I am Vlad Severans, a former officer in the Imperial Legion.

Military service Vlad Severans

Vlad Severans joined the Imperial Legion at about the age of twenty. His first years of service were spent on the northern borders of the empire during the Barbarian Wars.

Northern Barbarian Wars

The young legionnaire served in garrisons along the cold border. The campaigns were grueling: small skirmishes, raids by barbarian tribes, the defense of fortifications in forested areas. It was there that he learned endurance, discipline and military logistics.

The First Desert Campaign

Vlad Severans gained a real reputation during the First Desert Campaign. The empire fought for control of trade routes through the vast deserts of the southern provinces.

Severans distinguished himself during several operations to secure caravan routes and organize the supply of troops in difficult conditions. His planning skills and composure earned him a promotion to officer rank.

Rebellions in the Western Provinces

A few years later, his legion was transferred to the west, where the imperial authorities were faced with a series of rebellions. There, Severance already commanded a unit and participated in the suppression of rebellions in several cities of the province.

These campaigns were harsh and unpopular, but they gave him experience in working with the administration, garrisons and city authorities.

The Second War for the Funau Archipelago

The final stage of his service was the Second War for the Funau Archipelago - a strategic group of islands in the open ocean, controlling important sea routes.

During one of the sea campaigns, Severance found himself in a situation where some of the military booty and trophies ended up in his hands. For reasons of caution, he hid this treasure on one of the uninhabited islands of the archipelago.

He remembers the location only approximately. To return the treasure, a ship, men and considerable funds would be needed.

Shortly after the war ended, Vlad Severance received an honorable retirement for his years of service. Now, after twenty years of campaigning, a new field of battle opens before him - the world of trade, politics, and money.

I am about forty years old. I have spent most of my life in military campaigns on the far borders of the empire. After twenty years of service, I received an honorable discharge.

My pension is 20 empires a month - enough to keep me from starving, but not enough for a real life.

Over the years of campaigns, I have collected some trophies: a few valuable things that can be sold or used as start-up capital.

But my greatest secret is a treasure that I once hid on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean. I still need to get there, and for this I need a ship, people and money.

Right now I have no home of my own, no business and no clear plan.

There is only experience, discipline, ambition.