Sillas Deepcreek
Personality
Sillas Deepcreek has maintained a persona that is for the people and by the people, even after rising to the ranks of Prime Minister of Stone Bay, Chaplain of the Deep, and briefly - King of Stone Bay. He is deeply committed to the Church of the Deep, describing it as his life's work. His actions can almost always be tied to one, or both, of two things: having a laugh or growing the faith. While rather adept at the political machinations of Stone Bay, Sillas, in recent years, has pulled back from the active manipulation of these systems. Instead, he utilizes the many leaders within the Church of the Deep to ensure that their influence is felt and that the smaller-folks of Kara are not tossed to the wayside.
Hailing from a large farming family within the Principality of Adenosa, his mental strengths do not rely on knowledge found in colleges or libraries. Instead, he is charming and charismatic - pulling real-world examples and metaphors to explain the world around them. As a Chosen Hand of Sanaquas, Sillas considers himself one of the few people within the world who has the right to speak on the Titans in a factual way. While wearing a facade of a priest of the people, Sillas has historically utilized his might - both divine and mortally-given - to ensure his will is brought to reality.
He is an approachable figure within Kara, and while not the most worldly, we is willing to share what he knows to those who approach him with respect. While he rebukes the many titles he holds, it is somewhat clear that he values them and is willing to use them as shields against those who would work against his efforts both within the Church of the Deep and greater-Kara. His Holiness may be the son of a kelp farmer, but his tongue is sharper than steel.
History
Adenosan Childhood
His Holiness' life began in Adenosa, the son of Maria and Sillas, Sr, a couple who sired many children as many agricultural families do. A working-poor family, he was not properly educated in a school house, instead taught at his mother's kitchen table. For the first 100 years of his life, he worked on his family's farm and was the heir-apparent for their family's work. Just after his 126th birthday, the man began to notice ships sailing on the surface of the water above their farm. In what he describes as "a moment of boredom," he chose to follow them out of the Principality of Adenosa and to the islands of Kara.
Arrival in Kara and Early Months
Arriving on the islands, he took up a job doing what he knew best - farming. Within a settlement to the west of the City of Stone Bay, he planted great fields of wheat and potatoes to supply the residents with food and make a meager living. It was not until a witch within the woods of Orlan whipped a great deal of the small-folk into a frenzy did Sillas' journey truly begin in Kara. This witch convinced a number of Karans to steal from the aristocracy of Stone Bay, which lead to the arrest of Sillas. Charged with an engorged number of crimes within an ecclesiastical court, Boris Bejewelled Johnson found him guilty and punished him with a sentence that would grow to be rather ironic: never becoming a citizen of Stone Bay, and never joining the Church of the Deep.
Months later, a dwarf by the name of Ordren Stoneheart stumbled upon Sillas Deepcreek and lead him to a temple within the wilds of Orlan. Within it, the Lord Mother, Sanaquas, the Titan of the Sea, claimed him as a Chosen Hand of Sanaquas and charged him with growing Her faith. As tale of this spread, then Lord Mayor, Ulysses Mountbatten, approached the elf regarding the Church of the Deep. After conversation, Sillas agreed to the position of Chaplain of the Deep. His friendship with Ulysess grew, and Sillas was appointed as the Deputy Mayor of the City of Stone Bay, and upon the reformation of Parliament, Prime Minister of Stone Bay.
The First Deepcreek Premiership
It was during his premiership that the Kingdom of Stone Bay went through a transformation. The factions within the government that enjoyed unquestioned power were sidelined, and ultimately removed from power itself. The city's gates opened for none-citizens to relocate within it and the beginnings of the City of Stone Bay we know today began. During his time as Prime Minister, Sillas reduced the power of the Court of the Deep, argued and won parliamentary representation for other faiths, and faithfully lead the government through the war against Arimaex Glisk - including bringing Ulysses Mountbatten to the side of those against the lich. His premiership lasted for 11 years of relative peace as the nation was reformed. Sillas' fingerprints are on many of the foundation changes, both structurally and culturally, that made way for the Kingdom of Stone Bay today.
The Rise of the Church of the Deep
Throughout Sillas' premiership, the Church of the Deep did very little aside from open membership to all Karans, not just citizens of Stone Bay. Upon the resignation of government duty, Sillas returned to his pact with the Mother, Sanaquas, and focused his energies towards growing the faith. With a newly constructed chapel, Sillas preformed rituals to seal Arimaex's Tower of Bird Gander's and eventually asked the sea to claim it. It still resides off the coast of Orlan in its watery grave. In these early months of retirement, the first clergy was formed - made up of loyal acolytes, prominent Karans, and simply the rich. It was distinctly different than the Clergy of the modern kara, in which its body is made up of priests and paladins utterly devoted to the Church of the Deep itself. The Church's membership grew rapidly during this period, representing anywhere between 30% to 50% of the islands' population. In this time, the Church of the Deep was a prominent political body - with some muttering that Sillas' never truly stepped away from politicking, only stepped away from the responsibility of governing. During the Occupation of Stone Bay, the Church of the Deep, lead by Fafnir Deepcreek in Sillas' absence, played a large role in the organization of the rebellion that would unseat the Archon, Macadier Maldore. This period included rituals to bring the Hag, Auntie Morgantha back to life, magics to cloud the minds of Karans working against the Archon so that he could not delve into their memories to find their plans, and ultimately, the short reign of Sillas I, a necessary seizing of the Prismarine Throne to utilize it in a successful attempt to return Ulysess Mountbatten, Blue Mountbatten, and Arthur Justice, from their forced leave of Kara.
During the war against the Colony of the Ehrtfort, the Church of the Deep earned its position within the modern Kara as a religious body loyal to both the Throne and small folks of Kara.
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