Desmond Targonus

Desmond Targonus, born Desmond Blannis is a fugitive dragonborn man infamous in the Aigean Seas. Mostly referred to as Admiral Desmond throughout his short tenure, he was the Head of State of the Commonwealth of Port Tormenta and Fleet Admiral of its Navy between Virgo 5th - Virgo 22nd, 1490 TN, preceded by the late Admiral Janus Fairocean. Desmond was ousted from his position as Admiral of the Commonwealth due to corruption and war-crimes. Many believe Desmond has been cursed, as he has been witnessed transforming into a dragon at arbitrary occasions.

Desmond is obsessed with acquiring relics (crowns, he calls them) left behind by some ancient civilization in the Aigean Seas of Aigora. Desmond wants to find all of these relics and then ‘ascend’ so that he can “prevent a great flood from swallowing the lands...” from the Elder Deity, Nathair.

Desmond at one point commanded Tormenta’s Navy and had a rather large following in its commonwealth despite his authoritarian leadership. He is also a very strong fighter and has capitalized on his cursed state to utilize his dragon form.

Early Life
Desmond was born in Blannishold in the year 1450 T.O. a member of House Blannis to Goeminis & Lissandra Blannis, but his memories of his childhood are foggy due to trauma. After his elder brother Danimus left Blannishold, he remained as next in line as head of the house. Desmond’s father, Goeminis Blannis was killed in the capital of the Sang-Lothor Imperium, Arx Angoth, Desmond was not fit enough to become lord, so his mother, Lissandra Blannis decided a steward, Huang Long, son of Zultong Long, would hold the seat.

Desmond’s family was taken from their home, his two sisters Gloria Blannis & Daianis Blannis, disappeared (sold to lesser noble families by Huang), and Lissandra abandoned Desmond in the cold Eastern Juth mountains; Lissandra was later killed by Huang Long.

Desmond’s body was frozen by the freezing mountain winds, but he was saved by the Ash’ai monks who worshipped Nathair. They took him in, but he developed amnesia and had forgotten who he was; the Ash’ai monks told him he was Desmond Targonus and that he hailed from another plane. At the monastery, Desmond met Janus Fairocean, another orphan and his soon to be best friend, and together they left the monastery to explore the world, at this point, Desmond had become a full dragonkin due to the Blannis Curse.

Adult Life
A year after being taken in by the Ash'ai monks, he and Janus Fairocean, his best friend, left the Sang-Lothor Imperium and traveled around the known world. Desmond and Janus traveled beyond the Northern Mists of the Aigean Sea and began their seafaring careers. Over time, Desmond and Janus drifted apart, with Desmond becoming a pirate and with Janus becoming a privateer. In the years to come, Desmond was viewed as a feared man in the Aigean Seas with a mysterious past, he claimed he was born in the plane of Faerun and came to Aigora through the opening of the Portals, but that story did not add up to many people. Desmond's real name was Desmond Blannis of the House Blannis of Sang-Lothor, but only Janus Fairocean, his friend, knew this.

In 1481, he was forgiven for his deeds by the newly apointed Admiral Janus Fairocean of the Commonwealth of Port Tormenta, who over time had risen the ranks of the Commonwealth of Port Tormenta navy to its' highest distinction. Desmond, crafty as he was, knowing his friend was forgiving, pleaded Janus for his life; in exchange for his exoneration, Janus tasked Desmond with a lifetime of servitude to civic service for the greater good of Port Tormenta and its commonwealth. Under Janus’ administration, Desmond’s cryptic private life began to sprout rumors, Janus, fearing that Desmond had returned to his old ways, sent him away on expeditions, gave Desmond control of his own personal expeditionary naval force and tasked him with bringing order in the Aigean Sea and with finding hospitable islands to expand the commonwealth to.

Meeting Razgaal Ourani
Desmond then set out on several expeditions throughout the Aigean Sea, traveling north in exploration of new islands to inhabit, and to the south-west, World's End and Ouranou. He stumbled upon remains of ancient, long gone, civilizations. After his expeditions, it was said that something within Desmond changed; when he returned to Tormenta, he married an elven sage from Ouranou, land of the elves, named Razgaal Ourani, that he had met on his travels. Desmond, infatuated with her, began to believe a prophecy that she would spew about the coming of the Great Flooding, and the crowning of a new king of the depths, winds, and sands. For many moons, Desmond contemplated and pondered these divinations, and in time, began to believe he was likely a contender for the throne of the depths, winds, and sands, and that only he could prevent the great flood.

Desmond Targonus and Razgaal Ourani fell in love during their travels together and had a child together, Razgaal Targonus. Despite Desmond being a Dragonkin due to the curse, he could still father children as a human, so Razgaal Ourani, an elf, and Desmond, a human by birth, made Razgaal Targonus a half-elf. This also meant that Razgaal Targonus was a half-Blannis, half-Ourani, which prevented the influence of the Blannis Curse from being too strong on her.

While still traveling, Desmond raised his daughter with his wife, Razgaal Ourani in the sea, and she grew up learning from both of them. In need of understanding of his fate and destiny, Desmond plotted the acquisition of various relics left behind the ancient civilization of the Aigean Seas, that he assumed would lead to his ‘ascension’. He enlisted the help of the Syndicate of Tormenta, to gather information.

Desmond learned that one of the ‘crowns’ he was looking for was right under his nose and confronted the Father-Tree, Baal, an ancient, but weakened deity that watched over the Aigean Sea, and attempted to seize control of his powers. He was fended off by ‘the Mushroom Knights’ and Baal himself; in which they were successful in defeating a witch that traveled with Desmond. Desmond proceeded to hide Storm Isle, Baal's location, from the rest of the island with a magical permanent fog dubbed 'the Mists of Eetion ', a magical ability latent in him that he had not realized he had. Storm Isle remained in the mists, presumably so that Desmond could return there one day to attempt to reclaim Baal's powers again when he was stronger.

After Janus, his best-friend, was accidentally killed by the Resistance of Tormenta in 1490, Desmond assumed the role of Head of State and Fleet Admiral of the Commonwealth and its Navy.

The Weastern Pirates
Desmond was pursued to the Sunken Sun Oasis in the Aigean Sands by the Weastern Pirates, there they confronted him and defeated him in an arduous battle. Desmond was spared by them after the crew acquired the Aigal Hourglass, one of the relics Desmond was after. Desmond was taken care of by his daughter Razgaal Targonus, as he had been gravely injured and tired after his battle with the Weastern pirates. After a long recovery, Desmond returned to Weastworld to find his daughter that traveled with the Weastern Pirates. Razgaal convinced Desmond to no longer pursue the pirates and the relics and in exchange she would travel with him again and attempt to help him find a cure for his curse. Desmond and Razgaal escaped towards the Sang-Lothor Imperium.

The Weastern Pirates discovered, with the aid of the deity Trix'Alleb, that Desmond's real family name is Blannis, and that Razgaal Targonus was set to marry Xervisian Lothlorian, first prince of the Sang-Lothor Imperium. The Weastern Pirates set off to rescue Razgaal from an arranged marriage.