Alek Tellumnar

Alex Tellumnar is one of the two original leaders of the Scientarian Revolution, and twin brother to Empress Adele Tellumnar.

Early Life
Alek Tellumnar and his older sister were born in the city of Tear in 189 b.s.r. Their father was Nicholas Tellumnar and their mother was Theresa Tellumnar, teachers of literature and history respectively at the Tear University. Moderately well to do as the family was, Adele and her brother were given the best possible education, and rather than follow in their parents' interests, they quickly found a love for scientific experimentation and craftsmanship. The Scientific Revolution began around the twins coming of age in the 70s b.s.r., and they instantly became loyal adherents and soon became leaders of the movement. His sister was quoted as saying, "Nothing has changed this world more than the discoveries of gunpowder, mutation, and of Alek", signifying an early belief that her brother was the true genius between the two of them. Alek became a celebrity in scientific circles, with impressive advancements on artillery, explosives, mutagens, and elemental chemistry. Upon his publication of the Tellumnar Model of the atom and his periodic table, he began being referred to as the "King of the Elements".

Throughout the 50s to 20s b.s.r., Adele and Alek travelled around Gernon gaining more knowledge and skill with their craft, and Alek eventually being known as the finest alchemist in the world, in addition to a passionate promoter of scientific rights. For more than 10 years they lived in Oyashima as guests of Emperors Komei Ryu and Kenji Ryu, who utilized their expertise to help build major advancements to his capital of Akihito and to cement rule over the troublesome Vanaran separatist groups resisting integration into the empire.

Creating the Empire
While his sister returned to the Silver Tree Forest to begin a career in politics, Alek continued his research and explorations alone. It was in Kurosekai that his destiny changed. Alek discovered a series of tunnels deep in the earth that seemed to be created by some lost and ancient civilization. He discovered an Umbral Dragon that had been kept in stasis using an arcane magical cage, among other strange wonders. But most importantly, he made contact with the Flumphs. These inter-dimensional beings had been hiding in the ancient ruins as a place where they could observe the material plane and not bother any normal people. But they were aware of the oncoming threat of Kalderus, and felt like they needed to tell someone to help save civilization. Alek took their words to heart, and decided to dedicate the rest of his life to using science to save the world.

He returned to the Silver Tree Forest, explained what he had learned to Adele, and they began working on plans for a general conquest of the continent. Alek was involved in some of the most excited and celebrated set pieces of the revolution, as he led the conquest of Kurosekai, the largest city in the world. Alek was most famous for his almost religious zeal for wiping out all arcane magic from society. He had come to learn that Kalderus' prison was being eaten away by excess arcane magic being used on the material plane, and meted out swift punishment to all who utilized arcane magic. He ruled the western realms of the Scientarian Empire from 1 asr to 15 asr, where he engaged in wars against Caliyan, Jorundum, the Infernal Army, and repeated counter revolutionary attacks against his regime.

Final Battle and Death
Despite his best attempts, Alek only managed to forestall the coming of Kalderus rather than stop it. But this effort did give him time to calculate his arrival, and to develop a weapon to help him fight the great monstrosity. The Tellumnar Tank was the finest piece of craftsmanship Alek was ever known to produce, which was shielded from sight of the madness aura of the chaos god, as well as capable of firing enormous alchemical explosives from every direction. Alek Tellumnar died on the field of battle outside of Kurosekai, having successfully damaged Kalderus enough that it was forced to retreat for another eon of hibernation.

Legacy
Alek Tellumnar is a polarizing figure to Gernon citizens to the present day. His scientific advancements are indisputably unparalleled, to the point where many of his inventions were lost when the man died without telling anyone where his blueprints were. Many continue searching for these lost manuscripts. The question of his morality is much more difficult to settle, with some calling him a vicious tyrant focused too much on utilitarian methods of justice, while others call him the savior of all life on Gern. His name and icon are still often trotted out in the Scientarian Empire as a visionary of the days of the revolution, while in many places he is still spoken of in hushed tones of anger.