silvervale in campaigns to the north when military forces from Raven Caw made attempts to claim territories that would bring them too close to the kingdom's borders.

Several battles saw Riobard fighting shoulder to shoulder with his father, pushing back the Raven Caw forces with each victory achieved. It was during the final push that King Rhemen suffered a fatal wound from a well-placed arrow that pierced his throat. As the king fell, the soldiers looked to Riobard's leadership to bring them to victory, neutralizing the Raven Caw threat and bringing peace to the northern territories that lay between the Darkfall and Gelid mountains.

Riobard was twenty five years old when his father fell on the battlefield, and with a heavy heart, he took the crown and was named King of Ivory Glen.

By the age of thirty, Riobard had implemented his own laws which focused more upon the welfare of the citizens while applying militaristic strategies for defense of the kingdom's borders instead of engaging in campaigns elsewhere. This change brought prosperity to the land, as less platinum was needed for military campaigns and was used to mine the valuable ore of white mythril, which the rolling hills of Ivory Glen held countless veins within.

King Riobard married his queen, Joanelise Greyhelm, on the fourteenth day of Sol'anica, in the year 2088. Together, they ensured the welfare of their kingdom's citizens above all other matters of the kingdom, gaining the undying love of their people. The chief deity of the pantheon, Soleil, was pleased with Riobard and Joanelise, not only for their devotion to their people, but their praise and worship and constant prayer to him and the service of his will.

For this, Soleil blessed them with the gift of his daughter, granting the clerics the prophecy of her arrival and the promise of peace and prosperity to spread across the entire continent, and eventually the entire world. She would be human, however she would be the most pure mortal to ever exist in Pelmythia, and her divine power would only grow.

On the day of her birth, strange things began to occur, causing King Riobard to once again draw his sword...

And that, my friends, is where I leave the story to unfold in Loved by the Sun, available November 30, 2018.

Thanks for visiting. I do hope you have enjoyed this biography. There are more characters to be introduced, so stay in touch. Until next we meet...

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