Siegfried Grey

Siegfried Grey (17th Day of the Septscan Moon, 573PDD -- 16th Day of the Septscan Moon, 720PDD), born Sylvain di le Griz, was a Meathean intellectual and revolutionary who led the Alvian Revolution and became the First Protector of the short-lived Alvian Republic until his death. Born in a small Meathean village to wealthy widow Sila di le Griz following a short affair with an unknown lover who has been described by contemporary historians as a half-elf, Grey spent much of his early life being mistreated thanks to being raised by an unmarried parent. Not much of his Meathean life is known, only that he was educated by his mother and was arrested in 589PDD for interrupting a lecture at the Beauclaire Republican University and assaulting a member of the City Watch.

He fled for Alvia in 601 after the death of his mother, taking with him the family fortune and a vast collection of literature. After two years of arduous work in the fields of Sarfieldshire and becoming a self-confessed Alvophile, di le Griz changed his name to Siegfried Grey and moved to Gracinium. There, Grey became acquainted with much of the underground cultural movement that was attempting to resist Ivorian assimilation. An admirer of Saint Callonetta's plays and of poetry, Grey proved to be a brilliant speaker and assisted in converting the rather benign movement into a small army of professional revolutionaries. The group named themselves the Protectors of Alvia, and by 620PDD, inspired the nation to rise up and overthrow their Ivorian masters.