Abilities: Sharp/Charismatic/Vigourous: There are few men who excel in all they do. This man may be one of those few. Skilled Bureaucrat: This man shows great skill at managing settlements Mathematics Expert: This man's use of numbers is more than an abstract pursuit. Epic Poet: This man cannot resist quoting his own extravagant verses at every opportunity. Superior Builder: This man enjoys the planning and building of settlements almost for their own sake. Hale and Hearty: This man's name is almost a byword for vigour and good health.
Personality: Selfish/Optimistic/Loyal: This man is sure that things will turn out right, that authorities and luck are on his side. Syrios: This man is a descendant of the people who inhabited Syria, but who then were moved with the arrival of other colonists in Syria itself. He has now risen to a position in the Seleukid kingdom where his authority spreads out over large areas. Ingenuous: This man has an inherently trusting nature that makes him both endearing and worryingly vulnerable. Practical:This man frowns upon the scholastic approach to learning, preferring to educate himself in practical matters through direct means. Careless of Security: Personal security is not a high priority for this man. Benevolent Ruler: This man likes to see himself as being well-meaning and considerate of his social inferiors. Extroverted: Chatty and sociable, this man only finds himself comfortable in the company of others. Healthy Wife: This man's wife is healthy and their union produces healthy offspring. Refined Tastes: This man's tastes are honed to a fine pitch and often very expensive to satisfy. Welcoming to Foreigners: Friendly and open to all that is new, this man welcomes strangers to his home with open arms. Proxenos Under Suspicion: This man's friends in an enemy nation have brought him into suspicion among his people. Positive: This man has a positive attitude that makes him a pleasure to work under.
Military-Related: Talented Leader: This man has some inborn talent that inspires men to fight, kill, and die for him. Renowned General: This man has developed a reputation within the military for his refined skills as a commander. Hates Revolting Slaves: Any slaves who dare rise against their masters must be slaughtered.
Well Supplied: This general and his army are well-supplied Confident Troops: This man's troops are confident in his abilities as a general.
Positions: Hetairos: This man is part of the inner circle of the court and thus a truly powerful man in the kingdom Popular Panegyrarches: This man, in his duties as Panegyrarches (president of the festivals), has spared no expense in honoring the gods.
Successful Ergepistates: This man has done well in his position as Ergepistates (supervisor of public buildings). Granted Hellenic Name: Not of Hellenic blood, but has had his Hellenic name officially recognized in addition to his own name. Emporiarchos: This man has been appointed Emporiarches (supervisor of trade).
Retinue:
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Family Retainer: A friend of Hermokrates's family. Turncoat Eleutheroi: A former Leader of a rebel band, Hermokrates has decided to spare this man's life upon capturing him and now this man is in debt to Hermokrates. Master of Horse: A nomadic warrior in Egrisi Hermokrates befriended during his travels. Silk Merchant: A merchant from far eastern lands Hermokrates met in the Agora of Alexandreia Dioiketes: A Bureaucrat and Scholar Hermokrates met in the Library of Alexandreia Eklogistes: An official working in the city of Seleukeia that Hermokrates has befriended. Exotic Pet: While as a governor of Seleukeia, Hermokrates became an extravagant spender; this Bengal Tiger being one of the purchases. Geographer: This man aids Hermokrates in surveying the land during military campaigns.
Biography:
Growing up as an orphan, the only thing he knew of his parents was that his father was an innkeeper near Apamea in Syria and his mother died during childbirth; and he had no siblings.
He lived as a street urchin in Syria, doing whatever odd jobs he could find to make a living. That time, he had wandered all the way to Antioch, the largest city in Syria. During his adventures, he often noticed the grand villas of the nobles, the aristocrats, the rich; he envied those who lived in wealth and extravagance, desiring to live in such conditions too. Upon reaching military age, Hermokrates enlisted himself into the army, deciding that through arms was he able to attain wealth. His apparent skill in leading men was noticed, he was able to work his way up the ranks, although not serving in any military campaigns, save for a few minor battles against the ptolemaioi. Soon, Hermokrates was promoted to the rank of a strategos at the age of 27; then, he bid farewell to his comrades and head for the capital Seleukeia, to attend the royal council of the then-Basileus Antiochos. Hermokrates found Seleukeia of great wealth.
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