Morton Al

Morton Al is both a major figure in the cultural history of Geltan Dawning, and is in turn the name of the high leader of Geltan Dawning (sometimes referred to as King by people not within the culture).

Origins


In the early days of Geltan Dawning in the original The City of New, Morton Al lived as a normal city guard who kept look out for the dangerous animals of the Dawning Isle. Though his legion has grown over time, his service and duty was not anything of note for the time, and it is unclear as to why he was chosen to be this near mythical role of the beginning of a golden era.

After hearing a strange noise in the woods beyond the city boundary, he came across a lone Titus Scoro and said a prayer to Aldriv Mass and prepared to fight for his survival. The actual blow-by-blow of the fight is not known, the Stood Deer often elongate and talk about how great a battle is was and make it out to be a great and almost godly battle, though it is not known what it is actually like, as Morton Al never spoke in depth about the battle, only in general terms.

He was found the next morning crawling back towards The City of New boarder, and he was dragging the body of this Titus Scoro behind him. People did not believe what he had done, but over the course of a year word spread, and by that time Morton himself had made a suit of armour out of the hard shell of the Titus Scoro. No one quite knows how it came to be, but legend says that he walked up the steps of the old parliament building in The City of New and declared himself the first true leader of Geltan Dawning.

Kadinu
The identity of Kadinu before the origins of Morton Al, beyond the fact that he was a Moonlit living in The City of New, is incredibly vague and disputed by many, but because of the length of his life, he made sure that his past in society was not known before he became friends with Morton Al.

The most believed story, and the one that Kadinu himself tells, is that when Morton Al came from the forests beyond The City of New, Kadinu was the first person he met and helped him drag the Titus Scoro to show people that he was not lying. It was thought to be with the help of Kadinu that the myth of Morton Al spread throughout The City of New, this is something that Kadinu confirmed later on in documents written by himself near the end of his life.

He also appears in little to no artwork within the culture, and that was because he wanted to be just a helper that made Geltan Dawning a better place alongside Morton Al. It was later revealed that many of the famous depictions, especial those of the more intimate depictions, of Morton Al were actually made by Kadinu, and the relationship between two has always been a source of controversy, especially to religious purists.

Mantles of The Morton and Kadinu
After the death of Morton Al, he had commanded so much respect that his successor, Nuro Ga, who was publicly picked by Kadinu on behalf of Morton Al, decided to name the position of High Leader of Geltan Dawning, The Morton. This was accepted by the populous who loved Morton Al's rule and cheered on Nuro Ga as the new Morton.

Many centuries later, after Kadinu left the position of advisor to The Morton, it was announced that the position of The Kandinu was now one that would be the special advisor to The Morton, and was especially reserved for a member of the Moonlit community within The City of New.