Saelus, God of Mankind

Saelus, God of Mankind, was the first mortal being to ascend to the status of a God. He was hand chosen by Aldron himself, who first took notice of Saelus during his highly successful military campaigns. Saelus was a Aratan, today known as the Astricans. Many years before the rise of Andas, there was Saelus, who led the Aratans in brutal but necessary raids on nearby elf and human tribes. At the time, the Aratans were facing a horrific drought, crops failed and many Aratans begin to perish. Saelus was a common hunter who decided to take action to fix the inaction of tribe leaders. He raised his own raiding party, consisting of thirty men from his village of Cherno. Hungry, desperate, and tired, they marched to a nearby Elf encampment of over one hundred elves. Saelus' raiding party broke down the front gate and stormed the camp, raiding and killing all who dared to stop him. He brought food and hope back to his village, his people could now survive until the drought had passed -- but only through military action.

Saelus continued this as his war party grew. From 50, 100, 500, to eventually over one thousand men, Saelus solidified his Godhood status during the Battle of Hewron, at the land bridge that separated Borealis into East and West. Saelus had a war party of nineteen hundred men who stood as the only defense against a coalition of elves and men. This rare ancient alliance was able to gather over four thousand elves and men to face Saelus in open combat -- intent on the destruction of Saelus and the Aratan people.

Saelus however, had another plan in mind. Saelus deployed screens to shield the enemies from seeing his troop movements, these screens were young men who could toss spears at the enemy as they approached. This gave Saelus time to form his formation. Two hundred of these young men fought to distract the enemy as long as possible.

Saelus established his formation. His cavalry was rugged and sturdy, his archers were experienced and precise. His men were passionate and fearless. Saelus was unforgiving and a master of war. His formation had his men in a staggered line, with a thicker concentration of troops on the outsides. This may seem as if it was a weak point, allowing the enemy to spearhead through the weaker, center lines, but it was apart of Saelus' plans. 

Over one thousand men had made the front formation. Saleus hid five hundred infantry men on the far, far flanks, completely out of view of the enemy. Two hundred Archers lined up behind the frontal line, they would rain down fire upon the enemy. The cavalry, five hundred strong, awaited in the back with Saelus and his commanders. The battle had begun, archers rained down hell upon the enemy as they attempted to break through the hardy Aratan front line. The cavalry swooped around the sides, demolishing the enemy cavalry which never stood a chance. The cavalry ran down auxiliary units, but were quickly ordered to return.

Just as Saelus had planned, the center line had begin to collapse. Saelus ordered for the center lines to retreat, allowing the men to pour through the the center. On a moment's notice, the lines shifted, the frontal lines had turned towards the enemy as Saelus led a charge of cavalry right up the front. The hidden troops, five hundred in total, charged from the treeline and slammed into the backside of the enemy. Saelus enraptured over two thousand troops in a perfect, ever tightening box. They slaughtered from dawn to dusk.

This battle would be marked as one of the greatest military achievements in Astrican history, thus granting Saelus his rightful place as God of Mankind.