Raktyn Liamia
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Raktyn Liamia was the 9th Utyr of Unified Utlia, reigning for two years, 802 to 800 TT. Raktyn is considered to be a member of the Pestilent Four, a group consisting of the four infamous Utyr who ruled prior to Hens Liama and the Succession War. Despite his short reign, Raktyns actions would further cement distrust in the Liamia dynastys capability to rule and cause former allies to the Liamia family to turn against them.
Early life
Raktyn was born 11-7 850 TT, to Erynt Liamia and Besren Shote in Tinlea-Ut, as a child Raktyn was cared for primarily by his father, who refused to hire a teacher for the Wyckryn, opting instead to educate the young Raktyn himself. Besrens teaching was often wrong and heavily biased, such as lessons about how the Azztan annexations were a mutual agreement between Azztanist and Telan states. At the age of twelve Raktyn had gained in interest in the religious practicing of the Eutan kingdom, specifically the bone rituals often performed by practitioners. His father was very supportive of the hobby, as it was keeping an endangered folk tradition alive.
Raktyn became obsessed with Azztanist-Wycaltket syncretism, believing that he could summon Azzta with the right ritual. He spent much of his life searching for information on these rituals and Wycaltket artifacts. At the age of twenty-two he funded an excavation of a Eutan religious site, where a wooden sigil was found encased in Eiy sap. Due to the success of the first excavation, Raktyn funded around eleven more around Kelna-Ut, of these eleven the most prominent being one in modern Kerel-Ut, where a dagger was found.
Raktyn refused to marry or entertain the idea of entering into a relationship with a woman due to his belief that it would taint his ritual ability. This led to conflict between him and his parents, who attemped multiple times to have him be wed to Seyeren Aremt.
By the age of forty Raktyn became indebted to a number of merchants and salesmen, whom he never paid due to his belief that he was on a holy mission, in his journal he wrote that he need not worry about "mortal things" such as currency. He also wrote about his worry that the Azz'marin and Slofyr family conspiring against him. His worry went away following the death of his mother however, as becoming Utyr meant that he was almost untouchable.
Rule
Raktyn was officially coronated on 13-10 802 TT. At the start of his rule, Raktyn would begin to take heavy loans out from a bones salesman represented by the merchant guild, ran and managed by the Slofyr family. He continued doing this until Keyetet Slofyr approached him, telling him that his status did not give him free reign to do as he pleased. Raktyn would eject Keyetet from the Wyckryn in a rage. On 8-9 801 TT, Raktyn would escalate the conflict by revoking the Slofyr family's mercantile rights, the longest held rights at the time, being gifted to the loyal Slofyrs by Wynlid for their support during the Azztan Annexations. When confronted by Nretka Slofyr, Ratkyn threatened to remove the family's noble status entirely.
The Slofyrs attempted to hold meetings with Raktyn throughout the rest of the year, though he never agreed to one. Though the rights were now revoked, the merchant guild remained loyal to the Slofyrs and refused to sell anything to Raktyn until he paid off his debts and returned the mercantile rights. By 23-12 801 TT, the Slofyr family had grown tired of trying to negotiate with the Utyr. During a shrine visit, an exhausted Nretka was advised by the Ardey to take matters into his own hands if others will not solve it for him. Taking the advice, Nretka set up a meeting between Raktyn and an unknown merchant who had secretly agreed to deal with Raktyn behind the back of the guild. The two met in a field east of Kelna-Ut and while Raktyn was inspecting a bone, the salesman stabbed him twenty-three times with a concealed knife and dumped his body in a nearby creek.
Legacy
Though a member of the Pestilent Four, Raktyns religious obsessions led to important anthropological discoveries, with much of what is known about Wycaltket rituals coming from his research and excevations. His journal proved to be especially useful due to its documentation of now lost Wycaltket books.
The creek he was disposed of in was named Raktyn River. A childrens story became popular in North Utlia revolving around his decaying corpse rising from the creek to hunt down nearby children and eat them to regenerate parts of his decomposing body.