Castor I of Iadria

King Castor I Menestas, commonly known as Castor the Conquerer, was King of Iadria and the successor to Jareche I Asterion. Castor was born in the Kingdom of Angarth in 5A 1499, four years before Jareche Asterion began his Second Great Conquest. At the age of thirteen, Castor inherited the throne of Angarth, one of the last of the Iadrian Kingdoms still standing independently against Asterion. According to legend, he led his soldiers to meet King Jareche's army at Angarth Fields, but knelt upon witnessing the Inheritor's divine being, proclaiming his regret at having fought against the Second Coming of Edos. Castor would become Jareche's right-hand man and most trusted general, aiding him in the conquest of the last independent Kingdoms in Naegirus and the Blackbriar. Once the unification of Iadria was complete, Jareche named Castor as his Chancellor, entrusting him with much of the political leadership of the new Kingdom. When Asterion mysteriously died in 6A 50, Castor succeeded him as King of Iadria, ruling from the nascent city of Ihenium. He formed the Royal Legions to maintain the power of the Holy Crown and keep the Dukes in line, and founded the holy order of the Knights Jareche in 6A 55. Castor launched the Wars of Eastward Expansion in 6A 56, and his military prowess resulted in the conquest of much of the Near East and creation of the three Frontier Duchies. He died in 6A 68 while on campaign in Medatha, and was succeeded by his son Alastair I Menestas. Castor greatly expanded the Kingdom of Iadria, popularized the deification of his predecessor, and founded many of Iadria's most iconic institutions, cementing him as one of its most beloved Kings long after his death. His reign also solidified the power of his Menestas Dynasty, which would rule his expanded Iadria for over a century after his death until the War of Iadrian Succession.