Zypern wrote:Name: Mu'tamid Abdulrashid
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance: Here. During formal events or public meetings, he usually covers his face with a mold of iron that resembles the common imagery of the god Mariman. He is normally seen wearing army while in public, but does take on a rather extravagant yellow-and-purple outfit woven of silk.
Home Province: Sefmar
Magical Abilities: Mu'tamid possess no magical prowess, and as a consequence, leaves the work to his most trusted court mages.
Notable Skills and Fighting Abilities: Mu'tamid is often known as an excellent orator, as well as a calligraphist. Though he wears a set of armor and carries a saber, his most valued skills coincide with administration. As is tradition, Mu'tamid has been trained for fighting, but is not often on the front lines. He, instead, prefers to send his generals to stand for him in combat.
Occupation: Warlord in Sefmar, extremely anti-Empire. He and his retinue have taken up arms in order to establish Mu'tamid as the Sheikh of Sefmar and depose Emperor Marcus.
Personality: Mu'tamid has been known as a manipulator of sorts, even before he took up arms as a warlord. He values his religion, as well as his noble blood, above all, and believes that they are his ticket to rule Sefmar. Not only does he view Emperor Marcus as a tyrant, but he views King Sorio as a weakling. He's taken the recent accusations of corruption as his ticket to separate from the Kingdom of Sefmar and start his own small fief, ruling over a small series of towns in the eastern parts of Sefmar.
Bio: Mu'tamid was born to the noble Abdulrashid family, one of the more notable families in Sefmar. His father was a rather nasty extremist, committing some atrocious acts in the name of his religion. These acts were inflicted on his governance, a Sefmarian city within the dunes of the desert. The Abdulrashid family was decried by the Empire for their crimes against the people, though their position in the desert often protected them from the full wrath of the Emperor. From a young age, Mu'tamid was indoctrinated with the ideals of extremism and fervent independence. When his father died, Mu'tamid took up the fore of the Abdulrashid family and slowly emancipated them, and their governance, from the kingdom.
Their separation did not come all at once, but gradually over the few years that Mu'tamid ruled. Members of the Abdulrashid's retinue would turn up dead, and the Kingdom would be blamed. Profits would be embezzled from the treasury, and the Emperor would be blamed. The Sheikh-to-be sewed the seeds of deceit into the province, and found himself hated by the kingdom because of it. When the time was right, Mu'tamid dawned his ceremonial armor and declared his own independence. He used the seeds sewed into the eastern regions in order to recruit the disgruntled of Sefmar into his retinue. He ruled over the series of towns with an iron fist, and his guards steadily await the wrath of the king upon them.
As a question, what's the approximate size of Sefmar's army and the army of the Empire? I'd like to adjust his warband's numbers accordingly.
Accepted, Sefmar would probably have about 45,000 men while the Empire as a whole would have about 350,000-400,000 with that including the individual provinces' armies which I may post soon for clarification. The Imperial Army it's self would have about 150,000
