Lukas Artaellius

Description
Lukas Artaellius [Luke-as Art-ay-lee-ous] is a member of the Guild of Technocrats and currently holds a junior position within the guild. Desperate to discover the 'next big thing' Lukas regularly leads expeditions to discover Forefather relics. Quick of mind, Lukas is very adept at identifying and realizing the functions and workings of many Forefather relics he finds and is one of the most promising young members of the Guild. He is constantly kept back though due to his reckless nature and unwillingness to remain at the Guilds headquarters and perform research into the current relics, a profession considered 'proper' for a Technocrat. Pompous and privileged, Lukas will learn that he is not so important in the rest of the world. The journey, and meeting with other characters, will ‘humble’ him.

History
Born into one of the highest ranking Technocrat families, Lukas was the third son of Arch-Tech Zoriel Artaellius and Arch-Bios Dalia Artaellius, both members of the Guilds ruling council. Given some of the best tuition the Guild had to offer, Lukas soon grew into a gifted scholar and his rise high into the workings of the Guild was almost assured. However, on Lukas' first expedition outside the Guilds headquarters to the Ungoi ruins, everything changed. He had just finished unearthing a datacore, a relic that contained huge amounts of digital information, when the party he was with was attacked by raiders, intent on enslaving all of them. Whilst they were fought off, Lukas could not forget the adrenaline rush and excitement he had possessed, both during the discover and the ensuing firefight. From then on, Lukas cemented himself as an intrepid explorer and resolved to make the greatest discovery in the history of the Guild.

Guild Rank
Lukas currently holds the rank of Surveyor (a sub-sect of Researcher tasked with field work) and is supposed to handle initial assessment of relics given or discovered by the Guild as well as performing mundane field work and expeditions. Lukas however regularly requests expeditions rights from the senior council to perform surveys in far off lands and 'danger' areas in hopes of discovering more valuable relics and hopefully, the discovery that will put his name down in Technocrat history. Whilst his success in the field has been considered highly beneficial, to the Guild, many of its members consider his fanaticism with field work to be unhealthy and constantly harry him to accept a more research orientated role as benefits one of his intellect. So far though Lukas has dismissed these suggestions immediately and has shown no interest in 'Sitting in a chair, reading about what we all ready know.'

Ungoi Ruins
The first expedition Lukas embarked on was to the Ungoi Ruins, south of Andronel near the 'Grass Plains'. Originally a large farming colony for the Agrians, the entire plain is home to a massive and complex irrigation system. Whilst time has aged and decayed the area, ruining most of the canals and waterways, the ruins still stand though only a shadow of the previous splendor. The area is also considered dangerous, as the tall grass that thrives in the area hides many dangerous predators, and much of the surviving irrigation system has been covered over by foliage, presenting dangerous pitfalls for those who are not careful. For this reason the ruins had generally been left unexplored by all but the most brave or foolhardy, and the lower levels of the complex had not been entered in many, many years.

Domun Peninsula
Lukas' second expedition was to the Domun Peninsula in the far south of the Praetian Plate. The peninsula contained a military fort constructed by the Agrians, officially designated for light weapons testing. The weapon vaults of the fort have been the target for marauding bands for many years and any aspiring warlord will eventually set the forts unopened vaults in his sights. Luckily for the rest of the Domians, the heavier weapon vaults have yet to be cracked. Unknown to all however, is that the fort housed a Bio-lab deep underground where the Agrians first delved into Bio-Weaponry.