Cyzo Udirel

Title / Position:

Senator of Coranan, member of Tharda’s Senate

Born: ( Age )

667 ( 53 @ 720TR )

Hair:

Dark grey with traces of black at the temples, always swept back and meticulously kept.

Eyes:

Cold blue-grey, with the rare ability to seem both present and detached.

Skin:

Pale, almost marble-like — a quality that enhances rather than diminishes his authority.

Build:

Lean and well-proportioned; his posture is militarily straight rather than athletic.

Dress:

Prefers purples and deep reds—the colors of the senate—but with restrained elegance. Always wears a broad gold ring on his right hand, an heirloom from his mentor rather than a vanity of his own.
 

Background:

Cyzo Udirel was born in Coranan into a family once belonging to the smaller, free merchant houses — not poor, but without influence. He made his way by skill rather than inheritance: first as a jurist in the republic’s commercial court, later as an adviser to several prominent senators before being elected to the chamber himself.
  His political career has been defined by a clear credo: that Tharda’s strength lies not in its borders, but in its order. A convinced Consolidationist, he sees the republic’s greatest threat not in external enemies but in internal division. His speeches emphasize the importance of law, institutions, and measured governance, even when populists demand expansion or vengeance.
  Yet he is no frail idealist. He understands the language of power and wields it with surgical precision. His network within the administrative hierarchy and among major merchants makes him a man whose silence is often worth more than others’ voices.
 

Impression/Tone/Personality:

Udirel is a quiet diplomat with the mind of a jurist and the patience of a strategist. He believes neither in revolutions nor in sacred causes; the world, to him, is held together by contracts, not by faith. His speeches are long, logically structured, and filled with restrained passion—the kind that earns respect rather than applause.
  He sees corruption as an inevitable fact of governance, one best managed rather than denied. Those who break the law in moderation for the republic’s benefit are, in his eyes, less dangerous than those who shatter order in the name of righteousness.
  In private, he is reserved, solitary, known for his quiet life. Those few who know him personally describe a man who weighs every word—his own no less than others’.
 

Role, Relations and Influence:

• Serenima of Shiran: He views her ambitions as potentially destabilizing for the republic, yet is fascinated by her political acumen. He maintains contact, always at arm’s length—a delicate balance of recognition and caution.
• The Military: Respected, though not loved. He opposes costly campaigns and is a leading voice for withdrawing troops from minor provinces.
• The Merchant Guilds: His strongest base of support. He serves as their legal safeguard and negotiator whenever the senate threatens new taxes or expropriations.
• The Temples: Deeply skeptical of clerical influence. He considers priests necessary for maintaining order, but dangerous when they believe themselves to speak for gods rather than for law.

 
 

Reputation:

In Tharda’s political circles, Cyzo Udirel is sometimes called “The Quiet Anvil”—he strikes rarely, but every strike reshapes the structure. To many younger senators he appears a relic of the republic’s founding age; to the elders, a reminder of how power should be carried—without noise, yet with weight.